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Kaiser Yang Co-Founder, Platypus Labs 1 week ago VIDEO In September, a wind turbine the size of a basketball court floated 1,000 feet above the Xinjiang desert and generated 1 megawatt of power. It wasn’t mounted on a tower. It was suspended in the air by a helium-filled shell, tethered to the ground by cables.…

Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand Fiona Harvey Environment editor Tue 28 Oct 2025 The Guardian Wind power has cut at least £104bn from energy costs in the UK since 2010, a study has found. Users of gas have been among the biggest beneficiaries Users of…

It’s one thing to design a solution to an environmental problem. It’s another to make something that people will actually use. By Warren Cornwall October 22, 2025 Anthropocene That was the challenge confronting Arizona State University (ASU) biologist Jesse Senko and collaborators, as they tried to build a lighting system that fishers would be willing to attach to…

The answer lies in strategic charging to encourage solar and wind power development By Sarah DeWeerd October 21, 2025 Anthropocene Charging electric vehicles (EVs) when renewable energy is abundant—and supplying power back to the grid when demand peaks—could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from the power system, according to a new study. The analysis finds that…

by Léonard Chemineau Discourses Of Climate Delay Blog Contact Where is your favorite politician on the scope ? Where is your old uncle ? Where is your neighbour ? And where are YOU ? *** Please feel free to share / print / download those images as much as you want ***

Researchers compare the footprint of meat vs. plant-based dog foods. The differences were staggering. Global pet food emissions rival those of a small country. A new UK study reveals that switching dogs to plant-based foods could slash emissions tenfold—without sacrificing nutrition. By Emma Bryce October 3, 2025 in Anthropocene Researchers have identified a novel way to…

G Elliott Morris, writing at Strength in Numbers, has partnered with the the Xylom to produce crowdsourced estimates of participant numbers at the No Kings protests. According to their estimates, the No Kings protests are likely to be the largest single-day political protest ever, with a median estimate of 5 million people taking part. Elliott has also charted the…

\Yoann Berno Investing in climate breakthrough technologies to solve climate change 💥 | Founder of Climate Insiders View my newsletter LinkedIn Sounds impossible. But it’s real. 24/7 energy from 500 ml of saltwater. 🌊💡 Meet E-Dina WaterLight, a Colombian renewable-energy startup turning seawater into power. The science is simple: saltwater + magnesium = a chemical…

Tanya Fiedler Climate accounting and accountability LinkedIn The climate litigation straw that could now break the director’s back.Climate attribution science has been advancing, but this is the moment it connects directly to corporate accountability.For the first time, this amazing group of researchers have quantified how a single fossil fuel project can be linked to hundreds…

Bob Burton in Coalwire: Russia and the US are both struggling to revive their declining coal mining sectors. In Russia, the international response to the invasion of Ukraine deprived exporters of access to traditional markets in Europe, with alternative Asian importers only buying shipments at heavily discounted rates. Accessing Asian markets to the east came at…

It depends. Which story would you like? By James Gaines September 2, 2025 in Anthropocene There’s no telling how low or how high humanity will go in its quest for more energy. The deepest oil well to date, the Z-44 well in Sakhalin Island, Russia (just north of Japan), for example, reaches an astounding depth, drilling through…

Original title: Is greenhushing the new greenwashing? Or something else entirely Companies used to be accused of faking sustainability via greenwashing. Now some are hiding actual climate progress. By James Gaines October 19, 2025 in Anthropocene Many companies seem to be walking back climate pledges. The sad fate of the Net Zero Banking Alliance is a case in point.…

Original title: Who could replace US climate financing? Decarbonization is a long game with a shifting line-up of players—and funds By Mark Harris April 17, 2025 in Anthropocene Lawsuits and political pressure may save a few projects here and there but the future of climate financing under the current US administration seems clear—there isn’t one. From a…

The age groups are aligned in mission, but not necessarily in tactics By James Gaines September 22, 2025 in Anthropocene In 2019, singer Billie Eilish (then 19), captured the building frustration of many young people when she said, “Hopefully the adults and the old people start listening to us so that we don’t all die. Old people…

The long campaign by Kenyan civil society groups against the country’s first proposed Lamu power project has finally come to an end after a court upheld a lower court decision overturning the environmental permit for the project.  Kenyan groups celebrate court ruling against coal plant The chairperson of the Save Lamu campaign, Somo M. Somo, welcomed the…

PM criticises Pocock’s ban from parliamentary sports club but dismisses concerns about betting lobby Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby Henry Belot Fri 10 Oct 2025 Anthony Albanese says independent senator David Pocock should not be kicked out of parliament’s social sports club despite the prime…

link to SOMO Article summary below: Romm, Joseph & Lezak, Stephen & Alshamsi, Amna. (2025). Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 50. 649-680. 10.1146/annurev-environ-112823-064813. The Australia Institute edited offsets report 2023 below (under article) Commentary: Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjørkskov on LinkedIn EXCLUSIVE — The verdict is in. The most comprehensive review…

Amsterdam is repurposing 10.000m2 of rooftops with smart roofs that help catch and reuse rainwater, boost city biodiversity AND reduce urban heating! 🌱 🐝 The project aims at demonstrating and scientifically validating function and value of the combination of Blue (rainwater catchment, storage and reuse) and Green (biodiverse) roofs for resilient and climate adaptive cities,…