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YouTube video by Christian Breyer Global Sustainable Bioenergy Potential

Podcast on Global Sustainable Bioenergy Potential youtu.be/3leeh1yKlLk for this article from 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
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‘Agrivoltaics is not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges’ Scientists have conducted a six-sphere literature analysis of agrivoltaics, considering sustainability, soil–crop productivity, socioeconomic resilience, solar power generation, spatial efficiency, an...

Agrivoltaics: "not just a land-sharing concept, but a systems-level solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”

YouTube video by Christian Breyer Renewable Energy Desalination Afforestation for CO2 Removal in Egypt

Podcast on Renewable Energy Desalination Afforestation for CO2 Removal in Egypt www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miZ... for this article from 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.se...
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Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge.

Article updates on the repeal of the endangerment finding for CO2. The administration is worried that their case is not strong enough to withstand legal challenges.

Gift link (courtesy of @donboesch.bsky.social): www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This seems to argue against the Hansen et al. argument for high climate sensitivity, as laid out in this paper: academic.oup.com/oocc/article...

YouTube video by ARTE Est-il vrai que les matières premières enrichissent les pays ? | Est-il vrai que...? | ARTE

"Le pétrole est l'excrément du diable"

Est-il vrai que les matières premières enrichissent les pays ?
Eh ben non, il y a la "malédiction des ressources" !
(Arte, avec James Robinson)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa8u...
#vidéo

A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026 This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. 2025 was a brutal year for the climate: record temperatures, ever…

2026 brings real climate progress 🌍✨ Renewables have overtaken coal as the world’s top electricity source, clean power growth is spreading to places like Pakistan & the Maldives, and cheaper renewables mean jobs, resilience & energy access everywhere 💡🌱 #CleanEnergyWins

Floating photovoltaics based on spiderweb design Scientists in the United Kingdom have developed a new web-inspired concept for floating PV farms, modeled after spider webs. The system is said to be particularly suitable for spiral and radial config...

Floating photovoltaics based on spiderweb design www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/15/f...

Ukraine adds 500 MW of solar in H1 Provisional figures from the Solar Energy Association of Ukraine indicate around 500 MW of solar was deployed across the first six months of the year in Ukraine. The association expects this year's ad...

Ukraine adds 500 MW of solar in H1 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/14/u... - how an energy transition for the power sector for the Ukraine may look like: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Prediction: as electricity costs (continue to) rise in coming years, Trump & the right will falsely blame clean energy & the quiescent US political press will dutifully amplify that message. A coherent, competent communications apparatus would see that coming & do something to forestall it ...

Adopting electric vehicles (EVs) can substantially reduce households’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In August 2023, we surveyed 633 U.S. adults about their intentions to adopt 30 GHG-reducing actions. Purchasing EVs was the most polarizing, with positive intentions among liberals and negative intentions among conservatives. Meanwhile Elon Musk, chief executive officer of EV manufacturer Tesla, has adopted a conservative public persona. We tested whether perceptions of Musk have made Teslas less polarizing than other EVs, with surveys in November 2023 (n = 539), May 2024 (n = 500), July 2024 (n = 511), and March 2025 (n = 689), randomly assigning respondents to consider purchasing either a Tesla or an unspecified EV. Conservatives consistently disfavored purchasing both Teslas and EVs, irrespective of their perceptions of Musk. Liberals showed declining intentions to purchase Teslas compared with other EVs, and, to a lesser extent, declining intentions to purchase EVs in general. We found both effects to be associated with negative perceptions of Musk. Musk’s public persona therefore may have reduced liberal support for Teslas without increasing conservative support. We compare our results to recent sales and consumer data

Interesting paper on the impact on electric vehicles of Musk's unpopularity.

He's so unpopular that it's even hurting liberals views of EVs.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

YouTube video by TerraInfirmaLtd Some Like It (Very) Hot: Decarbonising 'Hard to Abate' Industries with Prof Jan Rosenow

Industrial electrification is key for decarbonising industry - more on why and how in this podcast where Gareth Kane puts me on the spot on this important topic.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3AC...

Balcony Solar Is Booming In Germany In the last 5 years, Germans have installed one million solar systems on their balconies

As renewable energy continues to get cheaper, more and more people will have access.

#GoodClimateNews

Sand Battery The Sand Battery is a large-scale, high-temperature thermal energy storage system that uses sand or similar materials as its storage medium. It enables our clients to meet their climate goals while…

Box of rocks! Er ... box of sand, I guess.

I love thermal storage. Such an underrated workhorse of decarbonization.

Pakistan's Solar Revolution Is Bringing Power to the People Fed up with pricey electricity from an unreliable grid, Pakistanis have snapped up cheap solar panels. In an interview, Muhammad Mustafa Amjad, of Islamabad-based Renewables First, says his country ca...

Solar power booming in Pakistan. Share of solar electricity generation more than tripled in just three years.
e360.yale.edu/features/pak...

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast The Best Markets for Wind and Solar Are Not Where You Think | Ep216: Daniel Calderon

While other clean energy investors chased ever-thinner guaranteed margins in advanced economies, one man struck out in a different direction: developing cheap wind & solar projects in emerging economies. This week I talk to Daniel Calderon of Alcazar Energy Partners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMhF...

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast How Nvidia Made Chips 100,000x More Efficient | Ep215: Josh Parker

NVIDIA is the world's most valuable company. Is it going to save the planet or trash the planet?
youtube.com/watch?v=k0Kt...

Interested in your personal opinion on this after seeing the interview

Loule

Same in France
We are missing the opportunity

Indian researchers develop fast-charging sodium-ion battery, promising over 3,000 cycles NAtrium Super Ionic CONductor (NASICON) materials continue to show their potential for sodium-ion anodes in high-performance batteries, with fresh research out of India delving more into the materials...

Indian researchers develop fast-charging sodium-ion battery, promising over 3,000 cycles www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/i...

Overcoming All Barriers To Industrial Electrification • Energy Innovation A safe climate requires clean industry, and businesses winning globally require clean products. Industrial electrification can do both.

A roadmap to electrifying heavy industry:

And the "just read the book" folks ?

2am for me but will try to be there

The future of our planet is on the chopping block. But the fight isn’t over. Join us TONIGHT, June 9th at 5 pm PT/ 8 pm ET for a virtual rally to say NO to Trump’s destructive environmental bill that threatens our health, our communities, and our planet.

Join us ⤵️
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This is an interesting (and, uh, dubiously good but what else were they gonna do) new chapter in the Pakistan unruly energy transition story.

Original source is PR No. 305 here, on 25 May 2025:

www.finance.gov.pk/press_releas...

Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework Under Climate Change The Global Biodiversity Framework sets out targets for a range of measures in terms of biodiversity goals. Climate change, however, is both likely and already being shown to make the achievement of s...

Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework is threatened by climate change.🌍🧪

@emmararcher.bsky.social, @davidobura.bsky.social (IPBES Chair), A. Arneth, @pwlead.bsky.social, P. Smith & A. Mori emphasize rethinking restoration, planning & equity.

Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Clean energy standards have boosted renewables and EVs—can they do the same for heating?

We think so. Our new paper shows how Clean Heat Standards can drive more clean heat across Europe & explains how to make them work.

www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18...

Cover of new REPEAT Project report, "A Fork In The Road: Impacts of Federal Policy Repeal On The U.S. Energy Transition."

Summary Full repeal of current federal energy and climate policies would: • Increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 0.5 billion metric tons per year in 2030 and more than 1 billion metric tons per year in 2035. • Raise U.S. household and business energy expenditures by $25 billion annually in 2030 and over $50 billion in 2035. • Increase average U.S. household energy costs by roughly $100 to $160 per household per year in 2030 and roughly $270 to $415 per household per year in 2035. • Reduces cumulative capital investment in U.S. electricity and clean fuels production by $1 trillion from 2025-2035. • Imperil a total of $522 billion in announced but pending investments in U.S. clean energy supply and manufacturing. • Reduce annual sales of electric vehicles by roughly 40% in 2030 and end America’s battery manufacturing boom. • Substantially slow electricity capacity additions, raising national average retail electricity rates and monthly household electricity bills by about 9% in 2030 — and as much as 17% in some states (including TX, OK and PA). • Kill off the nascent clean hydrogen, CO2 management, and nuclear power sectors.

Graphic showing historical and modeled US greenhouse gas emissions, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

Graphic showing modeled average household US energy costs, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️
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Lessons from Spain Last month's Spain/Portugal power cut has shone a powerful light (ha ha) on grid resilience. TLDR: Renewables were not to blame - but how they were integrated into the grid might have been, in part.

@mliebreich.bsky.social nails it:

“Before blaming renewables for the Spain/Portugal power cut, remember: It’s better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you’re a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

mliebreich.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...