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Contributions to the growth in Chinese investment (left) and GDP overall (right) in 2025 by sector, trillion yuan. Source: Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) analysis for Carbon Brief.

NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social

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It would be even more amazing if it was fully pedestrianised. Street trees, gardens, proper terraces 🤩

Would likely boost business as well 🤩

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.

Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. www.wired.com/story/data-c...

We don’t talk enough about how much wetter our future is going to be 😢

When it rains, it now rains more.

For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall.

And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free Neil Young also told fans that his music will “never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by [Jeff] Bezos”.

Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free - while removing all his music from Amazon

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Ground rents to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders The reforms for England and Wales also include proposals to ban the sale of new leasehold flats.

Proper good news for thousands of people.

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Leaseholders in England and Wales to have ground rent capped at £250 a year Keir Starmer says move is ‘good news for homeowners’ in TikTok video announcing change Ground rents are to be capped at £250 a year for leaseholders in England and Wales, Keir Starmer has announced, as his government unveiled proposals to ban leaseholds for new flats. New leasehold flats will be banned and existing leaseholders will get the right to switch to commonhold in an attempt to give homeowners greater control over their properties, under proposals to be put out to consultation. Continue reading...

Leaseholders in England and Wales to have ground rent capped at £250 a year

More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...

On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict

Quick thread on how it is shocking the government has supressed this report, but it is equally shocking that anyone should be surprised by its contents.

www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...

United States Completes WHO Withdrawal WASHINGTON —  January 22, 2026 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State today announced the United States’ completion of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the organization's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a joint statement on the termination of U.S. membership in the WHO.President Trump on January 20, 2025, announced the U.S. plan to leave the WHO. During the yearlong process, the U.S. stopped funding WHO, withdrew all personnel from WHO, and began pivoting activities previously conducted with WHO to direct bilateral engagements with other countries and organizations. With the exit from WHO, the U.S. will be coordinating with WHO solely in a limited fashion to effectuate withdrawal.  The WHO delayed declaring a global public health emergency and a pandemic during the early stages of COVID-19, costing the world critical weeks as the virus spread. During that period, WHO leadership echoed and praised China's response despite evidence of early underreporting, suppression of information and delays in confirming human-to-human transmission. The organization also downplayed asymptomatic transmission risks and failed to promptly acknowledge airborne spread.After the pandemic, the WHO did not adopt meaningful reforms to address political influence, governance weaknesses or poor coordination, reinforcing concerns that politics took priority over rapid, independent public health action and eroding global trust. Its report evaluating the possible origins of COVID-19 rejected the possibility that scientists cre…

And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.

Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.

www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...

Where are all the board of peace memes? Seems ripe

For context - the rest of the video the White House only posted the first frame of (courtesy of @pepel_klaasa) 🤣

Wind and solar power generation growth in China last year was roughly equal to the total power generation of France or Texas, and covered all of the growth in China's electricity use, even as demand grew at over 5%.

The airspace above the North Atlantic is dominated by long-haul flights, which accounted for 40% of contrail warming but only 10% of European departures in 2019.

Small route adjustments to avoid the atmospheric regions where contrails form would significantly reduce contrail formation.
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This map by @xruiztru shows which nations control the North Pole? The increasing yearlong accessibility makes the region geopolitically more interesting. The US seems to think that having an ally control Greenland isn't good enough anymore.

I would say the 10 pp greater proportion of Labour voters who view him very negatively is more significant than than the 2 pp greater proportion who view him very positively.

Data centers were 40% of PJM capacity costs in last auction: market monitor Data center forecasts — beyond existing data centers — made up 45% of the $47.2 billion in capacity costs in PJM’s last three capacity auctions, according to a report by Monitoring Analytics.

“'The extreme uncertainty in the load forecasts based on uncertainty about the addition of large data center loads is also unique and unprecedented and raises questions about the meaning of clearing a capacity auction based on those forecasts,' Monitoring Analytics said."

What is wrong with men?

The US stands alone in dismissing the problem of climate change.

Decide on X ban within days, government tells regulator It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

UK govt asks Ofcom to decide on X ban within 'days' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They’re trying to cover up a murder that is playing on a loop on every phone.

Map showing the U.S. 2025 Billion-Dollar Weather & Climate Disasters and highlights wildfires and severe weather through December 2025. Graphic is produced by Climate Central.

Just in - "According to @climatecentral.org, 2025 ranks as the third-highest year (after 2023 and 2024) for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters..."

+ Interactive graphics/data: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
+ Climate Matters article: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...

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Conventional aviation fuel watch out, SAF is coming for you!

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Merry Torchmas.