Leo Barasi
@leobarasi.bsky.social
Mostly climate change & public opinion. Book: The Climate Majority http://amzn.to/3h73dfm
This on schools in heatwave is pretty upsetting but have also heard some horror stories about nursing homes & hospital waiting rooms. Both ends of the age spectrum struggling www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke
theguardian.com
Is 20,000 deaths in a week a lot? It sure sounds like a lot
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · last mo."Analysis found European heatwave killed >20,000 people... likely more than 5,000 excess deaths in France, 4,500 in Germany, 3,000 in Spain, 2,700 in Italy, 1,070 in Poland and 862 in the UK between 22 and 28 June." #ClimateEmergency = #PublicHealth emergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Paris, the capital of France, has recorded more days above 40°C this week than during the 147-year period spanning from 1872 to 2019. Historic is an understatement.
++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"
It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market… … and I guess I’ll have to explain again why there is very little evidence of this. Britain has plenty of economic problems; net zero is not high on that list (though climate change is) 🧵
Ed Miliband would be ‘noose around neck’ of job creation as chancellor, union boss warns
Comments by Sharon Graham come as Burnham team explores key government appointments
giftarticle.ft.com
This heatwave brought to you by TotalEnergies.
Heatwave hits more than half of France's population
Nearly 36 million French people, more than one in two, were affected by an orange heat alert issued by the weather office, the second-highest such warning urging residents to be 'very cautious.'
lemonde.fr
This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas
The kids have zero immune system against ads, ITV is blowing their minds
Blair putting on full display what is in many ways his special ability - to lay out a political argument grounded in his own view of global trends (globalisation in the 2000s, tech in the 2020s). But… institute.global/insights/pol...
The Labour Party Is Playing With Fire Over Its Future and the Future of the Country
In this essay, Tony Blair sets out the need for a new agenda for Britain.
institute.global
Expect 250+ additional deaths from the heatwave, says health statistician at Imperial, Dr Garyfallos Konstantinoudis
I sometimes think about how climate models say the UK normally won’t get any days above 35C at current global warming and we’ve now had them in 3 of the last 5 years
Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.
London Heathrow new all-time May heat record 34.4 °C (Data from climexp.knmi.nl available since 1960)
I sometimes think about how climate models say the UK normally won’t get any days above 35C at current global warming and we’ve now had them in 3 of the last 5 years
Is climate change change making the European heat more likely? Yup! Deep red is at least 5X more likely.
Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2mo agoWestern Europe Bakes! Pink dots are all-time records for May. I count at 30, but there are many more. Temps 15°C+ (almost 30F) above normal. For some areas a heatwave this extreme this early is without precedent, but climate change makes it much more likely, more intense and longer lasting.. 1/
It will be record hot today because of climate change. It will keep getting hotter until the world reaches net zero emissions. These are the facts of the case and they are undisputed.
It will be record hot today because of climate change. It will keep getting hotter until the world reaches net zero emissions. These are the facts of the case and they are undisputed.
12) Juice by Tim Winton. Best climate novel I’ve read in ages. Post breakdown Australia. Angry, gripping, occasionally hopeful, long and I wished it was longer.
ICYM Latest blog is on how I am fucking terrified about climate change and you should be too. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Adapt or cry: 12 random thoughts on climate adaptation
The Climate Change Committee's massive new report on climate risks and resilience is utterly terrifying - it demands a response
businessgreen.com
Seeing as Never Let Me Go is on the Guardian list, time to read this again. Quelle surprise there’s no Banks, no Pratchett www.theguardian.com/books/2011/m...
Iain M Banks: Science fiction is no place for dabblers
'Write about what you love, rather than what you have a degree of contempt for'
theguardian.com
This time next week there's going to be a lot of hot takes and spin knocking around, especially re: Reform. I've written a short primer for @politicshome.bsky.social on how to stay sane and navigate the immediate post-election chaos. Thread here too. 🧵 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Misunderstood, over interpreted, unrepresentative: How to read the local election results
The internet will be teeming with hot takes as soon as the first declarations come in on Friday morning. To help you navigate a weekend of noise, h...
politicshome.com
My experience too. It's more comfortable and cheaper than running a gas boiler and I live in a Victorian terrace.
John Springford@johnspringford.bsky.social · 3mo agoLove my heat pump. Saved a bit of money so far, and much more on a quality adjusted basis (the house is 19C during the day, but I was very mean with the heating before, and it averaged ~16C). Final calcs will be published in July once I have a year's data.
Reminds me of another finance guy’s line, ‘who cares if Miami is six metres underwater’ www.ft.com/content/ee83...
Recent Harvard-led study on nuclear power and cancer in Nature Comms found: "cancer mortality among individuals aged 65+, associated with proximity to nuclear power plants, averaged 4266 deaths [in the US] per year" Which is wild! At odds with anything I've seen BUT...
National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States - Nature Communications
‘Populations residing near nuclear power plants may experience low-level chronic exposure to ionizing radiation through environmental release pathways. In here the authors find higher cancer mortality...
nature.com
