Nick Taylor
@ntaylor.bsky.social
Lecturer at Queen Mary Uni of London | History of welfare, unemployment; history of economics; finance & climate change 🚲🌳
I feel like this one is talked about, tho it could always be more so. The question is rather why not enough change is happening despite the fact that we know how bad things are. In many ways the answers got more obvious recently.
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
On it being talked about, for e.g. 2 popular books, Tim Smedley's Clearing the Air & Beth Gardiner's Choked, both came out in 2019. Deaths from air pollution are also a well established part of the public discussion on e.g. low emissions zones or new road infrastructure.
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On it being talked about, for e.g. 2 popular books, Tim Smedley's Clearing the Air & Beth Gardiner's Choked, both came out in 2019. Deaths from air pollution are also a well established part of the public discussion on e.g. low emissions zones or new road infrastructure.
📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇
The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...
influencemap.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
And yes CDR and CCS are different. But often rely on similar technologies and processes.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
And yes CDR and CCS are different. But often rely on similar technologies and processes.
"According to the report, between 2017 & 2019, insurers claimed a net loss of $432 million while somehow paying out $680 million in dividends to their stockholders. During the same period, their affiliates pocketed roughly $14 billion in profits." Creative accounting by Florida insurance companies!
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"According to the report, between 2017 & 2019, insurers claimed a net loss of $432 million while somehow paying out $680 million in dividends to their stockholders. During the same period, their affiliates pocketed roughly $14 billion in profits." Creative accounting by Florida insurance companies!