Clem At a Wood
@monsteratt.bsky.social
Energy Transition and Software, Data Science, Rock Climbing, Plants, Gardening, Food.
MD @ futureenergy.associates
MD @ futureenergy.associates
And to think they were toying with removing BUS too
Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
And to think they were toying with removing BUS too
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Climate impacts knocking just the £800m off arable farmers' revenues this year, according to a new study. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522784...
Study: UK farmers face £800m hit from one of the worst harvests on record
Lost arable farming revenue associated with the impact of extreme weather has now exceeded £2bn this decade, ECIU analysis finds
www.businessgreen.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Climate impacts knocking just the £800m off arable farmers' revenues this year, according to a new study. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522784...
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1/ you need sticks as well as carrots if you are serious about modal shift
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, new review finds
These non-coercive measures need to be combined with measures such as higher driving costs or reduced car access to have an effect
road.cc
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
1/ you need sticks as well as carrots if you are serious about modal shift
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
2/ if you rely on carrots alone the small changes you do deliver will be mostly between sustainable modes
3/ stop dicking around & make damaging behaviours more expensive & less convenient road.cc/content/news...
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As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
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China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months, starting in March 2024.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
This trend continued in the third quarter of 2025, when emissions were unchanged year-on-year.
If this trend starts to move into sustained carbon emissions reduction it would be hugely significant.
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What another fun news day on planet earth.
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What another fun news day on planet earth.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
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HISTORY MADE: Congrats to the next mayor of Albany, @dorceyformayor.bsky.social
She will be the first Black mayor in the city’s history.
She will be the first Black mayor in the city’s history.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
HISTORY MADE: Congrats to the next mayor of Albany, @dorceyformayor.bsky.social
She will be the first Black mayor in the city’s history.
She will be the first Black mayor in the city’s history.
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In a year of depressing graphics, this one is close to the worst.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In a year of depressing graphics, this one is close to the worst.
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NEW: Aviation taxes, charges and fees have a limited impact on passenger numbers. Instead, aviation demand is primarily driven by airline strategies and travel trends.
But airlines claim national taxes, fees and charges to address the climate impact of aviation are driving passengers away.
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But airlines claim national taxes, fees and charges to address the climate impact of aviation are driving passengers away.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
NEW: Aviation taxes, charges and fees have a limited impact on passenger numbers. Instead, aviation demand is primarily driven by airline strategies and travel trends.
But airlines claim national taxes, fees and charges to address the climate impact of aviation are driving passengers away.
🧵⤵️
But airlines claim national taxes, fees and charges to address the climate impact of aviation are driving passengers away.
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NEW from us: current clean energy targets and trends enable China, India, and Indonesia to peak power sector emissions by 2030. This would be a global breakthrough given that these nations have been the largest growth markets for coal in the decade since the Paris Agreement.
bsky.app/profile/crea...
bsky.app/profile/crea...
🇨🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 NEW | #China, #India, and #Indonesia: the world's top #coal growth markets can all peak #emissions by 2030
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/china-india-and-indonesia-the-worlds-top-coal-growth-markets-can-all-peak-emissions-by-2030
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/china-india-and-indonesia-the-worlds-top-coal-growth-markets-can-all-peak-emissions-by-2030
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
NEW from us: current clean energy targets and trends enable China, India, and Indonesia to peak power sector emissions by 2030. This would be a global breakthrough given that these nations have been the largest growth markets for coal in the decade since the Paris Agreement.
bsky.app/profile/crea...
bsky.app/profile/crea...
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Cherishing this rare moment of parliamentary sense...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say
A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cherishing this rare moment of parliamentary sense...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Katapult Magazine is using a simple cartographic trick to make is easier for other nations to understand what the loss of land Ukraine had to suffer so far would mean for them. Lesson: Always benchmark your data, people!
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Katapult Magazine is using a simple cartographic trick to make is easier for other nations to understand what the loss of land Ukraine had to suffer so far would mean for them. Lesson: Always benchmark your data, people!
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
AI will solve this
The factories building your future are still burning fuel like it's 1950.
Steel mills. Cement plants. Chemical refineries. Food processing facilities.
They all need heat. Massive amounts of it.
And for years, the answer has been the same: burn fuel.
Steel mills. Cement plants. Chemical refineries. Food processing facilities.
They all need heat. Massive amounts of it.
And for years, the answer has been the same: burn fuel.
October 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI will solve this
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Electric car sales in the EU are up by almost a quarter so far this year!
The bloc's car CO2 targets are continuing to drive EV take-up – as carmakers respond by bringing more affordable models to market.
Now is not the time to weaken the targets further.
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The bloc's car CO2 targets are continuing to drive EV take-up – as carmakers respond by bringing more affordable models to market.
Now is not the time to weaken the targets further.
🧵⤵️
October 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Electric car sales in the EU are up by almost a quarter so far this year!
The bloc's car CO2 targets are continuing to drive EV take-up – as carmakers respond by bringing more affordable models to market.
Now is not the time to weaken the targets further.
🧵⤵️
The bloc's car CO2 targets are continuing to drive EV take-up – as carmakers respond by bringing more affordable models to market.
Now is not the time to weaken the targets further.
🧵⤵️
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The storms have caused devastation nationwide as rains are expected to continue through Sunday.
At least 28 killed in heavy flooding caused by tropical storms in Mexico
The storms have caused devastation nationwide as rains are expected to continue through Sunday.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The storms have caused devastation nationwide as rains are expected to continue through Sunday.
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SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
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Oil companies are the Bad Guys, Exhibit 7382
Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy
Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Oil companies are the Bad Guys, Exhibit 7382
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Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year
A plastic recycling industry potentially worth £2bn and 5,000 jobs is dying in the UK because of government failure to close a loophole which allows 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be exported each year.
The Guardian can reveal that in the past two years 21 plastic recycling and processing factories across the UK have shut down due to the scale of our exports, the cheap price of virgin plastic and an influx of cheap plastic from Asia, according to data gathered by industry insiders. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste
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Two graphs in today’s FT.
Notice the UK’s position on both graphs.
Notice the UK’s position on both graphs.
October 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Two graphs in today’s FT.
Notice the UK’s position on both graphs.
Notice the UK’s position on both graphs.
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