Nigel Haselden
@nigelhaselden.bsky.social
I'm a former Labour councillor and designer, now retired. Happily supporting community gardening, active travel and fine placemaking.
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🏢 Keeping people safe starts with how we design, build and adapt.
Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.
🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.
🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🏢 Keeping people safe starts with how we design, build and adapt.
Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.
🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.
🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6
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Ever wondered how to navigate a train station if you're #blind or #PartiallySighted?
Yesterday, #Lancashire SLC visited #BlackpoolNorth train station to test #GoodMaps, an indoor navigation app, and see if it enables independent navigation. Access their website: bit.ly/4ivFWSo
Yesterday, #Lancashire SLC visited #BlackpoolNorth train station to test #GoodMaps, an indoor navigation app, and see if it enables independent navigation. Access their website: bit.ly/4ivFWSo
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ever wondered how to navigate a train station if you're #blind or #PartiallySighted?
Yesterday, #Lancashire SLC visited #BlackpoolNorth train station to test #GoodMaps, an indoor navigation app, and see if it enables independent navigation. Access their website: bit.ly/4ivFWSo
Yesterday, #Lancashire SLC visited #BlackpoolNorth train station to test #GoodMaps, an indoor navigation app, and see if it enables independent navigation. Access their website: bit.ly/4ivFWSo
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“We have seen an absolutely astonishing rise of solar installations in Britain and also globally. That’s because the cost of solar has plummeted. It has become so cheap that some solar panels are now cheaper than roof tiles or fence panels.”
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
The UK's solar revolution, mapped - as 3,500 projects in the pipeline
Up to 20 large-scale solar projects are planned to boost the UK's net-zero goals
inews.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“We have seen an absolutely astonishing rise of solar installations in Britain and also globally. That’s because the cost of solar has plummeted. It has become so cheap that some solar panels are now cheaper than roof tiles or fence panels.”
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...
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🌟 Sight Loss Councils & #ThameslinkRailway at @ukparliament.parliament.uk ! 🚉 Showcasing our work to make rail accessible for #blind & #PartiallySighted passengers. Join us on 17 March, 1400-1600. 💪 #Accessibility #VisionForChange
March 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌟 Sight Loss Councils & #ThameslinkRailway at @ukparliament.parliament.uk ! 🚉 Showcasing our work to make rail accessible for #blind & #PartiallySighted passengers. Join us on 17 March, 1400-1600. 💪 #Accessibility #VisionForChange
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New study on how human airways are affected by very dry atmospheres, which are set to increase due to the #climatecrisis
- "this will be one mechanism by which climate change will provoke the onset of various respiratory conditions and diseases”
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262073/...
- "this will be one mechanism by which climate change will provoke the onset of various respiratory conditions and diseases”
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262073/...
Climate change could lead to respiratory problems | Imperial News | Imperial College London
A new study has identified the way in which human airways are affected by very dry atmospheres, which are set to increase due to climate change.
www.imperial.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
New study on how human airways are affected by very dry atmospheres, which are set to increase due to the #climatecrisis
- "this will be one mechanism by which climate change will provoke the onset of various respiratory conditions and diseases”
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262073/...
- "this will be one mechanism by which climate change will provoke the onset of various respiratory conditions and diseases”
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262073/...
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Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember:
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember:
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
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One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom
March 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom
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The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:
The Texas Girl Who Died From Measles
Her father tells her story.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.
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Poland has long had the reputation of Europe's climate laggard.
Not anymore - Poland reduced the share of coal in its electricity mix from 95% in 2000 to 54% in 2024.
Wind+solar are up from 0% in 2000 to 23% in 2024.
Source is @ember-energy.org
Not anymore - Poland reduced the share of coal in its electricity mix from 95% in 2000 to 54% in 2024.
Wind+solar are up from 0% in 2000 to 23% in 2024.
Source is @ember-energy.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Poland has long had the reputation of Europe's climate laggard.
Not anymore - Poland reduced the share of coal in its electricity mix from 95% in 2000 to 54% in 2024.
Wind+solar are up from 0% in 2000 to 23% in 2024.
Source is @ember-energy.org
Not anymore - Poland reduced the share of coal in its electricity mix from 95% in 2000 to 54% in 2024.
Wind+solar are up from 0% in 2000 to 23% in 2024.
Source is @ember-energy.org
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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As a former NSF Postdoctoral Fellow... this is devastating. This Fellowship launched my career, and supported my young family through several important life moments. This was money I spent supporting students, educating people in a rural community, and publishing career defining work
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a former NSF Postdoctoral Fellow... this is devastating. This Fellowship launched my career, and supported my young family through several important life moments. This was money I spent supporting students, educating people in a rural community, and publishing career defining work
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Well worth a listen for some straight talk about the value (or lack thereof) of generative AI.
Was on NPR's onthemedia.bsky.social with Brooke Gladstone talking about generative AI. I believe I am the first person to refer to Sam Altman as a nasty little man on the radio
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Brooke Talks AI With Ed Zitron
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 01/29/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Well worth a listen for some straight talk about the value (or lack thereof) of generative AI.
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
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📣 WE'RE HIRING!
Come join our outstanding & growing European team @regassistproj.bsky.social
A great opportunity for someone early career to be part of a leading global energy non-profit.
Apply here 👇
www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
Come join our outstanding & growing European team @regassistproj.bsky.social
A great opportunity for someone early career to be part of a leading global energy non-profit.
Apply here 👇
www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📣 WE'RE HIRING!
Come join our outstanding & growing European team @regassistproj.bsky.social
A great opportunity for someone early career to be part of a leading global energy non-profit.
Apply here 👇
www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
Come join our outstanding & growing European team @regassistproj.bsky.social
A great opportunity for someone early career to be part of a leading global energy non-profit.
Apply here 👇
www.raponline.org/who-we-are/c...
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When horses were replaced by cars there was a lot of resistance & scaremongering by the incumbent horse industry. Here's an old anti car advert by a horse carriage company.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
January 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When horses were replaced by cars there was a lot of resistance & scaremongering by the incumbent horse industry. Here's an old anti car advert by a horse carriage company.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
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The 'Reform' Party's name should be a red flag—like 'luxury' watches from a street stall or the 'Democratic' Republic of Korea.
Reform? Not a chance. They're 92% funded by oil & other polluters—desperate to keep us hooked on expensive fossil fuels whatever the cost.
#Doublespeak
Reform? Not a chance. They're 92% funded by oil & other polluters—desperate to keep us hooked on expensive fossil fuels whatever the cost.
#Doublespeak
January 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The 'Reform' Party's name should be a red flag—like 'luxury' watches from a street stall or the 'Democratic' Republic of Korea.
Reform? Not a chance. They're 92% funded by oil & other polluters—desperate to keep us hooked on expensive fossil fuels whatever the cost.
#Doublespeak
Reform? Not a chance. They're 92% funded by oil & other polluters—desperate to keep us hooked on expensive fossil fuels whatever the cost.
#Doublespeak
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Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA wildfires, @wwattribution.bsky.social study shows
- Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA fires, study shows
Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA wildfires, @wwattribution.bsky.social study shows
- Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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i can’t fix anything that’s going on right now, but i can show you some beauty that’s out there… 🌌✨
January 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
i can’t fix anything that’s going on right now, but i can show you some beauty that’s out there… 🌌✨
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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does anyone else think that it’s crazy that we live in an era where we can watch a sunset on ANOTHER planet?
Sunset on Mars as seen by rover Curiosity.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/TAMU
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/TAMU
January 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
does anyone else think that it’s crazy that we live in an era where we can watch a sunset on ANOTHER planet?
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Much of the climate conversation still focuses on electricity, which is relatively easy to decarbonize. Heating is a much harder challenge that has seen major political misinformation campaigns by ff interests in recent years. 👇
JUST DROPPED:
Why do I like heat pumps? Well it's frankly the most efficient technology for heating ever invented.
Watch the full video podcast episode with @energyfutureslab.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ay...
Why do I like heat pumps? Well it's frankly the most efficient technology for heating ever invented.
Watch the full video podcast episode with @energyfutureslab.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ay...
January 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Much of the climate conversation still focuses on electricity, which is relatively easy to decarbonize. Heating is a much harder challenge that has seen major political misinformation campaigns by ff interests in recent years. 👇