Richenda VL
@hummingbirdgreen.bsky.social
Climate and energy, sustainability, energy access, solar, sustainable development, energy efficiency, entrepreneurship.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Financing Off-Grid Solar: A Pioneering Provider in Honduras Shows the Impact of Diversified Funding
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Financing Off-Grid Solar: A Pioneering Provider in Honduras Shows the Impact of Diversified Funding
How the pioneering company Soluz Honduras is bringing solar products to Honduras' rural areas by tapping a diverse array of financing models.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Financing Off-Grid Solar: A Pioneering Provider in Honduras Shows the Impact of Diversified Funding
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@hummingbirdgreen.bsky.social #Honduras #solar #EnergyAccess #ImpactInvesting #OffGrid #funding #GlobalDevelopment
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@hummingbirdgreen.bsky.social #Honduras #solar #EnergyAccess #ImpactInvesting #OffGrid #funding #GlobalDevelopment
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Award-winning photojournalist Victor Moriyama, in partnership with the Clean Air Fund and Climate Visuals, traveled across Brazil, from the Amazon Rainforest in the north to rural communities in the southeast, to photograph soot and its human impacts during 2025.
Soot: The super-pollutant choking a burning Earth, in photos
Burning fossil fuels and forests releases the well-known greenhouse gases that drive anthropogenic climate change. That burning also produces soot, a fine black particle that harms health and…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Award-winning photojournalist Victor Moriyama, in partnership with the Clean Air Fund and Climate Visuals, traveled across Brazil, from the Amazon Rainforest in the north to rural communities in the southeast, to photograph soot and its human impacts during 2025.
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Nice deep dive on the Biden administration's EV legacy:
www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
Biden’s EV plan failed. Or did it?
We never got those promised EV chargers — but we did get a future for EVs.
www.eenews.net
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Nice deep dive on the Biden administration's EV legacy:
www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
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Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
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The underlying fundamental economics have changed dramatically: solar is now so cheap that businesses and households all around the world install it often without subsidies. Throw in batteries and the business case just keeps improving.
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The underlying fundamental economics have changed dramatically: solar is now so cheap that businesses and households all around the world install it often without subsidies. Throw in batteries and the business case just keeps improving.
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World leaders pledged to cut carbon emissions 60% by 2035 from 1990 levels when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago. A new UN report finds that greenhouse gas emissions are projected to fall only 10% by 2035. By @lauramillan.bsky.social and @johnainger.bsky.social...
UN Sees World’s Emissions Falling 10% by 2035, Far Short of 60% Goal
The pace of emissions reductions is “still not nearly fast enough,” according to UNFCCC’s Stiel.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
World leaders pledged to cut carbon emissions 60% by 2035 from 1990 levels when they signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago. A new UN report finds that greenhouse gas emissions are projected to fall only 10% by 2035. By @lauramillan.bsky.social and @johnainger.bsky.social...
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Interconnection, not isolation, is Asean’s US$4.8 trillion lever bt.sg/pnerv
Interconnection, not isolation, is Asean’s US$4.8 trillion lever
Accelerating the energy transition could boost the region’s GDP, showing that sustainable growth is possible Read more at The Business Times.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Interconnection, not isolation, is Asean’s US$4.8 trillion lever bt.sg/pnerv
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Recommended read: Scientist and former UN climate lead Ploy Achakulwisut grappled via a LinkedIn post with the challenges of assessing whether national targets are aligned with a 1.5C world.
Notes from the science-diplomacy field #1: Which new NDCs are "1.5°C-aligned"?
In this three-part series, I reflect on some of the biggest questions I encountered during my time working in the Climate Action Team of the United Nations Secretary-General to figure out how to…
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November 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Recommended read: Scientist and former UN climate lead Ploy Achakulwisut grappled via a LinkedIn post with the challenges of assessing whether national targets are aligned with a 1.5C world.
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Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.
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‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green: While still on track to meet net zero commitments, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come Continue reading......
‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green
‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green: While still on track to meet net zero commitments, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come Continue reading......
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November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green: While still on track to meet net zero commitments, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come Continue reading......
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Halloween 😱
IMO Meeting 😱
COP30 😱?
Yes, it's that time of year again. Find out what has been happening behind the scenes in the run-up to Belém: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2...
IMO Meeting 😱
COP30 😱?
Yes, it's that time of year again. Find out what has been happening behind the scenes in the run-up to Belém: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2...
We're Caught Between An Electrostate and A Petrostate | Ep230: Rachel Kyte
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Halloween 😱
IMO Meeting 😱
COP30 😱?
Yes, it's that time of year again. Find out what has been happening behind the scenes in the run-up to Belém: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2...
IMO Meeting 😱
COP30 😱?
Yes, it's that time of year again. Find out what has been happening behind the scenes in the run-up to Belém: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1m2...
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This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
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October 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from #Namibia, where the country's hydrogen champion James Mnyupe has gone, and RWE had pulled out. None of the country's much-touted green ammonia projects make the slightest sense. Sad to see so much time and effort wasted.
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Germany’s RWE Exits Namibia Green Hydrogen Plan Amid Weak EU Demand
RWE exits $10B Hyphen green hydrogen project in Namibia Company cites market conditions, not indigenous land concerns EU hydrogen demand remains low; 98% of projects in planning German energy giant RW...
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October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from #Namibia, where the country's hydrogen champion James Mnyupe has gone, and RWE had pulled out. None of the country's much-touted green ammonia projects make the slightest sense. Sad to see so much time and effort wasted.
www.ecofinagency.com/news-industr...
www.ecofinagency.com/news-industr...
Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...
Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
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October 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...
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Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
Climate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' Misinformation
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
www.forbes.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Climate change is a by-product of progress in the same way as obesity is a by-product of nutrition. For goodness sakes, it's the 21st century! We have the technology to enjoy progress without trashing the planet.
“Yes, atmospheric CO2 has increased over time—but so has life expectancy,” writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay America’s energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy
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Illustration: Dan Williams
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Illustration: Dan Williams
July 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Climate change is a by-product of progress in the same way as obesity is a by-product of nutrition. For goodness sakes, it's the 21st century! We have the technology to enjoy progress without trashing the planet.
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Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
U.S. socked with 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the 1st half of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
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Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
Big Plastic wants you to think you can recycle your yogurt container
Those numbered labels, vetted by private interests, can be misleading.
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July 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Most plastics are not recyclable, largely because there is no market for materials labeled 3 through 7.
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
from @grist.org via @climatedesk.org
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World’s largest vanadium flow battery goes online in China. A giant solar-plus-vanadium flow battery project in Xinjiang has completed construction, marking a milestone in China’s pursuit of long-duration, utility-scale energy storage.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/04/w...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/04/w...
World’s largest vanadium flow battery goes online in China
A giant solar-plus-vanadium flow battery project in Xinjiang has completed construction, marking a milestone in China’s pursuit of long-duration, utility-scale energy storage.
www.pv-magazine.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
World’s largest vanadium flow battery goes online in China. A giant solar-plus-vanadium flow battery project in Xinjiang has completed construction, marking a milestone in China’s pursuit of long-duration, utility-scale energy storage.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/04/w...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/04/w...
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A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
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June 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
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For anyone near a hurricane-prone area, this is alarmingly bad news.
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Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts.
www.local10.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For anyone near a hurricane-prone area, this is alarmingly bad news.
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