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When you're an investor in biogas and didn't make the move into heat pumps like many of your competitors.

Problem with the water industry is that it was not regulated properly under the last Labour govt Current situation must *not* mean whatever the monopoly utilities failings, they're safe knowing govt will make sure public have to stump up for shareholders news.sky.com/story/starmer-…

3.1% of UK electricity is provided by burning rubbish Plastic waste - from fossil oil - means the power is as polluting as coal Yet numbers of incinerators are on the rise It’s an “insane situation” to UK waste management says Uni Southampton academic bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thoroughly agree with Doug on this one; any claim to favour deregulation without saying what specific changes you'd make is a waste of time.

We predicted this 18 years ago, in the Friends of the Earth report "Dirty Truths": policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/sites/default/… Detailed study: researchgate.net/publication/38… #Incineration #Waste

For more on the #lobbying tactics which allowed an #incinerator to be built in one of the poorest wards in the country in Plymouth where the height of the stack is the same height as the local primary school on a nearby hill - go here: penguin.co.uk/books/415472/a…

Drax shown to have taken wood from Canadian old-growth forest "forests that are native species that [have] not been previously harvested” as described in internal emails The wood will have been turned into pellets, shipped to UK, burnt for 'clean power' ft.com/content/34550e…

A study found new homes with heat pumps, solar panels & battery would typically save £46,600 on energy over 25 years Installing is straightforward. Retrofitting would cost 5 times as much - when cost would fall on the householder not the housebuilder theguardian.com/environment/20…

All scenarios in International Energy Agency Energy Outlook say global oil demand will peak in 2030 or before Not quick enough for climate change. But still something to think about if you're an investor in oil Risk is fossil fuels enter a period of abundance & low prices iea.org/reports/world-…

More than 140 mn litres of raw sewage were pumped into Lake Windermere between 2021-2023 when it was not permitted United Utilities failed to report most of it Environment Agency awarded United Utilities the top 4* environment rating earlier this year bbc.com/news/articles/…

Astonishing level of pollution in UK, esp England, rivers They contain a cocktail of chemicals incl nitrate & phosphate (61% of waters), caffeine (100%), nicotine (25%) antidepressants (30%) and painkillers (10%) from water company sewage releases & farms theguardian.com/environment/20…

Good news Tho I'm sure it will be an uphill task to keep UK govt honest and Ruth Davis will need all the help available from British civil society theguardian.com/environment/20…

In just over 50 years, nearly three quarters of the world's biodiversity has disappeared owing to climate change, habitat loss (esp to farming), pollution ft.com/content/4d12f8…

At current rate of progress, the United Nations' '30x30' nature target to protect 30% of land & sea by 2030, agreed by all govts at COP15 Biodiversity Summit will not be achieved for the world's oceans until 2107 #GreenpeaceCOP17 businessgreen.com/news/4371090/r…

"VW to shut three factories, axe jobs and cut pay by 10%" A sad consequence of companies dragging their heels in moving to EVs As a recent report we commissioned from the CBI found - going slow on electrification means factories close and jobs are lost theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Pelleting plants for Drax biomass burning plant committing average of 5 environmental breaches per day “Extreme. I don’t even think the worst-performing [English] water companies have got daily breaches of this number” says senior environmental lawyer thetimes.com/article/1760e7…

New study says **even with carbon capture & storage attached**, forest impacts mean Drax operations will lead to higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere by 2050 “CCS tech itself is less important than wood pellet sourcing on forest carbon stocks and flows” theguardian.com/business/2024/…