Reform UK have picked this moment to say they'd scrap support for converting homes to heat pumps, thereby keeping them - & Britain - more dependent on fossil fuels
It's not like there's massive instability & security issues with the world's biggest supplier....
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
The Ig Nobel awards (for science that makes you laugh and think at the same time) have traditionally been given in the US but this year they are moving because of concerns about safety of winners and journalists from Trumps regime
At least this records that folks were appalled by the sale...
#Archaeology #Treasurw #Detecting 🏺
metro.co.uk/2026/03/06/s...
To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure.
Heating oil prices in the UK have trebled in a week. 2 million homes, no price cap protection, no warning.
Heat pumps + solar are multiple times more efficient, don’t require an oil tank and oil deliveries and are an insurance against such frightening price spikes.
GB News is platforming an extremist narrative that is central to the socialisation of violence, including to the terrorist rampages in Europe and New Zealand & the USA
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/3/...
Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music
Several dozen folks did
Some even dubbed music over the original clip.
I haven't been able to get this out of my head.
So I give you
A Bluesky exclusive:
Reservoir Ducks
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The great energy economist speaks!
(And no, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Heat pumps don’t cost £12k at renewal.
I wonder whether he’s made similar mistakes through all his energy economics work? 🤔)
Our film launches on 7th April.
Hosted by Chris Packham, it features footage from the National Emergency Briefing along with reactions from the public.
It's designed to be watched in communities across the UK along with their MP.
To host a screening in your community:
www.nebriefing.org/the-film
In 2023, I sought to explain to a parliamentary committee what a structural collapse of the global food system would look like, and why this this is plausible - even likely. I think the likelihood has just ratcheted up a notch. I beg you to read and understand. Thanks
www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...
Gas price shocks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine showed the danger of relying on fossil fuels tied to volatile global markets.
Renewables offer something fossil fuels never can: stable energy where the price never changes.
#EnergyTransition #ClimateAction
Good news that the digitised Beowulf manuscript has survived the digital equivalent of the Cottonian Library fire, the British Library cyberattack of 2023
historical oil demand vs secnarios
On the second fossil fuel crisis of this decade (and likely to be worse than the last, fair to say), a few small thoughts
First: global oil demand would be so much lower without climate delay, fossil corruption, oversized SUVs, western overconsumption. Everyone who pushed these holds responsibility
Publishing scams are exploding. Writers, read this Author's Guild piece to protect yourselves. bit.ly/4rp2VCa
This is quite astonishing. Can’t pretend I understand it all, and am not sure I 100% agree with conclusions, but a social studies academic analyses pub closures in a totally different way from anyone else ever has and comes up with some extraordinary insights. laurenleek.substack.com/p/britain-lo...
Really interesting for all pub people. Certainly indicates the role of pubcos in the closure of pubs.
Great from our colleagues in Lebanon
"The current crisis is a tragic, undeniable argument for why we must accelerate the transition to renewable energy"
Really appreciating this today
Important read about the incredibly ugly racist hate, abuse & threats Indigenous Australians get
"Many noted a marked uptick in violent rhetoric since the failed voice to parliament referendum in 2023."
“A lot of people in general feel really comfortable being racist.” 1/
It’s nonsense. 75% of our gas imports come from Norway, 17% from the US & just 1-2% from Qatar, so trying to squeeze a tiny bit more from North Sea fields that’ve been declining for decades will make no odds to security, global prices or tax receipts. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/688a09...
"The pollster Peter Kellner has calculated that if the referendum were rerun today, instead of a leave win by 1.3m votes, remain would win by 8m. There’s no historic parallel for the injustice of that"
The UK's North Sea gas production is set to drop 97% by 2050 - and even with new licensing rounds it would fall by 95% As of 2022, UK gas production had already fallen by two-thirds since 2000 From 2022, production is expected to fall by another 97% by 2050 - or by 95% if new licenses are issued
Better to focus our efforts on how we can reduce oil & gas demand.
We need to speed up decarbonisation of heating, industry and transport, rather than focusing on increasing gas production.
Increasing production would not have a material impact on energy security.
Thank you Megan McCubbin and Dr Amir Khan for highlighting the arrogance of the Cottesmore Hunt
Did you know that @theees.bsky.social was founded by pioneering writer Amelia Edwards, author of 'A Thousand Miles Up the Nile'? #InternationalWomensDay
She envisaged the EES to include other eminent women. Read about her and these women in our Spotlight volume👇
www.ees.ac.uk/resource/ame...
A wonderful and terrifying book!
The home secretary talks about her reforms to the asylum system, including reprocessing applications every two and a half years, as a means to end "pull factors" for refugees. This shows a disturbing lack of awareness about the current system. The majority of those seeking asylum who we work with come to the UK because they have existing ties to this country. It is where they feel the safest in rebuilding their lives after fleeing war and persecution. Despite the home secretary's claims to the contrary, the Home Office has neither the ability nor the resources to implement this policy in a workable way. We already see initial applications taking more than a year. To increase the number that need to be reviewed is unfeasible and costly. Not only that, it would leave people seeking safety and security in limbo, at more risk of becoming undocumented and exploited. This is a policy that is not supported by evidence, and instead has been designed to grab headlines with no thought to the harm it causes those individuals who hoped that they may find some safety here, and the economic and social costs to all of us. Daniel Sohege Director, Stand For All
My response in the Guardian to the Home Secretary's changes to asylum rules, and the utterly false claim that Labour's hostile and Inhumane anti-asylum policies reduce "pull factors".
Beyond food: Bees support wild ecosystems,90% of flowering plants rely on pollinators.They sustain biodiversity, habitats for wildlife,and even indirect chains (pollinated crops).Remove bees? Ecosystems unravel,agriculture falters, societies destabilize. Nature's web is fragile.
I was in Tehran this time last year. I want you to see how beautiful my city is. I want you to see the city the US/Israel is trying to wipe off the face of the earth
