Thanks to those that came along last week to the Roca Gallery! Was great to meet and talk to so many interested and interesting people afterwards!

Anyone else just getting a lot of bot activity on here now? Given this, combined with the increasingly toxic environment here, and the fact that more and more people are migrating - I'll only be posting on that other, clearer, bluer platform from now on! See you there!

I've got an invite code for the blue platform if anybody wants one!

It's looking more and more like the UK is heading for a Net Zero election in 2024.

Bring it on.

The Government's recent rowback on energy efficiency standards for rented housing was terrible for renters and terrible for the climate. As such it was the least popular of the policies (YouGov poll - 60% opposed). Excellent to hear Matthew Pennycook MP will reinstate the new standards

Today I can share I'm challenging the PM on the legality of abandoning key Net Zero commitments

I believe the timeline for the UK to meet Net Zero cannot be changed at will by the PM – I contend that he does not have the legal right

The ball is in your court , Prime Minister

This is stunning. 👏👏👏

It's happening! Homegrown mass timber here we gooooooo

This was such a joy to be a part of! Thankyou!

HS2 bought this man's land. Fascinating and alarming interview!

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/o…

Greenwich housing demolition ordered just one year after completion // Sunak U-turns on carbon policies // Deforestation and the Sycamore Gap tree felling // And is Britain really a ‘nation of drivers’?

I hosted The Brief this week with Joe Giddings
open.spotify.com/episode/79y9pK…

Look how dependent on cars and vans we are in the UK.

Without a high speed rail network this will never change:

This country is a joke. Without high speed rail the UK is condemned to a century of car dependency

Today the government has diverted lots of money away from rail infrastructure towards expanding our road network

Presumably there will be a lot of environmental folk on here that are happy with Sunak's announcement to scrap HS2 line to Manchester. If that's you, why? A genuine question which I'm interested to hear responses to!

It is happening, this passivhaus school is going to be built with CLT instead of concrete 💚

#BuildWithCarbon

This week's The Brief podcast hosted by Phineas Harper features guest Joe Giddings discussing Woolwich's 'mutant' towers demolition order, Sycamore Gap fell, recent Net Zero U-turns and the DfT's 'Plan for Drivers'... out tomorrow, Open City friends can listen adfree this PM 🎙️

Whoops. FT says collapsing UK carbon price after Sunak Net Zero changes mean:

- Billions that would have been raised from big polluters to fund NHS + other public services will now be sent to the EU instead.

- 🇬🇧 clean energy jobs will be a casualty.