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David Nicholson

@rivergecko.bsky.social
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Electric cars, renewables, clean energy, clean transport & Democracy. www.myurbancar.com provides information on zero emission transport. 🇺🇦Time4 #ClimateAction

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
America, 2026
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
European populists love making high gas prices a campaign issue, hoping voters forget one detail: they enthusiastically supported Trump and his Iran policy, which directly triggered the current global energy crisis
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
US sanctions International Criminal Court president, trial lawyer in bid to dismantle body - www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-sanct…
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US sanctions International Criminal Court president, trial lawyer in bid to dismantle body
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has previously made it clear he intends to take the court apart 'brick by brick'
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Electrek @electrek.co · 12/08/2026
EV sales, oil costs and temperatures are spiking. So UK govt pushes… more gas?
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EV sales, oil costs and temperatures are spiking. So UK govt pushes… more gas?
The UK government is considering relaxing its landmark electric vehicle rules, even in the face of inflated oil prices, a recordbreaking year for temperatures and wildfires, and EV sales that are already rising fast enough to meet the government’s current target.
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
IT'S OFFICIAL: judgment lands today in the #Diesel emissions trial. The diesel scandal isn't history - and the real scandal is that millions of illegally polluting cars are still on our roads today, making children sick. Watch our new film, then email our leaders demanding action. #AirPollution
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The diesel scandal - still making our kids sick — Mums for Lungs
10th July 2026 Watch our new hard-hitting film about the diesel scandal and its impacts on children’s health.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It doesn’t have to be this way. GB News could change its tune, become a responsible broadcaster and stop airing toxic narratives which many advertisers understandably don’t want to be associated with. /2
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
GB News has announced it's cutting up to *a third* of its workforce, as losses mount and advertisers steer clear of its toxic content /1 www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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GB News faces a swathe of job cuts
The hard right channel is understood to be cutting a substantial number of jobs, with as many as 90 at risk – more than a third of its entire headcount
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Sacre Bleu! France 🇫🇷 at 112°F beats Florida’s all-time record high of 109°! And it’s further north by 20° lat. While that may seem crazy - and the heat in France is rare - because Florida is surrounded by water and so humid, it’s tougher to reach lofty highs than it is in a drier climate.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
There’s been a huge increase in extreme heat across Florida! Look closely: In the blue 1950s #Florida averaged 20-30 days a year with a heat index of 100°+. Now in the red that number has 2X, 3X or even 4X due to hotter and more humid weather. It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change!
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas
Winners and Losers
The IEA overestimated gas growth in Asia and underestimated solar

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• Forecast 547 TWh
• Actual 17 TWh

Solar
• Forecast 465 TWh
• Actual 1,333 TWh

Note: Shows expected growth in Asian power generation between 2018 and 2025, based on actual 2018 generation, actual 2025 generation, and the 2018 World Energy Outlook's Current Policies Scenario estimates for 2025. Actual 2025 generation figures are from Ember.
Source: International Energy Agency, Ember, Bloomberg Opinion calculations
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"despite expectations that gas power would undergo 'explosive growth' in the region, output has stalled due to supply disruptions, relatively high gas prices and growth in clean alternatives" To be fair, not all of us predicted gas power would undergo explosive growth in the region.
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Analysis: Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Trump gets the "FIFA Peace Prize." Months later his DOJ drops a bribery case involving FIFA officials. FIFA "leases" office space at Trump Tower NYC that reportedly sits empty. Meanwhile, federal regulators look the other way as FIFA price gouges fans. Where's the red card when you need it?
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Electrek @electrek.co · 10/06/2026
BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla
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BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla
BYD is building a charging network that makes Tesla’s Supercharger look slow — and it’s deploying it at a pace that could see it surpass Tesla’s global network within two to three years. The Chinese automaker has already deployed over 5,700 Flash Charging stations in China in just a few months and just opened its first overseas stations in Europe. The chargers deliver up to 1,500 kW of power — three times what Tesla’s latest V4 Superchargers can do. more…
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/06/2026
President Trump has made more than 3,400 stock trades worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars in the first three months of 2026 alone. trib.al/XlVpia6
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April. At 531 TWh, electricity generated from wind and solar reached a new global record in April 2026. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/22/s...
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Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April
At 531 TWh, electricity generated from wind and solar reached a new global record in April 2026, according to energy think tank Ember. Gas-fired power plants supplied 477 TWh.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The president is negotiating against his own administration to shake down taxpayers for $10 billion. The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm. ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...
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DOJ considers settling Trump’s IRS lawsuit which could send taxpayer money directly to the president’s pockets: report
Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion in January, accusing the agency of failing to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
EVERY TIME you hear about (or experience) out of control insurance bills, food prices, gas and electric prices, extreme weather damage or casualties — remember it's because a handful of greedy Big Oil dicks decided they'd rather cook our world than make slightly less money on solar and wind energy.
newsweek.com
Eight states where home insurance costs could surge with Super El Niño
A developing super El Niño could make home insurance more expensive for millions of Americans in several states.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Dear Reform-voting ladies… Do you know you’re voting for a party that wants to: ❌ Scrap the Equality Act - your legal protection against workplace discrimination & unequal pay ❌ Kill the Online Safety Act - the law protecting you from revenge porn
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
“French parking lots could soon generate as much electricity as 10 nuclear power plants” buff.ly/cb83Fus We have so many solutions. Stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #GreenNewDeal
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Great Britain is on the brink of a record-breaking summer for renewable energy, which could lead to the first periods of zero-carbon electricity in the history of the power system." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Run the dishwasher, plug in the car: how Great Britain plans to use record wind and solar power
With a summer glut on cards, customers are being urged to use more energy when renewables are abundant
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Israel is a rogue state and our government should treat it as such. Our Government should have suspended diplomatic and trade relations long ago but if not now, when?
Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 09/04/2026
Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with petrol. And no need to wear gloves. Certainly not coming to a forecourt near you in America because the fossil fuel giants and their puppets in government like making lots and lots of cool money from easily-conned petrolheads.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Newspaper famous for lying repeats lies by well known liar, Richard Tice, famous for telling lies about fossil fuels because rich liars pay him to repeat their lies.
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Christian Climate Action @cclimateaction.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We took our message to HM Treasury today. “… there can be no energy security while we are so dependent on fossil fuels.” Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Renewables will give us energy security, not Rosebank oil and gas. #StopRosebank #EnergySecurity
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David Nicholson @rivergecko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It seems a bit odd to many outside the United States that a President, using very limited intelligence, is making decisions that will profoundly affect long term the future of the United States and other peoples all over the world, with no checks and balances whatsoever
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Who funds Reform? Greens will never take dirty money - our members power our party. People and planet remain our only vested interests. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The President who formerly claimed that he was the one who had forced Netanyahu’s hand (after Rubio let slip that Bibi had forced Trump’s) now makes it clear that Israel is, in fact, in the driving seat.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/03/2026
The pro-Trump behavior of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and other ultra-rich people is driving even more moderate Democratic voters and politicians to a much greater antipathy to the billionaires. trib.al/Z0GDyDR
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Finally, Democrats—of All Stripes—Are Coming After the Wealthy’s Money
Everywhere you look, Democrats are trying to raise taxes on the super-rich. It’s the right economic policy—but more than that, it’s the right democracy policy.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/03/2026
Despite this being a cornerstone of Iranian defense for decades, the Trump administration seems to have been caught off guard, and a major reason is that the State Department no longer has any oil and gas experts, having fired them last July as part of reduction-in-force efforts. trib.al/C1uNy5K
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/03/2026
Donald Trump can’t back up his claim that an ex-president supported his decision to wage war on Iran. All four living former presidents denied speaking to Trump recently, NBC News reports. trib.al/K2e2zhH
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Every Living Former President Denies Trump’s Brazen Claim on Iran War
All four former presidents are against this war.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17/03/2026
“We clearly just kicked [Iran’s] ass in the field, but, to a large extent, they hold the cards now,” one person close to the White House told Politico. trib.al/IEWxgpE
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Trump Allies Freak Out as Iran War Spirals Out of Control
Donald Trump’s allies are worried that Iranian officials “hold the cards now.”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Meta paid an effective fed tax rate of 3.5% on its latest tax bill — its lowest on record. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth just hit $222 billion. And Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates. Now it's reportedly planning to lay off 15,000 workers. Hello?
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/03/2026
Remember who the Trump fans are here in the UK. The developments in the US are terrifying. "US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased."
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‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
President Trump, "I was very upset with, not upset. I was not happy with the UK" "We've been protecting these countries for years with NATO, because NATO is us" "You can ask Putin. Putin fears us, he has no fear of Europe whatsoever"
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Such a powerful maiden speech from our amazing new Green MP Hannah Spencer - take a few moments to listen & celebrate that a bit more humanity has entered Westminster & hope is beginning to feel more normal 👇
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David Nicholson @rivergecko.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Putting solar over agricultural canals is a remarkable win win win Agricultural areas get cheap clean power + Water shaded by panels stays cool with less lost to evaporation + the solar panels generate more power in hot weather because of the cool air from the canal stops them getting overheated
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David Nicholson @rivergecko.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
UK now burns less coal than in the year 1600
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink. If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
After a decade as a de facto poop correspondent, it was great to see the sewage scandal brought together in Channel 4’s brilliant drama Dirty Business. Even if you think you know the story, watch it. I’ve tried to sum up the whole malodorous affair here: watershedinvestigations.com/a-decade-ins...
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A decade Inside England’s sewage scandal - Watershed Investigations
England is the only country in the world with a fully privatised water system, and it shows. After a decade reporting on sewage spills and regulator failures, I’ve watched a slow-burning pollution cri...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is massive, and disgraceful. No organisation called “Tactical Choice” appears to exist.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
There is only one way we will defeat Reform: together. That’s why I’m backing the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election. We are a mass movement of all ages, backgrounds and faiths — united in a belief that things can, and will, change.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 14/02/2026
China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 11/02/2026
NEW: UK's "AR7" renewable auction was the biggest ever – more than 50% larger than 2024's record AR7 = enough electricity to offset 3/4 of UK LNG imports Labour's AR6+AR7, combined, contracted more GW than all other rounds put together More: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
UK used electric car sales soar 45 % in 2025 Secondhand EV sales hit a record 274,815 last year as plug-in hybrid sales also jump. www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...
independent.co.uk
Used electric car sales hit a record in 2025 as total market grows
Secondhand EV sales hit a record 274,815 last year as plug-in hybrid sales also jump
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Nigel Farage has declared that he is against working from home. It's not a surprise given he is never in Clacton.
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David Nicholson @rivergecko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
While in the rest of Europe we celebrate a gradual transition from fuel burning to electric transport I think that Norway can say that box is nearly ticked “In January just seven petrol cars sold, just 98 new diesels were registered, alongside 29 hybrids” evpowered.co.uk/news/just-se...
evpowered.co.uk
Just seven petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January 2026 as Tesla leads market
Despite a downturn in December last year, the EV market in Norway is thriving as Tesla continues to dominates the market.
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David Nicholson @rivergecko.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Yesterday @Keir_Starmer sacrificed his own brain to cling to office Today Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is expected to call for Starmer to quit in a press conference at 2.30 pm today Will he “do the decent thing and resign" SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has asked?
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