Last chance to register for tomorrow's launch of @pperc.bsky.social, incl. lecture @peternewell.bsky.social ('Political economies of fossil fuel phase out') & @nannetteyoussef.bsky.social discussion of our edited collection on 'Persistent energy & climate crises'. Hybrid event, registration below:

Our new People, Place & Energy Research Centre @manchester.ac.uk is now on Bluesky. Do give us a follow for all matters low-carbon, climate, infrastructure, justice, geography ... Our official launch is on the 18th of June - watch this space.

I almost cried during the Bad Bunny show when I saw the workers repairing the electrical system. I spent years working on Puerto Rico's crisis, and this was the one thing I couldn't resolve before moving to the academy. Thanks to the @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social for sharing this.

*Job alert* We are advertising two opportunities @manchester.ac.uk, linked to the JUST centre (www.just.ac.uk) - A Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Social & Built Infrastructure (www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...) - A PhD on Green Skills & Communities (www.findaphd.com/phds/project...)

Join us in Brussels/online next week (registration closes soon, see below) for an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and policy-focused discussion on how to build inclusive and progressive energy futures in Europe and beyond ....

We recently launched an #energyequity campaign within @edrc-uk.bsky.social - see below for the launch webinar link. Key messages focus on the benefits that #energyjustice brings, and the need for inclusive #energytransition framings. #energysky

Wind and solar are the perfect renewable power pairing in Britain💨 ☀️ 98% of the time, it is either windy or sunny. Particularly windy days are often cloudier, while very sunny days are usually calmer. A match made in… Britain! 🤝 https://loom.ly/-pzxBgQ

The piece calls for a grown-up conversation on climate. Let’s start here: There’s a difference between “we can’t create a truly ecological civilization under capitalism” (true!) and “everything is a lie, we’re doomed, nothing we can do in the next decade is worthwhile” (false!)

Why are we calling the Trump-Pu meeting a "summit", but the Trump-Ze meeting was just a meeting? Ru isn't a great power and can't achieve its goals. Let's stop feeding their delusions of grandeur.

Over a million 'energy-insecure' UK homes have been built in decade since previous government controversially decided to ditch energy efficiency rules that would have enabled new homes to avoid expensive gas bills: www.businessgreen.com/news/4516130...

'Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe.' www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

Let's challenge terms like "the energy poor" & call out broken system that causes inequities. New paper in @natenergy.nature.com led by @stefanb23.bsky.social w. @kcedano.bsky.social @lld8.bsky.social Tony Reames & Neil Simcock. 1/4 #energysky 🔌💡

🏡 Who gets energy advice, and who misses out? New research by @stefanb23.bsky.social, Lilia Karpinska, Katherine Sugar and Sławomir Śmiech maps 131 providers across England, revealing major gaps in support. More inclusive, joined-up services are needed. 👉 tinyurl.com/3e6c2p5s

Thank you to the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies @hcas.bsky.social for hosting me at the ‘Environment, Society and Politics’ conference last month. An opportunity to discuss the spectre of right-wing populism re: #justtransitions (and visit a neighbourhood sauna in new-build housing!)

Great Britain pretty much powered by wind and sun right now. The place that literally launched the coal based Industrial Revolution - running on invisible stuff falling from the sky. And I make fun of religion…

A new report looks at the relationship between climate change and systemic racism. Only by profiling voices at the heart of the crisis can we create climate policy that actually works 👇 www.runnymedetrust.org/publications/a-vision-for-climate-justice-a-report-from-the-appg-on-race-and-community

This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.

We know energy transitions are disruptive. Mainstream models represent smooth lines - renewables going up, fossil fuels going down. How then should we think about the disruptive qualities of energy transitions? @manchestersci.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

AI in education is: - A political project to get even more private tech into schools and universities - Habituating children and students to industry-defined and -demanded "jobs of the future" - Often not actually "AI" ...

This will probably get the least attention of all Trump's moves, but it is, in the fullness of history, the most monstrous & genocidal.

Narrator from the future: it didn’t

100000% this — do not spend time shooting down people who are *doing resistance*: we have to do all the boycotts, protests, lawsuits, ALL OF IT, to minimize harm wherever we can, find the fash's weak spots, and get the normies to realize their lives are fucked unless they do something.

Thank you Paul! At the national scale (27 EU member states), we found that renewable energy investment decreases energy-related injustices, while changes in GDP do not have a discernible effect. In our model, long-term unemployment and income inequality emerged as the key drivers of #energypoverty.

I think this is my favourite report cover of all time. Any others?

The JustHousing project has a website. With @kevincredit.bsky.social & Fiadh Tubridy, we're working with community orgs & the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) to strengthen links between housing + climate justice. The 3 year project is funded by @epaireland.bsky.social mu.ie/justhousing

'Community-based energy governance and the political: Towards a post-foundational energy democracy'. A new paper led by @hayatokoga.bsky.social (w @saskapetrova.bsky.social), offering alternative understandings of #energycommunities & #energyjustice (#energysky, #geosky) doi.org/10.1177/2753...

"The US is on the cusp of a natural gas power plant construction boom, as Big Tech turns to fossil fuels to meet the huge electricity needs of the artificial intelligence revolution — putting climate targets in peril" www.ft.com/content/63c3...

As ever, to reactionary elites, "freedom of speech" is about being allowed to abuse the powerless, while silencing anyone who pushes back.

Excellent article "Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and a majority of tech platforms are at war with the user, and, in the absence of any kind of consistent standards or effective regulations, the entire tech ecosystem has followed suit." #tech #enshittification www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...

Entirely corroborates our experience in the energy and climate policy fields

'Help us simplify EU grant applications': A worthwhile cause if I ever saw one

We shouldn’t be burning stuff anymore. We shouldn’t be building houses out of materials with high embodied carbon when alternatives are available. And we certainly shouldn’t be giving them the RIBA House of the Year Award. lloydalter.substack.com/p/should-a-r...

Some thoughts here on why moving towards a low-carbon future requires community solidarity and a #repair ethos (cc: #geosky, #energysky). Thank you @placesjournal.bsky.social‬ for giving me the opportunity to explore everyday retrofit practices alongside such a brilliant set of contributors.

Our Head of Wales @bensaltmarsh.bsky.social gave evidence yesterday to the Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee on the scale of #FuelPoverty, need to ramp up investment in the Warm Homes Programme, and ensure we maximise opportunities to drive up standards and tackle avoidable inequalities.

New paper out, with support from @edrc-uk.bsky.social. Geospatial analyses show that coastal, rural, highland & inner-city areas in the UK are most likely to be affected by double energy and transport injustices. We hope this will be of interest to the #energyjustice & #climatejustice community.

An energy transition requires expropriating the entirety of this fossil infrastructure.

Don't forget to sign up to take part in the #NationsBiggestHousewarming this #FuelPovertyAwareness Day! All funds raised will help to support people experiencing fuel poverty across the UK 💛 Find out more and sign up: tinyurl.com/yck6f5hn

I created a starter pack for economic geography and others who are somehow related to the field. If I forgot anyone, let me know (not sure if others can automatically add people). go.bsky.app/R2sg5Xt

I have the feeling that 'follow Friday is somewhat redundant this month, but if your appetite for UK and Europe energy posters is STILL not satisfied, there are some crackers in this new edition...

One week left to apply for these fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentships at the University of Manchester! Please spread the word ... more info @ the links below: 1. 'Governing Housing Retrofit': www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 2. 'The Decarbonisation Divide': www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

First-ever European Parliament public hearing on the responsibilities of fossil fuel companies vis-a-vis the energy crisis. I’ll be speaking about the need to tackle Europe’s growing #energypoverty burden.