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Peter Vlahos 🇬🇧🇬🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦 @mrsohalvretep.bsky.social · 8h
youtube.com/shorts/8F3Zr... Andy Burnham has made a fantastic short video on his proposals to the triple lock to fund a National Care Service. Please share far and wide. The media must not win.
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Andy Burnham explains how his changes to the triple lock will impact pensions and why
YouTube video by Andy Burnham
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You can't bring down spending on welfare, without tackling the factors that are driving it. You need to invest in good jobs, transport, and lifting people out of poverty. Our deputy chief executive Hannah Peaker on Politics Live reacting to news from Tory Party Conference.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 6h
Global floating offshore #wind capacity has increased by 38% over the past year, reaching 382MW. Globally, 300 floating wind projects across 26 countries are currently in development. www.energylivenews.com/2026/10/07/f...
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Floating wind capacity increases by 38% in one year - Energy Live News
A total 109MW has become operational in 2026 as 300 projects across the world are being developed
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 6h
#Oil #Gas #Fossilfuel companies profits double www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 21h
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BusinessGreen @businessgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Zapmap: Charging installations grow nine per cent to 125,000 public EV charge points businessgreen.com/ne...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An energy efficiency expert looks at the Tory claims scrapping the Future Homes Standard would knock £50k off the price of a new home and concludes they are utter nonsense. www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4536...
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 22h
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/121...
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Jeffrey Archer is dead - let's not forget the woman whose life his lies destroyed
Former Conservative politician turned bestselling writer Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86. Here we tell the story of prostitute Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed by his lies.
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026
#JefferyArcher
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sales of full-electric vehicles skyrocket 94.7% in Germany in September. Sales of gasoline cars plunge ~30%. Diesel auto sales also fall. giznewsdaily.com/german-ev-sa... #energysky
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
cuz the times they are a-changin'. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
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Fuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.com
The share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward...
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HSBC & Barclays were among global banks pledging in 2021 to cut emissions from loans Driven mainly them, loans by UK banks to the coal industry rose 17% from 2022 to 2025, EU banks nearly halved coal financing. Banks in Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan also cut theirs www.ft.com/content/52e5...
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UK banks stick with coal financing, campaign report finds
Barclays and HSBC led in support of the industry since the war on Ukraine, study shows
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
@dougparr.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social Did you know #Pluginsolar is vat chargeable? And doesn't get #Export Easy wins for government
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Timelapse of the big @pragmacharge.bsky.social hub we built in Valencia - Europe's biggest with 50 bays. Now operating along with a smaller hub in Felixstowe - 48 more hubs to go by 2030. #NoMoreDiesel #TimeToElectrify #ElectricFreight #EuropeRising #PragmaCharge
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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/10/2026
Electric cars just had their best month ever in the UK Nearly 100,000 new BEVs sold, +36% year-on-year (Data from SMMT, which continues to lobby for weaker EV targets)
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
@heidialexander.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social #Diesel #Trumpswar
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only Reform will take £5 million bribes, accept illegal foreign donations, let convicted fraudsters bankroll them, buy houses in their girlfriend's name to avoid tax, help crypto billionaires get richer and do fuck all for ordinary people. 😊
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ECIU @eciu.net · 02/10/2026
5️⃣ new EV on UK roads every minute That's just under a milestone 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ , 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ in Sept alone, acc new @SMMT data Just as diesel price hits record £2/litre in UK Total EV share at 26.2% in 2026 so far eciu.net/media/press...
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is sovereignty. 'Wind and solar generated a record 41% share of the UK’s electricity needs in 2026 to date, compared with 25% from gas, avoiding the need for gas imports worth £5.9bn since the outbreak of war between the US and Iran in February.' www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
Bar chart showing record wind and solar have saved the UK from gas imports worth £5.9 billion during Hormuz crisis.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UK has added 291,000 new solar PV installations in the 12 months to August 2026, the most in any 12-month period since 2012 It brings the cumulative installed solar in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations. It's also a 9% increase from August 2025, with 1.9GW of new capacity
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UK installs record 291,000 PV installations in 12-month period
This brings the cumulative installed solar capacity in the UK to 23.2GW across 2,131,000 installations.
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
#Diesel #Shortages
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Solar 22.3% ☀️ | 🌬️ Wind 42% bsky.app/profile/mygr...
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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our research shows that government action to finance a rollout of rooftop solar panels across the UK could save 8 million homes £251 a year on energy bills. Read the full report here: neweconomics.org/2026/07/fina...
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Financing a rooftop energy revolution
How lower-cost finance could deliver bill savings to millions with no upfront costs
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of Burnham’s biggest strengths is that he just seems to like Britain and the people in it and enjoys the prospect of helping them - which is much rarer than it should be. Almost every other world leader looks like they’d rather be somewhere else
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@drpauldorfman.bsky.social Breaking News: SMRs are still pants and always will be youtu.be/zrNa9k6sSlg?...
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How Solar Is Beating Nuclear's Best Idea
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📽️ What happens when the world's biggest exporter of one of the most important substances for modern civilisation decides to stop exporting it? We might be about to find out. 🛢️Primer on US diesel and the coming fuel crunch, inc why it could be especially grisly for Britain👇 youtu.be/sYnmyKB9_G8?...
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Trump threatens to ban diesel exports, but at what cost?
YouTube video by Sky News
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don't forget that Ofgem's board is appointed by whichever secretary of state has responsibility for energy at the time. E.g. Cameron, Rudd didn't want new grid infrastructure, so new grid infrastructure we did not get. Ofgem only does what it's told
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 29/09/2026
Trying to get my co-worker to get that heat pump. Thousand dollar refill might motivate him this winter.
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∞ Uncle Steve @stevefarr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This simple fact is UK's most urgent energy priority: 30-35% of UK's electricity is generated from burning gas because the National Grid cannot deliver cheap clean wind-generated electricity from Scotland down to London. How come it took so long for politicians to wake up about it?
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Burnham plans public-owned 'Great British Grid' to fix 'broken' energy market
EXCLUSIVE: The PM will use his Labour conference speech to set out plans for greater public control of energy - as he warned firms and businesses are left shouldering the cost
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Yes2RenewablesUK @yes2renewablesuk.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
npower Business Solutions: 'It's going to be a very expensive winter next year for businesses' www.businessgreen.com/interview/45... @fsb-uk.bsky.social @directors-uk.bsky.social #Solar #Wind #OnsiteRenewables oaktreerule.com/oak-tree-rule
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npower Business Solutions: 'It's going to be a very expensive winter next year for businesses'
npower Business Solutions' Anthony Ainsworth joins BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray to unpack the key findings from the company’s latest Business Energy Tracker
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really interesting study from @nestauk.bsky.social and @acjsissons.bsky.social shows how energy bills are rising, but gas bills are rising much faster than electricity bill, suggesting the clean power drive is starting to deliver the long-sought decoupling. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536329...
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Study: Electricity bills rising 'much more slowly' than gas due to UK's clean power drive
Household energy bills are set to rise this winter, but Nesta claims there are signs gas and electricity bills are beginning to 'decouple' in a boost for households with heat pumps and EVs
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The fossil fuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... by @theguardian.com's Maya Yang 🔌💡
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/09/2026
From Hounslow to Hendon, without the detour. The proposed West London Orbital would create a new passenger rail link, unlock 25,000+ homes, support thousands of jobs, improve air quality and help cut congestion. Have your say in our public consultation now: haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/west-london-...
Map showing the proposed London Overground West London Orbital rail service. The route runs north to south from Hendon, Brent Cross West, Neasden (new station), Harlesden (new station), Old Oak Common Lane (new station), Acton Central, South Acton, Lionel Road (new station), Brentford, Syon Lane, Isleworth and Hounslow. Interchange connections are shown to the Jubilee, Bakerloo, Central, Mildmay and Elizabeth lines, plus National Rail services and airport links. Stations and routes are subject to consultation and further planning.
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ECIU @eciu.net · 24/09/2026
📊 Record heat pumps under Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) in Aug 📍 Highest ever numbers of heat pump vouchers paid under the scheme 📍 Around 40% ⬆️ on BUS vouchers paid in the same period in 2025
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/09/2026
NEW – Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK ✍️ Written by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org 📊 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/VpxOLE5
EVs are now up to nine times cheaper per mile than diesel cars. Pence per mile. A chart shows diesel highest at around 21p, petrol at 20p, EV at price cap at 7p, and EV off peak lowest at under 2.5p. Source: Carbon Brief analysis, DESNZ, Ofgem, Zapmap. - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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ECIU @eciu.net · 24/09/2026
"It's not a race to save the polar bears anymore. It's all about industrial strategy." Renewables hitting all time records in UK & globally Gas and oil price spikes based on whims of foreign regimes highlights the case for renewables as a national security measure 693GW installed in 2025 alone
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kennethgray.bsky.social @kennethgray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And Trump gets his orders from …
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Russia extends ban on diesel exports until September 30
Russia said on Saturday ​it had extended a ban on ‌diesel exports until September 30.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the world
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Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government
A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Renewableenergy has broken through another key milestone on #Australia’s main grid, meeting more than 80% of demand for the first time, and could have met all of demand and more were it not for heavy curtailment of #wind and #solar. reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-h...
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Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time - despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
Updated: Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time over a weekend that also saw record levels of rooftop PV and new demand lows.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
China's auto market will be fully EV before 2030 and 100% BEV before 2035 if current sales trends continue! BEVs recorded their highest share of EV sales since 2023, with BEVs at 69% and PHEVs 31%. EVs were 58% of Chinese exports, up from 40% in 8/2025. cleantechnica.com/2026/09/19/t... #energysky
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The Unstoppable Rise of Leapmotor — August’s China EV Sales Report (45% BEV Share) - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of c...
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
lol
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity
Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20/09/2026
Normal? Not at all. Birdsong fades. Summer temperatures soar. The danger is we simply adjust – but we shouldn’t. We cannot allow the climate crisis to rewrite our idea of what's normal.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FYI, if you are in the UK, oil and gas receive around £3,500,000,000 per year in government support, mainly through specific tax reliefs and allowances. 🤯🤯🤯
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