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Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous. @petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social

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All new homes in England to have solar panels by 2027. Calculations by The Times indicate households with panels could save up to £1000 a year on electricity bills. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Blushing

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£435mn to build a sewage works in England, £29mn in Denmark. Tell us again how a privatised water system brings efficiency & value for money? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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🚨NEWS🚨 I have a new, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social Did you know the Govt have already allocated subsidies for over £59bn for carbon capture, and awarded £23bn including £10bn for this one scheme? See: tinyurl.com/DESNZ-SUBS

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The "nationally rare" Lichen Running Spider was sighted at West Muchlarnick, a temperate rainforest site near Looe in Cornwall.... 🕷 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Eeeeeeeeeexcellent!

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Carbon dioxide uptake in Norway has dropped dramatically in the last 10 years & is expected to decline further. Are we confident in this prognosis? We have a breakfast event 14 May to discuss the key uncertainties. Event is English, but invite is Norwegian! www.cicero.oslo.no/no/arrangeme...

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#ClimateSolutions

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Flood Zone 3 - highest risk areas for flooding - the EA says homes should only be built there in exceptional cases but, BBC File on Four reveals, between 2013 & 2022, 205,000 homes were built in FZ3. "A ticking time bomb of misery" says @jamie-woodward.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.

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Government launches consultation on improving heat pump grant scheme: possibilities include payment in installments, extending scheme to encompass air-to-air heat pumps & heat batteries. Plans to roll out installation training to 18,000 workers. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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On @lbc.co.uk this morning, @floodmary.bsky.social was asked about rumours the government is considering cuts to flood defence budgets. Fair to say that wouldn't be a move she'd support.

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They survived for millions of years but not much longer Collapsing bird numbers in North America Study using citizen data finds three-quarters of nearly 500 species in decline, with steepest trend in areas where they once thrived www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Build, baby, build’: Canada’s new prime minister wants to make the country into an ‘energy superpower’. Mark Carney has promised to partner with Indigenous peoples. He's also promised to fast-track extractive energy projects. grist.org/global-indig... #Canada #Energy #Solar #Wind #GreenSky

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🚨 BREAKING: The UK's sandeel ban will stay in place in a VICTORY for the ocean & science! 🌊🎉 🐟 #Sandeels are vital food for puffins, porpoises & cod. Although the EU won its challenge to the ban on paper, the court confirms it was backed by science & is VITAL to healthy seas. 1/2 ⏬

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It is important for self-care. Especially as #dolphins bring watchers so much joy. Amidst the worst harmful #algal bloom in Southern California history, multitudes of marine life are washing up dead…and it’s taking a toll on lifeguards. www.surfer.com/news/dead-do...

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Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

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I've been re-posting this for 2 days, but at the rate the UK has built homes in recent years . . .

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Frustrating/ironic that this story was overshadowed by the nonsense spouted by Tony Blair about net zero earlier this week - one of his criticisms was that people don't feel like solutions to climate change are based on good policy... 1/🧵

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Going in the right direction...

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We are facing a methane crisis. We keep getting more and more good data quantifying the problem on a global scale and the sources of the emissions. And then.....nothing happens. There is no enforcement.

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We're very impatient for the renewable energy to have saved us (me, too) But the change wasn't in last 10 years Last 10 years just preparation The change starts now — next 10 years going to be fast Yeh, not as soon as we needed for climate action on 1.5°C - but fast from now bsky.app/profile/prof...

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Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous. @petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social

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EVs keep the lights on as power outages hit – analysis eciu.net/media/press-...

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UK Sandeel commercial fishing ban remains!✊ The EU challenged the ban, claiming the move was "discriminatory and disproportionate" but a European court has now dismissed the challenge, confirming the ban was "based on the best available science." 🎣 ❌ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Satellites do a great job of finding methane emissions but that doesn't result in enforcement. We wrote about this power plant in Florida a month ago. Here is the latest image (it has a different town name listed, its the same spot).

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Fortune published my piece on the @e3g.bsky.social report showing 97% of execs support a transition to renewables. This maps onto the fact that we underestimate how much appetite there is for climate action globally, with 89% of people favouring stronger climate action. @coveringclimatenow.org

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💥METHANE💥 CH4 emissions need to reduce rapidly but keep rising So why is UK Govt chucking £10bn to fossil fuel companies BP & Equinor to lock in upstream methane emissions Read: New, second legal challenge to Net Zero Teesside with @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/labour-is-ch...

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State Sen. Peter Harckham & Assemblywoman Anna Kelles sponsored the legislation. “Inevitably, when you are spreading biosolids, you are also spreading those [toxic chemicals]." #PFAS spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-...

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How California’s farmers can recharge the aquifers they’ve drained. Agriculture requires a lot of water. In the drought-stricken Central Valley, researchers have found a win-win for growers. grist.org/food-and-agr... #CA #California #Farmers #Farms #Water #Agriculture

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A restoration project aims to tackle the loss of the natural world while helping people build mental resilience: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪

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The Labour government will announce plans to see solar panels fitting on most new build houses from 2027. The plans will also see government funded loans and grants to support fitting panels on more existing homes. It is expected to increase new home costs by £3-4k but save up to £1k a year.

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Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Wow, good news from England 👉 Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪

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Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in #England by 2027 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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@gov.je We have lots of roof space for solar panels and the greatest amount of sun in the British Isles. It should be easy for Jersey to be country number 8, shouldn’t it.😀

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Ellen Cruse of Citizen’s Climate Lobby writes that Floridians can save on energy costs, keep the power on during outages and embrace innovation with rooftop solar panels: "You are patriotically participating in our energy future by installing solar panels." www.theinvadingsea.c...

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Labour’s plan to fit all new homes with solar panels is a fabulous idea. It will help slash energy bills to the tune of up to £1k a year. This is what the green economy is all about. buff.ly/Psb0qMv.

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"One in four properties will be at risk of flooding by 2050 unless urgent action is taken" - Climate Change Committee report finds government is "putting people, the economy & the environment in increasing peril by failing to act." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It's not rocket science ... it's cuts.

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154gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. https://earth.org.uk/GBGI #CO2

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BC has belatedly released its 2024 Climate Accountability report. The top-level message is that BC expects only a 20% GHG reduction below 2007 levels by 2030, just halfway to its target of a 40% GHG reduction. A 🧵 for those who want to dig in a bit more. #bcpoli www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/e...

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You want to know what #climate scientists got wrong about #climatechange? We were too cautious. It's happening faster than we anticipated and the impacts are going to be worse.

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Sunshine State eyes faster solar permitting #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: pv-magazine-usa.com/...

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Washington State’s new solar panel recycling requirements set to begin in 2030 #energysky -- via Solar Power World: www.solarpowerworldo...

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Drones and mobile CCTV cameras will be deployed to identify cars and vans belonging to fly-tippers so they can be destroyed. In addition, waste cowboys will now face up to five years in prison for operating illegally £69 billion to council budgets www.gov.uk/government/n...

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David Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Could have been made compulsory decades ago, but such is the power and corruption of UK Govt. lobbying.

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