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@velyvan.bsky.social
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Energy transition, defending every real solution: bikes, transit, insulation, heat pumps, solar, wind, nuclear, EVs...

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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Impressionnant 😮
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It is beautiful to see how wind and gas follow the same curve: it means that increasing wind will push out gas directly! Wind produces the most on months with high demand.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
En même temps, on retrouve des fossiles de dinosaures qui ont a peine bougé en 100 millions d'années sous moins de 10 m de terre. Donc un truc enfoui sous 1000m sous terre, dans une des couches géologiques les plus stables qu'on connaisse, ça ne m'effraie pas vraiment.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
All indicators point towards a global food crisis in the coming months: production decreasing in Russia, tensions on fertilizers because of the Iran war, historic heatwaves in Europe, record el Niño forecast. Governments should take all corn and soy devoted to livestock and store it for humans.
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Olivier De Schutter @deschuttero.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Learn more about the "Roadmap for Eradicating #Poverty Beyond Growth" - our decisive break from growth-at-all-costs in the name of poverty eradication - and register to follow next month's conference at which it will be presented (22 April): www.neep-poverty.org
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth. @nickkristof.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
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Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Comparing your technology to cars as an example of "exaggerated concerns" is not the flex you think it is...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes. And Elon Musk is basically a human Ponzi scheme." Paul Krugman From now on I'm calling Musk Nazi Ponzi
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Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme
With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The USA has become the world's supervillain
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 28/05/2026
Renewables overtook coal in global power generation in 2025. Coal's share dropped to LESS THAN A THIRD of global electricity for the first time 📉 Coal generation fell most in China and India, while the US saw coal rise to replace gas-fired electricity. ember-energy.org/lat...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In France, the norm in parliament is 49.3 (sorry for this extremely niche French politics joke that only French people will understand)
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The most interesting initiative for the climate since a long time ago
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"So far this century, a new tramway has opened in France every six months." What can we learn from France about building new tram networks and integrating them with new housing? Read our guest blog by @freewheeling.info: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/towns-a...
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Towns and Trams: Learning from the French
In this guest blog, Thomas Ableman reports on how French transport policy enables a new tramway to open every six months.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Highly instructive article, must read!
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
La gare routière de Bercy pourrait être tellement plus agréable! Il ne manque pas grand chose pour transformer cet endroit un peu glauque en lieu de vie accueillant: une cafétéria, des toilettes, un peu de signalisation. Soutenez mon idée ici: decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Soutenez mon idée de piétonniser la rue de Washington. Cette rue comporte plein de commerce de nourriture à emporter, avec une très forte fréquentation le midi car il y a beaucoup de bureaux dans le quartier. Les piétons doivent se serrer sur les trottoirs étroits. decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Totally disagree on this one. Letting states run everything gives even more power to corporations, who can blackmail local governments, forcing them into a competition of ever lower corporate taxes, environmental standards, labour laws etc. It would be far better to have more federal legislation.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Right wing politicians want you to think you're alone with your green opinions. You are not.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
If the answers had included a "wealth tax on billionnaires" option, I'm pretty sure the approval would have been even higher.
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Austrian Fietser #klimafreak @woemi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The movie Cycling Cities showcases Europe’s top cycling capitals. @ingwarpero.bsky.social rode to Freiburg, Paris, Ghent, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Hamburg & Copenhagen to see what makes cities bike-friendly and drives sustainable urban mobility. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5jQ...
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CYCLING CITIES - Der Film
YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The dismantling of NCAR should be the trending story on Bluesky, not the fucking Oscars leaving ABC for YouTube.
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Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
JE SUIS CHARLOTTE
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hugely encouraging news from Brazil today. President Lula has instructed four ministries to draw up a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, and asked his government to formulate an energy transition fund using income from petroleum revenues. www.linkedin.com/posts/ana-to...
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Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and… |...
Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and or...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/11/2025
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position A lil thread 🧵
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a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The #COP30 Presidency has backed the First International Conference for the Phase-out of Fossil Fuels! 🔥 Read our press release on the COP30 outcome at FossilFuelTreaty.org/cop30-conference!
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
In France we have a law that says they have to ask you before printing a receipt. In practice, no one I see at the grocery store ever asks for the receipts (at least for food items)
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/21/m... This looks really cool, but I wonder what this mysterious silicon-free solar paint is. Perovskite? It's weird that they don't say which technology they're using.
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Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first car prototype with a silicon-free, 20%-efficient nanoparticle solar coating that powers the vehicle even when off and uses modules thinner than a human hair.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Primary energy coefficients used in building regulations are highly political and dependent on your goals, and pretending they're just a result of physics is totally dishonest.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
1. Biking infrastructure 2. How cars destroyed cities 3. Why solar is going to win
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Bonjour @fub-fr.bsky.social, le baromètre vélo c'est super, mais est-ce que vous pourriez faire votre carte avec une échelle lisible par les daltoniens (qui représentent pas loin de 10% de la population)? Rouge-bleu ce serait parfait. Le rouge-orange-jaune-vert c'est vraiment le pire
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Je cherchais des chiffres sur les évolutions récentes du périph, je tombe sur cet article catastrophique: liguedesconducteurs.org/vitesse-info... "La plus forte chute d’intensité sonore intervient la nuit avec -2,3 décibels, ce qui constitue « 3 % de baisse » " *cries in logarithmic scale*
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Périphérique parisien : les vrais chiffres du 50 km/h | Vitesse infos et intox | Notre actualité
La Ligue de Défense des Conducteurs publie l'analyse des résultats du passage de la limitation de vitesse du périphérique parisien de 70 à 50 km/h depuis l'automne 2024. Elle se révèle en désaccord pr...
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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Cars 1.35 million!
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Solar and wind deliver
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Proposition pour améliorer la gare routière de Bercy: decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Proposition pour améliorer le tunnel des Tuileries decider.paris.fr/decider/jsp/...
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Mathieu Chassignet @mchassignet.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
L'ADEME dévoile aujourd'hui une grande étude sur la mobilité des enfants. On constate malheureusement un recule de l'autonomie : "L’étude révèle un recul de l’âge du 1er déplacement autonome : 11,6 ans pour les enfants contre 10,6 ans pour leurs parents au même âge" infos.ademe.fr/mobilite-tra...
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Mobilité des enfants : pour leur santé, changeons de regard sur leurs trajets - ADEME Infos
Pourquoi s’intéresser à la mobilité des enfants ? Longtemps impensée dans les politiques publiques, la mobilité des enfants est pourtant un enjeu de société majeur : elle façonne l’autonomie des plus ...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best. But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Paris now has 300+ school streets. How many does your city have? Not to be depressing, but....at least we can make them happen. Here is a tool to use. youtu.be/ezPzocuqKPc?...
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Paris School Streets: Safe for Children, Safe for Everyone
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Great episode, instructive as a European too! This question has been debated a lot in France among transit advocates.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The USA government could invest in a bike lane network, allowing millions of americans to get some exercise while saving money (because bikes are so much cheaper than cars) but no, they choose car dependency and tell you to pay for a gym you can't afford.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
De la part d'un ancien ambassadeur d’Israël en France
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Elie Barnavi et Vincent Lemire : « Monsieur le Président, si des sanctions immédiates ne sont pas imposées à Israël, vous finirez par reconnaître un cimetière »
TRIBUNE. Après l’élan diplomatique suscité par l’annonce de la reconnaissance de l’Etat de Palestine par la France, les deux historiens demandent à Emmanuel Macron, dans une tribune au « Monde », de f...
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
How big is the slow down in US clean energy manufacturing investments? We are tracking 34 projects, $31.3B in investment and 27,949 jobs that have slowed since Trump took office. Key points from our 6-month report below highlight some surprising trends in what is advancing v slowing. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
Chart showing new investments and disinvestments (slowed, cancelled, paused, or closed) projects since 2020.  Investments boomed during Biden administration.  Since Trump took office, there is a big uptick in slowed projects.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Hi, I'm an engineer in a movie. After weeks of working on a difficult problem (sometimes removing my glasses to rub my eyes), I will come up with a genius yet extremely simple solution, such as "just turn the motor upside down", getting inspiration from an everyday event, like someone spilling food.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Photovoltaics. Sodium ion batteries.
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Excellent and important journalistic work here: projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...
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The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 09/07/2025
ALERTE GENERALE ! Une pétition a été lancée sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale demandant que le gouvernement arrête d'utiliser X pour ses communications officielles. On signe toutes et tous pour lui donner le maximum de visibilité. C'est ici : petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
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Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Platef...
Cessez d'utiliser cette plateforme comme l'un des principaux porte-parole des communications officielles en France. Il existe des alternatives bien mieux modérées et régulées, et il est même possible ...
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velyvan.bsky.social @velyvan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
@paris.fr la baignade dans la Seine ouvre dans deux jours, quand est-ce que vous allez publier les mesures de qualité de l'eau?
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Its rather delicious that this compelling take down of William Nordhaus by @profstevekeen.bsky.social was delivered at Yale University. No punches pulled. youtu.be/QGfaqALkc40
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Top Economist Exposes Nobel Prize Winner on Climate Change
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
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