Sustainable Us
@havantenviro.bsky.social
Personal and independent views.
The time to limit the impacts of climate change is rapidly running out.
I have been doing what I can for 20+ years.
Careers - engineering(weighing, public transport, comms), digital media, teaching, training, retirement
The time to limit the impacts of climate change is rapidly running out.
I have been doing what I can for 20+ years.
Careers - engineering(weighing, public transport, comms), digital media, teaching, training, retirement
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I have made a number of my illustrations, graphs and maps Creative Commons.
Check this thread to see them all.
The license includes commercial use but no alterations are allowed. If you use them just include a link to my Mastadon or Bluesky account.
I have made a number of my illustrations, graphs and maps Creative Commons.
Check this thread to see them all.
The license includes commercial use but no alterations are allowed. If you use them just include a link to my Mastadon or Bluesky account.
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This is happening with Bourbon as well. Jim Beam moved to heat pumps and now they don’t need a gas *pipeline* anymore.
Decarbonising the pint 🍺
Clean heat isn’t just about homes. A brewery in Sussex shows how industry can lead - ditching gas-fired steam for high-temp heat pumps that recycle waste heat into the next brew.
www.energylivenews.com/2026/01/14/s...
Clean heat isn’t just about homes. A brewery in Sussex shows how industry can lead - ditching gas-fired steam for high-temp heat pumps that recycle waste heat into the next brew.
www.energylivenews.com/2026/01/14/s...
Sussex brewery heat pump slashes emissions from steam brewing - Energy Live News
High-temperature heat pumps replace oil boilers, cutting costs and carbon
www.energylivenews.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
This is happening with Bourbon as well. Jim Beam moved to heat pumps and now they don’t need a gas *pipeline* anymore.
This is hostile activity and should be treated as such.
Chinese influences in Europe are trivial in comparison, even non existent.
Chinese influences in Europe are trivial in comparison, even non existent.
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is hostile activity and should be treated as such.
Chinese influences in Europe are trivial in comparison, even non existent.
Chinese influences in Europe are trivial in comparison, even non existent.
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Kicking off our #BlackHistoryMonth celebration, we’re spotlighting Alan Sealls, who begins his role as 2026 AMS President. His focus: keeping AMS strong through change—and centered on PEOPLE: People Educated On Planet Live Empowered.
Read more about his journey and vision: https://bit.ly/3OqBbPy
Read more about his journey and vision: https://bit.ly/3OqBbPy
Meet the 2026 AMS President Alan Sealls
As Alan Sealls steps into his role as 2026 AMS President, he carries with him decades of experience across broadcasting, education, communication, and service to both AMS and the broader weather…
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February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Kicking off our #BlackHistoryMonth celebration, we’re spotlighting Alan Sealls, who begins his role as 2026 AMS President. His focus: keeping AMS strong through change—and centered on PEOPLE: People Educated On Planet Live Empowered.
Read more about his journey and vision: https://bit.ly/3OqBbPy
Read more about his journey and vision: https://bit.ly/3OqBbPy
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Tesla dead last in Germany in Nordic reputation study – behind Temu & Nestlé
Tesla dead last in Germany in Nordic reputation study – behind Temu & Nestlé
Tesla has ranked last place in a survey of brand reputation in Europe’s largest car market Germany, with a massive year-over-year collapse leaving it behind several other companies with already-poor reputations. It ranked poorly in Nordic countries as well.
more…
electrek.co
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Tesla dead last in Germany in Nordic reputation study – behind Temu & Nestlé
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7 new petrol cars sold in Norway last month!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
7 new petrol cars sold in Norway last month!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Kheira Got Cycling!
Kheira tried out our Van Raam Easy Rider Compact, with e-assist, comfortable seat and semi-recumbent riding position. Just one of many on our scheme!
Want to find out if a cycle might suit you?
Kheira tried out our Van Raam Easy Rider Compact, with e-assist, comfortable seat and semi-recumbent riding position. Just one of many on our scheme!
Want to find out if a cycle might suit you?
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Kheira Got Cycling!
Kheira tried out our Van Raam Easy Rider Compact, with e-assist, comfortable seat and semi-recumbent riding position. Just one of many on our scheme!
Want to find out if a cycle might suit you?
Kheira tried out our Van Raam Easy Rider Compact, with e-assist, comfortable seat and semi-recumbent riding position. Just one of many on our scheme!
Want to find out if a cycle might suit you?
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This important story, which details the dangers of ICE and CBP’s face-recognition app, is available to read for free, thanks to @wired.com's initiative in partnership with @freedom.press to unpaywall FOIA-based reporting.
Other outlets should follow suit.
Other outlets should follow suit.
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
www.wired.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This important story, which details the dangers of ICE and CBP’s face-recognition app, is available to read for free, thanks to @wired.com's initiative in partnership with @freedom.press to unpaywall FOIA-based reporting.
Other outlets should follow suit.
Other outlets should follow suit.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump shared a video on social media depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, invoking racist imagery long used to dehumanize people of African descent.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes
U.S. President Donald Trump shared a video on social media depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, invoking racist imagery long used to dehumanize peo...
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump shared a video on social media depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, invoking racist imagery long used to dehumanize people of African descent.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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📺Stretford Passivhaus retrofit TV makeover
Deep retrofit of a modest Manchester semi-detached home to the Passivhaus retrofit standard features in Guy Martin's 'House without bills', which will air on Monday 9 February 2026 at 9pm on C4.
https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1507
Deep retrofit of a modest Manchester semi-detached home to the Passivhaus retrofit standard features in Guy Martin's 'House without bills', which will air on Monday 9 February 2026 at 9pm on C4.
https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1507
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📺Stretford Passivhaus retrofit TV makeover
Deep retrofit of a modest Manchester semi-detached home to the Passivhaus retrofit standard features in Guy Martin's 'House without bills', which will air on Monday 9 February 2026 at 9pm on C4.
https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1507
Deep retrofit of a modest Manchester semi-detached home to the Passivhaus retrofit standard features in Guy Martin's 'House without bills', which will air on Monday 9 February 2026 at 9pm on C4.
https://passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1507
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Yet another fatal door handle lawsuit hits Tesla – but China has a fix
Yet another fatal door handle lawsuit hits Tesla – but China has a fix
A new lawsuit has been filed against Tesla over the death of a young man in one of its Model Y vehicles, blaming Tesla’s electronic door handle design for trapping the driver inside the car after a crash.
It’s one of many similar lawsuits cropping up against Tesla lately – but a recent change in Chinese regulations should soon end this problem once and for all.
more…
electrek.co
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Yet another fatal door handle lawsuit hits Tesla – but China has a fix
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Donald J. Trump.
President of the United States.
Classy as ever.
President of the United States.
Classy as ever.
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Donald J. Trump.
President of the United States.
Classy as ever.
President of the United States.
Classy as ever.
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The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Divesting from thermal coal is good for pension savers and planet.
That’s why I and @greenparty.org.uk support amendment to #PensionSchemesBill to make pension schemes phase out investments in the most polluting fossil fuels
#ClimateEmergency #PublicHealth
That’s why I and @greenparty.org.uk support amendment to #PensionSchemesBill to make pension schemes phase out investments in the most polluting fossil fuels
#ClimateEmergency #PublicHealth
More than £10.5bn of UK pension savings are invested in thermal coal - the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel.
That’s bad for pension savers, the economy, and the climate.
Read our new research with LINGO Initiative.
filab.uk/3ZNdX8O
That’s bad for pension savers, the economy, and the climate.
Read our new research with LINGO Initiative.
filab.uk/3ZNdX8O
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Divesting from thermal coal is good for pension savers and planet.
That’s why I and @greenparty.org.uk support amendment to #PensionSchemesBill to make pension schemes phase out investments in the most polluting fossil fuels
#ClimateEmergency #PublicHealth
That’s why I and @greenparty.org.uk support amendment to #PensionSchemesBill to make pension schemes phase out investments in the most polluting fossil fuels
#ClimateEmergency #PublicHealth
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A speed-record attempt with a bike designed by Dr. Allan Abbott, from the August 1976 issue of Bicycling
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
A speed-record attempt with a bike designed by Dr. Allan Abbott, from the August 1976 issue of Bicycling
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We need more athletes using their platforms to resist ICE.
We can’t rest until it is abolished.
Well done to Gus Kenworthy for taking a stand (and taking a leak).
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
We can’t rest until it is abolished.
Well done to Gus Kenworthy for taking a stand (and taking a leak).
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Winter Olympics Team GB skier targets ICE with graphic message written in snow
Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering attack on US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers including a message written in the snow
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
We need more athletes using their platforms to resist ICE.
We can’t rest until it is abolished.
Well done to Gus Kenworthy for taking a stand (and taking a leak).
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
We can’t rest until it is abolished.
Well done to Gus Kenworthy for taking a stand (and taking a leak).
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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100 years of changing February sea ice...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
100 years of changing February sea ice...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
When I graduated I think graduates were less than 5% of the working population and the government paid for everything unless you had wealthy parents.
Grants were means tested so parents had to submit earnings details when applying for higher education grants.
No problems getting jobs in engineering.
Grants were means tested so parents had to submit earnings details when applying for higher education grants.
No problems getting jobs in engineering.
University prospectus
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
When I graduated I think graduates were less than 5% of the working population and the government paid for everything unless you had wealthy parents.
Grants were means tested so parents had to submit earnings details when applying for higher education grants.
No problems getting jobs in engineering.
Grants were means tested so parents had to submit earnings details when applying for higher education grants.
No problems getting jobs in engineering.
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Residents in the Scottish island group of Orkney are being invited to test a self-driving shuttle as part of a study examining whether autonomous transport could improve rural connectivity.
#ZagConnected
Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/dr...
#ZagConnected
Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/dr...
Driverless shuttle trial brings autonomous transport to Scottish Islands
Residents in the Scottish islands are being invited to test a self-driving vehicle as part of a study examining whether autonomous shuttles could improve rural connectivity.
zagdaily.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Residents in the Scottish island group of Orkney are being invited to test a self-driving shuttle as part of a study examining whether autonomous transport could improve rural connectivity.
#ZagConnected
Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/dr...
#ZagConnected
Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/dr...
"Indian long distance operator LeafyBus orders 100 electric intercity sleeper buses from Eicher (Volvo)"
www.sustainable-bus.com/news/leafybu...
www.sustainable-bus.com/news/leafybu...
Indian long distance operator LeafyBus orders 100 electric intercity sleeper buses from Eicher (Volvo) - Sustainable Bus
Indian long-distance bus operator LeafyBus has signed an agreement with Eicher Trucks & Buses for the deployment of 100 electric intercity sleeper buses...
www.sustainable-bus.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
"Indian long distance operator LeafyBus orders 100 electric intercity sleeper buses from Eicher (Volvo)"
www.sustainable-bus.com/news/leafybu...
www.sustainable-bus.com/news/leafybu...
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Here we go…
FT exclusive:
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Here we go…
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Sustainable transport 🤝 Climate communication
As Reading continued to experience the longest unbroken spell of rainfall ever recorded in the town, it was fitting that Reading Buses were launching a new fleet of electric buses, including this beauty featuring the #ClimateStripes ♥️
#ShowYourStripes
As Reading continued to experience the longest unbroken spell of rainfall ever recorded in the town, it was fitting that Reading Buses were launching a new fleet of electric buses, including this beauty featuring the #ClimateStripes ♥️
#ShowYourStripes
February 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Sustainable transport 🤝 Climate communication
As Reading continued to experience the longest unbroken spell of rainfall ever recorded in the town, it was fitting that Reading Buses were launching a new fleet of electric buses, including this beauty featuring the #ClimateStripes ♥️
#ShowYourStripes
As Reading continued to experience the longest unbroken spell of rainfall ever recorded in the town, it was fitting that Reading Buses were launching a new fleet of electric buses, including this beauty featuring the #ClimateStripes ♥️
#ShowYourStripes