Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.
www.ft.com/content/ac77...
Definitely. And a call for market reform so that we don't needlessly set the electricity price based on gas used for peak demands.
The PM wants to scrap laws that protect nature.
Wildlife charities are campaigning against some of these threats. I’m also concerned about threats to the environmental impact assessment and judicial reviews regimes.
My blog for @green-alliance.org.uk
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2026/02/19/t...
We have a new swift box, including a gap behind for bats.
Thanks for North East Herts Swift Group, working with Sustainable Stansted.
Shocking new report reveals high risk of some ecosystems collapsing. Unusual because it’s authored by Military Intelligence. The need to tackle the food, nature and climate crises together is pressing @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK nature is declining fast, yet the Fingleton Review proposes weakening vital protections.
Wildlife can’t afford more loss. These plans aren’t law ... yet.
There’s still time to act. Speak up now to protect nature. 👇
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/183790/...
Plough Monday should now be in March.
Now that we have waterlogged winters due to climate change, and extremely heavy machinery, we have a much narrower season when land can be worked.
Massive potential for solar if intra-day storage becomes feasible at grid scale.
Also helps the transition to electrified heating, moving energy to the times of the day when heat is needed.
A petition:
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/u_t9
Encouraging stats here showing 26% reduction in the number of deaths after a default 20mph was introduced in Wales.
That's about the same as the benefit from introducing seat belts, which also caused opposition at the time, but a change that we now all accept.
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Water scarcity is a major challenge.
New reservoirs alone won’t solve it.
Our projected deficit is 5 BILLION litres a day.
A sustainable water system for drinking, agriculture and thriving rivers must come before tech giants’ quenchless thirst for their data centres.
We don't subsidise large-scale solar these days. Most schemes sell through power purchase agreements.
In the early days there were generous domestic solar tariffs to kickstart the market but these have ended.
And that's fine. Solar is now very cost-effective and can compete on its own merits.
In 'Lie of the Land' @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
highlights that 2% of our wheat is for pheasant rearing, about 32,000 ha
That's 50% more than 21,200 ha in 2024 for ground-mounted solar, not all on arable land
Questions over priorities when the value of electricity is traded against food security
Acabar com os combustíveis fósseis hoje!
Yes, 'great to hear'. The problem is that the government is deaf, didn't agree and rejected it
If this bans only stems the decline, that's already hugely important
If there's even a hint of recovery, that's even better
The whole point about chalk streams is that they need a constant flow driven by the water levels in the aquifers.
Getting all the rain in one weekend is no use at all
Rachel Reeves considering scrapping the windfall tax on oil and gas
What possible reason could there be for giving up a substantial tax income when we are supposedly so short of money for public spending?
Maybe it's those 'discussions' with the oil and gas companies
act.gp/4qQttNC
Milliband is right. If we want to regain the tiny percentage of agricultural land used for solar, we could convert golf courses back to farming.
We could also end the inefficient use of agricultural land to grow biofuels, and achieve far greater emissions reduction by converting this to solar
The cheapest generation mix now uses wind and solar, with gas only for backup. That's essentially what Clean Power 2030 is aiming for.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Think #NetZero is expensive?
The #ClimateCrisis will cost us, in more than money.
The extinction of the Slender-Billed Curlew should be a wake-up call.
The world is upside down: billionaires jaunt to the moon while wildlife vanishes.
Endless wealth for greed, scant care for what enriches all our lives.
Nature belongs to all of us—we must defend it.
British.
In our second monthly talk, Chris Dunham will discuss the environmental impact of food, covering links between diet, climate change and biodiversity, and looking at the options for the future
Wednesday 7th May 7:30pm
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/16c160...
Yes, we need the information to be clear. We are not tackling the climate and biodiversity crisis 'for the environment', as if the environment is some disinterested third party. We're doing it so that we have a place to live and food on the shelves.
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
British Broadcasting Corporatn stops presenter doing podcast about heat pumps over fears of political bias
“As an impartial broadcaster, BBC shouldn’t be pandering to attempts by the right to turn the world’s most efficient home heating into a culture war issue”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...?
