News full of elections as my letter in the Guardian is published 🙄 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind and solar generated twice as much as fossil fuels

When the fossil fuel industry funds a party it is explicitly asking for policies that show a return on that political investment. It highlights a key policies to pursue: increasing carbon taxes. If rebated to all equally It's simple, fast, effective & fair. Most households would be better off.

Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline— Solar and wind energy have grown quickly in recent years, but global electricity demand has grown faster.

Overestimating nuclear and underestimating renewables … Nuclear is a way to spend billions today making no emissions reduction for at least a decade. - highly questionable in a transition where time is of the essence.

Thread (1/38) Three Baseless Taboos are Derailing National Renewal

In Poland, they simply do what incumbents in other countries claim is impossible

And in anticipation of the comments: No I’m not in favour of Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear before coal and gas.

Hope is contagious and science is king: 10 big lessons on ending the fossil fuel era www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What these extraordinary numbers make clear is that Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-millions-donations-fossil-fuel-interests-climate-science-deniers/

This is a fantastic podcast episode. Well worth 40 minutes of your time. Thank you @racheldonald.bsky.social and @jksteinberger.bsky.social ! www.planetcritical.com/julia-steinb...

🚨 It’s official!!! 🚨 The U.K’s National Energy System Operator has just confirmed that on 22 April 2026 Britain set a new record of 98.8% zero carbon electricity…🇬🇧♻️⚡️🔋💡💪🥳

In the UK and curious or active on climate issues? I recommend attending one of the National Emergency Briefings: www.nebriefing.org/screening-ma... Excellent public communications 1 hour (most of which you may know). The after session is great networking oppty w like minded.

Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc

Our view of the most effective policy based on carbon pricing is it almost always gets implemented under political consensus. Indeed this approach reduces the risk of such policy becoming a part political wedge issue. - unfortunately not forever.

This has been a significant factor in undermining carbon pricing in the West.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is doing something a decade of subsidies and mandates struggled to achieve: making millions of people want an EV who previously discounted them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Doughnut Economics says: feed everyone, protect the planet, stay in balance. Prof Richard Murphy asks – why is our system built for endless growth? @eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social

As chair of a non-partisan climate advocacy group - I’d like to see Ed be ideological (and not grant further licences), then hear Zack support the decision. I get this isn’t normal in politics. I fantasise that it’s what many want to see. At least occasionally.

Fascinating chart summarising the impact of reducing neighbourhood car traffic.

12.7 million battery electric vehicles were sold globally in 2025. In 2010, the number was barely 10,000. In China, 1 in 2 new cars sold last year was electric. The transition is happening faster than almost anyone predicted.

Significant jump in heat pump sales in Germany in 2025. Hard to expect 2026 won’t add more to this.

Border carbon adjustments are a key mechanism for protecting industry and the economy as part of ambitious climate policy. Carbon pricing is the most effective and important climate policy.

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices www.carbonbrief.org/...

Funny bit of trolling by the civil servant who put together this chart in the Land Use Framework. Solar energy - a fixation of the rural right - so negligible in percentage land use terms there's not enough space to put a number.

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

Spain made history by meeting 100% of national electricity demand with renewable energy for nine hours, driven by strong wind output, abundant solar generation, and flexible grid management.

Just another reason for the UK to get closer to the EU ….

There are 2 types of climate change denier....those who are funded by the fossil fuel industry and those who are gullible enough to be influenced by those who are funded

Buying a car is one of the most significant investments consumers can make 🚗 In our new blog article, we explore how a revised EU Car Label could help guide consumers towards the truly affordable and sustainable choice. Read more 👇

Hope: At some point the Brexit party (aka: Reform Ltd) will become directly accountable for their contribution to brexit. Making the vast majority of people in the UK poorer. Using Bloomberg 2025 data says £180-240bn = £3000 each (incl children) - I know it doesn't work like that.

Fabulous tool to compare countries installed renewable energy per capita.

More detailed evidence that renewable energy, from wind and solar, is the best solution for reducing energy costs and long term energy independence. More drilling in the North sea is a false solution and worse for the climate.

My article @climateconnections.bsky.social today examines how, despite their polar-opposite politics, California and Texas became leaders in solar, wind, and battery deployment. The most important thing you need to know is that I came up with the headline – I'm very proud of it 😅 🧵 follows [1/8]:

This is cool. The Government is set to allow plug-in solar, low cost solar panels that families can buy at supermarkets and put on their balconies or outdoor space. "In Germany over a million have been sold, helping households with energy costs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels."

Everything has changed ... except the claims of the fossil fuel lobbyists who infest politics and the media. www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-med...

“Rightwing politicians, junktanks & billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced & our bills fall if we abandon net zero, ditch renewables, reinvest in North Sea gas. These claims are not just a bit wrong. They’re the exact opposite of the truth” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over two thirds of the British public back proposals for solar panels to be installed on all new houses 87% believe govt policy should ensure new homes are designed to cut energy costs www.businessgreen.com/news/4526696...

NEW – Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/7B0fLPB

Today we have published new analysis building on the Committee's advice on the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Our conclusions about the cost of decarbonising the UK and impacts on energy security were tested against different scenarios ⬇️ Read the full report here: www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solar panels as standard are on their way. www.businessgreen.com/news/4526775...

Let's see why clean energy technologies are so much more energy secure than oil. A single solar panel (450W) costs about €100, same as a tank of petrol. How many EV kilometres can the solar panel power compared to the tank of diesel? Take a guess while I work it out on the back of an envelope.

Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof. That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy. The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

US media fails to state the current president is unfit to lead …

Reform UK staged a press conference today pledging to scrap the North Sea windfall tax and the upcoming fuel duty rise. Here's our response from @hollybt.bsky.social, director of politics 👇

This is a useful set of carbon pricing policy lessons for any government or carbon pricing advocacy group. Particularly on public communication and the attacks from the fossil fuel industry [+ lackeys].

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz." Bill McKibben quotesof.me/edit/0e7684c...

Maritime groups, ship owners, port operators & logistics companies urge govts to push ahead with global shipping climate deal It's the one USA used 'bully-boy' tactics to derail last yr Business is not with US administration on this - USA is being ideological. And wrong www.ft.com/content/aff5...