May 27, 2026

Good News for Humankind 🌏

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Clean energy holds China’s emissions flat for two years without an economic slowdown

China's CO2 emissions have now stayed flat or falling for 21 straight months — the first such stretch on record that isn't driven by an economic slowdown. This time, the plateau is holding even as the economy keeps growing.

New analysis for Carbon Brief estimates emissions dipped 0.3% in 2025, as a 43% surge in solar and a 14% rise in wind met all of the year's growth in electricity demand. China also added a record 75 gigawatts of battery storage, outpacing peak demand for the first time and weakening the case for new coal.

The picture is still finely balanced — emissions sit only just below their 2024 peak, and China built its most new coal capacity in a decade last year. But the signal is hard to miss: in the world's largest emitter, clean energy has stopped chasing demand and started catching up to it.

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I'm not for everyone

I’ve spent a lot of time in my life hand-wringing over whether I've offended someone or done something to make them not like me. I worry that I've pushed someone too hard, asserted a position they don’t agree with, asked them questions that are too personal, made a joke that isn’t to their taste, etc. I often contort myself every which way to prevent others from feeling uncomfortable or possibly having some negative opinion of me.

It’s exhausting. But worse, it keeps me from showing up as the most authentic, empowered version of myself and offering my greatest gifts to the world. By trying to be for everyone, I become for no one.

Now when I find myself stuck in this kind of pattern, I ask myself: Am I being kind, curious, and patient with this person? If not, then there is some work for me to do here to get back in integrity with myself. But if I am, and they still don’t like or feel comfortable with what I am offering, then I just remind myself:

I am not for everyone. I’m not supposed to be for everyone. No one is for everyone.

Even if I embodied the absolute clearest, healthiest, fullest expression of who I am, I would still not be for everyone. In fact, the more I show up as the most authentic me, the more I will draw some people (“my” people) toward me, and the more I will inevitably turn others away.

Peter Schulte Coach, writer, recovering hustle hero. ​​​

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