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Richard Miller

@miller-klein.bsky.social
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Professional scientist and consultant focusing on innovation strategy and practice, resource efficiency and the circular economy, low-carbon and sustainable innovation in energy, construction and chemicals. Main hobby - astronomy. miller-klein.com

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
❓Want to know what the options are for the UK's future relationship with the EU?❓ Have a look at our 'UKICE staircase' which sets them out: ukandeu.ac.uk/introducing-... And find more detail in our recent report: 'Ten years on: What next for UK-EU relations?' media.ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
A graphic showing seven different options for the UK's EU relationship: TCA minus, the TCA, TCA plus, Customs union, Swiss-style, EEA and Rejoin.
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Diren Kocakuşak, Ph.D. @direnkocakusak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
54 of China's 72 five-year plans published this year include climate or energy targets. This interactive tool from @carbonbrief.org is really useful for seeing the highlights from each plan. interactive.carbonbrief.org/china-plan-t...
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Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 02/10/2026
The world faces two energy problems: hundreds of millions lack access to energy, and most of our energy still produces greenhouse gas emissions. The first energy problem of the world is the problem of energy poverty. People in very poor countries have very low emissions.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to the International Energy Agency, total global investment in solar energy (including both rooftop solar and utility-scale projects) was less than half of this figure, despite our dire ecological situation
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Permafrost warming in Alaska is reaching considerable depths as Arctic Amplification pushes surface air warming past 1.15ºC per decade. A 27-year study shows warming deeper than 1m across 100% of measurement sites. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli... #climatechange #permafrost #arctic #emissions
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Frontiers | Significant soil warming across Alaska permafrost and non-permafrost regions from 1997 to 2023
IntroductionAir temperatures in Alaska are increasing at twice the rate of the contiguous United States. Soil temperatures have been shown to be increasing a...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.snexplores.org/article/cold...
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Even as Earth’s oceans warm, one spot has gone cold
A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic suggests that an important ocean current is weakening.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Blown away by the interest and positive feedback! The Cleaning Up episode on the Primary Energy Fallacy with me and Michael Liebreich is now in the top 10 of all 276 episodes of the show available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDH...
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The Scandal at The Heart of The Energy Transition | Ep275: Jan Rosenow
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity
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BrokenBanker @brokenbanker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mick Herron has written nine main novels and five novellas in his Slow Horses (Slough House) series. we are only half way through Season 6 of the TV adaptations:
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the worst things rightwing politicians have done to political debate in the UK is to falsely equate national expenditure to a household budget - Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." China's goals are EVs to be 50% of truck sales and 20% of its truck fleet by 2030. EVs may be 50% of truck sales in 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #energysky
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China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices
Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...
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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing how comments on how to think about AI resonate across fields. This is from drama/comedy but could equally be science: The barrier to access to doing astronomy isn’t technology or money (any more). It’s care. (& having the space to give that care and attention, of course) 🧪
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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's a good joke about local beer rivalries in NRW in the comments section beneath the Guardian article.
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 30/09/2026
❗“The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations,” write 3 former Independent Reviewers of Terrorism Legislation👇 🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social “Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.”
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The ECHR is not a constraint on British security. It is one of its foundations
Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest post-war achievements.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Some thoughts on Burnham's speech, including signs of progress on clean energy and big imminent tests of his commitment to decarbonisation. Although, the biggest development is that we're no longer sleepwalking towards a climate denialist government. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
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Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await
The Prime Minister is serious about climate action and has the political ability to sell his vision, but imminent decisions on North Sea drilling and electric vehicles could undermine his green ambitions
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'I am saying that Brexit has caused more harm than good. I think about 6 out of 10 of the public agree with that' says Andy Burnham on Today More a failure than a success 57% More a success thsn a failure 21% New @britishfuture.bsky.social study of what the public think now
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Why have we reached a stage where people call in to @natashadevon.bsky.social and say they want people to drown? Well headlines like this don’t help. Let’s forget that numbers are way down on years previous and just keep stoking fear and division. This is why the RNLI is under attack.
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thinking more about this overnight and how much it’s related to French domestic politics and foreign policy…Macron is very smart (though also makes very bad mistakes…).
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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Developing on this from yesterday, since I see we're arguing about whether the UK would need to adopt the euro and join Schengen. Basically, during accession negotiations, joining countries get to ask for some special favours.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lots of coverage in the Spanish press of yesterday's launch of the huge Pragmacharge/Prologis Valencia HGV charging hub :-) www.energias-renovables.com/movilidad/me...
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Mercavalència inaugura "el mayor hub de recarga para camiones eléctricos de España"
PragmaCharge y Prologis inauguran en Mercavalència una estación de servicio para la recarga de camiones eléctricos
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They tried their best to make the idea of having more things we want nearby, more options and choices in our cities and neighborhoods, seem like a conspiracy. But never forget what the REAL urban conspiracy has been — moving everything further away and making us car dependent. #1HourCityConspiracy
White text on black background reading “The real ‘urban conspiracy’ isn’t proximity, it’s distance. The ‘one hour city’ traps millions in long commutes, car dependency, and lost time. We need cities of proximity, time, and quality of life.” — @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social #UrbanTruth
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes, this is a huge El Niño. No, @theguardian.com we do not have a reliable thousand year-long record of El Niño (e.g. a continuous reconstruction of the Niño3 or Niño3.4 SST index) so this statement is not warranted. What's the attribution for that claim?
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 22/09/2026
Europe's push for water sustainability begins: resilience platform and academy launched as shortages worsen climate and economic impact.
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EU unveils water reuse push amid crisis in supply and sustainability
EU unveils water reuse push amid crisis in supply and sustainability
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Globally, trucking is going electric. Fossil fuel trucks are going to be stranded assets. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 insideevs.com/news/808918/...
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Scania's New EV Truck Has 447 Miles Of Range
A new battery system and an aerodynamically optimized cab give Scania’s electric big rig an edge over the Tesla Semi.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another reminder: “regenerative” grazing is *not* a real climate solution. While it might build some soil carbon, it drives far more land use and larger herd sizes than conventional beef production, which is bad enough. The better solution? Eat less, waste none. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Johnny Ehm @johnnyehm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don't quite understand LinkedIn but thought this was funny.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now & then: Amsterdam landmark church & tower Zuiderkerk 1603-1614, designed by Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch Mannerist architect, born 1565; worked in England with Inigo Jones; buried at Zuiderkerk 1621. It was later associated with Rembrandt; & painted by Monet in 1874. ALT @philamuseum.bsky.social
Photograph (2022) of Zuiderkerk landmark church and tower from the canal, similar to Monet’s viewpoint. Rembrandt lived near this church and three of his children were buried here.One of a series of 12 views, at different times of day, painted by Monet in 1874.
Artists continued to paint Zuiderkerk because of its association with Rembrandt.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 21/09/2026
Yesterday's Nino 3.4 SST was 29.73°C (preliminary), setting the 114th consecutive daily record, 0.93°C higher than the previous daily high set in 2015 and 3.78σ above the 1991-2020 mean. The highest recorded sea-surface temperature for the Nino 3.4 region is 29.82°C, set on November 17, 2015.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015’s record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th. See that red line? That’s 2026. Every other bold line are the strongest El Niño’s on record. 1/
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Mike Pitts @pittso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh. Shit. I really think very few people comprehend how bad this is. Where global politics sits right now is largely unfit for the purpose of addressing the impact coming. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Keir Starmer wasted two years trying to make Brexit work. If @andyburnham doesn't ditch Labour's red lines, he'll go the same way as Starmer. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Wide shot of the BRITISH MUSEUM. There are suggestions of fascism around the streets - tanks, barricades, an Orwellian 'Big Brother'-style poster on a wall. A voice of a TOUR GUIDE emanates from the museum:

TOUR GUIDE:
So the Tapestry tells acrucial chapter of our nation's history...

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[Cut to interior of museum. A long Bayeaux-style TAPESTRY is on display, and the Tour Guide is speaking to a tour group]

TOUR GUIDE [smiling]:
How modern fascist Britain was created. 

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TOUR GUIDE:
The Tapestry begins here with the 2008 Crash, then austerity, then the AI Crash...

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TOUR GUIDE:
...and by the end of the room it's just full-on fash. 

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CHILD IN TOUR GROUP [gesturing to the tapestry]:
What's this middle bit?

TOUR GUIDE:
This is the 2026 Battle of Legitimate Concerns 

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TOUR GUIDE:
[show a reporter standing next to the Dover protests]
Here's the media saying the government have got to do something about the legitimate concerns...

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CHILD:
...About the failure of capitalism?

TOUR GUIDE:
No about brown people on boats

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CHILD:
[pointing at boats crossing the sea on the tapestry]
Are these boats the mega-dinghies?

TOUR GUIDE:
Not all of them

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[we see one of the boats  is a giant yacht]
TOUR GUIDE:
That one's a superyacht,
carrying money from the American fascists to the British ones.

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TOUR GUIDE:
You see really it's as much a story of convergence as it is of conflict.

[An alarm sounds in the museum]
DING DING DING DING 

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TOUR GUIDE:
Ok, tour over everyone 

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TOUR GUIDE:
It's time for the Two Minute Hate!

[They all leave the museum]

[ends]
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20/09/2026
Back in New York for the UN General Assembly. New geopolitical realities. New troubled waters. But the same urgent priorities for Europe and our partners.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I know almost everything is terrible, but this year really could be world-historic in a good way. It’ll be several more years before it can be definitively called, but there are encouraging signs emissions really are peaking. www.businessgreen.com/news/4535893...
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Study: Global fossil-fuel emissions to fall 0.5 per cent this year
Strait of Hormuz crisis has led to lower oil and gas demand that should more than offset any increased emissions from higher coal power generation, Carbon Brief calculates
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 16/09/2026
The task is two-fold as it has always been. 1. Do everything in your power to prevent this from getting way, WAY worse. (ie cut emission drastically) 2. Urgently execute resilience plans to stay safe from what we are already committed to.
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Sexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 16/09/2026
The arts industry in the UK: we contribute so much money to the economy but we are dying, please help Lisa Nandy: Village Parish Council: we held a pretend referendum Lisa Nandy: I'm listening
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 16/09/2026
So how does the European Convention on Human Rights benefit me and my loved ones? Great new guide from students at @tcddublin.bsky.social and the Ballymun Community Law Centre👇 🔗 www.tcd.ie/law/news--ev...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The CCC makes the very obvious point about how airport expansion is not really compatible with climate targets (barring drastic changes in fuels, aircraft, and carbon removals). www.businessgreen.com/news/4535799...
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Climate Change Committee: Heathrow expansion 'not currently compatible' with net zero targets
Independent climate advisory body warns government current policies offer 'no credible pathway' to reaching net zero aviation emissions, with or without a third Heathrow runway
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The CCC @thecccuk.bsky.social offers Heathrow a thumbs up, conditional on the massive deployment of “snake oil” technologies (SAF & GGR). Report by Tyndall researchers, building on UK Govt commitments, science & maths, reaches a very different conclusion. See: climateuncensored.com/heathrow-exp...
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Heathrow Expansion: The Physics Does Not Negotiate - Climate Uncensored
Below is the foreword I wrote for my Tyndall colleagues’ detailed and rigorous report examining whether further expansion of Heathrow can be reconciled with
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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Professor Neil Ward, from the Tyndall Centre, says that the UK agriculture sector must build greater resilience through measures such as improving soil health, increasing water storage, and adapting food production systems ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/measure...
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Measures needed to help UK farming weather future droughts - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
From improving soil health to increasing water storage, it is essential that UK farms build resilience to future droughts and a changing climate, according to an expert from the Tyndall Centre for…
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
European gas is above €82/MWh - the highest since late 2022. Hormuz remains largely shut and gas storage is at 68% going into winter. None of this started in Europe but we pay for it. The only exit is using less gas. Heat pumps, electrified industry, insulation.
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Richard Miller @miller-klein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not good breakfast reading! - The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world – and we are far from ready for it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“If the UK develops additional oil and gas production, that does not mean an equivalent quantity of production elsewhere automatically stops. It adds additional fossil-fuel supply to an international market." Why is this point so hard for so many to grasp? climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nigel Farage is posting this morning “More small boats in the Channel this morning. They will keep coming. Open Borders Burnham won’t stop them” Lets remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - the BREXIT he championed youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...
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It’s time UK media reminded Farage how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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