Akshat Rathi

Or you can challenge American car companies to make one that gets 60 mpg or even an EV version instead of just giving up on American ingenuity.

Just because you can't imagine a better world that doesn't look like the past doesn't mean the rest of us can't either.

If someone ever questions if technologies can be the fundamental driver of climate action, please share this story with them. In 2021, Ethiopia submitted its climate plan (extending out to 2030) to… ... If someone ever questions if technologies can be the fundamental driver of climate action, please share this story with them. In 2021, Ethiopia submitted its climate plan (extending out to 2030) to t...

If someone ever questions if technologies can be the fundamental driver of climate action, please share this story with them. www.linkedin.com/posts/akshat...

The food industry must face up to nature-related risk Boardrooms need to acknowledge that without healthy soils and reliable seasons the system could face collapse

New CEO of Diageo writes:

"Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability

Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed"

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Most engineering projects get better the longer they run. But somehow not Australia's massive carbon capture plant. reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...

Erasing a Home’s Risks on Zillow Doesn’t Make Them Go Away We live in a golden age of magical thinking, and I’m not just talking about the trillions of dollars being burned on artificial intelligence. When it comes to our rapidly heating planet and its effect...

Lede of the week, from @markgongloff.bsky.social :

"We live in a golden age of magical thinking, and I’m not just talking about the trillions of dollars being burned on artificial intelligence."
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Al Gore: Fossil fuel companies…–Zero: The Climate Race – Apple Podcasts Podcast Episode · Zero: The Climate Race · 2025-11-20 · 37m

What should be the focus of the next ten years of climate action?

Al Gore told me we should start with a focus on re-establishing our ability as humans on a planet floating in empty space to reason together.

In the face of AI, that's a big and worthy challenge.

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Line graph shows car ownership in London falling while it continues to rise everywhere else in England

Onwards and downwards to the future, fellow Londoners! 🚀

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Memo to LNG enthusiasts: are you sure you want to do this?

You could see 150 shooting stars an hour this month! 🌠🧪

The Geminid meteor shower arrives on December 4–17, and will peak overnight December 13–14! One of the biggest celestial events of the year, the Geminids are known for producing up to 150 meteors per hour at their peak.

Gold clam invasion in NZ threatens drinking water for millions of people The invasion threatens more than water. Clams could foul dam intakes and reduce hydroelectric efficiency in a river that generates 13% of New Zealand’s power.

I thought of the gold clam invasion in the Waikato mostly as a threat to ecosystems, but the clams' need for calcium to build their shells impairs arsenic removal during treatment, threatening drinking water for millions theconversation.com/gold-clam-in...

Even if you don‘t read German, the chart will do it for you. Rise of the electrostate.

BYD becomes the first to 2M BEV vehicles in one year ever

#alwaysbecharging
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"have the viruses do the education" is a) bleak and b) maybe not going to work? when in human history have people been like "you know what, we made stupid choices and totally deserve this"

Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.

US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.

Interesting! Solar+wind become the majority source of power in the state in 2025 y-t-d

India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.

The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.

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Smallest and shortest-lived ozone hole in 5 years closes The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) today confirms that the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole has come to an end on 30 November, marking the earliest closure since 2019. The 2025 ozone hole wa...

Heartening news!

Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore wellbeing? Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.

Led by Inge Schrijver, with Rutger Hoekstra and @renekleijn.bsky.social we also have a piece in the conversation here describing the work: theconversation.com/climate-acti...

The Rise of America’s ICE Towns Small towns are at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, spearheaded by ICE. In one rural New Mexico county, officials are grappling with what it means to be an ICE town. (...

The US counties dependent on human suffering: America's ICE towns

Short doc worthy of your time:
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Australia expands grain-fed beef exports as US production falters Six thousand Black Angus cattle chew on rolled barley, silage, cottonseed and molasses, fattening up in three rows of shaded pens under the hot Australian sun.

'The U.S. cattle market is currently facing its smallest herd size in decades due to drought and high feed costs'

Two long tailed tits perched on a branch . Behind them a snowy landscape with a Welsh cottage and a gold leaf sky

Let’s start the week with a pair of bumbarrels

Energy people: can we put “BESS” alongside “prepone” and “do the needful” as a notable coinage from Indian English? I am pretty sure I first saw the acronym cropping up in Indian energy discussions.

This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.

Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).

Covered Bridge #Photography

The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.

The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.

And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.

China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance - CleanTechnica China’s electric heavy truck boom signals a freight transition as low cost BEVs outpace diesel and gas across short haul markets. Exports are rising.

China’s shift away from diesel in the heavy truck segment is dramatic. The country sold more than 900,000 heavy trucks in 2024. Diesel’s share fell to about 57% that year.

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Superior tech FTW 🥊

Maximum gas furnace efficiency: ~95%

Air heat pump efficiency: 300-400(!)% without even trying.