Richard Lane
@richplane.bsky.social
Community energy nut, environmental activist, cyclist, birdnerd, musician. Work at Sharenergy, director at York Community Energy, trombone in the Blind Tiger Dance Band & Bargestra, guitar in Esk. carfree, flightfree.
He/oh no not him
He/oh no not him
Shabana Mahmood is going to appeal the judgement because there are still some labour votes left they can lose over this.
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Shabana Mahmood is going to appeal the judgement because there are still some labour votes left they can lose over this.
I saw Ratcliffe's superyacht anchored in a river once. It was awesome in the original meaning: it inspired dread. I don't think anyone for whom that is normal life can understand the world most of us live in. He is the colonist, abstracting money to his tax haven, and that is his floating castle.
Jim Ratcliffe is best known as the unpopular Manchester United owner and today he has been in the news for saying that 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants'. We need to understand Ratcliffe's as an energy billionaire who made his power and money by closing workplaces and opposing unions 🧵
'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.
news.sky.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I saw Ratcliffe's superyacht anchored in a river once. It was awesome in the original meaning: it inspired dread. I don't think anyone for whom that is normal life can understand the world most of us live in. He is the colonist, abstracting money to his tax haven, and that is his floating castle.
OK I've had a read of the Local Power Plan. It's very welcome and very needed (ideally seventeen years ago but better late than never!) Big incentives for meaningful collaboration with communities & a clear steer that "Ownership matters". Putting community energy up front in the transition ✔️ (1/3)
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
OK I've had a read of the Local Power Plan. It's very welcome and very needed (ideally seventeen years ago but better late than never!) Big incentives for meaningful collaboration with communities & a clear steer that "Ownership matters". Putting community energy up front in the transition ✔️ (1/3)
Yes! Being unbiased in your analysis is vital, but being neutral about your findings is inhuman, and a tradition born of political (even courtly) expedience!
“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis
Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.
Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.
Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Yes! Being unbiased in your analysis is vital, but being neutral about your findings is inhuman, and a tradition born of political (even courtly) expedience!
"Every fight I've been in I won" - wasn't he a Remain supporter? And called for a second referendum?
BREAKING: Keir Starmer tells Labour MPs that he is "not prepared to walk away" from power or "plunge us into chaos" as previous prime ministers have done.
PM says that "every fight I've ever been in, I have won" and that this time will be no different - despite his detractors
PM says that "every fight I've ever been in, I have won" and that this time will be no different - despite his detractors
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
"Every fight I've been in I won" - wasn't he a Remain supporter? And called for a second referendum?
#CommunityEnergy because community without energy is primitivism and energy without community is technocracy.
February 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
#CommunityEnergy because community without energy is primitivism and energy without community is technocracy.
We used to get swarms of sparrows on our feeder (in a normal suburban garden in York) - down to a trickle over the last 18 months or so, and surprisingly now seeing more reed buntings than sparrows. Anyone else observing similar? @yorkbirding.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
We used to get swarms of sparrows on our feeder (in a normal suburban garden in York) - down to a trickle over the last 18 months or so, and surprisingly now seeing more reed buntings than sparrows. Anyone else observing similar? @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...
Grazalema sufrió el segundo día más lluvioso jamás registrado en España, según la Aemet - malagaldia.es
La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) activó el aviso rojo -peligro extraordinario- el miércoles por lluvias muy abundantes en zonas de Cádiz (Grazalema
malagaldia.es
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Expected BlueSky to be thick with smartarses telling @misterabk.bsky.social that his owl impersonation on You Heard It Here First was a collared dove after it aired, but seems like it might just be me.
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Expected BlueSky to be thick with smartarses telling @misterabk.bsky.social that his owl impersonation on You Heard It Here First was a collared dove after it aired, but seems like it might just be me.
Check it out! Solar powered hydropower!
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Check it out! Solar powered hydropower!
I'm going to be flight free in 2026. Could you do the same?#FlightFree2026 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social www.flightfree.co.uk
Flight Free UK
Fight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2026
www.flightfree.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I'm going to be flight free in 2026. Could you do the same?#FlightFree2026 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social www.flightfree.co.uk
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Join us on Friday the 6th of February (12:30 - 14:30) for great music and company to raise funds for the York Energy Advice free support service.
Book ahead and optionally pay by card payment at www.tickettailor.com/events/yce/2...
Book ahead and optionally pay by card payment at www.tickettailor.com/events/yce/2...
January 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Join us on Friday the 6th of February (12:30 - 14:30) for great music and company to raise funds for the York Energy Advice free support service.
Book ahead and optionally pay by card payment at www.tickettailor.com/events/yce/2...
Book ahead and optionally pay by card payment at www.tickettailor.com/events/yce/2...
ufggggrrrrr.... trying to build a community solar farm but it won't stop raining
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
ufggggrrrrr.... trying to build a community solar farm but it won't stop raining
Cycle route 66 looking like the misty pools of Avalon this morning.
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Cycle route 66 looking like the misty pools of Avalon this morning.
Some news outlets illustrating stories about Storm Chandra with photos of flooding in York, even though it's unrelated & receding. We're just too damn pretty.
January 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Some news outlets illustrating stories about Storm Chandra with photos of flooding in York, even though it's unrelated & receding. We're just too damn pretty.
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For the six or seven people from #York on here, I'm playing a lunchtime concert Friday Feb 6th as part of Esk, 12:30 at the Unitarian Chapel. It's a fundraisier for the York Energy Advice free service for vulnerable York residents. All the details at yorkcommunityenergy.org.uk/event/luncht...
Lunchtime Concert & Energy Cafe – York Community Energy
yorkcommunityenergy.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
For the six or seven people from #York on here, I'm playing a lunchtime concert Friday Feb 6th as part of Esk, 12:30 at the Unitarian Chapel. It's a fundraisier for the York Energy Advice free service for vulnerable York residents. All the details at yorkcommunityenergy.org.uk/event/luncht...
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You'll remember Ovo failed Ofgem's new financial stress test in the autumn. Two energy suppliers folded last year. If another big one fails will we see some radical reform that it dodged last time?
OVO Energy Group will pay over £2.7 million in redress after failing to provide Warm Home Discount rebates to almost 12,000 customers by the statutory deadline of 31 March 2024.
These customers received their rebate over 19 months late.
More: https://ow.ly/IaV350Y120t
These customers received their rebate over 19 months late.
More: https://ow.ly/IaV350Y120t
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 AM
You'll remember Ovo failed Ofgem's new financial stress test in the autumn. Two energy suppliers folded last year. If another big one fails will we see some radical reform that it dodged last time?
Had a read of the Warm Homes Plan. There's a lot of good in it, but it is no radical shakeup that might address a climate emergency. Sticks with existing programmes that are working & tries to improve their reach for low income & vulnerable homes. A few things... (1/6)
OK brace yourselves for some GOOD NEWS, so unfamiliar you may have forgotten what it looks like, but it looks like this!
UK households to get £15bn for solar and green tech to lower energy bills
The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Had a read of the Warm Homes Plan. There's a lot of good in it, but it is no radical shakeup that might address a climate emergency. Sticks with existing programmes that are working & tries to improve their reach for low income & vulnerable homes. A few things... (1/6)
Hands up if at some point in the past you thought 'well when the effects get clearer everyone will acknowledge what needs to be done, even if belatedly'. I'll admit to it.
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Hands up if at some point in the past you thought 'well when the effects get clearer everyone will acknowledge what needs to be done, even if belatedly'. I'll admit to it.
Pah, who needs 3D printers when you can do this sort of thing with a regular laser printer and a bit of time.
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Pah, who needs 3D printers when you can do this sort of thing with a regular laser printer and a bit of time.
Good interview with someone well worth listening to (and who I have the privilege of working with).
Interview with @abiperrin.bsky.social : “academia isn’t responding robustly to a world that’s literally and metaphorically on fire”
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/08/i...
allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/08/i...
Interview with Abi Perrin: "academia isn’t responding robustly to a world that’s literally and metaphorically on fire" - All Our Yesterdays
Dr Abi Perrin, who was one of the presenters at November’s National Emergency Briefing kindly did an email interview. Her website is here. This post is especially worth your time. She is on Bluesky as...
allouryesterdays.info
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Good interview with someone well worth listening to (and who I have the privilege of working with).
Being an amoral sociopath has long been a requirement for holding power, but of late seems to have become a near requirement for commenting on it too. Mainly because it's boring to hear "this is all obviously deeply wrong and everyone involved should be in prison" all the time.
January 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Being an amoral sociopath has long been a requirement for holding power, but of late seems to have become a near requirement for commenting on it too. Mainly because it's boring to hear "this is all obviously deeply wrong and everyone involved should be in prison" all the time.
Wow Windows really screwed up the Start menu huh? "Best matches" comes up with the installer I downloaded in preference to the app it installed, and under "Photos" it suggests images in my recycle bin that it can't actually open. And no way to stop it indexing Store apps that you don't have.
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Wow Windows really screwed up the Start menu huh? "Best matches" comes up with the installer I downloaded in preference to the app it installed, and under "Photos" it suggests images in my recycle bin that it can't actually open. And no way to stop it indexing Store apps that you don't have.