Abigail Dombey
@abigaildombey.bsky.social
Energy & Sustainability Engineer.
Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero.
She / her.
Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero.
She / her.
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FT exclusive:
Global Counsel, the advisory firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, is set to go into administration as soon as Friday in the wake of revelations about the former peer and Jeffrey Epstein, its staff have been told.
www.ft.com/content/ad5d...
Global Counsel, the advisory firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, is set to go into administration as soon as Friday in the wake of revelations about the former peer and Jeffrey Epstein, its staff have been told.
www.ft.com/content/ad5d...
February 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
FT exclusive:
Global Counsel, the advisory firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, is set to go into administration as soon as Friday in the wake of revelations about the former peer and Jeffrey Epstein, its staff have been told.
www.ft.com/content/ad5d...
Global Counsel, the advisory firm founded by Lord Peter Mandelson, is set to go into administration as soon as Friday in the wake of revelations about the former peer and Jeffrey Epstein, its staff have been told.
www.ft.com/content/ad5d...
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Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
February 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.
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Here it is, my magnum opus: an analysis of what’s wrong with the UK’s approach to fiscal policy (under this and previous governments), and a proposal for what an alternative to pass-fail fiscal rules could look like.
I’ll follow up with a longer thread later.
I’ll follow up with a longer thread later.
NEW: The UK’s approach to fiscal policy needs a rethink.
📗 Instead of pass–fail fiscal rules and the consequent fixation on ‘fiscal headroom’, @benzaranko.bsky.social’s new report argues that the UK would be better served by a new framework, based around a set of ‘fiscal traffic lights’:
📗 Instead of pass–fail fiscal rules and the consequent fixation on ‘fiscal headroom’, @benzaranko.bsky.social’s new report argues that the UK would be better served by a new framework, based around a set of ‘fiscal traffic lights’:
February 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Here it is, my magnum opus: an analysis of what’s wrong with the UK’s approach to fiscal policy (under this and previous governments), and a proposal for what an alternative to pass-fail fiscal rules could look like.
I’ll follow up with a longer thread later.
I’ll follow up with a longer thread later.
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This is very cool. Hybrid offshore energy projects, featuring offshore wind turbines, wave or tidal generators, and solar panels could boost clean power generation by 70% compared to conventional offshore wind farms, while also reducing energy costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525849...
Study: Hybrid offshore wind, wave, and solar projects could deliver major renewables boost
University of Surrey research calculates hybrid offshore renewable energy systems could generate 70 per cent more power than standard offshore wind farms
www.businessgreen.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
This is very cool. Hybrid offshore energy projects, featuring offshore wind turbines, wave or tidal generators, and solar panels could boost clean power generation by 70% compared to conventional offshore wind farms, while also reducing energy costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525849...
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February is a great time to talk about… air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently.
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
Air-to-air heat pumps: a low-carbon solution for UK homes
A2A heat pumps can provide homeowners with an additional option for decarbonising home heating
www.nesta.org.uk
February 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM
February is a great time to talk about… air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently.
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
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Feeling quite patriotic. This is what equality under the law is meant to look like.
February 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Feeling quite patriotic. This is what equality under the law is meant to look like.
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It's also why it really annoys me when people pretend FoM is somehow a middle-class thing.
FoM allowed my working class, comprehensive school educated classmates to build lives that were not available to us in the UK.
We saw the opportunities FoM offer and we went for it, and thrived.
FoM allowed my working class, comprehensive school educated classmates to build lives that were not available to us in the UK.
We saw the opportunities FoM offer and we went for it, and thrived.
February 19, 2026 at 3:28 AM
It's also why it really annoys me when people pretend FoM is somehow a middle-class thing.
FoM allowed my working class, comprehensive school educated classmates to build lives that were not available to us in the UK.
We saw the opportunities FoM offer and we went for it, and thrived.
FoM allowed my working class, comprehensive school educated classmates to build lives that were not available to us in the UK.
We saw the opportunities FoM offer and we went for it, and thrived.
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Hang on a second ... you don't think ... you don't think it was about more than high school sports all along, do you?
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Hang on a second ... you don't think ... you don't think it was about more than high school sports all along, do you?
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The former leader was found guilty of leading an insurrection in late 2024 that attempted to subvert the constitution and plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades. ft.trib.al/KKGYgyb
February 19, 2026 at 7:18 AM
The former leader was found guilty of leading an insurrection in late 2024 that attempted to subvert the constitution and plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades. ft.trib.al/KKGYgyb
Yeah, I’m in Brighton and often get the train to London. I get on in Brighton with a ticket on my phone, but could just use contactless when I arrive in London. So I need to be careful that my card isn’t set for Express Travel, as otherwise I’d end up paying twice!
February 18, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Yeah, I’m in Brighton and often get the train to London. I get on in Brighton with a ticket on my phone, but could just use contactless when I arrive in London. So I need to be careful that my card isn’t set for Express Travel, as otherwise I’d end up paying twice!
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I get this, but at *some* point we're going to have to confront the long-term problem that everyone -- everywhere, not just the US! -- has come to hate "the system" & so the only way to get elected is to promise to tear stuff down.
Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2024 because anti-system voters flocked to him.
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
Democrats need a strategy for competing with anti-system voters in 2028.
This is, in some ways, a very strong case for nominating someone like AOC over Newsom.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/meet-ameri...
Meet America’s new swing voter: The anti-system voter. (Or: Why Democrats should think through nominating AOC in 2028)
A new paper finds anti-system sentiment — not left-right ideology — decided the 2016 and 2024 elections
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I get this, but at *some* point we're going to have to confront the long-term problem that everyone -- everywhere, not just the US! -- has come to hate "the system" & so the only way to get elected is to promise to tear stuff down.
It’s a setting on iPhone as well.
Trouble is, I have my train tickets on my phone, so don’t want to set my card to Express Travel. I don’t want my card debited when I’m just showing my train ticket…
Trouble is, I have my train tickets on my phone, so don’t want to set my card to Express Travel. I don’t want my card debited when I’m just showing my train ticket…
February 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It’s a setting on iPhone as well.
Trouble is, I have my train tickets on my phone, so don’t want to set my card to Express Travel. I don’t want my card debited when I’m just showing my train ticket…
Trouble is, I have my train tickets on my phone, so don’t want to set my card to Express Travel. I don’t want my card debited when I’m just showing my train ticket…
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That "But thank you" at the end is just plain murder. Absolute queen.
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
That "But thank you" at the end is just plain murder. Absolute queen.
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It is so funny that the Trumpies tried to pull together a passably credible group of denialist climate scientists & the whole affair was such a clown show that they had to just cut bait & abandon it entirely.
Trump EPA Abandons Climate Working Group Report in Endangerment Finding Repeal
Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.
www.desmog.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
It is so funny that the Trumpies tried to pull together a passably credible group of denialist climate scientists & the whole affair was such a clown show that they had to just cut bait & abandon it entirely.
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Truly the heart sings whenever I see #HammersmithBridge coverage that isn’t totally infected by car brain. Kudos @privateeyenews.bsky.social for a rare reality-based take on the situation
February 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Truly the heart sings whenever I see #HammersmithBridge coverage that isn’t totally infected by car brain. Kudos @privateeyenews.bsky.social for a rare reality-based take on the situation
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Camera enforcement with exemptions is a politically tempting but ultimately very bad idea! I cover this extensively in my 2024 lecture to the Transport Planning Society here bsky.app/profile/cris...
For everyone new to Blue Sky (like me!), by way of introduction: the first 40m of this video is my recent presentation to the Transport Planning Society of insights on what works - and what doesn’t - when it comes to implementing traffic reduction schemes www.youtube.com/watch?v=62dn...
Reducing Traffic – what is Possible?
YouTube video by Transport Planning Society
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Camera enforcement with exemptions is a politically tempting but ultimately very bad idea! I cover this extensively in my 2024 lecture to the Transport Planning Society here bsky.app/profile/cris...
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This is very convincing on why British planning is such a mess samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Build the Rail! Save the Snails!
How to speed up the planning system without trashing the environment
samf.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is very convincing on why British planning is such a mess samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
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My students starting singing “We’re all in this together” when they realized Ramadan and Lent are at the same time this year.
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February 18, 2026 at 12:04 AM
My students starting singing “We’re all in this together” when they realized Ramadan and Lent are at the same time this year.
🤣😩
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The good news is you can watch it for free on ITVX.
The bad news is that it’s on ITVX.
(Also, Just Watch is brilliant at tracking where to watch TV series and films.)
The bad news is that it’s on ITVX.
(Also, Just Watch is brilliant at tracking where to watch TV series and films.)
Halt and Catch Fire - streaming tv series online
Find out how and where to watch "Halt and Catch Fire" on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.
www.justwatch.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The good news is you can watch it for free on ITVX.
The bad news is that it’s on ITVX.
(Also, Just Watch is brilliant at tracking where to watch TV series and films.)
The bad news is that it’s on ITVX.
(Also, Just Watch is brilliant at tracking where to watch TV series and films.)
It totally was!
February 18, 2026 at 10:40 AM
It totally was!
These look great - any chance you could share the recipe?
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
These look great - any chance you could share the recipe?
We did a Pancake day / Lunar New Year crossover - we went to a Japanese cafe for breakfast.
10/10, no notes. 👌
10/10, no notes. 👌
We went to Fuwa Fuwa in London’s Chinatown for pancakes and I had a Lunar New Year special (salted egg custard) which was AWESOME. 🤩
February 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
We did a Pancake day / Lunar New Year crossover - we went to a Japanese cafe for breakfast.
10/10, no notes. 👌
10/10, no notes. 👌
@jonnelledge.bsky.social and @garius.bsky.social are both really good to talk to about London Transport.
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social and @garius.bsky.social are both really good to talk to about London Transport.
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The metaphor we use - borrowing from @karenhao.bsky.social's original transport analogy - is we wouldn't accept a high-polluting company selling private jets or cruise ships as fine because they also sold two bicycles
Imagine climate groups refusing to oppose SUVs to avoid being 'anti-transport'
Imagine climate groups refusing to oppose SUVs to avoid being 'anti-transport'
February 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The metaphor we use - borrowing from @karenhao.bsky.social's original transport analogy - is we wouldn't accept a high-polluting company selling private jets or cruise ships as fine because they also sold two bicycles
Imagine climate groups refusing to oppose SUVs to avoid being 'anti-transport'
Imagine climate groups refusing to oppose SUVs to avoid being 'anti-transport'
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An extraordinary new column in the Daily Telegraph (no, that's not a typo!) by Ambrose Evans Pritchard.
Yes, it includes two charts by Carbon Brief, sure.
But stay for the concluding few paragraphs about the electoral suicide of climate denial...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Yes, it includes two charts by Carbon Brief, sure.
But stay for the concluding few paragraphs about the electoral suicide of climate denial...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
February 17, 2026 at 6:09 PM
An extraordinary new column in the Daily Telegraph (no, that's not a typo!) by Ambrose Evans Pritchard.
Yes, it includes two charts by Carbon Brief, sure.
But stay for the concluding few paragraphs about the electoral suicide of climate denial...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Yes, it includes two charts by Carbon Brief, sure.
But stay for the concluding few paragraphs about the electoral suicide of climate denial...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...