Andrew Pendleton
@ajpendleton.bsky.social
Strategy, policy, campaigns. Own views here. Working for The Sunrise Project. Formerly @globalactionplan @Neweconomics @IPPR and Friends of the Earth UK. He/Him
One time Radio Journalist and Sony Radio Awards winner. NFFC fan #COYR
One time Radio Journalist and Sony Radio Awards winner. NFFC fan #COYR
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Research quietly released by OpenAI shows Big Tech Chatbot owners could stem the flow of synth/info pollution from false 'hallucinations'. threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org?p=3492 argues this could tip politics in favour of regulating AI LLM chatbots as tragedy>> scandal @ajpendleton.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Research quietly released by OpenAI shows Big Tech Chatbot owners could stem the flow of synth/info pollution from false 'hallucinations'. threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org?p=3492 argues this could tip politics in favour of regulating AI LLM chatbots as tragedy>> scandal @ajpendleton.bsky.social
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This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down
Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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NEW: UK taxpayers are losing £22 billion every year from losses at the Bank of England - the same as the entire Home Office annual budget. This is the result of a flawed implementation of the BoE's quantitative easing programme. We propose two steps to fix this leak. (1/4)
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
NEW: UK taxpayers are losing £22 billion every year from losses at the Bank of England - the same as the entire Home Office annual budget. This is the result of a flawed implementation of the BoE's quantitative easing programme. We propose two steps to fix this leak. (1/4)
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🩹 | NEW REPORT: After decades of failed reforms, it's time for a bold new vision for social care. Our latest paper sets out why change is urgent—and how to finally make it happen.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...
June 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🩹 | NEW REPORT: After decades of failed reforms, it's time for a bold new vision for social care. Our latest paper sets out why change is urgent—and how to finally make it happen.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...
AI now making up dates (Gemini on Google). The prompt was ‘set out of office until 14 July).
June 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
AI now making up dates (Gemini on Google). The prompt was ‘set out of office until 14 July).
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Will be interesting to see if certain media outlets just ignore the report from the Spanish government confirming the key role of thermal power plants in the Iberian power outage or still try to erroneously spin it as a failure of renewables. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515109...
'Solar PV was not the cause of the blackout': Report on Spain's power outage reveals failure of thermal plants a key factor
Renewable energy advocates accuse commentators who blamed renewables for black out of 'jumping the gun and oversimplifying the cause'
www.businessgreen.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Will be interesting to see if certain media outlets just ignore the report from the Spanish government confirming the key role of thermal power plants in the Iberian power outage or still try to erroneously spin it as a failure of renewables. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515109...
Peak oil is about demand and not supply.
IEA: Oil still on track to peak by 2030; oil for fuel to peak in 2027
"annual growth slows…to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small decline expected in 2030, based on today’s policy settings and market trends"
Here are some of the most striking charts 🧵
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"annual growth slows…to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small decline expected in 2030, based on today’s policy settings and market trends"
Here are some of the most striking charts 🧵
1/8
June 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Peak oil is about demand and not supply.
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"The effects of moving to an area with worse air pollution are not confined to mental health.
"A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out
Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"The effects of moving to an area with worse air pollution are not confined to mental health.
"A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📢 We've joined forces with Lord Jim O'Neill to call on Treasury to take a big bet on northern growth
🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs
🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail
📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...
🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs
🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail
📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...
June 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 We've joined forces with Lord Jim O'Neill to call on Treasury to take a big bet on northern growth
🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs
🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail
📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...
🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs
🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail
📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...
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I think the word "important" is overused when it comes to the publication of words. It should be used sparingly.
This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*.
www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...
It explains weak UK productivity. 1/
This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*.
www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...
It explains weak UK productivity. 1/
Mind the capital gap: British citizens are poorer because UK workers are denied capital - The Productivity Institute
British workers are operating with a third less capital per hour worked than their counterparts abroad, finds new research by Tera Allas and Dimitri Zenghelis.
www.productivity.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I think the word "important" is overused when it comes to the publication of words. It should be used sparingly.
This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*.
www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...
It explains weak UK productivity. 1/
This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*.
www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th...
It explains weak UK productivity. 1/
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It’s Bluebell Time in the UK, the global HQ of these wonderful evocative magical flowers. It’s said the bells rang to summon faeries to their parties. We should have a national Bluebell Day. @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @celiarichardson.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s Bluebell Time in the UK, the global HQ of these wonderful evocative magical flowers. It’s said the bells rang to summon faeries to their parties. We should have a national Bluebell Day. @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @celiarichardson.bsky.social
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Much appreciation for my council Hammersmith & Fulham’s new rain garden on King Street, which has just been planted up in time for spring! Special thanks to Cllr Wes Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology 🌱🙌
March 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Much appreciation for my council Hammersmith & Fulham’s new rain garden on King Street, which has just been planted up in time for spring! Special thanks to Cllr Wes Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology 🌱🙌
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation www.theguardian.com/environment/... blimey. ~ This rivals climate change for seriousness. If only they had a common source … err @thehorsman.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation www.theguardian.com/environment/... blimey. ~ This rivals climate change for seriousness. If only they had a common source … err @thehorsman.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social
Huge scramble to beat Trump tariffs on imports in the US.
Wow advance goods trade deficit for January $153.3bn, easily a record, economists were looking for $116bn.
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Huge scramble to beat Trump tariffs on imports in the US.
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🚨 Extraordinary exchanges at the SIT committee today, as X official Wifredo Fernandez was questioned on the platform's content/moderation policies
He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts
Watch his response 👇
www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...
He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts
Watch his response 👇
www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...
MPs probe X official on whether 'abhorrent' racist and misogynistic posts are in rules - Politics.co.uk
The House of Commons science, innovation and technology committee has heard oral evidence from TikTok, Meta and X officials as part of its inquiry into misinformation and harmful algorithms. The sess...
www.politics.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨 Extraordinary exchanges at the SIT committee today, as X official Wifredo Fernandez was questioned on the platform's content/moderation policies
He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts
Watch his response 👇
www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...
He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts
Watch his response 👇
www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...
Very important this from CBI and @eciu.net. The future of the UK economy is green and growth is impossible without it. In fact the CBI's chief economist says: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very important this from CBI and @eciu.net. The future of the UK economy is green and growth is impossible without it. In fact the CBI's chief economist says: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social
This is Vance's Munich Security Conference speech. Make yourself watch it. It's chilling, but not to be dismissed or underestimated. It's based in some degree of truth - leaders distant from people, the need to allow free speech - as all extremism is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCOs...
Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the Munich Security Conference
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is Vance's Munich Security Conference speech. Make yourself watch it. It's chilling, but not to be dismissed or underestimated. It's based in some degree of truth - leaders distant from people, the need to allow free speech - as all extremism is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCOs...
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Those tofu-scoffing eco loons in the *checks notes* pensions and investment industry want much bolder climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409751...
UK investors and pension providers worth £1.2tr back climate stewardship statement
The Asset Owner Statement on Climate Stewardship - led by the People’s Pension, Brunel Pension Partnership and Scottish Widows and others - sets out expectations for the sector on tackling the climate...
www.businessgreen.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Those tofu-scoffing eco loons in the *checks notes* pensions and investment industry want much bolder climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409751...
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Predictions of growth from airport expansion are based on faulty forecasts. Airport expansion won't create real economic growth, @alchap.bsky.social told the transport select committee this morning. 1/
February 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Predictions of growth from airport expansion are based on faulty forecasts. Airport expansion won't create real economic growth, @alchap.bsky.social told the transport select committee this morning. 1/
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Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"
February 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"
Yes. Yes. Yes. Why do we visit this on ourselves in a world in which capital markets are as sensitive to the feels as they are to the detail.
If I told you that the Bank of England upgraded its growth forecasts yesterday, would you believe me?
It did....
i HAvE nOt gOne CRazY - honest
This is a hill I am prepared to die on - the BoE and others (all central banks, IMF, OECD etc etc) report their "forecasts" in a terrible way
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It did....
i HAvE nOt gOne CRazY - honest
This is a hill I am prepared to die on - the BoE and others (all central banks, IMF, OECD etc etc) report their "forecasts" in a terrible way
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February 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes. Yes. Yes. Why do we visit this on ourselves in a world in which capital markets are as sensitive to the feels as they are to the detail.
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Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging
#AirPollution
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...
#AirPollution
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...
Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging - University of Birmingham
Brief exposure to high concentrations of particulate matter may impair a person’s ability to focus on tasks.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging
#AirPollution
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...
#AirPollution
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...
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Heat pumps are vastly more efficient than gas heating systems.
With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective.
Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Visual @ember-energy.org
With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective.
Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Visual @ember-energy.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Heat pumps are vastly more efficient than gas heating systems.
With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective.
Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Visual @ember-energy.org
With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective.
Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Visual @ember-energy.org