Gordon Walker
@eprofgpw.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof at Lancaster University, Lancaster Env Centre. Now doing other things, less academic, including lots of music
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There’s an URGENT petition against the banning of Palestine Action - please sign! palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
PETITION: Defend the right to protest: no proscription of Palestine Action
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
There’s an URGENT petition against the banning of Palestine Action - please sign! palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/NoProscription
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NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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📢 NEW PAPER: INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 📢
I am excited to share our new paper which poses and addresses ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) and its environmental justice implications.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am excited to share our new paper which poses and addresses ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) and its environmental justice implications.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications
Humans spend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to poor indoor air quality has detrimental – and often inequitably distributed –…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📢 NEW PAPER: INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 📢
I am excited to share our new paper which poses and addresses ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) and its environmental justice implications.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am excited to share our new paper which poses and addresses ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) and its environmental justice implications.
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan
Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan
Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan
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We start 14 days of strike action tomorrow @newcastleucu.bsky.social, in response to the threat of compulsory redundancies and other cost-cutting measures - please send vibes of solidarity and please don’t cross our picket lines (virtual and IRL).
March 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We start 14 days of strike action tomorrow @newcastleucu.bsky.social, in response to the threat of compulsory redundancies and other cost-cutting measures - please send vibes of solidarity and please don’t cross our picket lines (virtual and IRL).
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Some interesting shifts in language in the CCC's Seventh Carbon Budget report, compared to the Sixth.
- the emphasis on UK "leadership" has almost gone ⬇️
- references to "justice/fairness" have plummeted by 85% ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- references to "households" have skyrocketed by 400% ⬆️⬆️⬆️
A short 🧵
- the emphasis on UK "leadership" has almost gone ⬇️
- references to "justice/fairness" have plummeted by 85% ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- references to "households" have skyrocketed by 400% ⬆️⬆️⬆️
A short 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some interesting shifts in language in the CCC's Seventh Carbon Budget report, compared to the Sixth.
- the emphasis on UK "leadership" has almost gone ⬇️
- references to "justice/fairness" have plummeted by 85% ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- references to "households" have skyrocketed by 400% ⬆️⬆️⬆️
A short 🧵
- the emphasis on UK "leadership" has almost gone ⬇️
- references to "justice/fairness" have plummeted by 85% ⬇️⬇️⬇️
- references to "households" have skyrocketed by 400% ⬆️⬆️⬆️
A short 🧵
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🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice
December 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Acknowledging the historic presence of justice in climate research, in Nature Climate Change: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - w/ @julianagyeman.bsky.social, @pkashwan.bsky.social, @danielle-rivera.bsky.social, Stacia Ryder, @dschlosberg.bsky.social & @farhanasultana.com #climatejustice
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At the COP29 climate summit, Keir Starmer said he wasn't going to tell people how to live their lives.
That's not what people want to hear.
I've written about what he could have said instead.
climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
That's not what people want to hear.
I've written about what he could have said instead.
climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
Climate Citizens Blog - Climate Citizens | Lancaster University | Assembly on climate change
Bringing climate policy to the people. Climate Citizens is a project run out of Lancaster University aiming to change how people engage with the creation of climate policy.
climatecitizens.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM
At the COP29 climate summit, Keir Starmer said he wasn't going to tell people how to live their lives.
That's not what people want to hear.
I've written about what he could have said instead.
climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
That's not what people want to hear.
I've written about what he could have said instead.
climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...
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Today's big idea (not mine):
There's a big queue for renewables projects to connect to the grid. How to prioritise?
How about prioritising those projects where commercial developers offer local communities an ownership share in the project?
www.regen.co.uk/is-the-local...
There's a big queue for renewables projects to connect to the grid. How to prioritise?
How about prioritising those projects where commercial developers offer local communities an ownership share in the project?
www.regen.co.uk/is-the-local...
Is the ‘Local Power Plan’ part of the ‘Clean Power 2030 Plan’? - Regen
www.regen.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Today's big idea (not mine):
There's a big queue for renewables projects to connect to the grid. How to prioritise?
How about prioritising those projects where commercial developers offer local communities an ownership share in the project?
www.regen.co.uk/is-the-local...
There's a big queue for renewables projects to connect to the grid. How to prioritise?
How about prioritising those projects where commercial developers offer local communities an ownership share in the project?
www.regen.co.uk/is-the-local...
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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
🎨 Kerry Cleaver, Tom Pearson @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
Read here: https://buff.ly/4eFnQus
🎨 Kerry Cleaver, Tom Pearson @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
Read here: https://buff.ly/4eFnQus
November 18, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
🎨 Kerry Cleaver, Tom Pearson @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
Read here: https://buff.ly/4eFnQus
🎨 Kerry Cleaver, Tom Pearson @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
Read here: https://buff.ly/4eFnQus
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The cruelty of Israel knows no limit. They just take life after life with no end in sight.
Devastating.
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
news.sky.com/story/he-was...
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to have witnessed the circumstances leading to his death.
news.sky.com/story/he-was...
'He was the light of my life and I lost him': How a famous surgeon died in an Israeli prison after being taken from Gaza hospital
When war in Gaza erupted last year, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh worked around the clock while documenting the horror unfolding around him. Then he was detained. Now, Sky News has spoken to people who claim to h...
news.sky.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:55 PM
The cruelty of Israel knows no limit. They just take life after life with no end in sight.