


Facebook targets 100% renewable electricity by end 2020, joining Ikea & Citigroup despite soaring demand

California’s legislators set landmark goal for 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 …& 60% RE by 2030

There is now a recognisable global rightward shift on climate change: Robinson Meyer in The Atlantic

South African government cancels costly 9.6GW nuclear expansion plan, switching it to gas, wind, solar

AI can now make high-definition fake videos from just a simple sketch overlain on a trained template

Trump says US is “working now on a military plan” based on a national-security need for coal revival

Continent-wide ban on halogen lightbulbs begins in Europe 1st Sept, slashing emissions & energy bills

Big Oil asks US government for $12 bn to pay for sea wall to save Texas oil coast from sea-level rise

Renewables offset fossil & nuclear shortfalls in generation as heatwave limits water use of conventional power
