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New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media Research finds signs of “coordinated climate obstruction efforts” among oil, plastics, and agrichemical industries in social media messaging.

"Climate obstruction in different industries is more coordinated than is generally recognised," a new study of fossil fuel social media has suggested.

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An inspiring thought for the New Year. Most nuts, and some peas and beans are carbon negative...
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5️⃣ The UK’s grid operator shows👇 we could get to clean power in 2030 with virtually no #CCS, by going faster with renewables.

But renewables aren’t growing fast enough partly because Gov still gives 84% tax relief for oil & gas investment (but not for renewables).
www.spglobal.com/commodityins...

A remarkable transition:

Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.

In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation.

Today it is 6%. In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.

Daily Briefing | 2024 will be the hottest year on record, EU scientists say

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Interview: Prof Philippe Sands on UN court’s landmark climate-change hearing - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief interviews leading international law scholar Prof Philippe Sands to find out more about the legal issues at stake in the ICJ case.

NEW – Interview: Prof Philippe Sands on UN court’s landmark climate-change hearing | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @philippesands.bsky.social

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Treat yourself and support Mill Road Traders... lots of lovely food made for the cancelled Mill Road Winter Fair

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Is it a crime? - Carbon Neutral Cambridge It seems hard to know what’s a crime these days. Earlier this year, several of Cambridgeshire’s Just Stop Oil campaigners were convicted of the “crime” of inconveniencing a subset of road users (namel...

Hard to know what's a crime these days
carbonneutralcambridge.org/is-it-a-crime/

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Stunning, thought provoking image..

Most people don’t know this:

The most heat pumps per capita were installed in some of the coldest countries in the world.

In the top right corner you find countries with cold winters and lots of heat pumps.

Source is www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Widen Burrell’s Walk Bridge - Carbon Neutral Cambridge Burrell’s Walk is the key active travel route between the city center and the west of Cambridge, but the bridge is far too narrow for the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists that use it. Carbon Neutra...

Support our campaign to double the width of the ridiculously narrow bridge on the 'Burrell's Walk' active travel route between Cambridge City Centre and University's west Cambridge Site carbonneutralcambridge.org/widen-burrel...

Can Democracy cope? - Carbon Neutral Cambridge A conversation with Daniel Zeichner MP about the challenges we face and how to change things for the better Carbon Neutral Cambridge’s recent AGM, held just 2 weeks before the impactful US election, i...

Can Democracy cope? carbonneutralcambridge.org/can-democacy...