Lydia Jones
@lydia-jones.bsky.social
Researcher, lawyer, environmentalist.
Senior Legal Counsel at Oxygen House Group.
Cautious optimist.
Senior Legal Counsel at Oxygen House Group.
Cautious optimist.
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Listen I just gotta rant about something, and it's an oft-repeated line that goes something like this: "renewable energy is just adding on top of existing sources"
I find it really astonishing that people fail to ask a bunch of really basic questions about this and just repeat it instead.....
I find it really astonishing that people fail to ask a bunch of really basic questions about this and just repeat it instead.....
February 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Listen I just gotta rant about something, and it's an oft-repeated line that goes something like this: "renewable energy is just adding on top of existing sources"
I find it really astonishing that people fail to ask a bunch of really basic questions about this and just repeat it instead.....
I find it really astonishing that people fail to ask a bunch of really basic questions about this and just repeat it instead.....
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Opinion: The gap between climate risk and response has grown alarmingly wide, and not just because of what Donald Trump is doing in the world’s largest economy www.ft.com/content/2251...
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Opinion: The gap between climate risk and response has grown alarmingly wide, and not just because of what Donald Trump is doing in the world’s largest economy www.ft.com/content/2251...
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International criminal court condemns Trump sanctions on its staff
International criminal court condemns Trump sanctions on its staff
Court says US move is an attempt to ‘harm its impartial judicial work’ and calls on member states to oppose it
The international criminal court (ICC) has condemned Donald Trump for imposing sanctions on its staff, which it said were intended to harm…
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
International criminal court condemns Trump sanctions on its staff
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🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
January 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
Labour is pushing for ‘growth’, but what kind of growth do we want to see?
Could Keir Starmer’s AI dream derail his own green energy promise?
As PM pins hopes on AI, what effect will building energy-hungry datacentres have on Labour’s clean power pledge?
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Labour is pushing for ‘growth’, but what kind of growth do we want to see?
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Having not read the sentencing remarks, I’m cautious about rushing to conclusions, but on its face Feathers McGraw appears to be a prime example of the rampant sentence inflation that has led to chronic overcrowding in our zoos and the unedifying spectacle of animals being released early.
Curious to know whether
@barristersecret.bsky.social thinks 30 years behind bars for robbery and attempted murder was a fair sentence for Feathers McGraw? It seems a bit steep #WallaceAndGromit
@barristersecret.bsky.social thinks 30 years behind bars for robbery and attempted murder was a fair sentence for Feathers McGraw? It seems a bit steep #WallaceAndGromit
December 28, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Having not read the sentencing remarks, I’m cautious about rushing to conclusions, but on its face Feathers McGraw appears to be a prime example of the rampant sentence inflation that has led to chronic overcrowding in our zoos and the unedifying spectacle of animals being released early.