We obviously can’t go off carbon, because reasons, amirite? AI. China will never go along. India will never go along. Africa can’t afford to go along. Nukes are obviously the answer. Never mind that it is all happening, faster than we ever dreamed, and still accelerating, while all of the lies continue to crumble and they have to think up new ones.
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In other good gnus, Solar Energy growth accelerates in Africa:
Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says. http://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/n…
Africa was the world’s fastest-growing solar market in 2025, defying a global slowdown and reshaping where the momentum in renewable energy is concentrated, according to an industry report released in late last month.
The report by the Africa Solar Industry Association says the continent’s solar installed capacity expanded 17% in 2025, boosted by imports of Chinese-made solar panels. Global solar power capacity rose 23% in 2025 to 618 GW, slowing from a 44% increase in 2024.
“Chinese companies are the main drivers in Africa’s green transition,” said Cynthia Angweya-Muhati, acting CEO of the Kenya Renewable Energy Association. “They are aggressively investing in and building robust supply chains in Africa green energy ecosystem.”…
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Michigan has filed a “groundbreaking” lawsuit against four major fossil fuel companies and the top U.S. oil lobbying group for its role in fueling both the climate crisis and rising energy costs, saying they acted as a “cartel.”
Impressive that over the last day, nearly 70% of our electricity in the UK has come from renewables, reducing our reliance on imports of gas and nuclear material and reducing our production of carbon dioxide.
Credit to @katemorley for the wonderful graphs at https://grid.iamkate.com
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Electrifying heavy trucks is much easier than people think…
And the hard part is not the technology #EVs
insideevs.com/news/787202/…
“A lot of Canadians don’t understand that #China is electrifying its economy. Not just transportation, EVERYTHING. And surprise, surprise: the rest of #Asia is copying China & China is selling its cheap technology, its #WindTurbines, #SolarPanels, #batteries, its #EVs & so on to those countries.”
These Chinese robots ride ceiling rails to charge your EV electrek.co/2026/02/23/c… #ElectricVehicles
Get Ready for a Flood of Cheap Used EVs.
The past two years saw an explosion of screaming EV lease deals. Those terms are about to expire.
#cars #evs
🇳🇴 Norway sold only seven new petrol-powered cars in January, a tiny number compared with over 2K #EVs registered that month, showing how far the country has shifted away from #fossil-fuel cars 🚗⚡️. Even hybrid and diesel sales were much higher than petrol, underlining an overall shift to battery cars
Yeah, we have a row of these at the Meijer in Champaign IL too, just down from the row of Tesla chargers. I have seen ten or a dozen cars charging at once there.
One more Electrify America stop at Meijer. This one in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Just a Lightning and Hyundai when I arrived. A second Lightning and a Kia soon joined us!
#EV #ElectricVehicles #EVRoadTrip #FordLightning #DrivingOnSunshine
🔋 Donut Lab Meant What They Said About That New Solid-State EV Battery
📰 via cleantechnica
#EV #ElectricVehicles
Sea turtles are nesting earlier than usual as waters warm. A sign of changing times & nature’s resilience. Let’s protect these creatures & their habitats. #Wildlife #ClimateChange
Recommended read: Gas flaring has risen in the Niger Delta since oil and gas major Shell sold its assets in the Nigerian “oil hub”, a @climatechangenews.com investigation found.
✍️ @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social Vivian Chime @mcivillini.bsky.social
New research reveals dangerous heat is becoming a permanent reality for parts of Africa, driven by rapid changes to the land. 🌡️
theconversation.com/heat-with-no…
#Climate
Nuclear power is falling behind wind and solar, but the industry appears to be trying to take over from carbon denial. I have never seen so many of these stories on Bluesky.
Michael Liebreich, LinkedIn
Full year 2025, it looks like nuclear power just about kept its nose ahead of wind and solar. But in H2 2025, while wind didn’t quite overtake nuclear, solar did. In 2026 nuclear will drop to third place in the production of clean electricity.
#NoNewNukes
There is no such thing as an Advanced Nuclear Reactor. They are all vastly more expensive than renewable energy, & they all come in way late & far over budget.
There are advanced schemes for getting corrupt politicians to steal from the public on behalf of the nuclear power industry.
Throwing good money after bad only works when it is Other People’s Money, IOW A scam to steal from the public.
The huge financial black hole faced by the Liberals and National Party in Australia. World’s most expensive nuclear power plant blows out again, by €2.5 billion and 12 months reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-most-…
Whenever someone mentions nuclear power in Australia, start laughing at them and never stop.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
#AusPol
“The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has issued a licence to Denison Mines Corp to prepare a site and construct a uranium mine and mill at its Wheeler River project in Saskatchewan. The project is the first uranium mine in Canada to use the in-situ recovery mining method.”
#Nuclear #News […]
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The catch in Ontario’s plan is that there is no such thing as a licensed, operating SMR anywhere in the world. Only engineering prototypes, which give no clue to real-world costs. As usual, this is a bogus plan to steal from the public, both during construction and during operation, because nukes always cost more than renewables.
Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-darl…
beyondnuclear.org/beyond-nucle…
Petition for Judicial Review of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear industry.
beyondnuclear.org/arizona-vote…
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I can’t embed this. It comes back “Post not found”. That kind of makes sense, because SMRs can’t be found, other than engineering prototypes.
In 2018 Canadians 🇨🇦 were first introduced to a strategic plan coordinated by the federal government and several provinces to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) across the country.
And he wants to build Nuclear Power Stations in Scotland so he can INCREASE the intensity of England’s theft of our resources. NEVER VOTE FOR AN ENGLISH UNIONIST PARTY MASQUERADING AS “BRITISH “. “British” means “English”.
“One in three Irish adults backs building nuclear power plants…” [Just wondering who choose the lede here … and why!]
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/202…
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More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.
Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the “endangerment finding”, which states that the buildup of heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the climate crisis.
⚡️ Putin Tried to Freeze Ukraine. Instead, He Sparked an Energy Revolution. Paul Hockenos, Mother Jones, February 22, 2026.
Russia is bombing fossil-fueled power plants, so the country is building solar and wind.
NYT [paywalled]: As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap
Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their initiatives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Their role just became much more important.
Foodrise: CAP at the Crossroads – Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets
Animal-sourced foods are estimated to cause a staggering 81-86% of the total greenhouse gas emissions from EU food production, yet only supply an estimated 32% of calories and 64% of protein consumed in the EU.
This new report reveals that a hugely unfair share of EU CAP subsidies, worth billions of euros of EU taxpayers’ money, are directed to propping up high-emissions meat and dairy production, and to promote meat and dairy products.
🇺🇸🇭🇺💥 U.S. solidifies nuclear influence in Central Europe! Secretary Rubio and Hungarian PM Orbán sign agreement, setting the stage for “decades of cooperation” in civilian nuclear energy. Massive international implications!
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