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Looks like Trump, to celebrate Earth Day, might yank the nonprofit status of several green groups, which would have the direct effect of killing them.

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EVs are more reliable than combustion engine cars, data confirms theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/15/e...

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Amid a surge in wind energy generation, Finland has become the latest country to shut its last operational coal-fired power plant. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/w...

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Trump officials just took their most aggressive step to thwart offshore wind by stopping ongoing construction of Empire Wind, a big project off New York's coast. - Axios

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Last month was the warmest March since instrumental records began in 1850, with global average temperatures reaching 1.55 ± 0.15 °C (2.32 ± 0.22 °F) above the 1850–1900 baseline. This is despite the end of El Niño conditions. - Berkeley Earth

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These countries are leading the solar energy revolution (Also, more than one in five countries now get at least 10% of their electricity directly from the sun) theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/t...

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"The idea itself isn’t new... but what’s happening in #Wales is different. Here, it’s not a one-off project or a novelty. It’s a movement, grounded in policy, powered by community" theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/05/h... @nickhedley.bsky.social #libraryofthings

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Euro emerges as the new safe haven amid Trump tariff turmoil Anticipating European recovery amid US uncertainty, foreign investors shift capital from dollars into European stocks and bonds. 369713.seu2.cleverreach.com/c/105674873/...

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New research from @globalwitness.org finds that 🌾 Crop losses 🌊 Flooding 🌩️ Storms 🥀 Droughts and other impacts from climate change will cost UK households £3000 this year - a number that will keep rising without action. globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

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Wind boom helps Finland join the growing list of countries quitting coal power theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/w...

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EVs are more reliable than combustion engine cars, data confirms Via @cleanenergywire.bsky.social theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/15/e...

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These countries are leading the solar energy revolution theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/t...

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Inside our latest newsletter: - These countries are leading the solar revolution - Wind boom helps Finland join the growing list of countries quitting coal power - EVs are more reliable than combustion engine cars, data confirms and more. Read it here: www.theprogressplaybook.com/p/these-coun...

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The US refused to endorse a G7 statement condemning Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year, a strike on Palm Sunday hitting residential buildings that killed at least 35 and injured 119 including children. - Bloomberg The US is endorsing both Israel's and Russia's massacres.

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“The United States rejects and denounces the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development and the sustainable development goals, and will no longer reaffirm them as a matter of course.” www.voanews.com/a/at-un-trum...

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Economic growth is increasingly decoupling from energy emissions, IEA says theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/e...

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In numbers: How London’s low-emission zones have improved air quality theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/19/i...

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How this poor Brazilian state became an education powerhouse theprogressplaybook.com/2023/07/03/h...

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Woah. A sense of how dramatic the rise of solar energy is expected to be: In the IEA's 'Stated Policies Scenario', Solar PV makes the SMALLEST contribution to world electricity generation THIS YEAR. But by 2035 it is expected to be the LARGEST source for generation, by far.

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Australia’s prime minister has put forward the city of Adelaide as a potential host of the COP31 climate conference -> Adelaide, South Australia, is in many ways a global energy transition pioneer. The state gets 72% of its electricity from wind and solar

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13-year study finds protected bike lanes make roads safer — for everyone theprogressplaybook.com/2023/11/20/1...

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Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...

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At last count, the US ranked 55th in the world in terms of press freedom and 28th in terms of freedom of speech. I wonder how much further it'll slide down the rankings under Trump 2.0? worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

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Trump threatens to skip G20 summit in South Africa, citing 'land confiscation and genocide' -> as a South African I’d love to know what land confiscation and genocide he’s talking about www.news24.com/news24/polit...

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These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity theprogressplaybook.com/2024/10/14/t...

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Many of the world’s largest shipping countries agreed on the first-ever global tax on greenhouse emissions, but the US did not participate in the talks.

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Philomena Cunk on efforts to impeach Trump: "They’re trying to impeach him, which I think is some sort of skin treatment to make him the right colour"

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A future without gas: How German cities are managing the transition to climate-neutral energy theprogressplaybook.com/2025/02/19/a...

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India plans 13 GW hybrid solar, wind hybrid project – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/10/i...

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Because it's been a shit week, here's some good news to cheer you up. A thread with 10 cool stories from around the world: 1. China now has more #wind and #solar than thermal generating capacity and is installing 1 million solar panels EVERY SINGLE DAY. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/25/i...

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Holistic sustainability, bottom -up. I really like the concept! "Together, our borrowers have saved more than £500,000, simply by borrowing instead of buying. And by sharing instead of consuming, we’ve prevented over 220,000kg of CO₂ from entering the atmosphere."

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How Wales is building a sharing economy through its ‘libraries of things’ theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/05/h...

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Wildlife crossings are multiplying in number and impact theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/08/w...

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