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The EU needs an anti-greenwashing law. Dropping the #GreenClaimsDirective would be a major setback for consumer protection and sustainable businesses. It erodes public trust, contradicts EU commitments, and weakens the fight against greenwashing and disinformation.

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

Thermal batteries are game-changer for clean, resilient energy—storing excess renewables as heat (up to 1,500°C!) for industrial use. They’re becoming more cost-effective, are scalable and key for decarbonizing industry. I’ll highlight this tech tonight in my keynote at Catalisti in Antwerp.

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‘Patriotic pumps’: heat pumps to run mainly on British energy as boilers set to be ‘heavily dependent’ on imports Over next five years heat pumps increasingly run on British renewable electricity as gas boilers become 80% dependent on imports.

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Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/i...

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Don’t conflate Nature-based Solutions with ecosystem recovery “the starting point of restoration is to repair nature itself whereas the starting point of NbS is societal needs and goals” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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It's here! It's finally here! It's Daniel Hannan Day! The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself. (Read it. You deserve a laugh.) www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

The global fight against climate breakdown is being undermined by virulent disinformation. It’s a coordinated, well-funded campaign to delay action, erode trust, and protect profits. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and I wrote for the Guardian on what can be done about it.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.

submitted 4 days ago • 71 comments

A recipe for shifting the dial on climate: fund a massive science/social science/engineering effort to find ways to bring at least a billion people out of poverty with zero carbon footprint & minimal environmental impact. And then make it free & open source for everyone to use & improve on.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Sigh.

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His argument, at its core, is about how utilities have been able to get compliant regulators to approve levels of profit that are too high. insideclimatenews.org/news/1506202...

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Is 600 deaths in one heatwave enough to make you wonder whether it was right to imprison so many Just Stop Oil protestors? If not how many will it take? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

A slightly more positive perspective: The three largest power sectors are cleaning up their electricity supply in lockstep. Different levels, same trajectory... Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.

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It's already #ShowYourStripes day in many places like New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Papua New Guinea. All these countries are warming rapidly. Visit www.ShowYourStripes.info to find your warming stripes with 4 different designs. Start a climate conversation online or with friends and family?

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

It’s getting worse …. Faster apnews.com/article/clim...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This article made me so sad 🐙 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

Those free speech lovers at the Daily Mail are busy wasting public money trying to get Councils to take down Pride Flags. What pathetic losers. goodlaw.social/ylbu

submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

"The Tories are on the side of oil and gas giants rather than working Scots" leftfootforward.org/2025/06/kemi...

submitted 13 days ago • 7 comments

This headline is a take, a totally bullshit take. Decades of lack of investment in grid infrastructure, combined with NIMBY whinging about building anything anywhere, means British transmission infrastructure is crap. That’s the problem & that should be the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Incredible must listen from @popnbalance.bsky.social "Why focusing only on factory farming misses the fundamental problem of human domination of animals and the planet" @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social Also preorder "The Omnivore's Deception" www.populationbalance.org/podcast/john...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

A petition launched by @dalevince.com and supported by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social asking the UK government to "promote plant-based foods over meat and dairy for a healthier Britain": To sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Please share in your networks outside BlueSky - and allow us to contact you going forward. Our one advantage is that we are many - and they are few.

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

Variations in climate opinions across the United Kingdom A very large majority of adults in the UK think climate change is happening (85%) and human-caused (74%) … a new interactive mapping tool climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Great article on how a German court has ruled that private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages. It's the polluter pays principle, and as such should be a no-brainer. But the fossil fuel industry has so far thought to be exempt. theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

Surprise, humans mistreatment of wildlife likely to cause another pandemic. Live and let live, and leave well alone. It’s best for all of us www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The women also lost an average 8 pounds by eating vegan, results show. Women achieved these results even if the plant-based foods they ate were processed or ultraprocessed fare like Beyond Burgers or BOCA burgers www.healthday.com/health-news/...

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MP @melanieonnmp.bsky.social says the new Viking carbon capture cluster is a “game-changer” for the Humber. These clusters are centred around billions in public money for new fossil fuel plants—which will be as bad for the climate as coal. Here’s why 🧵1/6 #VikingCCS #FossilGas #NetZero

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

This shouldn't come as a surprise. Agribusiness corporations & their dependents in policy/politics have cynically exploited the narrative of regenerative agriculture without any interest in investing in developing climate friendly agriculture models.There are proven models of agriecological farming.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it!

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Having failed to pretend global heating away, the polluting lobby and their stooges are now at the stage of pretending the global economy needs them. They’re wrong about that too www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

If anyone's up for creating and marketing an arch version - "Could be a transsexual" - (all profits to the wonderful Trans Solidarity Alliance) I'll personally pay a £250 design fee! Entries below?

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“The children of Gaza need protection,” Unicef said. “They need food, water and medicine. They need a ceasefire. But more than anything, they need immediate, collective action to stop this once and for all.” www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

#booksky

submitted 26 days ago • 33 comments

We have a cover!!! Thank you @profwhw.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @writingisjoy.bsky.social and @jonasnahm.com for design advice :) Coming to bookstores in October 2025!

submitted 27 days ago • 15 comments