I am going to keep hammering on Peak Carbon for as long as it takes me and everyone else to penetrate world consciousness. That also means pounding on the COP31 agenda for all of this next year, particularly on what it will take to stay below 1.5℃ Global Warming, as shown above. Solar, wind, storage, geothermal, heat pumps, EVs, induction cooking, reining in and even suing the denialists, countering corporate and political disinformation…Call it All of the Above.
Good News on Renewables. Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand
Mathematically, exceeding new power demand = Peak Carbon.
You are going to hear a lot more about this proposed treaty from now on.
Colombia and the Netherlands invite the World to the First International Conference for the Phase Out of Fossil Fuels
Sergio Diaz <newsletter@fossilfueltreaty.org>
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Hello Bluesky! 👋
Join us here to hear more about the push for a global plan to manage a fast and fair phase out of fossil fuels.
Stay tuned for a major update on journey toward negotiation of a #FossilFuelTreaty later today.
— Fossil Fuel Treaty (@fossiltreaty.bsky.social) December 18, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Join THE GLOBAL NETWORK CALLING for a Fossil Fuel Treaty – The Global ROADMAP FOR THE TRansition to Safe, Renewable & Affordable Energy for All.
To protect people from the threat fossil fuels pose to our climate, our health and our future, a growing bloc of 18 countries are seeking a negotiating mandate for a Fossil Fuel Treaty.
The proposed treaty would complement the Paris Agreement by providing the global roadmap needed to halt the expansion of fossil fuel, manage an equitable phase-out of coal, oil and gas, and lay the foundations for a true just energy transition in which no worker, community or country is left behind.
Which nation-state will be next to join the growing club of countries seeking a negotiating mandate for a new treaty on fossil fuels?
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#Cambodia just became the 18th country to officially support the #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇰🇭
At #COP30 in Belém, Cambodia affirmed their commitment to a fast, fair and financed global transition aligned with a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
🔗 FossilFuelTreaty.org/cambodia%EF%...
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— Fossil Fuel Treaty (@fossiltreaty.bsky.social) November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Other Good News
Real Carbon Capture
Enhanced weathering with agriculture for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal
Discussion meeting organised by Professor David Beerling FRS, Professor Rachael James, Professor Noah Planavsky and Dr Christopher Reinhard.
This meeting discussed advances and uncertainties in terrestrial enhanced weathering, a key carbon dioxide removal strategy for climate change mitigation. Recent discoveries and R&D investment are accelerating the prospect of large-scale EW implementation, but uncertainties remain. The goal of this meeting was to provide a much-needed balanced discussion on the scientific and societal challenges ahead.
As I have explained here many times, that means mining basalts, serpentines, and olivines, crushing them to powder, spreading them on farm fields as fertilizers, and allowing them to react with CO2 in the air to form stable carbonates.
The basic economic fact that this story does not address is that renewables plus storage are cheaper than coal, so coal is going to die regardless of government pronouncements.
COP30 concluded last month and while it didn't make as much progress as was hoped for helping address climate change, some good news did emerge from the event. One such piece of positive news is that the Republic of Korea and Bahrain joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), a global coalition of over 180 national and subnational governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy.
In the PPCA's statement, it is explained that “[T]he Republic of Korea currently operates the 7th largest coal fleet in the world. The share of coal generation has decreased from 42.5% in 2015 to 30.5% in 2024 but still represents a significant source of emissions, and several new coal units have only begun operation in the last few years.” Korea has pledged to phase out 40 of its 61 existing coal power plants by 2040 and the remaining 21 will be phased out according to economic and environmental factors. Membership in The PPCA will help the Korean government balance phasing out coal with economic growth and ensuring energy security.
Heatmap Labs: Whitepaper: 2025 State of the Grid Edge: How Virtual Power Plants Are Transforming the Energy Landscape
Faith in Climate Progress in newsletter@climateone.org
It’s been 10 years since Pope Francis issued his landmark encyclical on climate and caring for our common home, Laudato Si. With the election of Pope Leo XIV, many are hopeful he will follow in his predecessor’s path.
Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US
Gray & Green. “Gray is the New Green: Growing Strength of Older Climate Voters”
OLDER CLIMATE VOTERS. How to Organize and Reach Them
(Jan. 15, 2026, 12 pm, ET). Hosted by the Environmental Voter Project.
For more on this Panel Discussion, see: Organizing Older Climate Voters 2026
Heatmap: Exclusive: Key Senate Democrats Oppose Permitting Bill
A trio of powerful climate hawks are throwing their weight against the SPEED Act.
Key Senate Democrats are opposing a GOP-led permitting deal to overhaul federal environmental reviews without assurances that clean energy projects will be able to reap the benefits. Winning these lawmakers’ support will require major concessions to build new transmission infrastructure and greater permitting assistance for renewable energy projects.
Heatmap: Meet Con Edison’s One-Woman Electrification Show
Julie Liu is converting gas customers to heat pumps, one home at a time.
Working almost entirely alone, Liu serves as producer, stage manager, and director, bankrolling the production, hiring the crew, arranging the logistics, choreographing the action, and dazzling the audience — the homeowner or tenants — along the way. Heat pumps and induction stoves are the stars. Plumbers, HVAC technicians, and insulation specialists sub in for set decorators, sound engineers, and costume designers. Electricians play themselves.
If all goes well, after just a week or so of focused, frenzied work, the show arrives at the grand finale: the capping of the gas line.
Liu has staged this performance more than 25 times since 2023 as the implementation contractor for Electric Advantage, an incentive program in New York offered by the gas and electric utility Con Edison. The program covers 100% of the cost of replacing a building owner’s gas-powered appliances with electric versions, plus installing insulation and air sealing. Although it sounds too good to be true, there’s no catch — except that you have to be lucky enough to own a building that’s eligible for the program and agree to cut your gas connection.
Global Warming Catastrophes
Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30
Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.
No New Nukes
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Nuclear waste is accumulating worldwide as permanent repositories lag behind. Bulgaria is facing rising spent-fuel stocks and limited storage, while European nations struggle with delayed disposal projects. Recycling offers potential but remains slow to advance.
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— euobserver — EU news that matters (@euobserver.com) December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#BO-O-O-O-OGUS!!!
#NoNewNukes
EVERYBODY should be blocking corrupt deals to steal #OtherPeople'sMoney for overpriced, far behind schedule, over budget #boondoggles that kill uranium miners, increase electricity costs, and leave toxic waste behind.
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— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Utterly #BO-O-O-O-OGUS!!!
#NoNewNukes
This #boondoggle intends to steal from the public with an overpriced, far behind schedule project that kills uranium miners and will leave toxic waste behind.
Who wants this, other than the grifters in the power industry?
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— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) December 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™
Climate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per Year
Climate mitigation policy is often framed as incurring costs now to avoid future harms. But what if we counted up the costs we were incurring from climate change right now? That’s what my story today is about. — Matthew
A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets.
Homeowners Risk Missing Out on Solar Tax Credits. This Is Why.
There's a rush to install residential solar and battery systems byDec. 31 to qualify for expiring 30% US tax credits. But lengthy permitting times are jeopardizing the opportunity,installers say.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
Clean energy is cheaper and more available than ever, yet projects across the country still face roadblocks. From complex permitting, community pushback, and regulatory red tape, non-cost barriers are slowing progress just when the stakes are highest. To uncover what’s holding projects back from wide scale deployment, Third Way launched the Pathways to Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE) project with Environmental Resources Management (ERM). We surveyed more than 200 solar and transmission practitioners with experience across thousands of projects. Our findings reveal where bottlenecks are putting America’s energy future at risk and how smart policy and pragmatic reform can build a cleaner, faster, more reliable energy system for every American.
Bloomberg Green: Uber Pulls Back from Electric Cars, Slashing Incentives for Drivers
After long pushing for government policies to speed adoption of electric cars, Uber embraced Trump's EV-battering legislation.
Global warming is real, so why is it cold outside?
Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents
Trump EPA Finalizes ‘Indefensible and Illegal’ Delay to Methane Pollution Standards
“The Trump administration has once again chosen polluters over people, sacrificing the health of communities and climate to serve the fossil fuel industry,” said one advocate.
A Different Level of Idiocy
