Chart of the day. The energy transition is happening in real time! 😍

Canada is home to vast freshwater systems, wetlands, and boreal forests. Leaders have set bold goals to protect almost 400 million acres in 4 short years. Now is the moment to turn commitments into action to prove Canada can deliver.

What Will It Take for Ambition to Become Action? Delivering on Canada’s Nature Strategy

Canada’s new nature strategy will only succeed if political will, Indigenous leadership, and long‑term financing translate its bold vision into coordinated, enforceable action.

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This is so sad. Rafe was a climate champion, a pioneer, and a friend and colleague for decades. He also helped achieve the Montreal Protocol to phase out CFCs and save the ozone layer. May his memory be a blessing. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Rafe Pomerance, who helped sound the alarm on climate change, dies at 79

He pushed for the first congressional hearings on climate change and helped negotiate a landmark U.N. treaty, the Kyoto Protocol.

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“Shoppers will not notice any cost savings from this. EPA is catering to a small group of straggling companies. But the industry at large supports the HFC phasedown and has already invested in installing new refrigerants and equipment in thousands of stores.” www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

We are well past peak combustion engine with #EV s cutting in. Will soon be followed by peak #oil.

US elites decided, like a school of fish, that climate concern is old, boring, "woke," square, not hip & popular any more. As usual, it was based almost entirely on internal elite dynamics. It had nothing to do with the actual public, which is more concerned than ever.

Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in U.S.

The 44% of U.S. adults who currently worry "a great deal" about climate change or global warming is near its 46% high point from 2020.

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Europe’s EV market is BOOMING. Electric car sales shot up by almost a third in the EU in Q1 2026. There are 2 reasons why – and they don’t include the energy crisis (yet). 🧵⤵️

Suzie Wiles needs some help thinking of ideas to lower gas prices. Any suggestions? How about: • Don't bomb Iran. • Restore fuel economy standards. • Offer rebates to people who want an EV but can't yet afford one.

Grid investment is rising fast. BloombergNEF reports record spending in 2025 of 470 to 483 billion US dollars, up 17 percent on 2024. That is the second year of double digit growth. This reflects structural change: more renewables, electrified transport & heating + rising demand from data centres.

Despite President Trump's promises to lower costs, nearly 4.2 million, or 82% of electric utility customers in Michigan, will pay more for electricity this year thanks to new Trump administration policies. https://ampr.gs/4rpFjOE

The Trump Administration’s Actions Are Increasing Utility Bills in Michigan

Nearly 4.2 million, or 82 percent of electric utility customers in Michigan, will pay more for electricity this year due to new Trump administration policies.

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Right - the IEA should just kick them out and sort out their funding from elsewhere. The US will just keep on bullying until the IEA becomes a drooling brain dead cheerleader for fossil fuels. It won't ever stop. Anything less than saying NO the first time is just compounding loss

Andreas Sieber@andreassieber.bsky.social · 6mo ago

US 🇺🇸 Energy Secretary Chris Wright 𝘁̶𝗵̶𝗿̶𝗲̶𝗮̶𝘁̶𝗲̶𝗻̶𝘀̶ offers to leave International Energy Agency (IEA) if the work is "infused with climate stuff". Let's take him by his word. The IEA will be stronger without this U.S. administration.

EPA faces lawsuit over climate endangerment withdrawal Medical and environmental groups challenged the EPA’s decision to rescind a finding that climate change endangers human health www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-...

EPA faces lawsuit over scrapping the 'endangerment finding,' a pillar of climate regulation

Medical and environmental groups are challenging the EPA’s decision to break with the longstanding scientific evidence that climate change endangers human health

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BREAKING NEWS - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially rescinded the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases, including clean vehicle standards that were on pace to save Americans more than $1 TRILLION in fuel costs.

BREAKING: The Trump administration's EPA rescinded the 2009 endangerment finding that determined that climate pollution is a threat to public health and welfare and is core to much of the climate policy that followed.

Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change

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NRDC statement on the Trump administration efforts to undo the endangerment finding: www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

The #HighSeasTreaty is officially international law! 🌍The High Seas belongs to everyone, and everyone must help protect it. Call on your country to ratify the High Seas Treaty and join the first #BBNJCOP ➡️ https://bit.ly/4aNEvO8 #60toGlobal

Good news from UK-record breaking auction for offshore wind-procuring 8.4 GW power. Prices are 40% lower than gas equivalents. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...

President Trump announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the UNFCCC, a foundational international climate agreement. As the U.S. steps back, world leaders and local governments need to continue to strengthen climate action and secure a better future for all.

Quitting and Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States

Despite President Trump's announcement that the United States will withdraw from the UNFCCC, countries, companies, and communities must continue to invest in climate solutions to increase affordable e...

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U.S. can rejoin the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC on day one of a new administration w/o needing another round of Senate "advice and consent". Read more: www.nrdc.org/bio/jake-sch...

Quitting and Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States

Despite President Trump's announcement that the United States will withdraw from the UNFCCC, countries, companies, and communities must continue to invest in climate solutions to increase affordable e...

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We graded 65 U.S. toilet paper brands on just how sustainable they truly are and found that 29 rely on forest fiber, which drives devastating impacts to essential forests like the boreal in Canada. See how other toilet paper brands scored: https://on.nrdc.org/4rzeYhp

And in a lovely end to the day, the Dutch have backed out too from financing this project: www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/k...

Update en antwoorden op Kamervragen over de exportkredietverzekeringen (ekv) voor een LNG-project in Mozambique

Minister Heinen van Financiën informeert de Tweede Kamer over de exportkredietverzekeringen (ekv) voor een LNG-project in Mozambique en geeft antwoord op vragen gesteld door de Tweede Kamerleden Hirsc...

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Countries at #COP30 are discussing a potential new #adaptationfinance goal. I've updated the calculations from our August blog on potential options - removing some scenarios that haven't gained traction and adding others that have.

Joe Thwaites@joethwaites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The #COP21 goal to double provision of adaptation finance is due this year. Heading into #COP30, governments are considering what could come next. In this @nrdc.org piece, @adellethomas.bsky.social and I explore seven potential options for a new adaptation finance goal: www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...

Good thread from energy expert on why the IEA numbers getting the headlines may be too pessimistic on RE/EVs & to optimistic on oil not peaking!

Dave Jones@cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡 What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?

As climate disasters intensify, this year’s COP30 must turn commitments into action to protect people, build resilient economies, and safeguard the natural systems we all rely on.

What Will It Take for COP30 to Deliver a Climate-Resilient and Prosperous Future?

As extreme weather events increasingly devastate communities across the globe, COP30 must push for stronger, faster, and more creative ways to adapt to our changing climate and drive more effective, r...

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A tiny snapshot of the continued climate actions at the Multilateral Development Banks - yes they are still doing stuff even with the headwinds: www.linkedin.com/pulse/state-...

State of Play on Multilateral Development Bank Climate Finance – Oct 2025

The World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) held their annual meetings. While the headlines and perception might indicate that these institutions and the other multilateral develo...

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Great news from 🇪🇺 as climate finance numbers are up: In 2024, EU contributed €31.7 billion from public sources and mobilised an additional €11 billion in private finance for developing countries in combating climate change and adapting to its impacts. Source: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infograph...

Europe's contribution to climate finance (in €bn)

How does the EU contribute to fighting climate change globally? The EU and its countries are the biggest providers of climate finance in the world.

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Clean Shipping Coalition | NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution - Clean Shipping Coalition

NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution

As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge…

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Anyone looking outside their window knows that climate change is here. The real question is why any responsible leader would try so hard to convince us otherwise.

Trump Calls Climate Change 'Con Job' and 'Scam' in UN Speech

'If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,' Trump told more than 150 world leaders.

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The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know. It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda. 1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.

Carbon pricing works, including to reduce aviation’s climate impacts. Around €100 million #EUETS support for airlines which are using less polluting fuels has been announced climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...

EU allocates €100m-worth of ETS allowances to help airlines buy Sustainable Aviation Fuels

On 12 September 2025, the Commission adopted a Decision on the allocation of EU ETS emission allowances to airlines for the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in 2024.

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