As time permits, I'm going to put the esoterica I encounter related to climate change here rather than trying to update the various pages. So this will be in reverse chronological rather than logically organized within the structure of the rest of this website. Please don't rely on this as a consistent and current source for climate change information updates. Sadly, we cannot rely on our corporate-controlled mass media for good information on this, and my time is limited.

Past blog pages:
2019: May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2020: January    February    March    April    May    June    July [COVID gap]
2021: [COVID gap] October-December
2022: January-February    March    April    May-August    September    October    November-December
2023: January    February    March-April    May-July    August-September    October-November    December
2024: January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2025: January    February    March-May    June-July    August-September   

There is no Plan B because there is no Planet B. - Emmanuel Macron (President of France)

2025.12.11 This is important as it debunks a long held myth from the fossil foolers.

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds (The Guardian)
In fact, the divergence is probably a sign of improving economies, as they will spend less on energy costs and health costs.

2025.12.10 Ridiculous? No, the U.S. looks stupid and dangerously incompetent with this move. Sadly, it's on brand in 2025.

'We look ridiculous': US government website removes fossil fuels as cause of global warming (euronews)
If the U.S. government can't get solidly documented and reported basic science right, there's no chance they can get something complicated like economic policy, geo-political action or ending a war correct.

2025.12.08 Even without today’s advanced modeling tools, scientists made a ‘remarkably’ accurate estimate.

A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true (Climate Connections)

2025.12.08 Note the big emitter regions. Don't worry about Africa, they'll be going with renewables for future development.

Charted: Carbon Emissions by Global Region (2010-2050P) (Visual Capitalist)

2025.12.07 Eventually reality wins. In the short term, misinformation can do a lot of damage.

Destined to Fail: False Assumptions on Climate, Trade, and Society Cripple U.S. Security Strategy (Clean Technica)

2025.12.06 Electric utilities add another ingredient to the recipe for grid defection

Don’t rush to raise fixed electricity charges – we need to reform network regulation first (Renew Economy)
Remember when electric utilities were a service, frequently community-owned and progressive? Before they became increasingly privatized, monopolistic cash grabs. Well, a lot of the owners and managers of the current electric utilities don't remember that time, and seem to have completely lost the plot on long-term planning.
Household generation is on the rise, and household energy storage is now coming on strong as batteries are becoming better and less expensive, and integration with household electrical systems is becoming simpler and more rational, e.g. in Europe people can buy 'balcony' solar panels they simply point at the sun side of their property and plug into any wall socket. Installation complete. No forms, no permits, no utility inspection, no contractors, no hassle. Just hang, plug in and start reducing your electrical bill. Simpler than a window-shaker air conditioner.
With that power demand softening, the utilities are looking to make more on the connection fees than the actual power provided, because renewables mean generation is cheaper, but they expect the connections to be kept, so they're going to gouge customers there. The catch for the utilities is, when the continuing connection cost for consumers is high, and they can replace the utility with solar panels and household storage (cheaper batteries), then 'cord-cutting' will be a very attractive option.

There is a smarter path forward for electric distribution companies (LDCs or local utilities) that makes more sense by embracing instead of fighting what's coming. Be more attractive to customers than a household battery by providing an easy means for the customers to sell the electricity they generate onto the grid, which will justify paying for their continued use of the grid connection. The future job of the LDC is to support the micro generators to justify their wires monopoly rather than just support the biggest and more fragile big generators which are already seeing solar eat their lunch time sales on sunny days.

2025.12.06 More EV Mythinformation vs. Reality - electric light passenger vehicles don't really damage roads

How Outdated Engineering Models Distort Today’s EV & Road Charges Debate (Clean Technica)

2025.12.06 Nobody noticed. The wins don't get news coverage. The grid didn't crash; air and water are cleaner; cost of generation is lower.

Largest Utah Coal Plant Goes Quiet as Los Angeles Goes Coal-Free (The Guardian)

2025.12.04 Slowly, people are starting to recognize the future consequences of the July 2025 ICJ Advisory Notification

NZ’s rejection of emission targets fuels risk of international law breach (The Conversation)
It is bizarre to me that NZ took this stance, both as an island nation which will suffer climate change consequences, and as a state with no fossil fuel resources. This stance will weaken it's case for compensation in future ICJ adjudications.
Canada also needs to consider its growing support for fossil fuel projects post-July-2025, as it will be used against Canadian taxpayers when the lawsuits awards come home to roost in the next couple of decades. How much will it cost to relocate the population of a country and provide its residents with incomes for decades into the future?

2025.12.03 Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels; EVs are cheaper to run than gassers; yet, we keep subsidizing fossil fuels

'The dinosaurs didn't know what was coming, but we do': Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30 (The Guardian)

2025.11.30 Can we accept the science that there is a limit to how much plants benefit from more CO2?

56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up - and many plants stopped working properly (The Conversation)
Deniers please note: humans weren't around 56 million years ago. Humans adapted to a cooler planet in the past 100,000 years, and the current planetary is outside the range our species has ever seen, and continuing to get hotter.

2025.11.20 The focus on fossil fuel extraction as 'national projects' has been noticed

Activists award Canada 'fossil of the day' title at UN climate conference (Global News)

2025.11.19 It is possible to locate, track and eliminate fugitive methane emissions ...

just not by a 'self-policing' industry which has captured regulators and puts short-term profits ahead of species survival.
Chasing methane, the invisible pollutant (National Observer)

2025.11.19 If you want to build a big data centre with cheap electricity, consider Australia, where electricity is free 3 hours per day

Big battery told not to charge as rooftop solar repeatedly pushes grid demand below zerot (Renew Economy)

Or Malaysia (malaymail)

Or really anywhere other than the U.S. and Canada where lax regulation and phantom data centres are making a joke of 'supply and demand' establishing pricing. (Business Insider)

2025.11.16 Really? Subsidizing gasoline for Quebec businesses from a piddling $1.8 million surplus in a green fund?

Is Quebec serious about climate change? New government bill raises questions (CBC)
Definitely time for this provincial government to be retired; totally lost the plot.
If you need a place to dump $1.8M, how about dealing with the growing algal blooms problem, a spiraling feedback loop for climate change?
Quebec, if you need help with that, drop me an email.

2025.11.15 The (North American) major automakers continue to studiously not learn what vehicle buyers want,

which is why the offshore automakers are going to eat GM, Ford and Stellantis' breakfast, lunch and dinner by 2030.
'Legacy' Automakers Still Haven't Learned Tesla's Biggest Lesson (Inside EVs)

2025.11.15 Remember this line for 2026: Renewable energy is too cheap to fail. - (per the oil industry)

One Of The Largest Solar Power Installations In Colombia Just Launched (Clean Technica)

2025.11.14 This source is traditionally pro-fossil-fuels.

With that in mind, and remembering taxpayers still pay billions to subsidize oil and natural gas, think about what the future will look like.
Renewables Are Too Cheap to Fail (OilPrice.com)

2025.11.14 Unsurprising news from COP-out 30

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says (The Guardian)
If humans want the population to survive on this planet, we need to stop holding the COPs in petrostates, and find a way to reduce the number of fossil foolers at these events so the agenda is honoured and real work can be done.
We could start by not allowing net fossil fuel exporting countries from having official delegations, like the other lobbyists.

2025.11.14 Microgrids and small EVs can keep the lights on and provide storage for renewable energy

How two Nissan Leafs help make a regional airport more resilient (Ars Technica)

2025.11.13 Climate change progress is real, but it isn't easy. Check out the chart. A flat line is not good enough.

Our global progress on climate change, in one chart (Axios)

2025.11.13 If the objective is survival of humans on planet Earth, we're not hitting the targets

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds (The Guardian)

2025.11.11 Another reason to maintain healthy oyster populations beyond just food

Scientists make stunning discovery about oysters' massive impact: 'The dominant process' (TCD)

2025.11.11 We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.

How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit (The Tyee)
So far, on national projects, we're looking at multiple fossil fuel expansion projects, but zero projects for mitigating climate change.

2025.11.11 I'm not a fan of the thorium fission cycle, but it's worth noting the reason given here for the West not using that energy source.

"The concept of the thorium molten salt reactor was first proposed by American scientists during the Cold War. It was later "sentenced to death" due to its complex reaction conditions and its unsuitability for quick conversion into nuclear weapons." China may have reduced the complexity.
China's Nuclear Breakthrough Could Power It for 1,000 Years (The China Academy)

2025.11.09 The reporting period is after EV subsidies in Australia were axed.

EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time (The Guardian)

2025.11.08 Spoilers: it's Arizona and Reynolds (for Hefty and Great Value 'recycling' bags

US manufacturer hit with lawsuit accusing it of misleading customers: 'Corporate greed was prioritized' (TCD)
Green washing isn't harmless. It allows bad actors to do more harm. If you care about the planet your grandkids will inherent, think now about who you are rewarding with your money.

2025.11.05 Another (Alberta) taxpayer subsidy to the oil and gas industry you may not have known about

'By the wayside': rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills (The Narwhal)
And yet the federal budget this week suggests taxpayers should be prepared to sacrifice more so the oil and gas industry can pad profits further.

And that's on top of the October 30 story from the Pembina Institute

2025.11.03 Nunapitchuk - a village in Alaska - is relocating due to climate change - when will your community be eradicated?

2025.10.31 Spooky, scary: Ontario's jump in retail electricity prices starting tomorrow

Ontario electricity supply costs jump 29 per cent as nuclear spending rises (National Observer)
It doesn't have to be this way. A truly conservative government that wants to control government spending and curb consumer inflation is succeeding by taking the path Doug Ford destroyed in his first week in office: renewables.
Prices fall sharply in September quarter as renewables surge, batteries displace gas in evening peaks (Renew Economy)

So about those price increases, let's have a look.

2025.10.30 YAFFS = Yet Another Fossil Fuel Subsidy, just Business As Usual in Canada paid for by taxpayers

2025.10.21 Global Energy Power based on a pipeline abandoned by the oil industry, built by taxpayers as a massive subsidy and still loses money every day on operations.
That's not power, that's financial idiocy.

How One Pipeline Turned Canada Into a Global Energy Power (OilPrice.com)

2025.10.20 Planning? We don't need no stinkin' planning. (we'll just raise prices to guarantee our profits, we have a monopoly)

- Electric utility companies, probably.
To keep power affordable, regulators must rethink who pays - and when (Informa)
Keep this phrase in mind for 2026-27: Grid Defection

2025.10.20 Story from Australia, but similar rules apply in most of Canada and the U.S.

Big Green Lies: Are renewables really "tearing up" agricultural land? (Renew Economy)
The work with maps and zooming show disinformation vs. reality on how much space renewables (specifically wind) take up.

2025.10.18 The idea of the oil industry and its vassal states would give up their profits for human survival was always a fantasy; deny, distort, delay.

The Cleantech Revolution Will Not Be Led By Petrostates (CleanTechnica)

2025.10.16 Burning stuff for cooking impacts health

Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds (The Guardian)

2025.10.16 EVs are winning the innovation race, which is why they will supplant fossil fuels within a matter of years.

2,100 cycles, 99% efficiency: New EV battery anode promises long-life vehicles (Interesting Engineering)
China Just Invented the Battery That Will Kill Gas Cars (The China Academy)
The Quiet Way The Auto Industry Has Been Gliding Toward EV Revolution (CleanTechnica)
Plummeting Battery Prices Will Push BEVs Below Parity Soon (CleanTechnica)
Batteries are improving rapidly, and prices are falling. Fast charging is developing so that a 600 km fill can be completed in under 10 minutes, with electricity cheaper than gasoline as fuel.
The U.S. auto sector will have no export market within 3 years. Canada needs to get off this moving U.S. train wreck with a serious contingency plan to align with where the rest of the world is going. If not China, how about Korea as a jump-start partner? After the Hyundai Georgia ICE raid, they might be interested in a new North American lead partner.

2025.10.16 In other places, battery storage smooths out intermittent renewables supply; in Ontario it's insufficent local natural gas generation at peak times.

'A win-win-win': New $350M facility to provide power at peak times (OrilliaMatters)
Kind of amusing that now battery storage is so cheap and quick to install, it's used to improve return on investment for an existing natural gas peaker plant.

2025.10.16 Australia joins Canada's boreal forests in switching from GHG sink to net emitter.

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source (The Guardian)

2025.10.15 I would be interested in hearing from anyone who was alive 800,000 years ago to tell us what it was like then.

CO2 in the atmosphere has reached highest level in 800,000 years: WMO report (CBC)

2025.10.14 Allegedly stable 'baseload' generators are now the main cause of rising electricity costs in Australia

Gas and high coal penetration are the drivers of expensive, volatile power prices (Renew Economy)
Renewables and battery storage are providing the stable, reliable, responsive, and less expensive electricity now.

2025.10.12 Yeah, kicking fossil fuels to the curb and picking free energy will do that for you.

Australia's household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests (The Guardian)
But nobody really wants lower energy bills, right, Exxon?

2025.10.11 End of the coal age, less expensive solar and wind energy is winning on financials, not environmental win

Australia's March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy (WIRED)

2025.10.09 As the U.S. (and joined at the hip Canada) become Oil's Last Stand, the rest of the world moves forward, not back

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy (Grist)

2025.10.07 Yet another taxpayer subsidy for foreign-owned LNG Canada (profits of course will to to Shell Oil and friends)

Taxpayers on hook for more than $100M to connect LNG Canada to BC Hydro (National Observer)

2025.10.05 Reduces labour cost, speeds installation, renewable energy.

"They Build the Sun Itself": AI Robots Now Installing 500,000 Solar Panels in Australia Faster Than Any Human Crew Could (Sustainability Times)

2025.10.04 Norway is an oil EXPORTING country, but sees the path to a survivable future is renewables and electricfication

Norway's Aggressive Push for Electric Planes (OilPice.com)

2025.10.02 The demise of the EVs in the U.S. is a deception campaign. Get yours before the incentives are killed.

Chevrolet EV Sales Grew 86% in 3rd Quarter (OilPice.com)

2025.10.02 Utilities are choosing solar + storage over fossil fuels because it costs less and installs faster than nuclear, coal or gas

Solar dominates new US generating capacity in 2025, and 96% of additions in July (Renew Economy)

2025.10.02 28-minute podcast with Bill McKibben on his latest book, Here Comes The Sun! Good news on renewables, in contrast to U.S. media disinformation barrage

Here comes the sun! The solar energy revolution - podcast (The Guardian)

Past blog pages:
2019: May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2020: January    February    March    April    May    June    July [COVID gap]
2021: [COVID gap] October-December
2022: January-February    March    April    May-August    September    October    November-December
2023: January    February    March-April    May-July    August-September    October-November    December
2024: January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December   
2025: January    February    March-May    June-July    August-September   

You can find many earlier postings (going back to year 2000) related to climate change at:
Keith's List Archive and
the Sustainable Biofuel List Mail Archive.

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