I don’t know how we missed these tipping points here for years, but I’ll take the news now. Check them out: ICE car sales peaked in China in 2017✅ and worldwide in 2018✅; more than ½ of new cars sold in China are EVs✅. Even as China remains the biggest CO2 emitter, it breaks new records in renewables constantly. It can stop building new coal-fired power plants as soon as it can build enough HVDC lines from out West to where the power is needed. That will definitively give us Peak Carbon and start us down the long slide to Carbon Neutrality and Carbon Negativity, and thus to cooling Planet A, and steadily shrinking our budget of climate catastrophes.
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Good morning for gnus pushers & thank you Jessiestaf for great & good roundup of all of gnus that fits the pixels.
China’s internal combustion car sales peaked in 2017 as electric vehicles took off
Electric cars have become incredibly popular in China. In 2020, one in eighteen new cars sold was electric. By 2024, this had increased to one in two.
This growth has pushed down sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, which run mostly on petrol.
Sales of ICE cars peaked in 2017 and have declined since. The world reached peak ICE car sales just one year later.
The displacement of petrol cars with electric ones is vital in decarbonizing transport. The rise of electric vehicles in China expects oil demand to peak earlier than previously projected.
ursis → Mokurai
My local land trust (I am on the board) has been approached by someone who wants to donate more than 200 acres of coal rights here in SE Ohio. A little of three years ago someone else donated the remaining coal rights in our county. 20 million dollars of coal. Of course the idea is to lock up the coal forever. As I know we are the only land trust (or other non-profit) that is doing this. Maybe it will catch on.
Here is the coal story.
This is the story about our latest donation.
Solar corporate funding sees uptick in Q3 2025 with US$6.5 billion #energysky — via pv-tech:
2026 Nissan Leaf First Drive: Good Enough To Put Nissan Back In The Game – InsideEVs
Nissan used to be the leader in affordable EVs. I drove the redesigned 2026 Leaf to see if the company can reclaim that title.
Battery degradation is something potential EV buyers of new EVs today shouldn’t worry about.
insideevs.com/news/776907/…
We like what we’re seeing so far.
insideevs.com/news/776958/…
I’ve not seen it discussed, but with vehicle-to-grid these electric RVs could become home battery backup that you keep parked underneath a solar canopy.
insideevs.com/news/765112/…
#energysky
Another improvement in EV charging.
insideevs.com/news/776091/…
Europe moves to 15-minute electricity spot market, driving up battery revenue – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/e…
Australia’s SolarCloud opens rooftop solar access to renters, flats – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/a…
Voltec Solar unveils hail-resistant PV module – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/v…
Nigeria, Longi sign deal to build solar panel factory – pv magazine International www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/27/n…
Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating #energysky — via pv magazine global:
Some bits of good news in this section, for a change.
#Germany destroys two #nuclear plant cooling towers as part of nuclear phaseout plan
www.euronews.com/2025/10/25/g…
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Because…
🍃”The ability of renewable energies to supply Germany with electricity is repeatedly questioned. During the recent storm, wind and solar power demonstrated that they can cover the nation’s electricity consumption.”
www.ndr.de/nachrichten/…
Can Nuclear Power Solve Climate Crisis?
#nuclear #renewables #climate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQq…
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go…
#TechRadar World’s biggest hydro site can produce as much electricity as 88 nuclear reactors – and now wants to attract more AI data centres https://techrad.ar/ymNv #Pro
The Carney gov’t commits to spend more billions on nuclear projects that are 2-8 x more expensive than wind and solar.
All Canadians will pay the bill for these bad choices.
And the climate will get short shifted.
#cdnpoli #onpoli
www.thestar.com/politics/fed…
NextEra Energy and Google’s Partnership to Revive Nuclear Power for AI Growth #United_States #Iowa #Google #NextEra_Energy #Duane_Arnold
Trump’s regime just decimated wind and solar power projects. And there’s a lot to be said for efficiency first, new capacity second.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/o…
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Right. We Americans definitely don’t need no (checks notes) cutting-edge battery factory, employing the best technology in the world, directly employing 2,350 people in our crumbling, deindustrialized, population-losing Upper Midwest, now do we?
#Sinophobia
insideevs.com/news/776936/…
One of biggest fossil fuel emitters on the planet
Exxon sues California over climate laws, alleging free speech violations
Oil firm asks court to block enforcement of laws that would require disclosure of planet-heating carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com/business/202…
📚 What the Floodlight team is reading: Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. But a new report shows that they own less than 2% of renewable energy projects worldwide, @rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social reports for @grist.org:
BIG WIN FOR CLIMATE: On Friday, the NY State Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Hochul can’t just ignore our 2019 Climate Law: she must produce a set of regulations by February that will bring down emissions. This is a big win for New Yorkers, who deserve clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
Research from Cornell University shows LNG’s carbon emissions (when factoring in methane leaks) is worse than coal.
When reviewing RBC’s greenwashing claims, you’ll find the genesis of PM Carney‘s pitch for LNG. @liberalca.bsky.social is no more, when
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n…
In Case You Missed It: CLEE’s recent talk, The Impact of Recent Federal Policy Changes on Renewable Energy Development in California, hosted at Orrick in San Francisco, is now available online.
🎥 Missed the event? Watch the full recording: www.kaltura.com/index.php/ex…
Feed: “Canary Media”
By: Alexander Kaufman on Monday, October 27, 2025
