Janetren
@janetren.bsky.social
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@janetren.bsky.social
· Dec 22
How 19th Century Scientists Predicted Global Warming - JSTOR Daily
Today’s headlines make climate change seem like a recent discovery. But Eunice Newton Foote and others have been piecing it together for centuries.
daily.jstor.org
Climate Science made simple, 169 yrs ago, by a woman.
“In an 1856 issue of TAJS, Eunice Foote made an eerily prophetic observation: What happened inside the CO2 jar could also happen to our planet. “An atmosphere of that gas, would give to our earth a high temperature.”
C Thompson, 2019, in JSTOR
“In an 1856 issue of TAJS, Eunice Foote made an eerily prophetic observation: What happened inside the CO2 jar could also happen to our planet. “An atmosphere of that gas, would give to our earth a high temperature.”
C Thompson, 2019, in JSTOR
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Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
*EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025*
Receipts in thread.
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“‘There is a world in which these nations [that support a fossil fuel phaseout] band together and create a global trading bloc that could essentially force the petrostates to start decarbonizing … it could be a way forward.”
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Can the world address climate change without the US?
Even with Trump's America absent, COP30 ended in a weak deal—and a win for petrostates.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“‘There is a world in which these nations [that support a fossil fuel phaseout] band together and create a global trading bloc that could essentially force the petrostates to start decarbonizing … it could be a way forward.”
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
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Investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, secured €15.5 billion to power clean future across the continent.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Europe leads pledging effort in campaign mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa
A year-long campaign to mobilise investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has secured €15.5 bi...
ec.europa.eu
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, secured €15.5 billion to power clean future across the continent.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Here’s the result of humans dominating the planet.
Change is essential, be the change.
Change is essential, be the change.
Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Here’s the result of humans dominating the planet.
Change is essential, be the change.
Change is essential, be the change.
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India's coal utilisation is set to decline as renewables increasingly meet power demand.
MORE THAN A THIRD of India’s coal assets will run below 40% utilisation by 2032. Expensive plants running above INR 3/kWh risks becoming underutilised or going idle.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
MORE THAN A THIRD of India’s coal assets will run below 40% utilisation by 2032. Expensive plants running above INR 3/kWh risks becoming underutilised or going idle.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
India's coal utilisation is set to decline as renewables increasingly meet power demand.
MORE THAN A THIRD of India’s coal assets will run below 40% utilisation by 2032. Expensive plants running above INR 3/kWh risks becoming underutilised or going idle.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
MORE THAN A THIRD of India’s coal assets will run below 40% utilisation by 2032. Expensive plants running above INR 3/kWh risks becoming underutilised or going idle.
https://loom.ly/YXrBeIo
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Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
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Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Solar capacity is expected to triple based on new projects in the pipeline.
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Total global solar capacity, including all projects in construction and planned, is expected to reach almost 3 terawatts, with 80% concentrated in just 15 countries.
Data @globalenergymon.bsky.social
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Loud & Clear
EU Commission invited:
China made PHEVs are crushing the euro brands already; facts delivered by @autoschmidt.bsky.social in FT today
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
EU Commission invited:
China made PHEVs are crushing the euro brands already; facts delivered by @autoschmidt.bsky.social in FT today
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Loud & Clear
EU Commission invited:
China made PHEVs are crushing the euro brands already; facts delivered by @autoschmidt.bsky.social in FT today
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
EU Commission invited:
China made PHEVs are crushing the euro brands already; facts delivered by @autoschmidt.bsky.social in FT today
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
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In the last decades, the world has made fantastic progress against extreme poverty. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 *billion* people. 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In the last decades, the world has made fantastic progress against extreme poverty. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 *billion* people. 🧵
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What we think of neo-nazis
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What we think of neo-nazis
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Being up 400% year-over-year shows how serious BYD is about becoming a European car institution.
insideevs.com/news/779222/...
insideevs.com/news/779222/...
BYD Is Speedrunning Its Takeover Of Europe
Today on Critical Materials: BYD will double its EU dealer network, Tesla squeezes China out of U.S. supply chain and Germans have a China problem.
insideevs.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Being up 400% year-over-year shows how serious BYD is about becoming a European car institution.
insideevs.com/news/779222/...
insideevs.com/news/779222/...
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#Wind-powered #Denmark plans to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away
Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#Wind-powered #Denmark plans to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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First electric cars and buses, now trucks: in the past we were often told that electric trucks would not be feasible.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
First electric cars and buses, now trucks: in the past we were often told that electric trucks would not be feasible.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
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We're the sidekick.
As I said to @juliaradio.bsky.social and Anthony Kuhn "What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story, it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange."
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
As I said to @juliaradio.bsky.social and Anthony Kuhn "What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story, it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange."
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
As China becomes the global leader in renewable energy, the U.S. is falling behind
China is expanding renewable energy exponentially while the U.S. is going backward. How China became the global leader, why the U.S. falling behind and what it means for these countries' economies.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We're the sidekick.
As I said to @juliaradio.bsky.social and Anthony Kuhn "What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story, it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange."
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
As I said to @juliaradio.bsky.social and Anthony Kuhn "What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story, it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange."
www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
I wish I could enrol.
But only for these two environmental law classes !
Sounds fantastic.
But only for these two environmental law classes !
Sounds fantastic.
Registration’s only been open for two weeks, and both environmental law classes are already full with waitlists., second semester in a row thats happened. I’ve taken in all the waitlist that the fire code will let me.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I wish I could enrol.
But only for these two environmental law classes !
Sounds fantastic.
But only for these two environmental law classes !
Sounds fantastic.
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Our Australian family just installed solar batteries with a government subsidy. We have 35 solar panels on our roof. The govt is giving everyone 3 hrs of free energy a day, even if you don’t have solar panels.
🇦🇺Australia has so much solar, they’re giving it away for free!
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
From July 2026, the ’solar sharer’ scheme will launch in 3 states, offering 3 hours of free solar power in the middle of the day. Using the abundance of excess solar, and helping reduce grid pressure during peak evening times.
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our Australian family just installed solar batteries with a government subsidy. We have 35 solar panels on our roof. The govt is giving everyone 3 hrs of free energy a day, even if you don’t have solar panels.
Reposted by Janetren
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Reposted by Janetren
Another two solar projects have joined the grid and will start the commissioning process, with one morphing into a solar hybrid and the other supporting grazing.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Another two solar projects have joined the grid and will start the commissioning process, with one morphing into a solar hybrid and the other supporting grazing.
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Doesn’t anyone in the LNP read the news?
Recent advancements in energy storage and renewable energy technologies have significantly diminished the dependence on coal for electricity generation.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
Recent advancements in energy storage and renewable energy technologies have significantly diminished the dependence on coal for electricity generation.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Doesn’t anyone in the LNP read the news?
Recent advancements in energy storage and renewable energy technologies have significantly diminished the dependence on coal for electricity generation.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
Recent advancements in energy storage and renewable energy technologies have significantly diminished the dependence on coal for electricity generation.
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
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Coal-Killing Sodium-Ion Energy Storage Is Coming To Kill Your Coal Power Plants
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
New Sodium-Ion Batteries Threaten The US Coal Recovery Plan
The promise of a coal power revival is already being undermined by new energy storage technologies, including sodium-ion batteries.
cleantechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Coal-Killing Sodium-Ion Energy Storage Is Coming To Kill Your Coal Power Plants
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/15/c...
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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For years the Australian government has insisted its gas exports could act as a “bridging fuel” for South-East Asian countries looking to move away from coal, but a report prepared by Deloitte for the WA government contradicted that characterisation. satpa.pe/0UhbPUY
COP30 and the Paris Agreement
As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source threatens the very heart of the Paris Agreement.
satpa.pe
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
For years the Australian government has insisted its gas exports could act as a “bridging fuel” for South-East Asian countries looking to move away from coal, but a report prepared by Deloitte for the WA government contradicted that characterisation. satpa.pe/0UhbPUY