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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 9h

You can see why these numbers from ClaireC below convince people. But industry experts say the opposite eciu.net/media/press-...
Can anyone say where her numbers are from? They are transient not averages?

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 1d

This should be shocking but sadly isn't. We desperately need better informed MPs:
Ask your MP to attend the www.nebriefing.org

@johnkenny.bsky.social Has anyone surveyed MP's understanding of the threat? Or solutions? I've always wanted to see evidence on those, and if they confirm my suspicions

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 2d

This is behind pay-wall but "Culture war banter and point-scoring have left Maga facing a self-inflicted energy shortage" says much of it. It points out China investing in renewables fo cheap power, helping AI. USA isn't. If only the @telegraphnews.bsky.social applied some of this thinking to the UK

John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 4d

This is great from @telegraphnews.bsky.social . You can't quite substitute UK for USA here, but you get the idea. It even refers to a culture war on energy. That in UK the telegraph has promoted! www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 2d

Great write up. As Mike Berners-Lee says, we need a "Climate of Truth". It's like when Rishi Sunak said new UK oil/gas would reduce UK prices

Steve Peel @steve-peel.bsky.social · 2d

Our MP Robbie Moore refuses to support the CAN Bill and gives reasons which are simply not supported by the evidence. My Climate Action Ilkley colleague busts the myths in this great article www.theilkleyjournal.co.uk/p/debunking-... @johnmarsham.bsky.social @beckymalby.bsky.social

Debunking climate and net zero claims

Reflecting on his recent meeting with Robbie Moore, Climate Action Ilkley trustee Steven Webb addresses some popular misconceptions

www.theilkleyjournal.co.uk

John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder for everyone to ask their MP to go to this. Politicians must know the facts on the threat & solutions. And crucially, they need to have been publicly seen to have been informed, so they can't say they didn't know.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 25d

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 4d

This is great from @telegraphnews.bsky.social . You can't quite substitute UK for USA here, but you get the idea. It even refers to a culture war on energy. That in UK the telegraph has promoted! www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 5d

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MP letter action: call on Starmer to show up for the climate

COP30, the annual UN climate change summit, is taking place in November in Belem, Brazil. As the climate crisis escalates, this is probably the most significant climate summit since Paris ten years ag...

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 6d

“I’m pleased to see that, after five years... some people involved in this national scandal are starting to face consequences. But we cannot claim to have moved on from the venal political culture that brought us the VIP lane until the ministers involved face consequences too.” goodlaw.social/f2e9

PPE Medpro must repay £122m for breach of contract | Good Law Project

The company Michelle Mone landed on the Tories’ unlawful VIP lane has 14 days to repay £122m for gowns supplied during the pandemic and never used.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 8d

NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power

We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks to @greatesthitsuk.bsky.social for opportunity to talk about role of climate change in Typhoon Ragasa.

Not sure if they included my bit on fossil fuel industry of political parties, after Trump's climate change is a "scam" comment (and of course Reform and other parties in the UK).

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 13d

Madness. Climate madness. Energy madness. Economic madness. National security madness. Survival madness. All to prop up and enrich the Oil Barons.

ECIU @eciu.net · 13d

US Department of Energy intends to cancel $13bn in funds for wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles

www.reuters.com/sustainabil...

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Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social · 14d

New from my colleagues and me at PIK: ocean acidification has now crossed it's planetary boundary 🌊 the rest of the planet isn't doing so well, either...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life

Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14d

Whatever you think of these, China once again placing itself to be seen to lead globally as USA steps back

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 14d

FULL TEXT: Unofficial transcript of remarks delivered by China's president Xi Jinping to the UN climate action summit, including the outlines of China's 2035 climate pledge

docs.google.com/docu...

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14d

Good that @skynewsrss.bsky.social showing scientific responses to Trump's saying climate change is a "scam"

news.sky.com/story/un-lat...

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 14d

In the near future, having someone drive by with a petrol engine will be as noticeable as when someone lights up a cigarette.

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 14d

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.

And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15d

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 16d

Two days left to sign a petition to stop airport expansion in the UK. It has over 10,000 signatures so the government will have to respond: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 16d

Disaster for the planet, for local residents and for wildlife as Gatwick second runway is approved. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

www.theguardian.com

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 18d

As usual evidence of impact of projects takes time www.facebook.com/share/17MRx7...

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 19d

Saint Sorlin Glacier
1999 | 2025

Collapse of one of benchmark glacier for mass balance in western Alps! 😱

Set to disappear within less than 20 years! 🔥

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1999 & 2022:
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2014: H. Mansoux
2025: Y. Gong
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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 19d

Energy independence from cheap & plentiful renewables don't just threaten the fossil fuel companies, it threatens major income streams & power of fossil-fuel exporting states. No wonder they are trying to obscure & delay

Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: Mexico could displace ALL US gas imports for power generation, with solar and batteries ☀️

The country’s abundant sunshine means it can become a global solar superpower and boost its energy security at the same time:)

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 19d

Finally a briefing of MPs on the climate crisis!

Please call for your MP to attend.

It's vital that MPs not only understand the threat, solutions & urgency, but that they have publicly been informed and can't say they didn't know.

National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 20d

📢 National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis.

Leading experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media.

An unfiltered view of the latest threats & solutions.

Please enter your postcode to see if your MP is attending: nebriefing.org

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to Declan Finney on receiving a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship at @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! A well deserved award.

Declan's project is 'DOOC: Drone Observation Of Clouds and their role in weather and climate'.

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 22d

AI data centres projected to account for >4.% of global emissions within 5 years. We can't ignore this.

Important to also not forget that efficiency tends to increase consumption. More energy efficient AI very likely will increase not decrease it's energy usage.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22d

Truly, this is such a great piece. I guarantee you probably have no idea just how deeply and profoundly the "AI for good" narrative has become embedded into the superstructure of so many progressive movements - not least the climate movement.

Go read @abeba.bsky.social's piece:

AI’s environmental impact is another issue that tech companies want to sweep under the rug. According to the International Energy Agency, the electricity consumed by data centers could double by 2030, reaching nearly 1,000 terawatt hours (approximately equivalent to Japan’s total electricity demand). Even in the best-case scenario, AI data centers will account for 4.5% of global energy usage by 2030 – and that is before factoring in Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Apple’s tendency to underreport their consumption. According to one analysis, the actual emissions associated with data centers are already about 662% higher than officially reported.

Even if AI systems become more energy-efficient, the increased use of AI – including by the oil and gas industry – is expected to cause emissions to skyrocket. Microsoft, while claiming to pave “the way for a sustainable, thriving planet for generations to come,” also signed a deal with ExxonMobil in 2019 to expand production in Texas and New Mexico by up to 50,000 barrels per day.

The industry’s record on social issues is no better. Despite claims to be “safeguarding fundamental rights,” Microsoft, Amazon, Palantir, IBM, Cisco, and Oracle have all reportedly provided technological infrastructure and tools used by the Israeli military in its razing of Gaza. While Google says it wants to “drive positive changes in underserved communities,” its contracts with repressive and authoritarian governments tell a different story, in some cases helping to roll back decades of progress toward upholding fundamental rights and advancing peace and democracy. On top of it all, these companies often respond to criticism with retaliation and censorship.

John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 23d

What people wore at the Emmys higher profile on BBC than this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sea-level rise will continue long after 2050, even in the best-case of net-zero rapidly, limiting and slowing rise. So "long"-term (ie in my kids lifetime) impact will be far larger (but not mentioned)

Rising seas will threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050, landmark climate report warns

Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment predicts more frequent and severe climate hazards.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 24d

Just look at what happened with solar investment - it’s astonishing.

Solar has seen the most rapid investment growth, soaring from $142 billion in 2015 to a projected $441 billion this year.

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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 24d

Let's remember at least twice as many poeple attended this www.theguardian.com/environment/....
as this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(even if it did get 10 times less media coverage)

'Enough is enough’: biggest-ever climate protest sweeps UK

From babies to bagpipers, hundreds of thousands filled the streets in more than 200 rallies

www.theguardian.com

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