Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go? - Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/extreme-povert…

One of the hottest days of the year so far in Texas: 53% of the power on peak is coming from solar & wind. Wholesale power is ~$20 per megawatt-hour or 2 cents per kilowatt-hour. No conservation calls, no energy emergencies. ~20 gigawatts of extra power just sitting around.

A drought in southern Spain revealed a 7,000-year-old monument near Cáceres. That’s 2,000 years older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge.

Renewables are unstoppable. The best part: the more you build, the cheaper it gets. Let's build more, faster.

July 2025 US solar rose ~33%, compared to July 2024, to new monthly record! July solar nearly tripled since 2020 & grew ~10X since 2015! July Solar Generation 2025: 43.7 TWh 2024: 32.9 TWh 2023: 26.6 TWh 2022: 22.2 TWh 2021: 17.4 TWh 2020: 15 TWh 2015: 4.11 TWh

Still think about this every time I hear someone romanticizing the pre-industrial era

Last night, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into the eye of Hurricane Erin—and captured imagery of the breathtaking stadium effect. These missions provide critical data to the NHC to improve forecasts, helping keep communities safe before the storm makes

How the word for “ginger” spread across the Old World

Coal power is on its way out in Europe 👋 The EU's three largest coal power producers Germany, Poland and Czechia all had record low shares for coal power in June 2025 Germany: 12.6% Poland: 42.9% Czechia: 17.9% Across the whole EU, coal fell to a record low of just 6.2% 🇪🇺

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria🇩🇿 solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia🇿🇲 x7 in Botswana🇧🇼 x6 in Sudan🇸🇩 x3 in each of Liberia🇱🇷, DRC🇨🇩, Benin🇧🇯, Angola🇦🇴, Ethiopia🇪🇹 🧵

change in global energy investment, 2015-2025 investments in renewables up 109% this decade, oil down 34% @visualcap

NEW | 38 out of 50 US states recorded all-time highs for solar generation in June 2025 ☀️🏆 The latest EIA state electricity data released yesterday and collected by Ember shows June was a record month across all parts of the US! 🇺🇸

This should be a wake-up call for US policymakers:

If you tell your friends you're burned out, they'll always prescribe the same thing: "You need to take a vacation". But it never works. Burnout is completely misunderstood. This new article by Blake Scholl 🛫 is the best explanation I've seen.

Petrol and diesel vehicles continue to lose market share to 🔋EVs in the UK 🇬🇧 In the 12 months to August, petrol vehicles made up less than half (47.9%) of vehicles registered in the UK. Diesel registrations fell to just 5.8% Battery EVs rose to 22.5%🔋📈

When you try to remove a piece of art and accidentally make it better.

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Blink and you'll miss it. The EV revolution is taking off. 🚗 Even high growth rates provide small increases early on. Then it happens all of a sudden, all at once.

An actual mountain on Jupiter’s moon Io created using real data from NASA Juno during a flyby Estimated at 7 km (4.3 miles) tall