One way in which a 2026 energy crisis* might be different to 2022: it would likely affect oil as well as gas. In 2022, the main issue was gas, which mainly affected electricity and heating bills. If oil spikes as well, expect transport and more industrial production to face problems

As @adambell.bsky.social floated earlier this week, things could get a lot more serious if Trump were to block US gas exports. Given the politics of rising oil and gas prices, that seems… worryingly plausible right now

he's right and he should say it and also the fucking audacity of the *Tories* complaining about cost as if it wouldn't have been a tenth of the price if they'd done something about it back when they first took power

Qatar’s energy minister has warned that war in the Middle East could “bring down the economies of the world”, predicting that all Gulf energy exporters would shut down production within days and drive oil to $150 a barrel www.ft.com/content/be12...

Hey @jonworth.eu @politicanimal.bsky.social - random Q. I’m travelling back from Chur - London on Sunday week: Chur - Basel Basel - Paris (direct or via Mulhouse) Paris - Lisbon It’s cheaper to go via Mulhouse, but obviously more changes mean a greater risk of things going wrong. Any advice?

@jackwallington.com know any places that could take 40-200 bare root fruit trees someone's rescuing from chipper in Kent end March .. please let me know if you do.. he thinks the agreement in my Oxford has fallen through

It doesn’t escape me that these are named after a woman and a teenage girl. It does not escape me that medical misogyny continues to kill.

Sugar is the most likely thing people will have on hand. To anyone reading; DON'T USE HONEY! It can make bees sick by introducing diseases they have no resistance to.

Note that this *regulation* is for the UK but it's an absolutely reasonable expectation of a doctor in the US. Also, "Please note in my chart that you declined to investigate this further despite my ongoing symptoms" isn't legally binding but HAS been known to put the fear of God into doctors.

I hope that they implement this in Scotland. This would save a lot of women's lives because let's be real, it's women who are routinely ignored and denied treatment.

Alongside many other things, these kind of tactics from the Telegraph et al are just so excruciatingly, exquisitely embarrassing. The people involved must recognise how pathetic it is, even as they ratchet up their contempt for their audience by a couple more notches.

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Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about. Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.

Bad news from Brussels for plant-based 'meat', but a reprieve for veggie 'sausages' and 'burgers'. www.businessgreen.com/news/4526620...

NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says ✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

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This has the potential to disrupt a lot of springtime phenology, including the beloved cherry blossom blooms here in DC. 🥶 www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...

This is one of the most fascinating and maybe important conversations I've heard recently about transition. It's already infused in our energy debates, although very rarely acknowledged. So glad David and @gruberte.bsky.social did a pod cause the paper is still in my tabs.

Heat pump sales rose 11% in 2025 across 16 European countries, with 2.63 million units sold. Twelve countries saw growth, largely where subsidy schemes were stabilised and electricity costs addressed. Policy certainty and energy levies & taxation are proving decisive.

Dutch installation industry association says there's been a 10-15% jump in requests for heat pumps

Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking "hostage" a group of Ukrainian bank employees who were reportedly transporting $40 million and nine kilograms of gold u.afp.com/Su6C

Good morning! 18 days left until surgery, so we're back to Sell All the Things so Bree has to close the shop and actually take time off to heal. (Ugh sounds terrible tbh, but here we are.) We have 8 different colors of journal/planner stand back in stock today! http://thebrokencirc...

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

Maybe we can have nice things... www.businessgreen.com/news/4526556...

If you think I'm overstating concerns about the loyalties of US tech companies - check out this memo from Anthropic CEO to staff on their battle with the Trump administration.

Sea levels are up to one foot higher than previous research suggested. Less than one per cent of 385 surveys accurately measured how high seas have already risen, a new study in @nature.com reveals. www.ft.com/content/eb58...

Timeline cleanse: Baby tapir getting scritches for their itches. If you want to scritch your very own tapir & you live outside of Central or South America or SE Asia, you'll need to visit a zoo. But these little guys are (evolutionarily) from around here, in North America. Let's talk about it.

SE ASIA RELENTLESS RECORD HEAT Over 1000 consecutive days of breaking heat records every single day in Indonesia,Philippines and Thailand. Last March records: 🇹🇭 37.1C Suwannaphum Int. AP 🇮🇩 Min 28.5 Manokwari all time record hottest night

Brazil’s 20-year Amazon Soy Moratorium is under pressure. Many Indigenous leaders warn weakening it could bring more deforestation and land invasions, while some see economic opportunity. Officials say protections still stand as debate grows over the pact’s future.

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’ No notes. as.ft.com/r/65cf2b43-6...

This is such a cool project from TfL, which will link solar arrays directly to the Tube network. Projects like this also look more attractive every time gas prices spike (which they tend to do a lot given *gestures at everything*). www.businessgreen.com/news/4526530...

The inevitable outcome of the strategic communications plan of immediately forgetting why we're doing any of this and pretending to be energy affordability campaigners instead. Climate will be back, but for now: support the real ones who haven't given up focus and fight. There are many of them ✊🏽

When war sends oil prices soaring, the lesson isn’t to suppress the price of petrol. It’s to recognise how exposed we are. Freezing fuel duty again would entrench dependence on imported oil at the very moment we should be reducing it.

Fuel Duty has been frozen, and therefore cut, for 15 years in the U.K, turbocharging transport emissions and starving local councils of grant funding to repair our crumbling roads. It’s been a disaster and it’s beyond embarrassing that any mainstream party would campaign to maintain the freeze.

Bad take from the LibDems. Fuel duty has been frozen for too long. To make the country less vulnerable we should instead electrify public transport and build safe, convenient and extensive bike infrastructure.

Something really dark when 12 year old comes home from school and says ‘I think world war three is going to start, everyone at school is saying it’

Yet more coal demand getting destroyed. www.businessgreen.com/news/4526378...

I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism

Important report from the Environmental Audit Committee today highlighting how next wave of decarbonisation has to deliver benefits right across society. It's not telling government anything it is not already painfully aware of, but still a useful overview. www.businessgreen.com/news/4526407...

The UK Oil and Gas industry knows the North Sea is in terminal decline. And they even say so. So always call BS on those who suggest otherwise. It has been in terminal decline since before any climate legislation. Details on LI. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Scientific American has updated the figure, now grouped into swimmers, fliers, walkers/runners, and vehicles. A person on a bicycle remains the most efficient way to travel, compared to all forms of biological locomotion and mechanical transport. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Companies are paying tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to evacuate employees from Dubai, with the cost of private jets and hire vehicles soaring, according to insurance groups providing crisis-response protection. www.ft.com/content/23e0...

"This wild episode is an unanswerable reminder of why it is folly to rely on a costly and technologically obsolete source of energy from the least stable region of the world," Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Daily Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

The emissions of Australia's top data centre operators have doubled over the past few years. You can see why Amazon Australia fought so hard to try and keep these numbers hidden....... www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Controversial view: ensuring passive provision for the junction where the Manchester section of HS2 will branch off the line that is currently being built is good, actually (within a ‘I wouldn’t be starting from here’ context). Saves costs and disruption later.

bloody HELL

Since the cost of a net zero energy system ought to be evaluated relative to a counterfactual of using more natural gas. Higher natural gas prices make net zero cheaper despite nothing changing about the out-of-pocket costs. This is why people hate economists.

interesting that it's taken as a given that the US should have a hand in shaping who the iranian people choose as their leader