Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%. policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.

@mumsforlungs.bsky.social I really appreciate all the work that you do. I live in Brussels and am trying to connect with air pollution campaigners here. I came up with the slogan 'Don't burn where we breathe' - if it all helps please feel free to use it! laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...

I updated this post and drawing about the dangers of woodfire burners (and they are truly terrible) so the slogan is 'Don't burn where we breathe' instead of 'Don't burn where you breathe'. #airpollution #dontburnwherewebreathe laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...

”Despite 30 years of UN climate summits, about half of the carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution has been emitted since 1990.” #COP30 @joellegergis.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

😬😬😬carbon offsetting is a joke that is going to backfire on all of us

Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?

“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”

Don't burn where you breathe #fossilfuels #woodfireburners #internalcombustionengines #airpollution #dementia

That's odd—the carbon footprint of your flight is 5x higher than the airline industry's been telling you, according to researchers ... www.newscientist.com/article/2502...

Another excellent #nofly holiday #flightfree from Brussels to the Black Forest in Germany. It's a 1108km round trip in our Touran (emissions of 0.145kgCO2/km) for the four of us=0.04tonnesCO2 per person. A short haul flight to just about anywhere in Europe would be at least 10 times more per person.

World leaders are failing. Only 64 countries have a new climate plan. This isn't enough to stop dangerous warming. It's time for real action, not just talk. Choosing to travel without flying is one powerful way to lead the change. #FlightFree www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.theguardian.com/environment/... We have the solutions and yet we are still making the problem worse

Acknowledging reality: what we haven’t achieved. We need leadership to heed the voices of environmental protectors who see the Earth as a balanced living system, not a machine to serve the out of control growth of the few. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#dontburnwhereyoubreathe #cleanairnight #woodfireburners #airpollution If you can avoid using a wood fire burner this winter do, your lungs will thank you! Burning wood even with an eco wood burner emits hundreds of times more damaging fine particulate matter (PM) than burning gas or oil.

I joined a few days ago (I live in Belgium but am a British citizen who still has the right to vote in the UK) 🎉💚

Don't burn where you breathe laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d... 'Burning just one kg of wood will pollute 500,000 m3 of completely clean air up to the level of the current WHO air quality guideline for fine particulate matter (10 µg/m3).' #airpollution #woodfireburners

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #dontburnwhereyoubreathe #airpollution #woodfireburners Si vous avez un choix, n'utilisez pas de chauffage au bois.

This is very good.

Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...

bx1.be/categories/n... Really need to phase out wood fire burners - our house was built in 2024 and came with one which is INSANE (it has an ASHP as the main source of heating) #dontburnwhereyoubreathe

whydonate.com/fr/fundraisi... Here's to local yogurt and cheese! #watermaelboitsfort #chantsdecailles #1170

Here's something that's not talked about enough The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year 1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link

📢 The 4th episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now! Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history It was driven by climate change But it ended up boosting climate deniers... How can the world stop this from happening again? Listen now: overshootpod.com

💭 Curious about how aviation links to climate justice & greenwashing? 🔥 Join the Stay Grounded US & International Training on Aviation & Climate Justice! 🗓 Nov 25, Dec 2 & 9 – online ➡️ Info & sign-up: stay-grounded.org/training/

Not work related but I've written a blog for @flightfreeuk.bsky.social about my recent holiday (by train) to Spain! Travel is a key research area in @cast-centre.bsky.social and I often think about how to have low-carbon travel conversations, so was really pleased to be asked to write this.

I bought my electric bike in May 2018 and have so far ridden it 7,535km with a variety of different loads and passengers! #electricbike

A much more eloquently put thread on a point I continually find myself trying to make! #individualaction #lifestylechangenotclimatechange #flightfree

Oil corporations should start paying for the damage they have caused to the climate. Agree? Sign the Polluters Pay Pact: 👉 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

'..the wealthiest 10% of Britons generate more emissions from aviation alone than do the poorest 20% from all their activities combined' #flightfree

“Deafening silence” from UN aviation body on its failing net zero scheme is condemned by experts and climate activists #climatecrisis aeromorning.com/en/deafening...

No flying summer holiday laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/08/n... Trying to work our the carbon footprint of our flight free summer holiday compared to if we'd taken a plane #climatechange #flightfree #holidaycartoon spoiler alert - we emitted less than a fifth and we had a great time!

a great thread with a mass of resources to help you think through "socio-technical imaginaries" — those contested discursive spaces where powerful interests try to shape how you think about the future

March for the Climate Brussels - LOADS of people and such a good energy! #climatechange #brussels

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c... nothing to see here....

This is fantastic by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social Articulates so well our (intentional?) societal regression

Just a box containing some numbers that should make every single one of us re-evaluate what we choose to do for the rest of our lives.

Brussels no car day is the best day even if it was a bit chilly! So much calmer and quieter and so many kids about on their bikes. This should be every Sunday #brussels #carfreeday

perfect timing to have encountered this rebecca solnit quote this morning

After Paris, the IPCC justified the expansion of the fossil-fuel system by implicitly promising that we could "overshoot” 1.5C yet ultimately meet the target anyway. What does this mean? Read my deep dive into Andreas Malm & @wimcarton.bsky.social's *Overshoot* lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

ICYMI: "Aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk." ...said the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in their 2025 progress report www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections. Deadline to stop it: 10 September ⏰ Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

It's the last day of the summer holidays for my daughter's tomorrow and I'm seriously considering running the 'how much TV would they watch if I never told them to switch it off' experiment. If I don't bring them snacks would that affect the outcome?

I felt like this living in Woluwe St Pierre (one of the richest communes in Brussels) and being part of protest groups and legal action against airplane noise and getting absolutely nowhere. And reading this it's also so infuriating that people happily buy wood-fire burners to poison their own air

“We have already entered the beginning of the age of non-tourism” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I’ve been reflecting on my own input into the climate debate over the past 2 decades - a @tyndallcentre.bsky.social report coming soon 👀 - & reading this reinforces my own sense of sadness that messages about equity, sufficiency&need for demand-side transformation are still failing to cut through.

Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights On some routes, they are 26 times the price Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters

I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...