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Sharing stories of human progress, environmental restoration, clean energy, and scientific discovery.
Reposted by Angus Hervey
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
Reposted by Angus Hervey
China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to hope that world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule:
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to hope that world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule:
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
We're worrying less, and we're on our way to enjoying life as much as we did in 2006. Sometimes stats can provide a profound visual poignancy. Look at how the nadir of COVID is represented in this graph, and the gradual release from peak worry we've been experiencing.
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https://f.mtr.cool/qztiimtwpq
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We're worrying less, and we're on our way to enjoying life as much as we did in 2006. Sometimes stats can provide a profound visual poignancy. Look at how the nadir of COVID is represented in this graph, and the gradual release from peak worry we've been experiencing.
https://f.mtr.cool/qztiimtwpq
https://f.mtr.cool/qztiimtwpq
Imagine the combined surface area of our planet that on any given day is covered in parked cars. Why aren't we covering those spaces with energy-generating, shade-providing solar panels? Well, South Korea have gone beyond merely asking that question and made it law.
https://f.mtr.cool/lhlrraygkx
https://f.mtr.cool/lhlrraygkx
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Imagine the combined surface area of our planet that on any given day is covered in parked cars. Why aren't we covering those spaces with energy-generating, shade-providing solar panels? Well, South Korea have gone beyond merely asking that question and made it law.
https://f.mtr.cool/lhlrraygkx
https://f.mtr.cool/lhlrraygkx
The migration paths followed by countless generations of whales and dolphins, year in, year out, through the Atlantic waters of the Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde soon look set to be protected with the creation of the Macaronesia Marine Sanctuary.
https://f.mtr.cool/jnnzfvvdbx
https://f.mtr.cool/jnnzfvvdbx
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The migration paths followed by countless generations of whales and dolphins, year in, year out, through the Atlantic waters of the Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde soon look set to be protected with the creation of the Macaronesia Marine Sanctuary.
https://f.mtr.cool/jnnzfvvdbx
https://f.mtr.cool/jnnzfvvdbx
How many products in your daily life were shipped to you across the oceans? New tech is making leaps in decreasing the environmental cost of that shipping. For example the first complete marine solar energy system recently installed on the cargo vessel MV Vertom Tula.
https://f.mtr.cool/hvkvhsabza
https://f.mtr.cool/hvkvhsabza
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
How many products in your daily life were shipped to you across the oceans? New tech is making leaps in decreasing the environmental cost of that shipping. For example the first complete marine solar energy system recently installed on the cargo vessel MV Vertom Tula.
https://f.mtr.cool/hvkvhsabza
https://f.mtr.cool/hvkvhsabza
In 2015 diesel powers more than half of all new cars in Europe. In 2025? That figure is 6%. Meanwhile in September, 67% of all new European cars sold were electrified. No turning back from this trend now.
https://f.mtr.cool/mfewsdbneh
https://f.mtr.cool/mfewsdbneh
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
In 2015 diesel powers more than half of all new cars in Europe. In 2025? That figure is 6%. Meanwhile in September, 67% of all new European cars sold were electrified. No turning back from this trend now.
https://f.mtr.cool/mfewsdbneh
https://f.mtr.cool/mfewsdbneh
Slow but fast. The gradual progress of clean energy over the past decades - scaling of efficiency, plummeting cost, buy-in, deployment... - is beginning to reveal an inexorable global transformation. In India that's looking like a doubling of capacity by 2030.
https://f.mtr.cool/uoqqcfczou
https://f.mtr.cool/uoqqcfczou
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Slow but fast. The gradual progress of clean energy over the past decades - scaling of efficiency, plummeting cost, buy-in, deployment... - is beginning to reveal an inexorable global transformation. In India that's looking like a doubling of capacity by 2030.
https://f.mtr.cool/uoqqcfczou
https://f.mtr.cool/uoqqcfczou
The pangolin, what a unique wonder. Sadly, the magnificent scales that set it apart are highly prized on the black market. However, there is now a greater chance of them remaining on their living hosts with Nigeria passing West Africa's strongest wildlife law to date.
https://f.mtr.cool/wtjbumxavs
https://f.mtr.cool/wtjbumxavs
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The pangolin, what a unique wonder. Sadly, the magnificent scales that set it apart are highly prized on the black market. However, there is now a greater chance of them remaining on their living hosts with Nigeria passing West Africa's strongest wildlife law to date.
https://f.mtr.cool/wtjbumxavs
https://f.mtr.cool/wtjbumxavs
Polyurethane, so useful for making sneakers and mattresses, and such an intractable material to have in the waste stream - until now. A new AI-created enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials.
https://f.mtr.cool/zynwmasybk
https://f.mtr.cool/zynwmasybk
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Polyurethane, so useful for making sneakers and mattresses, and such an intractable material to have in the waste stream - until now. A new AI-created enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials.
https://f.mtr.cool/zynwmasybk
https://f.mtr.cool/zynwmasybk
Try the phrase "Sustho Sagor" out in your mouth, as you imagine this whale shark gliding through its habitat. It means "Healthy Oceans" and is the name of a project that's expanding Bangladesh’s marine protected areas to cover an area larger than Jamaica.
https://f.mtr.cool/vlilokecxv
https://f.mtr.cool/vlilokecxv
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Try the phrase "Sustho Sagor" out in your mouth, as you imagine this whale shark gliding through its habitat. It means "Healthy Oceans" and is the name of a project that's expanding Bangladesh’s marine protected areas to cover an area larger than Jamaica.
https://f.mtr.cool/vlilokecxv
https://f.mtr.cool/vlilokecxv
Imagine: a ship that can ply the oceans for years without refuelling. Will, China have unveiled plans one, backed up by two milestones: successful trials of the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor and sea trials of the world’s largest flat-deck cargo ship.
https://f.mtr.cool/baehrafyob
https://f.mtr.cool/baehrafyob
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Imagine: a ship that can ply the oceans for years without refuelling. Will, China have unveiled plans one, backed up by two milestones: successful trials of the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor and sea trials of the world’s largest flat-deck cargo ship.
https://f.mtr.cool/baehrafyob
https://f.mtr.cool/baehrafyob
"Let your heart take wing". Have a good look at this image. Zoom in. Feathers from 10,151 species of bird, set radially by wing length. See if your heart doesn't flutter a little.
https://f.mtr.cool/vzmcisnodc
https://f.mtr.cool/vzmcisnodc
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Let your heart take wing". Have a good look at this image. Zoom in. Feathers from 10,151 species of bird, set radially by wing length. See if your heart doesn't flutter a little.
https://f.mtr.cool/vzmcisnodc
https://f.mtr.cool/vzmcisnodc
Year of the Rat? Year of the Pig? Not any more on the Kelefesia and Tonumea islands of Tonga, where successful eradication of these interlopers has heralded nesting petrels and revived reefs and fisheries.
https://f.mtr.cool/drekourggn
https://f.mtr.cool/drekourggn
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Year of the Rat? Year of the Pig? Not any more on the Kelefesia and Tonumea islands of Tonga, where successful eradication of these interlopers has heralded nesting petrels and revived reefs and fisheries.
https://f.mtr.cool/drekourggn
https://f.mtr.cool/drekourggn
Space is so exciting. A black hole tearing apart and slowly eating a star at least 30 times bigger than our own sun. A cosmic explosion more than 10 trillion times brighter than it. The brightest black-hole flare ever recorded.
https://f.mtr.cool/jzpvkyujbr
https://f.mtr.cool/jzpvkyujbr
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Space is so exciting. A black hole tearing apart and slowly eating a star at least 30 times bigger than our own sun. A cosmic explosion more than 10 trillion times brighter than it. The brightest black-hole flare ever recorded.
https://f.mtr.cool/jzpvkyujbr
https://f.mtr.cool/jzpvkyujbr
"Frack off and take that technology somewhere else!" Well someone did, and now there's a geothermal boom.
https://f.mtr.cool/tzdxhqqfua
https://f.mtr.cool/tzdxhqqfua
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Frack off and take that technology somewhere else!" Well someone did, and now there's a geothermal boom.
https://f.mtr.cool/tzdxhqqfua
https://f.mtr.cool/tzdxhqqfua
"I finally figured out that the ducks and the geese were doing the same thing as what we were doing. It was free of charge" - a Mississippi River Basin rice farmer reflects on their growing symbiotic alliance with migratory birds.
https://f.mtr.cool/dpneohusem
https://f.mtr.cool/dpneohusem
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"I finally figured out that the ducks and the geese were doing the same thing as what we were doing. It was free of charge" - a Mississippi River Basin rice farmer reflects on their growing symbiotic alliance with migratory birds.
https://f.mtr.cool/dpneohusem
https://f.mtr.cool/dpneohusem
The latest edition of Fix The News is out — and it’s packed.
World is getting less grumpy. Czechia becomes 69th country to ban corporal punishment of kids. Amazon deforestation at lowest level in nearly a decade. Astronomers unveil most detailed radio map of the Milky Way.
World is getting less grumpy. Czechia becomes 69th country to ban corporal punishment of kids. Amazon deforestation at lowest level in nearly a decade. Astronomers unveil most detailed radio map of the Milky Way.
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The latest edition of Fix The News is out — and it’s packed.
World is getting less grumpy. Czechia becomes 69th country to ban corporal punishment of kids. Amazon deforestation at lowest level in nearly a decade. Astronomers unveil most detailed radio map of the Milky Way.
World is getting less grumpy. Czechia becomes 69th country to ban corporal punishment of kids. Amazon deforestation at lowest level in nearly a decade. Astronomers unveil most detailed radio map of the Milky Way.
Healthier to play in a forest or on asphalt? This Finnish study demonstrates that forest play actually boosts kids’ immune systems. In 43 re-wilded kindergartens, children exposed to natural soil showed up with more protective blood cells and fewer harmful bacteria.
https://f.mtr.cool/qdfzuggeub
https://f.mtr.cool/qdfzuggeub
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Healthier to play in a forest or on asphalt? This Finnish study demonstrates that forest play actually boosts kids’ immune systems. In 43 re-wilded kindergartens, children exposed to natural soil showed up with more protective blood cells and fewer harmful bacteria.
https://f.mtr.cool/qdfzuggeub
https://f.mtr.cool/qdfzuggeub
Picture this, feel the teeming life: a wetland-rich reserve hosting 237 bird species and more than 460 plant species.
Know that from the end of this year it will fall within the protective boundaries of Poland's Lower Oder Valley National Park.
https://f.mtr.cool/dozrvktrfy
Know that from the end of this year it will fall within the protective boundaries of Poland's Lower Oder Valley National Park.
https://f.mtr.cool/dozrvktrfy
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Picture this, feel the teeming life: a wetland-rich reserve hosting 237 bird species and more than 460 plant species.
Know that from the end of this year it will fall within the protective boundaries of Poland's Lower Oder Valley National Park.
https://f.mtr.cool/dozrvktrfy
Know that from the end of this year it will fall within the protective boundaries of Poland's Lower Oder Valley National Park.
https://f.mtr.cool/dozrvktrfy
When do you want to find out that you have cancer? Preferably, when you can do something about it. A new blood test has successfully detected over 50 types of cancer in a 25,000-person study. Half of these cases were in their earliest, most treatable stages.
https://f.mtr.cool/ebjghoflub
https://f.mtr.cool/ebjghoflub
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When do you want to find out that you have cancer? Preferably, when you can do something about it. A new blood test has successfully detected over 50 types of cancer in a 25,000-person study. Half of these cases were in their earliest, most treatable stages.
https://f.mtr.cool/ebjghoflub
https://f.mtr.cool/ebjghoflub
An 'Alliance' feels like a pretty powerful thing to be part of, especially one with a clever, catchy name. No wonder so many countries have joined the 'Powering Past Coal Alliance' (see what they did there?) Morocco's the latest, with a pledge to be coal-free by 2050.
https://f.mtr.cool/ckszlbndhw
https://f.mtr.cool/ckszlbndhw
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
An 'Alliance' feels like a pretty powerful thing to be part of, especially one with a clever, catchy name. No wonder so many countries have joined the 'Powering Past Coal Alliance' (see what they did there?) Morocco's the latest, with a pledge to be coal-free by 2050.
https://f.mtr.cool/ckszlbndhw
https://f.mtr.cool/ckszlbndhw
Reposted by Angus Hervey
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When essential supply is suddenly disrupted, rapid adaptation happens by necessity. Eastern Europe, once reliant on Russian energy is now leading Europe’s clean-power shift: solar output up 460% since 2019; battery storage capacity up 472% since 2022.
https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr
https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
When essential supply is suddenly disrupted, rapid adaptation happens by necessity. Eastern Europe, once reliant on Russian energy is now leading Europe’s clean-power shift: solar output up 460% since 2019; battery storage capacity up 472% since 2022.
https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr
https://f.mtr.cool/bojmuzqknr
"I might not look particularly Polish, but I'm sure glad to be home!"
Biologists in Łódź have reported 100% survival among 50 European pond turtles, the first step in re-establishing Poland’s only native turtle, extinct locally for decades.
https://f.mtr.cool/bkyrworeim
Biologists in Łódź have reported 100% survival among 50 European pond turtles, the first step in re-establishing Poland’s only native turtle, extinct locally for decades.
https://f.mtr.cool/bkyrworeim
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"I might not look particularly Polish, but I'm sure glad to be home!"
Biologists in Łódź have reported 100% survival among 50 European pond turtles, the first step in re-establishing Poland’s only native turtle, extinct locally for decades.
https://f.mtr.cool/bkyrworeim
Biologists in Łódź have reported 100% survival among 50 European pond turtles, the first step in re-establishing Poland’s only native turtle, extinct locally for decades.
https://f.mtr.cool/bkyrworeim