HyNot
@hynotnw.bsky.social
Campaign group against HyNet greenwash. Don't believe the HyNet hype. #BlueHydrogenIsntGreen
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We've raised £70k from generous benefactors to take the government to court over its decision to approve the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay. We're aiming to raise another £30k to cover unexpected legal costs.
Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏
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We know you're busy today #RachelReeves but you should read this. You could even sign it yourself and #StopFundingCCS.
Tell chancellor Rachel Reeves to stop funding carbon capture and storage
Dear Rachel,
In your statement to the House of Commons in July last year, you announced a £22billion black hole in public finances. Three months later, the government pledged £22billion of public mon...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We know you're busy today #RachelReeves but you should read this. You could even sign it yourself and #StopFundingCCS.
Over 1,000 UK scientists are urging every MP to attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social this week. Justin Madders is going, but #HyNet CO₂ pipeline constituency reps #SarahPochin, #SamanthaDixon, #MarkTami and #BeckyGittins aren't.
They must read this letter 👇
They must read this letter 👇
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Over 1,000 UK scientists are urging every MP to attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social this week. Justin Madders is going, but #HyNet CO₂ pipeline constituency reps #SarahPochin, #SamanthaDixon, #MarkTami and #BeckyGittins aren't.
They must read this letter 👇
They must read this letter 👇
Reposted by HyNot
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
Keadby Next Generation Power Station
keadbynextgen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
Ahead of the budget next week, we're calling on #RachelReeves to #StopFundingCCS. The £22billion black hole in public finances could be filled by taking back the £22billion of public money being handed to #HyNetNW and #NetZeroTeesside.
Sign and share 👇
Sign and share 👇
Tell chancellor Rachel Reeves to stop funding carbon capture and storage
Dear Rachel Reeves,
In your statement to the House of Commons in July last year, you announced a £22billion black hole in public finances. Three months later, the government pledged £22billion of pub...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ahead of the budget next week, we're calling on #RachelReeves to #StopFundingCCS. The £22billion black hole in public finances could be filled by taking back the £22billion of public money being handed to #HyNetNW and #NetZeroTeesside.
Sign and share 👇
Sign and share 👇
Excellent work by @recommon.org exposing the government funded #BlueHydrogen and #CCS scam being peddled by #HyNet, #EETFuels and #Eni at #Stanlow. CCS is dangerous, expensive, energy intensive and unproven at scale. Shout out to @carolynthomasms.bsky.social.
#StopFundingCCS
#StopFundingCCS
HyNet CCS project in Liverpool Bay - Public money wasted?
YouTube video by ReCommon
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November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Excellent work by @recommon.org exposing the government funded #BlueHydrogen and #CCS scam being peddled by #HyNet, #EETFuels and #Eni at #Stanlow. CCS is dangerous, expensive, energy intensive and unproven at scale. Shout out to @carolynthomasms.bsky.social.
#StopFundingCCS
#StopFundingCCS
When will politicians like #EdMiliband and #LouiseGittins realise that #HyNet, #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are false solutions that'll worsen the climate crisis? They're buying a fossil fuel industry lie and paying for it with billions of pounds of public money.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
When will politicians like #EdMiliband and #LouiseGittins realise that #HyNet, #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are false solutions that'll worsen the climate crisis? They're buying a fossil fuel industry lie and paying for it with billions of pounds of public money.
Heads up #EETFuels. Hydrogen makes sense in a few industrial applications and very little else. Refining crude isn't one of them. #HyNet is critically flawed because its key application is refining climate wrecking fossil fuels and prolonging their use.
Hydrogen, Measured Properly: What 2,000 Projects Reveal About Its Climate Value - CleanTechnica
landmark Nature Energy study confirms hydrogen belongs in heavy industry, not cars or heating. Data now backs what engineers have long argued.
cleantechnica.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Here's #EETFuels driving the low carbon #EnergyTransition by recommissioning a 100,000m³ crude oil storage tank to maximise capacity at its #Stanlow #LowCarbonRefinery. Yes, you read that right.
The fossil fuel industry is #Greenwashing the piss out of the public and the planet.
The fossil fuel industry is #Greenwashing the piss out of the public and the planet.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here's #EETFuels driving the low carbon #EnergyTransition by recommissioning a 100,000m³ crude oil storage tank to maximise capacity at its #Stanlow #LowCarbonRefinery. Yes, you read that right.
The fossil fuel industry is #Greenwashing the piss out of the public and the planet.
The fossil fuel industry is #Greenwashing the piss out of the public and the planet.
The fossil fuel industry is insidiously entering universities including @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @wrexhamuni.bsky.social to recruit graduate students. Worse still, @liverpooluni.bsky.social is collaborating with #HyNet.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The fossil fuel industry is insidiously entering universities including @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, @manmetuni.bsky.social and @wrexhamuni.bsky.social to recruit graduate students. Worse still, @liverpooluni.bsky.social is collaborating with #HyNet.
Here's #EETFuels pushing its gas to hydrogen #Greenwash at a sustainability event. Louise Gittins said "we can't wait for perfect technologies". We can't afford to use the wrong technologies either. The only thing #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are sustaining is the fossil fuel industry.
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Here's #EETFuels pushing its gas to hydrogen #Greenwash at a sustainability event. Louise Gittins said "we can't wait for perfect technologies". We can't afford to use the wrong technologies either. The only thing #BlueHydrogen and #CCS are sustaining is the fossil fuel industry.
Plans for a gas pipeline to supply #Stanlow as part of the #HyNetNW #BlueHydrogen scheme have been pulled because the pipeline route needs to be altered. Building new fossil fuel infrastructure to produce dirty blue H₂ in a climate crisis is totally crazy.
Plug pulled on pipeline for controversial hydrogen scheme
The plans were part of the HyNet carbon capture and hydrogen energy project which aims to produce and distribute hydrogen.
www.chesterstandard.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Plans for a gas pipeline to supply #Stanlow as part of the #HyNetNW #BlueHydrogen scheme have been pulled because the pipeline route needs to be altered. Building new fossil fuel infrastructure to produce dirty blue H₂ in a climate crisis is totally crazy.
#BlueHydrogen is gas intensive, expensive and dependent on #CCS technology which has a dodgy track record. @h2coalition.bsky.social examines six technical and economic realities and explains why there's no justification for blue H₂ without strong emissions standards.
Can blue hydrogen solve clean hydrogen’s growing pains? - Hydrogen Science Coalition
Experts round up the evidence on blue hydrogen and CCS, examining six challenges that make it a risky alternative to green hydrogen.
h2sciencecoalition.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#BlueHydrogen is gas intensive, expensive and dependent on #CCS technology which has a dodgy track record. @h2coalition.bsky.social examines six technical and economic realities and explains why there's no justification for blue H₂ without strong emissions standards.
We've lodged an appeal against the refusal of our application to seek a judicial review of the government decision to allow captured carbon dioxide to be stored in #LiverpoolBay as part of the #HyNet scheme.
HyNot appeals refusal of legal challenge against HyNet carbon capture and storage scheme - HyNot
HyNot has lodged an appeal against the refusal of permission to seek a judicial review of the government decision to allow captured carbon dioxide to be stored in Liverpool Bay as part of the HyNet sc...
www.hynot.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We've lodged an appeal against the refusal of our application to seek a judicial review of the government decision to allow captured carbon dioxide to be stored in #LiverpoolBay as part of the #HyNet scheme.
New analysis by @influencemap.bsky.social has found that #BigOil majors have systematically lobbied the government to adopt a costly and emissions intensive energy policy agenda dependent on #CarbonCaptureAndStorage and the continued reliance on fossil fuels.
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The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...
influencemap.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New analysis by @influencemap.bsky.social has found that #BigOil majors have systematically lobbied the government to adopt a costly and emissions intensive energy policy agenda dependent on #CarbonCaptureAndStorage and the continued reliance on fossil fuels.
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In 2022, @wrexhamuni.bsky.social was the first university in #Wales to ban fossil fuel industry recruitment on its campuses. Yet here it is, hosting #HyNet which is a front for #Cadent, #EETFuels and #Eni to carry on pumping gas and dumping carbon dioxide. Students deserve the truth.
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#BigOil behemoth and #HyNet #CCS partner #Eni has been fined €336million for rigging fuel prices. In 2022, it leaked 80,000 litres of oil into the #IrishSea. Eni isn't a fit and proper company, yet its pocketing huge taxpayer subsidies. Why #DESNZ?
Eni among six oil companies fined €936mn over fuel price collusion
Italy’s competition watchdog imposes one of biggest penalties by a national regulator in Europe
www.ft.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Labour MS carolynthomasms.bsky.social has raised concerns in the Senedd about the environmental impact of the #HyNet carbon dioxide pipeline which will plough through communities, conservation sites and watercourses in #NorthWales. She's the only politician to speak out.
Concerns raised over hydrogen pipeline impact on River Dee
The Welsh Government has said the HyLine Gogledd hydrogen pipeline project could create thousands of jobs in north-east Wales, but concerns have been raised in the Senedd about its potential impact on...
www.deeside.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Labour MS carolynthomasms.bsky.social has raised concerns in the Senedd about the environmental impact of the #HyNet carbon dioxide pipeline which will plough through communities, conservation sites and watercourses in #NorthWales. She's the only politician to speak out.
The government has been forced to review its #IndustrialStrategy after a landmark legal challenge by drandrewboswell.bsky.social found that the Environmental Principles Policy Statement within the strategy failed to address the impacts of #CarbonCaptureAndStorage.
Ministers can’t duck their environmental duties after this legal win
Protecting Norfolk’s beautiful natural heritage is often in the news — whether it’s algal blooms in the Broads, pylons across the countryside,…
www.edp24.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The government has been forced to review its #IndustrialStrategy after a landmark legal challenge by drandrewboswell.bsky.social found that the Environmental Principles Policy Statement within the strategy failed to address the impacts of #CarbonCaptureAndStorage.
#BlueHydrogen is an "environmental disaster" and #CarbonCaptureAndStorage is a high risk unproven technology. The fossil fuel industry is hoodwinking politicians and the public, just like the tobacco industry did by inventing low tar cigarettes.
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Inside Ellesmere Port, the town fighting Miliband's hydrogen plans
The Cheshire town is at the heart of the UK's plans to transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen, but many locals aren't convinced
inews.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#BlueHydrogen is an "environmental disaster" and #CarbonCaptureAndStorage is a high risk unproven technology. The fossil fuel industry is hoodwinking politicians and the public, just like the tobacco industry did by inventing low tar cigarettes.
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Keir Starmer has effectively blocked the #bp #H2Teesside #BlueHydrogen scheme by endorsing a rival tech development. Despite headlines claiming his decision is a blow to #NetZero, it's actually a boost because blue H₂ is worse for the climate than gas.
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www.telegraph.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Keir Starmer has effectively blocked the #bp #H2Teesside #BlueHydrogen scheme by endorsing a rival tech development. Despite headlines claiming his decision is a blow to #NetZero, it's actually a boost because blue H₂ is worse for the climate than gas.
The government is exploring plans by @climeworks.bsky.social for a #DirectAirCapture facility as part of #HyNet. The #DAC process is expensive and energy intensive and Climeworks has faced significant criticism due to its technology failing to meet capture targets.
UK exploring direct air carbon capture as part of HyNet expansion
The UK government is exploring plans for a direct air capture (DAC) facility as part of an expansion to HyNet in North West England.
www.energyvoice.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The government is exploring plans by @climeworks.bsky.social for a #DirectAirCapture facility as part of #HyNet. The #DAC process is expensive and energy intensive and Climeworks has faced significant criticism due to its technology failing to meet capture targets.
Octopus boss Greg Jackson says the government should #StopFundingCCS for energy systems because it's "a gift to the oil and gas industry to carry on what its doing, and carry on the fiction that enormous amounts of public money should enable it to keep doing it".
UK should stop investing in carbon capture for power, government adviser says
Octopus chief says ‘enormous amounts’ of public money spent on technology should be saved
www.ft.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Octopus boss Greg Jackson says the government should #StopFundingCCS for energy systems because it's "a gift to the oil and gas industry to carry on what its doing, and carry on the fiction that enormous amounts of public money should enable it to keep doing it".
#CCS is a fanciful technofix which lacks a credible track record. Schemes like #HyNet will impose unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs on the UK and help dirty energy to sideline renewables. The government must #StopFundingCCS now.
Power to the people
Opposing Labour’s climate vandalism is difficult – and vital.
theecologist.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#CCS is a fanciful technofix which lacks a credible track record. Schemes like #HyNet will impose unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs on the UK and help dirty energy to sideline renewables. The government must #StopFundingCCS now.
We've raised £70k from generous benefactors to take the government to court over its decision to approve the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay. We're aiming to raise another £30k to cover unexpected legal costs.
Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏
Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏
Help raise £30000 to stop Liverpool Bay becoming a CO2 dumping ground – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to stop Liverpool Bay becoming a CO2 dumping ground. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We've raised £70k from generous benefactors to take the government to court over its decision to approve the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay. We're aiming to raise another £30k to cover unexpected legal costs.
Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏
Please donate if you can. Thank you 🙏
We're taking the #DepartmentForEnergySecurityAndNetZero and the #NorthSeaTransitionAuthority to court. We believe their decision to allow the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay failed to:
• Assess major accidents risk
• Comply with marine conservation regulations
• Assess climate change impact
• Assess major accidents risk
• Comply with marine conservation regulations
• Assess climate change impact
Challenge launched against HyNet carbon capture development
Campaign group HyNot has filed a legal claim challenging the development of the HyNet carbon capture and storage facility in the North West of England.
www.leighday.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're taking the #DepartmentForEnergySecurityAndNetZero and the #NorthSeaTransitionAuthority to court. We believe their decision to allow the #HyNet #CCS scheme in #LiverpoolBay failed to:
• Assess major accidents risk
• Comply with marine conservation regulations
• Assess climate change impact
• Assess major accidents risk
• Comply with marine conservation regulations
• Assess climate change impact