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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 1d

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.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 2d

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-...

Analysis: Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by…

Gas power now only setting the price of electricity around 85% of the time.

eciu.net

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 3d

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’?

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 6d

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...

Identity Crisis

How Labour can rebuild their voter coalition

samf.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 6d

This is really important. This Government is not only the most anti-nature of any I have covered over the last 55 years, but also rapidly becoming the most authoritarian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 8d

A very valuable deep dive into the polls. Confirms that the Government should be much more concerned about losing voters to the LibDems and Greens than to Reform. samf.substack.com/p/the-story-...

The story behind the polls

Who's changed their mind since the 2024 election and why?

samf.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 12d

A hugely important article by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on how an astonishing decline in reading books, brought about by the smartphone, is fuelling authoritarianism and threatens the greatest setback for civilisation since the fall of the Roman Empire.

jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 13d

Essential reading from @chathamhouse.org on what the world will look like if/when we crash through the 1.5 degree temperature guardrail. Sobering stuff that needs to be taken aboard as resolve to tackle climate change weakens.
www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

www.chathamhouse.org

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 16d

Worrying.

Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 17d

Some highly questionable industry assertions about ‘tiebacks’ and new oil & gas exploration licensing covered by the Sunday Times this morning, incl. the volume of potential production & the impact on jobs & supply chains. Let's take a closer look: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Labour looks to water down North Sea drilling ban

Ed Miliband is expected to allow exploration next to existing sites to increase fossil fuel production without breaking a manifesto pledge

www.thetimes.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 18d

In fairness, that’s what the article itself says….

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 18d

The NYT title seems incoherent and ideological.

Most nations are proactively moving towards solar power and decarbonisation.

It’s mostly the white supremacist nations like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK that are backsliding towards fossil fuel annihilation along with the USA.

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 18d

We have been hugely enjoying The Diplomat.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 18d

Much already written - goes out tomorrow morning.

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 20d

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Subscribe here markavery.info/sign-monthly... - it's free and you can unsubscribe whenever you like (but you probably won't as most people stay for a long time).

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 19d

Pleasure. I do hope things improve very soon.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 21d

"Every day from June to August 2025, at least one in five people on the planet felt a strong climate change influence."

⚠️ Check out the latest full seasonal report from @climatecentral.org on attributing temperatures around the world: www.climatecentral.org/report/peopl.... #OpenAccess #OpenData

Additional days, from June 1 to Aug. 31, 2025, with temperatures above the 90th percentile (risky heat days), because of climate change. Presented as per capita averages for countries and states. Analysis based on ECMWF ERA5 data and the Climate Shift Index (CSI) system. Data for Antarctica were not included in the analysis. Produced Sept. 8, 2025.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24d

"Sinn Féin and the DUP have stalled the nutrients action programme over fears of a farmer backlash."

The *only* thing they'll unite on: ensuring the largest lake ecosystem in Ireland or Britain, Lough Neagh, continues to die of pollution.

What a f**king disgrace.
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‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster

Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 24d

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24d

‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease.

The opposite of a mere 'luxury', nature is our life support system. It is our *everything*.
share.google/a59BOAri2fuE...

‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 24d

Very consequential for corporate climate reporting. Important: While this is a blow, Asia and Europe are not stopping with their regulatory efforts. It is the US that is becoming the regulatory island, with CA and NY pushing back.
www.esgtoday.com/sec-chair-wa...

SEC Chair Warns IFRS Foundation Over Support for International Sustainability Standards Board - ESG Today

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may reconsider its rules allowing foreign companies to file financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting s...

www.esgtoday.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 27d

This looks promising. I particularly like the acronym for the parliamentary group….!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor under internal pressure to commit to at least 70% emissions reduction by 2035

Party’s grassroots campaigners urge leadership to ignore business warnings about cost of setting ‘ambitious’ target

www.theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 27d

oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

Ranking the Countries Driving the Ocean Plastic Crisis | OilPrice.com

China, the Philippines, and India top the list of countries whose mismanaged plastic waste most frequently ends up polluting foreign coastlines, underscoring Asia’s central role in the global ocean pl...

oilprice.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 29d

This is concerning but seems overhyped. Well over twice as many Britons still say threat is not being exaggerated as believe it is. Decline remarkably small given incessant misrepresentation going on. thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Revealed: Global warming exaggerated, say soaring number of Britons

Research for The Times has uncovered a huge rise in scepticism over climate change as voters turn against net zero policies

www.thetimes.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 29d

This chart should be in every energy minister’s wall. Will Sizewell (the same type of reactor as Oikiluoto, Flamanville and Hinkley be any different?

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29d

New #nuclear - too costly, too late for energy and climate crises.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29d

New #nuclear - too costly, too late for energy and climate crises.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Sep 7

interesting point from Tom Baldwin on Sky News that most of the media predictions about cabinet sackings - Bridget Phillipson, Lisa Nandy, Richard Hermer and Ed Miliband - were utterly wrong: they were among the only cabinet ministers who weren’t moved at all

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · Sep 5

We’re halfway through the UK government’s critical decade for tackling climate change – and 2025 is becoming a year of climate U-turns, writes @kevinclimate.bsky.social, Chris Jones & Gaurav Gharde from the Tyndall Centre at @manchester.ac.uk ➡️

The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure

Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.

theconversation.com

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