🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

🚨 NEW: @danneidle.bsky.social claims Scotland’s 48% tax rate has lost public revenue. But is this actually true? My new deep-dive says no – Dan’s analysis doesn’t prove anything. It’s a long read, so buckle up 🧵

'The argument this is the future of our energy is a complete distraction.' @robertnpalmer.bsky.social explains what new drilling in the North Sea could mean for Brits.

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show Also, nice work by Fossil Free London on their banner: “Fossil Fuels? Andy, don’t Burn’em” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show

Campaigners say field will bring minimal benefit for UK economy, as industry lobbies Burnham for go-ahead

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Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism

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Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

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As we come to the end of the latest burst of warm weather what do Britons think about heatwaves? Asked at the end of the June heatwaves and climate, people's unsurprising top reaction was 'Hot' but that was followed by unbeatable, uncomfortable, worried, concerned and exhausted

Weird thing is most testing will show you that one of the most vote losing positions Labour could adopt is explicit anti-Net Zero signalling. This is because climate still disproportionately matters to Lab/Green voters while Lab/Reform voters don’t care either way...

Arieh Kovler@ariehkovler.com · 3w ago

It's kind of weird how watering down Net Zero has become a political litmus test in Labour. Net Zero was in the last TORY manifesto!

More North Sea drilling will do nothing for affordability of energy or materially help security of supply. Great piece at @rusi.bsky.social www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

The North Sea Debate Risks Missing the Point

Claims new drilling in the North Sea could materially reshape the UK’s energy security appear overstated, misbalancing the discussion on future developments.

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Investment in the energy transition means more jobs, lower bills and a safer climate. It's the only sensible thing to do. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband

Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor

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UK records its hottest June day on record. The climate crisis is here, now. Shame on any politician, corporate CEO, or union boss who still lobbies against urgent climate action. You're condemning us all to heatwave hell, health issues and avoidable deaths. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK records its hottest June day, beating highs from 1957 and 1976

Temperature of 35.7C recorded in Surrey, beating previous record of 35.6C, while France records hottest day nationally

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For the best part of a decade the UK had a policy of maximising oil and gas production from the North Sea and throughout that time the economy continued its miserable run of form. www.thetimes.com/article/cc56...

Keir Starmer under pressure from ministers to rethink North Sea drilling

Sir Tony Blair’s claim that Labour should rip up Ed Miliband’s green targets has found favour with some members of the cabinet

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The more we experience fossil fuel volatility, the clearer the case becomes: "The war has certainly accelerated clean tech adoption." This is what I told The Times for their piece on how the energy crisis drives adoption of solar, EVs and heat pumps. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Britons embrace green technology to dodge rising fuel costs

Households are increasingly turning to heat pumps, EVs and solar panels to avoid big rises in the price of fossil fuels triggered by the Iran war

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British power prices are increasingly independent from gas | Ember

An increasing proportion of clean power is already priced independently from fossil fuels in Britain, and a de-linking is beginning to emerge.

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The war in the Gulf is driving prices up - petrol, food & energy bills. There are steep costs for countries dependent on importing oil & gas. This is speeding up a switch to clean energy - solar, heat pumps, electric vehicles. Me on @aljazeera.com

UK dependence on oil & gas is making all of us poorer except the shareholders and bosses of companies like BP Me on @lbc.co.uk 1/

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3mo ago

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.

From Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency on new UK oil and gas: “It is up to the government, but these fields would not change much for the UK’s energy security, nor would they change the price of oil and gas. They would not make any significant difference to this crisis.”

🌍This is our home. Yet millions of people around the world are trapped in energy poverty, paying the price for a broken global energy system. Clean energy can help cut bills, reduce poverty and protect our planet. 🗣️It’s time for leaders to #SeeTheBigPicture this Earth Day.

It will be the law of the jungle. Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South. Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...

NEW: Where are voters landing on the North Sea oil debate post-Iran? A quick thread on some of the fluidities and ambiguities, which I think can tell you something about polling/public opinion itself. Includes some new polling and message testing via @yougov.co.uk for @persuasionuk.bsky.social 🧵

As Ed Miliband seeks to 'double down' on the UK energy transition to clean power, this is a reminder of why that matters to consumers: The highest proportion of fossil fuels in the energy mix leads to the highest prices according to Fidelity international www.ft.com/content/6b4e...

Nick Robinson on the Today programme this morning was quick to repeat a misleading line about why we should support new North Sea oil & gas extraction in the UK on the grounds that it's MUCH (4x) cleaner than importing LNG. It's incorrect on several grounds: 🧵

It's perfectly reasonable to challenge ministers on N Sea oil & gas as a response to the energy shock. But this is the exclusive framing for EVERY interview on this topic. No minister or opposition leader is ever asked if they'll "max out" wind/solar. It's always framed as fossil fuels v inaction

As Trump prepares to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, it’s worth knowing a staggering stat about the gas that comes through there: If all LNG coming down the Strait in 2025 had been used for electricity, it would have been less that what was generated by solar power newly INSTALLED that year 🧵🧵 1/5

Starmer says he’s ‘fed up’ with energy bills going up for Britons because of actions taken by Trump and Putin - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The political 'choice' over North Sea oil & gas drilling in a nutshell "There is no world in which Labour can get a little closer to Reform, allay fears of concerned voters by indulging a nostalgic fantasy that cannot keep the lights on" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ed Miliband hold firm! North sea oil and gas drilling won’t help anyone other than Nigel Farage | Zoe Williams

It’s worrying to watch Labour entertain Reform’s fantasies about fossil fuels. Only renewables will bring lower bills and higher energy security, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Opening new oil &gas fields in North Sea would encourage developing countries to exploit more fossil fuels One senior African negotiator reacted furiously to the suggestion: “new oil exploration by a historic emitter is as contradictory as it is regressive” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK opening new oil and gas fields would imperil global climate goals, experts say

Climate diplomacy figures warn North Sea drilling would encourage fossil fuel exploitation by developing countries

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ICYMI Climate Scientists write urging UK govt - & opposition parties - to prioritise renewable energy as more cost-effective response to energy crisis than North Sea drilling "around 90% of North Sea oil & gas has already been extracted... more is unlikely to move prices" www.ft.com/content/5059...

Leading UK climate scientists warn against new North Sea drilling

Intervention comes as political pressure rises for British government response to energy crisis caused by Iran war

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NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices www.carbonbrief.org/...

Huge respect for Ed Miliband's refusal to back down to pressure over North Sea oil. The fact is drilling for oil in the North Sea will do NOTHING to fix the Iran crisis. The only long term solution to this crisis, and others that will follow, is renewables. Anyone who says otherwise has an agenda