We are getting to the big tipping points now. Dozens of countries going off coal. Peak ICE automobile. Hardly any new nukes, which are grossly overpriced, among other faults. No thorium reactors for years yet.
The world is on the brink of a breakthrough in the climate fight and fossil fuels are running out of road, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as he urged countries to funnel support into low-carbon energy.
More than nine in 10 renewable power projects globally are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives. Solar power is about 41% cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternative, and onshore wind generation is less than half the price of fossil fuels, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Costs have been driven down by the increasingly widespread use of the technologies, a huge focus on low-carbon manufacturing in China, and burgeoning investment in the sector, reaching $2tn last year – which was $800bn more than went into fossil fuels, and an increase of 70% in the last decade.
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“The sun is rising on a new age of clean energy”, says UN chief António Guterres.
✅ Over 9/10 renewable projects are cheaper than fossil fuels.
✅ Solar power is ~41% cheaper than fossil fuel.
✅ Onshore wind generation is less than half the price of fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A Bas le Charbon
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“Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity ‘by 2026 at the latest’, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA).”
— David Roberts (@volts.wtf) August 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
These things are worth saying over and over.
Methane needs to be the next target.
As far as I can tell:
1) No coal in mix (15).
Phased out (6): Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Portugal, UK (non-EU), Ireland.
Never had (9): Switzerland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Malta, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Albania.
2) Planned phase out by 2030 (11).
France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway (down to 1 small plant now), Greece, Netherlands, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia, North Macedonia.
3) Post 2030 Phase out (7)
Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro.
4) No plans (4)
Turkey, Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo.
Beyond Fossil Fuels Europe’s Coal Exit
Coal Free World: 13 EU countries will be 100% coal free by 2030
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Between 🇮🇪’s recent coal exit, 🇪🇸 just megawatts from phasing it out, and 🇮🇹 expected to follow suit, Europe is experiencing a summer of shutdowns.
This isn’t a coincidence, it’s part of a steady transition of 🇪🇺’s energy landscape from #fossilfuels to #renewables.
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/07/29/l…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Heat pump sales in Germany surpassed gas boilers for the first time, as a ban on dirty heating systems forces a shift to cleaner energy!
It’s crucial to switch heating systems to renewable energy to cut emissions, improve air quality and keep energy bills at bay.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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St. Jakob-Park Stadium didn’t just host the Lionesses’ 🇬🇧 nail-biting win over Spain 🇪🇸—it’s also being modernised with solar panels to power its own energy needs.
And it’s not alone 👇
Discover how other top European football venues are kicking off their own clean energy transitions below!
#WEuros2025
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Europe’s heatwaves increased power demand by up to 14%, says @ember-energy.org.
Solar kept the grid supplied as nuclear & fossil plants had to cut output or wind down, but urgent clean flexibility upgrades are needed to prepare for more frequent heatwaves.
Read more: ember-energy.org/latest-insig…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Upcycling Dead Solar Panels: New Tech Transforms E-Waste & CO2 into Valuable Chemicals.
#SolarEnergy #CircularEconomy #EWaste #Upcycling #ClimateTech #GreenChemistry #RenewableEnergy #SustainableFuture #CarbonCapture #Syngas #SolarRecycling
medium.com/@jckapadia00…
— Jacky Kapadia (@jacky1986.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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New UK Government scheme works by charging fees to the businesses that use #packaging to meet the costs of collecting and #recycling it. The costs are higher for hard to recycle materials and less where packaging can be reused or refilled #circulareconomy #sustainability
www.gov.uk/government/n…
— Tom Bowman (@tomkbowman.bsky.social) August 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Concrete’s Carbon Footprint: Unearthing the Ancient Wisdom and Modern Breakthroughs Paving a Greener Future
#GreenConcrete #SustainableConstruction #Decarbonization #Cement #CO2emissions #ClimateAction #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/oU0mE
— FactRage (@factrage.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It’s August. The 2026 auto model year is officially open. Everybody and his uncle is going to have models to release.
First Epstein for Rogan, now EVs?! What is the MAGA world coming to?
This is excellent, but how about telling us how many lives it will save, and how much CO2?
#No New Nukes
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Yet another delay to the predecessor to both #Hinkley and #sizewell – and it’s already 12 years late! Doesn’t bode well for the much vaunted U.K. #nuclear future, especially as Hinkley is also many years behind schedule and vastly over budget. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/del…
— Geoffrey Lean (@geofflean.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fantasy writer Terry Pratchett had once been a publicist for UK nuclear power. He said that he could not write up and publish his experiences there, because nobody would believe them. Worse than the time they lost five pounds of plutonium, one dust particle at a time, which did get published and believed, but was by no means the worst case in the world.
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine.
Dark as a Dungeon
“Don’t be evil” is a long time gone at Google.
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New research from @kairosfellows.bsky.social finds that from 2019-2024, Google’s:
👎 carbon emissions rose by 65%—not 51% as it had reported.
👎 emissions from electricity used to power data centres increased by 121% despite its claims of using 100% green energy.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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IEA & other analysts said 150 GW of solar by 2030. We’ve hit 599 GW in 2024. Their forecasts weren’t conservative—they were delusional. Linear models can’t grasp exponential disruption. And now they’re about to miss batteries even harder. #Solar #Disruption #EnergyTransition #LFP #BESS #LITHIUM #LMR
— EV Curve Futurist (@evcurvefuturist.com) August 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
InsideEVs has a lot of good articles. This one, not so much.
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That’s a highway route of 415 miles on Google Maps. There are loads of Tesla chargers along the way. The Tesla Model Y starts out with a range of 300 miles, so that comes to one, count it, 1, charge along the way.
Unless, of course, you go by way of Robin Hood’s Barn.
— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Someone Drove A BYD PHEV 1,497 Miles Without Stopping For Fuel
Somewhat slowly.
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Big Tech are misleading us on climate again.
⚠️ Microsoft misreported its CO2 emissions (2019–2024).
⚠️ Meta is using flawed data to train a climate AI tool that scientists say raises false hopes about large-scale carbon removal.
It’s time to quit the spin & act responsibly.
www.ft.com/content/6922…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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What a week!
🌞 Solar energy is booming!
💸 The UN has heralded a new age of clean energy.
⚖️ The International Court of Justice just ruled that countries who fail to prevent climate harm could be an ‘international wrongful act’—and they might have to pay up.
www.theguardian.com/environment/…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Bo-o-o-o-ogus.
Denialists like to pretend that nobody has ever heard of energy storage, or the fact that wind is stronger at night when the sun is down, or that we are building ever-bigger wind turbines to draw energy from stronger winds higher up.
Texas and California have the most storage.
— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
⚖️ The International Court of Justice just ruled that countries who fail to prevent climate harm could be an ‘international wrongful act’—and they might have to pay up.
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European banks have channelled $20 billion into the #coal industry since 2022, finds Urgewald.
The worst offenders?
⚠️ Barclays 🇬🇧 ($4 billion)
⚠️ Deutsche Bank 🇩🇪 ($2 billion)
⚠️ BNP Paribas 🇫🇷 ($1.5 billion)
⚠️ UBS 🇨🇭($1.3 billion)
⚠️ Santander 🇪🇸 ($0.9 billion)
Read the report 📖: www.stillbankingoncoal.org
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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SLAPPs are a way for #fossilfuel giants to legally bully and intimidate anyone who criticises them.
Eni, one of the world’s biggest polluters, is doing just that—and in record numbers.
We stand with ReCommon, who will not be sued into submission.
www.theguardian.com/environment/…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A Florida jury ordered Tesla to pay more than $200m to victims of a deadly crash involving its Autopilot driver assist technology.
Friday’s verdict is a hit for Elon Musk’s car company, as it opens the door to other costly lawsuits and could potentially strike a blow to Tesla’s reputation for safety at a critical time for the company.
And the decision has been closely eyed by other car companies, as they work to develop cars that increasingly drive themselves.
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Ultimately, this case may be the first of many that add a new dimension to a century of laws and regulations around driving: who’s really liable in the event of a crash, now that automation is involved as well?
insideevs.com/news/767922/…
— InsideEVs (@insideevs.com) August 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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“.. Within about three minutes of the crash, the Model S uploaded a “collision snapshot”—video, CAN‑bus streams, EDR data, etc.—to Tesla’s servers .. The vehicle then deleted its local copy, resulting in Tesla being the only entity having access.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/08/04/t…
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Almost 12000 businesses are waiting to connect to the Dutch grid.
Why?
🇳🇱 TSO TenneT is rationing electricity because:
1️⃣ it’s become overly reliant on gas
2️⃣ it hasn’t upgraded its power grid quickly enough
Bottlenecks are putting energy transition at risk, we must act now.
www.ft.com/content/9c75…
— Beyond Fossil Fuels (@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social) July 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM