About 80% of global energy still comes from fossil fuels, leaving economies vulnerable But in 2025, wind & solar for the first time supplied more EU power than fossil fuels Spain & Portugal already meet much of their demand with renewables – decentralised, resilient power systems can reduce risks

Big fan of David Roberts @volts.wtf and @pkrugman.bsky.social but their conversation on clean energy, environmentalism, EVs and so much more is next-level. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

"The antidote to climate dispair is climate action." Al Gore on @thebulwark.com: open.spotify.com/episode/79x6...

‘Hours before the bombing started, Oman’s foreign minister, who had hosted a round of negotiations on 26 February, said Iran had agreed to essentially all the US terms. It didn’t matter.’ @tomstevenson.bsky.social on the US attacks on Iran. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thank you @anneapplebaum.bsky.social for your courage to speak truth to power at Libri Come and for explaining why European leadership is so critical.

“Every missile strike is another downpayment on a hotter, more unstable planet, and none of it makes anyone safer,” said Patrick Bigger of the Climate and Community Institute and co-author of new analysis about the climate impacts of the war on Iran, in @theguardian.com:

"I had always thought of climate and plastic pollution as two separate environmental crises. They are, in fact, interconnected [...]. And of course they are, because it’s the same companies." @bethgardiner.bsky.social on the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/c...

"How do we make people's lives better, and how do we actually make clean energy at the centre of that." Truly insightful exchange on the climate movement between Aliya Haq and David Roberts @volts.wtf: open.spotify.com/episode/1oTW...

On the future of social movements and the "radical uncertainty of our moment" by @geoffmann.bsky.social on the @lrb.co.uk: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

🤯🤯🤯 Full-on denial of reality. State capture by the fossil fuel lobby. The US descends into a banana republic. It would almost be funny if the consequences wouldn’t be so dire for billions of humans, if the courts don’t stop this folly soon. www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-...

The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.

What happens to winter sports in a warming world, and how can those of us who love snow and ice use our voices to catalyze change? Read more in this Winter Olympics edition of Talking Climate.

BREAKING 🚨 Greenpeace Italy activists placed a large installation depicting the Olympic Rings dripping oil and the words “Sponsored by Eni” in Piazza Duomo in Milan, where the Olympic flame is expected to arrive today.  Press Release: act.gp/3NY3pkH

Excellent analysis by Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social on authoritarianism and fossil fuel business: open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

Beautiful meditation on this moment from @emorwee.bsky.social. "How am I supposed to keep writing about, and caring about, climate change and pollution and government capture by Big Oil, when the government is executing people in broad daylight?" heated.world/pp/i-dont-kn...

As far as I can tell, @billmckibben.bsky.social is the only writer with any real reach who is discussing the liberatory potential of distributed solar power. I'd like that subject to get a lot more air time.

Missed our conversation with Professor @timothysnyder.bsky.social? Watch now on my Substack, Assembly Notes! ⬇️ 🔗: bit.ly/4qJVqWm

The 20-point peace plan "wasn’t a step toward true peace; it was just a fig leaf for the unceasing effort to [...] erase the Palestinians as a meaningful political entity." Timely article on the need to pursue "true peace" by Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social on foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/22/t...

On AI and water contamination by Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

Amazing conversation on COP30 with @katharinehayhoe.com, @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @fisherdanar.bsky.social: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...

Waste in the capitalist system: "We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate" by Brett Christophers on the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling. unfccc.int/process-and-...

Even limiting global warming to between 1.6 - 1.8C would require far stronger policies to reduce fossil fuel emissions than those currently adopted by governments - which would allow the world to heat by at least 2.7°C, says PIK Director Johan Rockström at #COP30. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On the important role of banks in relation to climate change on the @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-banks-af...

Visited today the Anzio BeachHead Museum, a testament to the couragious military operations and massive individual sacrifices that had to be made to win over Fascism and Nazism. At these perilious times, this museum is a must-watch. www.sbarcodianzio.it

"Artificial intelligence building boom strains already fragile power and water infrastructures in communities around the world." From the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

"I’m going to keep fighting as best I can, even knowing it’s not enough. Even not knowing exactly what to do." @climatehuman.bsky.social on: open.substack.com/pub/climateh...

"Silicon Valley knows that war is good for business. And many of its powerful people want us to stop worrying about frivolities like ethics or ecology". Must read piece by Laleh Khalili on the @lrb.co.uk available here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

"Oil spills aren’t safe, smog isn’t healthy, and coal isn’t clean, no matter what Trump would like the world to believe." Great piece by @emorwee.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

"As the planet races past targets that terrified so many into action not so long ago, [...] I would not abandon that secondary aspiration, that [...] we still owe one another something: a better, more just, more equitable future for all." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

"This needed to happen. We could not have stayed on the road we were on. [...]. And now that we see the consequences, maybe we have a fighting chance, against this darkness." @rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich at @levernews.com. Full interview available here: www.levernews.com/robert-reich...

#Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza, theUN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report, urging all States to fulfil their legal obligations to end it. ➡️ bit.ly/4mjBAi2

Inspiring interview of Ilhan Omar @repilhan.bsky.social at @zeteo.com: substack.com/@mehdirhasan...

New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye. The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza

This article "Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode" by Jonathan Freedland is spot on: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I want people who believe in decency, kindness, and fairness to fight with the same passion that assholes fight. And I just don't see it." Insightful conversation between Dan Stein and @volts.wtf David Roberts: www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ph...

"Plastic pollution talks collapse" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/c...

"The status quo does not work". Inspiring conversation between @billmckibben.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social available here: open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

‘In a world of rising authoritarianism and ethnonationalism, where the rule of law has all but crumbled, the brutal, pitiless state run by Netanyahu looks more like a pioneer than an outlier.’ Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"Stop saying 'the clean energy revolution is inevitable' " open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com If Benjamin Netanyahu “decided tonight that every Palestinian child in Gaza should have breakfast tomorrow, it could undoubtedly be done,” Alex de Waal writes. “Seasoned humanitarian-aid professionals can still bring Gaza back from the brink.”

Francesca Albanese this evening in Rome, speaking truth to power: "this situation of profound grief can also be the opportunity to build the future we want."

Francesca Albanese: "Non è mai troppo tardi se ci sono delle vite da salvare."