Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/202613. Europeans shouldn't feel guilty about using electricity for airconditioning (or reversible heatpumps), it already mostly comes from the sun, especially if you pre-cool. This is good news for hot countries as well. Heat is deadly. 314424
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And this extraordinarily powerful piece by @giovanagirardi.bsky.social on childhood in an era of increasing climate extremes ihttps://apublica.org/2025/11/Born-In-Climate-Chaos/ 000
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And this jaw dropping @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast series on climate and the manosphere. I laughed, I cried, I ground my teeth to dust drilled.media/investigatio...drilled.mediaCarbon BrosWhere the climate crisis meets the crisis of masculinity. 122
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Particular shoutout to this incredible series of reports by @ninardietz.bsky.social on the aftermath of the LA fires for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/project/afte...insideclimatenews.orgAfter the Fires - Inside Climate NewsThe health risks following the L.A. wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena 110
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was thrilled to be a judge for these awards again this year and just in awe of the amazing reporting from all over the world and on such a wide array of topics. Climate change really does touch so many different aspects of life 111
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Did you all read the part that just 3 of these companies need to raise the equivalent of 10% of the world's GDP in capital over the next 5 years? 715344
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The ability of the richest & most powerful men in the world to position themselves against "the elite" - a category that excludes the world's richest man, its biggest media magnates, the UK's richest party & the biggest donors in UK history - may be the most effective lie in modern political history 12501143
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales. 22425161
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Documents uncovered by Watershed reveal evidence showing PFOS (a variety of PFAS) does not biodegrade had begun to appear as early as 1949. Until the '90s 3M continued to produce info & brochures for customers stating natural processes would break down the foams: share.google/eTdzNJCAnlns...share.google3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents showExclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade 17855
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026They would do this by abolishing disability benefit and PIP and having a new benefit only for the most "severe" cases. Jenrick uses the "suicidal empathy" phrase in his quote. 50437104
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraECIU @eciu.net · 12/08/2026Banks give emergency loans to farmers hit by drought NatWest offers overdrafts and repayment holidays to 42,000 agricultural customers www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20... 002
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraErik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🎂Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom was born on this day in 1933! Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on "collaborative governance, especially the commons." She showed how communities of users could work together to sustain their shared resources. 1/9 3354139
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Such an evocative diary from a @kitetalesmm.bsky.social fellow living in a war torn area in Myanmar, who had to cross into Thailand for a taste of home. “This makes things bearable,” he tells me, gesturing to the pork tray as if it were a life raft. “For some, things have become impossible.” 011
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraKite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026A diary from the Myanmar-Thai border, where a plate of pork offal skewers on sticks becomes a rare taste of home. A new fellow in Kayin State waxes lyrical about the joys of eating the typical & beloved street snack. kite-tales.org/en/article/p... #whatshappeninginmyanmar #journalism #myanmarkite-tales.orgThe Pork Offal Skewer Stall 132
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵 231247680
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it. 1743456719
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20/07/2026🇨🇭 Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models -- and for safekeeping amid US funding cuts. ➡️ u.afp.com/Srpr 02317
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraWild Card @wildcard.land · 08/07/2026This Tuesday the @archbishopofcanterbury.org and the members of the @churchofengland.org’s internal parliament, The General Synod, have a massive choice to make that will affect all of us. Will they restore 30% of their land to nature by 2030? #SynodVoteForNature @chrisgpackham.bsky.social 6235117
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Virologist/molecular biologist Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal altered the trajectory of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. First to clone HIV-1 & complete its genetic mapping, directly leading to life-saving antiviral drug cocktails. Most-cited female scientist of the 1980s. She died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM 119960
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraNationCymru @nation.cymru · 07/07/2026A 96 hectare area of ancient woodland has been purchased by RSPB Cymru to help reconnect two precious landscapes to help wildlife in mid Wales to thrivenation.cymruPrecious mid Wales landscapes reconnected for natureNation Cymru staff A 96 hectare area of ancient woodland has been purchased by RSPB Cymru to help reconnect two precious landscapes to help wildlife in mid Wales to thrive. On Wales Nature Week, RSPB ... 9559106
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraErin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Here's what I wrote last September about the need for NATO to integrate climate impacts & hybrid threats in its planning.open.substack.comThe Climate Front in Hybrid WarfareAre Europe and NATO Preparing for the Right Threat? 0175
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026So when people criticize Beijing for propping up the car industry, what they're really complaining about is the fact that Beijing implemented strategic financial and industrial policies, and the West failed to do so. 4/4 1237
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraGreenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 02/07/2026Heatwave tip of the day: STOP EXTRACTING fossil fuels and stop enabling the big polluters making heatwaves hotter, longer and more dangerous. 39042
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/07/2026RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care 5363182
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Finally, a way to get recalcitrant boomers to care about climate change 622771
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraAndrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Paris reached 40°C twice in Jun 2026 (1 year). Four times of 40C between 2019-2026 (8 years). Once between 1873 and 2018 (136 years). 42.6 °C on 25/07/2019 40.6 °C on 24/06/2026 40.5 °C on 19/07/2022 40.4 °C on 28/07/1947 40.1 °C on 25/06/2026" meteofrance.com/actualites-e...meteofrance.comLa canicule régresse avant une nouvelle hausse des températures en fin de semaine | Météo-FranceCe week-end, des orages très violents ont touché une grande partie du pays. La baisse des températures se poursuit en ce début de semaine, sur une grande partie du pays. Toutefois, la vague de chaleur... 033
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I’d hope people could be also encouraged to look into a reversible heat pump instead of one-way AC now more models are available. In flats for example seems a great opportunity to get people to make the switch if they can 000
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It does feel insane that none of "the progressive case for aircon" mentions solar. If this heatwave had happened in 2010, the European grid would have buckled in the daytime! As it is, there were some issues in the evening when the sun went down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comNot just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas HarperAir conditioning can bring significant benefits but also real harms. The answer is for it to take its place alongside a comprehensive state plan for climate adaptation, says writer and curator Phineas... 1223255
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraAgence France-Presse @afp.com · 29/06/2026La chape d'air brûlant en Europe se déplace vers l'est, où l'OMS a dénombré 1.300 morts imputables à la canicule depuis le 21 juin. En France, Santé publique France comptabilise depuis mercredi "environ 1.000 décès supplémentaires" par rapport aux mois précédents, un bilan qui pourrait s'alourdir. 4811
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 28/06/2026"Air-to-air heat pumps work in a similar way to the more common type of air source heat pump, an air-to-water heat pump.. "They’re sometimes referred to as air conditioning." energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/air-t...energysavingtrust.org.ukAir-to-air heat pumpsAir-to-air heat pumps are a low carbon heating system and may be well suited to smaller homes and flats. Here's what you need to know. 000
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/06/2026We only barely mentioned this at the end of yesterday's episode about cooling, but by far the most efficient & low-impact way to do it -- if you have the right circumstances -- is "district cooling," ie, using a central source for multiple buildings, a la:theguardian.com‘Kind of miracle solution’: How Paris is harnessing the Seine to replace air-conCity plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units 68522
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The 'new normal' framing is extremely misleading. It will get worse and worse until we stop fossil fuel emissions 010
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"As Jonathan Portes, former chief economist at the Department for Work and Pensions, said: “I’ve had two journalists today asking if Miliband as chancellor would be a ‘Liz Truss moment’ and find it difficult not to just respond, ‘Are you on crack?'”" 020
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026We are in a rental but I'd definitely consider air-to-air in the future (along with insulation, shutters, solar etc etc). I wonder if people realise they could install a heat pump and have cooling as a side bonus 100
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I have read several pieces in the last few days about AC becoming a new 'culture war' issue in Europe. None of them mention that you could fit a reversible air-to-air heat pump for heating and cooling. Am I missing something? 140
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 26/06/2026What is the future of summers in England? Our choices matter. A high-emissions future will commit our children and grandchildren to live in a world where the summers of 1976 & 2025 are cold. A global net-zero emissions future means that we can stabilise the climate & those summers will be normal. 517690
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraJosh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Every heatwave that passes without a ban on sale of single-use AC in favor of dual-use heat pumps is a missed climate opportunity and an unfair, unnecessary cost paid by people who're trying to keep themselves cool and safe 5216
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraAlex Ingram @nutty.bsky.social · 21/06/202637 degrees in London for three days is it? YIKES. Time to review the Shade the UK list of ideas again to see if there’s anything further I can do on the flat. (Main thing is getting at least a temporary canopy up over the sunny patio, I suspect) So many ideas: www.shadetheuk.com/overheating-...shadetheuk.comOverheating Adaptation Guide for Homes — Shade the UK 37960
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraLizard Queen / ragbonehair @ragbonehair.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Aww, this is bloody lovely 🥰 vm.tiktok.com/ZNR3bKY7p/ 58537
Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 19/06/2026It was fantastic to attend the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this month, to support @thinink.bsky.social promoting @kitetalesmm.bsky.social Her urgent message: Myanmar's destruction of independent media and return to dictatorship is not an exception - it's a warning www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoL...youtube.comThin Lei Win | From Dictatorship to Democracy and Back AgainYouTube video by Oslo Freedom Forum 034
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraProject Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Window‑mounted heat pumps! 🙌 "Much like a window air conditioner, these self-contained devices can be installed without professional help and plugged into a wall outlet." For both heating and cooling, this is also an excellent option for apartment dwellers. bit.ly/3SGhKEutheconversation.comHow window-mounted heat pumps can give tenants efficient heating and coolingPermanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move. 23619
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara... 461379529
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraThomas Wittenburg @wittenburg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Will this make the Iranian people friendlier to the US? No. Not a chance. 0174
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraRobbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Some reports, but certainly not all! 1163
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026British Geological Survey map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration. Presently, fracking is paused in the UK. Reform has pledged to open up the country to fracking if elected: nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51... 55744
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🦑🌎theguardian.comOctopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study findsRecord numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming 44616
Reposted by Kelly MacnamaraDr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors - New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/c...nytimes.comDemocrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors 0195