The story isn't just that batteries are getting cheaper. It's that batteries are getting cheaper while gas is getting more expensive. When the disruptor's costs fall as the incumbent's costs rise, adoption can accelerate far faster than most people expect. #SWB #Bettrification #Renewables

Batteries are getting cheaper while gas gets pricier. Here’s why

The battery boom is accelerating Australia’s shift away from gas.

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Good morning with good news: UK's fully electric vehicle sales skyrocketed 49% in July, reaching 27% market share. Plug-in hybrids rose 36% for 15% market share. BEV & PHEV were 42% of market. Petrol vehicle sales fell 8% and diesel fell 11% storage.googleapis.com/public_downl... #energysky

DC Court of Appeals rules against the Trump EPA, says it was wrong to terminate the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Trump's EPA was wrong to terminate billions in climate grants, US appeals court rules

A federal appeals court ‌on Tuesday said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot claw back about $20 billion of clean energy grants from several nonprofit groups, handing a defeat to the Trump...

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Why is Britain a tinderbox? Because: 1) The climate crisis, obvs; but also - 2) *6.4 million hectares* of farmland in England & Wales is riddled with field drains - draining water from the land where it could be retaining it. Make Britain Wet Again! ahdb.org.uk/drainage

Today I've written for @labourlist.bsky.social on why working class communities deserve to see a bold plan from Labour on climate. Quite simply we all deserve to be safe and be protected. And there's quite a clear political case for the government too. labourlist.org/2026/08/work...

'Working class communities deserve a bold climate plan from Labour' - LabourList

Labour has always proudly protected, championed and supported working class communities and should do so once more when it comes to climate.

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For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 7h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

Australia passes 500,000 home battery unit milestone! It's deploying 2,000 home batteries per day! Australia is already ~50% to its home battery goal of 1 million by 2030! It now has 13 GWh of home storage. Home solar & batteries can reshape grids! www.msn.com/en-us/money/... #energysky

Wildfires Are The Earth’s Way Of Telling Us To Change Our Behavior — Or Else cleantechnica.com/2026/08/03/w...

Wildfires Are The Earth's Way Of Telling Us To Change Our Behavior — Or Else - CleanTechnica

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There is no evidence in either pricing or deployment data that solar or batteries will slow anytime soon. As our Future Smart global growth model shows, the logical question is not to ask why is the transition so fast, but to ask: why on earth would it slow? bsky.app/profile/prof...

Prof Ray Wills@profraywills.futuresmart.com.au · 2mo ago

Solar is already creating the fastest shift in electricity generation in history - and it is still accelerating Batteries are faster reneweconomy.com.au/solar-is-alr... @reneweconomy.com.au

China's battery utilisation doubled between 2022 and 2025 as the market reflects its role as the ultimate multitool of the energy system. Had 🇨🇳's utility-scale storage run at 350 cycles in 2025, An extra 23 TWh of clean power could have been shifted. ember-energy.org/lat...

Well, at least he doesn't support Net Zero.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can this really be true? Astonishing if so. If this lasts it's a very bad sign indeed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Developing countries can have a "rapid uptake" of solar, thanks to rooftop/small solar systems at homes and businesses. 29 nations have deployed 10 GW or more of solar. 82 countries have 1 GW or more. Small solar answers monopoly/grid failure. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

This is utterly appalling

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

Seeking the last damp place in England.

You see, it's shit like this - running scared of *just stating the obvious* - that boils my piss about Labour. Throwing away every teachable moment, always ceding the information ground to their opponents. In short, offering no leadership.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Asked whether the third drought in five years is a result of the climate crisis, there was no direct attribution from No 10 at lobby earlier, but the PM's spokesman said: "You've got ministers on record as speaking to the impact of climate change and the impact it has on the country and on services"

Wrote about the deafening silence on our summer of climate impacts from Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, business leaders, and even some campaign groups. The dominant climate discourse from the past week has been from those who want to ditch net zero targets and trash decarbonisation policies.

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 2d ago

We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.

A new legal front is opening up in the effort to hold fossil fuel companies responsible. A French oil company has, for the first time, been ruled responsible not just for its own climate-warming emissions, but for the emissions of its customers. #ClimateLitigation

French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight

A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and elsewhere.

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Nearly two million acres are burning across Oregon. We are watching the climate crisis burn our state in real time. Now is the time to make sure our communities are prepared to evacuate and are aware of available resources. dexter.house.gov/services/wil...

Wildfire Resources

Oregonians know all too well how deadly wildfires can wreak havoc on our communities. As a lung and critical care physician, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter has seen firsthand how the climate crisis and p...

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People are scared about climate change, 70% of the electorate sees the causal link with our dismal summer, the government has a strong Net Zero message that most voters want to hear, the Tories and Reform message is 'let everything burn'. Result from government comms:

Cricket Chirp Breaks the Silence

ALT: Cricket Chirp Breaks the Silence

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So… they’re working

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms. Ahead of a landmark climate lawsuit, confidential documents show how British scientist James Lovelock warned executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels in the 1960s. www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t...

Seems bad, tbh. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533811...

Every new oil and gas project makes the heatwaves worse.

This survey on drought and heatwave tolerant wild plants is closing in on 100 responses - please do fill it in with plants you've seen thriving or coping in recent days in your area. I'm aiming for over 200 responses in total. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Which wild plants are coping with heat and drought?

Help identify which wild plants are thriving in your area or garden without watering during hot, dry weather. Check your garden and wild areas near you this month August 2026 and report how wild plant...

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But what's in it for the oil companies?

Ember@ember-energy.org · 3d ago

Delivering on the EU's 2030 EV goals could avoid an extra 190 million barrels of oil per year, saving roughly €12 billion annually 🇪🇺 ember-energy.org/lat...

Not all traditions are worth upholding. Glad to see this.

Protect the Wild@protectthewild.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is the beginning of the end for the Guga hunt.

ah, OK... www.carbonbrief.org/qa-does-the-...

If you're wondering why we keep lurching from "the longest ever wet period" to "longest ever dry period", then (wherever you are in the world) this article explains it: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Why isn’t it raining?

One statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods to droughts again

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