Meri T. Pukarinen

Finnish climate and energy campaigning professional working as Research Programs Manager at @CREACleanAir. Opinions shared here are my own.

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🇷🇺 UPDATE | CREA released a report on the Russian fossil fuel flows #FinancingPutinsWar last week

💡To ensure an apples-to-apples comparison, CREA compared fossil fuel revenues to direct financial aid

👉Military & humanitarian aid were not included👇

https://t.co/rUuGcdsfHW

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

@PhilMacD1 Congrats Phil and the whole team!!

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

@GlobalEnergyMon ⚡️In H1 2024, China reduced coal power permits by approximately 80% compared to H1 2023

☀️💨 Since 2023, China has added over 400 gigawatts of new solar & wind power, driving down China’s coal power generation by 7% from June 2023 to June 2024

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

❗️🌐Allies first F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Ukraine👇

🇺🇦President Zelensky has thanked Denmark, the Netherlands & US

🚀Jets will provide defence against Russian attacks yet allies continue to line Kremlin's war chest by buying fossil fuels

https://t.co/gtT4037erT

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

There is a misconception in the US that Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries would push up global oil prices. This is not the case, @laurimyllyvirta explains how the Russian oil industry follows a different logic than that of the US.

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🌐 🇷🇺 Ukraine's strikes on #oil #refineries in Russia do NOT impact #energy prices but DO impact #Russia's exports output that ultimately funds invasion of #Ukraine

w/CREA's @laurimyllyvirta

🎙️@WBUR ⤵️
https://t.co/IwxJu4lsA9

📰 @ForeignAffairs ⤵️
https://t.co/060LTy86rc

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

Hugely consequential if the CN policy makers decide to support rather than hinder this development!

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

BREAKING: China's CO2 emissions fell by 3% in March, after a surge lasting 14 months that followed the lifting of zero-Covid controls, showing the country has the ability to peak emissions imminently.
https://t.co/2Tnb0yfXxa

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

@SiniHarkki What a wonderful piece of news! Congrats Sini and Greenpeace - and by extension all of us!

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

@laurimyllyvirta et al make a convincing argument. The strikes do what the sanctions regime was supposed to do but has largely not. https://t.co/Su9aBfYko3

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

NEW | India monthly ambient air quality snapshot out now!

💡 See highlights below & subscribe on CREA's dedicated webpage to receive the complete snapshot👇

⚠️ Air pollution persists despite improvement in air quality in April

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🇨🇳 NEW | Half of targeted cities missed PM2.5 targets in China’s reintroduced ‘Winter action plan’

❗Half of targeted cities missed targets in 2023 Q4, 41% in 2024 Q1; PM2.5 down 1.6% in autumn/winter 2023-2024

Apart from Luliang in Shanxi province, all cities in Beijing region

[International Energy Agency @IEA]

The transformation of the world's power sector means clean sources are set to meet all the increase in global electricity demand in the next 3 years

This is mainly due to huge growth in renewables, but also nuclear's rebound to a historic high in 2025 → https://t.co/VDflsXFpxZ

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

For anyone trying to understand clean energy in China, this podcast episode with @laurimyllyvirta is the single best discussion I’ve heard so far. Pretty much all the big issues covered in just an hour. (There’s also a transcript of the episode.)

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

IEA's and our conclusions align: clean energy is a key driver of economic growth.

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🌐NEW insights | @IEA finds clean energy greatly contributed to GDP last year, similar to CREA analysis on clean energy as driver of China’s economic growth

https://t.co/G78bRxYpPY

✳️Clean energy contributed most in Europe & China; USA & India also saw significant contributions

[Johanna Vuorelma @VuorelmaJohanna]

Haluaisin nähdä päivän, kun Suomen hiilivelkaan suhtauduttaisiin samalla vakavuudella kuin julkiseen velkaan. Hallitus kokoontuisi tekemään vaikeita ja välttämättömiä päätöksiä, media seuraisi neuvotteluja intensiivisesti, päätöksiä analysoitaisiin yksityiskohtaisesti.

[Dave Jones @CleanPowerDave]

CCS? Not for power plants...

Interesting that all CCS relating to electricity generation are rated as "uncompetitive"

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

Here's your opportunity to come work with us!

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

📢 CREA is #hiring!
👉 Researcher - Indonesia
📍Remote - Full time

🔎 CREA is looking for a researcher to join our team in Indonesia monitoring air quality & energy trends & developing reports to inform policymakers & the public

Learn more & apply here👇
https://t.co/bmb70pDghw

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

It's high time to sanction Russian LNG

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🌐 🇪🇺 NEW REPORT: Global LNG price cap would have cut Russian export revenues by 60% or EUR 10 billion in 2023

↘️ An EU-only enforced price cap would have cut Russia’s total LNG export revenues in 2023 by EUR 5 billion

w/@PetrasKatinas

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

🇨🇳 NEW REPORT | China steel sector stalls as investments in coal-based steel plants since 2021 exceed USD 100 bn despite overcapacity & climate goals

❗ China must align investments with ‘dual carbon’ goals: CO2 emissions peak before 2030; carbon neutrality before 2060 👇

[Meri T. Pukarinen @MeriTPukarinen]

@laurimyllyvirta Our research here https://t.co/43f419Gp29

[Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air @CREACleanAir]

📢 NEW | 22 to 28 May 2023 #Russian #FossilFuel exports out now👇

RU crude & oil products&chemicals revenues high but have fallen from beginning of May as oil product export volumes slide while prices & volumes for crude remain stable, close to but below USD 60/barrel price cap.