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JP Morgan's annual energy report is always an excellent read. "after $9 trillion globally over the last decade spent on wind, solar, electric vehicles, energy storage, electrified heat and power grids, the the renewable share of final energy consumption is slowly advancing at

France rolls out plan to prepare for 4C temperature rise by end of century French government unveiled its long-awaited third national climate adaptation plan rfi.fr/en/environment…

Dear Americans, Since the White House press secretary is attacking me today, I wanted to tell you this ⤵️

Solar and wind farms make power very cheaply. But power bills are still climbing because we underestimated other costs, from transmission to storage. Grattan Institute theconversation.com/renewables-are…

Finally, a defined alternative to #degrowth emerging. In fact, they argue that anti-growth mentality cost the US Democrats (and I'd say many parties in Europe) lots of votes.

The World Bank's starting to finance nuclear power may end Russia's dominance in that sector.

Open Letter signed by 650+ Jewish faculty regarding Trump's cancellation of funding to Columbia U, ostensibly to combat antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming U.S. Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people.

Always suspected that cross-country comparisons of 'happiness' are fishy. Now Yascha Mounk nails it: "attempts to abandon tried-and-tested metrics like GDP for new-fangled indicators like happiness rankings may do more harm than good". Highly recommend! yaschamounk.substack.com/p/the-world-ha…

“To write for impact means to keep it as simple as possible.” Good read and very insightful. nature.com/articles/s4158…

📣 Job alert 📣 My team is looking for a Research Associate or Postdoctoral Researcher - Multi-level Climate Governance in Germany in the Ariadne project. hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs/8…

I was part of the last generation of kids to get the measles (and chicken pox, and rubella, and the mumps). Trust me, you don't want them: weeks of childhood misery (and I have been lucky, so far, to have had no lasting effects). Vaccines may be the smartest thing our species

The only people I've heard the phrase "We are big boys" were Russian diplomats in the 1990s. Sometimes they even went so far as to imply they were no boys ...

Too early to say whether last year was a trend reversal or an outlier, but in 2024 Sweden had the third lowest homicide rate in half a century. Worth noting for Americans who have begun to describe Sweden as a civil war zone. (🇸🇪 0.87 homicides per 100,000, 🇺🇸 5.7 per 100,000)

I’m furious. We’ve gotten official word that “several” students at my college have had their visas pulled (among the hundreds reported across the country). No reasons given. My school is about as activist as a jar of peanut butter. My other international students are worried.

I’ve been communicating with some of the organizers of the anti-Hamas protests in the Gaza Strip and just got off the phone with one of them. They’ve been relaying a sense of utter betrayal by the international human rights community, “pro-Palestine” activists, international and

Pope Francis’ reflection on Hospitals "The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches... They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports... It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor. A privileged doctor saving

DRAFT EXECUTIVE ORDER: QUADRUPLE USA NUCLEAR BY 2050 From the New York Times: a draft executive order from the Trump administration proposes targeting 400GW of American nuclear by 2050 The Biden administration only targeted triple nuclear by 2050.

Cruel, arbitrary, pointless: A scientist imprisoned for a minor paperwork violation at the border. The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opi…

Global electric car sales rose by 35% in the 1st quarter of 2025. The growing affordability of electric models is helping drive this momentum. In China, two-thirds of all electric cars sold last year were cheaper than their conventional equivalents 👉 iea.li/4iS7hNH

GERMANY DROPS OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR POWER A new era: Germany's opposition to nuclear counting as green seriously damaged European economic strength and security. Now they're dropping the BS. Only Austria remains as in the "no nuclear" bloc. This opens the way to restarting