The German AfD is meeting Kremlin associates and pushing to reopen Nord Stream. This is what is often missed about the backlash against net zero: It is about who controls Europe's energy and vested interest groups want to drive us back towards dependency on Russian gas.

34.8ºC at Kew Gardens breaks its May AND June records by OVER 4ºC for its May record set in 1922 and by 0.2ºC for its June record set in 1976. Unprecedented heat for the UK in late May, and likely to be bettered tomorrow. A rounded 35ºC temperature should not happen in May.

Someone on the BBC did their job today and grilled a Reform MP over the Makerfield candidate's social media posts. The broadcaster will probably be sacked now. www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-r...

JUST DROPPED: Europe thought it won the energy war. Build LNG terminals, swap Russian pipelines for LNG, job done. Then Hormuz closed & prices doubled. We didn't end our dependency. We just changed who we are dependent on. But bright spots on horizon. open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...

Midnight’s privacy quiz is a neat way to get people thinking about onchain privacy. 6 questions. No wallet connection required. I got Kachina: “Separation of identities isn’t a habit, it’s architecture.” What did you get? Not a paid promotion

Nigel Farage’s claim that he paid for a £1.4mn house with his fee from a reality TV show has been challenged by corporate accounts that appear to show that the income remained on his company’s balance sheet after the property purchase. www.ft.com/content/88ce...

Peras could cut Cardano finality from ~12 minutes down to 2-5 minutes. I interviewed Tweag about Peras, Leios, history expiry, SPO costs, shallow nodes and the future scaling roadmap for Cardano. Big engineering effort behind this one. *Not a paid promotion

Cardano is now live on Scorechain. That means ADA and Cardano native tokens can be used in compliance workflows for wallet screening, risk scoring, transaction monitoring and investigations. Boring infrastructure, but useful plumbing for institutional adoption. *Not a paid promotion

Ethereum staking still has a queue in and a queue out. Exit queue: ~700 ETH to ~500k ETH in 2 weeks. Entry queue: ~3.6M ETH. More ETH is waiting to stake than unstake. Cardano staking stays liquid by default. *Not a paid promotion

#BrokenNews: Big Cars = Big C**ks

The idea that EV batteries age poorly is a misconception – and a new report has found they often outlive the cars themselves

Saw the @thebooradleys.bsky.social at @roughtraderecords.bsky.social tonight. Great show and new album.

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

🚨 It’s official!!! 🚨 The U.K’s National Energy System Operator has just confirmed that on 22 April 2026 Britain set a new record of 98.8% zero carbon electricity…🇬🇧♻️⚡️🔋💡💪🥳

Today yet another solar generation record has been broken, as is perhaps regular for this time of the year. This one marks a milestone though: 15 GW for the first time, 50% higher than the peak during the previous gas crisis.

Just did the sums. UK gas at 110p/therm today, that's equivalent to £37.5/MWh. But a gas plant is only 50% efficient so it's costing £75/MWh to buy enough gas to make 1 MWh of electricity. Just fuel, no operation costs. AR7 solar came in at £65/MWh and onshore wind at £71/MWh. #renewables FTW

How is anyone meant to trust DeFi when hacks keep happening? This is why Cardano’s security-first approach matters. Deterministic execution, stronger engineering, years of reliable base-layer operation. Real finance needs better foundations. https://x.com/volo_sui/status/2046715584201511351?s=20

Greenpeace build wind farm on Trump’s Golf Course. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpe...

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) has also come out quite loudly in support pointing to continued exposure to fossil fuel imports and the investment and growth opportunity. www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre...

Analysis published today by the UK Climate Change Committee shows that decarbonising the UK by 2050 would cost less than than keeping the system as is if just one 2022 style price shock happened again. This analysis took place before the current price shock by the way.

Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️ Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

A good time to push www.visitaheatpump.com

“Solar panels are fragile and dont hold up!” 😤 ME: they’re literally the greatest of all time (G.O.A.T.!) 🐐🐐🐐

In just a few days, over *7,000* people have taken action to urge Ofcom to stop climate misinformation - can you help us get to 8,000? climatemisinformation.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

Nearly at 7,000 signatures now! Huge thanks to everyone who's taken action so far: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...

Updated for 2026

Outright climate denial in the Daily Express. Funded by ads from #NationalLottery, #NationalTrust, #Tesco & #NewmarketHolidays #StopFundingHeat

Ofcom just sat in Parliament and suggested the reason they haven't upheld single complaint on climate coverage since 2020 is that "broadcasters that we regulate have a good understanding of the code and they are complying with the rules". This is what they've been green-lighting...

BOOM 💥 This is why hydrogen gas leaks are a terrible houseguest. Phil went full Mythbusters and stress-tested methane and hydrogen for home heating in a kitchen set-up 🧪 Both are dangerous. Hydrogen does not mess about. It burns up to 10x faster! 10/10 for science. 0/10 for kitchens.

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Battery storage costs dropped 40% in '24. Solar plus storage now costs $76/MWh - competitive with new fossil fuel plants. Ember collected data from power auctions in Italy, Saudi Arabia, and India. The shift: solar's no longer just daytime power. It's anytime electricity.

Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows | Energy industry | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025! This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X. Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳

Been in the centre of town. Lucky to get out alive from what I've read on threads. You can see what has happened to this city under Sadiq Khan.

Free solar panels and heat pumps available for Suffolk homes

Mega heat pumps are coming. It’s great to see that so many projects are now underway around the world. There’s a real competition on who builds the biggest heat pump. Technology has come a long way and keeps getting better.

Minister orders probe into foreign interference in politics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ReformRussianBribes

GB News grilled me apparently? Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel. They lie - obsessively. Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks: Join.greenparty.org.uk

A new record - on 5 December wind power produced enough electricity for 3/4 of UK homes At 23.8GW it meant that even during winter peak demand, it was still providing nearly half the country's power needs Still a way to go though.... www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...

If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Watch. Sign. Share. It is imperative that we get as many signatures as possible. Please watch Dave’s excellent explainer video and then sign the National Emergency Briefing letter, link embedded in the video. It is in all our interests to do so. youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?...

The new nuclear power in the UK will be paid £133 per megawatt hour, regardless what the market price is. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... In case you were wondering my current (just 2 year fixed) agreement for my solar farm is just £73.55 per MWH. Yes, you are being massively ripped off.

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy Nearly at 70k, sign and share! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

@peopleownedpower.bsky.social have come to Bristol ⚡ POP is helping communities generate, store and share clean energy, from rooftop solar to heat pumps and home batteries, cutting bills and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. They’re after 5 homes to become demos of community-powered energy 🏠👀