Richard Wilson
@fishrise.bsky.social
Eclectic writer & filmmaker. One foot in a river & recovering BBC Environment Correspondent (Long Env-Corr)
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“You muppet - you’re holding the map upside down”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1419, May 2016.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1419, May 2016.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“You muppet - you’re holding the map upside down”
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1419, May 2016.
From the Private Eye archive.
Issue 1419, May 2016.
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Over 70,000 members backed clearer tick awareness at National Trust sites - a long-overdue, sensible step to help prevent infections and keep visitors safe.
Read more: nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...
#NationalTrust #Lymedisease #BeTickAware
Read more: nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...
#NationalTrust #Lymedisease #BeTickAware
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Over 70,000 members backed clearer tick awareness at National Trust sites - a long-overdue, sensible step to help prevent infections and keep visitors safe.
Read more: nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...
#NationalTrust #Lymedisease #BeTickAware
Read more: nationaltrust.org.uk/services/med...
#NationalTrust #Lymedisease #BeTickAware
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All of the oil companies are pushing the idea that the world will be using a lot more oil for decades. They have to. If they told the truth no one would invest in their companies any more.
However, the idea that relying on oil provides a country "energy security" is a weak argument in 2025.
However, the idea that relying on oil provides a country "energy security" is a weak argument in 2025.
TotalEnergies sees oil demand rising until 2040 as energy security outweighs climate concerns
By America Hernandez PARIS -French oil major TotalEnergies sees global oil demand rising through 2040 before gradually dropping off, as political fragmentation and energy security concerns dampen the ...
kelo.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
All of the oil companies are pushing the idea that the world will be using a lot more oil for decades. They have to. If they told the truth no one would invest in their companies any more.
However, the idea that relying on oil provides a country "energy security" is a weak argument in 2025.
However, the idea that relying on oil provides a country "energy security" is a weak argument in 2025.
So now it’s the fossil fuel industry that’s dependent on subsidies in a contracting market.
Stranding assets.
Stranding assets.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So now it’s the fossil fuel industry that’s dependent on subsidies in a contracting market.
Stranding assets.
Stranding assets.
“Global investment in the energy transition surpassed $2 trillion for the first time last year. Green stocks are soaring and banks are generating more in fees from green fixed-income deals than from their fossil-fuel equivalents,” Bloomberg.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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What a New Model of Climate Finance Can Look Like
United Nations climate talks officially kick off next week. We’re tracking what’s happening in the run-up to the COP30 summit.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Global investment in the energy transition surpassed $2 trillion for the first time last year. Green stocks are soaring and banks are generating more in fees from green fixed-income deals than from their fossil-fuel equivalents,” Bloomberg.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Exactly this: follow the money (it’s green & renewable).
The old money just goes up in smoke.
The old money just goes up in smoke.
If you want to know where America's energy future lies, just follow the money, which is increasingly headed to clean alternative power.
The White House’s Bet on Fossil Fuels Is Already Losing
It's been 19 months since Donald Trump promised that if elected the 47th President of the United States he would expand oil and gas leases offshore while undermining wind and solar initiatives as well as California's drive to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines. “The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices, and that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency,” Trump said at his inaugural address to the country Jan. 20. “W
bloom.bg
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Exactly this: follow the money (it’s green & renewable).
The old money just goes up in smoke.
The old money just goes up in smoke.
Over-supply of oil meets a surge in growth in ever cheaper renewables.
There’s only one way this story ends. The big question is when?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
There’s only one way this story ends. The big question is when?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
Oil Prices Dropped 19%, Helping Drivers, but Squeezing the Industry
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Over-supply of oil meets a surge in growth in ever cheaper renewables.
There’s only one way this story ends. The big question is when?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
There’s only one way this story ends. The big question is when?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/b...
Forbes on king coal & its collapsing market:
They say: “A fossil-era cautionary tale — how quickly entire sectors can unravel when markets move faster than politics”
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
They say: “A fossil-era cautionary tale — how quickly entire sectors can unravel when markets move faster than politics”
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
Russia’s Coal Collapse Marks The End Of Fossil Fuel Post-War Illusion
Russia’s Coal Collapse signals the end of the fossil era. From bankrupt mines to battery booms, the global energy transition is accelerating but facing political resistance.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Forbes on king coal & its collapsing market:
They say: “A fossil-era cautionary tale — how quickly entire sectors can unravel when markets move faster than politics”
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
They say: “A fossil-era cautionary tale — how quickly entire sectors can unravel when markets move faster than politics”
www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
So Trump is happy to incur huge costs and economic setbacks to protect wildlife from those murderous turbine blades?
Who'da thunk it? He's a bunny-hugger.
www.energyconnects.com/news/renewab...
Who'da thunk it? He's a bunny-hugger.
www.energyconnects.com/news/renewab...
JPMorgan Says US Risks Missing Energy Goals Without Wind,
The US will struggle to generate the energy it needs to power growth in its tech industry without including wind and solar, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s
www.energyconnects.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
So Trump is happy to incur huge costs and economic setbacks to protect wildlife from those murderous turbine blades?
Who'da thunk it? He's a bunny-hugger.
www.energyconnects.com/news/renewab...
Who'da thunk it? He's a bunny-hugger.
www.energyconnects.com/news/renewab...
This a big moment. Coal is in terminal decline.
A subsequent auction has been cancelled.
A subsequent auction has been cancelled.
A federal coal auction in Montana drew just one bid: $186,000 for 167 million tons of coal — a 99.9% collapse … The next auction was immediately postponed. Why? Because while #coal can still sell today, its future is already bankrupt.
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Historic ‘Clean Coal’ Auctions Collapse — Clean Energy Outperforms Everything
Something remarkable just happened in America’s coal heartland — and almost nobody noticed what it really means.This week, the Trump administration’s long-promised revival of “clean, beautiful coal” c...
app.wedonthavetime.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This a big moment. Coal is in terminal decline.
A subsequent auction has been cancelled.
A subsequent auction has been cancelled.
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Something extraordinary just happened
But of course there's a but. Or two.
open.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Global renewable power capacity is expected to double between now and 2030, up by 4,600 gigawatts (GW). This is roughly the equivalent of adding China, the EU and Japan’s power generation capacity combined to the global energy mix."
I bet it will be bigger.
www.iea.org/reports/rene...
I bet it will be bigger.
www.iea.org/reports/rene...
Executive summary – Renewables 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Renewables 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"Global renewable power capacity is expected to double between now and 2030, up by 4,600 gigawatts (GW). This is roughly the equivalent of adding China, the EU and Japan’s power generation capacity combined to the global energy mix."
I bet it will be bigger.
www.iea.org/reports/rene...
I bet it will be bigger.
www.iea.org/reports/rene...
"... last year, the world added a record 582GW of renewable energy capacity. That’s over 91% of all new power – with nuclear nowhere. In fact, each year, nuclear adds as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days."
They're cheaper.
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...
They're cheaper.
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...
A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer
The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental
www.newcivilengineer.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"... last year, the world added a record 582GW of renewable energy capacity. That’s over 91% of all new power – with nuclear nowhere. In fact, each year, nuclear adds as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days."
They're cheaper.
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...
They're cheaper.
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...
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The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
The oil and gas industry needs to run faster just to stand still. Renewables, meanwhile, get cheaper even faster.
"Nearly 90% of annual upstream oil and gas investment since 2019 has been dedicated to offsetting production declines rather than to meet demand growth."
www.iea.org/reports/the-...
"Nearly 90% of annual upstream oil and gas investment since 2019 has been dedicated to offsetting production declines rather than to meet demand growth."
www.iea.org/reports/the-...
www.iea.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The oil and gas industry needs to run faster just to stand still. Renewables, meanwhile, get cheaper even faster.
"Nearly 90% of annual upstream oil and gas investment since 2019 has been dedicated to offsetting production declines rather than to meet demand growth."
www.iea.org/reports/the-...
"Nearly 90% of annual upstream oil and gas investment since 2019 has been dedicated to offsetting production declines rather than to meet demand growth."
www.iea.org/reports/the-...
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Mad that the NYT is having to produce videos on basics such as "yes, climate change is happening" and "yes, renewables have become much cheaper"
But here we are. This is very nicely and clearly done by
@sominisengupta.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
But here we are. This is very nicely and clearly done by
@sominisengupta.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
Video: Three Charts To Set the Record Straight On Climate Change
In his United Nations address, President Trump lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change. Somini Sengupta explains the f...
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Mad that the NYT is having to produce videos on basics such as "yes, climate change is happening" and "yes, renewables have become much cheaper"
But here we are. This is very nicely and clearly done by
@sominisengupta.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
But here we are. This is very nicely and clearly done by
@sominisengupta.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
“Investment in energy around the world is likely to hit about $3.3 trillion (£2.4tn) this year. While more than $1tn of the total is still likely to flow into fossil fuels, double that amount – about $2.2tn – is expected for low-carbon forms of energy.”
Guardian
Guardian
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Investment in energy around the world is likely to hit about $3.3 trillion (£2.4tn) this year. While more than $1tn of the total is still likely to flow into fossil fuels, double that amount – about $2.2tn – is expected for low-carbon forms of energy.”
Guardian
Guardian
“We are starting to glimpse the insidious price that the US will pay for clinging too long to old fossil fuel tech while China bets the farm on new electro-tech.”
Telegraph on the Chinese capture of global renewables market & its nuclear ambition.
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Telegraph on the Chinese capture of global renewables market & its nuclear ambition.
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The Telegraph
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“We are starting to glimpse the insidious price that the US will pay for clinging too long to old fossil fuel tech while China bets the farm on new electro-tech.”
Telegraph on the Chinese capture of global renewables market & its nuclear ambition.
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2199/re...
Telegraph on the Chinese capture of global renewables market & its nuclear ambition.
digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2199/re...
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Here is the State of California. Note how much land area is devoted to built up area (pink areas) and fossil fuel infrastructure (black areas) in relation to how much land would be required for a 100% renewable energy economy (yellow, orange, blue, green areas).
landartgenerator.org/images/Calif...
landartgenerator.org/images/Calif...
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here is the State of California. Note how much land area is devoted to built up area (pink areas) and fossil fuel infrastructure (black areas) in relation to how much land would be required for a 100% renewable energy economy (yellow, orange, blue, green areas).
landartgenerator.org/images/Calif...
landartgenerator.org/images/Calif...
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Christiana Figueres on the Production Gap report: "Fossil fuels are on their last legs.... Despite trillions in public subsidies,.... oil and gas has underperformed every other sector over the last 15 years.” 1/3
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September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Christiana Figueres on the Production Gap report: "Fossil fuels are on their last legs.... Despite trillions in public subsidies,.... oil and gas has underperformed every other sector over the last 15 years.” 1/3
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As fossil fuel power stations fade away their grid connections are cannibalised by renewables.
Cheaper energy rises from the ashes.
Map from The Economist
infographics.economist.com/2025/2025082...
Cheaper energy rises from the ashes.
Map from The Economist
infographics.economist.com/2025/2025082...
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
As fossil fuel power stations fade away their grid connections are cannibalised by renewables.
Cheaper energy rises from the ashes.
Map from The Economist
infographics.economist.com/2025/2025082...
Cheaper energy rises from the ashes.
Map from The Economist
infographics.economist.com/2025/2025082...
“Trump’s anti-solar crusade may end up calling to mind the Eagles’ best-known hit, “Hotel California”. He can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave.” The Economist.
Cheap, reliable and profitable renewable energy is unstoppable.
Follow the money.
Cheap, reliable and profitable renewable energy is unstoppable.
Follow the money.
Analysts now think solar investment will rebound in America. There are two explanations as to why
Despite presidential animus, America’s solar industry is buzzing
And investment is on the rise
econ.st
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Trump’s anti-solar crusade may end up calling to mind the Eagles’ best-known hit, “Hotel California”. He can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave.” The Economist.
Cheap, reliable and profitable renewable energy is unstoppable.
Follow the money.
Cheap, reliable and profitable renewable energy is unstoppable.
Follow the money.
African Solar roll-out. Hardly needs a caption.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
African Solar roll-out. Hardly needs a caption.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.