My Twitter account lay dormant for some time. It's now deactivated. Goodbye to bad rubbish. Long live the Bluesky townhall, unpolluted by management-led ideology/politics and undistorted by biased algorithms. I'll never forgive Musk for what he did to Twitter, just because he could.

Very very dangerous times.

Here's the EU's reaction to Trump administration formally pulling the US out of the UNFCCC and IPCC. But all eyes now on how/whether China chooses to seize this geopolitical gift from the US

I/RAP am advertising for a buildings energy policy expert, with experience of buildings in hot climates. Please share with your networks. Closes the end of the month. www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...

The USA and Venezuela. @hannahritchie.bsky.social offers some invaluable data based insights into why the USA may have done what they did. "It has the world's largest reserves, produces comparatively little, and has a type of oil that the US needs." hannahritchie.substack.com/p/venezuelan...

Climate feedback loop. Heat and drought weaken tree. Tree susceptible to bark beetle. Tree dies and releases carbon into atmosphere. Climate change worsens. It’s happening in front of our eyes and yet… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"the global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US, where some coal plants have been exempted from environmental rules and high gas prices made it more competitive." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Hopefully, the first of many opportunities for young people to enjoy by broadening our horizons and working more closely with Europe. I feel much more hopeful about my children's future this morning, than I did yesterday. Bring on the Youth Mobility Scheme now.

Fancy joining us at the fast growing and dynamic @uos-sisc.bsky.social? Then please see the below PhD advert. Deadline Monday 19 January 2026. @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

The political and scientific consensus re climate and the environment has fractured. The US and its "allies" should be ashamed. The facts speak for themselves and should they be silenced, they will eventually be felt through climate and ecological breakdown. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The share of UK households using solid fuel increased from 8% in 2018-19 to 11.7% in 2022-23. Installations are also increasing, with the proportion of newly inspected homes containing a stove growing from 7% in 2009 to just over 10% by 2024." theconversation.com/wood-burning...

Good news klaxon activated 📣 Thanks @hannahritchie.bsky.social Some highlights: - EV count for 45% of *all* new vehicle sales - EVs >10% of passenger cars on the road - In 2025, China added renewable + nuclear power gen 1.5X UK's total generation! www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/chinese-em...

Just writing a piece about how nothing in Britain works. The irony is not lost on me, as my internet drops out (rolling 3+ month issue). I’ve also just returned back from a walk to the local garage where the scanner wasn’t working to take my faulty parcel back to the depot. 1st world problems etc

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

Two years hard work! It's great to finally launch this deep-dive into Foundation Scotland. The sector leader on Community Benefit Funds (CBFs), they manage £1 in every £3 distributed by these funds in Scotland. The report demystifies CBFs and illustrates what good practice looks like in reality.

Pretty sure LinkedIn's feed is 30% adverts, 30% award ceremonies, 30% "I got promoted/I changed job" posts and 10% something actually worthwhile reading. It was ever thus...

Quelle surprise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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What a mess. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Whilst the heat pump subsidy cuts make the news, this is the big story that isn’t getting much traction. How can people trust retrofit when 98% of installations will require major and costly remedial work. It is scandalous. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Labour and their forthcoming budget have one big problem to fix. It's this: "In the 6 months to May 2025, 7.1 million low-income households (60%) were going without essentials. This number has been at least 7 million since October 2022" The question is not if it should be fixed but how.

That's my wknd sorted...with the kids of course 👀 "New version of Minecraft teaches children about coastal erosion, flood resilience and climate adaptation The aim of CoastCraft is to protect the coastal landscape from the effects of sea-level rise." education.minecraft.net/en-us/lesson...

UK-made heat pumps make up a third of sales www.energylivenews.com/2025/10/22/u...

Public ownership raises a different kind of local/community distribution model versus private ownership + Community Benefit Fund. A very worthwhile read below. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Great pod with one of the world’s best known environmentalists. Some important and much needed good news here about the rise of renewables. open.spotify.com/episode/2lCf...

Thousands join biggest-ever UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution

Revisiting what bonkers decision it was from the Tories to commit to scrapping the Climate Change Act we find the recent report from @climateoutreach.bsky.social, which finds: 1. People are very worried about climate change harming nature and wildlife 2. This 100% includes Traditional Conservatives

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

The Strathclyde Institute for Sustainable Communities has finally joined BlueSky. Please follow us if you're interested in research that explores pathways to a fair and sustainable future, where communities are represented, empowered and enriched. #greensky #academicsky #energysky

Labour's Local Power Plan has not yet launched but GBEnergy's latest strategic statement from DESNZ retains a commitment to it, with further details due later this year (i.e. soon) A little more detail too here on what it will include assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c807...

Spot the difference. www.ons.gov.uk/economy/envi... This is what I suspect is (partly) driving a political push back against net-zero. It illustrates out some of the excellent thinking in this piece too: theconversation.com/port-talbot-...

The Tories are the self-professed party of the environment & family. So it's rather hard to think of a single policy that would do a better job at both wrecking the environment, as well as the future prospects of our children and grand-children. I wonder what most Conservative voters make of this.

Let’s briefly count the ways this is a really dumb policy: - there remains overwhelming support in the UK to tackle climate change - paying for climate action now is a down payment on massive £££ savings later - it tethers Tories to Reform rather than differentiates them. You can’t out-Farage Nigel

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Today formally marks the end of a 17 year cross-party consensus on climate change & an extremely dangerous moment in our history Turning our backs on climate action is tantamount to accepting the full force of climate change. It is a self-imposed death sentence

It's subtle but it's there. The shift from "very concerned" to "unconcerned" is present in UK Gov's attitudes tracker. This trend is of course paradoxical, when year-on-year, people are experiencing first-hand the worsening impacts of climate change. Humans are far from rational beasts.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Almost as if this was a foreseeable issue

GET 👏 IT 👏 DONE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'll be introducing this event, about a famous access flashpoint where the people of Glasgow managed to assert a right of way along the north bank of the River Clyde.