Bob Taylor
@bobforester.bsky.social
Scotsman, Forester & Sustainability Director@UPM, living in the Finnish countryside with an energetic wife and 3 teenage sons. 🌲+🧡🖤
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Online evening lectures from the Royal Scottish Forestry Society
24th Nov: Treekeepers:
Award-winning author, Lauren E Oakes
8 Dec: Three Words for Forest:
Prof Deirdre Heddon
19 January: Silvohorticulture:
Farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin
www.rsfs.org.uk/index.php/on...
24th Nov: Treekeepers:
Award-winning author, Lauren E Oakes
8 Dec: Three Words for Forest:
Prof Deirdre Heddon
19 January: Silvohorticulture:
Farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin
www.rsfs.org.uk/index.php/on...
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Online evening lectures from the Royal Scottish Forestry Society
24th Nov: Treekeepers:
Award-winning author, Lauren E Oakes
8 Dec: Three Words for Forest:
Prof Deirdre Heddon
19 January: Silvohorticulture:
Farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin
www.rsfs.org.uk/index.php/on...
24th Nov: Treekeepers:
Award-winning author, Lauren E Oakes
8 Dec: Three Words for Forest:
Prof Deirdre Heddon
19 January: Silvohorticulture:
Farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin
www.rsfs.org.uk/index.php/on...
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"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July, the last month with data available. China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Despite the madness, there are still some places where to escape and free the soul. This a midnight sauna and swim from our wee boat at Heinävesi in Finland.
July 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Despite the madness, there are still some places where to escape and free the soul. This a midnight sauna and swim from our wee boat at Heinävesi in Finland.
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430.08 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 11-Apr-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
April 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
430.08 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 11-Apr-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
April 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Our rising seas. This is only going to get harder to ignore.
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
This NASA visualization was created by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5520/
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2024 was a record year for renewables.
Renewable generation reached 47% of the EU power mix, helping to bring down average wholesale electricity prices since 2021
Here are some key figures ↓
Renewable generation reached 47% of the EU power mix, helping to bring down average wholesale electricity prices since 2021
Here are some key figures ↓
April 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
2024 was a record year for renewables.
Renewable generation reached 47% of the EU power mix, helping to bring down average wholesale electricity prices since 2021
Here are some key figures ↓
Renewable generation reached 47% of the EU power mix, helping to bring down average wholesale electricity prices since 2021
Here are some key figures ↓
It’s magical when life appears from the ground after 4 months under snow. Spring n the forest is in full speed!
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s magical when life appears from the ground after 4 months under snow. Spring n the forest is in full speed!
As a forester, it was the yard birch silhouette that stood out for me.
April 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
As a forester, it was the yard birch silhouette that stood out for me.
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£100 per C tonne …
Big win for nature restoration outfit Nattergal as it inks £1m deal with Arup. www.businessgreen.com/news/4410480...
Arup commits £1m to nature restoration at Nattergal's Boothby Wildland project
Arup secures 10,000 tonnes of Wilder Carbon-certified carbon removal credits, after backing Lincolnshire restoration project
www.businessgreen.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
£100 per C tonne …
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“You have the FULL backing across the United Kingdom, and we stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take” — British PM Starmer after his meeting with Zelensky
March 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“You have the FULL backing across the United Kingdom, and we stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take” — British PM Starmer after his meeting with Zelensky
March 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I’ve been thinking about “no puppet, no puppet!” a bunch today… This whole clip is wild to look back on.
Hillary Clinton warned everyone.
Hillary Clinton warned everyone.
Hillary Clinton warned everyone.
Hillary Clinton warned everyone.
Hillary Clinton warned everyone.
March 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I’ve been thinking about “no puppet, no puppet!” a bunch today… This whole clip is wild to look back on.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
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3 reasons why the EU Automotive Plan should leave the car CO2 targets as is:
📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop
🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand
🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity
Read more➡️ bit.ly/41CW5PW
📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop
🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand
🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity
Read more➡️ bit.ly/41CW5PW
February 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
3 reasons why the EU Automotive Plan should leave the car CO2 targets as is:
📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop
🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand
🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity
Read more➡️ bit.ly/41CW5PW
📈The EV market is up, in part thanks to targets. Now is not the time to stop
🚗Let's focus on fleet electrification to boost demand
🔋The real crisis is developing local batteries capacity
Read more➡️ bit.ly/41CW5PW
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‼️ “We cannot let children die on our watch” - statement from Save the Children CEO Inger Ashing on the impact of aid cuts on children globally.
“This withdrawal of support will have a direct and deadly impact on some of the world’s most vulnerable children.”
www.savethechildren.net/news/we-cann...
“This withdrawal of support will have a direct and deadly impact on some of the world’s most vulnerable children.”
www.savethechildren.net/news/we-cann...
“WE CANNOT LET CHILDREN DIE ON OUR WATCH” – STATEMENT FROM SAVE THE CHILDREN CEO INGER ASHING ON AID CUTS
All of us at Save the Children are devastated by the moves by a number of governments to cut aid while others are also reducing their commitment to international collaboration. But we will not give up...
www.savethechildren.net
February 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
‼️ “We cannot let children die on our watch” - statement from Save the Children CEO Inger Ashing on the impact of aid cuts on children globally.
“This withdrawal of support will have a direct and deadly impact on some of the world’s most vulnerable children.”
www.savethechildren.net/news/we-cann...
“This withdrawal of support will have a direct and deadly impact on some of the world’s most vulnerable children.”
www.savethechildren.net/news/we-cann...
Madness - high risk and unsustainable. Time to take the high road, not the low road.
In 2024, the EU spent more on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine, according to new research by @creacleanair.bsky.social.
Despite commitments to phase out Russian gas by 2027, dependency on imports still threatens EU energy security.
Despite commitments to phase out Russian gas by 2027, dependency on imports still threatens EU energy security.
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Madness - high risk and unsustainable. Time to take the high road, not the low road.
Not just protect, but use wisely in a sustainable manner and thereby increase the carbon sink effect
Yet one more reason to protect forests, #ForPeopleForPlanet.
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Not just protect, but use wisely in a sustainable manner and thereby increase the carbon sink effect
The facts are the facts …
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
Global sea surface temperatures have once again broken the 21°C barrier. On Feb. 16, 2025, global SSTs hit 21.013°C.
Since 1982, the only other years to see global SSTs breaking 21°C were 2023 and 2024.
Code UFB!!!
Global sea surface temperatures have once again broken the 21°C barrier. On Feb. 16, 2025, global SSTs hit 21.013°C.
Since 1982, the only other years to see global SSTs breaking 21°C were 2023 and 2024.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The facts are the facts …
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And there it is, Global Sea Surface Temperatures reach levels not seen in at least 120,000 years before 2023 again!!
And there it is, Global Sea Surface Temperatures reach levels not seen in at least 120,000 years before 2023 again!!
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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And there it is, Global Sea Surface Temperatures reach levels not seen in at least 120,000 years before 2023 again!!
And there it is, Global Sea Surface Temperatures reach levels not seen in at least 120,000 years before 2023 again!!
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What do Europeans think of science and technology?
- 83% believe science and tech have a positive impact,
- 67% say science makes life easier, healthier and more comfortable,
- 58% want to learn more about scientific advances.
Find out more in the new Eurobarometer.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
- 83% believe science and tech have a positive impact,
- 67% say science makes life easier, healthier and more comfortable,
- 58% want to learn more about scientific advances.
Find out more in the new Eurobarometer.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Europeans strongly support science and technology according to new Eurobarometer survey
The latest Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' released today shows more than 8 in 10 citizens (83%) think that the overall influence of...
ec.europa.eu
February 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What do Europeans think of science and technology?
- 83% believe science and tech have a positive impact,
- 67% say science makes life easier, healthier and more comfortable,
- 58% want to learn more about scientific advances.
Find out more in the new Eurobarometer.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
- 83% believe science and tech have a positive impact,
- 67% say science makes life easier, healthier and more comfortable,
- 58% want to learn more about scientific advances.
Find out more in the new Eurobarometer.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful.
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
February 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful.
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
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I’m in South Africa at the moment, visiting family. Chatting to a friend yesterday in Johannesburg who volunteers at a women’s shelter.
They were funded by USAid and have now had to close the shelter.
They were funded by USAid and have now had to close the shelter.
February 3, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I’m in South Africa at the moment, visiting family. Chatting to a friend yesterday in Johannesburg who volunteers at a women’s shelter.
They were funded by USAid and have now had to close the shelter.
They were funded by USAid and have now had to close the shelter.
For all the night wandering foresters.. cold foggy and dark, but the light shines when one comes across a John Deere working away near midnight #logging #sustainableforestry #Finland
February 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
For all the night wandering foresters.. cold foggy and dark, but the light shines when one comes across a John Deere working away near midnight #logging #sustainableforestry #Finland