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As An Extreme Heatwave Hits, UK Homes With Solar Panels Power Equivalent Of 5 Hours Of “Free” Daily Air Con Use

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As the UK experiences extreme temperatures, with forecasts above 37°C, think tank Ember finds that households with rooftop solar are powering the equivalent of five hours of air conditioning a day. Solar and air conditioning have similar seasonal patterns, meaning that when the need for cooling hits, solar is likely … [continued]

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Groups Launch Ads Targeting Colorado’s 3rd District Over Big Oil Immunity Effort

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This week Sierra Club and Make Polluters Pay released a series of ads targeting Rep. Jeff Hurd and raising awareness in Colorado’s 3rd district about a congressional Republican effort to give fossil fuel corporations immunity from climate damages. The recently introduced “Stop the Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026,” could make it illegal … [continued]

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Electricity Wins Because It Breaks The Fossil Fuel Chain

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One of the easiest ways to get the energy transition wrong is to treat electricity as just another fuel. Coal, oil, gas, hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and electricity are often placed in parallel columns, as if the future is mainly a substitution table. That framing preserves too much of the fossil … [continued]

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