Laura Sykes
@greeneralia.bsky.social
Aiming to share next task in #ClimateMitigation: helping to spread the what-is-to-be-done message beyond the professionals to every human being on the planet by linking the thinkers and the doers? Greeneralia.net (Feedback welcome)
So sad about Dolly. She was such a special being… talented, kind, generous, a musical genius, funnier than most comedians… boy, the world has lost a guiding light. ALL the billionaires can learn a thing or two from her take on life. Good lovely wonderful woman VALE
Jim Hawkins@jimallthetime.bsky.social · 12h agoThe Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
disconnect.blog
Britain sometimes pays wind farms to switch off because the grid can't use all the electricity they generate. But what if we could save that energy for winter? Here's how the answer may lie beneath the North Sea.
Could old North Sea gas fields hold the key to Britain’s green energy future?
New research suggests depleted North Sea oil and gas fields could store green hydrogen, helping Britain make better use of its abundant wind power
eastangliabylines.co.uk
My Bluesky account is seen by the international media. The Finnish press has not been able to contact Mr. Pääkkönen for comments, so perhaps we can try it this way. The people who fly the most for tourism on growing fossil fuel consumption are wealthy and powerful. I care for people and nature.
2/5 Energy transitions have historically been additive, not substitutive (Fressoz): solar and wind have grown alongside fossil fuels globally, not replaced them at the pace decarbonization needs. That's the core of the mechanism problem.
Happy 212th anniversary to one of the first times Canadians retaliated to an American attempt to take control
NEW: Earth’s oceans were warmer than any day in recorded history Friday due to a combination of long-term human-caused global warming and short-term effects of El Niño. The record ocean heat is threatening marine life and will have cascading effects on global weather throughout the coming months.
Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive
Human-caused global warming and a strong El Niño are adding excess heat to the oceans, threatening marine life and providing storms with more energy and moisture.
sfchronicle.com
"I Have Needs", said a rapist recently in a televised record. But it's not just rapists. Israel, too, "has needs". I understand that the BibleOT/Torah encourages this belief. But the Palestinians also 'Have Needs'. Hence 1947 Two State Solution www.gov.il/en/pages/the...
The grass is always greener on the other side, if the other side has been rewilded... 🌿 🌳 ☘️ 🌱 🍀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
theguardian.com
The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!
Meryl Streep Say It Louder
Alt: Meryl Streep Say It Louder
static.klipy.com
David Rohde says that the major logistics problems for the Navy largely come from the fact that the Navy's chief resupply station in the Gulf of Oman was completely destroyed in an Iranian attack, and Hegseth decided to keep it secret, from the public, Congress and the White House.
USS Lincoln wasn't resupplied because Hegseth 'hid' that Iran destroyed main U.S. base: Rohde
President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the condition...
ms.now
It is a very late-night post, but Finnish people should not be so afraid of the forest. Not all of it should be in neat rows, controlled and harvested. There is much more to it. Not everything in the world is about money, status and control. You need to ease up, let the forest be. #Sufficiency
From my post yesterday, posted BEFORE we learned she refused applying for a security clearance and BEFORE we learned world leaders get to Trump via Natalie. emptywheel.net/2026/08/19/n...
Curious why so much of #Europe is on fire 🔥 right now? NASA GRACE Soil moisture is in the bottom 1% across the vast majority of the Continent. This is what happens when the climate warms at 2X the Global rate, with 5 #heatwaves so far this summer.
If we make it through Trumpism and its horrors, the people who voted for him will try to absolve themselves of responsibility by saying "we had no idea what he was doing behind the scenes." I'll be there to point out that's a lie. Trump is open about his corruption and it's reported on daily.
Rewilding is the buffer we need now. 🌳🦫 In response to the Daily Mail's recent piece on wildfires and land restoration, our CEO Rebecca Wrigley has written directly to set the record straight: https://f.mtr.cool/wohxycndfw 🧵(1/4)
Rewilding is the buffer we need now
A response to the Daily Mail from Rewilding Britain CEO, Rebecca Wrigley, addressing recent misinformation about rewilding and increased wildfire risk.
f.mtr.cool
Europe’s heatwaves are stress-testing our power system. 🌞 Solar generation was 17% higher during heatwaves, helping meet surging cooling demand. 🔥 Nuclear plants faced constraints from heat and drought. 💸 Gas had to step in as other thermal plants struggled, pushing up power prices. The lesson? 👇
Successive governments' failure to ensure our food supply is secure goes beyond complacency and into outright denial. This is not a game. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot
This summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than ever, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
Great for the environment. From 12 August 2026 - all packaging placed on the EU market must be recyclable. 2028. Labels will distinguish between compostable, reusable, or deposit-return packaging, with the latter incorporating QR codes or digital links for return location information.
Spain's new bottle deposit law: How the deposit return scheme works and what consumers will pay | Sur in English
Consumers across Spain will soon pay an upfront deposit on drink bottles and cans that can be reclaimed by returning empty containers to shops
surinenglish.com
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
I don't know how accurate or even if it's true but I think if we all squeeze our eyes shut REALLLLLLLY TIGHTLY we can make it happen.
Trump was willing to let the press and his staff get blown out of the air on a decoy plane. Never told them. Never did anything to protect them. #CowardInChief
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton
Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
aiddata.org
