@flobullough.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor in Climate at RAEng. Formerly Parliament and the Geological Society. Trustee at GfGD. Love policy, maps, rocks, sherry, south america and spanish. Views my own.
Man outwits Student Loans Company by staying poor forever buff.ly/xRoRswK
05.10.2025 12:30 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
Pie chart showing progress of 5.98% against a target of 30%
The UK has a target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030🏞️
But progress isn’t adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to go🥀
New findings are launched as we prepare for #WildSummitUK tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action 🌱
sites.google.com/view/thisisg...
Attended the @geolsoc.bsky.social launch of their new campaign, to raise awareness of the wonderful world of geosciences - aimed at 14-18 yr olds and those interested in engaging them. Lots of GREAT stuff here! Clickety-click!
What would a radical approach to electricity system decarbonisation look like? 🔋
NESO's new Energy Sector Digitalisation Plan builds on our long-standing policy work to decarbonise the grid: nepc.raeng.org.uk/policy-work/...
Effectively digitalising the energy sector is an essential step towards complete decarbonisation. @neso-energy.bsky.social's new Energy Sector Digitalisation Plan sets out 16 clear and deliverable actions. ⚡
Read our full comment: raeng.org.uk/news/academy...
Map of EV chargepoints in Tower Hamlets
So pleased to see so many new EV chargepoints going in in my borough @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social at the moment, look at that sea of ‘New’s’ on ZapMap! Hope other boroughs will follow suit soon 🚙 🚙⚡️⚡️
12.08.2025 14:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UK carmakers on track to meet EV sales target despite intense lobbying to lower quota
- Electric car sales made up 21.6% of sales in first half of 2025, only just below the effective 22% share needed to meet rules
Story by @jasperjolly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If you're feeling hot & bothered, or you're wondering why school has been cancelled cos it's too hot – & you think 29C at 9pm is really bad, actually…
…then you might like to share how YOU think London should prepare for extreme heat.
Short survey:
www.london.gov.uk/ta...
Apparently this needs repeating (again)
Dhara Vyas, chief executive of industry body Energy UK tells Carbon Brief that it is “crystal clear what has driven electricity bills up in the UK…it’s the wholesale costs, driven by the price of gas”.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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18.06.2025 12:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Will be interesting to see if certain media outlets just ignore the report from the Spanish government confirming the key role of thermal power plants in the Iberian power outage or still try to erroneously spin it as a failure of renewables. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515109...
18.06.2025 12:34 — 👍 46 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 1
In London, nearly half of the people sleeping rough are migrants.
People who have moved to the UK can face complex challenges to leave homelessness behind. Each person has their own story, skills & future hopes.
But how do we support non-UK nationals to find safe routes away from the streets?⬇️
As ever, excellent @carbonbrief.org overview of climate and energy commitments in today’s spending review. Hurrah for the DESNZ budget commitments!
11.06.2025 22:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hurrah!
06.06.2025 10:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@clairewillett honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion 6:00 PM • Aug 12, 2020
once again I must tap my own sign
05.06.2025 21:13 — 👍 26570 🔁 6036 💬 232 📌 128Unless I’m very mistaken, which past form would suggest reasonably likely, it’s twenty years ago today that The Thick of It was first broadcast. This means that Ollie Reader is now 43 and, I would imagine, writing speeches about immigration for Keir Starmer.
19.05.2025 05:40 — 👍 1291 🔁 151 💬 43 📌 1The Tony Blair Institute issues a new statement on its climate report:
"The report is clear that we support the government's 2050 net zero targets, to give certainty to the investors and innovators who can develop these new solutions and make them deployable..."
Suggests No10 weren't delighted...
Britain will accelerate push to net zero, Starmer tells energy summit
Speech made clear prime minister sees renewable energy as core to UK’s future prosperity and national security.
@fionaharvey
buff.ly/JfocQZG
Björk Performs Benefit Concert For Wilted Sunflowers In Mushroom Forest Musician Summons Wondrous Spirits Of Soil And Sky In Support Of Cause
Björk Performs Benefit Concert For Wilted Sunflowers In Mushroom Forest
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It’s installation week! #heatpump
www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...
The debate over whether to take Trump literally or seriously is over. He has now learnt how to be the tyrant he always wished to be. That took a while. But, with the help he has received, he is there. His administration is engaged in a comprehensive assault on the American republic and the global order it created. Under attack domestically are the state, the rule of law, the role of the legislature, the role of the courts, the commitment to science and the independence of the universities. All these were the pillars on which US freedom and prosperity rested. Now, he is destroying the liberal international order. Soon, I presume, Trump will be invading countries, as he proceeds to restore the age of empires.
Martin Wolf is not messing around here
www.ft.com/content/d96d...
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
report by @ember-energy.org
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I’m getting a heat pump installed next week & decided to post about the process on my Insta stories. So if you’re thinking about getting one & want to know what it involves, please do follow along or ask any qs! Pt 1: rip out the boiler cupboard! www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2... #heatpump #netzero
01.04.2025 09:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
FACTCHECK: UK Steel says high power prices for UK steel industry are "primarily" due to high wholesale prices
UK Steel adds: 98% of the time, it’s GAS that sets UK wholesale price
[cf 24% in DE & 7% in FR]
It says policy costs [“net-zero”] are LOWER in UK than DE or FR
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Super interesting and helpful thread on tariffs and the UK steel industry ⬇️⬇️⬇️
21.03.2025 13:43 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Some absolutely phenomenal television in here. My kind of viewing 🤩
21.03.2025 09:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FACTCHECK: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK's net-zero goal
In which I take a look at the evidence contradicting Badenoch's speech, from the science on the 2050 target to fact gas is causing high electricity prices + much much more
www.carbonbrief.org/...
NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Another excellent thread, and no kebab pics in sight!
26.02.2025 13:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
