velyvan.bsky.social

velyvan.bsky.social

@velyvan.bsky.social

Energy transition, defending every real solution: bikes, transit, insulation, heat pumps, solar, wind, nuclear, EVs...

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En plus de mettre un sérieux coup à la campagne du RN, Mediapart fait ne formidable démonstration de ce que c'est le travail de journaliste. J'espère que plein de jeunes auront envie de devenir journalistes d'investigation après cette masterclass!

Fabrice Arfi@fabricearfi.bsky.social

L’affaire Bardella, Mediapart, le journalisme… Entretien au long cours avec Hugo Décrypte. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wva8...

Impressionnant 😮

Richard Loyen@richardloyen.bsky.social

Photo d’un marché à Abuja au Nigeria 🇳🇬, où les panneaux solaires deviennent de plus en plus courants pour fournir une énergie bon marché, propre et fiable. 🫶 De Mansur Ibrahim

It is beautiful to see how wind and gas follow the same curve: it means that increasing wind will push out gas directly! Wind produces the most on months with high demand.

Ember@ember-energy.org

British wind power generated more than gas for EVERY MONTH in the last twelve months - the first time this has ever happened. Wind power produced over 30% of British power every month, cementing its position as Britain’s leading electricity source 🌪️ ember-energy.org/dat...

En même temps, on retrouve des fossiles de dinosaures qui ont a peine bougé en 100 millions d'années sous moins de 10 m de terre. Donc un truc enfoui sous 1000m sous terre, dans une des couches géologiques les plus stables qu'on connaisse, ça ne m'effraie pas vraiment.

All indicators point towards a global food crisis in the coming months: production decreasing in Russia, tensions on fertilizers because of the Iran war, historic heatwaves in Europe, record el Niño forecast. Governments should take all corn and soy devoted to livestock and store it for humans.

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Comparing your technology to cars as an example of "exaggerated concerns" is not the flex you think it is...

John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

"Huang said society will adapt to AI just as it did to automobiles. He said cars were once portrayed as killing children" apnews.com/article/nvid...

The USA has become the world's supervillain

Ember@ember-energy.org

Renewables overtook coal in global power generation in 2025. Coal's share dropped to LESS THAN A THIRD of global electricity for the first time 📉 Coal generation fell most in China and India, while the US saw coal rise to replace gas-fired electricity. ember-energy.org/lat...

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Renewables overtook coal in global power generation in 2025. Coal's share dropped to LESS THAN A THIRD of global electricity for the first time 📉 Coal generation fell most in China and India, while the US saw coal rise to replace gas-fired electricity. ember-energy.org/lat...

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In France, the norm in parliament is 49.3 (sorry for this extremely niche French politics joke that only French people will understand)

The most interesting initiative for the climate since a long time ago

Ingmar Rentzhog@ingmar.wsocial.eu

WOW 🚀 I have not been this hopeful since I founded #WeDontHaveTime. 57 countries, >50% of global GDP, 20% of global fossil fuel production. This is who just showed up in Santa Marta for the world’s first fossil fuel phaseout conference. My latest Forbes piece 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

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"So far this century, a new tramway has opened in France every six months." What can we learn from France about building new tram networks and integrating them with new housing? Read our guest blog by @freewheeling.info: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/towns-a...

bettertransport.org.ukTowns and Trams: Learning from the FrenchIn this guest blog, Thomas Ableman reports on how French transport policy enables a new tramway to open every six months.

Totally disagree on this one. Letting states run everything gives even more power to corporations, who can blackmail local governments, forcing them into a competition of ever lower corporate taxes, environmental standards, labour laws etc. It would be far better to have more federal legislation.

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The real problem is allowing private interests to fund political campaigns. The solution is pretty straightforward: only allow individuals to donate, with a maximum of a few thousands dollars. Ban all elected officials from owning stocks.

Right wing politicians want you to think you're alone with your green opinions. You are not.

Clean Energy Wire | CLEW@cleanenergywire.bsky.social

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

If the answers had included a "wealth tax on billionnaires" option, I'm pretty sure the approval would have been even higher.

Gallup@gallup.com

A majority of U.S. adults agree on increasing income tax rates for upper-income Americans (63%) and increasing tax revenues by making major changes to the federal tax code (54%) to reduce the federal debt.

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It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position A lil thread 🧵

Primary energy coefficients used in building regulations are highly political and dependent on your goals, and pretending they're just a result of physics is totally dishonest.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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L'ADEME dévoile aujourd'hui une grande étude sur la mobilité des enfants. On constate malheureusement un recule de l'autonomie : "L’étude révèle un recul de l’âge du 1er déplacement autonome : 11,6 ans pour les enfants contre 10,6 ans pour leurs parents au même âge" infos.ademe.fr/mobilite-tra...

infos.ademe.frMobilité des enfants : pour leur santé, changeons de regard sur leurs trajets - ADEME InfosPourquoi s’intéresser à la mobilité des enfants ? Longtemps impensée dans les politiques publiques, la mobilité des enfants est pourtant un enjeu de société majeur : elle façonne l’autonomie des plus ...

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For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best. But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.

Great episode, instructive as a European too! This question has been debated a lot in France among transit advocates.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE: "Should the Bus Be Free? With Yonah Freemark." Zohran Mamdani has promised fast, free buses if he becomes mayor of NYC. It's a big idea, but is it a good one? @yonahfreemark.com walks us through the pros and cons, with examples from around the world. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The USA government could invest in a bike lane network, allowing millions of americans to get some exercise while saving money (because bikes are so much cheaper than cars) but no, they choose car dependency and tell you to pay for a gym you can't afford.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

RFK Jr. is over on Twitter telling everyone to hit the gym on the weekends. IDK it’s almost like he doesn’t know or care that: Many Americans don’t have weekends off Many Americans can’t afford gym fees Many Americans don’t have a safe place to exercise

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How big is the slow down in US clean energy manufacturing investments? We are tracking 34 projects, $31.3B in investment and 27,949 jobs that have slowed since Trump took office. Key points from our 6-month report below highlight some surprising trends in what is advancing v slowing. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

Hi, I'm an engineer in a movie. After weeks of working on a difficult problem (sometimes removing my glasses to rub my eyes), I will come up with a genius yet extremely simple solution, such as "just turn the motor upside down", getting inspiration from an everyday event, like someone spilling food.

-Boulet-@bouletcorp.bsky.social

Hi, I'm a French person in an american movie. My name is Pierre Lafleur or Jean-Paul Dubois. I'm gonna say random french words in my english sentences like "Monsieur" ou "mon ami". Sometimes I will say a full french sentence with a strong canadian accent.