twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 23hOr any substantial infrastructure project (HS2 anyone?). Would like to know how much of the ballooning cost was due to inflated land/house acquisition prices. 010
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30 18270132
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialRadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A perceptive, short article (including some statements by @kevinclimate.bsky.social ), on a newly published study by others. www.theguardian.com/environment/... A key point here: 022
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.] 16563232
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialGlen @gergyl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Spain is getting good at this. 485
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialPeter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 03/10/2026The world at ~1.5°C above preindustrial. Fossil fuel usage continues unabated, pushing more greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere, so heating will continue. We are *firmly* on track to pass 2°C We are *absolutely* not prepared for the associated climate chaos. 217695
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is Kilnsea "Wetlands" at the beginning of October. It should be, er, wet.. full of water & ducks, geese & other birds - many of them stopping off as they migrate South. The juxtaposition of it being such a nice day but also so alien is discombobulating. Just left with overwhelming sadness. 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialNewsThump @newsthump.com · 30/09/2026NEWS! “Someone must pay for better care for pensioners,” insists pensioner, before clarifying he meant ‘someone else’ newsthump.com/2026/09/30/s...newsthump.com“Someone must pay for better care for pensioners,” insists pensioner, before clarifying he meant ‘someone else’A pensioner demanding urgent investment in social care has clarified that his support for difficult funding decisions extends exclusively to decisions that are difficult for other people. 1118
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3249752754
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Net zero 2050 is a political anchor increasingly distant from the science aligned with our UNFCCC, Paris &ICJ commitments. Simple Q. As we face a cumulative emission challenge & global emissions are still rising, how can we still have the same end date. Each year we fail so the date moves closer. 064
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialProf Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Portland b&b with a view. Fuck you, AirBnb 1132
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026What on earth is happening? 23833111338
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I think many climate scientists including @kevinclimate.bsky.social would like a word. I would state that's disingenuous bordering on a falsehood particularly because UK is signed up to Paris 2015 which states GHG emissions cuts should be done in an equitable manner. 100
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Quote: "Key fact: Net zero by 2050 is a legal commitment, rooted in physics and atmospheric science, based on a finite carbon budget to stay within 2 degrees of warming." What is that carbon budget? What budget does that give UK? What are UK emissions on the current net-zero projections? 100
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The 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...climateuncensored.comHeathrow Expansion: The Physics Does Not Negotiate - Climate UncensoredBelow is the foreword I wrote for my Tyndall colleagues’ detailed and rigorous report examining whether further expansion of Heathrow can be reconciled with 14329
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026for de-commissioning & may be reliant on tax income by that stage. If still burned in UK - Govt will most probably be subsidising the CCS or CDR (not that it is likely to exist). No lose situation for FF companies - lose all ways for everybody else. 002
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@kevinclimate.bsky.social puts it miles better than I ever could. I tend to argue via hypothetical questions. Suppose we do really well & reach net-zero in 8 to 10 years time (if we don't we're consigning UK to systemic collapse). Where does the oil/gas go then? Shut the fields down? Govt will pay 102
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...climateuncensored.comThere Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate UncensoredI 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 1517292
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 09/09/20261/ "Every fraction of a degree of warming matters." True, and a dangerous platitude. It quietly suggests warming is a smooth dial, where each tenth of a degree costs about the same as the last. It doesn't. The later ones cost far more. Here's why. 🧵 516992
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Naomi Oreskes also had quite a bit to do with the book ;-) (IMHO will be seen as one of the fundamental books in order to understand the first half of the 21st century, possibly longer - for future generations looking back & wondering why what was done & more importantly what was not done) 001
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Any ideas about the cause of recent levelling off of OLR? A blip? Temps are certainly still increasing rapidly so it would be expected for OLR to do the same. OLR levelling off for some other reason and so EEI increasing more rapidly would appear to be bad news. 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I’m not talking about SUVs, but actual tanks demolishing cars and killing thousands of people the way drivers and cars are doing to pedestrians and cyclists. People in cars would demand protection from the tank drivers and tanks; the kind of protection pedestrians and cyclists want from cars. 2636
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026At this site is video taken onboard a research ship in August 2026 at 88 degrees North (220km from the North Pole). No sea ice in sight. "Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do" www.meereisportal.de/en/news-over...meereisportal.de 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 05/09/2026I see some (social) media coverage of UNEP overshoot report is leading with we are going to pass 1.5°C of warming. This is not news. Here I am 4 years go saying exactly that. We must be honest with society about what's coming. bylinetimes.com/2022/07/06/w... 2409
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Labour has a 158 majority. ULEZ makes kids lungs bigger & more functional. Active travel saves money. Energy bills are going up because of Hormuz. Food costs going up. Hottest summer on record (40 days over 30degC) & more than likely smash hottest year on record. Why not just do it? Why more talk? 000
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I assume the area would be covered in several cms of uneven snow in December so I don't see how this could be detected. Unless the slope is too steep for snow - in which case, see above. 000
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Please state what geophysical action can cause movement of 10mm/month other than glacial flow and/or permafrost melt. Bull causes destruction in a china shop. Journalist: There were reports of vibration in the shop preceding the incident. Thought to be caused by heavy traffic on the main road 100
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 29/08/2026Today's water-cooler fun facts: August 27th saw the 21st consecutive daily record global temperature, more than 1.80°C above the pre-industrial baseline, more than 4.35 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 daily mean, and more than 0.25°C above the previous daily record. 17389160
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialCampaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Allowing Rosebank/Jackdaw with promises of CCS later is a trap, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social points out: - CCS is unproven at anything like the required scale. - We should invest in cutting fossil fuel use, not prolonging it. - Every year of delay makes the required emissions cuts steeper.climateuncensored.comResponse to Open Letter to DESNZ about Rosebank & Jackdaw - Climate UncensoredResponse to a letter from Stephanie Loo, Myles Allen & colleagues to the DESNZ Secretary of State about offsetting continued fossil fuel production with 13018
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Emit today & fix it tomorrow. Proposal by Loo/Allen/etc for new N.Sea oil & gas developments to be conditional on fossil-fuel execs promising to neutralise emissions thro' future CCS & “engineered removals”. static1.squarespace.com/static/6356a... My response: climateuncensored.com/response-to-...climateuncensored.comResponse to Open Letter to DESNZ about Rosebank & Jackdaw - Climate UncensoredResponse to a letter from Stephanie Loo, Myles Allen & colleagues to the DESNZ Secretary of State about offsetting continued fossil fuel production with 1310548
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/08/2026This is why the 'AI works vs doesn't work' debate is a nonsensical false dichotomy. AI delivers a superficially passable 'successful' output - but the *real* problem is that output is corrosive, worse and the general overuse spreads this corrosion EVERYWHERE www.instagram.com/reel/DcJ6eQW... 510526
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A thousand times this. Gut wrenching to read but rings with truth. Please share the link. Not just on here but directly to anyone who has influence, power or who can pass it on to those that have. thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.orgthebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.orgThe Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words LongNot carbon dioxide. A lie, spoken calmly in parliaments and boardrooms, only four words long. 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26 10628191393
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Gobsmackingly - close to 50% chance according to climate brink dashboard: dashboard.theclimatebrink.com#global Hansen would most probably have chances higher. Likely means several days above 2degC anomaly later this year otherwise difficult to get there. El Nino hasn't really kicked in yet....dashboard.theclimatebrink.comClimate DashboardDaily-updated global temperature tracker: ERA5 daily data, multi-model ENSO forecasts, annual projections, and climate models vs. observations. 031
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialScientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 17/08/20261/ Today Scientists on Survival visited the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to remind the government of the scientific facts. New oil and gas 🛢️ = more fire 🔥, more extreme weather ⛈️, more food shortages🚫 and more death ☠️. For more details see thread🧵... 213981
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026100,000 people now signed the petition for the government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis, introduced by the PM and delivered by independent experts. The debate should be prioritised for when Parliament reconvenes on 1st Sept. It's #TimeToStepUp 813570
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The kraken seem to be winning (especially since there's no need for them to melt the polar ice sheets - we're doing that ourselves). 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialRachel Frazin @rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report The lead editor of this year's report said "We are frantically working to find a way" to make it happen anyway thehill.com/policy/energ...thehill.comNOAA pulls support from Arctic climate reportThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pulling its support from an Arctic climate and environment report it has helped with in the past. Rick Thoman, lead editor for the 2026… 612163
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026David Roberts @volts.wtf wrote this a couple of weeks ago. heatmap.news/daily/worryi... Links to a Harvard study that puts wf smoke economic damage as at least all other damage put together.heatmap.newsWhat Worries Me Most About This Wildfire SmokeWe didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are. 000
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Is maintaining national security a stretch goal?Is keeping law&order & stopping riots a stretch goal?Is 24/7 electricity when flicking a switch a sg? Why is stopping climate heating treated as a low priority aspiration policy rather than the risk to existential, systemic collapse that it is? 020
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Whenever I read something about the IFOA reports I get an image of the Actuaries stood around while the climate scientists, economists and IPCC prevaricate, squabble & fail to make progress for 30 years, drumming their fingers then finally going "Tsk, THIS is how you do it". 000
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMurderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George MonbiotAs climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 6821671054
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/08/2026Your 'doom quote' for today: “It is the biggest threat humanity has faced, with the potential to wreck our social fabric and way of life. It has the potential to kill millions, if not billions, through starvation, war over resources, displacement." www.nmn.com/news/living-...nmn.comLiving Longer May Be Pointless, Experts Predict It’s Too LateLong-ignored climate experts predict a global catastrophe due to a 2.5 C° temperature increase, potentially making attempts at living longer a fruitless endeavor. 1411948
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Want to spread this because the messaging is good. But if you're going to ring the alarm bell you'd better check and double check you have the story straight. "and we surpassed 2 C° above preindustrial levels in 2015. " Hmm. How can I link to something which I know is factually incorrect? 021
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 03/08/2026A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready! 11261158
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026scientifically illiterate. An air gap is required between action/outcome alternatives generated by science & choices made by politicians. Politicians then have to voice their priorities and argue the case. Similar playing has happened to climate science for over 30 years & here we are. 000
twofeathers.bsky.social @twofeathers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Do you agree those conversations are mainly moral, ethical and socio-economic & therefore political rather than scientific? The difference is the last is pure science. Scientific establishment is partly to blame for being played by allowing politicians to say "follow the science" when that is 100
Reposted by @twofeathers.bsky.socialVolcaholic @volcaholic1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Drill baby, drill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Qj...youtube.comThis is what climate change looks like.YouTube video by Volcaholic 37441