Environmental policy/politics 🦋 Host of Political Heat podcast, making sense of climate politics 🌍 Writing at https://xitter.cf/t.co/n6xFzvQ7tK ✍️
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I’ve been conflicted about Twitter for a while. Will’s post has persuaded me to stop participating. This is, ever more so, the unaccountable vanity project of an owner who’s pitifully & dangerously lost the plot. 1/ 3
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The same reasoning applies here! You can still follow or subscribe to Political Heat wherever you get your podcasts & on Substack. Or get in touch at [email protected]
I’m deleting the app, but keeping the handle so no one can pretend to be me.
For now, I’ll be on LinkedIn and Substack 2/ 3
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Welcome to see @Ed_Miliband announce a bumper renewables auction round budget of over £1.5bn 👏
As @Ember recently reminded us, offshore wind is 60% cheaper than the alternative - fossil gas. gov.uk/government/news/recor…
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The latest blog explores an expansive idea of #beauty put forward by @fionacreynolds, a former Director General of the @nationaltrust. She told Amy on the podcast: “we need to get back to the soul of our movement, and beauty is a wonderful way of capturing that….” (1)
Hopeful comments from @Ed_Miliband on new grid developments:
"This is not just about community benefits but community shares, #community ownership"
"We can integrate concerns about #nature right at the beginning of the planning process" theguardian.com/environment/…
Recent report from @Regen_insight had some good suggestions on how to deliver energy infrastructure more efficiently, with better public engagement. (NB already good progress on #4!) regen.co.uk/publications/loc…
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Exaggerating the costs of climate action is a classic "discourse of delay"
Yes we need trillions of dollars, but it's an investment: the benefits (avoided damage, economic growth, fuel savings) outweigh costs.
Ask whose interests are served by massive climate finance estimates.
No @McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve #ClimateChange, it will only cost a small fraction of this amount medium.com/oneearth/no-mckin… #EnergyTransition
As @Ed_Miliband & @Keir_Starmer launch GB Energy today, note this was a hugely popular policy with voters during the general election campaign moreincommon.org.uk/general-…
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Some quick thoughts on Great British Energy, now that more detail has been revealed. /1
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The UK’s strength in offshore #wind is old news. But the prospect of the British public having a direct stake in its success is a new direction for #energy policy thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
Primary #steel production is a strategic industry for the UK. Instead of letting the sector continue to lurch from crisis to crisis, the govt should insist on - and invest in - a proper transition from #coal to #hydrogen
Encouraging snapshots of @KamalaHarris positions on #climate gathered in today’s @CarbonBrief newsletter.
Sources: washingtonpost.com/politics/… & nytimes.com/2024/07/22/clima…
Might seem counterintuitive but I think it’s v important - bringing together politics and an expansive idea of “beauty”. With a cast of characters including @fionacreynolds @adriennemaree @cprepdsy @nationaltrust & my former neighbour affectionately known as Gordon the Warden
Out now: the blog post to accompany Episode 8 with @fionacreynolds. It explores whether the #climate movement should be fighting for #beauty
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Strong argument from @martinwolf_ based on new @Demos report which argues “if government wants to be trusted by the people, it must itself start to trust the people.” ft.com/content/40bab0b3-5f19…
And I've written on similar themes (#climate, #democracy, #trust) more recently on my @PoliticalHeat24 substack politicalheat.substack.com/p…
There must be something in the air today... another report in the same vein xitter.cf/ASmallAMount/status/18…
Unusual collaboration between @CPRE, @RenewableUK & @AldersgateGrp today concludes "the planning system for energy infrastructure needs increased strategic direction, stronger resourcing and improved engagement to deliver net zero and protect nature" greenallianceblog.org.uk/202…
Unusual collaboration between @CPRE, @RenewableUK & @AldersgateGrp today concludes "the planning system for energy infrastructure needs increased strategic direction, stronger resourcing and improved engagement to deliver net zero and protect nature" greenallianceblog.org.uk/202…