Tom Bowman
@tomkbowman.bsky.social
If we find our intelligence surpassed, we will still have wisdom to draw on. "Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." Rachel Carson.
1,000 new jobs, good to see. Transition in action. www.edie.net/national-gri...
National Grid pledges £5m to grow future energy workforce - edie
National Grid has unveiled a £5m ‘Power Within Employability Fund’ to help 5,000 unemployed young people kickstart careers in key sectors like infrastructure and energy.
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I wonder how long athis will take to have an impact? If it does. Great initiative though. 🤞https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/416963/eu-requires-labels-for-all-ai-formats.html
EU Requires Labels For All AI Formats
A new transparency rule took effect across the EU Sunday. Online retailers, travel groups and ad agencies are among the businesses that rushed to overhaul websites and customer service systems.
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Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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Let no-one say “we didn’t know.” We appear to be willingly walking over the cliff. www.marketingdive.com/news/markete...
Marketers’ latest AI conundrum: An environmental footprint left unmeasured
While the lion’s share of marketers surveyed by 51toCarbonZero believe AI is increasing emissions, just 36% are tracking their full impact.
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The Truth at the Apollo is really excellent, recommended! @stephenmangan.bsky.social is fab as are rest of the cast!
‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia
‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia
Exclusive: at a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness
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"Energy from heaven, not from hell," he says. @billmckibben.bsky.social a Very cool 11 Minutes. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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Shouldn’t we just stop making and selling these things? They’re hardly crucial, even for picnics. theconversation.com/wildfires-wh...
Wildfires: why disposable BBQs are being banned from some parks and beaches
Disposable BBQs are a major, yet preventable, fire risk. Other picnics are a better bet.
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“A parallel national solarpunk energy system emerging unplanned alongside the old grid!” open.substack.com/pub/climatea...
Your Daily Dose of Climate Hope, July 21, 2026
Pakistan's EPIC solar super-boom!
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This is Nomad Century happening in Technicolor right before our eyes. @wanderinggaia.bsky.social #nomadcentury Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spain's PM blames traffickers after 60,000 migrants reach Ceuta from Morocco
Spain said most had returned to Morocco by Friday evening, as Italy suspended its Schengen agreement on free movement with Madrid.
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"fiddling while Rome burns" definition and everyday Usage: Today, the saying is most commonly used in politics, if a government ignores a major environmental disaster to debate minor administrative policies. How apt.
Dropped by Arthur Dent at the Restaurant at the end of the Universe? www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/scienti...
Sweet! Scientists find raspberry sugar in interstellar space for the first time – and it could tell us how life arose on Earth | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Scientists have detected sugar in interstellar space for the first time – a discovery that could help us understand how life arose on Earth.
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Will this new ITV production change UK public attitudes to the situation we’re in? I hope so. theconversation.com/force-of-nat...
Force of Nature shows how extreme weather pushes wildlife to its limits
This new documentary series reveals how nature is fighting back against today’s extreme weather.
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“The Medieval Climate Anomaly was a largely regional episode of natural warmth. Today’s climate change is a rapid worldwide warming trend driven primarily by human greenhouse gas emissions” theconversation.com/drought-wate...
Drought, water shortages and crop failures: how does the medieval warm period compare with today?
Monks wrote chronicles about the devastating heat of the 13th century, and detail what happened.
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I wonder if this will be as popular in the UK as it is in Germany? www.techradar.com/home/uk-gove...
The plug-in solar revolution will start in the UK from August 27, as government reveals crucial date — and Amazon says it's 'looking forward to helping customers access this technology'
The UK government has quietly revealed when plug-in solar panels will become legal in the country — here's what that means.
techradar.com
How long before we see the AI equivalent of Chernobyl or Three Mile Island? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
bbc.co.uk
This week's column explains how successive Environment Secretaries in the UK have been actively facilitating ecocide on behalf of industrial lobbyists. Charged with protecting the living world, one after another has been working for the enemy. This has to change.🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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It seems like pedentary by the regulator. Surely they should be more clearly on the side of the consumer and the environment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Most sewage spills in England may be illegal, new research suggests
The new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked.
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I thought it was a bad habit, turns out it is a good one! #dopamine theconversation.com/why-you-keep...
Why you keep buying books you don’t read – and why it feels so good
Why a pile of unread books is not stressful, yet a pile of unread emails is.
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Honestly a fantastic summary of a great series. Do listen to some amazing original thinking. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radical - The Best of Radical with Amol Rajan - BBC Sounds
Amol chooses five standout conversations from his time hosting Radical.
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Quite the chart to see as Andy Burnham becomes the 7th UK -prime minister since 2016. bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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New York sues 3M, DuPont, others over toxic 'forever chemicals' in consumer goods
New York sued 3M , DuPont and other companies on Thursday for harming the environment and people's health by selling "forever chemicals" that they knew were toxic, for use in consumer products.
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