I don’t want to be such a bummer, but coal being up overall is still disturbing

Yeah.

If vegetarianism was adopted by everyone by 2050, the world would have about seven million fewer deaths every year – and veganism would bring that up to eight million.

I guess this counts only health issues caused by meat consumption. And only human deaths ;)

PS: I love the idea of collecting sources with different languages, I agree that with the automatic translators, one can get quite some from foreign sources.

I know some amazing portals in Polish.

One about climate: https://naukaoklimacie.pl/

Another about “nature” in general (probably “environment” would be a more fitting translation here). I even wrote an article for them at the end of my Master’s (they had it go through a senior researcher later to check the quality) ^‿ https://naukadlaprzyrody.pl/

On both of the abovementioned portals you get scientists writing pop-science, answering questions, debunking myths, etc.

We also have “SmogLab” that used to focus just on smog issues, now is overall environmental. But I think for people from outside of Poland, especially coming from places with relatively good air quality (e.g. Scandinavia, but in this comparison, even all of Western Europe), the smog part might be especially interesting: It became a bit more of a news portal, though. https://smoglab.pl/smog/

Generally, great stuff, keep ongoing.

Still, the map of the “Industrial Workers of the World” makes me go XD

What do you mean by “The System is (Not) Totalizing”?

They could link to the original report. I guess they mean this one:

https://sdgtransformationcenter.org/reports/sustainable-development-report-2025

Though the graph they show is more promising, with wind having a complementary pattern to solar. If reliable, it would be great.

You can still see a spike in gas around Feb 2025, when wind was weaker and there was still little irradiation.

Ain’t solar (compared to wind) so-and-so idea in most of the EU? I mean, unless you are in southern Italy, southern Spain, or Greece, you you’ll need that gas to survive the winter.

I mean - one thing ugly, and the other thing is that this land could be arable or a nature reserve.

The hill in the photo looks ugly, tbh. Still, much better (and livelier) than the landscape after oilsands or brown coal extraction.

Preferably, most grid-connected solar panels would be on buildings, deserts, and postindustrial land. But in the face of the climate catastrophe, the South China hills are also fine.

Totally agree, our agriculture is so primitive, in the sense of not being sophisticated at all (just plough, remove everything that lives there, plant grass, cut early, repeat). Great links. Thanks!

*Robots and humans to build Canada’s 9-storey timber tower together

I guess we should just do more offshore wind at home, in Europe ¯_(ツ)_/¯

And support wind elsewhere. I know that in much of the world, solar is more feasible. But I am also sure there are places where access to electricity and pollution are problems at the same time, and where wind would be a better option.

It is an Opal Plum.

BTW, my first search results agree with my palette ^‿

Some call plum ‘Opal’ the most delectable of all fruit. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/plum/caring-for-opal-plum-trees.htm

Picked straight from the tree it’s probably the best tasting of all the plums. https://gardenfocused.co.uk/fruitarticles/plums/variety-opal.php

PS: If you really want to be technical, it is the pathogen that is transmissible. Infection is what happens when the pathogen “invades” the tissues and/or afterward (different uses). Some dictionaries (e.g., Merriam-Webster) literally put the word disease in the definition of infection. But yes, the pathogen is being transmitted, not the disease, as in the spread of HIV, not the spread of AIDS.

My mum has a sweet plum that fruits in July in Dfb (Poland). It is amazing, it gives a lot of fruit every two years, a real treat, my favorite.

If you want to plant a pear, look out for juniper in the neighborhood. There is a common disease that transfers between these two.