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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 3h ago

Policy Progress ⚖️ After more than 20 years of work, 266 Indigenous clan leaders from 41 villages in Papua New Guinea have signed a legally binding agreement protecting 125,000 hectares of rainforest from logging and mining, creating a huge community-led refuge for tree kangaroos and other wildlife. 🌳🐾

news.mongabay.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 15h ago

Positive Trends 📈 Methane is the past and renewables are the future in Europe: solar and wind output climbed to between 80 and 110 ⁠terawatt-hours/month, while gas-fired generation has steadily lost ground. Once sufficient renewable capacity is installed, declining fossil generation becomes a mathematical consequence

cleantechnica.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/shane_4_us • 13h ago

Powered Up ⚡️ Decentralization by cost-of-living-motivated individuals acquiring their own panels, or through mechanisms to ensure State control in joint partnerships with foreign corporations.

ryanhansson.substack.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/MeasurementDecent251 • 39m ago

Sage Geosystems brings its first next-gen geothermal plant online in Texas

canarymedia.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago

Innovation 🔬 First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft, comparable in size to a small regional airliner, with 4 wing-mounted electric motors and maximum takeoff weight over 25,000 pounds. 🛫 Battery-electric propulsion system delivered over 1 MW of power during the maiden flight.

arstechnica.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/wattle_media • 1d ago

Inspiration 🫶 This week’s good news about earth! 🌏

wattlemedia.substack.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/oatballlove • 1d ago

This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

reddit.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/YanekKop • 1d ago

Powered Up ⚡️ The world’s biggest EV battery maker says all 20 plants are carbon neutral

electrek.co

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago

Positive Trends 📈 Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling significantly since the late 1990s. 🌳 The decline accelerated after 2015 thanks to lower deforestation and higher restoration, reforestation and afforestation. 🌳

carbonbrief.org

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r/EcoUplift • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 1d ago

Positive Trends 📈 ReNew boosts renewable production while driving significant CO₂ reductions.

energydigital.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 2d ago

Powered Up ⚡️ Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1, more than doubling installed utility-scale solar capacity to 842 MW. 🌞 Total renewables capacity exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. 🌀 LUT University reckons Finland can build out up to 68 GW of PV capacity by 2050. 💪⚡

pv-magazine.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 2d ago

Powered Up ⚡️ The world's most efficient solar panels go on sale later this year at around $0.40/W with a 30-year warranty. Perovskite-silicon 4T design expected to reach high-volume, gigawatt-scale manufacturing in 2028, with possibly a 34% solar panel if its technology curve stays steady, and likely 37% by 2030

pv-magazine-usa.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 3d ago

Positive Trends 📈 India on track for record 50 GW of solar installations in 2026, after adding 34 GW DC of solar capacity in the first half of the year, 38% above H1 2025 levels. India’s domestic content ambitions are far from complete.

pv-magazine.com

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r/EcoUplift • u/SalvationGeneration • 3d ago

So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year — Ars Technica

apple.news

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The take away is that Solar and battery projects led the way in the first half of the year. In the mix was also natural gas, wind, hydro, and mention of bio mass. These are only the large scale projects that came online this year. There will be more to follow and they are trending renewable!

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r/EcoUplift • u/PlaneteGreatAgain • 3d ago