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Karen Smyth

@ksmyth2024.bsky.social

Director of Infrastructure & Sustainability at Consumer Council for NI, FRSA. Views my own not those of CCNI.

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On holiday in the Basque region. Loving these bins in my hotel room #recycling #sustainabletourism

06.07.2025 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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x.com/nielectricit...

24.01.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do Americans even *have* toasters?

01.12.2024 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dr Hayhoe is fabulous! And provides an exceptionally good answer to a discussion question I and others were considering yesterday - persuading people of their importance in decarbonisation in a way that isnโ€™t off putting.

28.11.2024 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social

28.11.2024 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chart showing the change since 2004-05 in real equivalised non-pensioner household disposable income at various points in the income distribution excluding pensioner benefit units, after housing costs: GB/UK

Chart showing the change since 2004-05 in real equivalised non-pensioner household disposable income at various points in the income distribution excluding pensioner benefit units, after housing costs: GB/UK

The lowest-income households have had the least income growth over the last 20 years.

While the mid-1990s to mid-2000s saw strong income growth across the distribution, income growth has stagnated since then.

15.11.2024 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Can do Wednesday afternoon.

14.11.2024 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wildlifeni - Conor McKinney is on here

13.11.2024 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

V busy next week. What day would suit? Iโ€™ll check my work diary in the morning

13.11.2024 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best one to start with!

13.11.2024 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m probably the closest thing to an institutional memory that NI local government has, so give me a shout if you need anything. (Was in policy at NILGA from 2002 - 2024)

13.11.2024 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
climate of possibility.

New here? I should post about my work because itโ€™s very cool and I love it.

I am the Comms & Creative Director for 100%, which is getting MN to a just and fossil-free future.

I do a lot of narrative work and thinking about how we do climate communications.

www.climateofpossibility.org

12.11.2024 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 478    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ok, a bit about me. I work on utilities and transport, to empower and support consumers - particularly through the energy transition. Keen to follow those in energy, water and transportation, town planning, climate action & sustainability. Isnโ€™t it lovely not seeing an advert every 10 seconds :-)

13.11.2024 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Escaping from the chaos that Twitter has become. Hopefully Bluesky is happier.

13.11.2024 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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