Some good news on climate change ~ well, sort of

Worldwide, the growth in solar and wind power is meeting the growing demand for energy even as coal generation falls

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October 14, 2025 - 3:28 PM

Scenes from a mobile home park destroyed in the Palisades fire, on Jan. 22, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, California. Fire experts say climate change is making megafires more common and windstorms wilder. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

As oceans rise, glaciers melt and some parts of the world flood while others bake in drought, good news about climate change is scarce. Thus, a report last week from Ember Energy Research is worth noting.

Ember is an energy think tank registered in England and Wales. It makes no secret of its aim “to accelerate the clean energy transition with data and policy.” But its 36-page report is short on polemic and long on highly technical data, which is why, even though the report was covered in mainstream media, it might fall between the cracks of our climate…

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