Nigel Bagshaw
@nigelbagshaw.bsky.social
Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
In 1985, Carl Sagan told Congress that continuing to burn fossil fuels will increase global temperature, cause climate change, melt glaciers and ice sheets, and cause sea level rise. Imagine if we had listened to him them. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate
George St too congested with private cars so they’re diverting the buses 🧐
The Edinburgh Reporter@edinreporter.bsky.social · 12h agoChanges to bus diversions on Princes Street Lothian Business have today altered the routes of services 15, 33, 34, Lothian Country service 43 and East Coast services 106 and X6....
Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation
Fruit to produce jet fuel: another greenwashing scam, directly from the fossil fuel industry, that will turn an area of Brazilian countryside the size of LA into a monoculture. 🧵
Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing
A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.
bloomberg.com
We must take action on the climate you say?
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 6h agoGatwick airport to open second runway after legal battle fails
“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. 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
theguardian.com
Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"
Sound proposals from Edinburgh Bus Users. Unlikely to be put into practice, though, because private car traffic cannot be restricted whatever the circumstances. edinburghbususers.group/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter to the City of Edinburgh Council: Urgent Temporary Bus Priority Needed Following Princes Street Fire
The recent devastating fire at the former Debenhams building on Princes Street has presented Edinburgh with an unprecedented transport challenge. With the Princes Street public transport corridor d…
edinburghbususers.group
Hang on a minute, is this the same councillor from the same party which opposes the completion of the circular tram line that would provide precisely what he claims to be missing? www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/prolong...
Prolonged closure of Princes Street 'unacceptable' says councillor
‘Edinburgh cannot afford to see its principal street closed for weeks at a time because of a single incident’ - Cllr Kevin Lang
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Could also be applied in many other countries, if the politicians there had the necessary foresight.
Katja Diehl@katjadiehl.bsky.social · yesterdayStudy Deutschlandticket: steady 14 million sales per month (20% of population); accounts for >50 % of all public transport journeys and two-thirds of passenger-kilometres-also in non-urban areas. Direct economic benefit: 5 billion; annual CO₂ savings of 3 million tonnes. www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/D...
With well-enforced 7-7-7 bus lanes this wouldn't happen. Instead we await an announcement of a trial. 11+ years ago CEC cut its bus lanes almost at a stroke. 7 years ago it agreed @chasbooth.bsky.social motion ('nem con') to reinstate them. No doubt there'll be 'fury' on their return.
Simon Christie@thebonnieloon.bsky.social · 2d agoNorth Bridge acting as designed this morning as car parking in the city centre bus lane returns. Why’s that not in the press release?! Someone tell the council it’s 2026 and not 1956 @edinburghminute.com @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
Some good coverage of public transport in the National today. Bus priority, railway electrification, affordable travel - all obvious, straightforward measures, but do we have politicians at national or local level who are willing to put them into practice? www.thenational.scot/news/transpo...
If you could rebuild Scotland's public transport system, what would it look like?
We spoke to both experts and members of the public about what their biggest priority is when it comes to improving Scotland’s public transport
thenational.scot
Please sign and share this petition by French campaigners against large wood-to-bioenergy and biochar projects in the French Pyrenees which would cause severe harm to wildlife-rich forests: agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/no...
🛑 Ne rasons pas nos forêts pour faire voler des avions
Sommé par l’Europe de réduire son recours aux énergies fossiles, le secteur aérien n’a rien trouvé de mieux que de vouloir faire voler les avions avec du kérosène produit à partir de biomasse forestiè...
agir.greenvoice.fr
Climate science denial in physical form. The Land Rover Defender X (yup - they've gone full Musk). Price: £103,460, plus a few kids' lives. 🧵
You should be terrified by climate change and authoritarianism. The climate changing authoritarians want you terrified about migration. Which their policies will amplify, by design. A doom loop.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Europa glüht. Das ist nicht Wetter, das ist menschengemachter Klimawandel. Wenn man hier von Wetter spricht, hat man noch nicht mal anerkannt, dass wir überhaupt ein Problem haben.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
The Finns abolished private schools. They don't appear to have any regrets. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
We abolished private schools in Finland - here's what happened next
Heli Litja, 45, was one of the first students in a reformed Finland. Here, she explains what the UK might look like if private schools were abolished altogether
inews.co.uk
I see the man of transport contradictions is at it again: Tram disruption is terrible, but we don't need trams. I know the tram 'losses' are essentially only on paper but I choose to ignore that. 'to, not through' is no longer in the plan, but whatever. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Transport needs more answers than walking and cycling - Iain Whyte
With the Princes Street closure set to be in place for at least the next three to four weeks it still seems to be all that people are talking about. No wonder when it is causing daily bus chaos and th...
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Like so many politicians, Cole-Hamilton fails to understand precisely where traffic comes from. Prioritising private cars over public transport never ends well. "You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic" etc. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/reopen-....
'Reopen slip roads' plea to ease congestion in South Queensferry
‘The traffic flow in Queensferry has been a burden on residents for too many years now’ - Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
While wildfires burn and communities suffer across Europe, fossil fuel giants are cashing in. If we’re serious about tackling the climate crisis, the answer is NOT more fossil fuels. It’s investing properly in renewable energy to cut emissions, cut bills and protect nature.
Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmental groups renew calls for windfall tax to support households following Q2 earnings rise to $9.84bn
theguardian.com
I am BEGGING the BBC to stop calling them “anti-immigration” protesters, they’re racists. If they’re shouting racist abuse, and attacking people of colour, they’re racist. Call them what they are. Racists, stirred up by right-wing politicians and media. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Delivery driver 'afraid to work' after protesters' racist traffic-cone attack in Glasgow
Muhammad Jawad Yaqoob was attacked during a spate of violent incidents on Saturday, when police said people were targeted for the colour of their skin.
bbc.co.uk
What? Trams are essential for businesses too. Who knew? www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/top-sco...
Top Scottish chefs say Leith trade being 'destroyed' due to ongoing tram disruption
Chef Dean Banks said his Leith restaurant could face a £100,000 loss in August if trams to Leith are not reinstated
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
I’m running 200km over 7 days to demand safer roads. On average, 30 people are killed every week on UK roads — deaths that are preventable. I’m raising funds for the charity Brake, who support bereaved families & crash victims. Please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/andy-co...
Andy's fundraiser for Brake, the road safety charity
Help Andy Cox raise money to support Brake, the road safety charity
justgiving.com
