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Michael Liebreich

@mliebreich.bsky.social
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Host @CleaningUpPod. CEO Liebreich Associates. Managing Partner Ecopragma Capital. Founder, Contributor @BloombergNEF. Ex Board TfL, Board of Trade. Olympian. Don't message me - I'm not prepared to give away personal data to prove my age. Srsly BlueSky!

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Don't miss the Easter Egg at the end of last week's episode of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social: the story behind @janrosenow's role in ending Jorgo Chatzimarkakis's political career. Jorgo is welcome back on the show any time to discuss where #hydrogen is and isn't going. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDH...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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Luis Valdés @luisvaldes.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
El megahub de carga de camiones eléctricos en el puerto de Valencia 👇 de @pragmacharge.bsky.social Atenderán a Logística Carosan-Transnugon y Grupo Torres Enhorabuena a ambas por este paso adelante!
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
better photo of the hardware used #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️ locally made 🇪🇸 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
perhaps the most important @pragmacharge photo you should see improving Spain 10+ truck charging plugs at a time! 🇪🇸 #moreplugs ⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/pragma...
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This @lrb.co.uk piece from Arthur Downing is just a fantastic tour d'horizon of Britain's energy system. A must-read for anyone hoping to navigate the coming decade. Remember: energy is more or less EVERYTHING! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Arthur Downing · Asset Sweating: Britain’s Energy Crisis
Britain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie...
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
PragmaCharge is about to change Spain as we know it #alwaysbecharging #moreplugs ⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/finnwi...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lots of coverage in the Spanish press of yesterday's launch of the huge Pragmacharge/Prologis Valencia HGV charging hub :-) www.energias-renovables.com/movilidad/me...
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Mercavalència inaugura "el mayor hub de recarga para camiones eléctricos de España"
PragmaCharge y Prologis inauguran en Mercavalència una estación de servicio para la recarga de camiones eléctricos
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The biggest scandal in the energy transition? Huge amounts of energy lost as rejected heat. Great talk with @mliebreich.bsky.social on Cleaning Up about why we may be measuring the transition all wrong. Plus hydrogen, heat pumps and systems thinking. youtu.be/7xDH8ZqJvqo?...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
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Paul Martin (Spitfire Research) @spitfireresearch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Chuffed to have been mentioned by @mliebreich.bsky.social in his brilliant conversation with @janrosenow.bsky.social - well worth the listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDH...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As I wrote in May: However much the US may wish for a quick and clean end to the conflict, it is not clear why Iran would cooperate... I would not be surprised to see the Iranians playing cat and mouse for many months. They could even try to outlast Trump altogether. about.bnef.com/insights/cle...
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Liebreich: The Great Clean Energy Acceleration 2.0 | BloombergNEF
In September 2022, six months after Russia invaded Ukraine and with oil and gas prices around the world soaring, I wrote a piece entitled After Ukraine - the Great Clean Energy Acceleration, predictin...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sad to hear of the passing of Joe Romm. Our relationship soured when I refused to shun those with whom he disagreed - but he was a tireless fighter for what he thought was right. He did much to communicate the urgency of climate action and will be sorely missed. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
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Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Testing, testing...
PragmaCharge electric HGV.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Testing, testing...
PragmaCharge electric HGV.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I've been a bit quiet. Here's where I was.
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Olav Oevreboe @oovrebo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Projection by @glenpeters.bsky.social shows global fossil CO2 emissions to fall by 0,5 percent in 2026. Emissions from oil down 2,4 percent, directly linked to the Iran war and closure of Hormuz. www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/hormuz...
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Hormuz-krisen sender globale utslipp ned i 2026
Globale CO2-utslipp ligger an til et fall på rundt 0,5 prosent i år. Hovedgrunnen er lavere oljeforbruk som følge av krigen mellom USA og Iran. Vekst i utslipp fra kull trekker i motsatt retning.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Diesel was eating us alive!" Homes and businesses lead solar boom in Nigeria. Nigeria will add ~1.7 GW in 2026. The amount of solar added from 2023-2026 in Nigeria equals 33% of Nigeria's total generation capacity! See ember-energy.org/latest-insig... businessday.ng/pro/article/... #energysky
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How households showed Nigeria the solar way - Businessday NG
Nigerians who couldn't wait for state utilities to fix a grid that has failed nearly 140 times in a decade started buying solar panels and...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've spent the summer in Switzerland and Ecuador, which have been breaking temperature records but still remained green. It was a big shock yesterday to see the effects of the supercharged el niño on Hyde Park. There's no grass. None. I've never seen that before. #ElNino #ClimateChange
Hyde Park 4 September 2026 - yes lol fine but all the grass is dead. El niño.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've spent the summer in Switzerland and Ecuador, which have been breaking temperature records but still remained green. It was a big shock yesterday to see the effects of the supercharged el niño on Hyde Park. There's no grass. None. I've never seen that before. #ElNino #ClimateChange
Hyde Park 4 September 2026 - yes lol fine but all the grass is dead. El niño.
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Michael Barnard, TFIE Strategy @michael-barnard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@mliebreich.bsky.social of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social, @laurentsegalen.bsky.social of Redefining Energy, @richard.wickedproblems.earth of @wickedproblems.uk, Dave Borlace of Just Have a Think and I spending 3 hours over food and wine discussing energy and solutions was a spectacular evening.
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Caught up on this today. My friend Anna Freeman turning the tables on @mliebreich.bsky.social 's own podcast. Lots to learn from where Australia is leading and less good but there is one point that is worth pulling out beyond all others, I think.
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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Anna Freeman of Australia's Energy Efficiency Council reverse interviews @mliebreich.bsky.social about how his Australian Deep Dive (ADD) has gone. Reviews all the interviews on what we're doing right & wrong to his 🧠. #auspol #energysky youtu.be/_ImVDim4xsw?...
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The Good, Bad and Downright Ugly of Australia's Energy Transition | Deep Dive 09: Anna Freeman
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 28/08/2026
#Africa’s solar boom is spreading across the entire continent, with 36 out of 54 countries set for record solar installations in 2026 🌍☀️ 19 countries saw YoY growth of over 100%, including DRC 🇨🇩 (+544%), Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 (+282%) and Egypt 🇪🇬 (+176%) ember-energy.org/lat...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Measuring energy usage in units of Primary Energy is like measuring nutrition in acres. People need food, not food waste or land inefficiently farmed. People need energy services not thermal waste or fossil fuels inefficiently extracted. Time to measure what matters. #PrimaryEnergyFallacy
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Measuring energy usage in units of Primary Energy is like measuring nutrition in acres. People need food, not food waste or land inefficiently farmed. People need energy services not thermal waste or fossil fuels inefficiently extracted. Time to measure what matters. #PrimaryEnergyFallacy
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Richard Loyen @richardloyen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excellente interview du professeur Martin Green 🇦🇺, l'inventeur du photovoltaïque moderne dans les années 70 et pionnier de l'industrie solaire mondiale, par @mliebreich.bsky.social 🫶 youtu.be/pgqXnnvlMFg?...
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How Much Better Can Solar Get? Deep Dive Australia 08: Martin Green
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Andrew Starr @ajsta.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Good chat between @mliebreich.bsky.social and Paul Simshauser on Australia's energy transition. I will point out that a market cap of $23k/MWh is $23/kWh, and >50k retail customers of Amber will see this either in expensive lamb roasts or massive export income.. www.cleaningup.live/how-renewabl...
So we have, you only get paid when you produce in our spot electricity market. What that means is we have an extremely high market price cap, it's a little over AU$20,000 a megawatt hour on a bad day.

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And we should translate that into what people's bills, if you do that on a kilowatt hour basis, it is AU$2 per kilowatt hour, where normally your prices that you'd pay, your average for the year would be 25, 27 cents. Electricity markets can get very, very complex.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Over the past year, lots of people have asked me what I think of the argument Jean-Baptiste Fressoz makes in More and More and More - that sources of energy are only ever additive. TLDR: not much. mliebreich.substack.com/p/more-and-m...
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More and More and More - or Less?
Over the past year, lots of people have asked me what I think of the argument Jean-Baptiste Fressoz makes in More and More and More - that sources of energy are only ever additive. TLDR: not much.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Over the past year, lots of people have asked me what I think of the argument Jean-Baptiste Fressoz makes in More and More and More - that sources of energy are only ever additive. TLDR: not much. mliebreich.substack.com/p/more-and-m...
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More and More and More - or Less?
Over the past year, lots of people have asked me what I think of the argument Jean-Baptiste Fressoz makes in More and More and More - that sources of energy are only ever additive. TLDR: not much.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sure there's no transition? Check out global new car and light truck sales by powertrain. ICE vehicles have lost 1/3 of unit sales in the past decade. Dramatic decline, and quite obviously not about to reverse. Source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a096b...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Five years ago I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in W Berkshire, just over an hour from W London. It's a magical spot, with views over the Kennet Valley towards Watership Down. Sadly, we have concluded we can't complete the redevelopment. Is it for you? www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...
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>>> Off-topic (sort of) <<< Anyone looking for an extraordinary real estate project just outside London? Five years ago, I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in West Berk...
>>> Off-topic (sort of) <<< Anyone looking for an extraordinary real estate project just outside London? Five years ago, I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in West Berkshire, just over a...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Five years ago I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in W Berkshire, just over an hour from W London. It's a magical spot, with views over the Kennet Valley towards Watership Down. Sadly, we have concluded we can't complete the redevelopment. Is it for you? www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebr...
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&gt;&gt;&gt; Off-topic (sort of) &lt;&lt;&lt; Anyone looking for an extraordinary real estate project just outside London? Five years ago, I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in West Berk...
>>> Off-topic (sort of) <<< Anyone looking for an extraordinary real estate project just outside London? Five years ago, I bought an end-of-life house in a 5-acre plot in West Berkshire, just over a...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"The Mayor of London told us that the lack of toilet provision for London's bus drivers is unacceptable." He has been responsible for toilet provision for bus drivers for 10 years! When I was on the TfL board, I secured £7m for driver toilets. What has he done since? www.itv.com/news/london/...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"The Mayor of London told us that the lack of toilet provision for London's bus drivers is unacceptable." He has been responsible for toilet provision for bus drivers for 10 years! When I was on the TfL board, I secured £7m for driver toilets. What has he done since? www.itv.com/news/london/...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@christianthiels.eurosky.social Hi Christian. I want to invite you to a private discussion event in London. Could you follow or DM me?
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Dan Schroeder @dvschroeder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As @mliebreich.bsky.social has pointed out, this (electrifying 46% of final energy by 2040) is not going to happen. Fortunately, a great deal of electrification can occur even without coming close to this unrealistic and misleading goal.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026
Europe is jamming the accelerator on electrification.
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Nine times faster: the EU wants to double electrification by 2040
The Commission has launched its Electrification Action Plan. A 46% target and some serious policy measures.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If you think Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is going to be needed to stop climate change - the IPCC certainly does - then you need to read this, follow @roberthoglund.bsky.social, and raise your voice. open.substack.com/pub/marginal...
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The main thing holding carbon removal back
The EU sees CDR as equal to other mitigation solutions, the SBTi does not and needs to justify why.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In the UK, debate is raging about opening up the North Sea to oil and gas drilling. The latest episode of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social with Anders Opedal, CEO of Norway's Equinor, contains important lessons. I summarise them here, with data, data, data. mliebreich.substack.com/p/to-drill-o...
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To drill or not to drill? Lessons from Norway
In the UK, debate is raging about opening up the North Sea to oil and gas drilling. The latest episode of Cleaning Up with Anders Opedal, CEO of Norway's Equinor, contains important lessons.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Outrageous that while posturing about London being Net Zero by 2030, Sadiq Khan never stopped TfL's bus contractors from buying buses without air conditioning. Even now - after a decade as Mayor - he's only promising "cooling", not air conditioning, in new buses. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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How will London cope with 40C summers?
By 2036, the extreme heat we’re enduring could be the norm. From white roofs to urban forests and blue waterways, here’s how London must adapt
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Outrageous that while posturing about London being Net Zero by 2030, Sadiq Khan never stopped TfL's bus contractors from buying buses without air conditioning. Even now - after a decade as Mayor - he's only promising "cooling", not air conditioning, in new buses. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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How will London cope with 40C summers?
By 2036, the extreme heat we’re enduring could be the norm. From white roofs to urban forests and blue waterways, here’s how London must adapt
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My guest this week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social is Anders Opedal, CEO of Norwegian oil and gas giant #Equinor. How has the world's most progressive fossil fuel company navigated the net zero era and beyond? Are there any lessons for the UK's North Sea reboot? www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Va...
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How Norway Became A Global Gas Giant | Ep267: Anders Opedal
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Four more. And we haven't even launched yet. Go @pragmacharge.bsky.social
4 electric trucks in Pragmacharge livery in Spain.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Four more. And we haven't even launched yet. Go @pragmacharge.bsky.social
4 electric trucks in Pragmacharge livery in Spain.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
My guest this week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social is Anders Opedal, CEO of Norwegian oil and gas giant #Equinor. How has the world's most progressive fossil fuel company navigated the net zero era and beyond? Are there any lessons for the UK's North Sea reboot? www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Va...
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How Norway Became A Global Gas Giant | Ep267: Anders Opedal
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Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Comment le 🇨🇦 peut-il doubler la taille de ses réseaux d’électricité tout en conservant des prix bas? Avec le co-auteur @mliebreich.bsky.social, nous suggérons une nouvelle idée de politique pour atteindre ces deux objectifs. Consultez notre note de politique 🔽 institutclimatique.ca/note-politiq...
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Note de politique générale : Fonds de progrès de l’électrification du Canada
L’ébauche de la Stratégie nationale d’électrification du Canada reconnaît explicitement cette occasion, tout comme les ...
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
But but but people just don't want electric cars! www.motortrader.com/motor-trader...
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Electrified vehicles fill every spot of Autotrader’s top 10 fastest-selling used cars
Electrified models account for every place in Autotrader’s top 10 fastest selling used cars of July list. The list marks the first time no petrol or
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
But but but people just don't want electric cars! www.motortrader.com/motor-trader...
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Electrified vehicles fill every spot of Autotrader’s top 10 fastest-selling used cars
Electrified models account for every place in Autotrader’s top 10 fastest selling used cars of July list. The list marks the first time no petrol or
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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@mliebreich.bsky.social with @lilydambrosiomp.bsky.social on the Cleaning Up Podcast Australia (CUPA ☕ ). She seems small but fierce #vicpol #auspol - like it! Interesting the comparisons between Victoria & China re the transition from coal. youtu.be/IVGL9vVTdeY?...
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Is Australia Finally Turning Its Back on Coal? Lily D'Ambrosio | Deep Dive Australia 04
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The EU is targeting an increase electricity's share of Final Energy from 24% to 46% by 2040. The arithmetic of the Final Energy Fallacy makes this entirely unachievable. We need a course correction. mliebreich.substack.com/p/eu-propose...
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