Geoffrey Lean
@geofflean.bsky.social
World’s longest-serving (55 yrs) environment hack. On Yorkshire Post, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Telegraph. Also in Guardian, Daily Mail, ipaper, Sun, BBC, Open Democracy, Evening Standard etc.Happy husband, dad, grandpa. Life measured in dogs.
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In further 'words no longer have any meaning' news, Lord Glasman wants 'clean, abundant' energy, including coal, fossil fuels, and North Sea gas. www.desmog.com/2025/11/28/l...
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In further 'words no longer have any meaning' news, Lord Glasman wants 'clean, abundant' energy, including coal, fossil fuels, and North Sea gas. www.desmog.com/2025/11/28/l...
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You can also filter the map to show just how much methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is already being released by oil + gas extraction in the North Sea. Expanding this means releasing ever more of a gas that makes a huge contribution to climate change:
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You can also filter the map to show just how much methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is already being released by oil + gas extraction in the North Sea. Expanding this means releasing ever more of a gas that makes a huge contribution to climate change:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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Climate breakdown can be avoided if only countries make good on their existing promises to boost renewables and energy efficiency and cut methane emissions, explain @fionaharvey.bsky.social and @jonathan-watts.bsky.social in this important must-read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Climate breakdown can be avoided if only countries make good on their existing promises to boost renewables and energy efficiency and cut methane emissions, explain @fionaharvey.bsky.social and @jonathan-watts.bsky.social in this important must-read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wise points on cheaper energy and climate disasters as macrotrends in this typically great column by @samfr.bsky.social
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Will the Greens' surge continue? Should Starmer sack Morgan McSweeney? Will Trump run for a third term?
Answering (lots) of your questions
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November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Wise points on cheaper energy and climate disasters as macrotrends in this typically great column by @samfr.bsky.social
samf.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
samf.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
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Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
#UKbudget
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I fear we got the change - for the worse….
This is terrible news. British governments seem to have been pandering to developers for decades.
We were promised change, and where is it?
We were promised change, and where is it?
Why am i not surprised? The governments new planning policies released a year ago looked as if they had been written by the housebuilders and they have moved in their direction more than I could ever have imagined since. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I fear we got the change - for the worse….
Why am i not surprised? The governments new planning policies released a year ago looked as if they had been written by the housebuilders and they have moved in their direction more than I could ever have imagined since. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Why am i not surprised? The governments new planning policies released a year ago looked as if they had been written by the housebuilders and they have moved in their direction more than I could ever have imagined since. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Prince william is right to warn that irreversible,world-changing tipping points are dangerously close. Five lie beyond the 1.5 degree guardrail that we are fast approaching. Need for rapid action, especially on methane which has fastest effect.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
William: Courage, co-operation and commitment needed to tackle climate crisis
The Prince of Wales has made a landmark speech at the Cop30 summit in Brazil.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Prince william is right to warn that irreversible,world-changing tipping points are dangerously close. Five lie beyond the 1.5 degree guardrail that we are fast approaching. Need for rapid action, especially on methane which has fastest effect.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...
At Tebay services on the M6. Britain’s only family run service station, it seems, and a revelation. Home cooked food, fabulous views and ducks in a pond!
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
At Tebay services on the M6. Britain’s only family run service station, it seems, and a revelation. Home cooked food, fabulous views and ducks in a pond!
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Here we go again. Another concocted row over climate policy that damages investor confidence and policy clarity, but practically changes very little.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer may drop key green pledge in effort to keep energy bills down
Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be abandoned over cost
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here we go again. Another concocted row over climate policy that damages investor confidence and policy clarity, but practically changes very little.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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In his latest blog, Sir David King warns: cutting CO₂ alone won’t be enough.
Methane drives over a third of global warming. Acting on it today could slow heating within decades. The technology is here. What’s needed is focus, fairness and political courage.
www.ccag.earth/news/methane...
Methane drives over a third of global warming. Acting on it today could slow heating within decades. The technology is here. What’s needed is focus, fairness and political courage.
www.ccag.earth/news/methane...
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
In his latest blog, Sir David King warns: cutting CO₂ alone won’t be enough.
Methane drives over a third of global warming. Acting on it today could slow heating within decades. The technology is here. What’s needed is focus, fairness and political courage.
www.ccag.earth/news/methane...
Methane drives over a third of global warming. Acting on it today could slow heating within decades. The technology is here. What’s needed is focus, fairness and political courage.
www.ccag.earth/news/methane...
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Energy transitions don't happen everywhere all at once. They happen sector by sector, place by place. Pointing out that some sectors and places are not advancing yet does not negate that others have come a long way.
Here are the Nordics - heat pump roll-out replaced fossil fuels reducing emissions.
Here are the Nordics - heat pump roll-out replaced fossil fuels reducing emissions.
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Energy transitions don't happen everywhere all at once. They happen sector by sector, place by place. Pointing out that some sectors and places are not advancing yet does not negate that others have come a long way.
Here are the Nordics - heat pump roll-out replaced fossil fuels reducing emissions.
Here are the Nordics - heat pump roll-out replaced fossil fuels reducing emissions.
We built our eco-house house out of hemp and lime 15 years ago and it’s a huge success. Warm in winter, cool in summer. www.optimistdaily.com/2024/06/how-...
How switching out timber for hemp can revamp sustainable low-carbon construction | The Optimist Daily
Exploring hemp's potential as a low-carbon building material and environmental ally.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
We built our eco-house house out of hemp and lime 15 years ago and it’s a huge success. Warm in winter, cool in summer. www.optimistdaily.com/2024/06/how-...
An energy boss who tells it like it is. Martin Pibworth of SSE explodes the myth that increasing renewables and the drive for net zero are causing electricity prices to soar. www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Don’t blame renewables for rising energy bills: we must upgrade our grid
Investing for a net-zero future isn’t responsible for rising prices. Instead, upgrades to home-grown electricity will improve energy security and cut costs
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October 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
An energy boss who tells it like it is. Martin Pibworth of SSE explodes the myth that increasing renewables and the drive for net zero are causing electricity prices to soar. www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Really important must-read by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the Governments wholesale, unprecedented assault on nature at developers’ behest - and the failure of groups like @rspb.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to fight it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really important must-read by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the Governments wholesale, unprecedented assault on nature at developers’ behest - and the failure of groups like @rspb.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to fight it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, BNP Paribas & HSBC, have reaped billions through investments, loans & issuance underwriting services provided to 50 companies accused of forest destruction.
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Global banks earn billions from deforestation
New Global Witness research exposes glaring contradiction at the heart of forest finance, as Brazil prepares to launch flagship tropical forest fund at COP30
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October 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, BNP Paribas & HSBC, have reaped billions through investments, loans & issuance underwriting services provided to 50 companies accused of forest destruction.
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
Memo to Rachel Reeves: new Nobel prize winner for economics says green industry is vital to strong growth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth
Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’
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October 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Memo to Rachel Reeves: new Nobel prize winner for economics says green industry is vital to strong growth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Here we go! At least five more #tipping points are waiting beyond the 2.5 degree guardrail we will shortly breach on our present course. When on earth will most politicians and journalists wake up to the urgency of the crisis?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Here we go! At least five more #tipping points are waiting beyond the 2.5 degree guardrail we will shortly breach on our present course. When on earth will most politicians and journalists wake up to the urgency of the crisis?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Good for him! It’s been a big thing for me too. I first wrote about the danger in the mid 90s….
I didn't know about the South Atlantic current, but my dad's been raising the alarm about the Gulf Stream for years.
October 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good for him! It’s been a big thing for me too. I first wrote about the danger in the mid 90s….
This is worrying. I have long held that ocean currents could be some of the most devastating tipping points…https://www.iflscience.com/biggest-ocean-current-on-earth-is-set-to-shift-spelling-huge-changes-for-ecosystems-81126#
Biggest Ocean Current On Earth Is Set To Shift, Spelling Huge Changes For Ecosystems
This current shifts up to 182 million cubic meters of water every second – and it's on the move.
www.iflscience.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is worrying. I have long held that ocean currents could be some of the most devastating tipping points…https://www.iflscience.com/biggest-ocean-current-on-earth-is-set-to-shift-spelling-huge-changes-for-ecosystems-81126#
This is a big moment. Lots of interesting stuff in piece. @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is a big moment. Lots of interesting stuff in piece. @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
Very important report from @eciu.net that gives the lie to the common assertion that energy prices are high because of @ed-miliband.bsky.social driving to green energy. Shows that they would have been even higher without it: wind cuts wholesale price by 25%.
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Analysis: Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by…
Gas power now only setting the price of electricity around 85% of the time.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very important report from @eciu.net that gives the lie to the common assertion that energy prices are high because of @ed-miliband.bsky.social driving to green energy. Shows that they would have been even higher without it: wind cuts wholesale price by 25%.
eciu.net/media/press-...
eciu.net/media/press-...
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Will a single Tory MP this week have the nerve state that ‘industrialised nations do actually need to reach net zero by 2050 to avert catastrophic levels of risk, and to pretend otherwise is utterly ridiculous’?
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Will a single Tory MP this week have the nerve state that ‘industrialised nations do actually need to reach net zero by 2050 to avert catastrophic levels of risk, and to pretend otherwise is utterly ridiculous’?
A thoughtful mustread by @samfr.bsky.social on why Labour has been so obsessed with trying to mimic Reform - and
why this is entirely self-defeating.
, samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...
why this is entirely self-defeating.
, samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...
Identity Crisis
How Labour can rebuild their voter coalition
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October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A thoughtful mustread by @samfr.bsky.social on why Labour has been so obsessed with trying to mimic Reform - and
why this is entirely self-defeating.
, samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...
why this is entirely self-defeating.
, samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...