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Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social |
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Greenpeace UK chief sci, policy director
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BP say global oil demand will peak next year as increasing efficiency of internal combustion engines and rise in electric cars and trucks means demand tops out in 2025
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Thames Water failed to upgrades 108 sewage works in last budgetary period - for which they were paid- & seems may want paying to do the work in upcoming period
Obvs response from regulator (amongst others) should be "block on dividends til you've finished"
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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ICYMI - in the 'Blue Wall' home counties which have been traditionally Conservative voting, one in four people in the region told pollsters that the Conservative party’s stance on the environment was a key reason for not voting for them
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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At least half a dozen renewables developers have begun identifying potential sites for full-scale windfarms in England after new Labopur govt removed planning blocks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meanwhile its mismanagement of water supply infra has been so bad that UK govt is being briefed about it being a critical risk for UK
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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Plan to make Thames Water 'investable' = 60% bill increase over 5 years
Presumably 'investability' requires near-guaranteed shareholder dividend
Bills will need to rise, but regulator should halt dividends until they stop breaking the law with sewage spills
www.ft.com/content/4cc6...
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Chair of Energy Transitions Commission, former head of
Climate Change Committee says UK may well not need new nuclear as other zero carbon options like hydrogen are better and cheaper
“I think the challenge for new nuclear is that it is just expensive"
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Labour/s change to planning rules will end de facto ban on onshore wind in England
As the recent gas-price crisis shows, this ban was self-defeating for energy security, costly, and lost opportunities to cut emissions
The end of the ban is well overdue
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Between July 2023 and June 2024, temperatures were the highest on record creating a year-long stretch in which Earth was 1.64C hotter than preindustrial times
Extreme weather, and increased chance of tipping points like Greenland ice sheet melting
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Over 80 groups incl Amnesty & Oxfam call for corporate climate standards bodies to exclude carbon offsets from counting towards net zero targets
They argue, amongst other things, that the use offsets undermines real-world emissions reductions
www.businessgreen.com/news/4330218...
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Largest business group in UK say the next Government “can’t be pro-growth and deliver for our people and communities, without being pro-green”
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Cameron’s ambassador to USA endorses Labour energy decarbonisation plans
“The idea that we can insulate ourselves from external shocks with a licensing free-for-all in the North Sea is a fantasy”
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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If it's true in Australia it's likely true pretty much everywhere else
Nuclear **slows** decarbonisation efforts because it's more costly and slower than the alternatives, says Bloomberg
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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There's nothing normal about a 'business' that says its only asset, that it's been looking after for 30 years, is in decline & risk to public safety
Privatisation has failed. Ownership in public interest may have its issues - shouldn't be as bad as this
www.ft.com/content/a3a6...
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Climate movement demands next UK govt funds fair transition for fossil fuel workers and communities to new opportunities
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nort...
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Sometimes does my head in that political ‘debate’ in UK is so brainless
Net Zero cost hundreds of billions. But COMPARED TO WHAT????
New fired power stations are currently subsidised, for example, and gas price crisis has cost UK hundreds of billions
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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The state of England's rivers wasn't great in 2013, but the rise in raw sewage dumping has been key in meaning not a single river of good quality in 2019
It is likely to have got worse since then
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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What's depressing about this is that it's been known for years and little has happened to change it, despite it being necessary
Part of the blame lies with the gas industry for promoting confusion about home heating by its bogus promotion of hydrogen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Legal judgment says UK planning needs to account for environmental impact of burning fossil fuels
Weirdly before now planners assumed climate impact of new fossil fuels not their problem
Could reopen go-aheads for Cumbria coal mine, Rosebank oil field
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"The Conservatives would be wrong to assume their supporters do not care about climate change. Our research indicates a vast swathe of 2019 Conservative voters would be turned off by attempts to water down action on climate change."
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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The watchdog for England’s rivers & seas has been late to about 3/4 of most serious pollution incidents
“The Environment Agency has been so hamstrung by such savage funding cuts by successive Conservative governments that it’s now practically defunct.”
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Global poll by on how fast people want to transition to clean energy and away from fossil fuels
Includes populations from Saudi, Russia, Nigeria, Iran
There is no lack of desire to move quickly in almost all countries
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Could genuinely sustainable aviation fuel be on the horizon?
Oxford Uni spin-out has created a single-step process to convert CO2 & hydrogen into kerosene.
Pilot plant to be constructed on Yorkshire coast BUT costs very uncertain
www.businessgreen.com/news/4324455...
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UK Govt to face legal action from Oceana over granting oil & gas licences without properly considering ecological impact in Marine Protected Areas
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labour is pledging to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind farms in England “within weeks” if it wins the general election
Good👍👍
www.ft.com/content/947d...
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Brexit benefit No.473
"British wind and solar farms exporting power to continental Europe could face CO2 fees from 2026 - even though they don't produce any emissions"
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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4/4
Compare with Labour Party which has recognized the need for investment in the new clean economy seeking to lever in private finance
One might prefer different mechanisms (or generally question political competence) but the diagnosis of the issue is correct
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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3/4
Reform Party enthusiasm for attacking net zero may be related to its funding: over 90% has come from fossil fuel Interests, climate deniers, and polluters since 2019 Election
www.desmog.com/2024/06/04/n...
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2/4 And FYI, this investment in 2023 is estimated to be 10x investment in Artificial Intelligence So whilst AI may be transformative in many ways, the real money is in clean energy Don't be taken in by the climate sceptics - the future of jobs & industry is in the clean economy
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In case anyone is taken in by the Reform Party UK manifesto launch today, saying we should scrap commitment to net zero, here's global investment in clean energy & technology at the moment Reform would seek to remove us form this international investment pot 1/4
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Wind turbine blade factory planned for Leith near Edinburgh, to be built by Vestas, to serve offshore wind farm development
Leith being the place Keir Starmer launched Labour Green Prosperity Plan last year
Around 1000 jobs expected
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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First Liquid Air long duration storage plant gets go ahead in Manchester
Highview Power say building work will start immediately, operational 2026
It allows power generated by wind and solar to be stored for weeks, say the company
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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180 UK scientists write to environment leads of political parties saying nature loss needs to be focus of Election campaign
Need to "legislate to halt and reverse biodiversity loss" as not doing so "is a risk to UK prosperity"
H/T @oxfordbiology.bsky.social
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So in addition to the death & suffering, the pointlessness and illegality, the Ukraine war has generated 175mn tonnes of CO2eq
That's about half the annual emissions of UK
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Not good - collapse price of oil = increase consumption
New North Sea oil licences look pointless - it's a high production cost area
If new licences are an issue in the UK general election, seems more and more about culture wars, and little to do with energy policy
www.iea.org/news/slowing...
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EU to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, along with USA
It's the landing point for serious failure by West on clean tech strategy
China was very clear nearly a decade ago it would use electric vehicles to gain ascendancy in global car production
www.ft.com/content/0545...
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Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’ despite rally attendees hospitalised in extreme heat, where temperatures have broken records
The perfect vignette of human approach to climate change
See also Australia, now the EU etc.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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agreed
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Over 400 UK scientists write to party leaders in election calling for credible plans on hitting 2050
"It seems the main political parties have failed to grasp just how much British voters are going to be affected by [climate change] over the next 5 years"
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Head of Intl Energy Agency says oil & gas companies are “claiming to be part of the solution” but are continuing to spend on average just 4% of their investment budgets on clean energy projects, while national oil companies spend even less
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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Secret courts have awarded fossil fuel companies well over $100bn of taxpayers money in compensation
ISDS courts give foreign investors the right to sue states for when their anticipated profits are affected by public measures such as green regulations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Clean energy investment is now seriously outpacing fossil fuels say International Energy Agency
But likely too little, too late to stop dangerous climate change - fossil fuel investment is still edging up
iea.li/3Vt8CSL
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The Reform UK manifesto section on energy & climate change manages on average a false or misleading statement every 17 words
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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European Central Bank is preparing to fine a number of banks after they failed to make adequate progress in addressing risks posed to their business by climate change
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Why a wealth tax to fund climate action:
"The richest global 1% produce more greenhouse gases than 66% at the other end of the scale, yet experience little vulnerability to climate shocks that are causing suffering and death, mainly among poorer people"
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Intl Energy Agency says world off track to meet goal of tripling renewable electricity by 2030
A promise made by all nations at COP28
Unlike lots of other promises at climate talks, someone's actually watching whether it's happening or not 👍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rural voters are seeing more evidence of climate change impacts and are - slightly - more supportive of action on emissions than UK population
Support especially strong with swing voters
And extends to support for wind & solar farms in their area
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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UK Labour announces Great British Energy to roll out clean energy
1. V good to see innovative ideas to accelerate roll out
2. Creates more investment so should create more jobs
3. MUST focus on 100% renewables, not have ££ sucked into nuclear black hole
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For those thinking climate change is 'manageable'
Summer temperatures now regularly far above the norm & a heatwave has enveloped north India
"We need more water but supply is decreasing. We are suffering badly and heat is making it impossible to live”
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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Intl Energy Agency analysis:
"meeting net zero emissions by 2050 requires additional investment but also reduces energy system operating costs by more than half compared with today’s policy. The net result is a more affordable & fairer energy system for consumers"
www.iea.org/news/rapid-r...
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