Paul McKeown
@paul-mck.bsky.social
Born at 322 ppm carbon dioxide. Chess Coach, International Arbiter. Member of Liberal Democrats and of APNI.
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Sheffield trial #solar panels on council homes.
Tenants could enjoy a 24% reduction of their energy bills, reducing fuel poverty.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Tenants could enjoy a 24% reduction of their energy bills, reducing fuel poverty.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Sheffield “ambitious but cautious” project to trial solar panels on council homes
Pilot schemes in five Sheffield areas will test out the installation of solar panels on city council homes.
www.thestar.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sheffield trial #solar panels on council homes.
Tenants could enjoy a 24% reduction of their energy bills, reducing fuel poverty.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
Tenants could enjoy a 24% reduction of their energy bills, reducing fuel poverty.
www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
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“You’ll get the hole from a bagel, not Ukraine,” said Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, addressing Russia at a Security Council meeting.
“Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”
“Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“You’ll get the hole from a bagel, not Ukraine,” said Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, addressing Russia at a Security Council meeting.
“Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”
“Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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@tsrandall.bsky.social:
"Every time the quantity of batteries in the world doubles, prices fall 18%.
This experience curve is one of the most consistent, and consequential, guideposts for predicting the future of energy and transportation."
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/tsrandall/st...
"Every time the quantity of batteries in the world doubles, prices fall 18%.
This experience curve is one of the most consistent, and consequential, guideposts for predicting the future of energy and transportation."
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/tsrandall/st...
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@tsrandall.bsky.social:
"Every time the quantity of batteries in the world doubles, prices fall 18%.
This experience curve is one of the most consistent, and consequential, guideposts for predicting the future of energy and transportation."
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/tsrandall/st...
"Every time the quantity of batteries in the world doubles, prices fall 18%.
This experience curve is one of the most consistent, and consequential, guideposts for predicting the future of energy and transportation."
#alwaysbecharging nitter.net/tsrandall/st...
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UK #wind generation record broken 5 December - onshore and offshore wind farms collectively generated 23,825MW electricity, enough to power 23 million homes – 3/4 of UK total housing stock - with wind accounting for 47.4% UK electricity generation mix.
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
UK soars past wind power generation record for second time in two months - edie
Great Britain’s maximum wind generation record was broken on Friday, 5 December, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has confirmed.
www.edie.net
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
UK #wind generation record broken 5 December - onshore and offshore wind farms collectively generated 23,825MW electricity, enough to power 23 million homes – 3/4 of UK total housing stock - with wind accounting for 47.4% UK electricity generation mix.
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
www.edie.net/uk-soars-pas...
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Two thirds all electricity fed into Germany’s public grid between July and September 2025 came from #Renewables
98.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), wind turbines, solar panels and other renewables = 64.1% of electricity mix.
reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-d...
98.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), wind turbines, solar panels and other renewables = 64.1% of electricity mix.
reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-d...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Two thirds all electricity fed into Germany’s public grid between July and September 2025 came from #Renewables
98.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), wind turbines, solar panels and other renewables = 64.1% of electricity mix.
reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-d...
98.3 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), wind turbines, solar panels and other renewables = 64.1% of electricity mix.
reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-d...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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TfL's cycleway network had 90km of routes in 2016. Now it’s more than 430km.
And Londoners are cycling like never before, with 1.5 million bike trips every day.
We’ll continue to work with TfL and London’s boroughs to make cycling safer, easier and more accessible for all.
And Londoners are cycling like never before, with 1.5 million bike trips every day.
We’ll continue to work with TfL and London’s boroughs to make cycling safer, easier and more accessible for all.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
TfL's cycleway network had 90km of routes in 2016. Now it’s more than 430km.
And Londoners are cycling like never before, with 1.5 million bike trips every day.
We’ll continue to work with TfL and London’s boroughs to make cycling safer, easier and more accessible for all.
And Londoners are cycling like never before, with 1.5 million bike trips every day.
We’ll continue to work with TfL and London’s boroughs to make cycling safer, easier and more accessible for all.
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Can you imagine an Australian Labor minister resigning in protest against dirty fossil fuel deals
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Can you imagine an Australian Labor minister resigning in protest against dirty fossil fuel deals
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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URGENT MESSAGE - U14 MATCH TOMORROW CALLED OFF
Burst Pipe at Venue.
Message received from Kent Match Captain:
Hi, so sorry I'm going to have to postpone the U14 match tomorrow.
www.rjcc.org.uk/sccu-u14-mat...
Burst Pipe at Venue.
Message received from Kent Match Captain:
Hi, so sorry I'm going to have to postpone the U14 match tomorrow.
www.rjcc.org.uk/sccu-u14-mat...
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
URGENT MESSAGE - U14 MATCH TOMORROW CALLED OFF
Burst Pipe at Venue.
Message received from Kent Match Captain:
Hi, so sorry I'm going to have to postpone the U14 match tomorrow.
www.rjcc.org.uk/sccu-u14-mat...
Burst Pipe at Venue.
Message received from Kent Match Captain:
Hi, so sorry I'm going to have to postpone the U14 match tomorrow.
www.rjcc.org.uk/sccu-u14-mat...
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The FT writes: ‘In Trump’s interview with GB News, its correspondent, Bev Turner, gave North Korea’s broadcasters a run for their money. “It feels much safer here,” Turner said, contrasting Washington to London, though the chances of being murdered in DC are around 26 times higher than in London.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The FT writes: ‘In Trump’s interview with GB News, its correspondent, Bev Turner, gave North Korea’s broadcasters a run for their money. “It feels much safer here,” Turner said, contrasting Washington to London, though the chances of being murdered in DC are around 26 times higher than in London.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
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Kemi Badenoch says her decision to ditch her climate commitments is due to her having "listened to the industry".
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Kemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
The Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change
bylinetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Kemi Badenoch says her decision to ditch her climate commitments is due to her having "listened to the industry".
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
No mention of the millions of pounds her party has received from the funders of fossil-fuel linked lobby groups
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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Fortune Green is already split between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, and a crushing Lib Dem victory in a recent by-election in neighbouring West Hampstead suggests he would have trouble holding on there.
Labour leader of Camden quits Fortune Green in fear of Lib Dems
Richard Olszewski, the Labour leader of the London Borough of Camden, is quitting his Fortune Green ward next May to fight what he hopes wil...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fortune Green is already split between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, and a crushing Lib Dem victory in a recent by-election in neighbouring West Hampstead suggests he would have trouble holding on there.
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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Shocked, shocked! (Not.)
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Erstmals konkrete Hinweise: Wagenknechts Kanal zum Kreml
Das BSW könnte in den Sog der "Voice of Europe"-Affäre geraten: Europaabgeordnete pflegen Kontakte zu Strippenziehern des russischen Schmiergeldnetzwerks.
www.t-online.de
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Shocked, shocked! (Not.)
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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'Trump's new radiation exposure limits could be catastrophic for women and girls'
#nuclear
thebulletin.org/2025/11/trum...
#nuclear
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Trump's new radiation exposure limits could be 'catastrophic' for women and girls
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may soon loosen radiation exposure safety standards at nuclear plants and operations. Experts warn the general public is unsafe.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
'Trump's new radiation exposure limits could be catastrophic for women and girls'
#nuclear
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#nuclear
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