Paul Wilding
@pwilding.bsky.social
Local government lifer trying to solve systemic problems related to housing, social justice and the cost of living. Here for climate justice, books, football and tennis.
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p... USA rapidly becoming a failed state.
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p... USA rapidly becoming a failed state.
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With Ipsos, we surveyed people in the UK, France, Germany & Poland with questions about common recycling claims & symbols used on plastic packaging.
We asked about the impact of plastic on the environment & how recycling claims change how people feel about it.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
We asked about the impact of plastic on the environment & how recycling claims change how people feel about it.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
July 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
With Ipsos, we surveyed people in the UK, France, Germany & Poland with questions about common recycling claims & symbols used on plastic packaging.
We asked about the impact of plastic on the environment & how recycling claims change how people feel about it.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
We asked about the impact of plastic on the environment & how recycling claims change how people feel about it.🧵
www.clientearth.org/latest/news/...
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Fixing the housing problem requires thinking about the multiple roles we use property for as a society
So, I think this piece is helpful in explaining why the inter-generational resource distribution discussion tends to involve people talking past each other. But gonna spend a second on the housing question open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Fixing the housing problem requires thinking about the multiple roles we use property for as a society
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'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...
Greens need to fall on the right side of the coming pylon wars
The energy transition will need major infrastructure. It's vital Greens don't oppose it.
bright-green.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...
A clear path to nationalising Thames Water at no cost to customers or taxpayers which enables better management of our water www.common-wealth.org/publications...
How to Clean Up Our Water: Why Public Ownership in Law Costs Zero
The Government has said it would cost £99 billion to nationalise Thames Water. The true cost in law is closer to zero.
www.common-wealth.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A clear path to nationalising Thames Water at no cost to customers or taxpayers which enables better management of our water www.common-wealth.org/publications...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr... Sadly none of this comes as a great surprise.
Reform’s DOGE unit is a major corruption red flag
Farage is sending a secretive squad to take over local councils...
open.substack.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr... Sadly none of this comes as a great surprise.
diginomica.com/westminsters... Great non-technical article on the challenges to accountability and democracy from the widespread deployment of AI in government.
Westminster's black box problem - why the UK Government's OpenAI partnership threatens democratic control
The UK Government's strategic partnership with OpenAI promises to transform public services through AI deployment across justice, healthcare, and education, but raises critical concerns about democrat...
diginomica.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
diginomica.com/westminsters... Great non-technical article on the challenges to accountability and democracy from the widespread deployment of AI in government.
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
Of course we need to manage our resources in line with our planetary boundaries but we also need to consider all policies with regard to future generations.
🌍 Today is #EarthOvershootDay, 8 days earlier than last year.
😱 This means that we have already used up 1 year's worth of resources, and the rest of the year will be tapping into future resources.
💪 We need climate action now.
😱 This means that we have already used up 1 year's worth of resources, and the rest of the year will be tapping into future resources.
💪 We need climate action now.
July 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Of course we need to manage our resources in line with our planetary boundaries but we also need to consider all policies with regard to future generations.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0... Heatwaves don't have the visual impact of flash floods or hurricanes but they are killers all the same. Their impact and the influence of climate change is shown in the data though.
Climate change tripled deaths during Europe heatwave, scientists find
A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.
www.euronews.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0... Heatwaves don't have the visual impact of flash floods or hurricanes but they are killers all the same. Their impact and the influence of climate change is shown in the data though.
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open.substack.com/pub/electrot... A history of electrification and how it always wins out.
The long march of electrification
A century of growth in electricity has brought us to the Age of Electricity
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July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
open.substack.com/pub/electrot... A history of electrification and how it always wins out.
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🇨🇳 China is building 28 GW of offshore wind — over 50% of the global total under construction.
In 2024 alone, it added 4.4 GW — more than the rest of the world combined.
Offshore wind is reshaping China’s energy mix and global decarbonization potential.
🔗 globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
In 2024 alone, it added 4.4 GW — more than the rest of the world combined.
Offshore wind is reshaping China’s energy mix and global decarbonization potential.
🔗 globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🇨🇳 China is building 28 GW of offshore wind — over 50% of the global total under construction.
In 2024 alone, it added 4.4 GW — more than the rest of the world combined.
Offshore wind is reshaping China’s energy mix and global decarbonization potential.
🔗 globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
In 2024 alone, it added 4.4 GW — more than the rest of the world combined.
Offshore wind is reshaping China’s energy mix and global decarbonization potential.
🔗 globalenergymonitor.org/report/china...
Look over here, not over there!
When damage by people protesting RAF 'assistance' to Israel is alleged to have cost £7m, imagine how furious the UK taxpayer will be that (as at 2022) £2bn has been spent leasing the planes🤔
These 14 planes would have cost around £700m to buy 🤔
#FreePalestine
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/how-much-doe...
These 14 planes would have cost around £700m to buy 🤔
#FreePalestine
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/how-much-doe...
How much does the UK pay AirTanker for Voyager aircraft?
Since 2016, the UK has paid AirTanker £2 billion to provide 14 Voyager tanker/transport aircraft andrelated services to the Royal Air Force.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
July 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Look over here, not over there!
Given that Western led international organisations have failed in this space, it's great to see other countries stepping up to the plate.
In Colombia, The Hague Group Charges Israel With Genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-gen...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-gen...
July 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Given that Western led international organisations have failed in this space, it's great to see other countries stepping up to the plate.
This is just water. The same has happened to almost all of our national assets since the 1980's. Meanwhile in Norway www.nbim.no/en/investmen...
July 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is just water. The same has happened to almost all of our national assets since the 1980's. Meanwhile in Norway www.nbim.no/en/investmen...
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"This silence is not just a diplomatic failure — it’s an utter moral failure."
Green MPs call on the UK Government to publish its response and act in line with international law one year on from the ICJ's advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions.
Green MPs call on the UK Government to publish its response and act in line with international law one year on from the ICJ's advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions.
July 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"This silence is not just a diplomatic failure — it’s an utter moral failure."
Green MPs call on the UK Government to publish its response and act in line with international law one year on from the ICJ's advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions.
Green MPs call on the UK Government to publish its response and act in line with international law one year on from the ICJ's advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s actions.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... That's three weeks someone could have been trying to solve some actual crime!
Kneecap: Police drop investigation into Glastonbury performance
Police said there was
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... That's three weeks someone could have been trying to solve some actual crime!
Embankment Tube, midday tomorrow www.stopwar.org.uk/events/natio...
National March for Palestine
End the Genocide – Stop Arming Israel – Stop Starving Gaza
As the genocide continues, as Israeli...
www.stopwar.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Embankment Tube, midday tomorrow www.stopwar.org.uk/events/natio...
Testimony from Professor Nick Maynard working in Gaza on R4 just now is utterly horrifying. IDF targeting male children at food distributon centres. The scale and range of injuries is so awful.
July 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Testimony from Professor Nick Maynard working in Gaza on R4 just now is utterly horrifying. IDF targeting male children at food distributon centres. The scale and range of injuries is so awful.
Well done Spain. Hope we can follow suit in the UK: www.catalannews.com/business/ite...
Spain to ban advertising on fossil fuels and domestic short flights
Draft bill on 'sustainable consumption' approved by cabinet also plans to regulate ads of fossil-fuel powered vehicles
www.catalannews.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Well done Spain. Hope we can follow suit in the UK: www.catalannews.com/business/ite...
Feels like a simpler scheme compared to the traffic filters.
🚨 BREAKING: Oxford could get a congestion charge as soon as this autumn. The £5/day charge would apply to all cars driven past city centre cameras – but (almost) all areas would have a camera-free route from the ring road.
Full report and first analysis: oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-conge...
Full report and first analysis: oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-conge...
Breaking: Oxford congestion charge could start this autumn
Oxford is set to get a congestion charge, with car drivers being charged £5 to pass through the city.
The ‘Plan B’ proposal is Oxfordshire County Council’s response to the ongoing Botley Road rail br...
oxfordclarion.uk
June 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Feels like a simpler scheme compared to the traffic filters.