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Timothy@landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 3w ago

Rest in Peace Sam Neill. You will be missed greatly

Evidence from Australian market bodies and modellers is clear: done well and done on time, a clean renewable energy transition is the cheapest way to keep energy affordable and cut emissions. reneweconomy.com.au/delaying-cle...

Delaying clean energy is what really makes power bills soar

What is making us poorer is not the move to clean energy – it is doing the transition slowly and badly.

reneweconomy.com.au

You know how if you’re hit by a truck, the impact is 10 times harder than from a car going the same speed? Well, EV trucks are about to upend the freight industry, and the impact will be 10 times bigger than from EV cars. The scale of what is coming is HUGE: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chinese Truck Drivers Are Going Electric as Gas Prices Soar

As electric car sales soften in China after years of breakneck growth, electric trucks are taking off, with the emerging industry expected to get a boost from the Iran war.

bloomberg.com

Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

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Hey, at least Chuck and Mary will have a Beggar-free Britomart to enjoy! I dive deeper over at my Substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/chuck-and-...

Who could have seen this coming? Carbon capture was never the plan, it was the comfort blanket: “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it later". A story to delay real cuts while drilling rolls on. When the industry feels powerful & secure, the fairy tale goes back on the shelf.

Equinor pulling back CCS spending until market improves

Norwegian company is a CCS pioneer but markets are developing slower than expected

upstreamonline.com

Well I may be able to retire from posting about the energy transition as Oilprice.com appears to be stealing my bit. "To us, this type of economic competition is like a war in which only one party emerges victorious. The fossil fuel industry may have already lost."

What the Fall of the Telegraph Says About Fossil Fuels | OilPrice.com

Renewables are positioned as the long-term winner over fossil fuels due to lower lifetime operating costs, faster deployment timelines, improving battery storage, and better demand-side management.

oilprice.com

Insurers will not wait for governments to act, whether it's accurate or not. Welcome to unregulated climate risk.

Second town red-listed by AA Insurance for new home insurance policies

Locals say it's "baffling" AA will no longer issue new policies in Woodend - but for different reasons to its decision in Westport.

rnz.co.nz

I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future. Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it. youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?

YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute

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Important to understand: our freshwater in lakes, and rivers, our groundwater, drinking water, rain, and the very air we breath is now becoming toxic thanks to forever chemicals and neurotoxic algae... #Earth #climate

Drinking Water Inspectorate ordered action over ‘forever chemicals’ risk

Analysis finds regulator for England and Wales raised issues with untreated water at facilities serving millions

theguardian.com

Highly recommend reading this whole thing but if you take away one thing, I'd recommend it be this bit as this is at the heart of why things are changing so fast. "Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."

Russia’s Coal Collapse Marks The End Of Fossil Fuel Post-War Illusion

Russia’s Coal Collapse signals the end of the fossil era. From bankrupt mines to battery booms, the global energy transition is accelerating but facing political resistance.

forbes.com

Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org - including UK, Germany and Chile etc Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries - Carbon Brief

More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables

carbonbrief.org

the amount of Chinese investment in green tech around the developing world is simply mind boggling www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

NEW: Some cities used to be far better at shading windows and doors to keep buildings cool in summer... I spoke to one designer who has looked to the past for climate adaptation ideas. www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...

The big cover-up: ‘We should bring back old habits of shading windows’

Shutters and awnings can cool properties down, and look good, too

thereengineer.pro

bad news for countries still hitching their carts to expanding fossil fuel production

John Hanger@jrfhanger.bsky.social · 11mo ago

IEA says: 1. China's oil demand peaks in 2027 due to EVs. 2. Global demand for combustible petroleum fuels FALLS by 2028. 3. Global oil demand, including for petrochemical feedstocks, peaks and begins to fall by 2030. See IEA Oil 2025 Analysis & Forecast iea.li/40auS5I Petrostate politicos freak!

Most of the Earth's mass extinctions – including the very worst ever by far – were caused not by asteroids, but by volcanic eruptions that injected catastrophic amounts of CO2 into the air + oceans. Those who ignore this physical reality are the REAL extremists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying

theguardian.com

🇦🇺 Insurance in Australia is becoming increasingly unaffordable, which could affect the wider economy as climate change worsens, @sharanjit.bsky.social‬, an actuary at Finity, told Green Central Banking. GreenCB.co/40O0JtA #Insurance #Australia #ClimateRisk

Australia's insurance gap is a risk to financial system, says actuary

Insurance in Australia is becoming increasingly unaffordable, which could affect the wider economy as climate change worsens, an Australian actuary told

greencb.co

My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607... Extreme weather is here to stay. The warnings are getting louder and louder. We need to do everything we can to prepare. #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Awareness #Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #NewZealand

Seems bad: "We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.

theconversation.com

🇳🇴 Norway’s oil fund (NBIM), world’s biggest asset manager, warned US equity investments could lose 19% from disasters 🌪️🌊 if climate policies stay on current path & temperature rises avg. 3° by 2100.🌡️ 🔗 Read more: GreenCB.co/3GFjKaI #ClimateRisk

Portfolio managers beware: climate risk to stocks to be bigger than expected

Call for better modelling to capture real climate risk for funds

greencb.co

Great idea for #renters: i love the fact that I can take my #Tado heating control system with me if I sell my house. This type of #mobile #renewables can help those who want to be more energy self sufficient to do so without having to own their own home💡🧪🔌 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes

Proposals would enable Britons to save on energy bills and join millions of people in Europe who use ‘plug-in’ panels

theguardian.com

The security reason to electrify transport is not about oil imports, it’s economic resilience. Oil powers 90% of US vehicles, so when the price of oil spikes because of a war, people & companies pay more for energy, which hurts the economy. The more transport is electrified, econ security goes up.

🚨NEW from me: legal scholars, economists, businesses and NGOs are piling pressure on the European Commission to not dump key environmental and supply chain regulations in the face of Trump pressure. With comment from the excellent Thom Wetzer.

Legal experts and economists sound the alarm over the EU's sustainability rules rollback

Legal and economics scholars, environmental organizations and businesses, along with countries such as Sweden and Denmark, have united to defend the regulations.

fortune.com

Rising seas will cause coastal groundwater to rise in some areas - mobilizing soil contamination near old factories, dry cleaners and military bases. The really fun part is that it can enter your house. 🧪 #hydrology #climate essopenarchive.org/users/929678...

The impact of sea-level and groundwater rise on indoor exposure to volatile organic compounds near contaminated sites in the San Francisco Bay Area

AUTHORSE. Lasky1, L. Davar2, L. L. Dillon3, G. Griggs2, J. A. Jacobs2, C. Pickett4, S. Sacoolas5, K.Befus6, C. Reid7, K. Hill11University of California, Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture ...

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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

theguardian.com

Norway's first 'EV only' gas station opened today. Not only are all the diesel and petrol pumps gone, but the 'Shell' branding will also disappear from Norway. Similar conversions of forecourts into EV-only charging stations can be found in London 🇬🇧, Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Paris 🇫🇷.

Her åpnes Norges første bensinfrie «bensinstasjon» | St1 Norge

I dag åpnet «pumpene» på St1 Marienlyst etter lengre tids ombygging. Stasjonen har eksistert i 65 år og blir Norges – og kanskje Nordens - første helombygde stasjon, hvor alle de tradisjonelle bensin-...

kommunikasjon.ntb.no

A shifting global order and the pressures of climate change may see land grabs become commonplace as pressure builds on territorial acquisition. Michael Albertus, professor of political science, explains the melting pot causing this global change. Full ep: www.planetcritical.com/p/the-age-of...

“Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream.”

Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership (Gift Article)

A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

nytimes.com