@calenergy.bsky.social: The 2025 update of the California Energy Code that took effect on Jan. 1 "will save an estimated $4.8 billion in energy costs over 30 years and reduce GHG emissions by about 4 million metric tons." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2026-01... 🔌💡

2025 was the fourth warmest year on record for the USA www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/nationa...

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

Wow.

So this one seems to have passed me - and most other commentators - by...

New analysis out today from Rhodium Group showing data centres were one of the major drivers of the first rise in total economy-wide emissions in the US in years Uncontrolled growth of demand has helped boost coal growth, in conjunction with the LNG export boom -> rhg.com/research/us-...

Ministers are set to promise a new version of HS2’s cancelled leg between Birmingham and Manchester as part of an overhaul of rail infrastructure in the north but work won’t begin on this proposed rail line before…2045 www.ft.com/content/a8be...

New: We estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions. Emissions also grew faster than the economy in 2025, reversing the decoupling of emissions and economic activity of the prior two years.

NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.

if you want to understand the misinformation about Net Zero estimates this is a great starting point

A busy few days for Rishi Sunak: he’s recuperated from a major operation at his family home (??) of Chequers, demanded Pres Obama pay back his ill-gotten Obamacare gains, confirmed that the lady shot by ICE is his niece, but mostly done his favourite thing: fighting on air with Laura Kuenssberg.

Sorry, what? The federal “investigation” into ICE’s killing of an American is investigating the *victim*?

The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on: * Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc AND * Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero I kid you not, it is that stupid

Here's the other side of the story you won't read in today's headlines about the cost of meeting net zero targets. The reality is the IEA report is deeply flawed and based on some pretty blatant cherry-picking of clean tech costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524063...

He made life feel liveable for the freaks, the different, the thoughtful, or just those who believed there was more to see, to do, to hear. I miss him. I still find it hard to believe he's gone. Convinced he's just on his home planet, and will reappear with an amazing album of Algerian Jazz Rap.

Yikes. Owned by Ørsted - partly state-owned renewable company that was once a fossil company and a big player in Denmark's *massive* growth of wind (one of the highest wind shares globally) ........Denmark also being the country Trump wants to fight to capture Greenland for vague and weird reasons

HEY LOVELIES Part 2 of my series on CCS for @thepointau.bsky.social - about the amazingly-named Gorgon project, owned by Chevron, in Western Australia thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

🧵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

Those treehuggers at The AA are at it again, pointing out how EVs are better than petrol and diesel cars in lots of ways. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524046...

Say what you like about Britain’s railways, but there’d be a replacement bus service in place by now. Seen this before - had to direct my parents via 2 local buses and a tram to get from Béziers to Montpellier once. Is this just SNCF being rubbish, or does 🇫🇷 lack the capacity of spot hire coaches?

Interesting new guidance published to try and steer solar developers away from higher quality agricultural land. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524004...

Great long read from Michael Holder on how climate change and the clean energy transition is key to understanding Trump's imperial ambitions. Paywalled, but you can sign up to BG and get three free articles a month. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...

Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it.

There's an easy way to tell that I'm not in London today: nearly everyone is parked on the pavement, and there's no room to walk!

Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.

Officialdom is getting ready to walk off X.

It was a government-run experiment prompted by frightening thoughts. What would happen if somebody tried to poison London’s commuters with a toxic gas? www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-worlds...

This opinion is correct.

More appalling news from dystopia central www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Epic

obviously there are a lot of people who can't afford that but let's be honest, quite a lot of people out there definitely could just spend a quid or two extra if needed but will instead gloat about having found cheaper options on Amazon -and you can't have that *and* a thriving high street!

Sunday morning listening! Thanks @mliebreich.bsky.social for the shout out on the hydrogen ladder and, more importantly, the electrification staircase. Stay tuned for an upcoming episode of @cleaninguppod.bsky.social with a deep dive on the Electrification Staircase laying out the route to come.

Friends in the NGO/Think-Tank/Policy/Comms world, I’d grab Dan while they’re on the market as you won’t find anyone better at what they do, IMV.

One of my last interactions with Matt Goodwin over on the bad site was when I questioned his assertion that ‘all Londoners know London is a shithole really’. He demanded I undertake polling on it (which was odd, as he has a polling company and I don’t). Looks like someone did it for him.

Y’all wanna see a multimillion grade II renovation done right? Of course you do. Here’s the before pictures: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...

I cannot stress how distrubing it is to find out just how many peoples’ perfect partner is anything that can never disagree with them

I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?

it was at roughly this point that I began to get a sense of why the bus hadn't turned up

This is the way!

Your fact of the day: The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132. bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...

If you are trying to keep up with energy geopolitics, do give Seb a follow...

For those who missed the memo, the new US food pyramid - a masterclass in nutritional misinformation - was concocted by Big Meat & Dairy.

Hearing through the grapevine that balcony solar may find a steep opponent in the home insurance industry here in the US. They seem to be asking that the systems be excluded from home insurance policies, which crosses this over into the larger insurance / wildfire / electric utility crisis.

I’m actually okay with not winning, they should all be in prison

It has been truly stunning to watch over the last two decades as “the West” has gone about systematically forgetting everything it spent half a century insisting it would never forget about where it went wrong last time.

Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds

Any nominations to add to the #retrofit starter pack? It seems to me that when the #WarmHomesPlan comes, this will be the place to discuss detail, while linkedin will be quickly swamped by AI takes. go.bsky.app/NXUSTXa

Cory Doctorow is a global treasure and must be protected at all costs.

Oh wow, judging by my notifications there is a Bluesky influx happening - welcome everyone! Just recirculating my starter pack of UK-ish policy folk in case you’re looking for some wisdom on your timeline…

“Scottish ski centres celebrate bumper snowfall” Odd reporting this. Almost no mention of climate change, yet the whole piece is based around it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...