On grassroots creative practice, writing & teaching. Written for @energy-ethics.bsky.social who provided sponsorship for the group in its first couple of years. Part 1: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/artist-in-re... Part 2: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/artist-in-re... ✍️🌿

Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...

Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.

A Cambridge University team made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production

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Daily Briefing: World Bank ‘retires’ climate goal | Europe heatwave continues | Trump wind payoffs Read today's briefing here ➡️ buff.ly/ilV2n2K Sign up to our email briefings ➡️ buff.ly/k84LIFK

The UK just recorded its hottest May ever. @thecccuk.bsky.social warns 40°C summers could become routine. The government's response? Planning reforms that make it harder for councils to act on #ClimateChange. As Dan Stone, CSE's policy officer, puts it: “This seems like madness.”

Planning reform is failing the climate - Centre for Sustainable Energy

The government is proposing to weaken the planning system's ability to tackle climate change. This seems like madness.

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We are thrilled to present an evening of special lectures courtesy of CEE Director @mettehigh.bsky.social & EE2026 co-organiser @thatminesgirl.bsky.social 🕔 1700 - 2030 BST 🗓️ Mon 3rd August Registration for online & in-person attendees is open now. 👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

We have provisionally broken the UK record for highest daily minimum temperature in May... again 😮 Temperatures didn't fall below 21.3°C overnight at Kenley Airfield, making it a 'tropical night' (no lower than 20°C). Remarkably, the record was also broken yesterday.

We are thrilled to present an evening of special lectures courtesy of CEE Director @mettehigh.bsky.social & EE2026 co-organiser @thatminesgirl.bsky.social 🕔 1700 - 2030 BST 🗓️ Mon 3rd August Registration for online & in-person attendees is open now. 👇👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

We’re delighted to share the second episode of our Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Scotland podcast series on Arts and Culture, co‑created with the @energy-ethics.bsky.social and supported by @scga.scot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhtJ...

Arts & Culture | Edward Christie and Ben Twist | Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Scotland

YouTube video by Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Scotland

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Neither the left or right are prepared to face Britain's grave energy crisis. I've written for @theguardian.com on how decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything.

Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs

Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything, says historian and author Ewan Gibbs

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We’re excited to co-launch (with @energy-ethics.bsky.social) a new podcast series as part of our Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Scotland initiative, supported by @scga.scot. Watch the first episode on 'Places' here (coming soon to other platforms!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6a...

Inclusive and Sustainable Places for Scotland

YouTube video by Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Scotland

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The impact of rising energy costs varies sharply by place. Some cities see households spend close to 9% of income on energy, compared to under 4% in others. Cities outside the Greater South East are more exposed👇

Which cities are more vulnerable to the energy shock? - Centre for Cities

Rising energy costs are affecting UK cities unevenly, with poorer households and places outside the GSE most exposed.

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As conflict in and around Iran continues, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered one of the most serious energy security crises in decades. Join our urgent online panel discussion tomorrow, 12 - 1pm BST, Wed 6 May to explore the global fallout www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Register Now – Iran: Conflict, Energy, Crisis – Teams

Iran: Conflict, Energy, Crisis – Teams, Wed 6 May 2026 - As war in and around Iran upends regional stability, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered one of the most serious energy security ...

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This month's newsletter out now. 🎙️*Exclusive* NEW Energy Conversations podcast episode Featuring Marta Santini and Megan Scherrer on making heating fairer for all! 📺Upcoming CEPxUKERC webinar 📆CEP Events at All-Energy 📜Briefing Paper: Rising Block tariffs www.linkedin.com/pulse/cep-ne...

CEP Newsletter - April 2026

🎙️NEW! Energy Conversations podcast episode 📺Upcoming CEPxUKERC webinar - 7 May 📆CEP Events at All-Energy Conference - 13 & 14 May 📜Briefing Paper: Are Rising Block tariffs progressive or damaging 🎙️N...

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Monthly Grant Writer Event 📢 This workshop provides a supportive forum for building cross-sector connections, sparking new ideas, and strengthening developing proposals. Don't miss this chance to discuss your grant ideas with CEE Grant Writer Gwenaelle Joubert & Director Mette High! More Info 👇

🍅⚡️ Farming meets solar...and saves water. Spanish researchers found that combining agrivoltaics with smart irrigation can cut water use for tomatoes by ~50% 🌊⬇️ How? Solar panels provide shade, reducing evaporation, while crops still grow effectively.

New irrigation tech helps reduce water use in agrivoltaics

Spanish researchers found that combining agrivoltaics with regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) can cut tomato irrigation water use by about 50%, while improving land-use efficiency through simultaneous...

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VACANCY 🌎 Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment Advance your academic career in a world-leading, interdisciplinary setting and drive exceptional climate research. More: tyndall.ac.uk/news/sir-ant... #ClimateJobs

Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

A tremendous opportunity to advance your academic career and steer exceptional climate/environmental research.

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About 20 years ago, lighting was the single largest use of electricity in American homes. But energy-efficient lightbulbs has shrunk the category to sixth place! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

REVEALED: A French PR executive with gas industry ties linked to a coordinated Facebook network spreading heat pump misinformation. Always the same playbook: manufacture doubt, delay the transition, protect the incumbents. www.desmog.com/2026/04/23/f...

French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate

A French PR executive with links to the gas industry appears to be behind an online campaign to discredit clean heating, it can be revealed. The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique...

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HELP NEEDED: We're looking for the best data on CAPEX and levelised cost of heat for electrothermal energy storage ideally based on actual projects rather than hypotheticals. Any data you can share much much appreciated!

Energy Cafe 📣 🔹 Enough of Ethics 🔹 12 - 1pm BST 🔹 Tues 28 April Simon Önnered & Erin Rizzato Devlin discuss the obstacles to implementing sufficiency policies and the way towards more equitable, sustainable, and resilient energy systems #EnergyTransition #EnergyJustice tinyurl.com/274yh2uh

Register Now – Energy Cafe: Enough of Ethics – Teams

Energy Cafe: Enough of Ethics – Teams, Tue 28 Apr 2026 - Fri 1 May 2026 - Enough of Ethics – Operationalizing Energy Sufficiency in Municipal Energy Planning Hosted by Simon Önnered & Erin Rizzato...

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📖 Join us this Wednesday for the final meeting of the @energy-ethics.bsky.social Virtual Reading Group on #EnergyHeritage! Our concluding theme is INDIGENOUS & SOLAR FUTURES ☀️; we'll be reading Kinder, LaDuke, and some #solarpunk fiction. No need to have attended prior sessions!

There's a lot being shared right now about China's incredible shift towards renewable energy - and rightly so. But this, from the UK, is equally astonishing & encouraging. It's not just that change can happen. It's that it *is* happening. (Via climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily...)

Join us for another Energy Cafe 📢 Decentralising a SIDS' Grid 12:00 - 1:00pm BST, Tuesday 14 April Chima Michael Anyadike-Danes examines how various stakeholders explicated the solar rush & stall in Barbados, and what they believe it means for the future www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

How can scholars turn research into real impact? What is it like to step into the heart of government? Find out in our fireside chat with @mettehigh.bsky.social & @seansfield.bsky.social 1:30 - 2:30pm BST 🕜 Wednesday 8 April 📆 Online only 💻 www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Register Now – Turning research into impact and policy into research: A Fireside Chat with Dr Sean Field – Teams

Turning research into impact and policy into research: A Fireside Chat with Dr Sean Field – Teams, Wed 8 Apr 2026 - How can scholars turn research into real impact? And what is it like to step into th...

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Hollywood, Westerns and the Oil Frontiers of Grass (1925) 12 - 1pm BST Tues 31 March Patrick Adamson discusses Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life (1925) & how it deployed conventions of the Western genre to advance the aims of fossil capitalism www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Register Now – Energy Cafe: Hollywood, Westerns, and the Oil Frontiers of Grass (1925) – Teams

Energy Cafe: Hollywood, Westerns, and the Oil Frontiers of Grass (1925) – Teams, Tue 31 Mar 2026 - Hosted by Dr Patrick Adamson Associate Lecturer, Film Studies, University of St Andrews Today best kn...

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The first grid-scale Li-ion battery was connected to the grid in 2012. It was 5 MW. Today, 267,000 MW have been deployed globally. By 2030 it could be 800,000–1,200,000 MW.

Energy Stories Competition 📚 The Scottish collective 'Paperboats' has launched their writing competition. If you are a Scottish-based author or poet - or want to try your hand at it - take this opportunity to tell your energy story. Closing date: 15 April 2026 ⏳ paperboats.org/energystories/

Re-visiting Eugenia Kisin's biography of Bideford Black (a natural pigment mined in Devon) this week for the 2nd last (!!) session of the @energy-ethics.bsky.social reading group on #EnergyHeritage. Forgot how compelling of a read this is - check it out: journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/ma...

Another interview on the impact of the war on energy: We should fix the roof when the sun is shining not when there's a thunderstorm. Only when we shift energy demand from burning fuels to using clean power will we shield ourselves from crises. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgm4...

IEA agrees to release 400 million barrels of oil from reserves

YouTube video by TRT World Now

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Before Russia invaded Ukraine; before the right tried to re-write North Sea oil & gas history; I created a municipal renewable energy company & wrote about how public ownership of energy can deliver a safer, cleaner future for Britain. It has aged well…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/powe...