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    October    November-December   
2026: January    February   

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

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?

2025.12.31 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?

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
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