Akshat Rathi
@AkshatRathi
- A cog in the cosmic clock - Senior reporter, Bloomberg News - Pod http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast - Book http://akshatrathi.com/book - [email protected]
I'm delighted that Climate Capitalism has been shortlisted by University of Pennsylvania for the 2025 Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability, alongside Rob Jackson, Edward Humes & @DoctorVive library.upenn.edu/news/sustainab…
Who said electric cars aren't loud? Qualifying has begun for Formula E London e-prix.
What a lovely review of Climate Capitalism, which has a very different outlook to Terrible Beauty, but Jeffrey York of University of Colorado finds both complementary and worthwhile as reads for impactful climate research journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
Nothing left but destruction after two days of wildfire in Suni, Limassol Province, Cyprus. Captured: Michalis Michael
Ten responders were killed as wildfires burn across Turkey, with flames spreading in extreme heat from Eskisehir to Antalya.
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/st…
McKinsey and Oxford Economics say that worst-case tariff scenario can't hold back the clean-energy revolution. mckinsey.com/industries/Ele…
First the climate activists came after the IEA. And now it's the Trump administration. Someone's getting it right. theenergymix.com/u-s-threatens-…
Not so sunny future for solar in Europe at the moment. - Retail power prices have fallen since the gas crisis of 2022 - Fewer govt subsidies for rooftop solar - Power prices too low for some utility solar too bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The measles breakout at 1,200 cases and 3 deaths in the US has raised alarm. Europe has a far bigger problem, with more than 120,000 cases and 38 deaths reported in 2024. who.int/europe/news/it…
💥 WOW. International Court of Justice ruling: “Failure of the state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions including through fossil fuel production, fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel exploration licenses, or the provision…
Cyberattacks on a Microsoft vulnerability keep getting bigger and more serious bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Negotiations on a legally binding global treaty to cut plastic pollution are set to resume in August. But industry lobbyists and petrostates, led by Saudi Arabia, are holding parties hostage. Some are intimidating scientists. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Electricity already delivers more than a third of useful energy worldwide and the share is growing rapidly. This data is only up to 2022, but the trend is clear. The electrification of transport (EVs), heating (heat pumps) and increasingly industry will keep this line going up.
The tongue of the largest glacier in the Alps from Belalp tonight (6:20 pm)! 😍 Anytime soon the front will not be visible anymore from this famous belvedere... 😰 🙏 @ABettmeralp for today's pic and comparison!
HSR - Roughly the same distance from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City • Arrive at station 15 min before departure • 3 hours 43 minutes total, 7 stops • Lie flat business pod with massage • Dining car with beer and coffee, BYOB • Free WiFi, 5G works in tunnels • Order…
🚄🇨🇳☝🏻China has the world’s biggest HSR network. Over 70% of the world’s HSR are in China. 10,000 km of HSR was added during 2021-2024 to over 48,000 km in total. China’s total rail length has reached 162,000 km.
A mere 1% increase in clean electricity use could lead to 2.74% increase in Nigeria's gross domestic product. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
More than 11,900 businesses are waiting for electricity network connections and Dutch officials say the delay is holding back economic growth and forcing businesses to rethink their investment plans. #bottleneck ft.com/content/9c7560…
