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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
UK government has committed more than £2.5 billion over five years to new #nuclear #fusion. By contrast, #renewables are ready here and now. Arguably they are a much better bet….using the fusion reactor we already have- the sun. renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2026/10/fusi...
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Fusion - the endless dream
UK Minister for Energy Michael Shanks reportedly said that ‘Fusion has the potential to provide virtually limitless clean energy’. That’s a...
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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
SO important www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Vegetables are half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts now know why
Fewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis due to record power generation from #wind and #solar #renewables www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
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Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records a great sea-flood #OTD in 1014, the tide ‘reaching inland further than ever before, submerging many homesteads and drowning many people’. 📸Dave Fergusson
A river in spate as it passes through woodland.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UN chief says 'big oil' treats atmosphere as open sewer. #climate www.afp.com/en/un-chief-...
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UN chief says 'Big Oil' treats atmosphere as open sewer
Major global oil companies are treating the atmosphere like an "open sewer," the outgoing United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in a withering attack on the energy...
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 17/09/2026
Solar passed nuclear in Texas 2 years ago. Now it's double. Texas is what makes this chart powerful. This isn't green ideology winning. It's pure economics. Solar is cheap, modular, scalable & incredibly fast to deploy. Wind keeps growing too. When economics take over, ideology becomes irrelevant.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UK is on track to install around 300,000 solar rooftops this year That'll break records and on its own add at least 1GW of solar to UK generation For scale, UK maximum demand is around 50GW www.businessgreen.com/news/4535700...
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'Unprecedented numbers': Solar industry on track to smash rooftop record
MCS tracker reveals number of small-scale solar installations completed this year has already surpassed long-standing 2011 record
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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World’s top 20 private equity firms produce more greenhouse gases a year than most countries, report finds
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Renewable energy utility ScottishPower recently revealed that 99.9 % of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. reneweconomy.com.au/a-great-resu...
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"A great result:" 26 turbines from first commercial wind farm almost completely recycled and reused
99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Water use was commercially confidential." No, that is not acceptable. If you are using a scarce, essential, valuable _public_ resource, you have to be transparent about it, and prepared to justify it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Random Hajile @elimodnar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tice is lying. Drilling in the north sea will not bring anyone's bills down. What will bring bills down is more renewables and unlinking the price of electric from the price of gas. #r4today
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Less than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 mn people Biggest users of public water supply include oil refineries, chemical plants, paper mills. Some face no requirement to cut their consumption, even as there's a hosepipe ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oil, gas & chemical firms, data centres - A tiny number of businesses are draining enough water to meet the needs of 10 million people a day - all shielded by a web of 'commercial secrecy'. Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social asks who's draining England's water? share.google/h5rnM2UVNCsd...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Revealed! How companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England. Companies use 2.6 billion litres of public water a day, many not required to report or cut their use. Less than 1% use same amount of water as 10 million people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
EA, Ofwat + Water UK say “commercial secrecy, especially in the energy sector”, means water security plans are based on assumptions + water use by datacentres is "explicitly excluded from the forecasts." Which doesn't make it easy to protect water supplies: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Pippa Heylings 🔶 MP for South Cambridgeshire @pippaheylings.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
You just couldn't make it up! Less than 1cm of rain was all it took for Anglian Water to dump sewage into our rivers again! This is a dereliction of duty. Anglian Water and the government must act now, before heavier winter rains fill our rivers with sewage.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Solar output in Europe rose 17% during the heatwaves in June and July 2026. During the heatwaves, a typical UK rooftop solar system produced the necessary power to run a household air conditioning unit for five hours. www.edie.net/heatwave-spi...
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EU’s solar output boosted 17% during heatwave
Research from energy think tank Ember has found solar output in Europe rose 17% during the heatwaves in June and July 2026. This aided in powering the grid as demand jumped during the heat.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Iberdrola plans to double the capacity of Whitelee, already the UK's largest onshore wind farm, from 539MW to around 1GW. UK's onshore wind landscape is entering a new phase of large-scale repowering projects featuring much bigger turbines. www.rechargenews.com/onshore-wind...
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Iberdrola's huge repowering project 'taste of things to come' for UK onshore wind
Iberdrola plans to double the capacity of Whitelee, already the UK's largest onshore wind farm, from 539MW to around 1GW
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
'We have all the green, clean, renewable and energy storage technology and resources needed to drive the whole economy and benefit every single postcode.' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
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Scottish onshore wind is cutting bills and creating jobs – here's the evidence
Why Andy Burnham’s vision for the north is impossible without Scottish onshore wind, says George Baxter
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Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 @earhart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
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Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/08/2026
‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes The government’s housebuilding agenda is hitting the stark reality of a lack of water and crumbling infrastructure across the east and south-east of England. Half the country was declared to be in serious drought this week, for the second consecutive year, with the Environment Agency warning of dire consequences for the economy, environment and wildlife. Continue reading...
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 31/07/2026
In June 1966, scientist James Lovelock warned Shell in a confidential memo of “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible.” Shell would later become "a founding member of the denialist Global Climate Coalition." 😑
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The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"‘Major victory’: Sweden plans to ban forever chemicals in everyday products ahead of EU" www.euronews.com/2026/07/24/m...
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Sweden to ban cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ sooner than EU
Sweden plans to ban forever chemicals in kitchen appliances and clothing by 2028. When will the EU follow suit?
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Peer reviewed models strongly suggest that EDF France nuclear power plant at Gravelines will soon be at risk from climate driven sea level rise storm surge flooding. coastal.climatecentral.org/map/14/2.143...
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Sea level rise and coastal flood risk maps -- a global screening tool by Climate Central
Interactive global map showing areas threatened by sea level rise and coastal flooding.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Not good. The map forecasting how climate change will drive global agricultural decline by 2100 www.euronews.com/2026/07/16/i...
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The map predicting agricultural decline from climate change
A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that forecasts, on a 10‑kilometre grid, how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100; Spain’s interior fares worse than th...
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Dung beetles cut methane from cattle dung by 85% over 90 days, while beetle-colonized pats maintained near-zero methane fluxes. The effect lasted after most beetles had left. doi.org/hcbwc6
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Small but mighty dung beetles take a big bite out of farm methane
Dung beetles are quietly performing a vital climate change mitigation service for Australia's livestock sector, slashing methane emissions from cattle manure by 85%, a new Southern Cross University study has found.
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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Researchers found that for every 200 EV's added to a California neighborhood, NO₂ air pollution fell by 1.1%. Cleaner air isn't just a goal anymore - it's achievable. #CleanAir #ElectricVehicles #ESG @sciencex.bsky.social @momscleanairforce.org phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution
When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen ...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Electrify the energy system with clean power and total energy demand roughly halves. That was the core of my Eurelectric Power Summit keynote, now on YouTube (and picked up by The Rest Is Politics). www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqoJ...
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Can Electrification Save Europe’s Economy and Climate Goals? w/ Jan Rosenow, Oxford Professor
YouTube video by Eurelectric
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lazard 2026 leveled cost of electricity. Wind and solar the cheapest new electricity. Small (SMR) and large nuclear the most expensive. www.lazard.com/news-announc...
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Lazard Releases 2026 Levelized Cost of Energy+ Report
NEW YORK, July 13, 2026 - Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) today announced the release of the 19th edition of its Levelized Cost of Energy+ (LCOE+) report.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In the face of the threat of a lawsuit over locals' exposure to internationally-banned, cancer-causing PFOA, AGC Chemicals announces it will close the plant, placing jobs at risk: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure
More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals Europe
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
El Niño is now likely to be stronger than anything we’ve seen in recorded history, and probably stronger than anything in the last 50 million years. Global temperatures are very likely to reach new, unprecedented levels in the next 1-2 years with far reaching impacts. #climate
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Multi-million dollar PR campaign can’t hide nuclear power’s ugly truth. Nuclear power is not clean. It is not safe, not affordable, nor is it the solution to our climate crisis. beyondnuclearinternational.org/2026/07/05/f...
beyondnuclearinternational.org
Flatteries and falsehoods
Nuke bros (and gals) speak in forked tongues as they extoll each other’s virtues
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
UK govt scraps public consultation on data centres and major infrastructure projects inc. nuclear - will “disenfranchise” locals and “embed resentment”, experts say. www.thedeveloper.live/reportage/go...
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Government scraps public consultation on data centres and major infrastructure projects
Scrapping mandatory pre-application consultation requirements for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects will “disenfranchise” locals and “embed resentment”, experts say. Christine Murray repo...
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 04/07/2026
Wow. In Switzerland 🇨🇭, Mercedes-Benz / Daimler Trucks has sold more electric heavy trucks than diesel ones this year!
Powertrain mix for trucks > 16 tonnes by manufacturer/brand, Switzerland, 2026 January–June
Mercedes-Benz (25% of the market) 48% diesel, 52% electric
Scania (23.9% of the market) 93% diesel, 7% electric
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 03/07/2026
China's PM2.5 pollution fell by roughly 60% since 2013, one of the largest & fastest air-quality improvements ever recorded by a major industrial economy. What's remarkable is that it happened while China continued growing, industrialising & expanding electricity generation. #Bettrification #SWB
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com
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Surviving Texas @itscindyrae.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Who knew?
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They Welcomed 37 Data Centers to Town. Now Their Schools Have to Dim the Lights to Cut Energy Costs
Henrico County has been home to massive data-center investment. However, now, a 25 percent electricity-rate increase is hitting its government and schools.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
'Westminster’s nuclear obsession will cost us dearly. Rather than supporting Scotland’s booming renewables sector or honoring promises to fund vital carbon-capture carbon capture infrastructure, Westminster remains locked into an obsession with nuclear energy.' www.snp.org/westminsters...
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Westminster’s nuclear obsession will cost us dearly — Scottish National Party
The case for transferring full control of energy policy to the Scottish Parliament has never been more urgent.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling  - Carbon Brief
UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Hope For Ukraine @hfu.org · 29/06/2026
Music is not a luxury here. It is proof that we are still alive. Two young women. Two banduras. One bench in a Ukrainian city. They played. People stopped. No one said a word. hfu.org
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/06/2026
BT’s pension fund lost £300mn on Thames Water ft.trib.al/ugWnVrA
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BT’s pension fund lost £300mn on Thames Water
One of UK’s biggest private schemes wrote off stake in beleaguered utility in 2024
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
With strong associations between air pollution + heart + breathing conditions, diabetes + dementia, if you want to ease pressure on the NHS, start by cutting air pollution. Credit to Khan for sticking to this in the face of all the anti-ULEZ hysteria: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates
However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Imagine how many jobs intense investment in climate mitigation + adaption would create, how pleasant + healthy life could be in cool, clean, comfortable towns filled with greenery, affordable energy bills, with money left over for things that matter to us, the benefits to local businesses.
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Rasta @rastasack.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
#ClimateDiary “Above is a fictional weather forecast for August 18, 2050, broadcast by French television in 2014, intended to warn against the disastrous consequences of global warming. Below is the weather forecast for June 22, 2026.” #ClimateChange has accelerated so more quickly than we thought.
#ClimateDiary “Above is a fictional weather forecast for August 18, 2050, broadcast by French television in 2014, intended to warn against the disastrous consequences of global warming.

Below is the weather forecast for June 22, 2026.”

(By @jakubwiech on unmentionable)

This brings out super starkly how #ClimateChange has accelerated so much more quickly than we thought even just 12 years ago.
Image, two weather reports:
Woman at top, forecasting the future in orange colours for the increased heat expected in 2050)
Man at the bottom, with today's temperature chart in 2026, all in red, and already exceeding the expectations for 2050
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Africa is becoming an EV growth story. The FT reports that the energy crisis has supercharged African demand for electric motorbikes and buses. Start-ups rolling out charging infrastructure are raising record sums. The transition isn’t just a Europe, US and China story anymore.
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RescueJen @rescuejen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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