A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

Times: "Tony Blair urges Ed Miliband: Don’t be ideological on net zero" "Britain should produce more clean energy while accelerating domestic oil & gas production" - TBI This would be a tad more credible if the Tony Blair Institute's clients weren't despotic petro-states like UAE & Saudi Arabia.

A short piece we wrote about fantasies of oil power in the US! TLDR: Oil saturates US cultural imaginations, and US elites (& others) are deeply attached to oil. But fantasies of oil power exhibit insecurities in a context where the green transition is beginning to happen (albeit far too slowly).

New in The GJ: 'Petropower in law-enforcement advertising at Super Bowl LIX' by Daniel Finch-Race & @pancholewis.bsky.social This commentary examines a recruitment ad from the 2025 Super Bowl in the context of contemporary geopolitics & low-carbon energy transitions. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

This is proper verging on the climate denialism (rather than delay) end of the spectrum. Laughable that the telegraph considers itself a serious conservative voice.

Good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hope springs eternal. It just might not look like you want it to. See my latest Your Brain On Climate with @pancholewis.bsky.social

You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵

Really enjoyed this - thanks for having me on Dave! If you listen to the episode and others on the podcast and like them, please consider chucking in a couple of quid to support Your Brain on Climate.

this billionaire is literally a tax migrant in Monaco. 70% of players of the football team he owns, Manchester United, are migrants. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition - Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...

🌹📢 Introducing your 2026 Mainstream candidates for the NEC! Thank you to our members for participating in our ballot and voting to endorse a strong team of determined, progressive candidates for Labour's NEC. This year, let's reconnect Labour with its mainstream.

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

Sure London has its problems, but I’m not even rly willing to entertain that conversation since it’s in the face of such an onslaught of racist lies about the place. London is the proof that integrated, diverse communities thrive living side by side. They HATE that. #r4today

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

🌹 The Deputy Leadership candidates on electoral reform We've contacted both of the two remaining candidates - @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @lucympowell.bsky.social - asking them to confirm or update their positions In the meantime, here's what we know so far... 🧵 1/3

Much more of this kind of message, please!

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time #Climate

This is a strange way to headline a story showing only 17% of people agree with Nigel Farage’s scientifically illiterate belief that climate change is nothing to worry about. Almost as if The Times has an agenda. www.thetimes.com/article/d92d...

🚨 This is a crisis for Labour, but the real crisis is the one engulfing our politics The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right Find out more 👇

This is a billionaire-funded Tony Blair lobbying project being funnelled unchallenged onto the front page of a national newspaper. 1/

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Excited my paper on 'fluid hope' has been published 🙂 Tldr: There are different forms of hope in a climate emergency -- including urgent, slow, and radical hope. They often support one another, rather than being at odds. @lydiamessling.bsky.social @climatecitizens.bsky.social

Look! Hope! The public *actually want and support* climate policies - contrary to whatever apathy may be rumoured. Stellar analysis of the outputs from citizen assemblies and juries - literally the policies the public have designed themselves and would green light tomorrow.

"What we are calling for is a modest, first step towards addressing what everyone can see is an indefensibly broken voting system. We believe the government needs to set up a National Commission for Electoral Reform" ✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social

100 years of average January-March temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... This data offers a window of our changing climate. Data available from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...

Strong moment from AOC’s speech in Utah

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth." No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

We're excited to announce this prize -- please do consider applying, or nominating someone (!)

Announcing our new Activism Award 🏆 Celebrating individuals & organisations driving energy justice in the UK – through research, teaching, activism, or community action. 🌍⚡ Nominate now! Deadline 5pm GMT, Friday, 30 May 2025👇 www.energygeographies.org/activisim-aw...

My take on Dublin Airport, the push to lift the passenger cap, and why adding solar panels doesn’t cancel out the environmental harm of aviation. It’s not sustainability. It’s greenwashing!

Very excited that the Activism Award is now live. Please share widely -- all about finding and celebrating ways of bridging critical research with political practice. If you know anyone who could apply please ask them to, or you could nominate them too.

Looking for something to do at lunchtime? Have a look at the first 'In a spotlight' video with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from the @energygeography.bsky.social . It's an excellent listen - 18 mins long #IWD2025 #IWD #AccelerateAction #Energygeography #EDRC

The Sun here literally using warnings of stranded fossil fuel asset risks to imply net zero is unaffordable and we should stop trying to decarbonise. And, no, it does not acknowledge the costs and risks of failing to decarbonise. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3393605...

📣NEW RESEARCH SUMMARY “What the public think about advertising high-carbon products and services: Citizens’ jury and public polling evidence from the UK.” climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Astonishing! And yet ... global electricity generation from fossil fuels continues to increase every single year. It's amazing how a story of ongoing global failure to even *begin* the "energy transition" gets twisted into a narrative of "astonishing" success.

Is Trump the end of the green transition or the start of America’s decline? A timely and provocative essay from @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social theecologist.org/2025/feb/20/...

In light of Kemi Badenoch’s speech, here’s a quick reminder that climate change is not ‘woke’. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/43...

Love it.😄🤣😄

There isn’t enough ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions – and there won’t be for years theconversation.com/there-isnt-e...

💯 "A voting system that means millions of people's votes don't count. A voting system that most people don't want to continue with." 👏 @alexsobel.co.uk calls for a National Commission for Electoral Reform during today's debate on Proportional Representation

"Scientists say the current period is likely to be the warmest the planet has been in 125,000 years." This is the context for technocratic debates on climate budgets, whether we should be opening new oilfields and building new roads & runways etc. etc. It's the climate, stupid! shorturl.at/F3qEJ

We're running a session at the RGS conference this year on 'The Politics of Emotions in a 'Net Zero' Transition'. Hosted by the @energygeography.bsky.social Please make a submission if you're interested (!) :-)

In the context of all the debate about whether or not adding more airport runways might challenge our emissions targets (it definitely will), it's interesting to note that emissions from aviation has risen faster than for any other modes in the UK in recent years.

What if worsening climate disruption doesn't act as a wake up call? An emergent feature of the new climate reality: anger at the failure of incumbent parties to protect us from climate disruption is benefiting political forces that deny climate change and delay action But we can break this loop 🧵

Enjoyed speaking to Tommy for this. It's a brilliant piece! How we ended up nearly opening a new coal mine, and what to do about it.

We are inviting applications for session sponsorship for the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2025. We welcome proposals for all session types, on any topic that includes investigation of energy geographies (broadly defined) ideally linking to the conference theme. Apply here: forms.gle/YfCXQUpD1RcG...