The UK Govt is giving £2️⃣2️⃣billion of public money to carbon capture. This technology is being used by the oil industry to greenwash its plans to keep on drilling & burning. 50 years of failure is being rewarded with more handouts while real climate solutions miss out.

I fear George is correct from my 20 years in the energy industry hydrogen, nuclear and carbon capture are the expensive outside bets. Solar, wind, electricity storage, rewilding and energy efficiency the much cheaper inside bets.

Always fun chatting to Mike Graham, this morning we talked about everything from carbon capture, to ex-wives, tins of paint and of course those pesky drum-banging, finger-wagging Net Zero extremists...

. Starmer £22 Billion for Carbon Capture by oil companies 😐 Jeremy Corbyn £3.7 Billion to plant two billion trees by 2040, create 10 new national parks. (Friends of the Earth welcomed the plan "the most ambitious" aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon to offset emissions) 👍🏼

Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 Here's my thread, for what it's worth. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1842325…

This week I’ve re-started my TV column after a long break, and I’ve kicked off with “Ludwig”. Ripped it apart, obv. telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/ludwig-bb…

I don't agree with every word of this but I do wholly agree with its key messages. Now is the time for democrats on the left and right of UK politics to get big money out of our politics. These political donations lead to corruption and that's indefensible.

A solution to this £22bn carbon capture row. The proposal, inherited from the Conservatives, exempts #CCS plans from normal rules requiring that they will lower UK emissions. What's there to worry about if #CCS works? Labour: please subject the plans to proper scrutiny. 🧵1/3

Very sad news. Just heard due to ill health #JohnnieWalker is retiring after 58 years in the business. His last #SoundsOfThe70s #Radio2 show will be in three weeks on 27th October. We’ll miss you Johnnie. Thanks for everything. BBC Radio 2 @piratejw

🚨 How can we quickly & affordably get millions of poorly insulated terraced homes off #fossilfuels?🚨 Imagine a world where communities transform cold, damp terraces into warm, healthy homes with affordable #energy — lower bills, cleaner air, low-carbon #heating 🧵 1/7 #NZTS

I say Ed Miliband Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves The Labour Party if you are to retain any credibility wrt to the £22bn subsidies for fossil fuels for carbon storage, you must directly respond to the issues raised in this well documented thread-cc George Monbiot Chris Packham Ian Dunt.

The only way to keep this platform usable since its emuskulation is to block, block and block again. I very seldom blocked people before Musk. Now I block around 20 a day. It feels quite satisfying, like shooting zombies in a computer game. 🧵

"The fossil fuel industries have been lobbying this government, lobbying politics for a long time." Adrian Ramsay MP criticises Labour's decision to 'invest' in unproven carbon capture and storage following intense lobbying by oil and gas companies.

This is an outstanding message beautifully communicated. Deserves an award.

Zack Polanski LATEST 🔴Labour Party's largest DONOR has $million’s invested in Carbon Capture interests Quadrature the firm that handed £4m to Labour Party holds $67m in Exxon Mobil shares - the winner of 4 UK Carbon Capture licences. (By Russell Scott) More ⤵️ open.substack.com/pub/russellsco…

The BBC is disgusting. The manner in which it dehumanises Palestinians and is so dismissive of Pro Palestinian guests..... Bravo to Hanan Ashrawi for schooling complicit media.