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ajpendleton.bsky.social
Strategy, policy, campaigns. Own views here. Working for The Sunrise Project. Formerly @globalactionplan @Neweconomics @IPPR and Friends of the Earth UK. He/Him One time Radio Journalist and Sony Radio Awards winner. NFFC fan #COYR
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Very important this from CBI and @eciu.net. The future of the UK economy is green and growth is impossible without it. In fact the CBI's chief economist says: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social

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This is Vance's Munich Security Conference speech. Make yourself watch it. It's chilling, but not to be dismissed or underestimated. It's based in some degree of truth - leaders distant from people, the need to allow free speech - as all extremism is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCOs...

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Those tofu-scoffing eco loons in the *checks notes* pensions and investment industry want much bolder climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409751...

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Predictions of growth from airport expansion are based on faulty forecasts. Airport expansion won't create real economic growth, @alchap.bsky.social told the transport select committee this morning. 1/

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

I concur.

submitted 18 days ago • 26 comments

Yes. Yes. Yes. Why do we visit this on ourselves in a world in which capital markets are as sensitive to the feels as they are to the detail.

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Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging #AirPollution www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...

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Heat pumps are vastly more efficient than gas heating systems. With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective. Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Visual @ember-energy.org

submitted 24 days ago • 19 comments

There's something very Day Today about being on a massive trade war footing in the morning and agreeing to send a few thousand troops to the border in the afternoon.

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The UK desperately needs investment, but pushing for airport expansion suggests the government haven’t done their home work because it will not lead to the the sort of economic growth they want. 1/3

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016! (fagpacket maths follows) on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ

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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

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"There is something cosy & appealing about settling down next to a roaring fire in winter but, every year, nearly 61,000 premature deaths in Europe are caused by #airpollution.. [from] people burning wood or coal to heat their homes." @johnwenger9.bsky.social theconversation.com/wood-burning...

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Most people aren’t aware of the health harms associated with wood burning. Initiatives like #CleanAirNight are important to raise awareness among Londoners and empower them to make informed choices for their health & the environment. Find out more ➡️ cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-night

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Thanks @danielsantini.bsky.social for this inspiring look at free public transport in Brazil. In 116 municipalities! This shows how it can be done. From Daniel's zoom talk at a @farefreelondon.bsky.social event. theecologist.org/2024/dec/09/...

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On the same day that Google forced Gemini down my throat and my kid discovered AI in Google docs, the news is released that atmospheric CO2 concentrations are rising faster than ever. Our entire economy runs on climate denial. It's a ponzi scheme where we steal from the future and call it GDP.

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Community analysis of Breathe London data reveals #airpollution impacts of fee paying schools. Investigations from King's College London indicated larger catchments than state schools. Should this cause us to question the sustainability of fee paying schools? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Really good stuff from @e3g.bsky.social on electricity costs and prices. Couple this with the nuance on shifting policy costs from @nestauk.bsky.social and (I'd add) wall batteries for everyone, starting with low income homes, and you have a policy agenda for cheap and clean home electrification

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"Streets to Schools" - A map showing all the streets closed in Paris as part of Mayor Hildago's "rues aux ecoles" program, making child safety our city's top priority. #paris #urbanism #15minutecity #schools #streetstoschools #safestreets #thewaroncars capgeo.sig.paris.fr/Apps/RuesAux...

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Nesta CEO @raviguru.bsky.social has a new fortnightly blog, and pleased that he’s started with one of our coolest projects: Start at Home for heating engineers ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/the-overco...

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The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming. Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

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