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Geoff Petty

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Author ‘Teaching Today’, & ‘How to Teach Even Better’ OUP. Also ‘How to be Better at Creativity’ Campaigning on climate and nature crises = Over-shoot Novels ‘The Little Gods Who Cooled The Earth’ & ‘We Can’t Afford the Rich’ free on Www.geoffpetty.com

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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 22h
'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began | Euronews share.google/H2CPYsJDDt3h...
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Solar has saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began
Europe's solar boom is cushioning households from the crippling costs of gas, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the dangers of fossil fuel reliance.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔴 We heard the Government is going to take action at Labour Conference 2026. But haven't we heard this before? 🌍 We need more than words. The Government must respond to the climate and nature crisis with the urgency it demands. 🌿 Join us to take action 👉 zerohour.uk
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From the latest @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social survey: "The percentage of registered voters who say they hear about global warming in the media dropped 11 percentage points from 2024 (30%) to 2025 (19%), which is the lowest it has been since the question was first asked in 2015." This is on you media!
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... “so far 2,789 screenings have taken place, with a further 1,395 planned.”
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Friday briefing: How a ​grassroots ​film ​is ​turning ​climate anxiety ​into ​action
In today’s newsletter: The People’s Emergency Briefing delivers a stark warning about ​o​ur future in a warming world. ​B​ut sharing difficult truths collectively​ shows us that there is still hope to...
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law “TODAY: We're taking the carbon budget to court: for our children's sake” Thank you for any support that you can give now to their next stage. www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"As we enter what is likely the worst #ElNiño event in history, amid geopolitical turmoil...consideration of how we can adapt and survive is urgent." We face a choice; build resilience or be shaped by crisis. www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
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Escalating climate and geopolitical shocks force a choice: build resilience or be shaped by crisis
Britain is in the grip of its worst-ever, record-shattering midsummer heatwave — even before the impacts of a predicted super El Niño of “Godzilla” strength are fully felt. In this stark context,…
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t... Genius article. @kateraworth.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
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Its Time to Ignore Defeatists on Both Right and Left
The Left must reject Neoliberal Political Framing. Taxes do not pay for government spending. Taxes are a consequence of spending.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, despite fierce debate about its green policies.” @labourlewis.bsky.social
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Germany pledges to phase out fossil fuels for first time with target of 2045
Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “These were the hottest summer months ever – but probably the coolest of the years to come. Science is clear. Europe is warming at double the global rate.”
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/09/2026
Sounds like Denmark hoodwinked Trump. ☠️☠️☠️ Greenland stays Greenland. Denmark keeps sovereignty. Trump gets a repackaged version of a U.S. defense deal that’s existed since 1951. Same deal, new wrapper
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Save The Lammermuirs - Stop The Data Centre
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... We have a community energy hub like this in Totnes: locally produced clean energy is used locally, reducing the need for pylons to bring energy to us. MUCH cheaper energy too.
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Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.monbiot.com/2026/09/16/p... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on why Burnham is in danger of going the same way as Starmer, and bringing us down too.
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Playing With Fire
With its determination to extract more fossil fuels and its useless adaptation plans, does the UK government have any idea what it is igniting?
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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India’s Clean Energy Boom Halts Coal Power Growth | OilPrice.com
India’s record clean-energy expansion kept coal-fired power generation flat between the first halves of 2024 and 2026 despite rising electricity demand.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "When I said with Jesse Watters that I'd rather have good roads and good schools than have a billionaire make a second billion, I know that resonated with a lot of folks who might not agree with everything else I had to say."
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Huge turnout in Vancouver tonite for the 2026 Rosenbluth Lecture, hosted by policyalternatives.ca. Speakers are Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks speaking from their blockbuster new book, ‘Cancelling Billionaires.’ Inspiring and pragmatic. #cdnpoli #canlab
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump’s allies are closing the historic theater—all because Trump can’t put his name on it.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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CATL unveils battery pack for heavy-duty trucks with 621 mile range
CATL unveiled its next-generation modular commercial vehicle battery platform, TECTRANS II, at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... He’ll be fighting billionaires all his term in office if he doesn’t snuff out their influence now. @labouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
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The Guardian view on political donations: Labour should curb the power of big money | Editorial
Editorial: Before becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham favoured a £500,000 donations cap. In office, he’s backing away. That is a mistake
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why can't they integrate?
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Report: Solar has saved EU €30bn in gas imports this year
SolarPower Europe highlights energy security benefits the EU has reaped from its solar generation since the Iran war, but warns deployment rates have stalled in 2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.monbiot.com/2026/09/08/s... Why money rules and we don’t. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on why Andy Burnham’s timidity hobbles him.
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Self-Disposal
Why are our prime ministers more afraid of a few wealthy people than they are of losing office?
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “…the emissions from natural sources are largely unaccounted for in climate projections.”
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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... So much for CO2 being a growth promoter boosting crops.
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Heatwaves ruined 40% of peppers, says Essex growers' association
Lea Valley Growers' Association says it has lost 27,000kg of sweet peppers during picking season.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Chinese manufacturing giant ships 600 electric mining trucks and loaders in a single month
Chinese manufacturing giant says it shipped more than 600 electric mining trucks and loaders in August, underlining the speed and scale of the transition.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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World's largest wind farm gets record-breaking 115m blades made in Hull
The 115m blades – the largest ever made in the UK – are being built by Siemens Gamesa at Hull's Alexandra Dock plant for Ørsted's Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm
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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🌿♥️ this pure love between sentient souls 🤎🩷💛❤️🤎🌱
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
@labouruk.bsky.social UK is to keep drilling against all science advice, so messaging 200 countries to do the same. Meanwhile, they say stock up on food and water as climate breakdown threatens our food security. 🫪 @labourlewis.bsky.social x.com/steb777/stat...
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Stephen Barlow (@SteB777) on X
This is dangerously ignorant stuff from our UK government, who bizarrely think we can just adapt to climate change, whilst carrying on with business as usual, opening emissions monster Data Centres, a...
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nigel Farage is never going to become Prime Minister
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Vast data centres are using up massive amounts of resources and disrupting local communities. And the government doesn’t have a plan for how to deal with them. Tell the government to get a grip on data centres. @friends-earth.bsky.social foe.uk/38h0y
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... “Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’”. Could be your boss J.D.?
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... We’ve destroyed the 20th century climate to pursue short term profit. We are sawing off the branch we sit upon. Politicians have failed so far and must now buckle up and face their main duty. Protecting citizens. @labouruk.bsky.social
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Europe’s Wind Power Buildout Jumps 30% in First Half | OilPrice.com share.google/c7lQ4GYKD05A...
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Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Crude oil prices & gas price charts. Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... Hold the government to its own law on climate.
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Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... He’ll be fighting billionaires all his term in office if he doesn’t snuff out their influence now. @labouruk.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social
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The Guardian view on political donations: Labour should curb the power of big money | Editorial
Editorial: Before becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham favoured a £500,000 donations cap. In office, he’s backing away. That is a mistake
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Lambs grazing under an Oregon solar farm had 38% less grass than those in an open field, yet gained the same weight as shade made the pasture more nutritious
Lambs grazing beneath solar panels at an Oregon State University research farm had access to 38% less forage than lambs in an open pasture, yet gained almost exactly the same amount of weight. Researc...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
When the Tories said they were the party of family values a whole list of divorced MPs having affairs surfaced It seems that as with Conservative economic policy the ex-Tories of Reform UK are intent on repeating all the same hypocritical PR disasters meme via The UK Against Hate
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s44... “Members of parliament underestimated public support on average by 11 percentage points, including support when personal financial or practical costs were made explicit, and they overestimated political division between voter groups.”
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Perception gaps in the British Parliament reveal a possible pathway to stronger climate policy action - Communications Sustainability
United Kingdom Parliament members underestimate support for climate policies, yet the patterns reveal a correctable pathway to stronger advocacy, according to a survey experiment comparing their estim...
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... “human-caused global heating is making El Niño itself more intense when it does arrive.”
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El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds
‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... There are many more of these disasters to come as more glaciers melt. Rich people’s lives, ruining poor people’s lives. Predicted decades ago. Risk deliberately underestimated by western politicians who bet against physics, and lost. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say
Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@mphamner.bsky.social as you are in education www.geoffpetty.com/videos
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Videos on Evidence Based Teaching Methods - Geoff Petty
Geoff Petty author of Teaching Today and Evidence Based Teaching. Teaching methods. Active Learning. Teaching skills, creativity, self assessment and Professional Development. Improving the use of the...
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/membership/2... Climate breakdown is not an accidental tragedy, it’s a deliberate political policy over nearly 40 years. Which makes it a crime.
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This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly
Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Empty North Sea oil fields in the UK could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years share.google/3yeaqNhztQbl...
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Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years
Green hydrogen production is, in effect, a way of bottling renewable energy.
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Geoff Petty @geoffpetty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@mphamner.bsky.social as you are in education www.geoffpetty.com/videos
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Videos on Evidence Based Teaching Methods - Geoff Petty
Geoff Petty author of Teaching Today and Evidence Based Teaching. Teaching methods. Active Learning. Teaching skills, creativity, self assessment and Professional Development. Improving the use of the...
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