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If you know where to look “evidence of changes to the stratosphere due to human activities would have been detectable as far back as 1885” phys.org/news/2025-06...

The first terawatt Solar Power is here: In 2024, global cumulative PV capacity reached 2.2 TW, with China the only country to surpass 1 TW after building 60% of new global solar capacity Superabundance of energy on its way to upend the global “order” iea-pvps.org/snapshot-rep...

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? In most of the world, it is cheaper to build NEW solar than to operate existing coal.

EVs Take 33.7% Share Of The UK – BYD Dolphin Surf Arrives! cleantechnica.com/2025/06/08/e...

EVs Take 94.9% Share In Norway — Renault 5 First Customer Deliveries cleantechnica.com/2025/06/07/e...

China’s EV Moves in UK & EU Progressing cleantechnica.com/2025/06/09/c...

India's coal-fired power is down 9.5% in May on an annual basis, marking the sharpest year-on-year decline ever (excluding COVID) Because: renewables surged to record high, up 17.2% from a year earlier to reach highest share of power generation ever www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Another great @carbonbrief.org explainer by @hausfath.bsky.social. TLDR? We emit aerosols that mask ~0.5°C of existing warming from GHGs. We have to stop unabated combustion of FF, a source of aerosols, to stop adding CO2. The solution space is v narrow #catch22 www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-ho...

The future of EVs… and it isn’t the US. “The world’s largest EV maker is quickly making a name for itself on a global scale. With overseas sales surging 83% last month” electrek.co/2025/02/03/b...

Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

If you have any reach on Bluesky, please consider reposting so I can find old and new friends (and then I’ll follow you back 😊). I'm Alexander Verbeek and publish about the climate crisis, environment, the beauty of nature, science, walking, sustainability, wildlife, photography, water, and energy.

Top 4 fastest coal phase-outs 1 Portugal: Complete coal phase-out in 4 years, to zero in 2021 2 Greece: Complete phase-out in 7 years, to zero in 2026 3 Denmark: Complete phase out in 11 years, to zero in 2028 4 UK: Complete phase-out in 12 years, to zero in 2024

I’ve improved my health too since moving to healthier options. Cut out red meat, stopped the pastries, and reduced dairy. Over 2yrs my cholesterol has dropped at each test. #Medicalexpress you need a ‘Share on Bluesky’ button medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...

Be.EV Will Install Over 200 Ultra-Rapid Charging Bays In The UK cleantechnica.com/2025/06/03/b...

How Elon Can Take Revenge On Trump An Open Video Letter To Elon Musk open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

China is on track to become the world’s first “electrostate”—with clean electricity driving growth and coal’s decline looking inevitable. As China builds energy self-sufficiency and dominates key tech supply chains, its influence on the future of global energy is only set to grow.

Voltpost’s 1st Public Lamppost EV Charging Station Installed in Chicago cleantechnica.com/2025/05/27/v...

I’ve improved my health too since moving to healthier options. Cut out red meat, stopped the pastries, and reduced dairy. Over 2yrs my cholesterol has dropped at each test. #Medicalexpress you need a ‘Share on Bluesky’ button medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...

World's largest fleet of driverless e-mining trucks (100 vehicles) is live in China - with 5G-A comms, industrial-strength AI, cloud computing, smart battery swapping China is deploying 5,000 in 2025 and 10,000 by 2026, totally bossing Industrial EV AI www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...

Wall Street created an acronym for Trump's weakness: "TACO" (Trump Always Chickens Out). Traders are getting rich betting on his guaranteed retreats. Plus: Swiss villages destroyed, geckos return from extinction.

I always wonder why… if tourist boats choose to simply discharge their wastewater into the river illegally, instead of emptying tanks in ports and paying for it… Why are they not banned for life? phys.org/news/2025-05...

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.

BYD Sparks Price War In China, Slashes New Car Prices By Up To 34% cleantechnica.com/2025/05/27/b...

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Deranged chaos agent anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. just instructed HHS to cancel over $700M in funding with Moderna to help develop a vaccine for various flu strains that would trigger future pandemics including the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. This would be called murder.

German court has established that energy companies can be held liable for climate change damages. Given those damages are in the 10s of trillions of USD, this is potentially a massive deal. Huge liabilities for historic polluters as more cases get established.

NEW: Big Oil and the plastics industry market “advanced recycling” as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. But their claims are undermined by their own words and experts. Our new report shows how "advanced recycling" is a deceptive industry ploy to keep producing more plastic.

Many believed that EU would not be able to reach its ambitious 2030 climate goal Now: EU almost on track to reach 2030 climate goal www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

The future of EVs… and it isn’t the US. “The world’s largest EV maker is quickly making a name for itself on a global scale. With overseas sales surging 83% last month” electrek.co/2025/02/03/b...

Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack is clouding the truth with claims that solar panels can't be recycled in Australia, experts say.

“In this world, why gasoline? You just have a battery and another battery.” on.ft.com/4kwvc6Q

Solar PV has had the fastest deployment in history of any energy source It's not stopping here: Solar will continue to be installed faster than any other source in history, delivering in a few more years electron over-abundance and powering entirely new business models

Lake Eyre in Australia filling up with water. Images taken by Sentinel-2 between April 21 and today. @satellitesci.bsky.social 😊💧

China continues to make enormous progress on EVs and solar and wind energy oilprice.com/Energy/Energ... If there is hope for limiting the damage from global warming, it is largely because of China.