James Huw Dyson
@jamesdyson.bsky.social
Clean heat and warm homes campaigner for climate thinktank E3G.
A running, cycling, gardening, boat dwelling Londoner
A running, cycling, gardening, boat dwelling Londoner
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What is this?
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Reform warns wind farm builders it would scrap their subsidies
Richard Tice writes to energy companies in attempt to sabotage renewables expansion
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What is this?
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
While well-intentioned, UK residents resorting to spreading yoghurt on windows to stay cools shows how disastrously unprepared the country is for extreme heat
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Experiment finds yoghurt can lower house temperature
Dr Ben Roberts and a PhD student conducted research on two test houses at Loughborough University.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
While well-intentioned, UK residents resorting to spreading yoghurt on windows to stay cools shows how disastrously unprepared the country is for extreme heat
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Choosing weapons over addressing climate breakdown and social fragility is not an economic necessity, it is a political failure."
neweconomics.org/2025/06/euro...
neweconomics.org/2025/06/euro...
European defence spending soars, but climate and care are still 'unaffordable'?
If governments can consider raising defence spending to 5% of GDP, they cannot in the same breath say there is no money to strengthen care and fix the housing crises
neweconomics.org
June 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Choosing weapons over addressing climate breakdown and social fragility is not an economic necessity, it is a political failure."
neweconomics.org/2025/06/euro...
neweconomics.org/2025/06/euro...
@carladenyer.bsky.social “In public, they claim to be taxing fossil fuel giants more fairly .. but behind closed doors they are giving back with dodgy deals to allow the fossil fuel corporates to continue with business as usual under the guise of CCUS”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves promised oil industry ‘quid pro quo’ over windfall tax in private meeting
Government accused of making ‘secret exchange deal’ with fossil fuel companies to compensate for tax hike
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@carladenyer.bsky.social “In public, they claim to be taxing fossil fuel giants more fairly .. but behind closed doors they are giving back with dodgy deals to allow the fossil fuel corporates to continue with business as usual under the guise of CCUS”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
instead of spending £80bn on HS2, imagine if that amount was dedicated to a multi-decade programme to make safe walking and cycling routes in towns and rural areas
June 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
instead of spending £80bn on HS2, imagine if that amount was dedicated to a multi-decade programme to make safe walking and cycling routes in towns and rural areas
We don't know how the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan spending will fall, but there's a lot of uncertainty around the £5bn allocated to Financial Transactions (loaned money, not grants)
Officially declaring the Warm Homes Plan PSNFL-d
Officially declaring the Warm Homes Plan PSNFL-d
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We don't know how the £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan spending will fall, but there's a lot of uncertainty around the £5bn allocated to Financial Transactions (loaned money, not grants)
Officially declaring the Warm Homes Plan PSNFL-d
Officially declaring the Warm Homes Plan PSNFL-d
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June 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So much going on in this Greenwich development:
- 1,250 homes built on 200 of Ikea's 1000 parking spaces
- Only £1.2m for local health services to increase capacity
- 2,200 bike racks and a car free estate
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/10/g...
- 1,250 homes built on 200 of Ikea's 1000 parking spaces
- Only £1.2m for local health services to increase capacity
- 2,200 bike racks and a car free estate
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/10/g...
Ikea unhappy as Greenwich planners back 1,250 flats on its car park - The Greenwich Wire
Council planners have given their backing to plans for 1,251 new homes on top of Greenwich Ikea’s car park. But Ikea itself is among the objectors.
greenwichwire.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
So much going on in this Greenwich development:
- 1,250 homes built on 200 of Ikea's 1000 parking spaces
- Only £1.2m for local health services to increase capacity
- 2,200 bike racks and a car free estate
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/10/g...
- 1,250 homes built on 200 of Ikea's 1000 parking spaces
- Only £1.2m for local health services to increase capacity
- 2,200 bike racks and a car free estate
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/06/10/g...
The £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan helps to bring UK household along in a just transition to net zero, to end fuel poverty and help people access modern heating systems and solar.
I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!
I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!
June 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan helps to bring UK household along in a just transition to net zero, to end fuel poverty and help people access modern heating systems and solar.
I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!
I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!
Conveniently no mention of what has been spared; the scheme the Sun are referring to predominantly helps low income households lower their heating bills
Over half of prospective Labour voters support a nationwide insulation programme (EFPC)
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3528258...
Over half of prospective Labour voters support a nationwide insulation programme (EFPC)
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3528258...
Dismay as Ed Miliband's flagship Net Zero plan spared ahead of spending review
A FLAGSHIP Net Zero plan has been spared ahead of next week’s spending review — to opponents’ dismay. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ensured his £13billion warm homes scheme will not be downgrade…
www.thesun.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Conveniently no mention of what has been spared; the scheme the Sun are referring to predominantly helps low income households lower their heating bills
Over half of prospective Labour voters support a nationwide insulation programme (EFPC)
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3528258...
Over half of prospective Labour voters support a nationwide insulation programme (EFPC)
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3528258...
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NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
June 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...
Reform UK’s anti-net zero policies could cost the UK economy £92 billion by the end of the decade and 60,000 jobs lost over the next 5yrs
@chaitanyakumar.bsky.social Reform's policies are “reckless, economically illiterate and dangerous for Britain’s future”
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
@chaitanyakumar.bsky.social Reform's policies are “reckless, economically illiterate and dangerous for Britain’s future”
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
Reform UK’s attack on renewables could wipe £92bn off economy
Killing off renewables through tax changes would wipe out more than 60,000 jobs by the end of this decade
neweconomics.org
May 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reform UK’s anti-net zero policies could cost the UK economy £92 billion by the end of the decade and 60,000 jobs lost over the next 5yrs
@chaitanyakumar.bsky.social Reform's policies are “reckless, economically illiterate and dangerous for Britain’s future”
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
@chaitanyakumar.bsky.social Reform's policies are “reckless, economically illiterate and dangerous for Britain’s future”
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
As of today, homeowners upgrading to a heat pump will no longer have to secure planning permission before they can install them!
Wipes around £500-£1000 off install cost for affected homes and significantly reduces hassle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wipes around £500-£1000 off install cost for affected homes and significantly reduces hassle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning change makes heat pump installations easier for homes
The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As of today, homeowners upgrading to a heat pump will no longer have to secure planning permission before they can install them!
Wipes around £500-£1000 off install cost for affected homes and significantly reduces hassle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wipes around £500-£1000 off install cost for affected homes and significantly reduces hassle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🏚️ 48% of Labour voters say home insulation promises influenced their vote
📉 46% say cutting funding would further erode trust
🚨 56% of voters leaving Labour say it would push them even further away
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📉 46% say cutting funding would further erode trust
🚨 56% of voters leaving Labour say it would push them even further away
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May 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🏚️ 48% of Labour voters say home insulation promises influenced their vote
📉 46% say cutting funding would further erode trust
🚨 56% of voters leaving Labour say it would push them even further away
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📉 46% say cutting funding would further erode trust
🚨 56% of voters leaving Labour say it would push them even further away
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Our reliance on expensive gas-fired power plants is bumping up energy costs 💸
New UK research from @adambell.bsky.social estimates that removing gas plants from the wholesale market could save £2bn/ year: with a benefit of £23 per household.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
New UK research from @adambell.bsky.social estimates that removing gas plants from the wholesale market could save £2bn/ year: with a benefit of £23 per household.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Unlinking electricity prices from gas ‘would cut energy bills’
Up to £2bn a year could be saved, says former government official, but the idea has been sidelined
www.thetimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Our reliance on expensive gas-fired power plants is bumping up energy costs 💸
New UK research from @adambell.bsky.social estimates that removing gas plants from the wholesale market could save £2bn/ year: with a benefit of £23 per household.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
New UK research from @adambell.bsky.social estimates that removing gas plants from the wholesale market could save £2bn/ year: with a benefit of £23 per household.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Great quote @jamesdyson.bsky.social - robbing from the warm homes fund to fund winter fuel payments "is like pouring water into a sieve. The gov must keep its manifesto pledge of £13.2bn for insulation, which will lower people’s bills permanently.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t cut £13.2bn warm homes pledge over winter fuel payments, Labour told
Charities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Great quote @jamesdyson.bsky.social - robbing from the warm homes fund to fund winter fuel payments "is like pouring water into a sieve. The gov must keep its manifesto pledge of £13.2bn for insulation, which will lower people’s bills permanently.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cutting the Warm Homes Plan is a cut to pensioners and people living with a disability, when govt also cuts personal independence payments and winter fuel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t cut £13.2bn warm homes pledge over winter fuel payments, Labour told
Charities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Cutting the Warm Homes Plan is a cut to pensioners and people living with a disability, when govt also cuts personal independence payments and winter fuel
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Heart goes out to all the people in Liverpool affected by a horrific attack yesterday evening
May 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Heart goes out to all the people in Liverpool affected by a horrific attack yesterday evening
Bills are "significantly higher than before the energy crisis and remain tied to the unpredictable cost of fossil fuels. Without urgent reform and real investment, millions will continue to face unaffordable bills and cold homes.” @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Ofgem confirms energy bills are set to fall by £129 under latest price cap
It comes after US president Donald Trump's aggressive tariff plans led to a significant slump in gas and oil prices
www.independent.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Bills are "significantly higher than before the energy crisis and remain tied to the unpredictable cost of fossil fuels. Without urgent reform and real investment, millions will continue to face unaffordable bills and cold homes.” @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The Warm Homes Plan is one of the most competitive infrastructure investments available to this government
E3G analysis finds it will add 0.8% to the UK’s GDP this parliament. For scale, London’s £19bn Elizabeth Line was estimated to add 0.2% to annual GDP over 60 years
www.e3g.org/publications...
E3G analysis finds it will add 0.8% to the UK’s GDP this parliament. For scale, London’s £19bn Elizabeth Line was estimated to add 0.2% to annual GDP over 60 years
www.e3g.org/publications...
The Warm Homes Plan will boost UK finances
Delivering the full £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan, as pledged in the Labour manifesto, would represent one of the most competitive infrastructure investments available to the UK government. E3G analysis fin...
www.e3g.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Warm Homes Plan is one of the most competitive infrastructure investments available to this government
E3G analysis finds it will add 0.8% to the UK’s GDP this parliament. For scale, London’s £19bn Elizabeth Line was estimated to add 0.2% to annual GDP over 60 years
www.e3g.org/publications...
E3G analysis finds it will add 0.8% to the UK’s GDP this parliament. For scale, London’s £19bn Elizabeth Line was estimated to add 0.2% to annual GDP over 60 years
www.e3g.org/publications...
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Thanks to the new data from the CCC we can get an accurate picture of how the pathway for low-carbon heat changed between the Sixth and Seventh Carbon budgets.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks to the new data from the CCC we can get an accurate picture of how the pathway for low-carbon heat changed between the Sixth and Seventh Carbon budgets.
Great to work with @theipaper.com and Lucie Heath on this story, which shows how areas in England with the highest rates of fuel poverty stand to lose out if spending on the Warm Homes Plan is manifesto commitment is halved at the Spending Review
inews.co.uk/news/areas-t...
inews.co.uk/news/areas-t...
May 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Great to work with @theipaper.com and Lucie Heath on this story, which shows how areas in England with the highest rates of fuel poverty stand to lose out if spending on the Warm Homes Plan is manifesto commitment is halved at the Spending Review
inews.co.uk/news/areas-t...
inews.co.uk/news/areas-t...
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Slashing the Warm Homes Plan would be a disastrous false economy
Millions are still living in cold, inefficient homes and facing unaffordable bills every winter
Reports suggest Rachel Reeves has her eyes on the Warm Homes budget, despite a clear election pledge to deliver the full £13.2bn
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Millions are still living in cold, inefficient homes and facing unaffordable bills every winter
Reports suggest Rachel Reeves has her eyes on the Warm Homes budget, despite a clear election pledge to deliver the full £13.2bn
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May 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Slashing the Warm Homes Plan would be a disastrous false economy
Millions are still living in cold, inefficient homes and facing unaffordable bills every winter
Reports suggest Rachel Reeves has her eyes on the Warm Homes budget, despite a clear election pledge to deliver the full £13.2bn
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Millions are still living in cold, inefficient homes and facing unaffordable bills every winter
Reports suggest Rachel Reeves has her eyes on the Warm Homes budget, despite a clear election pledge to deliver the full £13.2bn
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Today, over 50 businesses write to the Treasury calling on the government to honour their manifesto pledge to invest £13.2bn in their Warm Homes Plan.
We're in the FT, read the full story here 1/4
www.ft.com/content/fce6...
We're in the FT, read the full story here 1/4
www.ft.com/content/fce6...
Thousands of jobs at risk if UK cuts home insulation fund, businesses warn
More than 50 companies and trade bodies fear government will water down pre-election promise to boost spending
www.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today, over 50 businesses write to the Treasury calling on the government to honour their manifesto pledge to invest £13.2bn in their Warm Homes Plan.
We're in the FT, read the full story here 1/4
www.ft.com/content/fce6...
We're in the FT, read the full story here 1/4
www.ft.com/content/fce6...