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The Victory Could Go to Clean Energy

Bill McKibben The Crucial Years
The war against Iran was launched against a backdrop of already ongoing energy transition. Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the Earth, and none of it goes through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump Is Losing His War on Renewables

Paul Krugman Paul Krugman Substack
This is the second war Trump is losing. Last year solar and wind power accounted for 99 percent of the growth in world electricity supply, while generation using fossil fuels declined.

Friday Nite Videos | December 19, 2025

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Sam Altman Is Shilling for OpenAI. The DOJ's Epstein File Stunt. Europe's Great Power Move: Ukraine Funding. Cover-Up | Laura Poitras Investigates Seymour Hersh. Geothermal Energy’s Massive Leap Forward.

The Paris Climate Treaty Changed the World. Here’s How

Rebecca Solnit The Guardian
What we’ve done to rescue the climate is far from good enough, but we are “bending the curve.” Landmarks like the Paris treaty and the Vanuatu victory matter, as do renewable energy milestones, and there’s plenty left to fight for.

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Drilling for (Renewable) Energy Reaches New Depths

Joe Salas New Atlas
Quaise Energy demo-ed its maser drill bit to go deeper into the Earth's crust than humans have ever gone. The plan is to drill down 12 miles, where temperatures reach nearly 1,000 degrees F, to tap into Earth's bottomless well of clean energy.
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