Joe Lo

Why has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed? The multi-million pound project in Aberdeen was meant to be the future of clean public transportation.

Why did Aberdeen Council let BP convince it this was a good idea? Hydrogen should only be for where electric batteries don’t work eg planes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mandy Gunasekara Paid @MississippiMG This is an amazing turn by @washingtonpost . Great job by WH/EPA press team that worked this piece. Finally some sanity 👉 “For now, free-market-driven innovation has done more to combat climate change than regulatory power grabs like the “endangerment finding” ever did.”

"Great job by WH/EPA press team that worked this piece"

from lunatic climate denier Mandy Gunasekara, one of the architects of the illegal reversal of the greenhouse pollution endangerment finding

Turkiye prioritises cleaning up garbage emissions for COP31 'Zero Waste' is the personal project of Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan and aims to cut emissions from landfills and waste disposal

Some detailed reporting on how #COP31 focuses on waste management by @climatechangenews.com

Shared some thoughts with @joeloclimate.bsky.social why the #climate conference ultimately will be junged by how it deals with the energy transition .

www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/13/t...

Weird that this is the same guy who created the Bezos Earth Fund

Gas flaring soars in Niger Delta post-Shell, afflicting communities Since the multinational sold its assets in Nigeria’s oil hub, data analysis for Climate Home News shows flaring has risen, harming locals and the climate

Recommended read: Gas flaring has risen in the Niger Delta since oil and gas major Shell sold its assets in the Nigerian “oil hub”, a @climatechangenews.com investigation found.

✍️ @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social Vivian Chime @mcivillini.bsky.social

YouTube video by Sky News Mozambique hit by worst flooding in more than 20 years

The British minister talks proudly here of the UK’s role in helping flood survivors in Mozambique. What isn’t mentioned is that the U.K. is slashing its aid budget so help like this is getting rarer youtu.be/1dfNpUNp52Y?...

Q&A: After Greenland threats, how can Europe get off US gas? Researcher Chris Aylett talks to Climate Home News about North Sea wind potential and who has the power in the US-Europe gas relationship

Had a good chat with @joeloclimate.bsky.social from @climatechangenews.com about Europe's dependence on American LNG and big plans for wind power and electricity interconnectors in the North Sea

www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/28/q...

Saudi Arabia issues vague last-minute climate plan Saudi Arabia's NDC suggests the baseline for the 2040 target could be revised and meeting it will depend on revenues from continued oil exports

Saudi Arabia issues vague, last-minute climate plan which doesn't mention previous renewables target

#climatecrisis
Story by @joeloclimate.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/08/s...

COP30 Bulletin Day 8: Draft decision draws battle lines on fossil fuel transition, finance and trade Countries are working on a “Mutirão” decision that will be at the heart of a Belém political package to drive forward multilateral climate action

At COP30, the first draft of a text intended to form the backbone of a climate deal in Belem has been published - want to know what's in it? Read the @climatechangenews.com daily bulletin (free) www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/18/c...

US, Saudi-led alliance plunges green shipping deal into doubt A group of mainly oil-reliant nations wants to make it more difficult for the IMO's Net-Zero Framework to be adopted at London talks

US, Saudi-led alliance plunges green shipping deal into doubt
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/16/u...

The @iea.org says some oil and gas projects must shut early to meet the 1.5 celsius global warming limit agreed by all countries.

@joeloclimate.bsky.social reports:
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/17/i...

Nicholas Hopkinson | Compensatory Puffing The main component of cigarette filters is a plastic, cellulose acetate, and trillions of butts are discarded into the...

Interesting article on cigarette filters. Says they don’t protect smokers - all they do is pollute our lands and waters and they should be banned www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

Cyberstorm..'Petroleum accounts' lead disinformation campaign on climate change A string of hashtags has appeared on social media platforms using disinformation and promoting conspiracy theories about climate change. This analysis of interaction with these hashtags shows that the...

Saudi Arabia’s former climate negotiator Mohammed Al Sabban is still denying humans are causing climate change. Despite the more nuanced rhetoric from the current crop of Saudi negotiators arij.net/investigatio...

More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day

More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat so far this summer in Phoenix, Arizona, and surrounding county

- Temperatures have at least 110F (43C) nearly every day in August

#climatecrisis
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Plastics treaty talks collapse without a deal after "chaotic" negotiations UN talks ran into overtime, ending with a standoff over whether a treaty should include curbs on plastic production and the way forward unclear

Once again, governments have failed to reach agreement on a treaty to reduce plastics pollution. The US, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries would not accept a deal that limitied plastic production. Others chose no deal over their bad deal.

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/p...

The Oxford Climate Journalism Network The Oxford Climate Journalism Network works with a global community of reporters and editors across platforms and beats to improve the quality, understanding and impact of climate coverage around the ...

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-clima...

I don't think it's because they're propagandists. I think that general news reporters don't have the knowledge and sources to quickly report that context. Getting the information about the climate context requires time that breaking news reporters don't have. Solution is programmes like this 👇

Firefighters put out majority of large heath fire at Holt Heath Crews are monitoring two areas but not actively firefighting unless they see flare-ups or hotspots.

No mention of climate change (or fire service cuts) in this BBC article on a big fire in England. This failure is why all reporters - not just climate reporters - need knowledge of climate change.
Journalists need to say why things are happening
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

FWIW - Munich Re’s climate scientist s comments here make sense to me. Surely everything will always be insurable for a price? But, then again, if that price is too high for anyone to pay - because likelihood of disaster so high - then it’s basically uninsurable. So just semantics really

Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

This article alongside an advert for the Total oil company 🤦🏻‍♂️ www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/...

Ok thanks. Didn’t know that. But doesn’t seem likely that they’ll actually do that

The EU doesn't buy any energy and no intention to. Private companies based in EU countries do.

So a European Commission promise to buy US energy isn't worth much, is it?

But it allows Trump to tell his voters and fossil fuel financial backers that he got the EU to buy US gas.

@claudioangelo.bsky.social is one of the authors and I suspect the one responsible for the Coldplay lyrics!

Well-connected Brazilian climate campaigners here blaming Lula's chief of staff - Rui Costa - for the government's pro-oil stance. With finance minister Haddad and environment minister Silva on the side of the climate.
piaui.folha.uol.com.br/cop30-andre-...

New climate plans must supercharge energy transition, says UN's Guterres UN secretary-general urges governments to send a clear signal in their NDCs about the 'inevitable' shift away from fossil fuels

In a major speech making the case for the “unstoppable” shift from fossil fuels towards renewables, Guterres urged policymakers around the world to supercharge the new “clean energy era” despite geopolitical turmoil.

This is very sad news👇

World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system

The world’s top court has just opened the door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/23/w...

Back in 2022 - when the idea of drawing up this oil standard was new - @tzeporah.bsky.social said that oil industries “are not going to design their own demise" and accused them of "delay tactics". Looks like she was right!

www.climatechangenews.com/2022/03/18/s...

‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as Shell quits Energy group experts left after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’

Oil companies end their involvement with the Science-Based Targets Initiative's oil standard as - in Shell's words - it "did not reflect the industry view".

I would argue it should reflect the science rather than the industry view!

Story from @kenzabryan.ft.com

www.ft.com/content/21c8...

‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival Lula

"The move has reinvigorated Bolsonaro’s leftwing rivals, given Lula a bounce in the polls and prompted a wave of public anger, largely focused on the Bolsonaro clan who have spent years portraying themselves as flag-loving nationalists."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...