Rog Humph
@rojhperth.bsky.social
quantitative scientist, statistics
environment, climate,
cycling, walking,
Perth, Scotland
environment, climate,
cycling, walking,
Perth, Scotland
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This is @UKLabour’s chance to show us they are made of the stuff we’d hoped for in the Summer of 2024…
MPs will today debate a petition relating to rules for political donations
committees.parliament.uk/committee/32...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/32...
MPs to debate a petition relating to rules for political donations - Committees - UK Parliament
On Monday 31 March, MPs will debate a petition relating to rules for political donations.
committees.parliament.uk
March 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is @UKLabour’s chance to show us they are made of the stuff we’d hoped for in the Summer of 2024…
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The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
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Another form of pollution, to add to brake dust & tyre wear, that won’t be solved by EVs
We need fewer cars and less driving
We need fewer cars and less driving
Copious use of road salt during winter weather has pushed the level of salt in drinking water in Central NJ well past state water quality standards. The utility says the water is nevertheless safe to drink. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...
Princeton’s Water Tastes Odd Again -- This Time Blame the Weather
Customers of New Jersey American Water have again noticed the tap water tastes strange. But unlike last December, when the industrial chemical, alpha-pinene, leaked into the waterways from a...
www.tapinto.net
February 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Another form of pollution, to add to brake dust & tyre wear, that won’t be solved by EVs
We need fewer cars and less driving
We need fewer cars and less driving
Even more important than the money:
There's our shared blue home too
There's our shared blue home too
The average UK household spends 14% of their income on transport.
That's why we've put proposals for a £2 bus fare cap at the heart of our budget negotiations.
With some routes costing more than £5 the annual savings for a commuter could be in the thousands!
That's why we've put proposals for a £2 bus fare cap at the heart of our budget negotiations.
With some routes costing more than £5 the annual savings for a commuter could be in the thousands!
Mark Ruskell: Cutting cost of public transport is key to tackling poverty
PUBLIC transport shouldn’t cost the earth but navigating Scotland’s bus and rail network is becoming increasingly expensive. At present an…
www.thenational.scot
January 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Even more important than the money:
There's our shared blue home too
There's our shared blue home too
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Listened to Hugh Grant's plea on Radio 4 for Labour to deliver on its promises to tackle press abuses. But a political party whose leader attacks identifiable private individuals in the Mail and describes The Times as the "paper of record" is not the solution but the problem.
January 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Listened to Hugh Grant's plea on Radio 4 for Labour to deliver on its promises to tackle press abuses. But a political party whose leader attacks identifiable private individuals in the Mail and describes The Times as the "paper of record" is not the solution but the problem.
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Here's a map of tomorrow's route! Join us on Middle Meadow Walk at 2pm!
January 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here's a map of tomorrow's route! Join us on Middle Meadow Walk at 2pm!
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Protect Scottish walkers, cyclists & riders & say
'No' to ⬆️HGV speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageways in consultation. At 50mph HGV travels 53m (175 feet) before stopping, at 40mph 36m (118 feet). That 17m could cause hurt/death for active travellers.
Link in next post
'No' to ⬆️HGV speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageways in consultation. At 50mph HGV travels 53m (175 feet) before stopping, at 40mph 36m (118 feet). That 17m could cause hurt/death for active travellers.
Link in next post
January 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Protect Scottish walkers, cyclists & riders & say
'No' to ⬆️HGV speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageways in consultation. At 50mph HGV travels 53m (175 feet) before stopping, at 40mph 36m (118 feet). That 17m could cause hurt/death for active travellers.
Link in next post
'No' to ⬆️HGV speed from 40 to 50mph on single carriageways in consultation. At 50mph HGV travels 53m (175 feet) before stopping, at 40mph 36m (118 feet). That 17m could cause hurt/death for active travellers.
Link in next post
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🚎 We need to go further to deliver a truly affordable, reliable and accessible bus network across Scotland.
What more is the Scottish Government doing to cut the cost of buses and to support workers and commuters?
What more is the Scottish Government doing to cut the cost of buses and to support workers and commuters?
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚎 We need to go further to deliver a truly affordable, reliable and accessible bus network across Scotland.
What more is the Scottish Government doing to cut the cost of buses and to support workers and commuters?
What more is the Scottish Government doing to cut the cost of buses and to support workers and commuters?
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A vote for this bill is a vote for a liveable future & I urge every single MP to join me in passing this historic piece of legislation. Those who vote against must look to their consciences & ask why they're prepared to squander this historic opportunity #CANBill
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A vote for this bill is a vote for a liveable future & I urge every single MP to join me in passing this historic piece of legislation. Those who vote against must look to their consciences & ask why they're prepared to squander this historic opportunity #CANBill
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is the Labour Government fighting its own Parliamentarians to prevent them from passing a bill that would make legally binding the climate goals that *this Government has claimed it supports*.
Kafkaesque nonsense. Showing themselves publicly as hypocrites.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kafkaesque nonsense. Showing themselves publicly as hypocrites.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring the UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is the Labour Government fighting its own Parliamentarians to prevent them from passing a bill that would make legally binding the climate goals that *this Government has claimed it supports*.
Kafkaesque nonsense. Showing themselves publicly as hypocrites.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kafkaesque nonsense. Showing themselves publicly as hypocrites.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Prof Stern *did* offer us a warning that wrecking our only home was a problem not only for people who care about the natural world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_R...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_R...
January 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Prof Stern *did* offer us a warning that wrecking our only home was a problem not only for people who care about the natural world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_R...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_R...
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If helicopters were cheaper, a lot of people would make a lot of trips they can't make today
Even though all those trips aren't being made today, this isn't seen as an attack on anybody's mobility
Even though all those trips aren't being made today, this isn't seen as an attack on anybody's mobility
January 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If helicopters were cheaper, a lot of people would make a lot of trips they can't make today
Even though all those trips aren't being made today, this isn't seen as an attack on anybody's mobility
Even though all those trips aren't being made today, this isn't seen as an attack on anybody's mobility
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2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
January 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
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Brief clip from my #Channel4News interview today about record global temperatures, extreme weather & the devastating climate-fueled Southern California wildfires:
January 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Brief clip from my #Channel4News interview today about record global temperatures, extreme weather & the devastating climate-fueled Southern California wildfires:
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🙋♀️ 20% car-km reduction
🤔 Did you think it impossible?
🤔 Will @scottishgovernment.bsky.social heed its own research?
HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/01/20-t...
@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @sw20ed.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
🤔 Did you think it impossible?
🤔 Will @scottishgovernment.bsky.social heed its own research?
HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/01/20-t...
@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @sw20ed.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🙋♀️ 20% car-km reduction
🤔 Did you think it impossible?
🤔 Will @scottishgovernment.bsky.social heed its own research?
HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/01/20-t...
@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @sw20ed.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
🤔 Did you think it impossible?
🤔 Will @scottishgovernment.bsky.social heed its own research?
HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/01/20-t...
@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @sw20ed.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @peterwalker99.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
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It's only a matter of time before a major city is all but razed to the ground - probably somewhere in California or Australia
And still we keep burning the fossil fuels and pumping out the carbon
Madness
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
And still we keep burning the fossil fuels and pumping out the carbon
Madness
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
California fires live: five people killed and landmarks threatened as wildfires rage across Los Angeles
Now 130,000 people under evacuation orders as communities affected from the Pacific Coast to inland Pasadena
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's only a matter of time before a major city is all but razed to the ground - probably somewhere in California or Australia
And still we keep burning the fossil fuels and pumping out the carbon
Madness
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
And still we keep burning the fossil fuels and pumping out the carbon
Madness
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Another masterful water drop from Canadian aerial firefighters in California.
Thank you, Canada!
Thank you, Canada!
January 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Another masterful water drop from Canadian aerial firefighters in California.
Thank you, Canada!
Thank you, Canada!
Even the economy suffers. Don't believe folk who think that it's good for the economy to keep extracting fossil C.
Almost 20 years ago the Stern report warned us of the ECONOMIC consequences of climate change and the value in intervention.
This is an emergency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
Almost 20 years ago the Stern report warned us of the ECONOMIC consequences of climate change and the value in intervention.
This is an emergency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
January 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Even the economy suffers. Don't believe folk who think that it's good for the economy to keep extracting fossil C.
Almost 20 years ago the Stern report warned us of the ECONOMIC consequences of climate change and the value in intervention.
This is an emergency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
Almost 20 years ago the Stern report warned us of the ECONOMIC consequences of climate change and the value in intervention.
This is an emergency.
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
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Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Currently Heat pumps contribute more to climate change than most of us realise
Over & above the infrastructure & energy they require, they small amounts of refrigerants that are v potent greenhouse gases
Retrofitting for efficiency is key
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Over & above the infrastructure & energy they require, they small amounts of refrigerants that are v potent greenhouse gases
Retrofitting for efficiency is key
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
January 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Currently Heat pumps contribute more to climate change than most of us realise
Over & above the infrastructure & energy they require, they small amounts of refrigerants that are v potent greenhouse gases
Retrofitting for efficiency is key
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Over & above the infrastructure & energy they require, they small amounts of refrigerants that are v potent greenhouse gases
Retrofitting for efficiency is key
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
What stage of climate crisis is bulldozing abandoned luxury cars to make way for firetrucks?
It's typically the more parsimonious, simple & robust technologies & skills that we fall back on in difficult times.
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's typically the more parsimonious, simple & robust technologies & skills that we fall back on in difficult times.
Useful to see this graph.
Demonstrable evidence of improved spending on active travel when the Greens were at the table.
We won't achieve what we need to do to survive unless we vote for proper green politicians (be they capital G or lower case g).
Demonstrable evidence of improved spending on active travel when the Greens were at the table.
We won't achieve what we need to do to survive unless we vote for proper green politicians (be they capital G or lower case g).
Build it and they will come. 🚴
Making cycling safer and easier with segregated cycle lanes saves lives and reduces pollution and congestion in our cities.
Making cycling safer and easier with segregated cycle lanes saves lives and reduces pollution and congestion in our cities.
January 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Useful to see this graph.
Demonstrable evidence of improved spending on active travel when the Greens were at the table.
We won't achieve what we need to do to survive unless we vote for proper green politicians (be they capital G or lower case g).
Demonstrable evidence of improved spending on active travel when the Greens were at the table.
We won't achieve what we need to do to survive unless we vote for proper green politicians (be they capital G or lower case g).
Sudan is in a mess.
An intertwined climate change & political mess.
Note that those who most aggressively deploy immigration (to propel a political ideology to cut taxes for their rich donor pals) also deny the climate change that helps fuel immigration.
carnegieendowment.org/sada/2024/06...
An intertwined climate change & political mess.
Note that those who most aggressively deploy immigration (to propel a political ideology to cut taxes for their rich donor pals) also deny the climate change that helps fuel immigration.
carnegieendowment.org/sada/2024/06...
Climate Change and Conflict: A Perfect Storm in Sudan's Countryside
What began in Sudan as a power struggle between generals in 2023, quickly escalated into a full-scale war, exacerbating the severe impacts of climate change on rural livelihoods.
carnegieendowment.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Sudan is in a mess.
An intertwined climate change & political mess.
Note that those who most aggressively deploy immigration (to propel a political ideology to cut taxes for their rich donor pals) also deny the climate change that helps fuel immigration.
carnegieendowment.org/sada/2024/06...
An intertwined climate change & political mess.
Note that those who most aggressively deploy immigration (to propel a political ideology to cut taxes for their rich donor pals) also deny the climate change that helps fuel immigration.
carnegieendowment.org/sada/2024/06...