Electric Buses Point of no return - have gone from 12% to 56% of new city bus sales in Europe in just 6yrs Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028 Bravo Europe 🇪🇺!
Aarne Granlund
@aarnegranlund.eurosky.social
Sufficiency, climate work, and river restoration in Finnish North Karelia. I fly fish, hike, and ski. e-MTB pilled. Rural. Left in politics.
"A study led by Dr Sehrish Usman at the University of Mannheim, working with European Central Bank economists, found that last summer’s heatwaves, droughts and floods hit a quarter of all EU regions, causing short-term losses of at least €43bn, with the total expected to reach €126bn by 2029."
Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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“As Aydin jumps a scooter over ramps set up in the middle of the road, children around him are drawing with chalk, blowing bubbles and kicking a football in a spot where cars are usually driving through.” Good job Leeds. More children should have the chance to play in their neighbourhood like this.
Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
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In 2024 Palantir paid just £2.1m in UK corporation tax, despite declaring profits of over £25m. The UK corporation tax rate was 25% that year and remains at that level. But Palantir's effective tax rate was just over 8%. That's not right. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts
Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss
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"The Finnish interior minister conceded that Spain cannot be excluded from the Schengen zone simply because a member state demands it." An expected retraction. Approximately 100 days until this government is gone. Many scandals might still emerge. yle.fi/a/74-20239392
Minister Rantanen on Ceuta border crisis: Spain has the support of EU countries
The Finnish interior minister conceded that Spain cannot be excluded from the Schengen zone simply because a member state demands it.
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Climate scientists speak out on Gatwick expansion: "No speech, no clever phrasing, and no appeal to future innovation can disguise the fact: by backing aviation expansion, the Transport Minister, the Chancellor, and the Prime Minister are betraying the very climate commitments they claim to uphold"
Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored
Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of
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"Guardian analysis found that the eight listed oil producers made almost $93bn (£69bn) in the three months to the end of June" Well, that explains much of the non-action amidst the global heatwaves and wildfires. Or does it? www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Bike parking enabling 60 hospital staff to cycle to work is a win for the taxpayer Comment & Analysis: A cost of €85,000, or €1,416 per space, for a secure bicycle shed for the National Maternity Hospital is cheap compared to building car parking, which is estimated to cost €5,000 to €85,000 per…
Bike parking enabling 60 hospital staff to cycle to work is a win for the taxpayer
Comment & Analysis: A cost of €85,000, or €1,416 per space, for a secure bicycle shed for the National Maternity Hospital is cheap compared to building car parking, which is estimated to cost €5,000 to €85,000 per space in 2025. Added to this are the health benefits of staff cycling to work, including the general finding that active commutes mean fewer sick days (sources: …
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1/ Over the weekend -- while Canadians across the country were dealing with raging wildfires and the aftermath of severe flooding and heatwaves -- PM Carney quietly accelerated the timeline on his taxpayer funded pipeline. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/04/p...
PM Carney proceeding at breakneck pace with West Coast Pipeline - Environmental Defence
Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate, Environmental Defence Over the weekend, while Canadians across the country are dealing
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Today is the hottest day ever recorded in #Austria! The provisional high of 40.8 °C marks a new extreme. Another milestone in 2026: temperatures of 40 °C were recorded on a total of 5 days spread across all 3 summer months; prior to 2026, it had only happened once (!) since records began. #heatwave
Manuel Oberhuber@manueloberhuber.bsky.social · yesterday## Neuer Hitzerekord in Österreich ## 40,8° werden jetzt um 14:40 Uhr in Wien Stammersdorf gemessen. Eine so hohe Temperatur wurde in Österreich noch nie gemessen. Der alte Rekord: 40,5° Der Messwert muss noch offiziell validiert werden, später wird es aber ohnehin noch heißer.
Härligt sällskap nyliberalerna dumpat Sverige bland Ny rapport: förmögenhetsskillnaderna i Sverige hör till de största i världen "Endast Förenade Arabemiraten, Ryssland, Sydafrika, Brasilien, Saudiarabien och USA har större skillnader enligt rapporten" www.news55.se/samhalle/sve...
Sverige bland världens rikaste – men stora klyftor i landet
Sverige tillhör världens rikaste länder. Men vi hör till de länder där förmögenheterna är mest ojämnt fördelade.
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The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
OPINION: The events in Ceuta are the latest reminder that migration is no longer just a humanitarian issue or a management challenge. In some cases, it has become a tool of geopolitical coercion. The EU needs new ways to fight back. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/gree...
What do Brits on Bluesky think about Binface? We don't really have joke candidates in Finnish elections. I was impressed when Binface added the requirement for fossil fuel corporations to install solar panels for everyone to his manifesto, and it was suggested by a 10-year-old girl.
Appreciate this is 'make it make sense' howling into the void, but the failure (with some exceptions) of government, politicians, media, and business to point at the heatwaves and fires and state 'this is why climate action matters' is a serious problem. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Summertime silence
The right of British politics has stepped up its attacks on climate action in recent weeks, so why has the rest of the political spectrum largely failed to seize the 'teachable moment' presented by cr...
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"According to Omio (...) summer travellers may be better off choosing a plane over a train, with rail bookings on the continent having grown year-on-year by 32% – more than triple that of flight bookings." Faster, cleaner, and more convenient. #Sufficiency www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
Trains over planes? The European routes where rail is faster than air
These are the European routes where taking the train is faster than flying between popular destinations, including Brussels to Paris and Madrid to Seville.
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Something we in the UK should do.
Aarne Granlund@aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · yesterday"While the sector experienced a modest post-COVID bump in activity (...) data show that the country's domestic aviation emissions have declined in each of the past three years, descending 22% during the period 2023 through 2025." #Sufficiency works, if we dare. climatetrace.org/news/austria...
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The most dynamic countries are surging ahead with high-speed rail. Others, like Britain, are stuck in the station | Christian Wolmar
Around the world, these trains have boosted economies, development and prestige. The costs of missing out are high, says transport writer and author Christian Wolmar
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"While the sector experienced a modest post-COVID bump in activity (...) data show that the country's domestic aviation emissions have declined in each of the past three years, descending 22% during the period 2023 through 2025." #Sufficiency works, if we dare. climatetrace.org/news/austria...
Austria and France banned short-haul flights to boost train travel and reduce emissions. Did it work?
Climate TRACE data point to encouraging outcomes, with much greater emissions reduction opportunity if such a shift were widely adopted globally.
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All of this – and much more – covered in this new Q&A, which explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised. ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/qa-does-the-...
Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? - Carbon Brief
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief explores the role CCS is expected to play in achieving net-zero, its record to date and the reasons it has been criticised, using the UK as an example.
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England and Wales both experienced the "driest July on record," the UK Met Office weather agency said, based on provisional figures. 📸 Justin Tallis
The precipitation anomaly chart is as brown as vast stretches of the landscape in Germany. The drought is clearly visible across wide areas and has long since become part of everyday life for many people.
Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)@dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social · 2d agoMit 44 l/m² (≙51%) war der Juli im Vergleich zu 1991-2020 mit 86 l/m² der fünfte zu trockene Monat in Folge. Historische Ausmaße nahm die Niederschlagsarmut im W, Teilen des SW und der westl. Mitte an. Lokale mit Starkregen einhergehende Gewitter konnten die Trockenheit in der Fläche nicht mindern.
Carbon capture and storage is the subject of considerable hype – but as it stands, very little CO2 is being captured and stored.
Good job Bristol. “This charter is about recognising the intrinsic value of our rivers and streams and the ecological systems they support. It is also about understanding the responsibility we all share to protect the Avon, and nature more widely”
Council formally recognises rights of the River Avon
The council joins others across four counties in endorsing the UK's first bioregional charter for river rights
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‘Immediately stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature - 42.5C #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature
Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day
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I see we've reached the point in this particular summer of extremes where we are now having to BLOW UP rocks in drought-striken rivers to help send water towards gasping nuclear power plants www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live
Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plant
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For days, Reform politicians claimed that significant numbers of migrants who surged into Ceuta would be heading to Calais and onwards to Britain Not only have most already returned to Morocco, but Moroccans have made up just 0.07% of small boat arrivals since 2021 inews.co.uk/news/no-thou...
No, thousands of migrants won't come to the UK from Ceuta - here's why
Fears of a new migration crisis impacting the UK are misplaced despite the chaotic scenes witnessed in Ceuta, an expert has said
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