Very much worth listening to: General Stanley McChrystal on the limits of what American military power can do podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

2/ "We're price taker and not a price maker" "There is one lesson from this crisis, and only one lesson" "We need homegrown clean power that we can control" "We cannot keep being on this fossil fuel roller coaster" Thank you for the clear explanation @Ed_Miliband" x.com/implausibleb...

Important fact-check on the many North Sea gas myths - on all sides of the political spectrum. By the best: @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

Octopus CEO Greg Jackson on the UK's decision to block Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang for reasons of "national security": “Given Apple and Tesla can secure phones and cars made in China, it shouldn’t be beyond British ingenuity to secure wind turbines, which are dramatically simpler.”

GB News appears to be breaching Ofcom’s code, which is meant to keep news impartial, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social. The former official who wrote the code is also worried ✍🏼 Alan’s column: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/... 🎧 Pod ep: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med... Preview 🧵

Global sea surface temperatures are setting record highs again. 🌡️

"Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government." Imagine taking the energy transition seriously.

Did CH₄ write this?

50% votes counted 🇩🇰🗳️ Close race between left and right blocks. Former PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen kingmaker in the middle 👑 But: only halfway there 🍿 #fv26 #dkpol

It would be prudent not to idolise renewable energy technologies. While they promise a more decentralised system, just like the internet once did, they aren’t inherently democratic. There already are solar barons and battery czars. Even so, they are better than fossil energy. No romanticism needed.

Germany‘s President: Iran war is a violation of international law, was avoidable, and is a fateful mistake. www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

That wide range between petroleum wars and solar diplomacy: www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Carney on the power of middle powers. (Hello EU..)

Important statement by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva: www.icrc.org/en/statement...

Important statement by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva: www.icrc.org/en/statement...

Energy infrastructure benefits from a presumption of civilian status. In case of doubt, if a pipeline or refinery contributes to military action, it must be treated as a civilian object, not the other way around 👇🏽

The Trump administration has agreed to pay TotalEnergies almost $1bn to pull out of offshore wind in the US and invest instead in oil and gas production. Tax payers’ money to ensure continued demand for oil and gas. Complete madness. www.ft.com/content/ae51...

After France, here is another win for Europe: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... “Giorgia Meloni loses justice referendum”

Newly-elected Mayor of Paris Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire.bsky.social rides toward City Hall on Vélib bike-share, waving to applauding Parisians after his election victory. Important messaging as he succeeds @annehidalgo.bsky.social as leader for the next era of better city-building for people.

Every time I ‘discuss’ energy policy with ChatGPT, I find myself discussing with a Republican. Selling me ‘pragmatism’ and ‘climate realism’. Begins to annoy me.

“In the end it was the mainstream parties that scored by far the most victories – giving them reason to hope that in any presidential run-off against a candidate of the extremes, the mainstream will win.”

The centre-left has defeated the far right today in both Paris and Marseille, according to exit polls. They will hold the mayorships of France's first and second largest cities. Le Pen's National Rally failed to take control of two of its targets in southern France: Toulon and Nîmes. f24.my/BojC.BS

The EU is limiting the flow of confidential material to Hungary and leaders are meeting in smaller groups — as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of long-standing suspicions Viktor Orbán’s government is sharing information with Russia.

Quelle belle victoire !  Ce soir Paris a choisi. Et Paris a choisi l'avenir avec la gauche démocratique et l’écologie. Merci aux Parisiennes et aux Parisiens. Je remercie les électrices et les électeurs qui se sont déplacés en nombre pour exprimer leur choix sur l'avenir de Paris.

Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche will die Finanzierung von Windrädern und Solaranlagen erschweren. Das ist angesichts der globalen Lage unverantwortlich.

Moments of crises have a way to create moments of clarity. What's a clear takeaway for you from the war? I'll start: This energy crisis will speed up transition to electrification and clean power in most countries, especially developing ones. It'll further entrench fossil fuels in some petrostates.

Trump's latest outrageous threat? To "obliterate" power plants in Iran. Anyone who actually orders this, and anyone who carried out those orders, would be guilty of war crimes under the Geneva Convention. Power plants are civilian and not military targets. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

"In the days following the 2016 EU Referendum, Jeffrey Epstein had emailed another associate, Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, describing Brexit as 'just the beginning' of 'a return to tribalism, counter to globalisation, amazing new alliances'"

Trump endorses Putin’s ally Orban.

There is no solar power crisis. No wind power crisis. No insulation crisis. No heat pump crisis. No e-bike crisis. No electric bus crisis. But there is a #fossilfuel crisis. And a #climatecrisis.

Humanity may remember Trump as an enemy of the planet - more than of any specific group, country, or cause. Scientific American: “An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S. - it’s pulverizing them” www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr...

Spain is a role model in weathering Iranian oil shocks ft.trib.al/0Iz5sNC | opinion

We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war. This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/b... File under: #midterms

The most effective and influential urban transformations of any city in the world during Hidalgo’s term. “What’s most remarkable is the sheer volume of aggressive new policies @annehidalgo.bsky.social has managed to push through. Sunday’s mayoral election may determine the direction of her legacy.”

Plot twist: the orange oil boy accidentally motivates the entire world minus Russia to accelerate their transition to renewables. apnews.com/article/midd...

New York Times: „Denmark was ready to blow up airfields to stop a U.S. invasion of Greenland. The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.“ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war. This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.

Catch up if you can. The International Energy Agency’s 2026 electricity report says China is now the largest market globally for battery storage, both in annual additions and in cumulative installed capacity. It added about 42 gigawatts in 2024 and about 66 gigawatts in 2025.

the most subversive thing a country can do now is to build up its grid-scale battery capacity

It is the history of global warming that there are always ‚currently more important news‘. Until there aren‘t.

"Polling shows that despite the attitudes of politicians and relentless rhetoric against it, a strong core of 40% of voters remain strongly behind net zero, almost double the 24% who are implacably opposed to it."

Am I dreaming this or is the NYT’s ‚Daily‘ podcast really running ads of the American Petroleum Institute?

the most subversive thing a country can do now is to build up its grid-scale battery capacity

Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.

You gotta love the brits. 🫖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=slDA...

note to self on energy journalism: „kettle spikes during football matches“ only works in the tea countries.