New figures confirm renewables met 49.3% of power demand in the EU in the third quarter. In Denmark, renewables delivered 95.9% of electricity. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...

Big new study shows how a renewables-dominated power system can slash costs across Europe, and yes it does include the cost of grid upgrades, energy storage, and back up generation. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

Really they aren't... new nuclear is very expensive and takes a decade to build. The UK's new nuclear is years off and the cost keeps increasing. Hinkley alone will add a 330 surcharge annually on every bill for 30 years.

EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids. Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km. We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.

…because renewables are often the cheapest option. “In countries where there isn’t any entrenched pre-existing (fossil fuel) infrastructure that’s hard to replace, we do see more of a leapfrog dynamic unfolding,” Excellent global summary worth reading www.cnn

It seems so very strange to have lived to see both Russia and America brought down by the worst leaders either nation ever produced. Putin was worse for Russia than any Czar that ever was, and Trump is more evil than Nixon, Reagan and both Bushes combined. "We're just gonna start killing." Indeed.

If you were born after 1976 — which is two thirds of humanity — you've never experienced a colder-than-average year. That is, a year when the global mean surface temperature was below the 20th-century average (1901-2000 baseline).

🚨 Systematic looting by greedy shareholders and kleptocratic senior management while building no reservoirs in 30 years; how the privatised water companies have reduced us to almost perma-drought conditions. Public ownership is the only viable solution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A cargo ship linked to a drone attack that disrupted air traffic in Denmark and is linked to a Russian mercenary/military company, RSB Group, arrived at the port of Hamina in Finland at night‼️11/13 of the crew are Russians. 1/3

A national park should mean clean water and thriving wildlife. Instead, 94% of Broads rivers are failing. Owen Sennitt reports

Data from BNEF on Sizewell C shows electricity costs could hit £286/MWh, making it much more expensive than other technologies. While it helps decarbonise, this price tag raises major questions about cost-effectiveness. Is nuclear too expensive to be a key part of the UK's energy solution?

Feargal Sharkey accuses Environment Agency of illegally draining River Lea www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This looks like sloppy reporting from the BBC - it's years of funding cuts, not a sudden lack of staff behind this. We need a strong, well-funded EA, with regulatory teeth. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The water companies are lying. Government ministers are lying. Renationalising water needn't cost a penny!!!

📢 BREAKING: Government confirms Ofwat is to be abolished. New regulator to be established to take responsibility of water functions across Ofwat, Environment Agency, Natural England and Drinking Water Inspectorate

“The river Otter should be crystal clear and teeming with fish and invertebrates, but instead, the middle and lower sections are murky, slimy and sick. This is largely due to untreated or inadequately treated sewage being discharged into the river, by South West Water.“ #ReviveTheRiverOtter

News that Ofwat will be replaced by a tougher water regulator is a massive victory for our fight for clean rivers. Scrapping Ofwat was a key Lib Dem manifesto commitment. Thanks to everyone who supported us at the election – this wouldn't be happening without you!

At PMQs I asked "Does the Prime Minister agree that the Greater Cambridge water crisis is a deal-breaker for the government's growth plans?" ... and called for an urgent ministerial roundtable to meet Cambridge Water Scarcity Group. To keep up-to-date with my work: pippaheylings.org.uk/newsletter

Nature is not a 'blocker' to house building but instead adds value to house prices and to peoples' lives. We must make sure that essential infrastructure is in place before house building. In South Cambs we urgently need new water supplies. #southcambridgeshire #fensreservoir

There’s more…. Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland. Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sludge used as fertiliser on farmland can contain harmful chemicals that scientists suspect are entering food chain www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A REMARKABLE JOURNEY: Not long ago, the UK’s power sector was the country’s largest source of carbon emissions. Today, it has become the smallest emitter among all sectors.

The US is falling behind when it comes to clean energy investment. This is about to get worse: With the hugely damaging 'Big Beautiful Bill' the US will shoot itself in the foot driving down investment in the lowest cost energy sources and driving up consumer bills.

Get your good news klaxon out folks. Here we go... "Best start to a year for rooftop solar panel installations in more than a decade" The age of subsidy-free roof-top solar has arrived in the UK and it is here to stay. mcsfoundation.org.uk/news/best-st...

🚨 England’s rivers are under threat. Water extraction is at record levels & the system meant to track it is broken. Licensing's outdated, loopholes huge, no one truly knows how much water we’re taking. Part 1 of investigation (part 2 coming soon): www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌞 NEW RECORD.: Solar is on track to break all previous records in the UK in 2025. From a low base solar is now booming in the UK.

“It was renewables that did it!” That was the headline after Spain’s blackout on April 28. But the official report published today points to other factors: chain reaction of overvoltages led to cascading generation disconnections. Human error played a big role too. media.licdn.com/dms/document...

Two stories: Denmark's soaring renewable success and global nuclear construction disaster open.substack.com/pub/davidtok...

If Western nations want to keep pace with China in the clean energy race, many well-meaning regulations and legacy approval processes will need to be streamlined or reimagined. Speed and scale are critical. Graphic by Insider.

Before the '90s, nobody recorded much detail on what went into landfill - even at sites for industrial waste. So, we don't really know how toxic the waste they contain is. And, when they flood, chemicals from landfill may be washed into surrounding homes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Anti-depressants reducing fear of predators in perch, contraceptive pills altering fish gender - @phoebeweston.bsky.social investigates the medicines polluting even the seemingly pure waters of our National Parks, with @alistairboxall.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

St Mary’s in Stamford looking beautiful next to the evening sky #stamford #church

The map of Australia looks a little different with its inland sea. Countless stock and wildlife losses. Once the flood peaks a clearer understanding of how much water is heading south will emerge. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

oakhamandrutlandnews.blogspot.com/2025/04/rutl... Rutland Fights for its Identity: Over 7,000 Signatures Demand Ceremonial County Status Be Preserved, Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Stamford, delivered a petition to Parliament.

*Outraged* to find on The Atlantic's search tool www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... that Meta - owned by a billionaire oligarch - has #pirated ALL my published work to train #Meta, without acknowledgement or royalties.

Do consider signing the @SocietyofAuthors.bsky.social open letter to Lisa Nandy demanding that #Meta be held to account for #pirating our work. We shd be fairly remunerated for our work & our consent sought for all uses. @uklabour.bsky.social eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

This is a thought provoking film by a very well informed author. This needs to change. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Qe...

This film could be made in thousands of communities around our coasts. Children being born now will see this happening. Not least of the affects will be the backing up of sewers. Most British sewers are laid between 1.5 & 2m below the ground. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2r7...

Could America run out of toilet paper? www.thetimes.com/article/089d...

"They broke open the front door without warning or ringing the bell first, searching the whole building and arresting six women attending the meeting in a hired room." liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/03/poli...

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Save Rutland! We care deeply about our county & its heritage, currently threatened by the UK government & its plans to centralise local decision-making into large unitary authorities. Shops & pubs in Uppingham all doing their bit to protest.

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

It was great to have you out with us. Thank you! We have provided affinity water with a workable and sustainable solution. But they will want to kick the can down the road for decades. Help us to get this timescale accelerated and adopted as a chalk streams first pilot. 6 chalk streams will benefit

Thanks to RevIvel for an informative tour of the Ivel Springs this week. One key takeaway: It's vital that excessive water abstraction from chalk stream source aquifers is reduced, to restore natural waterflow. Healthy, flowing watercourses are critical for our wildlife, and indeed for ourselves.

Hey. America. Remember what you lads did in 1776? It inspired so many revolutions. You can do it again you know...no kings