Abigail Dombey
@abigaildombey.bsky.social
Energy & Sustainability Engineer.
Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero.
She / her.
Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero.
She / her.
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Dozens dead as ‘once in 300 years’ storm batters Thailand with heavy rains and flooding
Flooding has affected 2.7 million people, with the city of Hat Yai, a major commercial hub near the Malaysian border, being hit especially hard, the heaviest in 300 years.
Flooding has affected 2.7 million people, with the city of Hat Yai, a major commercial hub near the Malaysian border, being hit especially hard, the heaviest in 300 years.
Dozens dead as ‘once in 300 years’ storm batters Thailand
Major commercial city near Malaysian border records 335mm rainfall in single day
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dozens dead as ‘once in 300 years’ storm batters Thailand with heavy rains and flooding
Flooding has affected 2.7 million people, with the city of Hat Yai, a major commercial hub near the Malaysian border, being hit especially hard, the heaviest in 300 years.
Flooding has affected 2.7 million people, with the city of Hat Yai, a major commercial hub near the Malaysian border, being hit especially hard, the heaviest in 300 years.
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Renault is set to launch its Dutch AC bidirectional charging package in collaboration with We Drive Solar and Hegg Energy in the first half of 2026. This will be the first commercialised V2G bundle in the Netherlands.
Renault Group en We Drive Solar introduceren allereerste V2G AC-laden service in Nederland - Renault Group
In Nederland beschikt meer dan 70% van de EV-rijders thuis over zonnepanelen*. Met het einde van de salderingsregeling (januari 2027) in het verschiet, groeit de interesse voor hergebruik van goedkope...
media.renault-group.nl
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Renault is set to launch its Dutch AC bidirectional charging package in collaboration with We Drive Solar and Hegg Energy in the first half of 2026. This will be the first commercialised V2G bundle in the Netherlands.
The Guardian Budget calculator also doesn’t have options for driving EVs / Plug In hybrids, even though yesterday’s budget introduced a pay per mile tax for both. 🤦🏻
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Guardian Budget calculator also doesn’t have options for driving EVs / Plug In hybrids, even though yesterday’s budget introduced a pay per mile tax for both. 🤦🏻
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Sounds like the button was never pushed, article prepped, file uploaded, then someone tries a url guess. "Even though the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists . . . were able to access it by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document."
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sounds like the button was never pushed, article prepped, file uploaded, then someone tries a url guess. "Even though the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists . . . were able to access it by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document."
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I mean it is objectively hilarious that the media and government are trying to hype the OBR leak as a cybersecurity thing
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
Being very "well, actually", and going just by www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - my gut feeling is that it was working as designed... it just wasn't designed for these conditions.
You know this area well, is the investigation result likely to be published?
You know this area well, is the investigation result likely to be published?
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I mean it is objectively hilarious that the media and government are trying to hype the OBR leak as a cybersecurity thing
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
When any digital manager at a large institution could tell you in about ten minutes.
Less if I knew what CMS it was.
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Oxmas is here - our seasonal celebration for students before term ends next week....
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Oxmas is here - our seasonal celebration for students before term ends next week....
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Worth noting the OBR reckons that if the fuel duty freeze does end in 2027 it will have run for 16 years and cost the exchequer a full £120bn. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Worth noting the OBR reckons that if the fuel duty freeze does end in 2027 it will have run for 16 years and cost the exchequer a full £120bn. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/452...
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Lots of analysis today rightly concluding it’s a muddling through Budget that defers pain and lacks any sense of narrative and mission.
Meanwhile, the near full decarbonisation inside 25 years of the world’s first industrial economy is still just sitting there.
Meanwhile, the near full decarbonisation inside 25 years of the world’s first industrial economy is still just sitting there.
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lots of analysis today rightly concluding it’s a muddling through Budget that defers pain and lacks any sense of narrative and mission.
Meanwhile, the near full decarbonisation inside 25 years of the world’s first industrial economy is still just sitting there.
Meanwhile, the near full decarbonisation inside 25 years of the world’s first industrial economy is still just sitting there.
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The UK govt deserves some credit for recognising there's a need for a plan & taking big steps forward in the last year, including its Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which was welcomed by trade unions & recognises the need & potential for the transition to deliver good jobs in the UK's O&G heartlands
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The UK govt deserves some credit for recognising there's a need for a plan & taking big steps forward in the last year, including its Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which was welcomed by trade unions & recognises the need & potential for the transition to deliver good jobs in the UK's O&G heartlands
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Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
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I was waiting to hear from folks like Stop Rosebank and @tessakhan.bsky.social before commenting on this but it really seems like the real deal.
Norwegian conservatives are using it to claim it makes Norwegian oil and gas supply EVEN MORE heroic and brave
www.nrk.no/klima/storbr...
Norwegian conservatives are using it to claim it makes Norwegian oil and gas supply EVEN MORE heroic and brave
www.nrk.no/klima/storbr...
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I was waiting to hear from folks like Stop Rosebank and @tessakhan.bsky.social before commenting on this but it really seems like the real deal.
Norwegian conservatives are using it to claim it makes Norwegian oil and gas supply EVEN MORE heroic and brave
www.nrk.no/klima/storbr...
Norwegian conservatives are using it to claim it makes Norwegian oil and gas supply EVEN MORE heroic and brave
www.nrk.no/klima/storbr...
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Average electricity cost increase since Jan:
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
Missouri ⬆️ 37%
Iowa ⬆️ 30%
North Dakota ⬆️ 30%
Oklahoma ⬆️ 30%
New Jersey ⬆️ 27%
Nebraska ⬆️ 25%
Montana ⬆️ 25%
Wyoming ⬆️ 23%
NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11%
Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.
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More good environmental policy news from what *wasn’t* in the budget in the end 🥳
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
More good environmental policy news from what *wasn’t* in the budget in the end 🥳
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The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
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Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
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It absolutely wasn't. Might be showing my age here, but 20 years ago was not actually that long ago, in terms of this
Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It absolutely wasn't. Might be showing my age here, but 20 years ago was not actually that long ago, in terms of this
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"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"But the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are still socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The trajectory to 2035 matters. Coal generating a lot or a little before 2035 is the difference between massive climate impacts and very little climate impacts. This narrative of 'inevitability' is dangerous and stokes severe complacency.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The trajectory to 2035 matters. Coal generating a lot or a little before 2035 is the difference between massive climate impacts and very little climate impacts. This narrative of 'inevitability' is dangerous and stokes severe complacency.
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JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
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The good: Levy reforms will cut electricity bills - this is much better than mooted cut to VAT; a bit more funding for the Warm Homes Plan; £1.5bn boost for EV grant scheme and charging networks; warm words on nuclear, renewables, low carbon industry, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The good: Levy reforms will cut electricity bills - this is much better than mooted cut to VAT; a bit more funding for the Warm Homes Plan; £1.5bn boost for EV grant scheme and charging networks; warm words on nuclear, renewables, low carbon industry, etc.
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From a green perspective, the Budget followed a classic good, the bad, and the ugly format. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522404...
Chancellor moves to cut energy bills and boost EV funding
But green groups warn decision to axe ECO energy efficiency scheme and plans for new pay-per-mile EV levy are sending mixed signals to the green economy
www.businessgreen.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From a green perspective, the Budget followed a classic good, the bad, and the ugly format. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522404...
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genuinely not photoshopped before you ask www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-...
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
genuinely not photoshopped before you ask www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-...
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So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Evaluation of the Cycle to Work Scheme: quantitative and qualitative research
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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ECO is being scrapped entirely 😯
The Energy Company Obligation streamed money from bill payers to measures that improve the ability of low-income, fuel-poor and vulnerable households to heat their homes.
Not clear if anything is replacing the lost funding
The Energy Company Obligation streamed money from bill payers to measures that improve the ability of low-income, fuel-poor and vulnerable households to heat their homes.
Not clear if anything is replacing the lost funding
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ECO is being scrapped entirely 😯
The Energy Company Obligation streamed money from bill payers to measures that improve the ability of low-income, fuel-poor and vulnerable households to heat their homes.
Not clear if anything is replacing the lost funding
The Energy Company Obligation streamed money from bill payers to measures that improve the ability of low-income, fuel-poor and vulnerable households to heat their homes.
Not clear if anything is replacing the lost funding