Got notified yesterday that my PhD on right-leaning attitudes to rural climate policy in England has been awarded. Actual thesis is here. doi.org/10.17635/lan.... But the kids version is way more interesting! - linkedin has the PDF (can't attach here) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #climate

Rachel's PhD - the kids' version | Rachel Coxcoon | 73 comments

I just got notification from Lancaster University that my PhD has been officially awarded and realised I didn't do the 'so thrilled and pleased etc' post when I did my viva a few months ago. Anyway, ...

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After extensive research, I can confirm that if you have 2 Velux windows but cannot afford to remortgage your house for bespoke Velux screens, you can spend £10 each on 3 insulated car windscreen covers, sew them together, attach some velcro straps, and MASSIVELY reduce how hot your attic rooms are.

This is a glorified panel discussion, not a #ClimateAssembly! #CitizensAssemblies are widely understood to be in-depth processes, descriptively representative of the citizenry. When we co-opt these words for 'in-group' chats, they lose their impact, and with it, people's trust. (1)

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Do please join a stellar cast tonight for our live Climate Assembly, online and in person. www.theguardian.com/guardian-liv...

Today marks one year since Labour won a landslide majority on just 34% of the vote. No wonder trust in politics is so low when we keep getting governments that most people didn't choose. There is an alternative: a proportional system where Parliament reflects how people voted. #PRnow

Really useful new report from @nestauk.bsky.social on the impacts of rebalancing the costs of Great British Energy Scheme and supplier ECO targets by moving the levies off electricity and onto gas; media.nesta.org.uk/documents/Ho... TLDR: Only well-off households using gas pay more, by £20-£76pa

I dunno, maybe she nicked it off one of the younger kids at lunch break?

Anybody who works on educating the public about climate change, here is a fantastic new resource from @roostweather.bsky.social . @carbonliteracy.bsky.social , this could be a really nice exploratory tool for those training councillors?

Ed Hawkins@edhawkins.org · last yr.

Is it hot right now in the UK? New interactive website allowing anyone to explore live temperatures hour-by-hour across the UK, and whether they are cool, warm or hot relative to normal. istheukhotrightnow.com Built by @roostweather.bsky.social.

'Car Brain' - 1920's style! @ianwalker.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social @modacitylife.com

Peter Norton@norton.bsky.social · last yr.

Later generations were taught that streetcar service declined because passengers preferred to drive. Transportation experts have patiently explained this cause to me. But primary sources reveal that a small minority of motorists degraded the transit modes that the vast majority relied upon.

🧵 REVEALED: Community energy projects in Scotland are generating 100x more local wealth than privately-owned wind farms. But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?

I'm seeing the effect of this on my daily commute. The bed of the Wye in Hereford is visible in places, you could walk across it in wellies right now. This time last year, the water level was at least 3 feet higher... #drought

AJCann@ajcann.bsky.social · last yr.

April 2025 Hydrological Summary nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul... #weather #climate #environment

Sadly the Guardian fails to mention (a) Greens threw everything at these 2 seats (b) LD and LAB stood paper candidates (c) Reform cratered the Tory vote. These are only repeatable victories in those circumstances. The RW vote still dominates here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

Still astonished that there is not more commentary on how Trump might turn out to be accidentally good for the environment. Can't help but wonder how much of the stuff coming through these ports from China was cheap, pointless household tat that nobody needed. Halloween ornaments for one thing...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last yr.

“Shipping ports are empty across the United States. Nothing is coming in. Businesses have cancelled the remainder of their 2025 orders.” (h/t FreightWaves)

Fascinating stuff from ‪@dangrey.bsky.social‬ on Spanish blackouts. I'd been wondering what we might learn from Spain so we can avoid this in UK. Now I think we might learn from Spain that Spain should have learned from UK when something similar happened here a few years back!

Dan Grey@dangrey.bsky.social · last yr.

We know only a little about why Spain and Portugal's blackout occurred on Monday, but enough to what went wrong and what should have happened but didn't. Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues 1/

Genius.

Trades Union Congress@tuc.org.uk · last yr.

Why does Nigel Farage want me to lose my job?

Well worth a read, though unfortunately the people who most need to read it won't, because the batshit crazy Tony Blair Institute report is manna from heaven for the Torygraph.

Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · last yr.

1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

“Irrelevant old man says stupid thing”. But, for variety’s sake, it’s not Trump. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair

Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture

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What is he even saying here? Vote for me (I'm crazy and I think my name is on your ballot), vote for Poilievre (he's already promised me he's going to hand over Canada immediately?), or vote for Carney (because I'm planning to invade and that will give me an excuse?) truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your C...

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This thread sums up my frustration listening to Badenoch on Peston. “UK can’t do #netzero because we utterly failed to support our own #renewables industry over decades, which is obviously China’s fault” www.youtube.com/live/-NuGUb8... from 32 mins

PESTON LIVE - 23/04/2025

YouTube video by Peston

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Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · last yr.

The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵

The whole Trump tariffs thing feels a lot like Brexit to me. The 'remain in the EU camp' spent the last weeks of that campaign endlessly warning that Brexit would be hugely economically damaging. Many people who wanted Brexit understood that, & accepted it as a price worth paying. But for what? 🧵

Fantastically helpful explainer and tool for anyone who regularly deals with the 'we need two grids' argument when teaching people about renewables. via @daanwalt3r.bsky.social electrotechrevolution.substack.com/p/renewables... Worth circulating, @carbonliteracy.bsky.social ?

Renewables allow us to pay less, not twice

What Kemi Badenoch, and many others, get wrong about renewables.

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THREAD: How the Sun screwed up its "smoking gun" story on net-zero study The Sun: "As much as 10% wld be wiped off economic growth by end of decade" Source: "At no point does this study suggest there will be a drop in UK GDP. It talks abt a 10% transfer…within GDP" Oops! 1/10

This week, I have been mostly being a lungfish.

Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · last yr.

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

I was an undergrad when Cole was doing his PhD at Cardiff. Such a lovely bloke and one hell of an illustrator - if anyone needs anything doing please contact him

Cole Henley@cole007.bsky.social · last yr.

Some news shared in visual format (more details in blog post #linkinbio). Please swipe for a short heart-felt summary of my health and if you need an illustrator/artist please do get in touch! Thanks for reading 🙏

I wonder if I just tell HMRC I am not available to pay my taxes right now, then we can just call this whole thing quits? #notaxationwithoutrepresentation (or someone answering the damned phone).

If I had a pound for every time a local authority politician had tried this one on me during a #climatechange training day, I would have quite a lot of money by now. See also "Oh I, remember when they kept telling us the Y2K computer bug would crash all the computers and then nothing happened...."

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · last yr.

In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded. CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.

Well played, whoever did this. Well played. Also, would like to make clear that I do not think President Zelenskyy looks like a Hobbit. (Though I do believe he has at least as much courage and heart as the best of them).

Let's keep this simple. The United States of America is withholding intelligence on the aggressor's military that are sending drones and ballistic missiles every night to target homes, hospitals, schools and power plants in Ukraine. The US is aiding the enemy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine

US no longer providing information about targets in Russia, in latest blow after halting military aid

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Great video showing what happened when @thecccuk.bsky.social got a group of B'ham residents together to discuss what policies we need to get to #NetZero. www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u... A workshop is running, 20/03 10-11am, if you want to learn more: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1c21ec...