Jean McLean
@jeanmclean.bsky.social
Professional trouble maker, creating change at the climate and new economy intersection. #ynwa
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Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Support for environmental priorities and policies remains high
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Support for environmental priorities and policies remains high
🌍@gecoalition.bsky.social
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🌍@gecoalition.bsky.social
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
After 50 years of drilling, the UK has burned through over 85% of its economically viable gas reserves. www.upliftuk.org/post/the-dec...
The Declining Economics of the North Sea - Blogpost from Uplift (News)
As the debate over the future of the North Sea intensifies, this briefing examines the declining role of the oil and gas industry in the UK’s energy system and economy; the economics of North Sea oil ...
www.upliftuk.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After 50 years of drilling, the UK has burned through over 85% of its economically viable gas reserves. www.upliftuk.org/post/the-dec...
Really powerful reporting by @channel4news.bsky.social on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Really powerful reporting by @channel4news.bsky.social on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
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As clear a demonstration as possible governments can choose to accelerate renewables development **if they want to**
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As clear a demonstration as possible governments can choose to accelerate renewables development **if they want to**
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4521989...
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024
New IRENA study confirms renewables investment continues to smash records, but is still well short of levels required to meet global climate goals
www.businessgreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4521989...
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"If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively."
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively'
'If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively', former Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively."
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
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This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
Sceptical forecasts made a decade on clean technologies, green investment, climate action commitments, green jobs, and decarbonisation have been proven wrong by real-world momentum over the 10 years www.businessgreen.com/news/4520985...
Analysis: Paris Agreement's impact on global economy has proved 'transformative'
In the 10 years since the Paris Agreement was signed, clean tech adoption, green investment, and climate policy have all advanced far beyond most predictions, ECIU analysis shows
www.businessgreen.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sceptical forecasts made a decade on clean technologies, green investment, climate action commitments, green jobs, and decarbonisation have been proven wrong by real-world momentum over the 10 years www.businessgreen.com/news/4520985...
Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first. Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first
Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first. Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
GB Energy: Expanded solar rollout to save NHS trusts estimated £65m www.businessgreen.com/news/4520876...
GB Energy: Expanded solar rollout to save NHS trusts estimated £65m
Solar scheme's latest phase to enable tens of millions of pounds to be reinvested in frontline services at more than 70 NHS sites, government says
www.businessgreen.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
GB Energy: Expanded solar rollout to save NHS trusts estimated £65m www.businessgreen.com/news/4520876...
CBI - transition should be above politics www.businessgreen.com/news/4520714...
CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith: 'Clean energy should be a goal that stands above politics'
Director-general of Britain's largest business group warns calls to scrap the Climate Change Act and row back on clean energy risk 'undermining investment and undermining opportunity' in the UK
www.businessgreen.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
CBI - transition should be above politics www.businessgreen.com/news/4520714...
Extreme weather is set to add HUNDREDS to your grocery bills: Prices for butter, beef, milk, coffee and chocolate soar by 15.6% www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Prices for butter, beef, milk and chocolate soar amid extreme weather
Your weekly food shop is about to get even more expensive, scientists have warned - with extreme weather to blame.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Extreme weather is set to add HUNDREDS to your grocery bills: Prices for butter, beef, milk, coffee and chocolate soar by 15.6% www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
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New fantasy hard-up millionaire just dropped… 💸🏰
The owns-a-£10 million-property-but-has-no-cash-to-pay-a-wealth-tax millionaire. 🙃
👏 Well done @kevmag.bsky.social
for knocking back this nonsense.👏
Here's why this just isn't an issue... 1/3
The owns-a-£10 million-property-but-has-no-cash-to-pay-a-wealth-tax millionaire. 🙃
👏 Well done @kevmag.bsky.social
for knocking back this nonsense.👏
Here's why this just isn't an issue... 1/3
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New fantasy hard-up millionaire just dropped… 💸🏰
The owns-a-£10 million-property-but-has-no-cash-to-pay-a-wealth-tax millionaire. 🙃
👏 Well done @kevmag.bsky.social
for knocking back this nonsense.👏
Here's why this just isn't an issue... 1/3
The owns-a-£10 million-property-but-has-no-cash-to-pay-a-wealth-tax millionaire. 🙃
👏 Well done @kevmag.bsky.social
for knocking back this nonsense.👏
Here's why this just isn't an issue... 1/3
Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Great to see @charitycomms.bsky.social have signed this. 👇
www.equallyours.org.uk/weve-called-...
@equallyours.bsky.social
www.equallyours.org.uk/weve-called-...
@equallyours.bsky.social
We’ve called on the PM to protect everyone’s human rights in the face of far right threats
Thank you to all the amazing charities who came together to stand up for inclusion, equality and racial justice in our joint letter of 29 September to the Prime Minister. You can read the letter here,...
www.equallyours.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great to see @charitycomms.bsky.social have signed this. 👇
www.equallyours.org.uk/weve-called-...
@equallyours.bsky.social
www.equallyours.org.uk/weve-called-...
@equallyours.bsky.social
CEOs urge government to commit to seizing the climate opportunity
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520194...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520194...
'Returns, resilience, and growth': Top CEOs urge governments to seize 'historic opportunity' offered by climate economy
Ahead of next month's COP30 Summit, the World Economic Forum's Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders publishes open letter urging world leaders to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and resilient eco...
www.businessgreen.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
CEOs urge government to commit to seizing the climate opportunity
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520194...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520194...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Ways to Get Rich in the UK (2025 Edition)
1⃣ Be born into a rich family
[END LIST]
Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/almo...
1⃣ Be born into a rich family
[END LIST]
Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/almo...
Almost impossible for Brits to work their way to being rich, says report | LBC
The average worker would need to toil away and bring in more than a lifetime's worth of earnings in order to become wealthy, according to analysis by a think tank.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ways to Get Rich in the UK (2025 Edition)
1⃣ Be born into a rich family
[END LIST]
Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/almo...
1⃣ Be born into a rich family
[END LIST]
Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/almo...
$40 billion - The difference between the value of the US' fossil fuel exports ($80 billion), and the value of China's clean technology exports ($120 billion) between January and July 2025.
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 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
$40 billion - The difference between the value of the US' fossil fuel exports ($80 billion), and the value of China's clean technology exports ($120 billion) between January and July 2025.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
Source: The ECIU
Source: The ECIU
October 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
Source: The ECIU
Source: The ECIU
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WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social : “At some point we’ve gotta call these people’s B.S. for what it is. You can’t believe everything a con man is gonna tell you. We cannot live in perpetual fear of these clowns.” #TrumpShutdown
Those opposing climate change have a financial interest in doing so - we need to tell this story more www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband
Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Those opposing climate change have a financial interest in doing so - we need to tell this story more www.theguardian.com/politics/202...