Electricity costs much less on days with lots of wind or solar generation. Without wind and solar power, electricity would cost far more.

Renewables do unambiguously reduce wholesale power prices | Carbon Commentary

We still hear assertions that adding renewables to the grid has increased the UK’s electricity costs. I looked at two sources of data and plotted one against the other to test whether there’s any trut...

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July marks the first consecutive twelve month period where wind generated more electricity than gas in the UK...in every single month. In the last decade, wind generation in the UK has more than doubled, pushing first coal and now gas out of the mix.

Shell have absolutely destroyed my ancestral hometown in Nigeria 🇳🇬. They have done for decades and they need to suffer and be destroyed.

Oil Change International@oilchange.org · last wk.

1/6 🚨 NEW REPORT by @amnesty.org & partners, Nigeria: Lifting the Lid, exposes how Shell knew its pipelines were unsafe & allowed environmental damage to continue. Then it sold up to avoid $10.9bn in costs to decommission and clean up assets.

Demand for electric vehicles grew at double-digit or even triple-digit rates during the first half of 2026, with Chinese automotive firms increasing their share of the market, according to new data from OLX Group. 🚗 sustainabilityonline.net?p=33105

Demand for EVs surges, Chinese brands increasing market share - Sustainability Online

Demand for electric vehicles grew at double-digit or even triple-digit rates during the first half of 2026, according to new data from OLX Group.

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ICYMI, my Substack yesterday on gas. The fossil giants have always minimised the harm to respiratory health done by “natural” gas. Now they pitch it as the perfect “transition fuel”, when their real purpose is to tie us to fossil fuels. Free to read simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/gaslightin...

Gaslighting with gas

What made the NZ government fall for the great gas scam?

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Trump’s EPA found a sneaky new way to make our air more polluted. (In addition to the previous rulings to halt wind energy and use finite fossil fuels) share.google/DYd6Rawd0tMl...

Trump’s EPA Found a Sneaky New Way to Make Our Air More Polluted

The Trump administration has done everything in its power to make our air less clean. It has new, stealthier strategies to weaken clean-air standards.

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Analysis of Shell’s oil spills found that in 1980s & early '90s, 40% of spills from global operations were in Nigeria. Internal documents show failure to properly maintain wells & pipelines by subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company, which #Shell exempted from key health & safety standards

Oil Change International@oilchange.org · last wk.

1/6 🚨 NEW REPORT by @amnesty.org & partners, Nigeria: Lifting the Lid, exposes how Shell knew its pipelines were unsafe & allowed environmental damage to continue. Then it sold up to avoid $10.9bn in costs to decommission and clean up assets.

2/6 For years, Shell blamed "sabotage" for Niger Delta pollution. Internal documents tell a different story: ⚠️ Aging, leaking infrastructure ⚠️ Ignoring risks ⚠️ Exemptions from safety standards to keep oil flowing

3/6 Shell's own manager admitted in 2012 that: "There is collusion, nepotism and corruption running through the veins of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)... Shell's Code of Conduct is an inconvenience here: it's completely ignored."

4/6 Shell's own 2013 internal presentation asked: "Are we comfortable to continue producing, KNOWING that further environmental damage WILL occur?"

5/6 Instead of cleaning up its aging and polluting pipelines, Shell sold its Nigerian subsidiary in 2025, even loaning the buyer $1.2bn to seal the deal. The apparent goal? Avoid an estimated $10.9bn bill for decommissioning, which may not even cover full clean-up.

6/6 "Shell cannot be allowed to take the oil, take the profits and leave the pollution behind." - Olanrewaju Suraju, HEDA Resource Centre. 📢 The truth is out. Now Shell must be held accountable. Read our blog 👇 oilchange.org/blogs/explos... #ShellKnew #ShellCleanUpNigerDelta

Explosive new documents reveal Shell’s “collusion, nepotism and corruption” in the Niger Delta & bolster claims the company divested to avoid paying US$10.9bn in clean up costs. - Oil Change Internati...

They say the truth will come out. It might take years or decades, but finally the truth will eventually come out. For decades, in what has become a multi-generational fight, the communities of the Nig...

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“Fossil fuels are fanning the flames of this crisis. Expansion must stop. More coal, #OilAndGas will lead to a more combustible future. Unless we act, to protect people & tackle the root cause of the crisis, the dangers will become deadlier still,” warns António Guterres, UN Secretary General

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 5d ago

"With ever-cheaper power from the sun, wind, and batteries, this ultimate cycle of the climate fight will look different than the ones before. We’re going to get a last chance to get this crisis at least a little right. We dare not lose it."

High Heat, High Drama

Europe is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fight

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"Climate change is not just a CO2 or a fossil fuel problem. It cuts across greenhouse gas types, modes of production, sectors, and reduction strategies. We need to look at the whole picture of GHG emissions. We need a portfolio approach. And we need to set priorities within the portfolio."

Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · 5d ago

So, you want to stop climate change? Understanding these four graphs is a good place to start. drawdown.org/insights/the...

“Fossil fuels are fanning the flames of this crisis. Expansion must stop. More coal, #OilAndGas will lead to a more combustible future. Unless we act, to protect people & tackle the root cause of the crisis, the dangers will become deadlier still,” warns António Guterres, UN Secretary General

Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 5d ago

And we are still fjnding reasons to drill for oil - madness! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

India’s monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is ‘on fire’

António Guterres says strengthening El Niño will help push the world’s climate crisis into ‘uncharted territory’

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Details of the climate we are heading to are finally being reported more in media outlets. Infrastructure is being prepared for temperatures up to 55 C (131 F). It's insane that the switch away from fossil fuels is still so slow. www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc...

Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’

A summer of weather extremes and severe infrastructure stress has prompted companies and policymakers across Europe to respond.

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Donald Trump is going to take us off fossil fuels cold turkey

Franklin D. Roosefella@roosefella.bsky.social · 4d ago

Rapid decarbonization president.

But don't worry - Carney has it well in hand. Increasing our sales of fossil fuels (with little in the way of royalties and taxpayers footing the bill for the pipeline so shareholders make more money) will be sure to trickle down and make us all rich enough to live underground... #canpoli #Cdnpoli

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · 4d ago

Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time ever: More of Germany's electricity came from wind and solar power than from fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2025, according to Carbon… Bne IntelliNews #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #WindEnergy #Sustainability

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time ever

More of Germany's electricity came from wind and solar power than from fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2025, according to Carbon Brief's ...

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Participants with poorly controlled asthma experienced a 70% drop in hospital admissions & days missed from work or school. Burning fossil fuels just isn't good for us in so many ways: share.google/qvBffNyFLoDy...

Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find

Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts

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For those moaning & rebelling about hosepipe bans How about complaining & rebelling about government inaction on climate change & plans to expand North Sea drilling?

It is concerning that the natural gas company Novatek is constructing a new LNG terminal and reservoir park in Severomorsk, on the Kola Peninsula, despite the extensive EU sanctions on russian energy. Who are the prospective customers? www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/new-lng...

New LNG terminal and reservoir park under construction in Kola Bay

The industrial facilities under construction across the bay from the Northern Fleet headquarters in Severomorsk are part of a new major project—the Murmansk LNG—according to natural gas company Novate...

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BREAKING 🚨: We just sent a vital message to Burnham in his first days as PM: stop the flow of North Sea oil profits to companies linked to occupation.

If approved, Rosebank could send £200 million to Israeli energy giant Delek Group, known to operate in illegal settlements in the West Bank and supply fuel to the Israeli military via subsidiary Delek Israel. This is morally indefensible.

This flow of money is thanks to Rosebank co-owner, Ithaca Energy, who are majority-owned by Delek Group. Through this connection, Delek has already made over ONE $BILLION from North Sea oil and gas exploitation. Andy Burnham must end this pipeline of profit.

#NoMoreFuelOnTheFire #ShellProfitsWhileWePay #RenewablesNotFossilFuels #StopRosebank @shellslies.bsky.social

Tipping Point UK@tippingpointuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

As wildfires continue to burn, Shell today announced £7.4 billion in obscene profits. So we delivered your open letter to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field. The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.

Farage/Reform prioritise ££’s over lives💀 Circa 2,877 heat-related deaths during May & June heatwaves, double the whole of last year Farage & Reform campaign to scrap net-zero targets, stop green investments & promote fossil fuels They received £24 million from oil & gas interests DeSmog revealed

England on track for record heat-related deaths this year, UKHSA estimates

In a preliminary assessment, the agency said there were an estimated 2,877 heat-related deaths during the May and June heatwaves, almost double the figure for last year.

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It's a mistake calling it NetZero...call it "Electrification Action Plan" instead to defuse the divisive culture war the right are trying to create. This is exactly what the EU are doing. energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/eus-e...

Electrification

While the decarbonisation of the EU’s electricity system is making steady progress, more energy demand needs to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity.

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