"This is not going to do anything to actually lower bills... you'll pay them by a higher unit rate". Simon Francis of @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social tells @lbc.co.uk after Ofgem's announcement to require major energy suppliers to offer lower standing charge tariffs by the end of January 2026.

A clear coating that turns windows into solar panels, could be a breakthrough for domestic energy generation. Scientists at the University of Nanjing have created a working prototype, with a research paper published in PhotoniX. www.the-independent.com/tech/solar-p...

Ørsted win preliminary battle against Trump to continue work on offshore wind farm. "A federal judge has allowed Ørsted to restart work on a major offshore wind farm in the US, in a boost to the troubled Danish company after several setbacks." www.ft.com/content/3ce8...

Luke Campbell, Reform Mayor of Hull & East Yorkshire says he is all for green energy. "If that's creating jobs in any sector I'm all for it. Who doesn't like cleaner air and green energy? I do and I'm all for that." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The reality is that the small print in the industry's own reports show that there is vanishingly small amounts of gas thats left to be extracted from the North Sea." Tessa Khan, Executive Director & Founder at Uplift, @tessakhan.bsky.social. On LBC with Clare Foges @lbc.co.uk.

The expansion of Gatwick Airport by its French and American owners risks "draining money from the UK high-street, it's a way of saying to the British people 'don't spend your money here spend it overseas.'" Dr Alex Chapman, Senior Economist @neweconomics.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk w/ Steve Holden.

“Britain’s clean power target is not a deterrent. Arguably, it is part of the attraction.” The UK’s clean power goals persuaded big US tech firms to invest in AI here, because they have all made commitment to low-carbon power, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. tinyurl.com/4mxtszt3 PIC:AFP

"If we can get this right, [AI data centres] can help us reduce our network charges for other users" Steve Smith, Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer @nationalgrid.bsky.social on R4 Today.

"Most of the reasons for high electricity prices is the high cost of gas" Nigel Topping CMG, Chair of the Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social on R4 Today.

"We need to do the maths on AI... we don't have enough power, we don't have enough water." 🌊 Professor @ginasue.bsky.social , Professor of Responsible AI at Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) tells Sir Nick Robinson more about the true cost of AI on @BBCRadio4.

'It's actually easier to buy a vape than it is to buy an apple'🍎 Guy Poppy, co-editor of a report for the @royalsociety.org, and @charlottehardman.bsky.social talked to the Today Programme this morning about Britain's broken food system and how to fix it for people and the planet.

EV owners charging their cars on the street are penalised 15% higher than at home due to VAT. Public charging prices have on average risen by 38% since 2021, says new White Paper released today by Charge UK. transportandenergy.com/2025/09/17/c...

"These geoengineering ideas have no intergovernmental agreement at all," says Professor Martin Siegert. Scientific efforts should be focused "primarily and solely" on decarbonisation, he tells @alexisconran.com on Times Radio. @universityofexeter.bsky.social

Chris O’Shea, CEO of ⁦‪Centrica plc‬⁩ explains the firm’s new deal for 'pebble bed' nuclear reactors under an agreement with US firm ⁦X-energy. Plans will start with 12 reactors in Hartlepool, producing 1 GW of energy, a third of that of ⁦‪Sizewell C.

This statement disappeared from Danny Kruger’s website 40 minutes ago. “Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face, and I can assure you that I recognise the importance and urgency of action on this issue.” - Danny Kruger MP, Jan 2020. web.archive.org/web/20201202...

Reform councillors don't think man-made climate change exists, reports the Worcester News. 20 Reform councillors in Worcestershire County Council vote against the motion that “agrees with the scientific consensus that man-made climate change exists." www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2546389...

I. Cannot. Wait. The Sun’s motoring writer Rob Gill on the new @VW ID Polo GTI. ⚡️

The UK economy may feel gloomy - but the green sector is growing! 🌱⚡ £40m investment to expand fleet of electric black cabs built in Coventry 🚖 500 new jobs (rising to 2,000) at a Somerset EV battery plant 🔋 Hundreds of new jobs at Schneider Electric's upgraded factory in Scarborough 💼

Reform risks losing its curious voters if it stays a one-issue party - most are actually pro-net zero and anti-fracking, @steveakehurst.bsky.social tells Carole Walker on Times Radio. @persuasionuk.bsky.social

Global warming is worsening America's sweet tooth.🥤🍦 When the temperature rises, Americans – particular those from disadvantaged backgrounds – drink more sugary beverages and consume more frozen desserts, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. www.independent.co.uk/news/united-...

Some good news to start the week: Gen Z are flocking to the @nationaltrust.org.uk as a place for 'calm, safety, and connection'.😇 The charity saw a 39% year-on-year increase in young memberships in 2025. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Despite forecasts for a wetter-than-average autumn & winter, it may not be sufficient to reverse the damage of this year's record hot & dry summer, caution @metoffice.gov.uk. There is a chance that parts of UK could be in drought and flood at the same time. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

What is the Heartland Institute? Earlier this year Maeve Campbell explained the history of the climate change-denying think tank being hosted at the Reform party conference. youtube.com/shorts/AiBoY...

An inconvenient truth…

Orsted sues Trump administration for cancelling work on an almost complete wind farm, that would power 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

"Tory talk of a new golden age for fossil fuels is just a tactical stunt to navigate the culture war," writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in @telegraphnews.bsky.social. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

“This is very concerning. We are breaking the patterns on which our wildlife depends. This is climate breakdown in our own backyards,” says @chrisgpackham.bsky.social in a BBC Today programme interview with Kevin Martin of @rbgkew.bsky.social #falseautumn #hottestsummer

If you live in the browny-coloured region, then you’ve just experienced the warmest summer since 1884. @metoffice.gov.uk

“There are no seasons anymore. They blur into one. We go from mass flooding to drought and fluctuate between the two.” Farmer Colin Chappell of Brigg, Lincolnshire tells Times Radio how farmers are coping with an unpredictable climate. @eciu.net @nffn.bsky.social

📢 92% of farmers feel anxious from extreme weather (ECIU). NFFN farmer Colin Chappel says the weather has “turned into a cycle of boom and bust.” By focusing on soil health, he builds resilience - but farmers also need support for their wellbeing. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/56hu56wt #NFFN

“There are no seasons anymore. They blur into one. We go from mass flooding to drought and fluctuate between the two.” Farmer Colin Chappell of Brigg, Lincolnshire tells Times Radio how farmers are coping with an unpredictable climate. @eciu.net @nffn.bosky.social

Britain is suffering from a false autumn caused by a record warm summer which has seen leaves falling and trees drooping and wilted - Faith Douglas from Thorp Perrow in North Yorkshire tells Olivia Richwald on BBC Breakfast.

Extreme heat specialist @chlobrim.bsky.social from the @metoffice.gov.uk Office explains on BBC Breakfast how four heatwaves this summer have caused “compound and cascading hazards” to the UK.

President Trump has made it clear: he’s no fan of wind farms. But is his beef with Danish state-owned wind giant Ørsted just about energy- or something more? www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

This summer's 4 heatwaves damaged people's health and finances, with 1 in 5 now dreading next year's. Almost half of people struggled to sleep, 11% reported worsened health, and 45% spent money to combat the heat, according to @citizensadvice.bsky.social . www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

🚘🔋 "Our electric version is now cheaper than petrol" @forduk's Lisa Brankin on the company making the first two models to get the government's £3,750 EV discount on @BBCr4today.

WATCH 📺 Sky News' Paul Kelso explains why the energy price cap going up means our bills will be lower in the future.

"Solar panel installations are booming – up 22% in the first six months of the year" Daily Mail's This is Money explains how installing solar could save households up to £560 a year on their energy bills. www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/...

We're in a new era of weather extremes, @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social tells @stevehreports.bsky.social. @ucl.ac.uk | @lbcnews.bsky.social

With 1,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water lost every day to leaks and rainwater going to waste, @ucl Dr Bill McGuire writes in today's @theipaper that it's time for Britain to get serious about saving water. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Could climate change spell the end of the Great British Bakewell?🍒 Wildfires in California – where up to 80% of the world's almond crops are grown – have badly affected this year's yields, Duncan Kirk from the original Bakewell Tart Shop in Derbyshire tells @ollymann.bsky.social on Times Radio.

Any manufacturer that sources its electric car batteries from China or Poland won't be eligible for the higher government grant of £3,750, @ginnybuckley.bsky.social tells @alexisconran.com.

Strong economic incentives to go green are speeding up the energy transition globally, reports @economist.com. 🔋 - Pakistan & Morocco are racing ahead on solar & wind renewables 🇵🇰🇲🇦 - EVs and battery-powered cars are flooding the market in Nepal & Ethiopia 🇳🇵🇪🇹 www.economist.com/finance-and-...

195% rise in🇬🇧renewable energy project capacity, as 323 planning permissions amounting to 16.1 gigawatts of clean power granted in Q2 this year @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/926a...

So, Hounslow council have banned Lime bikes, and licensed Forest and Voi; neighbouring Richmond has licensed Lime and banned the others. So every bridge over the Thames is now Checkpoint Charlie, with loads of Lime bikes parked on one side and loads of Forest and Voi on the other. Top work everyone!

Large parts of Lake Windermere in the summer are in the "lowest class given to officially designated bathing water sites", according to the Big Windermere Survey's Dr Ben Surridge.

Solar power generation in Britain this year has already surpassed 2024's total, with rapid installations made during sunny weather. The 14.08 terawatt hrs of electricity produced is enough to power the London Underground for a decade, reports @financialtimes.com. www.ft.com/content/9e49...

In 97% of planning appeals last year, bats and newts were not an issue. So who is really obsessed about this? Craig Bennett, CEO of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social asks on the BBC Today programme in light of the government’s new planning bill.

All of Spain is heating up. As recently as the 1980s, Madrid would see around 29 days of temperatures above 30C. Now, it can see as many as 63 days a year, @mariaramirez.bsky.social tells @stevehreports.bsky.social. @eldiario.es | @lbcnews.bsky.social

It's crunch time in Geneva. 🤜🥤 Negotiators are struggling to reach a deal in the final hours of the UN plastics pollution treaty talks. But a treaty lacking ambition "is a treaty not worth having," Chris Dixon, Ocean Campaign Lead @eia-news.bsky.social, tells @eia-news.bsky.social.