Leigh
@leighdug.bsky.social
Glossop, Peak District, UK - technical specialist for global photo company - bass player, horologist, real ale lover and EV owner. Just trying to do my bit for our environment.
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This week, the UK became the world's largest economy to ban new oil and gas exploration.
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This week, the UK became the world's largest economy to ban new oil and gas exploration.
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
Keadby Next Generation Power Station
keadbynextgen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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🚨 Burning green hydrogen in gas power plants turns green electrons dirty, wastes heat, adds air pollution
✅ We need real decarbonisation — not hydrogen hype.
#Hydrogen
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✅ We need real decarbonisation — not hydrogen hype.
#Hydrogen
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October 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨 Burning green hydrogen in gas power plants turns green electrons dirty, wastes heat, adds air pollution
✅ We need real decarbonisation — not hydrogen hype.
#Hydrogen
More on LinkedIn 👉 scrapcc.org/CO-F-LI
@mpwatch.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
✅ We need real decarbonisation — not hydrogen hype.
#Hydrogen
More on LinkedIn 👉 scrapcc.org/CO-F-LI
@mpwatch.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable #Climate
Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable
Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable #Climate
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NEW – Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Svetlana Onye w/ comment from @zacklabe.com
Read here: buff.ly/TBQ7aL8
Read here: buff.ly/TBQ7aL8
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW – Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org Svetlana Onye w/ comment from @zacklabe.com
Read here: buff.ly/TBQ7aL8
Read here: buff.ly/TBQ7aL8
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‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake: As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind...
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake: As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind...
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake: As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind...
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I love this. Can't remember where I found it but so glad I kept a copy.
September 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I love this. Can't remember where I found it but so glad I kept a copy.
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"Electrification of transport, heating and industry will create a more efficient system, experts say’ "
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Electrification of transport, heating and industry will create a more efficient system, experts say’ "
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California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online #Climate
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
www.canarymedia.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online #Climate
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Recommended read: Bloomberg had a special feature on how Donald Trump’s “war on science” is crippling the US.
📝 @zhirji.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social
📝 @zhirji.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
buff.ly
September 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Recommended read: Bloomberg had a special feature on how Donald Trump’s “war on science” is crippling the US.
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📝 @zhirji.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social
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People across Britain are feeling the crunch from rising household bills, and it’s only going to get harder over winter.
That's why I signed this petition demanding the UK Government stops greedy gas from ripping us off. Will you join me? → act.gp/45Ue4mV
That's why I signed this petition demanding the UK Government stops greedy gas from ripping us off. Will you join me? → act.gp/45Ue4mV
Lower our energy bills!
Gas companies are raking in high profits while our household bills go up. I've had enough, haven't you? Let's make the UK Government reign in greedy gas for good.
act.gp
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
People across Britain are feeling the crunch from rising household bills, and it’s only going to get harder over winter.
That's why I signed this petition demanding the UK Government stops greedy gas from ripping us off. Will you join me? → act.gp/45Ue4mV
That's why I signed this petition demanding the UK Government stops greedy gas from ripping us off. Will you join me? → act.gp/45Ue4mV
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NEW – Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated | @gidden.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated - Carbon Brief
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is widely expected to play a key role in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW – Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated | @gidden.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
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Don't tell Nigel! Renewables beat fossil fuels during the last year! via grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #ClimateChange
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Don't tell Nigel! Renewables beat fossil fuels during the last year! via grid.iamkate.com #NetZero #ClimateChange
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There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
August 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
This is simply false.
- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life
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"Many boomers, especially white heterosexual men... have felt disoriented as their world has shifted and changed around them. The clean energy transition symbolizes part of this change."
August 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Many boomers, especially white heterosexual men... have felt disoriented as their world has shifted and changed around them. The clean energy transition symbolizes part of this change."
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The UK's Climate Change Committee dresses up delay as strategy. Its Net Zero 2050 plan favours political expediency over action, avoids societal transformations such as major shifts in transport, depends heavily on techno-fixes, & opts for short-term convenience instead of long-term climate justice.
New piece on Carbon Colonialism, net-zero nonsense, and how the UK Government's climate advisors (and many experts) shy away from speaking truth to power. We need a fundamental reboot of climate policy; - physics doesn't care about political sensibilities. theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure
Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.
theconversation.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The UK's Climate Change Committee dresses up delay as strategy. Its Net Zero 2050 plan favours political expediency over action, avoids societal transformations such as major shifts in transport, depends heavily on techno-fixes, & opts for short-term convenience instead of long-term climate justice.
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Record UK clean energy progress! 🇬🇧⚡️
In Q2, the UK approved 16.1 GW of new renewables—up 195% from last year. Important milestone for the energy transition and proof that clean power momentum is real.
In Q2, the UK approved 16.1 GW of new renewables—up 195% from last year. Important milestone for the energy transition and proof that clean power momentum is real.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Record UK clean energy progress! 🇬🇧⚡️
In Q2, the UK approved 16.1 GW of new renewables—up 195% from last year. Important milestone for the energy transition and proof that clean power momentum is real.
In Q2, the UK approved 16.1 GW of new renewables—up 195% from last year. Important milestone for the energy transition and proof that clean power momentum is real.
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Pace now is everything. Fossil fuel states and corporations, aided by populist demagogues, are pulling out all the stops to defend their profits. At the same time, climate impacts are worsening rapidly.
We have the tools to save ourselves. We need to use them, fast and furiously.
We have the tools to save ourselves. We need to use them, fast and furiously.
Wind and solar combined were at 1% in 2005. They will hit 20% by 2026
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
August 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Pace now is everything. Fossil fuel states and corporations, aided by populist demagogues, are pulling out all the stops to defend their profits. At the same time, climate impacts are worsening rapidly.
We have the tools to save ourselves. We need to use them, fast and furiously.
We have the tools to save ourselves. We need to use them, fast and furiously.
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Some excellent news. "More than 16.1 GW of new renewable energy capacity spread across 323 projects was given permission to start building during the second quarter of this year - 195% rise on the same quarter last year."
www.ft.com/content/926a...
www.ft.com/content/926a...
UK green power surges with record approvals for new renewable energy capacity
Rise in planning permission for projects reflects growing momentum behind Labour government’s clean power push
www.ft.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Some excellent news. "More than 16.1 GW of new renewable energy capacity spread across 323 projects was given permission to start building during the second quarter of this year - 195% rise on the same quarter last year."
www.ft.com/content/926a...
www.ft.com/content/926a...
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“There's a huge price to pay for inaction.”
Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social about the impact climate change is having on wildfires.
Read and watch:
Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social about the impact climate change is having on wildfires.
Read and watch:
Wildfires are a ‘global problem’ and will be ‘more frequent’ says researcher
We spoke to Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia - he studies the impact of climate change on wildfires.
www.channel4.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“There's a huge price to pay for inaction.”
Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social about the impact climate change is having on wildfires.
Read and watch:
Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social about the impact climate change is having on wildfires.
Read and watch:
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Meanwhile Ofcom's failure to act has enabled Talk to spread false climate claims with impunity...
www.desmog.com/2025/08/21/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/08/21/m...
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Meanwhile Ofcom's failure to act has enabled Talk to spread false climate claims with impunity...
www.desmog.com/2025/08/21/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/08/21/m...