I spent too much time watching the Jack Smith coverage yesterday and not enough getting this post ready. I’m sorry I’m late this morning. However, we continue to have improving news on renewables.
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Wind & solar produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU!🌞🌬️
Renewables cut people's bills. The tech for a 100% renewable energy system already exist. Now we need the political will to build it fast, fair & people-owned.
New findings from @ember-energy.org ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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— Friends of the Earth Europe (@foeeurope.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Work resumes on Virginia offshore wind project
Construction has resumed on the $11.2 billion offshore wind project by Dominion Energy three weeks after the federal government called for a pause on the work citing national security concerns.
The first of the 176 turbines were delivered by ship to the leasing area Saturday.
The project is already near completion with the first power expected to come online at the end of the first quarter of this year. That timeline is still on track despite the nearly three week delay
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ICYMI: Volvo is mounting an electric comeback with the new EX60, which boasts 400 miles of range, 173 miles added in 10 minutes of fast-charging, and loads of new tech. More on the new Volvo EX60:
insideevs.com/news/785050/...
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— InsideEVs (@insideevs.com) January 22, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Rockefeller, World Bank support solar energy to boost agriculture production in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia
Nonprofits backed by the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Bank have won millions of dollars to boost the productivity of African farmers using a range of solar-energy devices. Solar-powered…
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— 2daystream.bsky.social (@2daystream.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 3:24 AM
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#Solar + #EnergyStorage: “While ancillary revenues are compressing, the overall economics for batteries [in CAISO] remain more resilient than in energy-only markets” The big grid-scale battery markets, compared.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/01/21/w...
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— Silicon Valley North - Citizens Climate Lobby (@cclsvn.bsky.social) January 21, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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@pahousedems.com are standing up for Pennsylvanians: if massive data centers want our power, they should pay their fair share—not stick families with higher bills. And they're unlocking clean, always-on geothermal energy to cut costs, create jobs, and power PA’s future.
shorturl.at/GD6bX
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— Michael Herzing (@mherz67.bsky.social) January 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Global Warming Catastrophes
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Kashmir saffron - world's most expensive spice, faces extinction.
68% production drop in 20 years.
Climate change devastates Himalayan harvests. One family: 100kg/day in 1990s → 6kg total in 2025.
Ancient tradition at risk.
#TheLolgic #Saffron #climatechange #spices #globalwarming
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— The Lolgic (@thelolgic.bsky.social) January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
No New Nukes
Fewer projects announced, more pushback this week.
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A local resident has raised alarm over Senate Bill 258, which could fast-track nuclear projects in Indiana, including a massive investment by First American Nuclear, sparking concerns about safety and oversight.
Get the details!
#DearbornCounty #IN #EnergyPolicy #EnvironmentalRegulation
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— Citizen Portal News Indiana (@citizenptnewsin.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™
Trump mixes up Greenland and Iceland over and over, claims that China has no wind farms, offers concepts of plans for deals, creates ultra-bogus Gigabuck/seat “Board of Peace” to run Gaza…
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Factcheckers Expose Trump Davos Falsehoods
Donald Trump delivered a Davos speech that included multiple demonstrably false claims about wind energy, NATO and Greenland, fact-checkers found.
With replies by 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Richard S.J. Tol +48 more scholars.
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— Lightnews (@lightnews.app) January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,457,263,098 so far this year!
Today 9:15am, wasted wind has already cost Britain:
£4,136,292
£710,195 switching off wind turbines
£3,426,097 buying energy elsewhere
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— AlexK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇬🇷 (@kidner.bsky.social) January 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
A Different Level of Idiocy
Resources
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Want to focus on the ENVIRONMENT:
Where to Find Me
I have changed this order a bit, starting this week, so that I can do Pushback on Wednesdays, after Rachel gets to have Too Much Fun with the news on Monday.
- Monday, Diabetes News, including spammers and quackery
- Tuesday, Renewable Tuesday, with tipping points achieved, disasters, and denial
- Wednesday, The Pushback Chronicles
- Thursday, The Best of the Best, with much of what I used to put into GNRs
- Friday, Renewable Friday, with tipping points achieved, disasters, and denial
- Saturday, my day off from DK posting, maybe
- Sunday, the koan of karma in This Suffering World
