Billy Aldridge
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Few technologies have been met with such a barrage of misinformation as heat pumps have.
@carbonbrief.org just dropped a brand-new version of my heat pump myths factcheck. Have a look here 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
@carbonbrief.org just dropped a brand-new version of my heat pump myths factcheck. Have a look here 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps
Carbon Brief factchecks 18 of the most common and persistent myths about heat pumps
interactive.carbonbrief.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Few technologies have been met with such a barrage of misinformation as heat pumps have.
@carbonbrief.org just dropped a brand-new version of my heat pump myths factcheck. Have a look here 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
@carbonbrief.org just dropped a brand-new version of my heat pump myths factcheck. Have a look here 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
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Are you or your loved ones worried about solar farms?
Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape?
Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape?
Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar
Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of the most common myths about solar power
interactive.carbonbrief.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Are you or your loved ones worried about solar farms?
Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape?
Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape?
Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
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MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
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Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…"
In fact, the OBR had said the opposite!
1/6
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NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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July 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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El foton de hoy, que no se verá en directo #Eurovision
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
El foton de hoy, que no se verá en directo #Eurovision
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Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
news.mit.edu
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
news.mit.edu/2024/reality...