Wise points on cheaper energy and climate disasters as macrotrends in this typically great column by @samfr.bsky.social samf.substack.com/p/will-the-g...

Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told - Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households #UKbudget www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I fear we got the change - for the worse….

Why am i not surprised? The governments new planning policies released a year ago looked as if they had been written by the housebuilders and they have moved in their direction more than I could ever have imagined since. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Prince william is right to warn that irreversible,world-changing tipping points are dangerously close. Five lie beyond the 1.5 degree guardrail that we are fast approaching. Need for rapid action, especially on methane which has fastest effect. www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

At Tebay services on the M6. Britain’s only family run service station, it seems, and a revelation. Home cooked food, fabulous views and ducks in a pond!

Here we go again. Another concocted row over climate policy that damages investor confidence and policy clarity, but practically changes very little. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In his latest blog, Sir David King warns: cutting CO₂ alone won’t be enough. Methane drives over a third of global warming. Acting on it today could slow heating within decades. The technology is here. What’s needed is focus, fairness and political courage. www.ccag.earth/news/methane...

Energy transitions don't happen everywhere all at once. They happen sector by sector, place by place. Pointing out that some sectors and places are not advancing yet does not negate that others have come a long way. Here are the Nordics - heat pump roll-out replaced fossil fuels reducing emissions.

We built our eco-house house out of hemp and lime 15 years ago and it’s a huge success. Warm in winter, cool in summer. www.optimistdaily.com/2024/06/how-...

An energy boss who tells it like it is. Martin Pibworth of SSE explodes the myth that increasing renewables and the drive for net zero are causing electricity prices to soar. www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Really important must-read by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the Governments wholesale, unprecedented assault on nature at developers’ behest - and the failure of groups like @rspb.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to fight it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, BNP Paribas & HSBC, have reaped billions through investments, loans & issuance underwriting services provided to 50 companies accused of forest destruction. globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

Memo to Rachel Reeves: new Nobel prize winner for economics says green industry is vital to strong growth. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Here we go! At least five more #tipping points are waiting beyond the 2.5 degree guardrail we will shortly breach on our present course. When on earth will most politicians and journalists wake up to the urgency of the crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good for him! It’s been a big thing for me too. I first wrote about the danger in the mid 90s….

This is worrying. I have long held that ocean currents could be some of the most devastating tipping points…https://www.iflscience.com/biggest-ocean-current-on-earth-is-set-to-shift-spelling-huge-changes-for-ecosystems-81126#

This is a big moment. Lots of interesting stuff in piece. @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po

Very important report from @eciu.net that gives the lie to the common assertion that energy prices are high because of @ed-miliband.bsky.social driving to green energy. Shows that they would have been even higher without it: wind cuts wholesale price by 25%. eciu.net/media/press-...

Will a single Tory MP this week have the nerve state that ‘industrialised nations do actually need to reach net zero by 2050 to avert catastrophic levels of risk, and to pretend otherwise is utterly ridiculous’?

A thoughtful mustread by @samfr.bsky.social on why Labour has been so obsessed with trying to mimic Reform - and why this is entirely self-defeating. , samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...

This is really important. This Government is not only the most anti-nature of any I have covered over the last 55 years, but also rapidly becoming the most authoritarian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A very valuable deep dive into the polls. Confirms that the Government should be much more concerned about losing voters to the LibDems and Greens than to Reform. samf.substack.com/p/the-story-...

A hugely important article by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on how an astonishing decline in reading books, brought about by the smartphone, is fuelling authoritarianism and threatens the greatest setback for civilisation since the fall of the Roman Empire. jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

Essential reading from @chathamhouse.org on what the world will look like if/when we crash through the 1.5 degree temperature guardrail. Sobering stuff that needs to be taken aboard as resolve to tackle climate change weakens. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

Worrying.

In fairness, that’s what the article itself says….

Much already written - goes out tomorrow morning.

"Every day from June to August 2025, at least one in five people on the planet felt a strong climate change influence." ⚠️ Check out the latest full seasonal report from @climatecentral.org on attributing temperatures around the world: www.climatecentral.org/report/peopl.... #OpenAccess #OpenData

"Sinn Féin and the DUP have stalled the nutrients action programme over fears of a farmer backlash." The *only* thing they'll unite on: ensuring the largest lake ecosystem in Ireland or Britain, Lough Neagh, continues to die of pollution. What a f**king disgrace. share.google/cazBTwCid9qR...

‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease. The opposite of a mere 'luxury', nature is our life support system. It is our *everything*. share.google/a59BOAri2fuE...

Very consequential for corporate climate reporting. Important: While this is a blow, Asia and Europe are not stopping with their regulatory efforts. It is the US that is becoming the regulatory island, with CA and NY pushing back. www.esgtoday.com/sec-chair-wa...

This looks promising. I particularly like the acronym for the parliamentary group….! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is concerning but seems overhyped. Well over twice as many Britons still say threat is not being exaggerated as believe it is. Decline remarkably small given incessant misrepresentation going on. thetimes.com/uk/environme...

This chart should be in every energy minister’s wall. Will Sizewell (the same type of reactor as Oikiluoto, Flamanville and Hinkley be any different?

New #nuclear - too costly, too late for energy and climate crises.

interesting point from Tom Baldwin on Sky News that most of the media predictions about cabinet sackings - Bridget Phillipson, Lisa Nandy, Richard Hermer and Ed Miliband - were utterly wrong: they were among the only cabinet ministers who weren’t moved at all

We’re halfway through the UK government’s critical decade for tackling climate change – and 2025 is becoming a year of climate U-turns, writes @kevinclimate.bsky.social, Chris Jones & Gaurav Gharde from the Tyndall Centre at @manchester.ac.uk ➡️

I have proudly supported action on the ongoing climate and nature crises. I recently co-sponsored the Climate and Nature Bill in Parliament, am leading an ongoing water campaign, and continue to push for bold action on climate and nature.

An important investigation by @damiengayle.bsky.social into an issue that should have occurred to me, but never did! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No one seems to report the fact that it was to avoid this sort of thing that the notorious ‘fish disco’ is being installed at Hinkley. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our paper is out today in @nature.com where we assess a Prudent Planetary Limit for Geologic Carbon Storage: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting piece by @matthewswigonski.bsky.social. worth a read. organicconsumers.org/researchers-...

This is really worrying. The ocean removes about a quarter of the CO2 emitted each year, thus greatly reducing global heating. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills “Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“The silly season has become the sinister season” but a counter-narrative is both available and overdue. Bang on the money from @james-bg.bsky.social , as ever. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

'And as their land becomes less fertile, their choices become harder. Some turn to migration, understandably seeking better prospects' Former @FCDO boss James Cleverly making the case for UK global support in a time of #climate shifts... www.cen.uk.com/_file...