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Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields - new research

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CCC: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 would help ‘cut household costs by £1,400’ - Carbon Brief The UK should cut its emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040 under its...

Cutting UK emissions by 87% by 2040 could save households £1,400 a year! 🚀 Investing in clean energy and efficiency isn’t just good for the planet—it’s good for your wallet too. More on the Climate Change Committee’s findings: www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-red...
#ClimateAction.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

If we look at global daily temperature anomalies (change from 1850-1900 levels), we see the past two years stand out starkly from any years that came before:

Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

A car submerged on the A555 Manchester Airport Link Road, which was completed in 2018, today.

Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed A report lists some of the best ways people can tackle their own contribution to climate change.

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Climate Change Top 10 tips to reduce Carbon Footprint revealed

1 live car free
2 Electric car
3 less flying
4 renewable #energy
5 public transport
6 home insulation
7 Go vegan

http://bit.ly/10climate

#ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏
via @BBCNews @RHarrabin

An atmospheric walk today in a glorious lost valley on the edge of Bodmin Moor: full of naturally regenerated willow, hazel & oak, festooned with mosses and the weird fish-smelling Sticta lichens (this one's Sticta sylvatica). Found otter spraint & some Hazel Gloves fungus too.

The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests - Creating Tomorrow's Forests | Restoring biodiversity by creating habitats and planting trees Miyawaki Method is one of the most effective tree planting methods

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The Miyawaki Method for Creating Forests
one of the most effective tree planting methods

find out more: https://www.creatingtomorrowsforests.co.uk/blog/the-miyawaki-method-for-creating-forests

tree planting equals #ClimateAction

via @DrSimoneWebber @TomorrowsForest 🌎🌍🌏

If you bike to work, you live longer, new study confirms If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work.

“The long-term health benefits didn’t stop there: commuter cycling was also linked to a 24% reduced risk of cardiovascular hospitalizations, a 51% lower risk of dying from cancer, and improved mental health, as measured by fewer prescriptions for anxiety and depression.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Clear evidence that dinosaurs and humans coexisted

Christ. I work with big numbers for a living. I thought I understood the scale of the inequality but I was not prepared for this graphic.

No billionaire need exist. Period. Every billionaire is a policy failure.

Hey, folks, we are hiring at Project Drawdown!

We are searching for a Director of Private-Sector Partnerships to join our growing team. Details below.

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Graph showing changes in bus usage since deregulation Thx to Hetan Shah

So many things could be said about this graph

But perhaps the most important is that if you want people to use buses you have to invest in them

The climate crisis demands more money for public transport outside the cities

Wood heating could be worse than thought for rural air, study suggests Research at Slovenian village finds particle pollution once air settles in valley reaches levels of most polluted cities

Wood burning is bad for your health. Yes. Even in a Slovenian, rural, mountainous small village (<700 pop), air pollution was as bad as in some of the most polluted cities in the world,

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Who leads the global renewable energy race? Europe has the highest share of wind and solar in electricity generation but China by far has most capacity installed.

Source is RMI

“By placing decision making closer to the people using these services, passengers’ experience of public transport will be improved, including through better timetabling and easier journeys door-to-door” - Heidi Alexander, transport secretary

This bit of the devo white paper is positive news.

Britain is famously over centralised (last I looked 96p of ever £1 of tax goes to Whitehall) and local leaders need the right powers to play their part in Labour’s promised ‘national renewal’.

A citizens’ jury by Centre for Progressive Policy demonstrated public get the importance of fiscal devo

A valiant heat pump on the external stone wall of a property.

Heat pump was installed yesterday!

Cycling levels in London rising but public transport use sti Active travel has built on its “post-pandemic legacy” with 5% more cycle journeys in 2024 compared with 2023, and 26% above 2019 levels, according t

Remarkable growth in cycling in London with 5% more cycle journeys in 2024 compared with 2023, and 26% above 2019

However, the “active, efficient and sustainable mode share” was below 2019 levels. Rail performance & traffic congestion seems as key barriers to increasing public transport use

Give the people what they want Environmentalism is by far the most popular ideology in the UK, businesses and politicians should build on that natural advantage

Environmentalism is very popular. We should just give the people what they want. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/43...

📸A photographic exhibition will be launched on Sherfield Walkway featuring photographs of murals painted for the Grantham Climate Art Prize.

🎨Our 2025 competition for young people aged 11–25 aims to draw attention to the climate and biodiversity crises.

Learn more 👉https://ow.ly/rHhl50Upf2N

Air pollution: Wood burners more polluting than traffic - Birmingham research Birmingham researchers say they have found wood burning at home is more polluting than traffic.

This study adds to the growing body of evidence about the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality. Now how to change people's minds because I still see people proudly posting pictures of their cosy fire? As I said yesterday I am that disappointed guy...
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Equity Investors have been making more money the last five years on clean energy champions than on oil majors. There will always be failures, but overall spending on clean energy in going up as costs come down while global oil growth is going sideways.

This is a really good, thoughtful article

A Valencia street filled with crumpled and piled cars left behind after the record-breaking flooding.

Don’t forget Valencia, Spain.

Don’t forget those who insisted that actions needed to avoid the #ClimateCrisis were “too expensive.”

Don’t forget all the record-breaking, historic or “100 year” events we’ve seen lately.

They’re not the “new normal.

It’s going to keep getting exponentially worse.

The amount of energy we waste converting fossil fuels to electricity is, frankly, scary. Generation from renewables avoids most of that inefficiency

A group of people, including Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire, stood in front of the new Halifax Bus Station. A ribbon is being cut to celebrate the new station opening. A graphic is overlaid featuring the number '4' with festive lights wrapped around it.

In July, Halifax Bus Station opened to the public, and since then it's been nominated for three industry awards 🙌

With solar panels, cycle parking and a ‘green roof’ covered in bee-friendly plants - this new station is helping us build a greener, better-connected West Yorkshire 🚌

Researchers estimate that if e-bike trips expanded to 11% of all vehicle trips, transport emissions would fall by about 7%.

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil 4x more than electric cars due to their staggering uptake in China and elsewhere.