Good morning with good news: China's solar generation skyrocketed ~44% to 1192 TWh in 2025, compared to 839 TWh in 2024.
2025 wind jumped 13% to 1126 TWh.
Solar generated more electricity than wind for a year for the first time in 2025!
S&W surge since 2015 is WOW!
Human civilization arose under a stable atmosphere of 260-280 ppmv of carbon dioxide.
Then, humans learned to utilize the power of fossil fuels.
In a geologic blink, fossil fuel burning has increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by more than 50%.
Registration is officially open for CCL’s Virtual Conservative Conference & Lobby Day! https://t.co/1aTZjii8bC
This annual event allows right-of-center climate advocates to link up with the eco-right movement, learn about climate policy, and lobby Congress to pass it.
“The American dream turns into the American nightmare as we start to look at what we’re doing to biodiversity and systems that we depend on as humans” . . .
Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds. https://t.co/uouRQ3Wxcn
Solar and wind energy projects are being delayed all over the US. What does this mean for us?
Higher electricity bills. Less energy at a time of exploding demand.
Makes perfect sense. 🙄
https://t.co/RwoJsYB0Gz
America's aging power grid infrastructure is tested every time we experience intense weather events. Relying on fossil fuels just isn't a long-term strategy. 👎
Kristi Noem has been an abject failure leading the Department of Homeland Security for the last year – and the abuses of power we’re seeing from ICE are the latest proof that she has lost control over her own department and staff. She’s either too incompetent to rein in the agency under her purview, or she endorses the blatant constitutional violations being committed.
She has also violated the public trust by wasting millions in taxpayer dollars to put herself in advertisements, buy two expensive luxury jets, and give government contracts to firms with ties to her political operations, all while terrorizing American communities. Kristi Noem and her department’s latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately.
The abuses of power we are seeing from ICE in Minneapolis and across the country are un-American and cannot be normalized. No one wants criminals in our country, but that’s not who this administration is going after. They’re targeting law-abiding immigrants who just want to support their families and live the American Dream. They’re going after immigrants who have asylum or other forms of legal protections to be in our country. They’re going after U.S. citizens who disagree with their tactics — and in less than a month, two of our fellow Americans in Minneapolis have been killed as a result.
Enough is enough. We need to rein in ICE’s out of control conduct.
As a member of the U.S. Senate, I have the responsibility to hold the Trump Administration accountable when I see abuses of power — like we are seeing from ICE right now. That is why I’ll be voting against any government funding package that contains the bill that funds this agency, until we have guardrails in place to curtail these abuses of power and ensure more accountability and transparency.
My personal guiding principle has always been “agree where you can and fight where you must.” And I believe this is a time when we must fight back.
Major #carbonpricing news this month:
The EU has "fully implement[ed] a functioning border carbon adjustment policy."
In order to trade certain goods with Europe, "importers must now pay for the greenhouse gas emissions contained on their products."
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I’ve appreciated working with Senators Hickenlooper, Padilla, and Sheehy, and colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to move the Fix Our Forests Act forward. This bipartisan bill is ready for action on the Senate floor. Our forests, watersheds, and western communities can’t afford to wait.🌲
We’re proud to stand with 21 other organizations urging Congress to pass the bipartisan #FixOurForests Act.
This bill uses smart, science-based solutions to restore forest health, reduce wildfire risk and protect communities.
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Record momentum for UK battery storage!
Planning approvals at highs with 100+ battery filings April-June 2025: 8.4 GW (double last year). Year to June: 30 GW over ~400 schemes.
UK needs 23-27 GW by 2030 (from 6 GW now)—deliver this pipeline & we're there.