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So even Republican voters blame Trump & Vance for yesterday’s argument in the Oval Office.

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While BP aspire to return us to the dark ages there are the enlightened who can see another path. Congratulations to London-Berlin architects dRMM on their recent report aimed at driving down carbon emissions drmmstudio.com/news-post/re...

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Looking for some good climate news? Big timber buildings are healthy buildings to live and work in. Plus they store carbon (a removal) & they substitute out problematic materials such as concrete. Here you go: drmmstudio.com/news-post/re...

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I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

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#CONFORAWARDS live from Edinburgh the Confederation of Forest Industries Awards.

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Nature-based 10 storey apartments in Malmo, Sweden under construction. Timber frame and straw insulation. Storing carbon in the frame 👍 Storing carbon in the insulation 👍 Substituting for higher embodied carbon materials 👍 Providing a healthy living environment 👍 www.boplatssyd.se/nyproduktion...

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By 2050 BP & Shell either no longer exist or have transitioned to green energy companies. That trajectory means year on year less fossil, more renewables. This decision by BP is (as was Shell's) in contradiction with a journey to net zero. Conclusion: boycott them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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She’s considerably thicker than the Wall.

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"In the 2023 World Energy Investment analysis, the International Energy Agency reported a mere 4% of oil & gas companies' upstream investment went into lower-emissions sources of energy or decarbonisation technologies." p157

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It will be sadly ironic if as a result of the terrible fires more LA homes end up being built from concrete. Why? Concrete is responsible for 8% of the global carbon emissions that are the cause of climate change, the exacerbater of the fires. It’s a death cycle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is an important book especially given what’s happening politically in the USA. My review published here: revolve.media/between/lang...

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The submission made by the Confederation of Timber Industries UK to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry into 'Environmental sustainability and housing growth' has been published. committees.parliament.uk/work/8638/en... & scroll down.

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"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." Groucho Marx and Mark Zuckerberg

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Basically Ros finds that Musk is a repetitive liar.

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Not too late for some new year resolutions that will benefit our children and grandchildren.

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Thanks to David Smith MP for North Northumberland for visiting A&J Scott’s sawmill near Wooler today. Timber is the material that can deliver low carbon homes. redbrickblog.co.uk/author/paulb...

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Why did it take me so long to get to this book? Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. So many of the same tactics are still used to promote false solutions for climate change - and sow doubt in real ones.

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In Europe this approach to building on top of existing buildings is increasingly referred to as: www.optoppen.org

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In 2009 London held the record for the world's tallest timber apartment block at 9-storeys. Today many countries have overtaken us, the latest being France where on the banks of the Seine 16-storeys of glulam beech have risen up. www.ribaj.com/buildings/la...

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"A study out of Canada's University of Waterloo found that by 2022 the total cumulative value of six major US public pension funds in Alaska, California, New York State, Oregon, & Wisconsin would have been 13 percent higher had these funds disinvested from fossil-fuel holdings a decade before" p179

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Not all the news is bad: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Cement & concrete responsible for circa 8% of global GHG emissions, and for habitat impact through sand & gravel extraction. Urgently need to decarbonise construction & shift to circular lower carbon bio-based materials.

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Goodnight; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours, While sea abides, and land, And earth's foundations stand, and heaven endures. A.E. Housman Note: A-level English has a habit of staying with you forever.

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A fact-tastic book, “Although pretending to embrace the Paris Agreement, and spreading propaganda about being poised to deliver carbon-removal technologies, fossil-fuel companies actually allocate only about 4% of their upstream capital investments to climate solutions”. @doctorvive.bsky.social

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A Xmas present suggestion for the person you know who is interested in: Trees Forests Wood Architecture Housing lack of Construction Agriculture Land use Climate change Biodiversity Agroforestry Soils Factory made homes A better world waterstones.com/book/timber/... @agendapub.bsky.social

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This afternoon I gave an online talk to an exceeding large number of Forestry Commission England staff. The talk gave them a brief overview of each chapter of Timber! & it went down well it seems - if the emojis at the end are for real! www.waterstones.com/book/timber/...

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Google built a timber office on their California campus. When the first year’s staff absenteeism figure came in it was 12% lower. The general consensus? Timber buildings are healthier & more popular places to work than their concrete & steel equivalents. architizer.com/projects/goo...

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'Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown' has received its first review written in Spanish: lnkd.in/gt99hsqK

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Here we go again. Yet another example of how not to build a big building during a climate crisis. This one in my home city of Newcastle. Did they not know that timber lift shafts are perfectly possible? Clearly they don’t know concrete the cause of 8% global carbon emissions that’s more than the EU.

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Good climate news - for once.

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If Inverness falls they could take Edinburgh by the weekend.

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Some quotes from my contribution in the press release from last week's Confor conference in London in which I set out the climate benefits of building in wood: www.confor.org.uk/news/latest-...

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Looking forward to taking part in & speaking at the Confor forestry & wood policy conference in London today. Always lots to learn at these events and a chance to hear from Mary Creagh MP the minister responsible for forestry.

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I understand Gregg Wallace went to bed early last night having decided it was finally time to start reading Nigel Slater’s excellent biography www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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If you would like to know what the European woodworking industries were working on over the last year particularly as regards advocacy work in Brussels then it's all here in our - launched today - 2023-24 Advocacy Report: www.cei-bois.org/_files/ugd/5...

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It’s that time of the year when 4.30pm’ish is the best time of the day.

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A green light today from the European Council for the certification framework for carbon removals including carbon storage activities that capture and store carbon in long-lasting products for at least 35 years such as wood-based construction products. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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Thanks to the kind support of JamesJonesGroup there will be 120 free copies of my book 'Timber! How Wood Can Help Save the World from Climate Breakdown' to give to delegates at the 5 December Confor policy conference in London. Ticket sales end 25 Nov. Get yours now confor.org.uk/resources/even…

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Pleased that this book is now available in the UK. Interested to see if the heavy fossil-fuel users in the construction industry are mimicking the tactics used by fossil-fuel supporters.

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Learned a new word: Kakistocracy

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A spectacular sunset on Tyneside tonight.

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The Bishop of Newcastle is right in calling for the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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