"The great majority of people on Earth support climate action. The obstacles are not technological. They’re political. The fossil-fuel industry and the rich and powerful and governmental figures who either are or serve the fossil-fuel industry are what’s holding us back."
I should go fill up my EV
My mum turns 95 next month. She's been selling antique prints and maps for 50 years, but has decided to call time. She's offering 25% off everything on Kittyprint, let's give her career a big sendoff!
mliebreich.substack.com/p/lets-give-...
Interesting.
Yes…it’s a sad story. 😞
Virginia to utilities: Do more with the existing power grid #energysky -- via Canary Media:
Interesting! I routinely get 430 ppm outdoors (on multiple monitors). …but I’m not in the city.
I’m surprised outdoors is 550 ppm. Should be 430 ish. 🤔
You go to the governor, and you say, ‘Hey, Governor, you have this problem. Utilities want business as usual. The innovators want to deploy their innovations. What is your opinion on how we get through this?’ And she’s like, ‘I don’t have any expertise in this area. Don’t make me make the decision.’ And you’re like, ‘Great, you’ve got Doreen Harris that runs nyserda. Why don’t you outsource it to her? She’s super smart.’ And Doreen is like, ‘We do research and development. We don’t want to make those decisions at nyserda.’ And then you’ve got Rory Christian running the Public Service Commission. And Rory is like, ‘I don’t want to make that decision either. I’m going to relegate it to the staff of the New York Public Service Commission. New York Public Service Commission’s like, ‘Well, we think everything should go much more slowly.’
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social spitting bars in @nysfocus.bsky.social
we need real leadership on climate and energy in NYS
nysfocus.com/2026/02/28/v...
Our NY climate law is NOT the main cause of inflation in energy prices: US exports of LNG play a far larger role. Read this and more in Susan Arbetter's write up of the Spectrum TV interview she recently did with me.
nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...
They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.
Most weeks, bad climate news feels like a deluge. But even in the midst of the storm, there's always good news too. Hang on to your seats, here we go!
🤷🏻♀️ Note: I did not read the whole section of the NYISO report, but the examples they give are limited to green H2 turbines and SMRs. I think this means that their imaginations are a bit limited and/or they don’t know either.
I would agree.
#NewWord “DEFR” = Dispatchable Emission-Free Resource
An acronym used in the NYISO Resource Outlook for the unknown tech & system that can be used to cover the dunkelflaute in a clean energy grid. (My words.)
www.nyiso.com/documents/20...
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies
Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling
Very sad.
Good morning with good news: China's solar generation skyrocketed ~44% to 1192 TWh in 2025, compared to 839 TWh in 2024.
Its wind jumped 13% to 1126 TWh in 2025.
China's solar generated more electricity than its wind for a year for the first time in 2025!
S&W surge since 2015 is WOW!
#energysky
Bravo.
Rats.
I have heard over and over that wind power happens at night, so it complements solar production. I pulled up the CAISO 2025 data and sure enough, hourly output is 50% higher at night than in the day. (annual totals, may differ by season)
Yikes.
screenshot of a tv user guide, showing two channels under Tue 8PM: MSNOW - State of the union TCM East- Gaslight
Masterful Troll, TCM.
Air pollution is the leading preventable cause of death and serious illness (DALYs). But, heck, let’s Make America Polluted Again anyway.
A new paper led by @bbastien.bsky.social estimates that accounting for climate pollution's impact on the oceans via the one-two punch of warming & acidification nearly doubles the social cost of carbon (which the Trump EPA thinks is $0). My new @climateconnections.bsky.social article & 🧵 (1/8):
Uh…wow!
IDK… #energytwitter was remarkable back in the day. But nothing lasts forever. The methane leakage debates were useful to me.
Regardless: best wishes in all ur future endeavors.
Yeah…but I miss seeing your point of view. 🤷🏻♀️
I like the flywheel analogy.
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