MERRY CHIPMAS: I have a new @crikey.com.au piece about how a HUGE solar farm planned in north Aus planned to send power via cable to Singapore - but is now PIvoting To Data Centre As hydrogen projects collapse all over the place, the green export dream is dying... www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/23/d...

Question: Is it true to say that many people are more interested in their own opinion of a subject than they are in that subject? If so, what problems does this cause, and how do we address the root? Is this a sociological question? A psychological one?

“…so what was normal 10 years ago, 20 years ago, will become cool in the future…”. 2025 likely to be UK's hottest on record, says Met Office: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Snuck out just before Christmas, the Government has confirmed that one of the conditions of the UK rejoining the EU's internal market for electricity will be the UK once again being signed up to the Renewable Energy Directive, or obligations tantamount to it. /1 www.gov.uk/government/p...

This is where the "polarisation narrative" mixed with anti-populist discourse has led us: the centre left and the far right being painted as equal threats, meaning the failing status quo must be propped up, regardless of its reactionary nature link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Astonishing revelation: attempting to appease a dictatorial power simply causes that power to demand more concessions | EU Faces Renewed US Ire After ESG Cutbacks Fail to Calm Tensions

[Finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist] C̶a̶t̶s̶ Humanity can have a little s̶a̶l̶a̶m̶i̶ brutal beating of Jake Paul and Andrew Tate, as a treat

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

According to this article by a Labour MP, Zack Polanski is as divisive as Nigel Farage because he criticises corporate power.

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

I quite simply

A truly poisonous, Both Sides framing that paints calls for a more equitable, inclusive politics as being every bit as divisive and extreme as white supremacist fascism.

Please share, and chip in if you can. www.crowdjustice.com/case/6-clima...

Amazon just sponsored an AI energy summit chock full of climate deniers and fossil fuel evangelists, never mind that it promotes itself as a global corporate climate leader.... Just how far did the summit go to promote fossil fuel-powered AI? Find out @desmog.com 👇 www.desmog.com/2025/12/18/a...

Icymi, because I did: MI6 chief warns that tech giants are closer to running the world than governments.

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I know nothing matters but “weather research good, climate research bad” is the thing currently driving me nuts

The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

"Crystal Meth Clippy" is 🔥

Policy works. How do we know? Because emissions go up when the policy is removed (transport in this case). [Noting, biofuels are allocated zero emissions in GHG emission reporting, on the assumption emissions are captured in LULUCF]

Read this!

Icymi last month, this truly is the most important story in the Western world.

Short thread on the "fish disco" for Hinkley Point C, because there's a lot of misleading info doing the rounds. Exhibit A: 'detail that Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant is spending £700m on an acoustic fish deterrent [...] Critics have called the system a “fish disco”' 1/

Checking in on BBC Radio 4 this morning, and they've platformed a series of far-right and racist figures to rave incoherently about the Bondi shooting and the channel crossings. These include a representative from Marine Le Pen's party.

An absolutely masterful deep dive on the guy who effectively ended offshore wind in the US. The sheer, empty malevolence.

Fossil-fuel extraction massively outweighs critical mineral mining needs (quite literally) – We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas – Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero 1/2

Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply. It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall. 🧵1/13

A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.

Why have we seen such repression of climate activists around the world? Because activists were so successful in changing the narrative around fossil fuels

Recommended read: @wired.com chronicled the failure of carbon removal startup Running Tide, which was backed by Microsoft and other tech giants.

An excellent thread that gets to the heart of the question: what is the economy for? Is it to create better outcomes, or is it to make line go up?

come for the economic data comparisons, stay for the carbon emissions burn 🔥

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four. I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation. 🧵

One of my earliest media memories as a small child was a news story about a gas explosion destroying a house. I remember thinking: "Why are we putting stuff in houses that makes them blow up? That's silly!"

Not quite over the fact that a sitting Labour minister is promoting explicit white supremacist rhetoric, in suggesting a link between ethnicity and child rape.

NEW – Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/yozZTRE

This is very straightforwardly piracy.

How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.

Two different stories, 9 December 2025.

"ExxonMobil, the US oil and gas major, had described the legislation as 'bone-crushing'." The fossil fuel industry proudly putting its thumb on the scale in favor of climate breakdown and human rights abuses.

ICYMI: Trump went on a racist rant about European culture being destroyed, and in the very next news cycle Keir Starmer agreed with him.

Starmer urges EU to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right. Because as we know, the way you beat the far right is to accede to all their demands and adopt racism as your central principle.

EXCLUSIVE: In a joint statement to me, key senators @heinrich.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov & @schatz.bsky.social oppose the NEPA overhaul Republicans are moving through the House and say they won’t move a permitting reform package without policy boosting transmission and renewable energy

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

The OG of "present mindlessly reactionary viewpoints as somehow novel and make huge bank" is still at it, and what do you mean am I jealous? Of course I am.

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

ICYMI: this is very obviously a crisis every bit as emergent - and indivisible from - climate breakdown.

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

🌍 Help shape a new Migration Museum for Britain! We’re looking for 30 community-minded people to join our People’s Panel in London. Paid Feb 2026–Dec 2027. 📸 Photo: Sopo Ramischwili