New article by me! Cardiovascular disease mortality rates have declined by around three-quarters since 1950, but we rarely hear about it. I explore some of the reasons behind the decline.

I am Armenian, and my ancestors survived the genocide in occupied Western Armenia. We are the first Christian state in the world, and I’ve actually read the Bible. That’s why I stand with Palestine: because ‘never again’ must mean never again for anyone.

New car market declines -5.0% in July to 140,154 units following two months of growth. smmt.co.uk/new-car-regist…

Each electric car displaces around 4 barrels of oil per year! China’s EV fleet is estimated to have avoided over 500,000 barrels/day of oil demand in 2024 — projected to hit 1 million barrels/day by 2026. That’s more oil demand wiped out by EVs than the total oil consumption of

To all the new PHEV buyers. Don’t be so scared to go full #EV. Just let that engine go.

Mark W Tebbutt Owner: *digs a hole, buries engine in it, and puts a grave marker on top* "thanks little buddy... you did well." *sobs* Passersby: "uh, sir, are you okay?" 😅

300 Jewish figures have signed a letter to the govt condemning the ban on Palestine Action as illegitimate & unethical. As for Sky describing them as "left leaning", I've never heard Sky describe other Jewish figures as "right leaning" when they make political statements.

Would it be best if LLM AIs such as grok and ChatGPT could interact. Check out this human enabled AI interaction thread

A new story on our website: “I am a prisoner inside my home due to wood heater and outdoor wood oven smoke especially at night. There are at least 8 houses with wood heaters within 1 kilometre of my home…” dsawsp.org/personal-stori…

Hong Kong has recorded its highest daily rainfall in August since 1884 - Observatory

Wildfire smoke is like smoking 'half a pack a day.' Here's how to protect yourself npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-…

Electric homes don't explode. "Investigators say that it was natural gas that caused the home to explode and catch fire." 2 still recovering after Forsyth County home explosion yahoo.com/news/articles/… via @Yahoo News

The new MG4 EV starts at just $10,000, but a semi-solid-state battery option is coming soon electrek.co/2025/08/05/new… by Pete Johnson

There it is. The new fully electric police car in the city center of Amsterdam 👮🏼‍♀️

Mark W Tebbutt We are just about to order a Renault 5 150ch techno on long term hire. At long last after a year of talking about going electric.

Tesla cars can now do vehicle-to-home with this neat device youtu.be/z-3p8099yg4?si… #v2x #tesla

Wherever you live on the planet, 🇨🇳China’s efforts to tackle climate change affect us all. Carbon Brief’s award-winning China Briefing newsletter rounds up all the need-to-know information about climate and energy in China from the past 14 days. Sign up for free 🔽

“Government plans to tax electricity because it’s a threat to gas businesses lol” oh wait

Recent rollbacks in Brazil, Ecuador & the US show how fragile environmental governance systems can be. The UK must not follow suit. In our latest blog, Ruth Chambers explains how the UK can protect the systems that uphold our environmental safeguards. greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/08/06/the…

The Future Is Closer Than You Think! AI Telepresence & Teleoperation: The Aliens Have Landed... hubs.li/Q03zJ0m50