renewables literally overtook coal in global electricity generation last year. Solar alone met 75% of demand growth. Update your sources, dude ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

I do think tapping buttons is fundamentally less compulsive than swiping and scrolling, but you're absolutely right the market hates a vacuum

Sri Lankan ‘Grifters’ Pumping Out AI ‘Energy Policy Rage Bait’ on UK Facebook Feeds Sri Lankan ‘Grifters’ Pumping Out AI ‘Energy Policy Rage Bait’ on UK Facebook Feeds Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the “new Cambridge Analytica scandal”.

please talk to your boomer uncles about AI-generated rage bait www.desmog.com/2026/04/17/s...

NEW | Clean power met ALL the growth in global electricity demand in 2025

Solar generation alone met THREE QUARTERS of the demand rise and grew by 30%.

Fossil generation stagnated (-0.2%).

🧵 A thread on changes in the global power system in 2025...

I know this is true. I've known it for a while. I still have trouble believing it each time I see it because it is so mind boggling.

This is the fourth largest economy in the world.

"Fossil gas down 60% in 2026 v 2023."

occasionally I find a news article I wrote cited in an academic paper. Is there a way to find out how many academic citations I have?

I find these tells hard to spot, even after you flagged them 🙃. Is CB planning to run a piece on this trend?

Car Tailpipes are the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women | UN Women – Headquarters Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.

Israel killed an average of at least 47 girls and women per day in Gaza.

A new analysis published by the United Nations shows that more than 38,000 girls and women were killed in between October 2023 and December 2025.

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco

"Asked by Axios last week at an energy conference in Houston about how natural gas jives with the company’s clean energy goals and overall strategy, Google’s head of advanced energy, Michael Terrell, said: “We don’t have anything to say on that.”"

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal chart Observed Change in Distribution of Average Maximum Surface Air Temperature. Japan • 1951-2020 What you can see in this figure We compare successive 30-year climatology periods by visualizing their 30-year mean and spread (standard deviation) using a bell-shaped distribution. Understanding the Data: Implications and Utility This approach allows us to discern, for example, if years are becoming consistently hotter/drier/wetter or if more intense temperatures are occurring with greater frequency or if variability is becoming larger or smaller, even in cases where the average temperature (the mean) shows little change. Extreme events have the most impact over human populations. This plot gives as a first idea on the historical change in extremes. Chart shows three distributions: Yellow, 1951-1980, average max temp ~14.6°C Orange, 1971-2000, amt ~14.9°C Red, 1991-2020, amt ~15.6°C

Japan had to invent a new word for "severely hot day."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

French energy giant Total faces war crimes allegations over Mozambique massacre TotalEnergies denies responsibility for the actions of local security forces involved in dozens of killings.

context: TotalEnergies is facing war crime allegations, which it denies, over a massacre at its gas facilities in Mozambique www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Opinion | A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality

I'm no lawyer, but this verdict should have Patrick Pouyanne quaking in his boots www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market

New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader

Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here

And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

Investors’ Ozempic Mania Could Be Bad for Our Health When did climate change stop being the most important issue of our time? According to a bunch of investors, quite recently.

In which I argue that greenhushing is preventing us from seeing the climate crisis for what it is: an existential threat to our health

free via @opinion.bloomberg.com

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A striking difference between the 2021-22 and the current fossil fuel crunches is the IEA's response. This time, not a mention of the actual solutions to cut dependence on fossil fuels - clean energy and electrification. This expert letter calls them out for it.

For now, the war in the Middle East hasn't led to increased coal burn relative to last year's level. Solar and wind continue to increase their share in the global mix. energyandcleanair.org/fossil-power...

every wind turbine makes us less dependent on unhinged dictators so thanks for boosting our renewables industry

In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month It’s just one month, but it’s a sign of where the U.S. is headed as renewable energy — namely solar — surges onto the grid.

Here is the other reason.

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad

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I'm a data scientist @ourworldindata.org and I need help from a botanist or someone local to Kyoto, Japan! 🌸

We present one of the world’s longest climate records: 1,200 years of peak cherry blossom dates in Kyoto.

The researcher who maintained it, Prof. Yasuyuki Aono, sadly passed away last year.

this is a bad take. Blanket subsidies benefit the rich more than the poor and keep us hooked on volatile fossil fuels. Support people, not fuels

This is the virtuous cycle that good transportation infrastructure can cultivate: Protected spaces for wheelchairs, bikes, skateboards, etc. -> more people visibly enjoying active transit -> more people deciding to join the fun -> more popular support for further infrastructure investment!

Trump’s Iran War Leaves the US Looking Weakened to Adversaries The ceasefire in Iran has reinforced views among both adversaries and the NATO alliance that President Donald Trump’s campaign against the Tehran regime marks a strategic setback, bolstering China and...

Every quote in this piece hits hard. What a devastating assessment.

🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sales of used EVs surge in US as petrol prices pass $4 a gallon Americans are buying second-hand electric vehicles even as the market for new vehicles slumps

it's right next to this article on how Americans are flocking to used EVs!

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Will the Iran war derail the energy transition? Countries in Asia and Europe are turning to coal to power their economies but analysts argue solar will be a long-term winner

gah *why* would you frame the article like this when all the experts quoted tell you the answer is no? The opposite, in fact 🫠

do better @financialtimes.com

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Trump pressure + energy crisis impacting capacity?

The time between fossil fuel crises is just going to keep shrinking, until there's no discrete single "crisis" - just one unbroken prolonged state of global suffering due to fossil fuel unreliability

The best time to ditch fossil fuels was 30 years ago. The second best time is now

"friction-maxxing" 🫠