Sustainable Us
@havantenviro.bsky.social
Personal and independent views. The time to limit the impacts of climate change is rapidly running out. I have been doing what I can for 20+ years. Careers - engineering(weighing, public transport, comms), digital media, teaching, training, retirement
Feel free to state your opinions in the video comments. youtu.be/LhhpDkThn-o?...
Climate crisis is 'biggest threat since WW2': Is this hysterics or hard truth?
YouTube video by LBC
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Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won't shell out for AC [via @slate.com]
Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won't shell out for AC
The system for choosing who gets a "cool bed" is arbitrary, inadequate, and ineffective,” a judge ruled.
motherjones.com
New York tackles the myth that solar is swallowing farmland
New York tackles the myth that solar is swallowing farmland
Officials are resisting the misinformation spread by the White House and influencers.
motherjones.com
It is not only a tragedy for humans: French wildfires are turning animals’ homes into ‘a desert of ashes’ | National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
French wildfires are turning animals’ homes into ‘a desert of ashes’
The catastrophic fires have potential to do long-term damage to many wild animal populations, but a toad species could be the most affected.
nationalgeographic.com
If air to air heat pumps were not demonised and had better support we would be seeing huge numbers installed The industry can produce heat pumps to suit ANY home now, whether cooling or heating is required But the focus has been to look to the past, demonise cooling and focus on heating radiators.
Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · yesterday... heat pump uptake in Britain is low, and we may even see a fall in installations this year (EVs are faring much better). If we can't get electrification moving, we won't get over the 2030 bump - and the risk is that we lock in high electricity bills (and carbon emissions) for much longer.
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats - and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude
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.@zackpolanski.bsky.social is right: the PM and most of his ministers have been remarkably quiet about the growing climate crisis. They should rebut the arguments of the Conservatives & Reform, whose response to the crisis has been to say that we need to rely even more on fossil fuels! #Wato
AI is virtual outsourcing. In this example the outsourcers are being virtually outsourced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines' outsourcing industry
AI is reshaping the Philippines' outsourcing industry, raising questions over the future of the industry.
bbc.co.uk
China puts battery storage at the centre of its renewable energy strategy. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/05/c...
China puts battery storage at center of renewable energy strategy - pv magazine Global
China’s latest five-year renewable energy plan, which targets more than 2.8 TW of solar and wind capacity by 2030, links energy storage with grid reliability, firm power capacity, grid-forming technol...
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Solar energy has led electricity production in Spain for 4 consecutive months. 🔌💡 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/05/p...
Photovoltaics lead Spain's electricity mix for four consecutive months - pv magazine Global
Solar generated 7,696 GWh in Spain last month, a new all-time high for monthly PV generation and equivalent to 28.3% of the country's electricity mix.
pv-magazine.com
I think Sustainable Bus are on their yearly summer holiday break 😀 I only discovered last year that they all take a month off (they are based in Spain). www.sustainable-bus.com
Sustainable Bus - Electric Bus and Sustainable mobility.
Sustainable Bus is a webmagazine focused on the Electric buses market. Find out more about products, tenders, experiences, case studies, market trends, international exhibitions and congresses concern...
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I still have my grandfathers old hand cranked grinding wheel. The wheel is basically a flywheel and you turn a geared crank to turn it, the weight makes it easier once you get upto speed.
House Digest@housedigest.bsky.social · 17h agoFrom angle grinders to metal files, these eight alternatives can sharpen lawn mower blades without a bench grinder when used safely and correctly.
We should be promoting net zero crime. Crime is going to happen, so we may as well encourage good practice.
Nuclear Winter@4slars.bsky.social · 17h agoI'm pleased to see the kids using e-bikes to commute to their crimes. At least there's a bit of carbon offset when they burn the cars they stole to commit burglaries.
Apparently Badenoch has now decided he can't be an MP, but a local authority councillor is OK.
Sustainable Us@havantenviro.bsky.social · 11h agoFighting against Fascism and Nazism has a special place in UK history and politics, not limited to Socialists and Communists opposing it. 700 British fascists were imprisoned during WWII to protect democracy and the war effort. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unused grid capacity set aside for data centres is blocking electric trucks from charging. I think I might have mentioned before that AI is incompatible with our decarbonisation journey. @london.gov.uk @bobbyllew.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org evfleetworld.co.uk/fleet-depots...
Fleet depots blocked by 10-year grid connection delays as data centre power goes unused
Commercial vehicle depots are waiting years for the grid connections they need to run electric trucks, while much of the capacity already allocated on the network sits unused.
evfleetworld.co.uk
European wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is back in profit for the first time since 2022. www.renews.biz/other-news/s...
renews.biz
Fighting against Fascism and Nazism has a special place in UK history and politics, not limited to Socialists and Communists opposing it. 700 British fascists were imprisoned during WWII to protect democracy and the war effort. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peer urges Tories to block candidate jailed for antisemitic abuse against her
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
bbc.co.uk
Electric and hybrid vehicles made up almost half of all new cars sold in July as Australian motorists turned away from rising fuel prices.
Sales surge: electric, hybrid cars drive vehicle record
Electric and hybrid vehicles made up almost half of all new cars sold in July as Australian motorists turned away from rising fuel prices.
theqldr.com.au
China's northern power grids hit record loads as heatwave sweeps through reut.rs/4bqJ68u
China's northern power grids hit record loads as heatwave sweeps through
A heatwave pushed power demand across northern, northeastern and eastern China to record highs earlier this week, the State Grid Corporation of China said in a statement on Tuesday, as soaring temperatures boosted air-conditioning use.
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Annoying thing about commercial media web sites. Pop up asks you to accept all cookies so they can throw adverts at you to pay for content, so you do and you think 'great, I can now look at all the content'. Then the next barrier pops up asking you to pay a subscription.
Trump and others are selective about what they choose to compete in. Electric vehicles - no AI - yes Wind turbines - no Space - yes The competition isn't about China, that is a red herring.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 16h agoTrump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them"
In a reversal, a federal appeals court has once again blocked the Trump administration from rescinding billions in climate funds issued under the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) thehill.com/policy/energ...
Appeals court blocks Trump from rescinding ‘green bank’ funds
In a reversal, a federal appeals court has once again blocked the Trump administration from rescinding billions in climate funds issued under the Biden administration’s signature Inflation Reductio…
thehill.com
Renewables = agricultural innovation. Love it. 'Offshore wind farms can double as seaweed cultivation sites, producing high-quality food biomass without farmland or fertiliser and may be among the most productive cultivation settings available anywhere.' oceanographicmagazine.com/news/offshor....
Offshore wind farms hold key to sustainable seaweed at scale - Oceanographic
Researchers in Denmark demonstrate seaweed can be cultivated at scale within offshore wind farms, but the market needs to catch up.
oceanographicmagazine.com
“The coalition of renewable energy groups sued the DOD…accusing it of stopping the assessment of wind projects as a tactic to block wind energy development and bring a ’total halt of all wind development‘ in the U.S…’treating wind development like an adversary rather than a regulated industry.’”
Judge likely to make Pentagon resume wind project reviews
The Department of Defense cited national security concerns as the reason it has stopped reviewing wind energy projects.
courthousenews.com
A little rain again this morning for a few minutes. Also cooler. But climate is playing a game with us here, dropping a little water before heating up again in a few days.