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A positive note: The 1980s Coastal Barrier Resources Act made “3.8 million acres of barrier islands ineligible for federal flood insurance, discouraging development. Studies since show that has saved taxpayers close to a billion dollars a year.”
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A positive note: The 1980s Coastal Barrier Resources Act made “3.8 million acres of barrier islands ineligible for federal flood insurance, discouraging development. Studies since show that has saved taxpayers close to a billion dollars a year.”
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
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Skadorna i skogen efter #stormenjohannes förstärktes av årets milda vinter och bristen på tjäle. www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
Stormskadorna i skogen förstärktes av milda vintern - Ekot
Stormvindar fäller träden lättare med dålig tjäle i marken, vilket var fallet i drabbade områden.Om marken inte fryser blir det svårare forsla ut nedblåsta ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Skadorna i skogen efter #stormenjohannes förstärktes av årets milda vinter och bristen på tjäle. www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
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Battery pack storage costs for WindWaterSolar are dropping so low that they eliminate the argument for using fossil fuels or nuclear moving forward.
Battery pack prices for stationary storage now down to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% decrease in just one year.
www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
Battery pack prices for stationary storage now down to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% decrease in just one year.
www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
BNEF: Lithium-ion battery pack prices fall to $108/kWh, stationary storage becomes lowest price segment - Energy Storage
According to BNEF, battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% decrease from 2024. This represents the steepest decline among all lithium-ion battery use cases and and ma...
www.ess-news.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Battery pack storage costs for WindWaterSolar are dropping so low that they eliminate the argument for using fossil fuels or nuclear moving forward.
Battery pack prices for stationary storage now down to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% decrease in just one year.
www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
Battery pack prices for stationary storage now down to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% decrease in just one year.
www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...
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It is unlikely that the European Commission's proposal of a 90% reduction will save as many emissions as a 100% reduction ("phase-out of internal combustion engines").
4 reasons
4 reasons
December 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It is unlikely that the European Commission's proposal of a 90% reduction will save as many emissions as a 100% reduction ("phase-out of internal combustion engines").
4 reasons
4 reasons
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Great piece from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social documenting how the campaigners and litigators at @sierraclub.org are still winning the war on coal despite fierce opposition from the Trump Admin and headwinds from the AI energy demand. @canarymedia.com 1/
Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
www.canarymedia.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Great piece from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social documenting how the campaigners and litigators at @sierraclub.org are still winning the war on coal despite fierce opposition from the Trump Admin and headwinds from the AI energy demand. @canarymedia.com 1/
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(1/3) Red states appear to intentionally waste electricity by not making efforts to reduce electricity use through better insulation, appliance standards, etc.
The nine states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are all blue
The 12 states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are red
The nine states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are all blue
The 12 states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are red
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
(1/3) Red states appear to intentionally waste electricity by not making efforts to reduce electricity use through better insulation, appliance standards, etc.
The nine states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are all blue
The 12 states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are red
The nine states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are all blue
The 12 states with the lowest per-capita electricity use are red
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This phenomenon, where red states use far more electricity per capita than blue states, has been know for 40 y, as shown by Evan Mills and Art Rosenfeld in 1987:
escholarship.org/content/qt59...
It is due to the lack of efficiency standards and conservation programs in red versus blue states
escholarship.org/content/qt59...
It is due to the lack of efficiency standards and conservation programs in red versus blue states
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This phenomenon, where red states use far more electricity per capita than blue states, has been know for 40 y, as shown by Evan Mills and Art Rosenfeld in 1987:
escholarship.org/content/qt59...
It is due to the lack of efficiency standards and conservation programs in red versus blue states
escholarship.org/content/qt59...
It is due to the lack of efficiency standards and conservation programs in red versus blue states
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From Copernicus: This shows how the expected date for breaching 1.5C has been creeping ever closer in recent years. The orange date shows the baseline for the extrapolation; the red date shows when 1.5C is breached based on the trend...
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
From Copernicus: This shows how the expected date for breaching 1.5C has been creeping ever closer in recent years. The orange date shows the baseline for the extrapolation; the red date shows when 1.5C is breached based on the trend...
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"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
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Att det just är Timbro som lockat statsministern till Tallinn istället för klimattoppmötet i Brasilien gnisslar särskilt illa. För 25 år sedan var Kristersson marknadschef på Timbro – som tog emot pengar från oljebolaget Exxon för att bedriva klimatförvillelse
supermiljobloggen.se/debatt/ledar...
supermiljobloggen.se/debatt/ledar...
Kristersson åker till Tallinn med Timbro istället för till COP – ett genant val
GENANT VAL:: Ulf Kristerssons prioritering att välja en Timbrokonferens istället för ett förmöte inför COP30 gnisslar särskilt illa, skriver SMB i en ledarartikel.
supermiljobloggen.se
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Att det just är Timbro som lockat statsministern till Tallinn istället för klimattoppmötet i Brasilien gnisslar särskilt illa. För 25 år sedan var Kristersson marknadschef på Timbro – som tog emot pengar från oljebolaget Exxon för att bedriva klimatförvillelse
supermiljobloggen.se/debatt/ledar...
supermiljobloggen.se/debatt/ledar...
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A reminder of what happened last time a UK govt tried to reduce bills by "cutting the green crap"
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A reminder of what happened last time a UK govt tried to reduce bills by "cutting the green crap"
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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La crédibilité se mesure en acte, pas en mots!
En tant qu'auteur #GIEC, je ne me sens nullement reconnu par ce discours; je me sens trahi par des paroles qui n'ont plus de valeurs
#colère
La désinformation ne va pas se combattre par du "mots contre mots" mais par du "actes contre mots".
Un fil 🧵
1/
En tant qu'auteur #GIEC, je ne me sens nullement reconnu par ce discours; je me sens trahi par des paroles qui n'ont plus de valeurs
#colère
La désinformation ne va pas se combattre par du "mots contre mots" mais par du "actes contre mots".
Un fil 🧵
1/
🔥 Des années de travail pour obtenir une telle reconnaissance politique : hier, Emmanuel Macron a déclaré à la COP30 que « la désinformation climatique fait peser une menace sur nos démocraties, sur l’agenda de Paris et donc sur notre sécurité collective ».
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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That's the reason for it
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
That's the reason for it
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Our analysis looks at the aviation emission reduction plans of the biggest players:
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our analysis looks at the aviation emission reduction plans of the biggest players:
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
🇪🇺 EU: limited scope of the EUETS
🇬🇧 UK: unambitious, demand set to soar
🇺🇸 US: few commitments, SAF policy weakened
🇨🇳China: airline, airport targets, no differentiation between domestic & intl
bit.ly/CAT_Aviation...
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Forskare: Satsningar på dubbelspår kan ge snabbare utsläppsminskningar www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
Forskare vill se fler satsningar på järnvägsnätet - Ekot
Samtidigt som Sverige ser ut att missa klimatmålen görs få satsningar på att bygga ut järnvägsnätet, för att kunna styra om utsläppstung vägtrafik till ...
www.sverigesradio.se
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Forskare: Satsningar på dubbelspår kan ge snabbare utsläppsminskningar www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
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One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
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👇 Share with anyone you know in Georgia. There’s a special election on Nov. 4 that will directly affect them and how much they pay for electricity. Republicans are banking on low turnout on Nov. 4 to maintain to their dominance of the commission & ensure rates on consumers and businesses stay high
Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
👇 Share with anyone you know in Georgia. There’s a special election on Nov. 4 that will directly affect them and how much they pay for electricity. Republicans are banking on low turnout on Nov. 4 to maintain to their dominance of the commission & ensure rates on consumers and businesses stay high
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Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
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Every time the cost of investment needed to decarbonise came up over the last several decades, we were told the money needed for the investment just isn't there (even though it would avoid costs and be profitable in the long run). Such
never has there been a solution looking more desperately for a problem than ChatGPT
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Every time the cost of investment needed to decarbonise came up over the last several decades, we were told the money needed for the investment just isn't there (even though it would avoid costs and be profitable in the long run). Such
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Great to speak at the @energy-uk.org.uk conference just now, about the tenuous relationship between many media headlines & reality
Here's a taster
#eukconf25
Here's a taster
#eukconf25
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Great to speak at the @energy-uk.org.uk conference just now, about the tenuous relationship between many media headlines & reality
Here's a taster
#eukconf25
Here's a taster
#eukconf25
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Ed Miliband says his govt's "clean energy superpower" mission is going to help create 400,000 jobs by 2030
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ed Miliband says his govt's "clean energy superpower" mission is going to help create 400,000 jobs by 2030
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5 år sedan Arbetsförmedlingen reformerades. Privata aktörer skulle vara mer effektiva på att fixa jobb, var tanken. Men så blev det inte. 54 leverantörer har underpresterat, några har inte fått ut mer än 2% i arbete. Ändå har de tagit emot 148 miljoner skattekronor
www.dn.se/ekonomi/leve...
www.dn.se/ekonomi/leve...
Leverantörer till Arbetsförmedlingen underpresterade – har ändå tjänat miljoner
Fram till nu har de tjänat hundratals miljoner trots att de fått ut för få personer i arbete.
www.dn.se
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
5 år sedan Arbetsförmedlingen reformerades. Privata aktörer skulle vara mer effektiva på att fixa jobb, var tanken. Men så blev det inte. 54 leverantörer har underpresterat, några har inte fått ut mer än 2% i arbete. Ändå har de tagit emot 148 miljoner skattekronor
www.dn.se/ekonomi/leve...
www.dn.se/ekonomi/leve...
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America First. Really?
Trump says we have to throw 15 million Americans off healthcare and significantly raise ACA premiums because we don’t have enough money.
But somehow we have $20 billion to bailout the right-wing regime of Argentina?
We can’t let that happen.
Trump says we have to throw 15 million Americans off healthcare and significantly raise ACA premiums because we don’t have enough money.
But somehow we have $20 billion to bailout the right-wing regime of Argentina?
We can’t let that happen.
The U.S. is in talks to provide Argentina with a $20 billion swap line to help contain financial upheaval and support President Javier Milei’s free-market overhaul, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Bessent Says U.S. Talking With Argentina About $20 Billion in Aid
The South American nation faces a market run on its peso amid questions about its economic prospects.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
America First. Really?
Trump says we have to throw 15 million Americans off healthcare and significantly raise ACA premiums because we don’t have enough money.
But somehow we have $20 billion to bailout the right-wing regime of Argentina?
We can’t let that happen.
Trump says we have to throw 15 million Americans off healthcare and significantly raise ACA premiums because we don’t have enough money.
But somehow we have $20 billion to bailout the right-wing regime of Argentina?
We can’t let that happen.