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)

2026.01.21 "Renewable technologies are now cheaper, faster to deploy, more resilient, and more accessible than fossil fuel alternatives across most regions of the world."

At Davos, Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is No Longer Debatable (Time)

2026.01.19 The foreign-owned oil industry wants another oil pipeline in Canada, but only if they don't pay for it themselves

Why not demand it now? Time's running out for the market for this inferior product, and they got their way before with Canadian taxpayers picking up the tab for TMX construction, and continuing shortfall in operating revenues vs. costs
Canada Doesn’t Need a New Pipeline (Macleans)

2026.01.19 Study links rapid growth of ocean macroalgae to global heating and nutrient pollution

Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide (The Guardian)
Looking for a way to solve global heating and nutrient pollution? The fossil foolers aren't.

Now that the U.S. administration is fully aligned with the fossil foolers, it's time to reverse course and bet the big investment funds on fueling climate change again. However, if the 2026 U.S. midterms give control of the House or Senate to the political opposition, the weather-vane may turn 180 degrees yet again. (NY Times)

2026.01.16 Energy storage opponents in Australia shift from NIMBY to NIYBY (not in your backyard)

as only long distance objectors submitted objections to this project, including repeat LD objectors. Feels like funded 'astroturf' action.
Standalone battery proposed for old gravel pit gets final planning tick despite long distance objectors (Renew Economy)

2026.01.16 Because they're playing a bubble bet (and they're not very smart).

Power Struggle: Why Big Tech Is Buying Nuclear Stocks (MarketBeat)
Data centres want cheap, reliable electricity - not heat - NOW. Nuclear fission will deliver very expensive heat and some electricity in about a decade. If you want better answers, ask better questions. Here's my email address.

2026.01.16 For a decade and more, fossil foolers threw shade on PV for not having a recycling infrasture in place

It's appearing widely now because the volume of aging panels is just beginning to make the business viable.
Meanwhile, no credible plans yet for capturing and recycling carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, which have been available in massive volumes since the 1940s from combustion vehicles alone, let alone coal and gas-fired power plants. "Too valuable to throw out:" Labor announces first national solar panel recycling pilot program (Renew Economy)

2026.01.16 PV vs. coal: faster, cheaper, cleaner and reliable (with storage). What part do decision-makers not understand?

One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers (Renew Economy)

2026.01.16 I have been fascinated by the potential of Eavor for at least 3 years now - this is worth reading

When Next-Generation Geothermal Meets First-of-a-Kind Reality (CleanTechnica)

2026.01.16 A looming consumer (aka voters) rebellion may have triggered a cogent thought from U.S. politicians

White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply, slow electricity price hikes (AP)
The right answer, socially, politically and economically, is to make the data centre owners foot the bill. Maybe the tech bros could ask an 'AI' bot what generation technologies will provide them with an optimal combination of fast deployment, low capital cost, low operating cost, reliability and being insulated from cost shocks in the future from international agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and waste heat production. I just gave you the right question. If you want the correct answer, drop me a line for my consulting rates.

2026.01.15 The positioning for retail grid defection is growing in Australia

Australian households add record amounts of rooftop PV, as home battery installations top 4.3 GWh (Renew Economy)

2026.01.15 I am happy to see that this science research was actually done, and the results are being shared.

Critics Feared Tidal Turbines Are “Underwater Blenders” But New Footage Proves Marine Life Knows How to Dodge Them (ZME Science)
I hope the equipment assembled for this work and capturing the video for analysis will be re-used in other locations as part of the environmental assessment for other proposed submarine projects, and not just energy projects.

2026.01.14 Is global warming speeding up?

Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate (NPR)

2026.01.14 Despite the continuing mythdirection on EV market penetration, plug-ins are winning the sales wars worldwide.

New data: EVs grew more in ’25 than ’24, despite constant lies saying otherwise (electrek)

2026.01.14 What's the value proposition for the wires mononpoly when less power is being distributed because home generation is cheaper?

Networks are losing volume to rooftop PV and home batteries, and we now have a tariff problem (Renew Economy)
Big transmission and distribution utlities need to figure this out before they become relics under their old rules, gouging retail customers and offering sweet deals to big players.

2026.01.13 Enhanced land plant growth doesn't need more carbon dioxide; it needs more nitrogen

Recovering tropical forests grow back nearly twice as fast with nitrogen (Phus.org)
Climate change deniers keep saying more carbon dioxide will lead to more plant growth. Turns out, it really doesn't help. The plants need more nitrogen in the soil. Think fertilizer. Think compost, especially that made from high nitrogen plants, like algal blooms. Those blooms are enhanced in nitrogen-rich environments.

2026.01.13 Could this be a result of renewables - especially PV - are now cheaper than coal for electricity production?

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s (The Guardian)

2026.01.13 The Trump energy anachronistic thinking creates an opportunity for Canada - if we had some intelligent decision-makers

Donald Trump Suffers Legal Blow in His War Against Windmills (Newsweek)
Trump and his cabal are pushing to keep the energy monopolies afloat, while Australia is proving that battle has already been lost when consumers follow the money. The opportunity for Canada would be to build out PV and wind power with storage right now where the energy resources are suitable and the connections to sell low-cost electricity to the U.S. - directly or embedded in manufactured goods - starting within a year or two. The catch in Canada is that provincial premiers (notably Ford, Smith and Moe), are of the same mind as Trump: maintain the incentives to fossil fuel extraction and pummel electricity consumers in their provinces with a continuing string of terrible, short-sighted, political (not economically logical) decisions.
Whining about needing to export more and create jobs, while ignoring an immense financial win and more jobs in their provinces, hoping Trump will let them keep a few from dying industries that Trump has already said he is going to end. And it isn't just Trump pushing here; it's economic reality.

The current AI datacentre hype and pump should help with securing investment funding, but the current pumping of nuclear, gas and coal to the the uneducated (or suspect) decision-makers are a financial disaster in the making. Renewables plus storage is the preferred option, mostly for speed of deploymnet and lower energy production cost, with a better environment as a free bonus.
If commercial projects go to solar based on cost beating utility pricing and utilities continue to ignore PV plus storage in favour of their more expensive legacy technologies (nuclear, coal, gas), will the data centres bother connecting their power to the grid if the grid offers low pricing to maintain their profits and wires monopoly? It's a big gamble for distribution utilities if they end up driving grid defection by potential and existing big customers. I'm betting on the utilities to arrive at the wrong answer in the short term and being stuck with the resulting consequences in the long term. Where those investors are taxpayers, they should be very concerned about bad decisions being made now, e.g. in Ontario where the spectre of massive price increases from nuclear fission are already visible in the forecasts of the proponents (and based on their history, they are almost certainly lowballing the real costs).
The Ontario Clean Air Alliance pulled out some numbers from the OEB's forecast, and created an informative graphic.
However, readers should note these cents/kWh numbers are about OPG's expected costs. Retail electricity rates will be much higher - think double. By 2028, grid defection should be well underway in Ontario, based on those numbers. Add in lower cost house-hold storage (falling battery prices), lower-cost solar panels and economies of scale for balance of system, the economics will likely favour home generation and storage,

2026.01.12 Solar is the fastest most economical way to add more kilowatts to the [U.S.] nation’s grid. In capitalism, what else matters?

In capitalism, what else matters? How to you beat free fuel? How do you own and meter sunlight?
[U.S.] Federal Policy Makers Can’t Stop The Demand For Solar Power (CleanTechnica)

2026.01.09 Climate change isn't about gentle warming and longer growing seasons. It'a about violent weather and crop destruction.

Violent storms ahead as oceans soak up record heat levels (news24)

2026.01.09 This is climate change - get used to it.

Toronto just shattered a winter heat records (blogTO)

2026.01.08 Now that PV panels are reaching end of life in quantity, the recycling technologies are appearing.

Oceans Are Struggling To Absorb Carbon As Microplastics Flood Their Waters (SciTechDaily)

2026.01.07 It's time for other countries that import from the U.S. to ready their 'carbon' (climate change) tariffs.

Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so (CNN)

2026.01.06 Now that PV panels are reaching end of life in quantity, the recycling technologies are appearing.

New process achieves 97% silver recovery from end-of-life solar panels (PV Magazine)

2026.01.05 Note, Norway is an oil exporting country, and a northern country that gets real winters.

Norway Just Reached 96% Electric Car Sales and Gas Is Basically Over (Autoblog)
Their magic sauce? Logic and vision. That's why it can't work in countries like Canada and the U.S> that operate on short-term greed and run on mythology.

2026.01.05 Renewables plus storage for the low-cost, reliable, clean energy win - it's hard to beat free fuel.

German Renewables Reach New Record–Surpass Fossil Fuels (Windworks)

2026.01.04 As I have written elsewhere, the planet will survive climate change; it's humans that won't - even rich ones.

It is not the Earth's future at stake in the climate crisis - it is ours (The Guardian)

2026.01.02 Extreme weather events are becoming more common - and more costly - and scientists say climate change is to blame.

Experts raise red flags on worsening crisis costing nations billions of dollars: 'Influenced by individual events in recent years' (Yahoo)

2026.01.02 China is winning on clean energy innovation, and eventually the rest of the world will join or succumb to the economic reality of renewable energy

How to (still) be a climate optimist (National Observer) It appears Canada's newish government has chosen to stick with fossil fuels and pipeline propaganda to the end and reject innovation and a survivable planet.

2026.01.01 This post marks 16 years of building the content of this website,

and this message is representative: renewable energy (free fuel) is a path to lower cost of living, not just on the obvious household energy bills, but in the avoided costs created by climate change damage.
From rent to utility bills: the politicians and advocates making climate policy part of the affordability agenda (The Guardian)

2025.12.31 World leaders have known for more than 20 years what was coming due to climate change. They CHOSE not to act; cowardice over leadership.

[Australia] Cabinet papers reveal Alexander Downer warned of dire climate change outcomes in 2005 (The Guardian)

2025.12.31 Thirty years later, old-school solar panels are still delivering on their promise

Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future (ZME Science)

2025.12.31 Global heating and biodiversity loss affected us in ways that don’t always make the headlines

How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’ (The Guardian)

2025.12.31 I covered the original media article back in November, but this takeaway bears repeating

New study makes unexpected finding on strategy to reduce strain on the electric grid: 'A sterling bit of work' (Yahoo)

2025.12.31 Storage near the key demand points would do wonders, reducing strain on the transmission grid at peak periods, and save gobs of money.

Why UK consumers paid 1.5bn pounds to shut down wind farms in 2025 (The National)

2025.12.30 Until we kick fossil fuel addiction, expect extreme weather to intensify and do more damage

El Niño missing, blame fossil fuel for deadlier climate extremes in 2025: WWA (DownToEarth)

2025.12.29 The shift to renewables in the U.S. for electric generation is being driven by cost, not good intentions

EIA: All net new generating capacity in 2026 may be renewables (electrek)

2025.12.29 The project combines solar power and storage to reduce reliance on fossil fue

200 MWh capacity: Northern Europe’s largest solar and battery park goes live (Interesting Engineering)
Here are some of the benefits. Less curtailment of renewable energy, displacing fossil fuel use. A more stable electrical grid as battery storage reacts to demand changes instantly and provide power conditioning services. Less use of imported fossil fuels, reducing energy costs country-wide. The ability to use more domestic energy production, increasing energy security. Local green jobs. Speed of construction: this facility went from breaking ground to operational in seven months. By comparison, a new natural gas plant can take seven years to build, and nuclear can take decades. By making better use of domestic renewable energy (wind, solar), the European grid can use less Russian natural gas and oil immediately, and in time reduce use of imported LNG, improving air, water and soil quality.

2025.12.25 Stay tuned for the impacts of the July 2025 ICJ Advisory Notification

From historic rulings to the green energy boom: Here are the climate wins of 2025 worth celebrating (euronews)

2025.12.17 Fossil foolers raise their true colours: torpedo voluntary decarbonisation

Shell and Chevron quit Sea Cargo Charter in blow to voluntary decarbonisation framework (Splash)

2025.12.13 The transition to clean energy is accelerating, aided by dropping costs of solar and wind generation and battery energy storage

‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement (The Guardian)
We have reached the stage where the cost of renewables and storage is so low that we can no longer justify building any additional fossil fueled or nuclear fission generation, even with the massive subsidies they receive, simply on cost of lifetime power generated. Free fuel really affects the investment decisions once you look past the turn-on point, or consider the time it takes to install each of the technology as having value (sooner) or cost (later).

2025.12.12 Half-a-cent to store a kWh of electricity (receive, store, deliver) vs. 40 cents per kWh at peak periods from conventional generation

Battery storage hits $65/MWh – a tipping point for solar (electrek)
My current lowest (ultra off-peak) electricity price from the local monopoly utility is $0.04 per kWh, while on-peak is $0.40 per kWh: 10 times difference. So yes, I would like to pay 4.5 cents per kWh all day (using off-grid power plus storage to use during on-peak time. This might be enough to justify buying a one-day's storage capacity house battery now that a heat pump has replaced our old natural gas furnace.

2025.12.11 The statements of 'science' are being overruled by economic agenda of the fossil foolers and the petrostates they have captured.

Why global environmental negotiations keep failing – and what we can do about it (The Conversation)
So long as democracies are being subverted by a 'profits before people' agenda, common people are going to lose their ability to survive.

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 Energy storage technology continues to improve quickly, so the price drops aren't finished yet.

Lithium-ion battery pack prices for the grid plunge by 45 per cent in past year (Renew Economy)

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.

2025.12.09 The important thing is not jobs, income or wealth for Canadians. It's profits for foreign-owne resource extraction companies.

Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge (The Energy Mix)

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 Even with fossil fuel subsidies, renewables are winning. It's hard to beat free fuel for life.

FERC: Renewables made up 88% of new US power generating capacity to Sept 2025 (electrek)

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 Study shows homes with heat pumps use less energy and also vary peak usage times

Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows (The Guardian)

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)

2025.11.18 Methane emissions matter because CH4 is more than 100 times as potent as CO2 within a decade of release

World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline (Health Policy Watch)

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.

2025.11.06 Prevention pays off (too bad we chose to ignore that approach)

'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)

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