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David Weston
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Storyteller | Content producer, podcaster, editor and journalist | I like my tea hot and my earth cool
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How it started: Countries pledge to triple renewable energy by 2030 at UAE-led Cop28 in 2023

How it's going: Global sum of national renewables targets is now just 2% higher

@ember-energy.org
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds
Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
daveweston.bsky.social
Just listened to this from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & thought this was an interesting (and true) line from @jessedjenkins.com "The environmental movement that provided most of the horsepower to date... was built to stop bad stuff — not to build good stuff."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...
Opinion | Is Decarbonization Dead?
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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How to promote clean, efficient, and affordable district heating in Europe? Have a listen! link below
daveweston.bsky.social David Weston @daveweston.bsky.social · Jul 30
Here's today's update on the #energytransition from @smorgan.bsky.social. @soxenaar.bsky.social talks DHC.

Then get the latest headlines, including:
🇭🇷 Croatia’s €800m for geothermal & hydrogen.
🇺🇸 The US seeking to overturn a crucial climate ruling.
🇩🇰 Denmark’s €36 million for SAFs.

#TheJolt
foresight-ce.bsky.social Foresight Climate & Energy @foresight-ce.bsky.social · Jul 30
In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what Europe needs to do to install more district heating and cooling, plus the United States government targets another crucial piece of climate legislation

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/suoHJC...

@smorgan.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
Is decarbonization dead? @janeaflegal.bsky.social & I join Ezra Klein to talk through how Trump just shredded America's most ambitious climate policy, what survived, and where we go from here. Listen @nytimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...
Screenshot of Jesse Jenkins on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?" Screenshot of Jane Flegal on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?"
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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IEA's mid-year electricity review is out. Some highlights below:

First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).

Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.

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July 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
daveweston.bsky.social
Here's today's update on the #energytransition from @smorgan.bsky.social. @soxenaar.bsky.social talks DHC.

Then get the latest headlines, including:
🇭🇷 Croatia’s €800m for geothermal & hydrogen.
🇺🇸 The US seeking to overturn a crucial climate ruling.
🇩🇰 Denmark’s €36 million for SAFs.

#TheJolt
foresight-ce.bsky.social Foresight Climate & Energy @foresight-ce.bsky.social · Jul 30
In Wednesday’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what Europe needs to do to install more district heating and cooling, plus the United States government targets another crucial piece of climate legislation

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/suoHJC...

@smorgan.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
daveweston.bsky.social
Great interview from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social youtu.be/2osysX_tYe0?...
Why Climate Change Is Worse Than You Think | Global Warming Expert Emma Pinchbeck
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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July 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
daveweston.bsky.social
Very interesting ep on how the GB market is shaping up to the #energytransition challenge.
edporter.bsky.social Ed Porter @edporter.bsky.social · Jul 29
Today on Transmission, we interview Tom Glover from RWE.

Above all, the sections on the "wisdom of the market" are my favourites. You'll also hear sections where we disagree, which is key to exploring future power system concepts.

Must-listen if you're tracking the GB power market's transition
July 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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sensehofstede.nl
Chinese regulator to ‘tighten oversight’ in crowded manufacturing sectors such as EVs and solar power – SCMP
China to ‘tighten oversight’ in crowded sectors such as EVs and solar power
Corporate competitiveness is being reshaped in key industries as Beijing moves to quell ‘involution’ while speeding up hi-tech developments to boost consumption.
www.scmp.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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theguardian.com
Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked
Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked
The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
this is really worth a read...

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
EU's pledge for $250 billion of US energy imports is delusional
There are strong echoes of Donald Trump's failed trade deal with China from his first term as U.S. president in the framework agreement reached with the European Union.
www.reuters.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, David takes off into the world of sustainable aviation fuels to explore the impact eSAF is having on the sector’s decarbonisation efforts, plus Australia faces calls to “go big” on its...

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sfiCvq...

@daveweston.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
daveweston.bsky.social
I've just seen the full Trump clip of his latest unhinged comments on #wind turbines.

He says, with zero irony, "Energy should not need subsidy, with energy you make money.”

WILD.
July 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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This industry is filled with builders—of projects, companies, careers and futures. Now we must build political power too. That means starting small, scaling fast and staying with it for the long haul.

Let’s bring our skills to organizing and show what happens when clean energy fights back.
Trump is trying to kill renewable energy. Here’s how to fight back
The real fight isn’t in Washington anymore. It’s in statehouses, utility commissions, local permitting battles and public opinion.
trellis.net
July 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reposted by David Weston
foresight-ce.bsky.social
Sam and Dave go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the latest on artificial intelligence’s immense energy demand and the advent of next-gen storage technologies

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sDPyuc...

@smorgan.bsky.social
@daveweston.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Some great comments from @electrifythis.bsky.social at @thedriven.io on EV inequality. Switching from petrol to charging creates an *extremely* significant divide between the driveway-havers and the driveway-have-nots

www.instagram.com/p/DMOn3uhyK9...
July 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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benbarclay.bsky.social
This is completely off the scale, and should be challenged at every possible opportunity.
peterwalker99.bsky.social Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Jul 17
Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns tells Times Radio that she doesn’t believe climate change exists, and that it’s just a “racket” for some people to make money. If Reform win the next election, the UK could become a very different place quite quickly.
ait Borsay: "Do you think climate change exists?" Andrea: "I've said for a long time, we need to ditch net zero and actually focus on economic growth. A million percent." Kait: "But then how do you tackle climate change? And do you believe that climate change exists?" Andrea: "Do I believe that climate change exists? No." Kait: "Okay. So you are not a believer in climate, you know, despite rising global temperatures, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, despite all of that evidence?" Andrea: "It depends. It depends what evidence you look at.... I think it's a way to actually make money." Kait: "Okay. But you don't believe climate change exists. And so that's why there is no need for net zero, in your opinion." Andrea: "Absolutely. And I think it's harming industry. I think it's a money making racket where certain businesses and individuals are making money out of it."
July 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
daveweston.bsky.social
Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.
peterwalker99.bsky.social Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Jul 17
Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns tells Times Radio that she doesn’t believe climate change exists, and that it’s just a “racket” for some people to make money. If Reform win the next election, the UK could become a very different place quite quickly.
ait Borsay: "Do you think climate change exists?" Andrea: "I've said for a long time, we need to ditch net zero and actually focus on economic growth. A million percent." Kait: "But then how do you tackle climate change? And do you believe that climate change exists?" Andrea: "Do I believe that climate change exists? No." Kait: "Okay. So you are not a believer in climate, you know, despite rising global temperatures, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, despite all of that evidence?" Andrea: "It depends. It depends what evidence you look at.... I think it's a way to actually make money." Kait: "Okay. But you don't believe climate change exists. And so that's why there is no need for net zero, in your opinion." Andrea: "Absolutely. And I think it's harming industry. I think it's a money making racket where certain businesses and individuals are making money out of it."
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
daveweston.bsky.social
Congratualtions Jan!
janrosenow.bsky.social Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Jul 17
Some truly amazing news: I've been appointed full Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at @ox.ac.uk.

Honestly have to pinch myself. It's been a non-traditional path to academia, and it feels like things have come full circle from starting an enviro group as a kid in the late 1980s.
July 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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The reduction in price and the advent of services to boost revenue streams make the addition of battery storage to any clean investment irrefutable

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full article: foresightmedia.com/story/s5Jq6K...
July 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Faye Bowser from Siemens Smart Infrastructure joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how Universities and their campuses are helping to advance the energy transition

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sSUzHi...
July 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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foresight-ce.bsky.social
Thomas Kwan from Schneider Electric joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss why modernisation in the industrial sector results in decarbonisation

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sq2AV8...
July 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Dave and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the ongoing political fallout from the European Union’s proposed 2040 target, plus calls to link the EU ETS with the United Kingdom’s

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/s6rljn...

@kirataylor.bsky.social
@daveweston.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Gerard Gallagher from professional services firm EY joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how businesses are fronting up to the energy transition

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s3jsru...
June 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM