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NEW | Cheap battery storage means solar can now economically meet up to 90% of India’s electricity demand ☀️🔋 Solar paired with batteries could deliver electricity at a LCOE of INR 5.06/kWh, lower than the average power cost in most Indian states 🇮🇳 ember-energy.org/latest-insight…

Wow, incredible article from German Energy minister Katherina Reiche 👏 "One fact has been concealed for too long: an energy transition that ignores system costs will ruin the country it claims to save."

‼️A great injustice is being perpetrated against the world's poorest people. A form of neo-colonialism dressed up as climate action. 700,000 people die annually across sub-Saharan Africa due to indoor air pollution. While the Global North expands fossil fuels for its citizens, it pressures development banks to block financing for LPG, a fossil fuel that could provide clean cooking for millions of the world’s poorest people who lack access to electricity. The Global North is effectively asking Africa to #JustStopCooking. Find out more: juststopcooking.org

Imagine if a documentary crew had been embedded with Oppenheimer, Fermi, and other scientists in the 1940s, watching history unfold in real time. Capturing the awe, the hope, the breakthroughs, and the world-changing decisions as they happened. We can’t travel back to the first Atomic Age. But we can be there for the second one. Right now, a new nuclear renaissance is quietly coming into existence. The technology, the visionaries, the political will, and the existential stakes are all colliding at once… and almost no one is telling the full story. Until now. I’m beyond thrilled to announce that I’m co-creating a multi-year epic documentary series called The Last Renaissance, together with award-winning director @TysonCulver. We’re gaining unprecedented, real-time access to the brilliant founders, new reactor designs, daring entrepreneurs, and the key players inside government who are rewriting humanity’s energy future. This is a civilization-level turning point that could reshape climate, geopolitics, prosperity, and even space exploration for the next century. This is the kind of story that only comes around once in a generation. I feel profoundly lucky to be in the room where it’s happening. And if you feel the call, if you’re as electrified by this moment as we are, we want you with us. Whether you’re an investor, a scientist, an engineer, a policymaker, or simply someone who believes this renaissance deserves to be witnessed by the world… Join us. The Atomic Age 2.0 is already underway. Let’s make sure the world doesn’t miss it.

The EU's proposed ban on "meaty" terms could be a "Kodak moment" that results in the EU failing to seize the benefits of a revolution in food innovation. WePlaneteer @Joelscotthalkes writes, "cultivated products are already being sold as "meat" in Singapore, Australia and the US. The EU’s response? Turn Europe into a museum of agriculture. As Sony and Canon learnt, early movers reap the greatest dividends. Catching up later isn’t a thing. Do we want to be as reliant on China for imported protein as we are for solar panels? If the CMO file passes, that future may be closer than we think." Full article: euractiv.com/opinion/china-…

Join us tomorrow! The global green transition—driven by climate goals, renewable energy, electrification, and nuclear power—requires both critical minerals (lithium, cobalt, rare earths) and uranium. These resources are essential for clean energy technologies, including batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and nuclear reactors. However, their extraction faces strong opposition in Western countries like Finland and Sweden due to environmental, social, and cultural concerns. Additionally, the uranium supply chain is highly vulnerable to geopolitical risks, particularly due to Russia’s dominant role as a global supplier of enriched uranium and nuclear fuel. The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia have exposed the fragility of this dependency, creating urgent challenges for energy security and the green transition. This webinar will explore: ✅The accelerating demand for critical minerals and uranium in the clean energy transition. ✅Public opposition to mining in Western democracies and the concept of social licenses to operate. ✅The geopolitical risks tied to uranium supply chains, particularly in relation to Russia’s role in enrichment and fuel services. ✅Practical pathways to secure sustainable, ethical, and geopolitically resilient sourcing.

"Sverige truer med at kappe energikabler til Danmark" Ligesom Norge. Ryger bare ét af disse kabler, så er Danmarks nuværende energipolitik umulig. Det hele hænger på dem. Der er en vej ud. Den hedder SMR - og det er nu. altinget.dk/forsyning/arti…

If Europe had expanded nuclear energy rather than stupidly phasing it out (looking at you, Germany), it could have closed down all coal plants by now, slashed gas imports, and cut emissions by an additional ~21%. Why didn't it do so? Ideology, that's why. Anti-nuclear greens have caused MORE harm to the climate than climate denialists. Analysis by @RogerPielkeJr. rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/how-europe-u…

Nuclear phase-out in Germany has translated to bigger variation in energy prices and congestions for Sweden. This is one more example of how antinuclearism is making our energy transformation way harder than it should be.

We recently published a report, What a Waste, where we calculated that if New York ran entirely on recycled nuclear fuel, it could power the city for over 87,000 years! We’re getting together to support clean nuclear energy for New York on Tuesday, 24 March with an attention-grabbing action in Times Square — and we would love for you to join us. We will supply the flyers and shirts — we just need you! RSVP: forms.gle/5JB94PzU2u86tZ…

We ❤️ nuclear waste! It's saved billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. And best of all, it can be recycled into fuel for the future. That's hundreds, if not thousands, of years of potential energy. Let's include nuclear to fix the climate crisis and let's not waste nuclear waste.

NEW REPORT: A single fishing corporation could be jeopardising the food Antarctic wildlife depends on. A new WePlanet analysis estimates that Aker QRILL’s 2025 krill catch alone could have fed ~20 million Adélie penguin chicks. Krill are the foundation of the Antarctic food web. Penguins, whales, seals and seabirds all rely on them - and climate change is already putting on their populations. Yet the @MSCecolabel looks set to recertify this fishery as “sustainable.” When the stakes are this high, certification must reflect ecological reality. Read the full report ⬇️ weplanet.org/_files/ugd/dcc…

The global green transition—driven by climate goals, renewable energy, electrification, and nuclear power—requires both critical minerals (lithium, cobalt, rare earths) and uranium. These resources are essential for clean energy technologies, including batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and nuclear reactors. However, their extraction faces strong opposition in Western countries like Finland and Sweden due to environmental, social, and cultural concerns. Additionally, the uranium supply chain is highly vulnerable to geopolitical risks, particularly due to Russia’s dominant role as a global supplier of enriched uranium and nuclear fuel. The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia have exposed the fragility of this dependency, creating urgent challenges for energy security and the green transition. This webinar will explore: ✅The accelerating demand for critical minerals and uranium in the clean energy transition. ✅Public opposition to mining in Western democracies and the concept of social licenses to operate. ✅The geopolitical risks tied to uranium supply chains, particularly in relation to Russia’s role in enrichment and fuel services. ✅Practical pathways to secure sustainable, ethical, and geopolitically resilient sourcing.

The EU's impending #veggieburgerban will do nothing to support farmers! The @EU_Commission and MEPs like @CelineImart are pushing this through under the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy), but it's a distraction from the real issues farmers are facing. Over the last months we've met with countless organisations and companies, and rallied citizens against it. Here's where we're at: ✅ +600 organisations signed the No Confusion open letter. ✅ More than 350,000 signatures have been collected on petitions across Europe against this burdensome ban. Tomorrow the trilogue meetings will decide whether to go ahead with the ban. So ahead of this meeting, we rolled our tractors into Brussels with a simple message: farmers are fighting for a fair deal in the food chain and less pointless bureaucracy — not a crackdown on words. Watch the video. Share it. Tag your MEP and tell them you want real support for farmers, not a ban on words.

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Have you ever heard anyone say that there's not enough land for renewables? That solar farms will compromise food production? Bad idea! Joining me on 'Saving the World from Bad Ideas' this week is the BBC's Tom Heap... youtu.be/hJPDtR_7XK0

Is there really not enough land for renewables? In this conversation, @mark_lynas sits down with Tom Heap—BBC Countryfile presenter, Radio 4's Rare Earth co-host, and author of Land Smart: How to Give People and Nature the Space to Thrive—to tackle one of the most important yet least discussed environmental issues: land use. Heap makes the case that there's plenty of space for solar (and wind has minimal footprint), especially since solar excels at multifunctional use—combining with housing, car parks, farming, and floating on water bodies. The real land crisis? Livestock occupies a third of Earth's land and over half of agricultural land, delivering 6-16 times less protein per acre than crops. Meanwhile, biofuels require 50-100 times more land than solar for the same energy output, making aviation's biofuel dreams a land use nightmare. But the conversation goes deeper: rewilding's evolution from absolutist vision to pragmatic spectrum, why regenerative farming must avoid yield penalties, and the troubling vibe shift in climate politics. Despite renewables now being cheaper than fossil fuels and China's coal use peaking, environmental issues have dropped down the political agenda. Heap argues we're in a trough, not permanent decline—but only if we keep talking about it and bust the myths that disempowers action. Full episode linked below.

Why the U.S. Still Has No Nuclear Waste Repository... And How to Fix It

Wonderfull news, let make it happen for batteries, nuclear and geothernal

Episode links: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5RFD3d… Youtube: youtu.be/ES-03yqOo_E Substack: open.substack.com/pub/savingthew…