Immigration is good for the economy. It makes us better off.

Excellent "Oh God What Now?" podcast out yesterday. The enshitification that touches all our lives - and robs us. As an ex techie and blossoming social economist it was gripping, enlightening and even a little hopeful. Thanks @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

This would be the right decision, as there are better ways to cut energy bills that do not incentivise burning more gas. But after briefing a VAT cut on energy bills for so long, you have to ask what the hell is going on in there? www.ft.com/content/82f0...

I am frustrated that the deception and lies told by Farage and Johnson have cost the British public so much. Howling in the blizzard of evidence.

“When you’re seven, climate action isn’t just policy, it’s a promise.” 18-year-old Sophia Mathur started her journey as a climate activist at age 7. Do you want to keep the promise to youth like Sophia? Join us to advocate for a better world! canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/wp-content/u...

“As if it wasn’t clear already, fundamental changes must now be made in the UNFCCC rules. A small number of rogue nations cannot be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world”

Even though ETS2 is postponed to 2028, we keep striving for a fair and ambitious climate policy—we will continue talking with politicians and try to convince them that action is needed now. #citizensclimatelobby #citizensclimatelobbyeu #environment #climatechange #globalwarming #eco #nature

The failure by politicians in power to state what is obvious to everyone paying attention is deeply disappointing. This is existential for both sides. Pick a side and act.

I was in Ottawa at the Citizens Climate Lobby Canada conference! It was great to join with my climate allies and march down Elgin Street with our posters and banners.

It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)

📣What do we want? 🗣️The political will for evidence-based policies that would reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by diverting money away from fossil fuels, like industrial carbon pricing, climate-aligned finance, and methane regulations! 📣When do we want it? 🗣️Now!

Great thread on the global carbon budget. We have to get politicians to act to kill the fossil fuel industry. I feel strangely optimistic that with decent carbon pricing …

Net ZERO is good. It creates higher paid jobs, benefits the economy and reduces pressure on energy bills. Fossil fuel dominance has to be broken.

‘Make Polluters Pay,’ Youth Climate Plaintiff Sophia Mathur Urges MPs www.theenergymix.com/make-pollute...

What is Citizens' Climate Europe? 🌎 🌲 🍁 🌊 We are a community of motivated volunteers across Europe who focus on climate income! #citizensclimatelobby #citizensclimatelobbyeu #environment #climatechange #green #globalwarming #eco #nature #sustainable #sustainability

Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy. For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy. The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.

🔴 The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

Great suggestions. Also they could unfreeze the carbon floor price, optionally expanding coverage to other sectors. Set a price floor path to incentivise investment. CCL UK estimated ~ £700 bn over 25 years. Similar to current estimates for the Greens policy.

Eloquent truth to power example from Canada. I wonder what misinformation is cooked for the UK budget ? We don't have a rebated carbon tax for them to lie about. Maybe just tax EVs a bit more ? Who knows what they've lobbied for.

I volunteer here alongside a number of Europeans. We get personal satisfaction in lobbying in the EU Parliament, Commission and Council for ambitious carbon pricing (tax) with payments to citizens that make most people OK or better off. Making the most effective climate policy socially fair.

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Analysis: Why scientists think 100% of global warming is due to humans | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here: bit.ly/3g1vEtL

#ETS2 brings social fairness to the forefront — including how carbon costs are shared in rented housing. Germany’s CO₂ Cost Sharing Act offers one answer: splitting costs between landlords and tenants according to the building’s energy efficiency. More info here: www.oeko.de/en/blog/...

There's a hole in our budget, dear Nigel, dear Nigel There's a hole in our budget, dear Nigel, a hole

Be prepared for more 'fact' checks (all AI 'facts' from far right sources) Billionaires have recognized that legacy media is NOT where most people get their news now, so they’re buying up all the social media platforms so the wealthy continue to control the narrative. via @dailypolitik.bsky.social

£80 Billion p.a. lost forever. Was it incompetence from Farage and Johnson or something worse ?

New 'state of climate action' report gives you a much better picture than daily headlines about contextless solar panel or EV sales - Most things are going in the right direction - Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required systemschangelab.org/state-climat...

Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.

It’s innevitable - Oil and gas will be the next Blockbuster video rental businesses.

Whether you're in the weeds of EU legislative files on energy/environment, or just curious about what the EU does and can do, this is a fabulous 7 mins. Electrifying

Farage and Reform are responsible for tricking many people with their NHS and economic benefit promises ... Now they try the same on climate after taking fossil fuel industry donations!

Over 55,000 people have called on the government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights, standing against a reckless push to repeat the mistakes of Brexit. Today their names were handed in, a reminder that this country still believes in cooperation, justice and the rule of law.

In the right wing rush to to exit the ECHR, a brief reminder www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...

The Big Beautiful Green Bill video from Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands: youtu.be/DAGE2wtxxuM Make Earth Cool Again What does it say? 👇 ✅ Companies adhere to international agreements, just like everyone else. ✅ Polluters pay, and going green pays off. ✅ Citizens receive a helping hand.

UK approves UK’s largest solar farm (in Reform UK heartland Lincolnshire) - "Solar is our cheapest source of energy - it’s no wonder it's Britain’s favourite" says Paul Morozzo at @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/n...

Over 90% of Reform funding comes from the fossil fuel industry. Draw your own conclusions people ...

I dream of the distraction of divisive politics ending, so we can focus on the real challenges and start to discuss how to proceed.

"The West is not doing Ukraine a favour by helping it resist aggression; it is Ukraine doing the West a favour." Fundamental point in @ldfreedman.bsky.social's latest. The true 'realist' position on Ukraine is that we should support Ukraine. samf.substack.com/p/as-long-as...

I believe this rationale is part of why members of Citizen’s Climate Europe support the Climate Income policy in our advocacy. Morally it taxes the destructive behaviour of the wealthy and treats everyone equally. A fair and effective climate policy (modest wealth tax)

Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org - including UK, Germany and Chile etc Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh… …but she is ignoring a few small details: 🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter 🤫 Gas plants cost money to build 🤫 CO2 causes economic damages THREAD with receipts 1/8

There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down

Which parties in the UK are warming up with similar authoritarian lies, what evidence are we being asked to reject ? Renewables bad - fossil fuels good ! Human rights bad (ECHR) - less rights good ! good for who ?

EU countries prove more renewables make electricity cheaper.

Electricity pricing in the UK (as across all of Europe) is complex. Renewables reduce the cost of electricity, the more renewables we have, the more prices will reduce. The more we electrify, the more we reduce emissions.

Independent media reporting on British values ❤️

A key piece of understanding about the the energy we need vs the waste energy and pollution that fossil fuels create.

We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.