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1May 20, '25China added a phenomenal 60GW of solar in Q1 as rooftop installations surged to 36GW 60GW is more than the total installed solar capacity in Spain and France combined. And China in50.1×1.1M4.3k1.6k196
2Jul 23, '23Earth’s hottest recorded day was 16.92°C (62.46°F) on 24 July 2022 We’ve broken this record on each of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 Ju35.7×773k5.3k1.8k196
3Nov 1, '25Global deforestation is declining, a very good thing. Top 10 countries adding forests (2015-2025) 1 China: 1,686 hectares, per year, or 16.9m ha total (larger than Bangladesh or Gr35.7×773k1.3k329289
4Dec 16, '23Batteries are currently going through a massive domino effect of adoption certain to phaseout 50% of global fossil fuel demand by 2040 at the latest. Because: economics We are witn30.8×668k2.7k647996
5Jun 4, '23There is some insane "weather" around right now >Siberia: Hottest day in history >Canada: 28,000 sq. km burned by wildfires >Antarctic: Sea ice extent lowest on record in 18.1×393k1.4k80271
6Jul 27, '23“The era of global boiling has arrived” Exxon did this. Shell did this. TotalEnergies did this. PetroChina did this. Chevron did this. BP did this. Gazprom did this. Coal India did18×390k4.7k1.8k130
7Dec 27, '22My animal of the year (including humans): Insects, which we are in the process of wiping out If you drive, have you noticed that many fewer insects crash into your windshield compa16×346k2k470162
8Sep 10, '23Good climate news this week 1 Germany passes boiler ban law 2 Indonesia, Singapore in $20b renewables corridor 3 US cancels 7 arctic oil and gas leases 4 Amazon deforestation down 15.8×343k1.1k27231
9Nov 9, '22France just legislated that every parking lot for 80 cars or more must be covered by solar panels That’s 11GW of new solar (same as 10 new nuclear reactors) powering millions of ho15.3×015k3.8k267
10Feb 24, '24World's largest EV battery maker says prices in 2024 will drop 50% to $56/kWh This is gargantuan - and will accelerate EV cars, trucks, trains, ships, planes and BESS Sit back and 15.2×330k1.4k442277
11Oct 8, '23Exxon did this. Shell did this. TotalEnergies did this. PetroChina did this. Chevron did this. BP did this. Gazprom did this. Coal India did this. Saudi Aramco did this: Just 100 c15.2×330k93836434
12Aug 26, '23In 2019, 2.5% of cars sold worldwide were electric. That's set to reach 18% in 2023 At this rate, almost all new vehicles sold will be electric by 2030 That's 40% of global oil dem14.9×323k1.4k488115
13Sep 10, '23The UN released a "global stocktake" taking a hard look at the state of our planet In short, we are still sleepwalking to a world we will increasingly not recognize It has 17 key f14.5×314k2.1k840437
14May 31, '23China peak emissions are here, 7 years ahead of schedule; country one year away from the tipping point where fossil fuel use falls into long-term decline. Drivers: -China adding 3 13×283k1k306133
15Aug 13, '23Good climate news this week 1 US bans incandescent light bulbs 2 India to meet Paris goal ahead of time 3 New Zealand fast tracks 100% renewables 4 Net energy gain in fusion achiev12.7×276k1.2k28451
16Jul 7, '23The week in #climate so far: Monday: Average global temperature hits 17.01°C (62.62°F), highest in 125,000 years Tuesday: Record climbs to 17.18°C, beats Monday's Thursday: Record 12.4×268k1.8k1k61
17Nov 5, '22Luxury cruises are punctured garbage bins on water >47 cruise ships emit 10 times more sulphur dioxide in European waters (2017 data) than all of Europe’s 260m cars combined &gt12.1×012k3k929
18Jan 8, '23Meet the President of the 2023 UN Climate Talks, Sultan Al Jaber. He is also the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the state-owned behemoth investing $127b in expanding oi12×261k1.1k49755
19May 17, '23After 27 years of UN climate talks, Big Oil finally succeeded in completing its hijacking of the annual meeting of 198 countries to act on climate @UNFCCC should be going nuts abou11.8×255k831436170
20Jul 16, '23China is incomparable on climate action: Operates half of world's offshore wind; installs more renewables than US, EU and India put together; builds more panels, has more electric 11.5×249k1.5k424145
21Jan 4, '20Australia today: Penrith, near Sydney, was for a time the hottest place on earth: 48.9°C 4,000 km2 burned in Victoria state Third of Kangaroo Island burned (1700 km2) Some bushfire11.4×08.3k4.7k80
22Jun 15, '23Historic: At 49.1%, fossil fuels now account for less than half of China’s total installed power capacity - as country reaches its goal for clean energy to exceed fossil fuel capac11.2×243k2k53189
23Jun 30, '23Earth vital signs, current checklist: 1. North Atlantic temperature: FAIL "North Atlantic Ocean is way beyond record hot right now. The kind of heat that would only be found once i11.1×241k982472137
24Mar 19, '23Tomorrow, IPCC will release another report. I’ve summarized it in plain English: It’s getting worse and we’re heading to 3°C of warming or more. We must ban new oil, gas and coal i10.2×221k1k53742
25Jul 30, '23Good climate news this week 1 Canada bins most fossil fuel subsidies 2 US speeds up solar, wind grid connection 3 JV by 7 carmakers to double fast US chargers 4 Victoria bans gas i9.8×213k1.3k34745
26Feb 7, '23Dead 54,431kg sperm whale 17m long washed ashore in Hawaii with stomach full of plastic waste Plastic is 99% oil and it's now in our blood, our food chain, our water and the air we9.6×209k2.4k1.3k65
27Aug 22, '23Just a couple of years ago, the steel industry was allegedly "hard to abate" and routinely used as an excuse to slow global decarbonization. Now, fully 43% of planned steelmaking c9.4×205k1.4k496120
28Sep 5, '24Momentous: The UK, home to the world’s first coal power station in 1882, will stop using coal to generate electricity this month, the 1st G7 country to do so Coal supplied 80% of U9.2×200k1.8k665133
29Aug 20, '23Good climate news this week 1 Montana youth win historic climate case 2 China sets up solar, wind recycling system 3 Germany's rooftop solar soars 4 India to add 10,000 e-buses in 9.2×199k1k29441
30Jun 3, '25Pakistan went full renewables slowly, then suddenly, importing more solar capacity in 1-year than what the UK added in the past 5 years combined. Now the continuing steep fall in b8.7×189k1.3k337209
31Sep 9, '23August forest clearing in Brazil’s Amazon down 66% compared to the same month last year, with #deforestation decreasing for 5 consecutive months It's amazing how much difference it8.6×186k81527720
32Sep 25, '23California is what's coming everywhere: a resilient, close to 100% renewable energy grid, with hubs (grid-owned batteries) and spokes (decentralized charging infra) Because it's ch8.4×182k99626753
33Aug 28, '20Karachi, population 15 million, is largely underwater: Pakistan's biggest city had it roads turned to rivers, its houses destroyed and its people fleeing to shelters - suffering fr8.0×04.9k3.6k124
34Jul 9, '23Good climate news this week 1 World shipping agrees net-zero goal 2 Amazon deforestation down 33.6% 3 US sales of EVs accelerating along S curve 4 Solar drives Europe power prices 7.7×166k94030550
35Oct 12, '19Typhoon #Hagibis made a direct hit on Tokyo, together with landslides, floods and an earthquake -Most powerful storm for 60+ years -Millions evacuating -500mm of rain to fall on To7.5×05k3k157
36Jan 19, '23South Australia went from 1% renewables in 2007 to 68% in just over 15 years It's on track for 100% renewable energy by 2030 and in 2021, already met 100% of its operational demand7.3×158k1.5k36444
37May 24, '24India added an incredible 5 times more solar in the first quarter of 2024, compared to a year ago, or to the previous quarter - a record 10GW That's 65% of the UK's entire installe6.9×150k99027394
38Feb 25, '23French law will blanket parking lots with solar, adding 10 nuclear power plants’ worth to the electricity system "They are big and unbeautiful, and covering them with solar panels 6.3×137k1.8k48527
39Jul 23, '20In news not making headlines this week: "Flooding in Assam and Nepal kills hundreds, displaces millions" "One-third of Bangladesh under water in one of worst deluges to hit region"6.1×04.2k2.7k76
40Sep 14, '22Ground-breaking Oxford University paper (which had a soft launch earlier but now is in scientific journal Joule) deserves enormous air time It overturns the common thinking that de6.1×05.1k1.6k725
41Aug 27, '23Good climate news this week 1 Germany in $280b green push 2 India approves major green hydrogen push 3 Ecuadorians vote against oil drilling in Amazon 4 Wind push by Germany's most5.8×126k89126127
42Sep 1, '23Solar power was 710% more expensive than the cheapest fossil fuel-fired solution in 2010. Today, it costs 29% less - and continues to get cheaper and cheaper It’s game over for fos5.7×124k1.1k44565
43Aug 9, '23EV batteries: Facts 1 New battery designs already cut future cobalt needs 50% in just 5 years 2 Nickel-free LFP batteries now being used in 40% of electric vehicles - up from 7% in5.6×122k1.3k479221
44Aug 27, '23Quietly, Germany upped its green transition pace by lining up $290 billion to spend in just 3 years to move decarbonization at pace >Switching gas boilers to heat pumps >Expa5.5×120k97434572
45Jan 17, '23India just ordered 1,200 electric trains which burn no diesel and as they are increasingly powered by renewables, will provide nearly emissions-free transport Kudos to India: accel5.5×119k97917820
46Jul 27, '23Seems a good time to repeat: There are at least 739 papers reviewing 100% renewables systems. Main conclusion: 100% renewables CAN power all energy in the world at low cost - fast 5.4×117k1.4k55662
47Aug 25, '23The G20 agreed to phase out fossil fuel subsidies in 2009, 14 years ago. They then said they're accelerating this at the Glasgow COP26 climate conference in 2021 Result: In an amaz5.2×113k91652290
48Aug 26, '24Good climate news this week 1 China hits 2030 renewables goal 6 years early 2 Germany hits 2024 solar goal in 1st 6 months 3 EU coal consumption lowest ever in 2023 4 Portugal cuts5.1×111k1.1k311114
49Jun 21, '22"We seem trapped in a world where fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat. They exploited the same scandalous tactics as Big Tobacco decades before [and] m5.1×04.4k1.8k86
50Jul 21, '23Our fossil fuel addiction requires at least 535 times more mining than the renewables economy displacing it – and we already have all the minerals we need for 100% clean energy Ep 5.0×109k94329955
51Jul 3, '25Poland (yes, Poland, with 60% less sunny days than countries closer to the Equator) generated more electricity from renewables than from coal for the 1st time ever in June Every co5.0×109k1.5k418107
52Aug 4, '22Iraq's heatwave is worsening, bringing under-reported hardship to 40m people Temperatures above 50°C (122F) over the next few days will be the hottest anywhere - and above wet-bulb4.8×03.1k2k125
53Nov 2, '25South Korea mandates solar PV for every parking lot for 80 cars or more (from end-November), applying it retroactively to existing facilities - about 3,000 lots in total That's 2 t4.7×103k1.9k633116
54Nov 18, '23Just a perfectly normal and fine November around the world this week 46C in Argentina 46C in South Africa 44.6C in Bolivia 43C in Brazil 43C in Paraguay 42C in Mexico 37C in Thaila4.7×102k1.2k57935
55Nov 19, '23Rio de Janeiro yesterday recorded a heat index of 59.7ºC (139.4ºF), a record. Previous record? 59.3ºC, the day before 52C/125F+ signifies extreme danger with heat strokes "highly l4.2×91k82742051
56Jan 6, '172016 is now the hottest year on record, followed by: 2015 2014 2010 2013 2005 1998 2009 2012 2003 2006 2007 2002 2004 2011 Get it?4.1×02.1k2.3k1
57Jun 22, '23Glaciers in the Himalayas melting 65% faster from 2010 through 2019 than in previous decade 2 billion people in a dozen countries depend on this melting ice and snow for their wate4.0×87k1.1k56549
58Jul 6, '24"California has the 5th-largest economy in the world and the state has [just] proved it’s possible to run a thriving modern economy on clean energy" The Big Oil propaganda line "oh3.8×81k1.4k54081
59Mar 2, '24"The average global temperature has for the first time breached 1.5C above pre-industrial levels over a 12-month period" That's 15 years ahead of schedule - and likely the coldest 3.7×80k82842297
60Jun 15, '24Solar will very shortly overtake every other type of electricity generation and together with batteries, will electrify everything, everywhere: just look at these curves! Result: F3.7×80k968333139
61Oct 14, '22WE’VE WIPED OUT TWO-THIRDS OF BIRDS, FISH, AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES SINCE 1970 AND THIS FINDING DIDN’T EVEN MAKE HEADLINE NEWS #SixthMassExtinction3.6×02.5k1.5k94
62Aug 24, '23California firmly on track to 100% renewables and zero carbon by 2045. In 10 years so far: >Solar up 20 times >Wind up 63% >Fossil gas down 20% >Coal out >Legally bi3.5×76k89025835
63Oct 31, '2440% of global shipping is simply about carrying oil, gas and coal around, to burn them and then do the same again A world without or with little fossil fuels has an enormously ligh3.1×68k1.1k452131
64Sep 24, '25Wind farms v fracking, oil wells and tar sands: impact on nature, landscapes, water and biodiversity, in 4 images3.0×65k1.2k459160
65Aug 11, '22Europe is today a live laboratory of climate change as a threat multiplier THREAD2.9×02.3k855280
66Aug 11, '22A brand new scientific paper (474 references) reviews all published research on 100% renewables to show, unequivocally, that 100% renewable energy “can power all energy in all regi2.9×02.2k876297
67Aug 8, '22I am sadly no longer easily shocked by the extent to which we’ve destroyed Earth and our environment - but this headline managed to shock me anyway “Rainwater EVERYWHERE on Earth u2.7×01.9k970196
68Dec 19, '19This was Sydney an hour ago, choking While the country battles severe #drought and unprecedented wildfires, literally dozens of temperature records are being broken Meanwhile, its 2.6×01.6k1.2k20
69Feb 26, '20A most critical issue about global heating, mostly missed most of the time, is that destruction can be (and often is) larger than climate models predict Latest evidence: 21% of Aus2.5×02.4k73434
70Sep 21, '22"The fossil fuel industry is feasting on hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies and windfall profits while household budgets shrink and our planet burns" UN Secretary-General2.5×02k87140
71May 5, '24"Shell sold millions of carbon credits tied to [carbon capture and storage] that never took place" Selling emissions credits for reductions that never happened from a technology th2.4×52k80341983
72Sep 3, '21Super informative, funny and savage takedown of the "carbon capture and storage" con, a non-solution to the #ClimateEmergency which just funnels more money into Big Oil's pockets -2.4×01.3k751267
73Jul 22, '23Every city should follow Amsterdam's lead: Luxury cruises are monster floating garbage bins. In Europe's waters, 218 cruise ships emitted last year as much poisonous sulphur oxides2.3×49k90031519
74Nov 13, '16In the new new world, China lectures the United States about climate change and the importance of cooperation between nations2.2×01.1k1.2k0
75Aug 10, '24For the umpteenth time: Big Oil are running a massive, multi-billion dollars multi-year mis- and disinformation campaign to slow down decarbonisation and accelerate climate breakdo2.1×46k97351978
76Jul 24, '18Climate change here, now: - Wildfires raging in Sweden, Greece, Siberia - Global heatwave smashing records from Japan to the Arctic - Typhoons battering Asia - US West about to be 2.0×01.2k8784
77Jul 28, '18Under Imran Khan's leadership, Pakistan has already planted an astonishing 1 billion trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, restoring 350,000 hectares of forest. Now Imran Khan will1.7×01.6k5681
78May 27, '19This farm produces 15% of Australia's annual tomatoes in an arid area, using the sun and seawater and: zero fossil fuels zero soil zero pesticides zero groundwater #sustainablefutu1.7×01.3k62331
79Sep 25, '17Companies most responsible for Philippines plastic pollution: 1 Nestle 2 Unilever 5 P&G 9 Colgate Palmolive Via @EcoWatch1.7×01.1k7640
80Oct 7, '22The energy revolution is unfolding live, much faster than most people realize. A thread based on the insurgent view of the energy transition of @RockyMtnInst and @KingsmillBond In 1.6×01.1k396286
81Feb 7, '20Antarctica hits hottest temperature on historical record at 18.3C (65F): It’s warmer there right now than in the UK That’s ANTARCTICA we’re talking about ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA ANTA1.6×083873812
82Jan 23, '22In 2021, Canada's oil sands - world's dirtiest oil patches - delivered more oil than ever. Canada is spending billions to keep it up (Oil sands generate 160 pounds of carbon per ba1.6×01.4k52730
83Oct 24, '21Climate Madness: Saudi Arabia pledges net zero by 2060 while excluding its world-leading oil & gas exports from the emissions measured - and making no mention of reducing inves1.6×01.5k40919
84Mar 19, '19Dead #whale washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilos (88 pounds) of plastic rice sacks, grocery bags, banana plantation bags and g1.5×09067174
85Mar 11, '22So apparently, it’s easy to get off Russian gas: EU now will cut it 2/3 in 2022 and 100% by 2027 Substitute gas won’t be enough: EU will need rapid, vast energy efficiency wins and1.5×01.7k36712
86Sep 11, '22This year, Germany moved to a goal of 100% renewables by 2035, doubled goal for onshore wind, tripled solar goals and quadrupled offshore wind ones, all in the space of just weeks 1.5×01.4k38123
87Jul 17, '21Greenland - with an estimated 17.5b undiscovered barrels of oil (18% of the UAE's) and 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (17% of Qatar's) - suspends all oil exploration off wh1.4×01.4k41718
88Sep 28, '19Ikea spent $2.7bn to generate more energy than it consumes by the end of 2019 via: ->1 million solar panels on stores ->535 wind turbines ->2 US solar parks And will be #c1.4×01.3k4348
89Oct 18, '21Ground-breaking Oxford University paper deserves much more air time. It overturns the common thinking that decarbonizing will be hugely expensive (it’s not –in fact it saves us $141.4×0903420173
90Nov 6, '25There are 3,572 ridiculously underused Walmart supercenters parking lots, and some 500 million commercial parking spaces in the US alone. Covering these with solar would add more t1.4×29k1.3k39569
91Aug 15, '21"Unprecedented" again, this time in Japan: Heavy rainfall, landslides, mudslides, houses swallowed 1m, then 2m, now 5m told to evacuate 4 prefectures affected: Hiroshima, Saga, Nag1.2×099044614
92Jan 17, '22World record: South Australia (population 1.8m) runs for a week on 100% renewable energy, a record for similar energy grids anywhere Don't believe Big Oil (and politicians in their1.1×01k35626
93Jan 2, '22Costa Rica passed law to increase its Cocos Island National Park, a protected marine reserve since 1982, 27 times in size - protecting 30% of its oceans (vs 3% before) or 159,290 s1.1×01.1k31314
94Nov 6, '22Good climate news this week 1 Lula wins, Amazon gets fighting chance 2 Lower Saxony ups solar 10X 3 France to plant 1b trees by 2030 4 Germany renews unlimited tickets for buses, t1.0×01.1k25350
95Mar 21, '21There are major floods at the fringe of Sydney, Australia NSW's Premier just warned parts of the state were experiencing a "one in 100-year event" How many "one in 100-year events"1.0×08383207
96Mar 6, '22Good climate news this week 1 Germany goes 100% renewables by 2035 2 EU affirms climate goals 3 China emissions intensity drops 4 China: No new coal for generation 5 US offshore wi1.0×094627530
97Oct 30, '22Good climate news this week 1 EU deal: 100% zero emission vehicles by 2035 2 Scope 3 emissions mandatory in company reporting 3 Australia joins methane pledge 4 Green steel firm se0.9×092520843

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