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Steven Agnew

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Personal account. Renewables stuff mostly on LinkedIn. He/him.

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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This weekend I will represent RenewableUK at the Green Party of England and Wales conference. If you’re around, come say hello. @renewableuk.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We KNOW that rewilding massively reduces flooding and the effects of drought, not to mention reversing nature loss, boosting rural communities and the wider economy, and aiding against climate collapse. Why is the government still ignoring the obvious? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@mfbailey.bsky.social An early four today Wordle 1,851 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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League Against Cruel Sports @leagueacs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Right now, animals across Northern Ireland are left without proper protection. Your MLA has the power to help end this cruelty. John Blair MLA’s Hunting with Dogs Bill has now been formally introduced. As the Bill progresses, public support will be critical. 👇
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 06/04/2026
"20 yrs ago the world took a year to add 1 gigawatt of solar. Now it takes just half a day. Solar costs have fallen by around 90% over past decade, & as costs fall, installations accelerate. Nowhere is this clearer than in China 🇨🇳. It now accounts for well over half of global solar installations"
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A different perspective. Always helpful.
Christopher Penn wrote:

Just remember that given the abundance of neurodivergent people in science, it's far more likely that autism causes vaccines.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Everything we need to do to stop climate breakdown, we also need to do for national security. Energy saving, more renewables, more electricity storage and interconnectors, electrification of transport, heating, cooking and industrial processes, plant-based diets. We win on all fronts.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/03/2026
“The energy transition is no longer just climate policy – it is the most credible energy security strategy the UK has.” – Professor Cameron Hepburn www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-03-10-expert…
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Expert Comment: Could oil price surge accelerate the UK’s shift to
Researchers from across the Smith School of Enterprise & Environment discuss how renewed instability in the Gulf is reshaping global energy markets and what this means for UK consumers, businesses
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"The results are astonishingly clear. On rewilded land, biodiversity surged across the board, with the number of bird species up 261%. The variety of bumblebee and butterfly species more than doubled, their abundance increased over 10x." The cure for nature loss exists. share.google/w30RUdw1902W...
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Rewilding linked to dramatic increases in birds across Scotland
New research across Scotland's Northwoods Rewilding Network has revealed striking biodiversity gains on rewilded land, with bird diversity increasing by more than 260% and pollinating insects rising m...
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BeatGhoul @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter
theguardian.com
Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time
Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Selling my car - tell your friends! www.usedcarsni.com/398172134
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Used 2008 Honda Jazz 1.4 i-DSi SE 5dr For Sale | Used Cars NI
£2,495 · 72428 Miles · Bangor
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
@murdercitydevils.bsky.social @mrgabe.bsky.social @danngallucci.bsky.social
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
@mfbailey.bsky.social Wordle 1,670 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four
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RenewableUK @renewableuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🏠 Read RenewableUK's Head of Policy @stevenagnew.bsky.social comments on the Royal Assent of the Planning and Infrastructure Act by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in our latest press release below 👇
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Public service announcement: your bag does not need a seat. Thank you.
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Kellie Turtle @kellieturtle.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Some thoughts on the news that 48% of those arrested over Belfast race riots had been reported to police for domestic violence. With McGr*g*r losing his appeal & definitively found to be a rapist in a court of law it is important we call out the hypocrisy at the heart of the far right movement.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We all do it. We store away odd nails, screws and tools and cables in the hope that someday it’ll just be what we need. Today was the day, I used that Allen key that I knew would come in handy. All hail the Allen key 🙇‍♂️
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 29/07/2025
NEW – State of the climate: 2025 on track to be second or third warmest year on record | @hausfath.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/NHyC9HP
Chart – 2025 is on track to be second or third warmest year on record: Annual global average surface temperature anomalies from the WMO aggregate plotted with respect to a 1850-1900 baseline. To-date 2025 values include January-June. The estimated 2025 annual value is based on the relationship between the January-June temperatures, ENSO conditions, and annual temperatures between 1970 and 2024. Chart by Carbon Brief.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
“The mushroom killer was obsessed with true crime”. If this had been a young person someone would be calling for a ban. The vast majority of true crime fans don’t become killers, just like most young people playing violent video games or listening to rap don’t go on to pop a cap in somebody’s ass.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Wordle 1,477 2/6 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😃 @mfbailey.bsky.social
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...
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Greens need to fall on the right side of the coming pylon wars
The energy transition will need major infrastructure. It's vital Greens don't oppose it.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
@murdercitydevils.bsky.social Iggy baby. Representing at #IggyPop, Dublin.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Saturday in Dublin is looking pretty good #IggyPop #GillaBand #JohnCooperClarke #LambriniGirls #Warmduscher all in one day at #InTheMeadows festival.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
@lauriewhitwell.bsky.social will be gloating on Talk of the Devils this week 🥳
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/04/2025
FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are *wildly* inaccurate REALITY: 1️⃣Net-zero is *only way* to stop warming 2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero" 3️⃣He categorically *does not* say "net-zero is doomed to fail" 🧵 1/6
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 19/03/2025
It's gas that is making UK electricity expensive. www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/2
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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Good news.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
How nice 😁
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RenewableNI @renewableni.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Have you got your ticket for 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 yet? Join us on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 for an inspiring day! Book your ticket buff.ly/3DYOG43 #RenewableNI #STEM #RoleModel #WomenInRenewables #WIR2025
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Net immigration across NI has averaged less than 3,000 people over the last two decades. If immigration is the cause of all our ills, NI should be the most prosperous part of the UK. Spoiler: it’s not. Despite the rhetoric, immigration is good for the economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Despite migration, NI is the least diverse part of the UK
Despite migration, NI is the least diverse part of the UK
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
When I read The Tiger Who Came to Tea and The Ravenous Beast to my son, it never occurred to me he would view them as role models.
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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Think Reform’s net-zero announcements may well be their first big mistake since their rise in the polls. There would definitely be scope to criticise specific climate measures, but trying to actively reverse shift to renewables lands well on wrong side of British public opinion.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
An acre of land can power a car to go 13,000 miles per year using biofuel (corn ethanol), or 900,000 miles per year using solar.
Annual miles traveled from energy generated on an acre of land

Solar 899,922
Corn 13,458
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 01/02/2025
Recommended listen: Three climate change storytellers featured in this week’s BBC Sounds' Start the Week podcast, discussing writing the new climate talks-themed play Kyoto, Shetland’s windfarms and the art of agreeing.
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Start the Week - Climate Crisis: truth, lies and compromise - BBC Sounds
Adam Rutherford with Mike Berners-Lee, Joe Murphy and Marianne Brown
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thanks to Margaret Canning for the opportunity to inform the discussion on NIE Networks compensation in the wake of Storm Éowyn. @renewableni.bsky.social @belfasttelegraph.co.uk m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/comm...
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A decision over compensation after Éowyn’s devastation can’t be made in eye of a storm
Storm Éowyn has caused devastation across Northern Ireland with gusts reaching nearly 100mph, the strongest in 27 years.
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Full podcast is a fascinating insight into how the tech industry responded to attempts at regulation: open.spotify.com/episode/5bZj...
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How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms
Matter of Opinion · Episode
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I took part in the RSPB’s #BigGardenBirdWatch and counted 15 birds. 1 blackbird, 1 collared dove, 1 herring gull, 6 house sparrows, 2 jackdaws, 1 magpie, 1 starling, 2 woodpigeons. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... @rspb.bsky.social
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RenewableNI @renewableni.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Tickets are now available for our 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 event in March. Book your place now and join us! buff.ly/3DYOG43
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Interviewer: You have been a performer for nearly 40 years, what has changed in the way you perform? Me: Well I haven’t used the phrase ‘it could be worse’ in about a decade.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/01/2025
NEW – EU’s solar and wind growth pushes fossil-fuel power to lowest level in 40 years | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/4hfcKhk
EU electricity generation from coal, gas, wind and solar, terawatt hours, 1990-2024. Source: Ember.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
So Stand Up to Racism just had their post removed from Facebook for pointing out Musk’s Nazi salute. This is Zuck’s free speech!
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Electric shock collars are cruel and I'm sick of waiting on the Scottish Government to ban them, as their own expert advisors recommended in 2023. I've tabled proposals to criminalise the use of shock collars. MSPs will vote next Thursday #BanShockCollars www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Cruel electric shock dog collars could face 'real ban' in Holyrood vote
EXCLUSIVE: New proposals tabled by the Scottish Greens would make it a criminal offence to use the 'brutal' devices to train pet canine
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/01/2025
+++NEW ANALYSIS+++ UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade Highlights: 🏭end of coal power after 142yrs 🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share 🌄renewables at record-high 45% www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/9
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
"This is the great discovery of the conflict entrepreneurs: what counts in politics is not how well people are doing, but how well they are doing in relation to designated out-groups." So people support a class war against themselves. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot
Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Impatiently waiting for @thejesuslizard.bsky.social with a friend. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a nice guy …
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13/01/2025
NEW – Media reaction: The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and the role of climate change | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/4adlD8E
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Steven Agnew @stevenagnew.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
You say Goodbye Bluesky, I say hello …
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