People worry about how much land we'd need to supply the US with clean energy. Well, Elon Musk and I have independently calculated it and we both come up with something roughly comparable to the area we currently use for maple syrup or golf. A square about 100-120 miles per side.

#GorgieDalry #20MinuteNeighbourhood Initial ideas/chat: 🙋‍♀️Thu 1 & Sat 3 Dec, DalryRd, opp. Orwell Ter, p.m. 🙋‍♀️or online map & email -->edinburgh.gov.uk/20minutegorgie… Ideas: #SchoolStreets #DalryRoad #BusGate #ShopLocal 🙋‍♀️Big change possible in 2-3 years when entire road resurfaced

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Nice little cameo from BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland President Micheline Sheehy Skeffington in this article about cycling in Ireland. Another location on the cycle touring list then! bbc.com/travel/article…

Barry O'Kane BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Afraid I'm quoted out of context. Any turf cutting damages bogs; drainage is required for this & is not sustainable. Active blanket bog (ie not drained) is a priority habitat in EU law. Much of Connemara is thus protected & even hand cutting of turf is under negotiation

A journalist asked NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern if she was meeting Finland's PM Sanna Marin because they were both "similar in age and got a lot of common stuff." Her response is everything. 🇳🇿 🇫🇮

Getting a lot of q's about what today's nuclear fusion breakthrough means for climate. My answer is: not much. We already have the technologies we need to decarbonise 80% of the electricity sector by 2030 even as demand soars due to electrification: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

13 December 1943 | A French Jewish boy, Leon Herbstman, was born in Vichy. On 13 April 1944, he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a group of 1,500 Jews. On 16 April 1944, he was murdered in a gas chamber together with his mom Frida and father Henri.

Flying insect numbers plunge 64% since 2004, UK survey finds theguardian.com/environment/20…

So after almost 17 months of banning teenage girls from school. The Taliban decide to BAN women from universities too. Afghanistan is the ONLY country in the world that bans women and girls from going to school & university. This is a crime against humanity & it must not stand.

23 December 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Maria Troeder, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

On the first Christmas Eve in #Auschwitz on 24 December 1940, the SS set up a Christmas tree on the roll-call square with electric lights. Beneath it, they placed bodies of prisoners who had died while working or frozen to death at roll call, Poles & Polish Jews.

We're as excited & full of beans as Doldol to welcome the #NewYear. If you are too, use that energy & challenge yourself to do a sponsored run, swim, walk, cycle, or - whatever wonderful, whacky idea you come up with, to raise funds & awareness for our work to protect elephants

4 January 1921 | Dutch Jewish woman Ester Levitus was born in Amsterdam. A clerk. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz, where she was killed on 21 August with a phenol heart injection. Her parents Jakob & Sophia and younger sister Lena were also murdered in the camp.

The Earthshot Prize is calling all innovative African climate change solutions with a clear intention to repair our planet. If this is you, enter multichoice.com/earthshot/afri…  by 27 January.

13 January 1935 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Willem de Koning, was born in The Hague. In January 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in the gas chamber after selection.

❓Wondering how Shell and BP can get away with such vast profits❓ Check out the revolving door between Whitehall and energy companies. Numerous officials go on to personally profit from them. Investigation 👉bit.ly/3HWBKLz

The battle between fossil fuels and renewables: mailchi.mp/1548b5c5a1b1/t…

Loved Dan Andrews meander down digital nomad memory lane. Esp the beautifully accurate description of early years when laptop closed you were actually offline! And I'm right there with the old man "in my day..." tropicalmba.com/episodes/digit…