Trump to pollute more, produce electricity more expensively, cost taxpayers more in bid to shore up fossil fuel industry The fossil industry were, of course, heavy donors to his election campaign www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UK insurance payouts hit record owing to climate impacts from storms & flooding Chief scientist at flood modeller Fathom said climate change was creating the conditions for more extreme weather as warmer temperatures lead to longer-lasting rainfall www.ft.com/content/8801...

UK govt awards major new round of contracts to onshore wind and solar, all at prices below current market wholesale price Together they'll supply about 3% of current British power when built All of which reduces gas imports, of course www.ft.com/content/930e...

"When we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP" Head of the UN says the way we measure economic activity needs to change He's not wrong. The vested interests in keeping things the same are considerable, however www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For the second time in 3 years, manufacture, installation & export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and related tech accounted for more than 1/3 of China’s economic growth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Extreme weather disasters and climate tipping points aren't in economic models of the impact of climate change on the global economy The result "is widespread complacency amongst investors and policymakers" We will all suffer as a consequence www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Datacentres are driving as explosion in gas power stations This year will set an annual global record for new gas power additions, growing by nearly 50% US gas projects, if completed, will cause 12.1bn tonnes lifetime CO2. Annual US fossil CO2 emissions = 4.8bn www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a big deal and tells Europe, Asia, Africa where HGV technology is heading. The only question is the pace, and whether truck manufacturing jobs remain where they are or migrate to China. See solar panels, batteries etc.

66% of recent increases in UK energy bills has come from wholesale gas prices, say @ukerc.bsky.social - 17% from grid charges, 13% from extra policy costs Despite gas accounting for 1/3 of generation, its price drives cost of electricity up to 90% of the time www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

"Starmer’s government has repeatedly sought to invent a conflict between prosperity and environmental protection....So when the security services say that environmental protection is in fact essential to prosperity, their report must be suppressed" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Airline leasing companies speaking truth on sustainable aviation fuel. It's not making aircraft emission-free anytime soon So what now? The climate doesn't care about airline growth or business models, just greenhouse gas impact Ball is in your court, airline industry www.ft.com/content/78a6...

Significant moment - fully-electric cars sell more than petrol-only cars in the EU EU decision makers abandoned their target late last year yet sales are expected to continue growth as cheap Chinese models gain a foothold www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Farage’s donors have spent £151,000 flying him around the world in support of Donald Trump. Farage works for the MAGA movement, not the British public (and certainly not the voters of Clacton)

RheEnergise use a mineral-rich suspension 2.5 times denser than water which can then operate like a conventional hydro Only needs hills -not mountains - so can be more widely deployed Allows long-duration storage at (they claim) half price of lithium batteries www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport say expansion at other London airports makes a new runway at Heathrow pointless - all the capacity required sits elsewhere Transfer passengers are declining, meaning the case for an airport 'hub' is weakening www.thetimes.com/business/com...

European countries pledge to build 100GW of offshore wind jointly in North Sea and to share electricity according to need The aim is to do this by 2050. The UK Conservative opposition have called this a "rush to build wind farms at breakneck speed" 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Social media was supposed to be a democratising force. But social platforms have given a handful of individuals more control over public discourse than any media executives in history. A few oligarchs now control what billions of people see, hear &read” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Full UK govt report on ecosystem crisis says degradation of rainforest in Congo and drying up of rivers from Himalayas could drive people to flee to Europe, leading to “more polarised and populist politics in the UK” Also, Britain would struggle to feed itself www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Europe's power now has wind & solar as biggest component in “major tipping point” for EU Coal-burning fell to a new historic low, although gas gen up slightly cos hydro suffered in dry year Solar & wind “becoming the backbone” of Europe’s power system say CREA www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“South East Water may be the worst of all water companies, but Thames Water comes 2nd – and serves millions of people. Water shortages will be coming to other parts of England very soon” Why the privatised water industry is failing so badly, and will keep failing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China." Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth

The state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, was responsible for emissions of 1.7bn tonnes CO2 in 2024 That's more than the emissions of Japan & Germany combined Exxon, with 610mn tonnes, caused more CO2 emissions than South Korea www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Even the very wealthy are recognising the unequal distribution of money is a problem And they're buying up politics to serve their interests. It's been calculated that on average, every $1m donated to the Trump presidential campaign yielded an $18bn windfall www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Hugely welcome money for UK fuel poverty, with a shift from insulation, towards solar PV, heat pumps, batteries as most cost-effective way to cut bills for low-income households But UK has draughtiest homes & fewest heat pumps in Europe, so is it moving fast enough? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Official UK Govt security assessment concludes that “Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity” This is not a green NGO or leftie radical, but govt national security assessment Response? Tumbleweed assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...

UK governments of all stripes have looked at cutting planning rules & 'red tape' to produce growth Previous evidence-based reviews have contradicted this view This UK govt is first one to take forward cutting of protections without bothering with evidence www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/evidenc...

This is my 30th year as a journalist. But I still continue to be shocked daily at the extent to which these same 'news'papers revel in wilful misinformation in order to relentlessly promote the ideology/interests of their senior editors and owners. An utter disregard and contempt for their readers

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund seeks to water down standards on Science Based Targets Initiative for corporates, even as it accepts that climate change could wipe 19% off value of US stocks www.ft.com/content/dedb...

UK government has just agreed to contract 8.4GW of new offshore wind at prices that pay back for the taxpayer, which will generate over 32TWh of power when built It keeps the ambitious 2030 Clean Power target alive Greenpeace UK reaction is here assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696686...

Chart admirably demonstrating the climate trend It's leading to record wildfires, floods, rising seas, extreme storms & typhoons, harvest failures And whilst the tech is around to curtail the problem, humanity, right now, just isn't doing so www.ft.com/content/e995...

The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on: * Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc AND * Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero I kid you not, it is that stupid

Record roll-out of clean energy leads to fall in coal power generation by 1.6% in China and by 3% in India says analysis from Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air They say it could be “a sign of things to come” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

7 of 10 targets set in England's Environment Act 2021 have little likelihood of being met by the legal deadline of 2030 On water, chemical exposure, waste, resource use, biosecurity and climate adaptation the prospects of hitting ambitions are well off track www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In the green technology race China is now well ahead of the west - on wind (As shown here in deployment), solar, batteries, electric vehicles The Western approach to industrial policy has failed compared to China www.ft.com/content/3749...

If you read the UK press you'd think electric heat pumps - which can provide heating through renewables - are a nightmare Actual experience is different - more people, around 90%, are satisfied with their heat pump in cold weather than those with gas boilers www.businessgreen.com/news/4523985...

"Instead of addressing its responsibilities under international law & addressing core demands of the protestors, which are supported by a majority of the British public, successive UK govts have instead sought to repress protest through ever more draconian laws" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Looks like intimidating a South American country to extract its oil isn't so simple www.ft.com/content/5a97...

“Trump is doubling down on fossil fuels & undermining US renewable energy “This is a moral crime, given climate change. It’s also economic self-sabotage: Washington ceding soft power to Beijing, & attacks on renewables hamper US efforts to build the power infra for AI” www.ft.com/content/572b...

Microplastics interfere with photosynthesis in phytoplankton & impair zooplankton metabolism - both are central in ocean carbon cycling Oceans absorb about 1/4 of CO2 released by human activity If you're against climate change, you have to be against plastic www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Essentially every country in the world in a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Including autocracies, coal and oil producers All except one, now Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Boosting Venezuela’s oil output by 500,000 barrels a day would cost $10bn and take 2 yrs Raising production to 1.5mn barrels of oil a day (from current 1mn) would produce 550mn tons of CO2 a year That's more CO2 than is emitted by countries like UK & Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fully electric car sales in UK approached 1 in 4 of the total cars sold in 2025 Boosting sales will continue to crush oil demand, as is happening in China Also critical the West gets its act together on manufacturing them, rather than losing out to China www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Failure to include mandatory batteries in the standard for new UK homes would be a massive climb down by Labour govt - caving into pressure from large housebuilders Again Climbdown would be to detriment of the homeowners, the electricity grid, & public interest www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UK govt war on bats and newts, part 328 Small building developments will no longer need to worry too much about the damage they cause to nature Or as London Wildlife Trusts say "We’ve got a flatlining economy, I know what’s to blame: hedgehogs" www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

The decline in Arctic sea ice from climate change is not only a tragedy for the region's people & wildlife Scientists at the National Snow & Ice Data Center talk of "a potential causal relationship between Arctic ice retreat and extreme weather in midlatitudes" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The world of electric vehicles is changing rapidly as increasingly the leaders are in developing countries India, Mexico & Brazil now have a higher EV sales share than Japan Indonesia’s EV sales share has reached 15% this year, overtaking the US ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

The Conservatives are threatening to abandon the phaseout date for petrol and diesel cars should they win the next election There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Legal adviser to Rachel Reeves quits after advising plans to rip up planning laws could jeopardise trade with the EU and lead to widespread habitat destruction The laws derive from EU Habitats Regulations, and non-regression forms part of the trade deal with EU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Obviously it's not new, but it is once again striking how the United States, Saudi Arabia & Russia amongst others think they can deal with the environmental crisis by ignoring the evidence and cosying up to existing interests www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...