New clean energy generation - almost all solar & wind - has exceeded electricity demand increases globally for the first time
Comes alongside substantial electrification of transport & heat in some places
Fossil fuel generation is, finally, decreasing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar's exponential rise continued in 2025.
Solar grew by 636 TWh, a 30% increase and the highest percentage growth in eight years despite a much higher base.
Solar overtook wind and drew close to nuclear power.
Ten years ago, solar was only a tenth of nuclear generation.
500,000 new electric vehicles (EVs) were registered in first quarter of 2026 – a 33.5% increase on a year earlier
Last week the German automotive trade body said restructuring & new investment was paying off - every 2nd EV sold in Europe was now made in Germany
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If golden eagles are successfully reintroduced in England, they could restore balance to food chains, control prey numbers, scavenge carcasses and act as indicators of environmental dangers.
We are no longer debating whether renewables work. We are debating how fast to deploy them. #goodnews #solar #wind
We are no longer debating whether renewables work. We are debating how fast to deploy them. #goodnews #solar #wind
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Used car sales data supplied by the Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AADA) reveals 7557 second-hand electric vehicles were delivered across #Australia in March 2026, from a monthly average of 3339 between October 2025 and February 2026. #Goodnews #Climate
In 2026, Morrisons plan to install 250 ultra-rapid charging bays at Morrisons sites. #Goodnews #Climate #EV
www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/mfg-agr...
That's good news, and well done to Morrisons for promoting #EVs. I was mislead by the wall on the right of the image which I thought looked like it was covered in woodchip wallpaper.
New #electric vehicles ( #EVs ) are for the first time, now cheaper to buy than #petrol models (on average), according to the latest data from Autotrader, the #UK ’s biggest automotive marketplace. #goodnews
The Climate Change Performance Index, CCPI, uses a standardized framework to compare the #climate performance of 63 countries and the EU, which together account for over 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
[Some #Goodnews and some bad news]
ccpi.org
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12 Things You Can Do Right Now on Climate Change
1 Switch to 100% green power
2 Save energy
4 Avoid plastic
5 Sharing is caring!
7 Avoid flying
9 Get on your bike!
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Vertical bifacial rooftop #solar PV systems can outperform conventional tilted monofacial rooftop solar PV systems across seasons in the U.K, a year-long study has found. #goodnews #climate
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/15/v...
When commissioned in 2027, Saudi Arabia's NEOM Green #Hydrogen Project will produce 600 tonnes per day of clean hydrogen by electrolysis, using renewable energy.
acwapower.com/en/what-we-d...
The concept of a #hydrogen pipeline connecting Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and traversing the Mediterranean Sea to #Europe may seem ambitious, but initial assessment indicates its feasibility.
Johann Hari explains how #Switzerland reduced addiction by legalizing and medically controlling heroin use.
www.youtube.com/shorts/AZcUb...
Commercial costs have also fallen, which led scientists at the University of Exeter and University College London to claim last year that #solar energy has reached an “irreversible tipping point” that will see it become the world’s main source of energy by 2050. #Goodnews #Climate
By the end of 2028, #Fortescue expects to complete its Pilbara green grid with 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity, more than 600 MW of wind generation, and 4-5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery energy storage. #Goodnews #climate
#Fortescue expects to have 290 megawatts (MW) of installed renewable capacity by early next year, meaning it will be able to meet the the fixed energy requirements of its ore processing facilities, enabling daytime “green processing” across its Pilbara operations. #Goodnews #Climate
But we see a break the trend of increased concern about #climate in highly polarised countries, like the #US, where climate beliefs become entangled with ideology and less responsive to evidence (like massive flooding on the US east coast or wildfires in #California).
#Climate concern has grown worldwide, driven by increasingly chaotic weather, media coverage, activism, and economic disruption. In most countries, over 70 per cent see climate as a threat to their nation.
The percentage of people that expresses the highest level of concern about #climate has increased a lot over the past decade, and this is precisely the group of devoted actors which drives movements.
#Climate concern increases with wealth and education, so that elites who wield disproportionate power are especially climate concerned.
Young people are overwhelmingly concerned about #climate, including 45 per cent of Republican‑leaning Americans under 25 expressing concern (about a 50% increase compared to Gen X and Boomer Republicans).
