Reposted by Brendan McEwenAdrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026870 French households are disconnecting from the gas grid everyday. At the current rate the gas grid will be completely abandoned in 38 years. But the rate will increase. France is entering the gas grid doom loop. 87631
Reposted by Brendan McEwenAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I won’t belabour this because I’ve written about it before, but the part of Carney’s pipeline pivot that I find impossible to justify is the government taking on the demand risk. 311736
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJames Glave 🇨🇦 @jamesglave.bsky.social · 20hTime to trot this out again. 031
Reposted by Brendan McEwenSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18hOK, now we're talking. These tax increases for high-income earners are long overdue: www.bcndp.ca/releases/bui...bcndp.caTo build B.C. strong, Eby will ask the wealthy to pitch in a bit moreEby's plan will fund stronger healthcare for everyone by asking top income earners to contribute fair share – 96% pay nothing more 1164
Reposted by Brendan McEwenSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 18hAs Vancouver folks prepare to vote: great to see this detailed climate plan from OneCity. In particular, note these platform planks on getting gas out of buildings: 🧵... www.onecityvancouver.ca/platform/cli...onecityvancouver.caVote OneCity VancouverVote for the OneCity team of candidates for City Council, School, and Park Boards by October 17th. 1169
Reposted by Brendan McEwendustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost." 5261114
Reposted by Brendan McEwenSeth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Next week, unfathomably, marks the 3rd anniversary of the horrific Oct 7th Hamas massacre & 3 years of the monstrous genocide that Israel has inflicted upon Gaza. In my latest newsletter, I offer reflections (with thoughts for fellow Jews in Canada): sethdklein.substack.com/p/on-three-y...sethdklein.substack.comOn three years of genocide and rising antisemitismReflections on a different emergency (with thoughts for fellow Jews in Canada) 0175
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 17/09/2026The inimitable @mikegrunwald.bsky.social has an exceptionally well written oped on the disastrous proposal from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to give companies carbon credit for cutting down trees.nytimes.comOpinion | The Latest Corporate Climate Ruse (Gift Article)Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation. 311774
Reposted by Brendan McEwenIoannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/09/2026The bar is so low that a VW that is neither revolutionary nor ground breaking, just a conventional good designed car is sold out for months. That's how easy the road to salvation is, just don't make intentionally bad products and success is inevitable www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...electrive.comVW ID. Polo sold out for months ahead - electrive.comIn Europe, a waiting list is apparently forming for the VW ID. Polo even before the start of deliveries — at least for individual configurations. The waiting 1617742
Reposted by Brendan McEwenAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere. And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com 119577
Reposted by Brendan McEwenAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Japan imports 99.9% of its oil. It has already cut oil consumption in half from its peak. It knows what it must do to go further: move from hybrids to pure electric. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 513737
Brendan McEwen @brendanmcewen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026super excited about this @bcpolicy.bsky.social event... www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...zeffy.comBC Policy Solutions 2026 Fundraising GalaOur inaugural Gala features the keynote lecture: ‘Disenshittification: How we break free from the US tech grip and leverage digital sovereignty for the public… 020
Brendan McEwen @brendanmcewen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You know what Canada really needs to build our nation?!?!? A new oil pipeline to its West Coast on the taxpayer dime!!! 🤡🤡🤡 001
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Dear Big Oil- Did you notice China's ICE car sales are down 30% year-to-date? 27017
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJuraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A cool solar PV facade and balconies on the 12-storey biobased apartment block in Malmö 🇸🇪 A total of ⚡ 218kWp system paired with 🔋 194kWh battery storage. Makes a lot of sense for low sun winter generation ☀️ via ETC Bygg 711331
Reposted by Brendan McEwenLauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This headline is of course entirely symbolic - coal still generates almost four times as much electricity and about 8 times as much total energy as solar in China. The much bigger milestone is that coal generated less than 50% of China's power in the first half of 2026. 39326
Reposted by Brendan McEwenLauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Cheap drones have made reliance on oil and gas very very expensive. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSatellite images show extent of damage to major Saudi pipeline, amid global oil supply fearsSaudis yet to provide details about damage from drone attack to key east-west pipeline to Red Sea that could affect 4% of global oil supply 03510
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDavid Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Disease and massacres from European invasion resulted in the deaths of 93% of Indigenous people in Australia, per a new study. Sadly, this should not be surprising — it’s consistent with the numbers seen in the Americas after invasion. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auImpact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research findsAustralia's Indigenous population was up to seven times larger before colonisation than previously estimated, but was devastated following the arrival of Europeans, new research reveals. 22512
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDavid Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s darkly funny that data center bros are all installing gigawatts of diesel generators because batteries are girly and foreign, just at the moment the entire global diesel production system is breaking apart. 4215
Reposted by Brendan McEwenIEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 16/09/2026Swappable 575-kWh units are testing a new path to hybrid semi-trucks on fixed corridors. spectrum.ieee.orgBattery-Powered Attachment Turns Diesel Semis Into Hybrid EVsFifth-wheel add-on cuts diesel consumption by 85 percent 0117
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Get your shingles vaccine, folks. Shingles is no joke, you absolutely don't want it. 121
Reposted by Brendan McEwenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...drawdown.orgEight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendlyAn influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits. 10442157
Reposted by Brendan McEwenZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 16/09/2026I've been working with the team at Google on a framework to combine cutting short-lived climate pollutants like methane with durable carbon removal. Its awesome to see this being applied in the real world in a new deal with Terradot in Brazil! www.reuters.com/busi... 44914
Reposted by Brendan McEwenRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Good article, but there’s one understated piece: higher land use of organic ag means that if we shift toward organic at current consumption patterns, more natural ecosystems need to be cleared for farming, causing carbon losses, making total GHG emissions of organic usually higher vs. conventional. 99134
Reposted by Brendan McEwenTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422054930
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Forget planting trees for a second. Let's talk about BOGS. Did you know that peatlands cover a tiny 3% of Earth’s land, but store MORE CARBON than all the world's forests combined?They are an ultimate MVP of our climate system and it’s time we start hyping them. Join me! 🧵 1/ 11677254
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 02/09/2026bsky.app/profile/john... First thing it is going to change is taking out/preventing a lot of peaker plants 011
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list. 312642709
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Eyes emoji. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 2649
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Sadly, no, BNEF is still stuck with me saying "people will literally start babbling about space when trying to imagine new markets for solar panels rather than admitting that the future is selling to poor people". 1408
Reposted by Brendan McEwenTamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026RIP Wendell Berry, part of the Berry/Pollan/Waters Axis of Agrarianism, promoting non-industrial ag as the answer to the excesses of industrial ag. The excesses are real. The answer is wrong. The answer to bad industrial agriculture is better industrial agriculture. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 0186
Reposted by Brendan McEwenBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wendell Berry, friend and comrade in many fights and perhaps the writer who meant the most to me, is dead at 92. An appreciation--and a contrast with Elon Musk, in every way his vile opposite billmckibben.substack.com/p/two-men?r=...billmckibben.substack.comTwo MenOne as great as America ever produced, and the other Elon Musk 928570
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Good morning with good news: China had multiple EV sale records in July 2026! Plug-in vehicles were 65% of sales in July 2026 versus 54% in July 2025! BEV were a record 44% of sales! EV share of exports was 59% in 7/26 vs 45% in 7/25. Petrol-only auto sales fell 44%! Links next. #energysky 25914
Reposted by Brendan McEwenTom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This quote will last a century. 112836
Brendan McEwen @brendanmcewen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If #turkeyvoltaics is wrong, I don't want to be right... 101
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJust Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@commercialsolarguy.com @solarman55.bsky.social @solarboi.com and oh heck @dieworkwear.bsky.social too. I don't believe that TurkeyVoltaics is promoted nearly as much as it should be. Do you agree? 🔌💡 ambrook.com/offrange/liv...ambrook.comTurkeys Grazing Under Solar PanelsIn a farming community that has accepted residential solar but isn’t sure about large commercial facilities, the Thanksgiving meal is coming directly from the solar industry. 161
Reposted by Brendan McEwenQagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Holy shit we’re flying like a bat out of hell. #Acceler8 551109111
Reposted by Brendan McEwenTamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I wrote about the problems with lettuce and someone sent me a poem! 1131
Reposted by Brendan McEwenJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Germany's solar skyrocketed 44% in July 2026 (14.7 TWh) from July 2025 (10.2 TWh)! Germany's July Solar Share: 2026: 35.2% 2025: 27.5% 2023: 23.6% 2016: 11.4% Coal fell to a record low July share of 15.9% from 20.5% in July 2025! Gas fell to 10.1% in July 2026 from 12.9% in 7/2025. #energysky 25816
Reposted by Brendan McEwenLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This story is heartbreaking. Look what Trump's ICE is doing to Haitian immigrants who did all the right things, followed every rule. It's just evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/u...nytimes.comIn Ohio, Haitians Feel Shaken by Ankle Monitors and Increased ICE PresenceThe devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread. 0698
Reposted by Brendan McEwenKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Trump threatens to use military force against high interest rates in the US. 🤡 h/t @locuta.bsky.social 73712
Reposted by Brendan McEwenRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Colorado River researcher: more than half of that cup’s water was used for agriculture, and the majority of that was for cattle feed, some of which was exported to the Middle East where growing feed is restricted due to water scarcity 38520
Reposted by Brendan McEwenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways. 601146440
Reposted by Brendan McEwenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026Read this account of a family -- green card-holding, valid, permanent residents of the US -- kidnapped by ICE, separated, and held in degrading concentration camps for 9 months and counting.thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 7332163
Reposted by Brendan McEwenChris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 17/08/2026🧐 Current policies have us on track to ~+2.8C. Some tightening will land us @ ~2.1-2.2 with some uncertainty. It will be ugly, but we can land this. We need to get unabated FFs down to near zero, & get some CDR going. Energy investment globally is trending that way, industrial ... so much work to do 1115
Reposted by Brendan McEwenChris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 17/08/2026ESG may have died in the west, but guess who carries on? carnewschina.com/2026/08/17/c...carnewschina.comCATL goes 100% zero-carbon electricity in core operations, targets value chain carbon neutrality by 2035CATL announces core operational carbon neutrality, sets 2035 goal for value chain neutrality. 0155
Reposted by Brendan McEwenAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026If you were curious about Tooze's new climate book, check out this convo with @kaiserkuo.bsky.social “This is the material dethroning of the west as the central driver of world history. This is really what the provincialization of the west really looks like" www.sinicapodcast.com/p/the-thing-... 26127
Reposted by Brendan McEwenBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it 10371201249
Reposted by Brendan McEwenChris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is huge disappointment for Canadian climate policy. If there’s one sector that will need CCS in the medium to long-term it’s limestone calcination (eg for cement). And it’s not an issue of technology but of cost and policy certainty. carbonherald.com/weak-carbon-...carbonherald.comWeak Carbon Pricing Halts Heidelberg $1.36B Edmonton Carbon Capture FacilityHeidelberg Materials has put its $1.36 billion carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project in northwest Edmonton on hold. 42310