Electric buses have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just six years – crossing a clear tipping point. More than half of all new buses are now battery-electric, with several… |... Electric buses have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just six years – crossing a clear tipping point. More than half of all new buses are now battery-electric, with several co...

More than half of all new EU buses are electric. At this rate, Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028. www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinm...

Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/india-sacred-groves-cons...

Inside Bucharest’s Accidental Urban Wilderness In Romania’s capital, a failed communist-era megaproject has become a template for a new generation of “natural parks” that offer room for wildlife and people.

Accidental nature thrives - my news to me good news for April 19. Just because I live in rural Maine doesn't mean I don't love cities! #EarthOptimism www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The U.S. Is Manufacturing a Ton of Grid Batteries Demand for energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and the country now has more than enough battery-making factories to meet it.

Even in the US - my news to me good news for April 18 #EarthOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/us-grid-batt...

Declining PFAS levels in seabird eggs reflect impact of regulatory action In a recent study published by the Journal of Applied Toxicology, researchers examined the levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in the eggs of northern gannets — a species of seabird — over a 55-year period...

we can make a difference. www.ehn.org/pfas-seabird...

India is inaugurating its first “red road” to save wildlife, and the trick is not fences or speed cameras, but a surface that forces drivers to slow down almost without realizing it. India tests a red road that subtly slows drivers to protect wildlife, pairing smart design with crossings and fencing for safer highways

Why did the tiger (not) cross the road - My news to me good news for April 17 (and it's not just about paint) #EarthOptimism www.ecoticias.com/en/india-is-...

'It bodes well': New sightings bring hope endangered wolverine is returning to Labrador | CBC News For decades, this ferocious scavenger has been absent from the Labrador landscape but there’s renewed hope the endangered wolverine might be making an official comeback.

Fingers crossed... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Vermont utility is helping people get home battery systems » Yale Climate Connections The batteries keep the lights on during power outages.

Yes! yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/a-ve...

How a retired cranberry bog helped change the game for wetland restoration The largest restored wetlands in Massachusetts now cover hundreds of acres of what used to be cranberry farms.

How to retire a cranberry bog - my news to me good news for April 16 #EarthOptimism apnews.com/article/cran...

Think Pink, Drive Bold: How The Alternative Bank’s Mata Zalla Initiative Is Putting Women in the Driver’s Seat – THISDAYLIVE

EV transport driven by women for women passengers www.thisdaylive.com/2026/03/11/t...

A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back Neptune grass is generally regarded as the most ecologically important seagrass and shallow-water habitat in the Mediterranean Sea. It suffered a severe decline during the 20th century, and there have...

Tres bien Marseille! Rebounding seagrass after pollution reduction is my news to me good news for April 15 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-fr...

Australian home battery installations equal to almost 10 pct of global utility capacity brought online in March Here's a stat to blow your mind. Australian households are installing batteries equal to 9% of the total storage capacity installed by power companies across the globe.

March 2026:

Australian households matched ~9% of global utility-scale battery additions.

Let that figure sink in.

A country of 27M is competing with the world’s grid builders… from garages.
This isn’t adoption.

It’s decentralisation eating the system. ⚡🔋 #Bettrification

With the discovery of 30% more world lithium resources in one year, battery-electric vehicle and stationary battery storage prices should continue to drop rapidly, facilitating world electrification and the inevitable transition to 100% WindWaterSolar across all energy sectors.

How ‘right to charge’ laws make it easier to own an EV » Yale Climate Connections The laws override HOA and condo board rules that restrict residents from installing EV chargers.

I didn't even realize this was an issue (my bad) but so glad in some places it no longer is. My news to me good news for April 14 #EarthOptimism yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/how-...

Connecting to Nature Fuels Well-Being, Global Study Says A recent study found that around the world, people who felt more connected to nature reported higher well-being.

more important than ever now... nicenews.com/health-and-w...

For people who don't NYC is a tidal estuary. It has currents. The "safe to eat" designation is both because *decades* of cleanup has reduced PCB levels and because the fish they've selected are migratory.

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry.
The reason?

The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore.

Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

Cork Airport to get Ireland's largest 'Solar Carport' Waterford's Greenvolt Next will install the energy-generating roofs

Good news, everybody!

India isn’t chasing targets anymore—it’s smashing them while setting new records at the same time.

150 GW solar crossed. +44.6 GW added in a year (+87% YoY).

50% non-fossil capacity hit 5 years early.

“Impossible” wasn’t physics—it was policy lag. #Bettrification

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it.

~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years.

Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability.

Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it.

This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

World's Largest Sand Battery to Supply District Heat in Finland - Environment+Energy Leader A Finnish energy company is heating 2,400 tons of sand above 500°C to store renewable energy at scale. Can sand replace natural gas in district heating?

Heat batteries are a game changer for decarbonising heat.

Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia Oy have partnered to construct what is expected to become the world’s largest sand-based thermal energy storage system, to be built in Vääksy, Finland.

www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/worl...

Lake Sturgeon spawning

After disappearing from the Milwaukee River in the early 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss, the new discovery of an adult sturgeon 20 miles upstream from Lake Michigan is a milestone in a massive restoration project that’s been underway for 20 years www.wuwm.com/lake-sturgeo...

Norway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic deal Norway is doubling down on electric maritime transport in a big way, placing an order for 20 of Candela’s P-12...

#Norway is doubling down on electric maritime transport in a big way, placing an order for 20 of Candela’s P-12 electric hydrofoil ferries in what’s being described as the largest deployment of its kind to date. electrek.co/2026/04/09/n... #shipping #oliandgas #ActOnClimate #ElectricShips

Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators As solar grows, so does Vermont’s capacity for agrivoltaics — the dual use of land on solar farms for agriculture.

Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

A chart from Our World In Data, showing the shift away from coal power in the UK - nearly 70% of electricity production in the late 1980s, to less than 0.1% in 2025.

There's a lot being shared right now about China's incredible shift towards renewable energy - and rightly so.

But this, from the UK, is equally astonishing & encouraging.

It's not just that change can happen. It's that it *is* happening.

(Via climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily...)

amazing when you think about it... www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

These Palo Alto teenagers are leading their city’s charge toward induction stoves.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”

#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

This is Belgium’s Pairi Daiza, theworld’s largest solar-covered car park:

• 93,000 panels
• 40MW
• 39,899 MWh/yr
• 200,000 m²

Proving: you can scale solar without new land, co-locate generation + parking + EV charging, and turn passive infrastructure into energy assets. ⚡ #Bettrification