Advocates of laissez-faire economics — including libertarians, neoliberals, and free-market capitalists — have long claimed that one of the biggest dangers of too much state intervention is that it will stifle innovation. China is taking a sledgehammer to that idea, completely

"We’re not killing the planet. We’re killing our future on it." We’re warming the planet faster than most mass extinctions in history. The last time it happened this fast, 90% of species vanished. Focus on historic temperatures isn't the point, the speed of change is.

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010. #renewables #climate #windpower theguardian.com/environment/20…

The situation has been totally clear for some time - the western middle classes, who claim to be fully aware of what is at stake, have to get off their arses to stop the far right from getting into power, or they will condemn their kids to death by starvation over the next half

The "fuck your feelings" crowd has always been against empathy and compassion. If you have empathy for others, that's how you know you're on the side of good.

Super rich are turbo charging climate crisis Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10% If 308 of world richest billionaires were a country they would be the 15th most polluting country in the world theguardian.com/environment/20…

Disappointingly little media attention being paid to this alarming new study. Instead, we're hearing about Bill Gates "tough truths" [read b.s.] downplaying the climate crisis. We are living in #DontLookUp

Athens Is Suffocating: Scientists Reveal Why the Capital’s Air Has Become Dangerous – greekcitytimes.com/2025/11/02/ath…

This is such a bonkers take. No one is trying to keep global temperatures down just for fun or because it looks pretty to look at on a thermometer, it’s because human life - and all life - will suffer the higher it goes…

An international study, published in the journal Nature, has found cutting pollution from road traffic and wood burning may be the most effective way to reduce the harm from air pollution across Europe. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened —how fast people on bikes “appeared” —once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t. It took leadership.

The explosive, exponential growth of solar energy makes it the fastest growing energy technology in history. Cheap to build and fast to deploy, solar installations grew 10-fold in the last 10 years and provided 6.7% of the world's electricity in 2024. The future is very sunny.

Global smog season: How winter worsens air pollution worldwide geo.tv/latest/632064-…

Milan is stepping up its climate plans. Mayor Beppe Sala has committed to reinforcing the EU’s largest Low Emission Zone and launching new community solar projects to build a cleaner, healthier city. #WMS25

🔥Wood burners are more expensive than both gas boilers and air source heat pumps in almost every scenario. urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/repor…

We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources. It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation. Source is

“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap.” Gift link: China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics economist.com/leaders/2025/1…

The rich get to party for another 10 years; Everyone else pays for it for the next 100,000. "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" theguardian.com/environment/20…

First wind farm recycles original turbine blades and re-powers with five times more capacity reneweconomy.com.au/first-wind-far…

Historic: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months Off-the-charts good carbonbrief.org/analysis-china…