Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

Another thing that's happened overnight is we've become fully aware of the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at these talks.

More than 1600 - 1 in every 25 participants, the highest concentration on record.

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Billionaires must not be allowed to geoengineer the planet There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen

There is nothing stopping the wealthiest people from attempting to alter the world's atmosphere – this must not be allowed to happen

“The bad guys exploit the illusion of difference” 👌

France’s prison farms allow those whose release dates are approaching to ‘breathe in and out fully’ before returning to life on the outside.

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Really appreciate you taking the time to get back to me. Will look through this tomorrow when back at my desk. Thanks again!

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

Super helpful numbers. Can you provide your source? Thank you 🙏

Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us to power the planet on sunshine

The future of solar power is bright, finds @tinymaddie.bsky.social

*Solar panels are cheap, and getting cheaper
*Batteries are good, and getting better
*Economic case for solar will overwhelm political apathy

In short, we're going to run the world on sunshine

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‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised…

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Moldova quickly empowered its small towns to produce their own renewable energy so no one could push it around.

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Loved shining a spotlight on D.C.’s @litbox.bsky.social and Chicago’s Digs With Dignity in this week’s What We’re Reading post. Check out those stories and others here 👇👇👇

London residents in social housing can now access the clean, affordable energy coming from their own roofs.

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call me crazy but I don't think we should.

In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why

The public discourse is not keeping up.

Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵

Variety of wildlife in UK’s woodlands falling as habitats degrade, says report Only 7% of Britain’s woodlands in good condition, while number of birds fell by 15% over last five years The variety of wildlife in the UK’s woodlands continues to decline as the habitats deteriorate, according to a new report. The Woodland Trust found that the progressively worsening ecological condition of woodlands is making them a less effective habitat for the wildlife living in them. Continue reading...

Variety of wildlife in UK’s woodlands falling as habitats degrade, says report

Sharks and rays found using offshore wind farms as habitat A new study by Wageningen University & Research shows that offshore wind farms not only produce energy, but may also contribute to the protection of marine life. Several shark and ray species were det...

New study: offshore wind farms may contribute to protection of marine life

Several shark+ray species were detected in and around Dutch wind farms

Trawling and other seabed-disturbing fishing are prohibited, allowing benthic ecosystems to recover

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Renewables supply 100% of South Australia’s electricity demand for almost a third of 2024 ElectraNet has revealed that renewables supplied 100% of South Australia's electricity demand for 27% of 2024, roughly 99 days.

Wind and solar met 100% of South Australia's electricity demand for the equivalent of 99 days (27%) of the whole year 2024.

W&S met 74% of the total demand all year and 100% of demand for part of the day on 299 out of 365 (82%) days during the year.

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How solar panels are changing the lives of India’s salt farmers YouTube video by CBC News: The National

Many fossil fuel execs like to say they are full of caring for people suffering from energy poverty and just want to help. If this was true, they would support solar.

Awesome video about how solar has replaced diesel for Indian salt farmers.

Great British Energy funds first wave of solar installations at UK schools Group of 11 schools expected to save £175,000 a year on their energy bills following investment from publicly-owned energy firm

There's a debate over the extent to which GB Energy is needed to do projects like this, but no doubt it is moving with impressive speed. A lot of schools and hospitals getting solar arrays installed within months. www.businessgreen.com/news/4414495...

Interesting. Did he cite any reasons for this?

Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law this week.

Hawaii makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment.

A Hawaii vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law this week.

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#Travel #Vacation #Hawaii #GreenSky #GreenFee #Climate

US moves to open Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling with Biden rule rollback Energy department proposes to scrap restrictions as Trump seeks to fulfil campaign pledge to oil industry

US moves to open Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling with Biden rule rollback

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Solar apprenticeships give Virginia students a head start on clean energy A regional partnership aims to train young people in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country.

Solar apprenticeships give Virginia students a head start on clean energy.

A regional partnership aims to train young people in anticipation of increasing demand for renewable energy-focused jobs in the heart of coal country.

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#Climate #Solar #Jobs #Environment #Greensky

Huge win for health and environment as UK agrees to align with EU pesticide standards in reset deal - Pesticide Action Network UK PAN UK is delighted with this week’s reset deal which commits the UK to following EU existing and future pesticide standards.

Now Great Britain has agreed to once again follow the EU's stronger pesticide standards, from now and in the future

"Huge win" says Pesticide Action Network
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This is one of Australia’s largest energy companies, and largest greenhouse gas emitters, conceding that carbon offsetting does not prevent global warming.

Line chart – China's CO2 emissions are now 1% below their March 2024 peak: China’s emissions from fossil fuels and cement, million tonnes of CO2, rolling 12-month totals. Source: Emissions are estimated from National Bureau of Statistics data on production of different fuels and cement, China Customs data on imports and exports and WIND Information data on changes in inventories, applying emissions factors from China’s latest national greenhouse gas emissions inventory and annual emissions factors per tonne of cement production until 2024. Sector breakdown of coal consumption is estimated using coal consumption data from WIND Information and electricity data from the National Energy Administration.

NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU

How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...

Fossil fuel companies spent decades misleading the public about what they knew about climate change and the dangers of the products they were selling.

A new report details how those companies did it—and how their efforts are evolving today

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Secret Energy Department "hit list" targets renewable energy industry Today’s edition is a special collaboration by HEATED and Popular Information.

NEW: A secret kill list of clean energy project grants is circulating through the energy department

I obtained the latest version, which includes six projects “seen as vital for turning variable wind and solar production into a reliable, round-the-clock power source” heated.world/p/secret-ene...

Nigerian officials arrest Chinese pangolin trafficking ‘kingpin’ Nigerian officials have arrested a Chinese national suspected of masterminding a transnational smuggling operation of pangolin scales, Netherlands-based nonprofit Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) sai...

What does it take to bring down a wildlife trafficking kingpin?

In Nigeria, it took five months of surveillance, the seizure of 7 metric tons of pangolin scales, and close coordination between law enforcement across borders, reports @mongabay.bsky.social.

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The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.

These brands say their plastics are recycled — the truth is more complicated grist.org/accountabili...