Brilliant study of Corn Buntings at Westmill, published this week. The research shows that these endangered birds thrive when living near to solar parks, finding nesting materials and food on site. Visit us to find out how we work with nature: westmillenergy.coop/visit-westmi... #Nature #Renewables

No explanation how Tories will - fill the tax hole - maintain exports to EU, which has imposed carbon taxes on imports - tackle climate change, which they allege they care about - compete in new clean tech increasingly dominated by China Is this just culture warring? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Successive UK govt's desperation not to re-nationalise a failing industry has led to this - no more fines. Or accountability "Pollution, leakage & other performance targets are also being individually renegotiated. These will either be suspended or significantly modified" www.ft.com/content/070d...

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Renewables capacity now nearly half of global total. Will be over half by end of 2026 Another signal of change coming “The Middle East ​crisis has confirmed dramatically energy security is not something we can have with fossil fuels” say @irena-official.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Is anyone surprised? A voluntary certification scheme to limit gas leaks from US production sites isn't working BP & ExxonMobil are among producers wanting certification to comply with EU rules Yet gas-imaging cameras revealed “huge emissions” at many sites www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

Over 4 years trawlers using nets, incl those scouring the seabed, caught over 1.3m tonnes of fish in England's marine protected areas MPAs are there (say govt) “to protect rare threatened & important marine ecosystems … from damage caused by human activities” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Retired R Admiral Neil Morisetti said attempting to eke out last oil & gas from North Sea was “not the answer” to UK's challenges Lt Gen Richard Nugee: “Going for renewables gives greater independence, greater sovereignty, less vulnerability & more opportunity” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Searches for used BYD electric vehicles were up over 375% year-on-year Renault EV enquiries up 24% since Feb 28 “we're starting to see ‘pump anxiety’ over cost of petrol replace ‘range anxiety’ about whether batteries will run out of power” say EV producer Polestar www.ft.com/content/870f...

Wind & solar reduced gas to only 2.4% of the Great Britain electricity mix at midday today, and single figures for most of the last 24 hours, thus reducing any impact of increased gas prices from the Iran war www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"All energy strategies for the climate crisis are ready for implementation as a matter of urgency. The rapid electrification of industry, transport & heating sectors can be achieved straightforwardly "Too expensive? EU spends about $450bn a year on fossil fuels" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A student at Boston College, said: “No matter how many times you’re going to try and say that climate change isn’t real, you can look to a street that’s been flooded and there’s your answer. We’re going to have to sort it out before it becomes irreversible.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With new UK Future Homes Standard today, reflect that a similar standard was scrapped by then-Conservative government in 2015 The more than 1.3 mn homes built to lower standards since mean UK requires an extra 20 LNG tankers per yr Bad decisions lower energy security eciu.net/media/press-...

"Petrostates will deploy energy as leverage...United States and Gulf producers will use cheap, readily available fossil fuels as a tool of clientelism—offering developing nations fast, affordable energy access in exchange for long-term infrastructural lock-in" foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/c...

Welcome that, finally, a new UK homes standard requires solar power & heat pumps. But - year's delay to 2028 means a further 150,000 homes will need retrofitting, at homeowners expense - allowing wood burning stoves will mean air pollution costing many lives www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ideological foolishness in the form of a cheque to pay off a wind developer. Diverted into LNG exporting The US taxpayer, through the Trump administration, paying to reduce clean energy generation and follow up by keeping their gas prices at global average Mad www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

ICYMI: EU grid operators looked into causes of blackout across Spain & Portugal last spring Head of group said “the issue is not about renewables” but management of voltage fluctuations So all those people who instantly blamed wind & solar will be apologising? No? NO? www.ft.com/content/bc3c...

World Meteorological Organisation issues its annual reminder that the climate crisis isn't getting better 2025 was the 3rd hottest year on record They also warn that an El Nino ocean warming in the Pacific could push global temperature to record high in 2027 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“Western car manufacturers are making what one former boss calls a “profound strategic mistake” as they pull back from electric vehicles and refocus on combustion engines as oil prices are soaring once again. Experts say the industry’s future could be on the line” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Compare & Contrast: “A department which shapes China’s economic strategy said the country should accelerate its renewable energy transition” “The White ⁠House said the disruption was a reason for countries to increase production of fossil fuels, not replace them” www.reuters.com/business/ene...

rightwing media narratives are fuelling a false backlash against climate action An echo chamber of elite opinion, has led to MPs significantly underestimating public support for climate policies and overestimate public opposition to local clean energy projects www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spain's wind & solar rollout means gas sets the price of electricity far less than neighbouring countries, and has lower prices as a result "Its speedy rollout of renewables has put a lid on electricity bills — that should help bolster its political independence too" www.ft.com/content/19f2...

Impact of UK renewables on food production will likely be less than golf courses "Only about 1% land will be needed for renewable energy and much of it will still be used for food, for instance through livestock grazing around windfarms & under solar panels" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pakistan saved gas import bill of $12bn, secured power supply Contrary to picture, it's about *rooftops* solar "had it not been for rooftop solar, which reduced reliance on imported gas, load-shedding & other measures to restrict power... would have been considered" www.dawn.com/news/1982984

Something the UK right-wing would do well to understand - they show no signs of doing so at the moment A comparison of the energy strategies for US and China shows that "The most durable hedge against oil shocks is to consume less oil, not merely to produce more" foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/i...

Whilst this ££ will be needed to shield vulnerable households, as @acjsissons.bsky.social has pointed out, now is the ideal time to convert houses heated by oil to heat pumps. Which solves the cost-of-living, energy security & climate emissions issues at the same time metro.co.uk/2026/03/16/k...

Reading UK govt's proposals on deregulating nuclear It creates conundrums for the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Considering economic growth, how do they regulate for a serious nuclear accident upwind of London, which could wipe out the UK economy for a generation? www.gov.uk/government/p...

Yes, there's still some way to go on the UK electricity system, but those blue bits of the diagram, showing wind and solar (& biomass) are going to keep rising, perhaps even more steeply The latest renewables auctions mean it's inevitable www.ft.com/content/1342...

“Rightwing politicians, junktanks & billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced & our bills fall if we abandon net zero, ditch renewables, reinvest in North Sea gas. These claims are not just a bit wrong. They’re the exact opposite of the truth” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over two thirds of the British public back proposals for solar panels to be installed on all new houses 87% believe govt policy should ensure new homes are designed to cut energy costs www.businessgreen.com/news/4526696...

Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a *single* oil price shock & will insulate UK against future shocks Meanwhile Reform UK & Tories want to scrap net zero targets on the grounds of 'cost' - so either foolish or doing donors' bidding www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BP's latest strategy to avoid scrutiny of its vulnerabilities after rowback on green plans? Don't allow shareholders to talk or vote about it "Experts said they were unaware of any previous examples of FTSE 100 companies rejecting resolutions that met filing thresholds" www.ft.com/content/1220...

Reform UK have picked this moment to say they'd scrap support for converting homes to heat pumps, thereby keeping them - & Britain - more dependent on fossil fuels It's not like there's massive instability & security issues with the world's biggest supplier.... www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

"More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will "More drilling will mainly boost oil company profits "Once built, sunlight or wind is free. Prices are stable. Green power is an insurance policy against geopolitical risk" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Eloquent explanation of why waste incineration is bad for England's efficient use of resources Where there are incinerators, recycling is lower, sometimes much lower That's aside from the air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions www.ft.com/content/3585...

On English rivers: “Excess nutrients translate into algal blooms, fish without oxygen. Ecosystems have spent thousands of years finding their balance, but just a few decades of mismanagement &profiteering at expense of the environment, and the impacts are clear" www.endsreport.com/article/1950...

War in Iran exposed that Europe failed to stand up to a business lobby that slowed decarbonisation It committed a "strategic error of slowing a transformation necessary for security & independence....truth is that rearguard action on fossil dependence is bad for business" www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. (Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

Lobbyists for the UK wood-burning stove industry have threatened councils with legal action over public information campaigns warning of the harms of air pollution from the stoves "straight from the playbook of tobacco" say @mumsforlungs.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If it’s true Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick told a business audience last night that renewable companies are "screwed" if Reform get in, it tells you everything about their readiness to inflict national self-harm in pursuit of ideological war on climate action.

Worth noting that despite frothing at the mouth of various right-wing media outlets in UK, the decision by Ed Miliband to go ahead with over 8GW of offshore wind in the recent renewables auction now looks a sensible bet One of few ways UK can reduce economic risk from instability in Middle East

Maritime groups, ship owners, port operators & logistics companies urge govts to push ahead with global shipping climate deal It's the one USA used 'bully-boy' tactics to derail last yr Business is not with US administration on this - USA is being ideological. And wrong www.ft.com/content/aff5...

This is a good moment for Europe & UK to remember that they can stick up wind and solar, insulates houses, far quicker than they can find new gas in e.g. North Sea If you're chasing more gas, it's now a case of which unreliable regime you prefer to depend on news.sky.com/story/market...

BREAKING: UK to cut international finance on climate & nature Seemingly under cover of the war on Iran, out comes some bad news Reminder that govt were warned last year by UK’s spy chiefs that collapse of ecosystems could seriously impact national security www.theguardian.com/environment/...

QTWTAI...it was a crap idea and always was. Electricity is so much more efficient than hydrogen. It's where buses are headed globally "If you look at the commercial and technical framework around hydrogen buses, they just don't work'.. It was a house built on sand" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rollback risk The EU's retreat from climate action means some companies are - quite rightly - kicking off about investments made in good faith on the back of climate policy "those very policies are precisely the ones that can attract new investment and create jobs" www.ft.com/content/1f60...

Spanish company Moeve takes final investment decision on 300MW electrolyser for green hydrogen project in southern Spain Abundant wind & solar make hydrogen production there relatively cheap First production 2029. Ambition is to enlarge to 2GW electrolyser capacity www.ft.com/content/32cc...

“A 7.2% decline for every tenth of a degree per decade might sound small. But compounded over time, across entire ocean basins, it represents a staggering and deeply concerning loss of marine life.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...