{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":20518,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"the fossil fuel industry keeps shifting the goalposts how denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... th","title":"The Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts How denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... Th","url":"https://envirocomms5.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/the-fossil-fuel-industry-keeps-shifting-the-goalposts/","first_seen":"2026-09-26T20:14:51.022375Z","last_seen":"2026-09-26T22:58:36.955016Z","last_rank":9,"peak_rank":9,"last_volume":9,"peak_volume":9,"seen_count":3,"score":59.02,"category_hint":"energy","section":"environment","category":"energy","summary":"A commentary argues that fossil fuel interests have repeatedly revised their predictions about renewable energy as those predictions fail. It cites a 2013 Australian Senate debate in which Barnaby Joyce dismissed a 5% solar target as impossible, a benchmark later surpassed as solar power expanded. The piece frames this as a shift from outright climate denial toward moving goalposts about what clean energy can achieve.","why":"Renewable energy's rapid growth keeps disproving earlier sceptical predictions, prompting renewed debate about industry denial tactics.","tone":"negative","entities":["fossil fuel industry","Barnaby Joyce","renewable energy","solar power","Australia"],"summarized_at":"2026-09-26T20:16:24.233344Z","meta":{"tag":"renewables","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"en","generic":0.09,"instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":11},"nw":0.59,"promo":0.03,"kind":"opinion_debate","importance":1.64,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":"2026-09-26T20:14:51.569608Z","title_en":"Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts on Renewables","section_name":"Environment","category_name":"Energy","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-09-26T20:14:51.022375Z","rank":9,"volume":9},{"captured_at":"2026-09-26T21:36:37.304795Z","rank":9,"volume":9},{"captured_at":"2026-09-26T22:58:36.955016Z","rank":9,"volume":9}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://envirocomms5.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/the-fossil-fuel-industry-keeps-shifting-the-goalposts/","author":"envirocomms5.wordpress.com@envirocomms5.wordpress.com","title":null,"snippet":"The Fossil Fuel Industry Keeps Shifting the Goalposts How denial tactics have evolved as renewable energy succeeds... The 5% solar target that was \"Never going to happen\" During the Senate debate on Renewable Energy on 6 February 2013, Barnaby Joyce claimed: \"For us to get even…","posted_at":"2026-09-26T10:43:26Z","likes":9}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}