The current debate in the UK on new licences for oil extraction from the North Sea is about the red sliver.

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars

Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.

theconversation.com

Can't be bothered to search but has anyone ever done the obvious and titled a report on building energy efficiency "implementation is lagging"? If not I may have to write one just to use that title.

I'm not posting Odyssey memes because one must be wary of GIFs bearing Greeks.

German broadcast. Nailed it

Well deserved red card

There have been some amazing moments this #worldcup but this closing ceremony is awful beyond words

Typically insightful and nuanced thread from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social , this.

Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 3w ago

AB, a 🧵

Well I’m proud of the England team anyway #wonderwall

Manchester is currently suffering from massive air quality issues, due to wildfires caused in part due to climate change.

Today marks the 10th day in a row where somewhere in the UK has recorded 30°C or higher 🌡️ This is the most since 2006, when we recorded 14 consecutive days 👀

I think they're perfectly aware that they are convincing more people to read *Careless People* (you should read it, it's genuinely excellent): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35/

Careless People

#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AN...

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When she won the British Book Award, she did not speak to accept it, and the cover of her book was blurred out on the overhead screen: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... 27/

Sarah Wynn-Williams and Virginia Giuffre jointly win freedom to publish prize at British book awards

In a rare public appearance, Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams warned of ‘networks of powerful elites’ using wealth and influence to silence dissenting voices

theguardian.com

Nevertheless, when she was to speak - about a subject other than her book - at the Hay Festival with Tim Wu and Carole Cadwalladr, Meta sent a legal threat to the festival and Wynn-Williams, claiming that if by speaking about *anything* in public, she would violate the arbitrator's order. 29/

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

theguardian.com

Not my most credible feature but I bloody love Total Eclipse of the Heart. RIP

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 4w ago

Total Eclipse of the Heart singer Bonnie Tyler dies at 75

A single day of extreme heat kills 3,400 people in India; a five-day heatwave kills nearly 30,000. Fossil Fuel burning is making heatwaves more frequent.

Frontiers | Estimating heatwave-induced excess mortality in India's districts

India is among the world’s most heat-exposed nations, with hundreds of millions of people facing dangerous temperatures each summer and a mortality burden th...

frontiersin.org

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia x7 in Botswana x6 in Sudan x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia 🧵

Sharing this recipe as a public service for the current moment annajones.co.uk/recipes/too-...

Too Hot Salad – Recipes – Anna Jones

I wanted to share a recipe for a something I've been eating a lot in recent weeks. I make this when it feels too hot to eat or I am in need of something a bit refreshing. I first made it on a weighty,...

annajones.co.uk

Americans who say they are "very concerned" about climate change are getting something very wrong. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What Americans Who Worry About Climate Change Are Getting Wrong

New polling suggests people in the US and other wealthy countries underrate others’ anxiety about global warming.

bloomberg.com

More people need to understand that this is absolutely a cost of #climate change; one of many new costs because our politicians dawdled and did nothing despite decades of warnings from scientists.

John Morales@johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"When she shopped around for coverage, she was quoted as high as $12,000 a year to insure her 2-bed, 1-bath house built in 1956. Her accountant suggested that she pull from her 401k to pay off her mortgage so she could drop her coverage" @senwhitehouse.bsky.social www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

“Renewables and storage continue to be the fastest way to get new electrons on the grid until additional gas-fired generation can be built,” NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said during an investor presentation in April. The question seems to be, then why build more gas power at all?

US solar-storage build spurred by gas plant waits

Deployment of hybrid solar and battery power plants for hyperscalers is surging as developers capitalize on fast construction timelines and ongoing reductions in clean technology costs.

reuters.com

This is great. "If you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" is spot on.

Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 2mo ago

City AM issues broadside against flood of AI slop being submitted by writers for its pages: "if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" www.cityam.com/there-should...

After last week’s sweltering temperatures, Alan Rusbridger explores how climate denialism seeped into mainstream media

The climate crisis is terrifying. Why is the press ignoring it?

The most urgent subject of our age is still part of the culture wars

prospectmagazine.co.uk

4) International scientific collaboration is severely restricted. For the better part of a century the greatest strength of US science has been its position as a focal point of international research activity. This policy dooms US science to inevitable irrelevance.

british fan chat

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found. Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? Our weekend read - by @joshih.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it

Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister?

manchestermill.co.uk

OK Brits, get ready because according to official advisers "aspects of our British way of life are now really under threat from climate change" There'll be a need for air con in schools, hospitals, & over 90% of homes And there'll be shortfalls in water supply www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK should set maximum working temperature rules, advisers say

Successive governments have failed to prepare the UK for extreme heat, the climate watchdog says.

bbc.co.uk

It’s an over used phrase but the new @thecccuk.bsky.social report out today on a “Well-Adapted UK” is genuinely required reading. It lays it out so clearly: the future is not going to be like the past, our climate has changed and is changing, but we can adapt: www.theccc.org.uk/2026/05/20/b...

British way of life under threat from heat, flooding and drought  - Climate Change Committee

The Climate Change Committee today publishes A Well-Adapted UK. This new report sets out a comprehensive package of solutions to address the growing impacts of climate change affecting every aspect of...

theccc.org.uk

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, May 20th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

cluesbysam.com

Wes Streeting is far from being the only politician who is guilty of this, but it is always weird to me how you can write a paragraph on the challenges the world faces and not mention climate change.