Elina Grigoriou (she/her)
@elinagrigoriou.bsky.social
Interior Design, Wellbeing, Innovation & Sustainability. Director @ Grigoriou Interiors, SKArating. FRSA. HonRICS. Author. Trustee @ FSES.
www.grigoriou.co.uk
www.grigoriou.co.uk
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"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau
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New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As Federal Support Withers, California Invests in Cheap Heat Pumps
The state is allocating more than $100 million to create demand for energy-efficient technologies that renters and low-income residents can afford.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Quell surprise!
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Quell surprise!
Congrats to the Italian Parliament and other EU states that articulate the difference of actions based on gender. One para really resonates “"This law means we will be the first in Europe to reveal the real motivation of the perpetrators, which is hierarchy and power."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Congrats to the Italian Parliament and other EU states that articulate the difference of actions based on gender. One para really resonates “"This law means we will be the first in Europe to reveal the real motivation of the perpetrators, which is hierarchy and power."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.
Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩🔧
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🚨🚨 It is rare that the rulings of @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social make headlines but the judgment yesterday on the recognition of #samesex marriage is a rare exception to this. Very welcome ruling from the CJEU: 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
Top EU court mandates same-sex marriage recognition across borders
The Luxembourg-based court said a decision by Polish authorities infringed on a same-sex couple’s freedom of movement.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🚨🚨 It is rare that the rulings of @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social make headlines but the judgment yesterday on the recognition of #samesex marriage is a rare exception to this. Very welcome ruling from the CJEU: 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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Here’s one of those ‘fix the plumbing’ things that policymakers tend not to get credit for. Govt + @wellcometrust.bsky.social are setting up structures for improved health research. They are now looking for a Chair (£50k) and CEO (£299k). Spread the word on this
micro.green-park.co.uk/hdrs/
micro.green-park.co.uk/hdrs/
August 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here’s one of those ‘fix the plumbing’ things that policymakers tend not to get credit for. Govt + @wellcometrust.bsky.social are setting up structures for improved health research. They are now looking for a Chair (£50k) and CEO (£299k). Spread the word on this
micro.green-park.co.uk/hdrs/
micro.green-park.co.uk/hdrs/
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While Trump is ordering the FBI to investigate U.S. Senators over a video reminding military members they don’t have to follow illegal orders, it might be worth noting that “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
While Trump is ordering the FBI to investigate U.S. Senators over a video reminding military members they don’t have to follow illegal orders, it might be worth noting that “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
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Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages
Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget.
The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for charging points, as she attempts to prevent the market for clean cars drying up amid concerns about a new pay-per-mile tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
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COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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BREAKING: Over 300 schoolchildren have been abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria, authorities say.
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
Gunmen abducted more than 300 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
BREAKING: Over 300 schoolchildren have been abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria, authorities say.
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Opinion: Creating a home for disruptive science would lock in UK’s lead.
“Lovelace Labs” could pursue high-risk, long-term projects that struggle in universities, says Laura Ryan.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
“Lovelace Labs” could pursue high-risk, long-term projects that struggle in universities, says Laura Ryan.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Creating a home for disruptive science would lock in UK’s lead - Research Professional News
“Lovelace Labs” could pursue high-risk, long-term projects that struggle in universities, says Laura Ryan
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Opinion: Creating a home for disruptive science would lock in UK’s lead.
“Lovelace Labs” could pursue high-risk, long-term projects that struggle in universities, says Laura Ryan.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
“Lovelace Labs” could pursue high-risk, long-term projects that struggle in universities, says Laura Ryan.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
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Japan’s government plans to expand public support for offshore wind power projects as costs increase rapidly and threaten the nation’s renewable energy goals
Japan Plans to Boost Support for Offshore Wind as Costs Swell
Japan’s government plans to expand public support for offshore wind power projects as costs increase rapidly and threaten the nation’s renewable energy goals.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Japan’s government plans to expand public support for offshore wind power projects as costs increase rapidly and threaten the nation’s renewable energy goals
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A man stands outside a front door in Hackney. He minutely adjusts his hair. He lifts up a bunch of flowers. He inhales. He rings the bell.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A man stands outside a front door in Hackney. He minutely adjusts his hair. He lifts up a bunch of flowers. He inhales. He rings the bell.
Love this!! Feels like those early explorer voyages!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Love this!! Feels like those early explorer voyages!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"The obstacles to limiting warming to below ever-more-dangerous levels remain political, rather than physical or technological."
But it won't be done with CO₂ removal (CDR) technologies because the obstacles to scaling CDR are political, social, financial, physical, and technological.
But it won't be done with CO₂ removal (CDR) technologies because the obstacles to scaling CDR are political, social, financial, physical, and technological.
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
go.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The obstacles to limiting warming to below ever-more-dangerous levels remain political, rather than physical or technological."
But it won't be done with CO₂ removal (CDR) technologies because the obstacles to scaling CDR are political, social, financial, physical, and technological.
But it won't be done with CO₂ removal (CDR) technologies because the obstacles to scaling CDR are political, social, financial, physical, and technological.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
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A likely tail. It was a Buzzard! 📷Kai Hilton
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A likely tail. It was a Buzzard! 📷Kai Hilton
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UVA scientists working in seagrass beds found that the combined value of carbon and nitrogen storage, fisheries support, and shoreline protection from seagrasses is approximately $30.4 million over 30 years for the Virginia Coast Reserve.
environment.virginia.edu/news/new-stu...
environment.virginia.edu/news/new-stu...
New Study Quantifies the Economic Value of Seagrass “Blue Carbon” and Its Ecological Co-Benefits
Seagrass meadows deliver substantial climate-mitigation and ecosystem services.
environment.virginia.edu
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
UVA scientists working in seagrass beds found that the combined value of carbon and nitrogen storage, fisheries support, and shoreline protection from seagrasses is approximately $30.4 million over 30 years for the Virginia Coast Reserve.
environment.virginia.edu/news/new-stu...
environment.virginia.edu/news/new-stu...
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Strong words on #climaterisk from the French central bank @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social:
"Make no mistake: climate disasters will become more frequent, with increasing economic and financial costs. Even climate change deniers will eventually realise this"
🧵
www.banque-france.fr/fr/intervent...
"Make no mistake: climate disasters will become more frequent, with increasing economic and financial costs. Even climate change deniers will eventually realise this"
🧵
www.banque-france.fr/fr/intervent...
Le changement climatique pèse déjà sur nos économies | Banque de France
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, novembre 2025
www.banque-france.fr
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Strong words on #climaterisk from the French central bank @banquedefrance-off.bsky.social:
"Make no mistake: climate disasters will become more frequent, with increasing economic and financial costs. Even climate change deniers will eventually realise this"
🧵
www.banque-france.fr/fr/intervent...
"Make no mistake: climate disasters will become more frequent, with increasing economic and financial costs. Even climate change deniers will eventually realise this"
🧵
www.banque-france.fr/fr/intervent...
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America’s governors have a lot of power to prevent much of the climate-change damage inflicted by the federal government, @markgongloff.bsky.social says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How to Fill the Climate Void Left by the White House
Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom representing the US at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
America’s governors have a lot of power to prevent much of the climate-change damage inflicted by the federal government, @markgongloff.bsky.social says www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social