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Energy transition, defending every real solution: bikes, transit, insulation, heat pumps, solar, wind, nuclear, EVs...
En même temps, on retrouve des fossiles de dinosaures qui ont a peine bougé en 100 millions d'années sous moins de 10 m de terre. Donc un truc enfoui sous 1000m sous terre, dans une des couches géologiques les plus stables qu'on connaisse, ça ne m'effraie pas vraiment.
All indicators point towards a global food crisis in the coming months: production decreasing in Russia, tensions on fertilizers because of the Iran war, historic heatwaves in Europe, record el Niño forecast. Governments should take all corn and soy devoted to livestock and store it for humans.
Learn more about the "Roadmap for Eradicating #Poverty Beyond Growth" - our decisive break from growth-at-all-costs in the name of poverty eradication - and register to follow next month's conference at which it will be presented (22 April): www.neep-poverty.org
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoGlobal economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert
U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth. @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.
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Comparing your technology to cars as an example of "exaggerated concerns" is not the flex you think it is...
John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Huang said society will adapt to AI just as it did to automobiles. He said cars were once portrayed as killing children" apnews.com/article/nvid...
"We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes. And Elon Musk is basically a human Ponzi scheme." Paul Krugman From now on I'm calling Musk Nazi Ponzi
Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme
With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX
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The USA has become the world's supervillain
Ember@ember-energy.org · 2mo agoRenewables overtook coal in global power generation in 2025. Coal's share dropped to LESS THAN A THIRD of global electricity for the first time 📉 Coal generation fell most in China and India, while the US saw coal rise to replace gas-fired electricity. ember-energy.org/lat...
Renewables overtook coal in global power generation in 2025. Coal's share dropped to LESS THAN A THIRD of global electricity for the first time 📉 Coal generation fell most in China and India, while the US saw coal rise to replace gas-fired electricity. ember-energy.org/lat...
In France, the norm in parliament is 49.3 (sorry for this extremely niche French politics joke that only French people will understand)
The most interesting initiative for the climate since a long time ago
Ingmar Rentzhog@ingmar.wsocial.eu · 3mo agoWOW 🚀 I have not been this hopeful since I founded #WeDontHaveTime. 57 countries, >50% of global GDP, 20% of global fossil fuel production. This is who just showed up in Santa Marta for the world’s first fossil fuel phaseout conference. My latest Forbes piece 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
"So far this century, a new tramway has opened in France every six months." What can we learn from France about building new tram networks and integrating them with new housing? Read our guest blog by @freewheeling.info: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/towns-a...
Towns and Trams: Learning from the French
In this guest blog, Thomas Ableman reports on how French transport policy enables a new tramway to open every six months.
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Highly instructive article, must read!
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoAI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
La gare routière de Bercy pourrait être tellement plus agréable! Il ne manque pas grand chose pour transformer cet endroit un peu glauque en lieu de vie accueillant: une cafétéria, des toilettes, un peu de signalisation. Soutenez mon idée ici: decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
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Soutenez mon idée de piétonniser la rue de Washington. Cette rue comporte plein de commerce de nourriture à emporter, avec une très forte fréquentation le midi car il y a beaucoup de bureaux dans le quartier. Les piétons doivent se serrer sur les trottoirs étroits. decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
Totally disagree on this one. Letting states run everything gives even more power to corporations, who can blackmail local governments, forcing them into a competition of ever lower corporate taxes, environmental standards, labour laws etc. It would be far better to have more federal legislation.
Right wing politicians want you to think you're alone with your green opinions. You are not.
Clean Energy Wire | CLEW@cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 7mo ago‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
If the answers had included a "wealth tax on billionnaires" option, I'm pretty sure the approval would have been even higher.
Gallup@gallup.com · 10mo agoA majority of U.S. adults agree on increasing income tax rates for upper-income Americans (63%) and increasing tax revenues by making major changes to the federal tax code (54%) to reduce the federal debt.
The movie Cycling Cities showcases Europe’s top cycling capitals. @ingwarpero.bsky.social rode to Freiburg, Paris, Ghent, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Hamburg & Copenhagen to see what makes cities bike-friendly and drives sustainable urban mobility. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5jQ...
CYCLING CITIES - Der Film
YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch
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The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
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Hugely encouraging news from Brazil today. President Lula has instructed four ministries to draw up a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, and asked his government to formulate an energy transition fund using income from petroleum revenues. www.linkedin.com/posts/ana-to...
Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and… |...
Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and or...
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It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The #COP30 Presidency has backed the First International Conference for the Phase-out of Fossil Fuels! 🔥 Read our press release on the COP30 outcome at FossilFuelTreaty.org/cop30-conference!
In France we have a law that says they have to ask you before printing a receipt. In practice, no one I see at the grocery store ever asks for the receipts (at least for food items)
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/m... This looks really cool, but I wonder what this mysterious silicon-free solar paint is. Perovskite? It's weird that they don't say which technology they're using.
Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first car prototype with a silicon-free, 20%-efficient nanoparticle solar coating that powers the vehicle even when off and uses modules thinner than a human hair.
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Primary energy coefficients used in building regulations are highly political and dependent on your goals, and pretending they're just a result of physics is totally dishonest.
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10mo agoDo you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
1. Biking infrastructure 2. How cars destroyed cities 3. Why solar is going to win
Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey.bsky.social · 10mo ago1. Decarbonising transport & heating 2. Decarbonising ports 3. Hydrogen (and the reason why it won’t have a role in the above)
Bonjour @fub-fr.bsky.social, le baromètre vélo c'est super, mais est-ce que vous pourriez faire votre carte avec une échelle lisible par les daltoniens (qui représentent pas loin de 10% de la population)? Rouge-bleu ce serait parfait. Le rouge-orange-jaune-vert c'est vraiment le pire
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
