Reposted by eco NickAlastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads 213860
Reposted by eco NickAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953724513396
Reposted by eco NickJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations. 7468212
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026@andyburnham.bsky.social please read, understand and act correctly on this, to avoid being duped and fooled by the oil and gas producers and condemning us all to between 2 and 4 degrees of global heating and consequent destruction. 0123
Reposted by eco NickPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As I board the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, I’m reminded yet again of three things about the EU: 1) You don’t sacrifice any of your national identity or culture by being part of the EU. Estonia remains Estonia. Finland remains Finland 2) Schengen is great. 3) Brexit was and is shit. 1064232849
Reposted by eco NickThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026Is it "pragmatic" to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea that could cost between £119 billion to £336 billion in climate damage? Sounds more like climate and economic vandalism. 6193102
Reposted by eco NickGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways. 601146440
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A brilliant project in most respects. Architects following on should however note: - some of the units are flats, and the narrow building separation at 22m means some GF flats get NO direct sunlight in winter; - MVHR intakes above doorways mean some flats suck in cigarette smoke from neighbours. 121
Reposted by eco NickCornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 17/08/2026"Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?" Of course they won’t - Lib Dems with >70 MPs barely get a mention www.thenational.scot/news/2646829...thenational.scotFormer BBC News director slams broadcaster's 'bizarre' Reform coverageA FORMER BBC News director has criticised the broadcaster's coverage of Reform UK's latest welfare plans branding it "bizarre". 571530562
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Anyone know how I can access the underlying dataset of a specific home’s energy performance certificate? I am a retrofit coordinator and domestic energy assessor 101
Reposted by eco NickWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 13/08/2026When they are not busy paying themselves huge bonuses, Thames Water's bosses are trying to convince the public it would be unaffordable to take them into public ownership Of course the experts completely disagree Demand Andy Burnham nationalise Thames Water: vist.ly/5encg 16135
Reposted by eco NickGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026“As the prime minister tours every region of the UK, it will be hard to miss the impacts of this extraordinary summer: wildfires, drought, parched farmland & people struggling to work in extreme heat" - Emma Howard Boyd Now Burnham must act on the climate crisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on recordKey tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several days 812431
Reposted by eco NickProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social 918679
Reposted by eco NickDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"The reality, however, is far from this. Expanding aviation capacity is fundamentally incompatible with the UK’s climate obligations under the UNFCCC" - Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social #ChoosingToFail #PlanetOnFire 🔥climateuncensored.comGatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate UncensoredComment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of 35729
Reposted by eco NickDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Exxon is annoyed EU is insisting on some kind of CO2 capture Makes most sense if you think oil company advocacy for CCS is more about pretending to politicians they have an answer for climate change, rather than their actual willingness to do anything about it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 14315111
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Certainly England post 2008 feels Malthusian; but does this paper offer insights into the gas/oil to renewables transition now occurring? 031
Reposted by eco NickThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 05/08/2026The science is crystal clear - there can be no new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. Andy Burnham must stop Rosebank, stop Jackdaw and make polluters pay for the destruction they are causing. 11569193
Reposted by eco NickGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The arguments trotted out against leaving fossil fuels in the ground are strikingly similar to the arguments trotted out against ending the slave trade, 230 years ago. 1. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, Britain’s economy will collapse 🧵 281423541
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I’m feeling light-headed. A favourable great British Energy article in the Telegraph. The worm has turned! apple.news/AMZXTu01EQEy...apple.newsOpinion: Britain will soon be Europe’s energy powerhouse — The TelegraphThe UK’s winning mix of nuclear, oil, wind and solar should please both sides of the culture war 010
Reposted by eco NickGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on? 701627619
Reposted by eco NickThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Fossil fuel industries get an estimated 7 trillion in subsidies. We are paying for our own mass death and destruction. 522014717
Reposted by eco NickCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness 36827425
Reposted by eco NickJames Jefferies @jamesjefferies.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026Is there a housing estate agency or one which has “future proofing” filters - ie it will only show houses with heat pumps, dbl/triple glazing, air cooled, air conditioned, passivhaus etc - essentially, I’d like a house suitable to live in for the next 20 years 😆 194
Reposted by eco NickMike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 23/07/2026FromFB: BOOM! There you go! Now make them pay for every drop of water at consumer rates, and prove they are sustainable and won't use every drop available... then we can talk. 😼 33892412441
Reposted by eco NickGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This week's column explains how successive Environment Secretaries in the UK have been actively facilitating ecocide on behalf of industrial lobbyists. Charged with protecting the living world, one after another has been working for the enemy. This has to change.🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBesieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George MonbiotIndustrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot 25956439
Reposted by eco NickDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 21/07/202657% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...businessgreen.comPoll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature actionMore in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough 04922
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Air cooling with an MVHR: Anyone with experience of retrofitting a Zehnder ComfoClime 24 onto a ComfoAir Q350? Does condensation form on the supply ducts? Can it be managed? Do ALL the supply ducts need to be insulated? 011
Reposted by eco NickWolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“It argues that news coverage of the heatwave increasingly overlooks the fundamental ‘why'”. pressgazette.co.uk/news/climate...pressgazette.co.ukClimate scientists say news coverage ignores cause of UK heatwaveConnection between greenhouse emissions and extreme heat in UK 'indisputable'. 78138
Reposted by eco NickGeorgeAtomic⚛️RadioActive☢️ @georgeatomic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If the whole planet went to complete solar & wind energy we could stop global warming in 5 years. 5 years,folks. The oil & gas industry would be relegated to machinery only. 106109283033
Reposted by eco NickPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Defra breached law, with Tory govt was in office, when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says. This is one outcome of capture of the state by corporations, and secrecy. Govts pursue economic growth, not resilience, at almost any cost.theguardian.comDefra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog saysOffice for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024 17452253
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026What are British cities like Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, York, London, Glasgow, …. Doing about this? Great job creation opportunity. Anyone in UK government know? 011
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Did I see that Passivhaus is deemed to meet the Future Homes Standard (suggesting that it is better than FHS)? We have lots of straw, now there’s the opportunity! 294
Reposted by eco NickMike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22/06/2026passivhaus does this without fancy gadgets while resulting in buildings that are far more comfortable, and better protected from air and noise pollution... oh and they use far less energy as well. bonus. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/s...nytimes.comBuildings May Soon Have ‘Immune Systems’ That Fight Airborne Disease 2447
Reposted by eco NickDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026It's a massive failure for security, climate & the long term health of UK vehicle manufacturing industry It also tells every industry from chemicals to social media platforms that if you don't want to comply with regulations, just invest in lobbying to water them down cos this govt will cave ENDS 193
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Hey Passivhaus experts, should I try and achieve EnerPHit? Currently airtightness 1.77 ach-1, heat demand 26kWh/m2 @21C, air leaks from roof OSB (remove wood fibre, paint airtight from inside, reinstall ?), garage door (make gge airtight instead), Internorm front door. What is the benefit? 213
Reposted by eco NickKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Quelle surprise: my comment on the Govt's latest climate commitment (www.gov.uk/government/n... is out of step, at least publicly, with many colleagues: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... With expert whitewash on one side & charlatans on the other, an honest climate debate stands no chance. 1011462
Reposted by eco NickGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Just finished Any Questions, up against Richard Tice. I knew there would be plenty of BS on climate, but he spouted rubbish on *every* subject. Even claimed that the EU is not our biggest trading partner, but the US. In fact, we have 3x more trade with the EU. He believes whatever he wants to. 1912843758
Reposted by eco NickBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com 502163825
Reposted by eco NickLynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 21/05/2026“We object to working on Palantir's FDP – it is not & never was, the right choice for the Health Service. NHS must not renew Palantir's contract & we will fight internally to make that happen”… “There is a better way & we are willing to build it ourselves” 👏👏👏 www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-...opendemocracy.netWe’re NHS analysts organising together against Palantir. Here’s whyAs NHS data workers, we see Federated Data Platform’s flaws up close. That’s why we’ve launched an open letter to fight it 462245784
Reposted by eco NickJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now. 45973357
Reposted by eco NickRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/05/2026How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? " 1021744721
eco Nick @econick.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The implication for UK is that when we get gas setting UK electricity prices only 50% of the time, we will have elec prices similar to Spain. What not to like? 021
Reposted by eco NickCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 08/05/2026In Wigan, Reform won 96% of seats on 46% of the votes. In Westminster, the Conservatives won a majority on 35%, while @greenparty.org.uk won 18% of the votes without gaining a single seat. We can’t let this happen in 2029 The time to change the voting system is *now* @makevotesmatter.bsky.social 10585212