Nigel Haselden

A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel.

EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.

'None of the 20 worst-performing sites, which together accounted for more than 10m deaths, were inspected.'

China’s clean-energy sectors nearly doubled in real value between 2022-25 and – if they were a country – would now be the 8th-largest economy in the world...

The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action Despite the initial hope inspired by the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is now dangerously close to breaching its target of limiting global multiyear mean heating to 1·5°C. Annual mean surface temper...

Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Well put - and great to see.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

🏢 Keeping people safe starts with how we design, build and adapt.

Homes, workplaces, and public buildings must be understood as the first line of protection in a changing climate.

🖱️Download the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap to learn how we can transform the built environment: tinyurl.com/3k35jkm6

Ever wondered how to navigate a train station if you're #blind or #PartiallySighted?

Yesterday, #Lancashire SLC visited #BlackpoolNorth train station to test #GoodMaps, an indoor navigation app, and see if it enables independent navigation. Access their website: bit.ly/4ivFWSo

The UK's solar revolution, mapped - as 3,500 projects in the pipeline Up to 20 large-scale solar projects are planned to boost the UK's net-zero goals

“We have seen an absolutely astonishing rise of solar installations in Britain and also globally. That’s because the cost of solar has plummeted. It has become so cheap that some solar panels are now cheaper than roof tiles or fence panels.”

Me in the ipaper inews.co.uk/news/environ...

🌟 Sight Loss Councils & #ThameslinkRailway at @ukparliament.parliament.uk ! 🚉 Showcasing our work to make rail accessible for #blind & #PartiallySighted passengers. Join us on 17 March, 1400-1600. 💪 #Accessibility #VisionForChange

Climate change could lead to respiratory problems | Imperial News | Imperial College London A new study has identified the way in which human airways are affected by very dry atmospheres, which are set to increase due to climate change.

New study on how human airways are affected by very dry atmospheres, which are set to increase due to the #climatecrisis

- "this will be one mechanism by which climate change will provoke the onset of various respiratory conditions and diseases”

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262073/...

Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember:

In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.

Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.

This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.

HT @neso-energy.bsky.social

One thing that is very noticeable in the Netherlands is the huge amount of elderly or people with mobility issues you see everywhere, all the time. The network of protected cycle tracks, low traffic neighbourhoods and car free streets gives these people so much freedom

The erosion of trust in science & scientists — sometimes due to complex social/historical factors but often deliberately perpetrated by charlatans — has tragic, deadly consequences, and, if unchecked, is an existential threat to society.

Poland has long had the reputation of Europe's climate laggard.

Not anymore - Poland reduced the share of coal in its electricity mix from 95% in 2000 to 54% in 2024.

Wind+solar are up from 0% in 2000 to 23% in 2024.

Source is @ember-energy.org

“Not surprised. Disgusted.”: Capt. Sully Sullenberger responds to Donald Trump’s attempt to blame the D.C. plane crash on DEI

#LastWord

Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."

Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.

www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

As a former NSF Postdoctoral Fellow... this is devastating. This Fellowship launched my career, and supported my young family through several important life moments. This was money I spent supporting students, educating people in a rural community, and publishing career defining work

Well worth a listen for some straight talk about the value (or lack thereof) of generative AI.

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”

The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

📣 WE'RE HIRING!

Come join our outstanding & growing European team @regassistproj.bsky.social

A great opportunity for someone early career to be part of a leading global energy non-profit.

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When horses were replaced by cars there was a lot of resistance & scaremongering by the incumbent horse industry. Here's an old anti car advert by a horse carriage company.

History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.

Polluter Funded Reform Party Backs Oil and Gas Expansion in Manifesto Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which is funded by climate science deniers and fossil fuel interests, has launched its manifesto with a pledge to expand oil and gas exploration and open new coal mines. The ...

The evidence from @desmog.bsky.social—shining a light on corruption.
www.desmog.com/2024/06/17/p...

The 'Reform' Party's name should be a red flag—like 'luxury' watches from a street stall or the 'Democratic' Republic of Korea.

Reform? Not a chance. They're 92% funded by oil & other polluters—desperate to keep us hooked on expensive fossil fuels whatever the cost.
#Doublespeak

Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA fires, study shows Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate

Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA wildfires, @wwattribution.bsky.social study shows

- Hot, dry conditions, a lack of rain and a longer fire-risk season are all more likely in today’s hotter climate

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Many stars crowd the image, shining in shades of white, blue, and orange, and more closely concentrated at the center.

Bright blue stars are in a cluster at the center of the image. They are surrounded by a shell of brownish and burnt orange dust and gas. The shell has ridges that reach towards the stars like teeth. Stars within the dust and gas are hidden from Hubble but visible to Webb in the infrared. A number of more distant galaxies also appear in the background.

Ferocious stellar winds, likely from the bright blue star at the top of the image, are blowing through a curtain of dust. The fine dust scatters the starlight at blue wavelengths. Farther down, another bright, super-hot star shines through filaments of obscuring dust, looking like the Sun shining through scattered clouds. A diagonal string of fainter accompanying stars looks reddish because dust is filtering starlight, allowing more of the red light to get through. The bottom of the picture presents a keyhole peek deep into the dark nebula. Hubble captures the reddish glow of ionized hydrogen. It looks like a fireworks finale, with several overlapping events.

Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob. Taken together, the structures resemble a spider or a squid. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

i can’t fix anything that’s going on right now, but i can show you some beauty that’s out there… 🌌✨

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

does anyone else think that it’s crazy that we live in an era where we can watch a sunset on ANOTHER planet?