Reposted by Chris Smith Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change." 1011186392
Reposted by Chris Smith Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/06/2026One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern. 802509604
Reposted by Chris Smith James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...desmog.comRevealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel InterestsReform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o... 23540752181
Reposted by Chris Smith Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/01/2026🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10 26695343
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025My new venture for 2026 is being part of the new Cycling Quest Greece team. We offer fixed and bespoke cycling tours across the Peloponnese 🇬🇷 for those seeking some overseas riding or a change from their usual tours. #cycling Please share with any cyclists you know. Thank you. cycling-quest.com 041
Reposted by Chris Smith Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Prince Andrew can no longer be Duke of York (a ceremonial title) because of Epstein, but Donald Trump can still be President of the United States (a position of staggering real-world authority) *despite* Epstein. Quite a stark contrast we are being offered here.theguardian.comPrince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’In statement released by Buckingham Palace, Andrew says he will give up titles and honours including the Duke of York 521074378
Reposted by Chris Smith Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better? 2853961600
Reposted by Chris Smith Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025This is all you need to know about the current situation with Iran. 418578
Reposted by Chris Smith Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20/06/2025David Fickling: Blaming renewables for Spain's blackouts is like the ancients blaming thunder & lightning on warring gods 😂 "[this] had the virtue of a clear narrative and a ready cast of stock characters…There’s just one problem…It wasn’t true" www.bloomberg.com/op...bloomberg.comNo, Renewables Didn’t Cause Spain’s Grid BlackoutShifting to clean generation might occasionally trip, but the effects are short-lived, and easily fixed. 110152
Reposted by Chris Smith Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 08/05/2025One lesson of the local elections is that it's time to take Reform seriously, not just as a political movement but as a possible party of government. So I spent a few days digging into their economic plans—and found hair-raising, Truss-adjacent stuff. www.economist.com/britain/202... 34716
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025We have invested trillions ensuring we can store water, medicines, food and fossil fuels but it’s heresy to suggest we spend money ensuring we do what’s possible to store electricity. 000
Reposted by Chris Smith Mark 🏴 @markportis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Just replace Trump with Farage and you can see what's in store for the UK just around the corner and that will be totally down to UK msm 2465
Reposted by Chris Smith Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Wild that 28% of Tory voters don't believe humans are causing climate change. The figure is quite high for UK population as a whole, at 17%. Yet it's 4yrs since the IPCC upgraded its certainty on our role in causing climate change, calling it "unequivocal". Lotta people didn't get the message. 1313749
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Data from UK Steel indicates that UK wholesale electricity prices were over double those in Spain Spain has 40% wind and solar generation (higher than the UK) and a Net Zero target identical to the UK The UK has a Gas and market problem not a Renewables or Net Zero problem. 010
Reposted by Chris Smith Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Quick overview Factsheet: What Germany's coalition treaty says on climate and energy A bullet point summary of the future government's energy & climate policy plans www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/w... 022
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 11/04/20252024 and 45% of German electricity came from Wind and Solar and no nuclear (GB 34% wind and solar) Apparently adding more Renewables increases electricity prices. 130
Reposted by Chris Smith James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It's been obvious since January 6 that he was an enemy of the USA, the UK & the whole of the free world. Everybody still in his camp understands this as completely as everybody against it. They just prioritise personal interest over the national & international. And they know it. They all know it. 1314482807
Reposted by Chris Smith Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 28/02/2025You can send donations yourself direct to ukraine here: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ #SlavaUkraïniwar.ukraine.uaDonate to Ukraine’s defendersThe National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 29816469
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Every AI tested finds that man made climate change is real and one of the worlds biggest threats. However grok3 now includes ‘balance’ which means the usual fossil fuel lobbyists debunk it. I’d say grok3 is useless as an AI tool 020
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Fossil Fuel Lobbyists “Gas Generation (and electricity) is expensive as wind power makes Gas Power Stations run less. Also “We should build more Gas as we transition to Nuclear Power” So we can have even more Gas running less and charging us more Make it make sense 🤔 020
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 12/01/2025We have all witnessed another week of manufactured hysteria by the fossil fuel lobbyists. The grid was about to collapse, Gas saving the day, Renewables are useless. So worth reflecting in the ‘horrendous week’ Fossil fuel generation was 38% Renewables generation 31% 120
Reposted by Chris Smith Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I spoke to @blkahn.bsky.social at Bloomberg about Trump's most recent attempt to turn climate catastrophe into a culture war opportunity. 13214
Reposted by Chris Smith Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025It's official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with an average temp 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the limit set by the Paris Agreement. The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.socialbloomberg.comRecord Heat Pushed 2024 Above Global Warming Threshold of 1.5CScientists in the EU and UK find that last year was the hottest year on record, breaching the climate change limit sought by the Paris Agreement. 22116
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025So to be clear then. Gas generation is now simultaneously lowest cost base load, primary generation, the only thing keeping the lights on whilst being “back up, peaking generation” that demands obscene operating costs.media.tenor.coma man with a beard is sitting on a couch with his hand on his chin and a netflix logo behind himALT: a man with a beard is sitting on a couch with his hand on his chin and a netflix logo behind him 010
Reposted by Chris Smith Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Six energy companies Cheniere (LNG) Venture (LNG) Sempra (Infrastructure) NRG (Gas and Coal generation) Next Era (Gas, Nuclear, Wind, Solar) Sasol (liquid fuels) 122
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Two Gas Power Stations earning £12 million for three hours generation tonight. Gaming the system now a regular occurrence for Gas owners. They are taking us all for fools. This is what fossil fuels has always done folks. 010
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025My god. Part of UK media are now suggesting that limiting new North Sea licences is the reason people are struggling with their heating bills. We introduced the winter fuel allowance back in 1997 due to the cost of heating our homes with gas and kerosene 020
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Average U.K. annual household costs Mortgage £11600 Electricity £876 Gas £1328 Food £2184 per person Home Insurance £420 Car Insurance £861 TV packages £672 Car running costs and loans £400 Petrol/diesel £988 Green Levies (taxes) £62 #NetZero 080
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Six energy companies Cheniere (LNG) Venture (LNG) Sempra (Infrastructure) NRG (Gas and Coal generation) Next Era (Gas, Nuclear, Wind, Solar) Sasol (liquid fuels) 122
Reposted by Chris Smith Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 27/12/2024“Major oil companies made more than $1 trillion in profits since January 2021 and have known since at least the 1970s that the extraction and burning of fossil fuels contribute to climate change” 14222
Reposted by Chris Smith Stephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social · 15/12/2024A pair of gas-fired power plants in the UK earned a fortune in a few hours when the wind wasnt blowing 🇬🇧 💰 The move involved announcing a cut in power production ahead of the busiest evening periods, then offering to keep the station on at a high price www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comUK Gas Plants Made Millions in a Few Hours During Price SpikeA pair of gas-fired power stations earned over £1 million ($1.3 million) each in a handful of hours this week when the wind was barely blowing. 3205
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 14/12/2024A nice simple illustration of what GB Gas generation did to wholesale electricity prices this week. 100
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Looking at the month on month sales information and what China, Japan, India, Korea and Tesla are doing it really is quite staggering that some UK politicians think the future of UK vehicle manufacturing is internal combustion engine technology. 020
Reposted by Chris Smith Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🔴 NEW 🔴 Richard Tice’s constituency is the second most exposed to climate change in England, according to the insurance giant AXA. Meanwhile, Tice is a climate science denier who says CO2 is “plant food” www.desmog.com/2024/11/27/c...desmog.comClimate Denier Richard Tice’s Seat is Second Most Exposed to Global Warming, Says Insurance GiantThe constituency held by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, who campaigns against policies to tackle climate change, has been ranked as the second most at risk from the impacts of global warming. B... 2122394
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Despite all the ranting this week about wind power and unreliable renewables and the usual blackout predictions by fossil fuel lobbyists and tabloid media. Wind was No.1 generation source and unsurprisingly the grid was fine. Eat, sleep, repeat 230
Reposted by Chris Smith Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Interestingly, when Finland Olkiluoto nuclear plant suddenly went down again last weekend, abruptly removing 1.6 GW of power from the grid, it was batteries that leapt into service and saved the day. reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie... Whose power is "intermittent" now?reneweconomy.com.auBig batteries and EVs to the rescue again as faults with new nuclear plant cause chaos on Nordic gridsEurope’s newest and most powerful nuclear reactor – delivered more than a decade late and nearly four times over budget – is proving a headache for grid operators now it’s finally up an… 88035
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Gas prices went up again It’s no more complicated than that despite what the fossil fuel lobbyists would have you believe 010
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Timely reminder as the tabloid media whip up more winter blackout hysteria. Every single GB electricity blackout was caused by fossil fuel generation. Not one by Renewable generation or imports via cable interconnectors 010
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024A quick nosey in at the madhouse that is X and with Britain exporting to two countries and Gas generation at 60% Andrew Neil is whipping up his usual crowd into a frenzy of impending blackouts. Bless them all. 010
Reposted by Chris Smith The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 12/11/2024A quick social experiment. The same tweet, posted at the same time on here and on Twitter, commenting on @joannahs.bsky.social’s brilliant piece on the exodus of criminal barristers. Bluesky replies on the left. Twitter on the right. 1432567681
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 20/11/202429% of the British population thinks that climate change is not the result of human activity. That’s the power of fossil fuel lobbyists. 100
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Key question for every climate change denier. If man made climate change is all a big hoax why then does every fossil fuel company accept it is real and happening when it is the biggest strategic threat to their business long term? 010
Chris Smith @renewablesmiffy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Very few Brits see COP29 as useful in tackling climate change. I am minded to agree while they are held in petrostates and filled with fossil fuel lobbyists 010
Reposted by Chris Smith Michael 🌱 Ⓥ @changedgear.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Me popping back to Twitter to see if it's improved.... 1013342621
Reposted by Chris Smith Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 14/11/2024If you want to know how Exxon really feels about the Paris Agreement or any other climate policy, remember what it did to its own investors when they proposed that the company try out limiting its emissions www.exxonknews.org/p/why-exxon-...exxonknews.orgWhy Exxon is suing its shareholdersA recent lawsuit could reflect the oil and gas industry’s growing legal strategy to escape accountability for fueling the climate crisis. 11711
Reposted by Chris Smith DeSmog @desmog.com · 14/11/2024Trump is opening his administration to fracking billionaires, oil lobbyists and far-right climate deniers. Our global team of investigative reporters is tracking the damage. Here's a starter pack of DeSmog investigators and some of the climate disinfo journalists we follow. go.bsky.app/MrJdbio 16370197