EVs on fire in South America. Columbia growth at 304% yoy. Brazil at 196%
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Total heat trapped in our atmosphere DAILY=heat from 460,000 Hiroshima atom bombs exploding DAILY. No planet B. We can fix it. .
China's clen tech exports totaled $194 B in 2025. China has already crossed $128B mark by June of 2026.
Chinese juggernaut of EVs, wind mills, solar panels is on the move across the globe and cutting CO2 emissions well beyond China's borders. In 2025, Chinese clean tech exports reduced CO2 emissions equivalent to total emissions of UK and Portugal.
In Australia, batteries have displaced 28% of gas demand at peak times and coal generation by 4%. And it is just the beginning. Cheap solar and wind stored in batteries becomes even more valuable in the evenings. reneweconomy.com.au/chart-of-the...
Chart of the Day: Big batteries are muscling out fossil fuels and gas – not coal – is the "biggest loser"
Neat chart offers new snapshot on how big batteries fed on a diet of excess wind and solar are increasingly muscling out fossil fuels from the lucrative evening peak.
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BEV sales jump by 75% in Germany and 100% in France in August as compared to 2025 sales.
Nepal, the small country that was devastated by the glacier collapse has EV adoption of 82%. EV tsunami is rising the fastest among emerging economies.
China's clean tech exports in 2025 will avoid global CO2 emissions equivalent to those of UK and Portugal combined. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China's clean tech exports avoided more CO2 than UK emitted last year
China's clean technology exports last year avoided carbon emissions greater than those produced by Britain, according to new analysis highlighting the growing climate impact of China's green technolo...
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UK shares long suppressed report about dangers posed by climate change to national securities across the globe. The findings were presented to EU and many other defense ministers. El Nino supercharged by global warming will push food supplies to breaking points. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Wow! In August China's EV charging was 17.2TWh, up 51% yoy. That is equivalent to1.3 M barrel of oil per day. Just one country. Just EVs. Watch as EU and India ramp up EVs and heavy duty trucks join the parade.
China's CO2 emissions are falling, big party due to falling Oil demand. And 7% reduction in aviation fuel consumption due to the ever expanding network of bullet trains. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.
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Word's largest auto market, China, will be fully electric by 2030. Or before it And fully battery electric only by 2035. Or before it. cleantechnica.com/2026/09/19/t...
The Unstoppable Rise of Leapmotor — August’s China EV Sales Report (45% BEV Share) - CleanTechnica
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Azerbaijan inaugurates 100 MW solar project. Total national solar capacity now at 378 MW dlvr.it/TVXY1y
Azerbaijan inaugurates 100 MW solar project - pv magazine Global
The project was awarded under Azerbaijan's first solar auction. Its inauguration takes the country's operational solar capacity to 378.2 MW, according to government sources.
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12.5 Trillion tons of ice has melted from glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland since 1979. The earth we grew upon is gone for ever. Never to return. www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
The numbers behind the melting ice are both mind-bogglingly huge and deceptively small.
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EVs made up of only 3.6% of new car sales in India in January 2026. Now that number stands at 8.2%. Mostly likely to reach 10% by the end of 2026.
How alarming is global warming and depleting rivers - here is an example. To fill up two of largest reservoirs in US will take 8 consecutive wettest winters. A statistical impossibility. We broke it big.
India's coal generation has been flat for 2 years despite demand for electricity rising 7%. All new demand met with solar and wind. India has no gas generation. India is also 3rd largest emitter of CO2 and its power sector is a biggest culprit. It seems India is reaching peak coal.
Under new leadership, UK has pivoted hard to renewable energy. UK gets 52% of its electricity from renewable energy. By 2030, 80%+ power to come from solar and wind. Plus new tidal wave and geothermal projects underway. renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/09/uk-r...
UK renewables are go - but some want gas too
Renewables now supply over 52% of UK power, and are booming. For example, onshore wind power capacity entering the planning system ‘has mor...
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China invested about $230 billion to build its EV industry. In 2025 alone, it brought in more than $100 Billion which may be dwarfed by 2026. Smart investment.
Oracle tried to build a 2 GW gas plant in New Mexico to power its datacenter. Local residents and state officials in New Mexico opposed it as it would have wiped out all emissions reductions in the state over the past 20 years. Now Oracle is sourcing clean power for the project.
BEV sales set a new record in China - 1.2M sold in August. A rise of 28% yoy.
Amazon takes delivery of 27 Electric trucks from Mercedes. 60 such trucks will operate by the end of 2026. These trucks offer up to 1000 km of daily capability. electriccarsreport.com/2026/09/merc...
Amazon Gets First Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 Electric Trucks
Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first 27 eActros 600 electric trucks to Amazon in Germany, with more than 50 expected on German roads by the end of 2026.
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Solar and Batteries have been meeting almost all of growth demand in Texas. Pushing prices down by as much as 33%
Global battery demand reaches 1TWh by the end of July.
Look at these trends. EU and Australia are transitioning fast to clean power. North America is lagging.
India's ruling party deleted 115 million names from voters lists. Just like that. No hearing.
EU added 33.8 GW of solar and on way to add 68 GW in 2026. About the same as in 2025.
France installed 2.9 GW of solar in the first half of 2026, taking total installed capacity to 34 GW.
Denmark is phased out coal for power generation. Gone! From 90% of power generation to nil. We have solutions.
Thailand is building world's biggest floating solar plant - as big as 230 football fields.
Electricity prices are falling in Texas! By as much as 33%. All because of solar.