On Tuesday #wind produced 53.6% of British electricity followed by gas 21.0%, imports 11.4%, nuclear 7.2%, hydro 3.3%, biomass 2.5%, coal 0.9%, solar 0.3%, other 0.0% *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

⚠️Is Mozambique's dream of an LNG economic boom becoming a liability? 14 yrs after gas discovery, economic development has not 📈 & potential revenue is at risk. IISD's Richard Halsey explains why LNG may not fuel long-term prosperity. 📰African Arguments africanarguments.org/2024/02/peril-…

#Breaking | How have #India’s energy subsidies changed over the past decade? Our new report finds that: 📈 energy subsidies are on the rise ⚠️ fossil fuel subsidies still outsize #CleanEnergy subsidies. Learn More 👉 iisd.org/story/mapping-…

If you are interested in climate change and psychology, in the power of myth and in understanding humanity's various responses to a world in flux, then check out Gareth's excellent new book. It's a belter.

“Where #India goes, goes climate. It’s one of the economies with the quickest energy demand growth rate in the 🌍. The vital question is, what is going to power that energy?" IISD's Tom Moerenhout discusses 🇮🇳's energy & climate policies on PBS. 💻pbs.org/video/indias-e…

Your regular reminder that solar farms take up less of the UK than golf courses - even on a pathway to net-zero carbonbrief.org/factcheck-is-s…

Big bittern news! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ In 2023, conservationists from RSPB recorded 234 male bitterns making their distinctive 'booming' call to attract a mate in England and Wales. That's a 24% increase in booming bitterns compared to 5 years ago!

One of Sweden's big steel mills will replace its blast furnace with two electric arc furnaces ... and by doing so reduce the *country's* greenhouse gas emissions by 7%. Wild. ssab.com/en/news/2024/0…

Wrong on a number of levels Just one-third of our electricity comes from burning fossil fuels With our current generation mix, EVs produce 3x less lifetime CO2 than petrols (and yes, that includes manufacture) Rises to 4x less by 2030 as our grid gets even cleaner

Edvard #Munch 1863-1944 - Beneath the Red Apples - 1926.

ITV News can reveal that underground piping which was declared 'outworn' 17 years ago was never replaced by Southern Water, after 30-thousand homes in East Sussex were left without supplies following a burst main. itv.com/news/meridian/…

INTERVIEW Very interesting and insightful from Greg Jackson on the cultural aspects of media climate misinformation (lots of other fascinating answers on everything from Labour's 2030 target to his climate "epiphany" – read the full transcript at the link) carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-bri…

Found this interesting, so tried a slightly different set up in Bing's Copilot with GPT4. It got the answer right, but then carried on going...

It was a bad look when British Cycling took Shell's polluter dollar, its much worse since the oil giant ditched climate targets and doubled down on putting profits before life and health... Good work from Brandalism cyclingweekly.com/news/british-c…

Commenting, George Monbiot said: “The EA’s role in the cover-up suggests that its capture by the industries it is supposed to regulate has advanced even further than many of us had feared.”

#Nigeria’s dash for Liquified Natural Gas (#LNG) could result in stranded assets, experts warn. Our new report finds that: 🇳🇬 plans to spend USD 18.5bn on LNG infrastructure 🌍 demand for LNG is forecast to fall by 2030 Learn More 👉 iisd.org/publications/r…

Not sure what's more terrifying, the state jailing people for 5 years for planning non-violent protest, or the scale of climate denial. This is the same day Starmer eulogised the European Court of Human rights... which protects right to peaceful protest theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Read our oped in ETEnergyWorld on #offshorewind (OfW) 👉etenergyworld.com/s/bxwf1t0 #Budget2024 should aim to boost OfW's share in India’s #RE mix & stimulate domstic manufacturing of offshore turbines. This can generate #greenjobs & enhance peak #electricitydemand mngmnt Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

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New exhibition of paintings - largely environmentally themed - opening drinks on Saturday 7th June, 3pm at The Crown, Hastings