Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: < A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

"Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting." www.theguardian.com/environment/... No wonder airports are being expanded.

Running on the beach after sunset last night at Châtelaillon-Plage, France

Woman with a cigarette this morning at a café table in Châtelaillon-Plage France (smoking away from her companions at the table)

Seascape #Scape #Focus #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography (pano so looks better if you click)

Expanding airports should not be a priority. More people want to see investment in rail. Help us tell the government not to expand airports! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... We have until 24th Sept to reach 10k sigs. Pls sign and share!

It’s #FlowerFriday! Enjoy this amazing dahlia I photographed on a recent trip #bloomscrolling #macrophotography #flowers #florals #PhotographersUnited #eastcoastkin

Port du Loiron, Angoulins, France, yesterday afternoon. A dozen cabins facing a little harbour, an umbrella pine.

I love France but... a charge of €49 to change your internet provider, apparently applicable to everyone, does not seem compatible with the idea of promoting competition.

If EU is not willing to abdicate its energy sovereignty, and keeps pushing for… There are still 5 hard energy policy constraints that cannot be bypassed. Ronnie and I remind you that core reality ~ Just there 👇~ www.polito.it/sites/defaul...

Opmerkelijk weinig uren met negatieve (en zeer lage) stroomprijzen in juli. Nauwelijks zomerse dagen en weinig (zee)wind speelt parten. Het leidt tot een gemiddelde stroomprijs deze maand, maar liefst 30% hoger dan in juni (en in juli '24). #grafiekvandedag

former aluminium works at Portovesme (Sardinia), from the ferry from Carloforte, last month.

Cafe tables in Cagliari, earlier this month

We are ending the era of Russian fossil fuels in Europe for good! We propose a gradual phase-out of Russian gas and oil imports, to be completed by the end of 2027. This will end energy and economic risks, while ensuring stable, cleaner, and secure energy for all EU countries ↓ europa.eu/!CrrR3m

Why, Jan, do firms not do these cost effective things?

Apparently bigger airports will reduce emissions, because fewer planes will have to 'stack' as they wait to land. Nonsense. Supply increases to fit capacity. If airports expand, so will the number of flights. Sign the petition to stop airport expansion now:

As EU gas demand from the power sector finally resumes its downward trend - EU natural gas consumption hits a new multi-decade low for the month of April. www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Congratulations to the Commission (where I used to work). Also to the cycling organisations of Europe. Even back in the 90s, any time a senior Commission official met cyclists anywhere in Europe and asked what they wanted, high on the list would be Bikes on trains. Great organisation!

International train ticketing perhaps taken a bit far - these are the options that first come up when you are in Cefalù (north Sicily) and want to buy a ticket to Agrigento (south Sicily). But, as Jon Worth would argue, better to make it easier than impossible.

The €2bn question: why has Eurostar still not ordered any new trains? crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/the-e2bn-que...

The world's clean-energy investments are now twice as large as those in fossil fuels, the latest IEA data shows

Today, over 400 miles & 28 walking days since departing the southernmost point, I arrive at the easternmost point of mainland Scotland. Thus completing the first leg of my expedition. It feels like a normal morning. I’m sure it’ll sink in as I walk. Coffee first.

A man in a side street on the phone (Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily)

Who are the Americans?

Man reading in the late afternoon - Ortigia, Syracuse, end of last month

Den Haag wint Europese prijs voor fossielvrij beleid dankzij ons initiatiefvoorstel voor een verbod op fossiele reclame. En er volgen steeds meer gemeenten! 🎉

love Holland - and this looks like there

State of the Union: Delirious. Royal Union Saint Gilloise @rusg.bsky.social are champions of Belgium again after 90 years. Normal service will resume on this feed tomorrow.

flight free trip from London to southern Italy (part 4): paulhhodson.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/o...

What a journey! This family of four took several trains, a ferry and a bus to make it from Oxford to Corsica. And by the end of the trip their 9 year old, even said: "Overall, I liked the travel more than the holiday!"

The world needs more of this and less of most other things

Vous entendez souvent que "les renouvelables ça coûte cher !!" mais avez-vous déjà entendu que cela rapporte? C'est pourtant vrai. En 2024, l'éolien terrestre a contribué au budget de l'Etat à hauteur de 300 M€. C'est même 7 milliards entre 2022 et 2024 ! Et oui...

🎨 Atina (Athens, Greece), 1800s #Athens

I want you to realise the scale. UNESCO estimates that the damage caused by russian aggression since 2014 to Ukrainian cultural heritage exceeds $2.6 billion. This looting of Ukrainian museums is believed to be the largest since the Second World War.

A glorious visit to #Lundy Island this week featured wildlife (zoom in!), fresh air and sunshine. Few places offer so much stimulation of every kind.

Combustion of natural gas in boilers in the Central London was responsible for 72% of nitrogen oxide emissions from 2021 to 2023 NOx emissions from vehicles have been controlled through the ULEZ charging zone and old vehicle retirement www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

What’s the opposite of nation-building?

Battery prices have dropped by >75% since 2015. As the technologies scales innovation and learning drive down prices. Lower prices drives up adoption. And so on.

Worth reflecting on some of the big wins in European cities in recent years. Brussels has seen a large scale pedestrianisation of its city centre. A slightly bumpy road, but quality of life has really improved. #brussels @brenttoderian.bsky.social @americanfietser.com