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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If I understand you correctly, I’m happy to tell you that they exist! At least here in Sweden. Ours is a Bosch, with a Wilo pump. www.svenskvillavarme.se/shop/bergvar...

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Bosch Compress 7001 i LWM

Bosch 7001i LWM Produktblad

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Eby: "I feel sorry for Americans. If you can't be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have a friend anywhere in the world. And that is a very lonely place to be." #cdnpoli

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

EU member-states are debating its emissions trading system, the EU's *main* tool for solving climate change. Italy and nine countries in eastern Europe want weaker rules (and a hotter planet). DK, ES, FI, LU, NL, PT, and SE advocate continued ambition. Others are in between, mixed, or undeclared.

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The five blocs dominating Europe's carbon pricing fight | Euractiv

Political fault lines emerge as the European Commission finalises a proposal to overhaul the Emissions Trading System (ETS)

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Canadian media reporting on wildfire smoke in Toronto that's so bad people are recommended not to be outside... and they don't even mention climate change. There was never smoke like this when I was a kid. Come on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social , do better.

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Toronto air quality among world's worst as wildfire smoke blankets city | CBC News

Environment Canada's poor air quality warning in Toronto due to wildfire smoke could stick around until the end of the week, said a meteorologist.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This flouf is one of 15 healthy California condor chicks to hatch at our conservation center this season. A new record! #Condorable #KeepCalmAndCarrion

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The UN General Assembly voted 141–8 supporting an ICJ opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address ‌climate change. The eight voting against: USA, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Yemen, Liberia, and Belarus.

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UN countries agree on legal obligation to address climate change | CBC News

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted 141–8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address ‌climate change, with the world's big...

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

No kidding. Disgusting. And the law goes into effect on National Day. 🤮

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Not only did the Swedish parliament just make it harder to become a citizen, they applied the new rules retrospectively. So people who submitted an application, meet the existing requirements, and are just waiting for a decision... may be denied only because it wasn't processed in time. So gross.

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Beslut: Skärpta krav för svenskt medborgarskap (Beslut 29 april 2026)

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I partly agree with you. 2050 is kind of pathetic. But since, judging by the actions of all other countries, the plausible alternative to a 2050 phaseout is a later phaseout--or none at all--I'll take and applaud 2050. I live by the principle of not making the perfect the enemy of the good.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wow. That’s annoying. An editor didn’t do their job here.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Sounds like something in Talisman. (Cool!)

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

”It’s stupid.” Indeed, though it’s also about the weirdness of consumers’ preferences. Why, in 2026 let alone 2035, would anyone still even think about buying a new internal combustion car?

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‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Beautiful and fascinating. Thanks.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ok, but why continue reading the paper then? They make the job easy for you. As soon as you detect such behaviour, without a doubt, then… that’s it. You’re done. You know what to write to the editor. The authors don’t deserve any more of your time.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Sweden, any chance of getting off your butt and also allowing this?

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Very informative, thanks! The contrast between Italy and Spain seems to extend to their contradictory stances on what to do about energy prices--see this Politico piece. Italy: weaken EU climate policy. Spain: maintain EU climate policy.

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Why the EU’s efforts to bring down energy prices are destined to fail

The Iran war again has Europe’s policymakers panicking about the bloc’s high energy prices, but the answers are complex and politically fraught.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 06/03/2026

Today, Europe’s energy system is cleaner, much more diverse - and much more stable than a few years ago. Yet the developments in the Middle East remind us once again of the risks of relying still too much on fossil fuels.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Suggested reading. This classic piece by Krugman is still worth the time today. "Let's start telling the truth: Competitiveness is a meaningless word when applied to national economies. And the obsession with competitiveness is both wrong and dangerous."

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's almost... like the world should have invested more in sources of energy other than fossil fuels? 🤔

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

He can’t take away that it was a great game. Wow. Either team could have won.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Ok, their goalie stood on his head and they won the big game. But we still have democracy.

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Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The Transnational Institute mourns the sad news of the passing of Susan George. No one has done more to shape, energize and inspire TNI over the decades – she has been our inspiration, our honorary leader, our intellectual soul, and our beloved friend. www.tni.org/en/article/s...

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

”We should not [allow ourselves to be] blackmailed by him," Austrian State Secretary for Energy Elisabeth Zehetner said. … ”I can’t understand the argument of the U.S. … Maybe it’s an ideological thing.” Just maybe, yeah.

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Today, Navalny's message to the world may resonate with many Americans differently than it did over two years ago. Alexei Navalny died on this day in 2024, poisoned using that the deadly frog toxin as reported by the governments of the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Europe beats America overall in what matters, for sure. (Nice mention of Canadians looking to join the EU! 😍 I bet it would be more than 40% if they knew it was a real option, too.)

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Sort of wondering when foreign leaders who understand the basic facts of climate change will tell Trump that he's making hugely costly decisions for the whole world, and it's not OK. The reality is that greenhouse gas emissions are harmful. Trump not believing that doesn't change the reality.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I didn’t notice. But looking it up… Draisaitl!

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What. Were. They. Thinking. 😂🤓😳🫣 Ow Canada!

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sánchez is about the world’s best leader right now. What a message. I hope others take note.

nytimes.com

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Can you elaborate? What do you mean by ”averaging risk”?

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Wow. I had a paper rejected on Dec 25th a few years ago, and that was bad enough. (So bad it kind of made me laugh actually.)

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I wish the world had already acted more on your advice.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Can we please take this seriously now? www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Out now: *A Research Agenda for Political Trust* This excellent collection of papers points out future directions for political trust research: the unanswered questions, problems, promising theoretical pathways, and methodological innovations. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r... And: it's open access!

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A Research Agenda for Political Trust

‘Low trust in government provides the fuel for democratic backsliding. There is no more important topic for scholars to confront. This volume is invaluable because it provides important insights on tr...

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Possibly the best part of this: "The analysis in this report excludes those Member States with low heating demand or no fossil fuel consumption in domestic heating. Therefore this analysis excludes Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Sweden." EVEN COLD COUNTRIES DON'T NEED FFs!

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Sociology Department Uppsala University @uusociologydep.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

New research in environmental sociology by @mfair.bsky.social and colleagues. The study shows that public support for national climate policies increases when people perceive stronger climate action by other countries (“They Reduce, We Reduce”) journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

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They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies

As public support influences policy choices, it is crucial to understand how people view climate policies. Based on the premise that individuals tend to be conditional cooperators, we derived the “The...

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 11/12/2025

New research by Kim-Pong Tam, Susumu Ohnuma, @mfair.bsky.social and Hoi-Wing Chan published in PLOS Climate: "They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies" 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

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They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Social media post quickly piling onto criticism of a mistake: 139 likes Social media post sympathetically contextualizing the mistake given challenging circumstances: 4 likes Guess that’s the age we live in. I would prefer a different balance, really.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Saying that, journal editors perform an important function, and it costs them a lot of time. Everyone knows how hard it is to find reviewers. So I can understand they are desperate to save time. I'm sure these editors are embarrassed. And their failure to catch this is partly due to the system.

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Malcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It’s the editors of this journal who should be really embarrassed. Do they actually read the papers they publish? They’ve brought their own journal into disrepute.

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