Mike
@mikebayley52.bsky.social
UK-based, interested in decarbonisation, nature, and sports.
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Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
Poll: Majority of Brits support renewables, but think their neighbours disagree with them
Major poll reveals 70 per cent of Brits would back a new solar farm in their local area, but only 27 per cent think that other people would support such a development
www.businessgreen.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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They think they can appease their enemies and they cannot. This is an era in which fights must be picked. This one has been foisted on the BBC. They should contest it with the all the might they can, all the same.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
They think they can appease their enemies and they cannot. This is an era in which fights must be picked. This one has been foisted on the BBC. They should contest it with the all the might they can, all the same.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with climate change. It's just that the ecosystems and built environments that we depend on as life support systems aren't equipped to handle the rapid changes. So if we want to live, we should deal with climate change ASAP.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There's nothing inherently wrong with climate change. It's just that the ecosystems and built environments that we depend on as life support systems aren't equipped to handle the rapid changes. So if we want to live, we should deal with climate change ASAP.
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There must be a replacement for road tax at some point, great, but…making EVs more expensive/less attractive *right now* is nuts. www.ft.com/content/9f90...
Reeves poised to unveil Budget plan for EV drivers to pay per mile charges
Chancellor looks to offset a forecast sharp drop in government revenue from fuel duty
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There must be a replacement for road tax at some point, great, but…making EVs more expensive/less attractive *right now* is nuts. www.ft.com/content/9f90...
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Amazon deploys latest wave of electric trucks. Worth remembering that it was not that long ago plenty of serious people were arguing this technology could never work. It is now being deployed at scale by one of the world's largest companies. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521328...
'Largest ever': Amazon's latest electric truck order hits the roads
Arrival of new trucks hailed as 'major milestone' for Amazon’s efforts to decarbonise its UK transportation network
www.businessgreen.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Amazon deploys latest wave of electric trucks. Worth remembering that it was not that long ago plenty of serious people were arguing this technology could never work. It is now being deployed at scale by one of the world's largest companies. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521328...
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The Climate Change Act has led to a regime in which Government finds itself compelled to make short-run technological choices that may or may not pay off, and to do so via policies that are chock full of unintended consequences. I have written about this before. /1
What's wrong with the Climate Change Act?
Or, how the real Deep State holds back decarbonisation and growth by accident.
unbalancingmechanism.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Climate Change Act has led to a regime in which Government finds itself compelled to make short-run technological choices that may or may not pay off, and to do so via policies that are chock full of unintended consequences. I have written about this before. /1
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Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.”
Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”
Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”
Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”
Meanwhile... in Argentina
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”
Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”
Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”
Meanwhile... in Argentina
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.”
Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”
Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”
Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”
Meanwhile... in Argentina
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.”
Donald Trump: “My favourite president.”
Nigel Farage: "Amazing. Cutting and slashing … doing all the things he’s done … that’s leadership.”
Meanwhile... in Argentina
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Charlie Kirk’s murder was utterly abhorrent and corrosive to our politics.
So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies.
My piece.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies.
My piece.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
No Boris Johnson, Charlie Kirk did not represent "common sense"
His murder was a tragedy. Yet it was politicised by his own side instantly. The reaction revealed much.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Charlie Kirk’s murder was utterly abhorrent and corrosive to our politics.
So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies.
My piece.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies.
My piece.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Eight in 10 Brits support the development of more clean energy infrastructure (including large majorities of Reform and Tory supporters). www.businessgreen.com/news/4517538...
Poll: Eight in 10 Brits back more clean energy, including nearly two thirds of Reform supporters
New YouGov survey confirms there is still overwhelming support for expanding the UK's clean energy infrastructure and a raft of other climate policies
www.businessgreen.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Eight in 10 Brits support the development of more clean energy infrastructure (including large majorities of Reform and Tory supporters). www.businessgreen.com/news/4517538...
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Obvious point this, but people need to stop believing what they are told by Farage, GB News, and the general declinist and alarmist media narrative and start paying attention to what is really going on regarding crime in this country.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...
August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Obvious point this, but people need to stop believing what they are told by Farage, GB News, and the general declinist and alarmist media narrative and start paying attention to what is really going on regarding crime in this country.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
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Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
June 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
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Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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April 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just to be clear, this post earlier is now a crime
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no idea who made this but it’s genius
April 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
no idea who made this but it’s genius
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OK, time to pull out some of the key seventh carbon budget charts, with a focus on heat...
www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
OK, time to pull out some of the key seventh carbon budget charts, with a focus on heat...
www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
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We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
Project 2025 plan calls for demolition of NOAA and National Weather Service
The call to dismantle the United States' vital weather department has raised the hackles of experts who say NOAA provides not only important free data but also life-saving information.
www.latimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We collectively haven’t been taking the plans laid out by Project 2025 seriously enough. They want to destroy NOAA so people won’t know that climate change is happening. It sounds stupid and alarmist if you haven’t been paying attention.
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The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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This is what I was writing about 20 years ago as a terrifying but far off prospect, a key tipping point in the climate crisis. Now it’s here. Report by my colleague @patrickgreenfield A third of Arctic’s vast carbon sink now source of emissions, study reveals www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is what I was writing about 20 years ago as a terrifying but far off prospect, a key tipping point in the climate crisis. Now it’s here. Report by my colleague @patrickgreenfield A third of Arctic’s vast carbon sink now source of emissions, study reveals www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World hits 1.5C warming
Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
January 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
World hits 1.5C warming
Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...
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Don't make a drama out of a bond market crisis: me in @theguardian.com on why Reeves should stick to her plan.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve | Jonathan Portes
There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Don't make a drama out of a bond market crisis: me in @theguardian.com on why Reeves should stick to her plan.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...