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Bob Kennard
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Food, farming and the environment from the beautiful Welsh Borders.
Author ‘Much Ado About Mutton’ www.aboutmutton.com.
Stay in our secluded holiday cottage www.DroversRetreat.co.uk
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My piece for Bylines.Cymru.

Letter to my descendants

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Letter to my descendants
A heartfelt letter of apology to future generations who will be suffering from our failure to protect them from climate change
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200,000 bill busting batteries installed in Australia in just six months

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change!

minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowe...

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minister.dcceew.gov.au
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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The Trump administration had a tough week in court.

Judges ordered $28 million in clean-energy project grants restored, and allowed three offshore wind farms to restart work.
Trump suffers clean-energy grant, offshore wind losses
It started with an order to restore climate funding for blue states, and ended today with yet another judge saying Trump can't halt offshore wind…
www.canarymedia.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Assuming this is genuine, either Trump’s people didn’t know about this, so are incompetent, or they lied, either of which isn’t good.
From @faisalislam.bsky.social

Surreal, but heard at Davos:

Official Danish archives show Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 signature & Secretary of State Robert Lansing, committing US by treaty that Denmark has right to “whole of Greenland”, after Trump written denial of right.
January 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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The Ed Miliband hate-fest in the UK press continued last year.

Predominantly right-wing newspapers published an incredible 112 editorials attacking the energy secretary.

That's two editorials a week, and more than twice as many as 2024, calling him a "crazed" "zealot" suffering with “eco insanity”
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 AM
History will not judge these newspaper editors well. Now is the very time when public opinion must understand what is at stake, and the very real and terrible threat to our future generations.
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Good news indeed!
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.

It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
This is encouraging….
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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$7 Trillion globally in tax payer support per year globally, for fossil fuels companies. Data from the IMF, not made up.
#JustStopOil subsidies

www.imf.org/en/topics/cl...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Subsidies are intended to protect consumers by keeping prices low, but they come at a high cost. Subsidies have sizable fiscal costs (leading to higher taxes/borrowing or lower spending), promote inef...
www.imf.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Truly wild that the Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express & Daily Telegraph all covered false claims that net-zero will "cost" £7.6bn – or even £9tn – which assumes we could have free gas, free petrol, free petrol cars & free gas power plants if we scrapped net-zero

More here: bsky.app/profile/drsi...
January 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Two-way electric vehicle charging at scale could stop renewable energy being wasted – here’s how it works

Find out more: theconversation.com/two-way...

#ClimateAction
Two-way electric vehicle charging at scale could stop renewable energy being wasted – here’s how it works
A ‘bidirectional charging’ EV trial is under way that, in years to come, could help solve the UK’s energy conundrum.
theconversation.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The battle to save Kinshasa’s last Baobab tree

https:/www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/07/kinshasa-drc-last-baobab-tree-saved-megacity?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘The soul of the city’: can Kinshasa’s last remaining baobab tree be saved?
Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Now it is clear why Trump abolished USAID. This vile “brain” behind much of MAGA wants to punish ex-colonies for them benefiting from aid in the past.
All very logical if you have no moral compassion in your body.
These people are beyond contempt.
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This is beyond comprehension - 18,000 children in Gaza killed by Israel - 12,000 under the age of 12.
And we call ourselves civilised. Western Governments allow themselves to be bullied by the Israeli lobby. It is far far too late, but the support for Israel must stop.
youtube.com/shorts/LyrdG...
18,500 Children Killed in Gaza: Bernie Sanders Demands Action
YouTube video by India Today Global
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January 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Great New Year offer - stay at award-winning Drovers Retreat #holidaycottage on the Welsh Borders before March 31 & enjoy a special 10% discount, using code 10JAN.
More info + booking details at www.droversretreat.co.uk.

#CosyGetaway #LogFire #CountrysideStay #WalksFromTheDoor #NatureEscape
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
How Israel’s truck bombs ripped through Gaza City - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City
In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How can our government possibly be supporting this obscene Israeli regime in any way, shape of form? It’s certainly not in my name.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering
Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change!

More: www.bigissue.com/opinion/cl...
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Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or face catastrophe
Almost 20 years ago, An Inconvenient Truth highlighted the risks of climate change. Two decades on, these truths are even more inconvenient.
www.bigissue.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Among Western democracies, the US is basically in a league of its own. No other comparable democracy has climate denial so deeply embedded in a major political party, its media ecosystem, and parts of government.

It remains the largest contributor to the 425.78 ppm CO2 currently in the atmosphere.
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Ignore the blah blah blah and remember this:

"Since atmospheric GHGs [which increased by +2.3% in 2024] drive global warming, [this is] ultimately the metric that matters for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement."

Unless these decline we are on a steady march to hell

#ClimateCrisis
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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The question is: how did the minority gain such power as to do harm?
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A glorious sunset tonight, reminds us that Drovers Retreat holiday cottage in the Welsh Borders is a great place to see wonderful night skies, due to the lack of light pollution. Come and stay to see for yourself, when there’s a clear night. Www.droversretreat.co.uk

#darkskies #getaways #nature
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Huge solar project commits one million panels for end-of-life recycling and reuse, before they even get to work reneweconomy.com.au/huge-solar-p...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM