Family man, #itfc supporter and bad birdwatcher. The medium is NOT the message.
Ipswich, Suffolk
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Stephen, this thread is very important and very succinctly written. I'm going to make it my pinned tweet. Thank you. Nothing (from a UK perspective is more important and urgent).
Here's my thread, for what it's worth.
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🔴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 @RussellScott1)
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1/ I say @StarkClimate @ELPinchbeck @MLiebreich @AukeHoekstra @EdConwaySky @Peston I notice that @GeorgeMonbiot has made a compelling case against @UKLabour's carbon capture & storage programme. I would expect you'd be even more vigilant about then the press have about...
When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 theguardian.com/commentisfre…
2/ @Keir_Starmer's £100k clothes, glasses, hospitality, Taylor Swift tickets etc.
- £100k v £22bn
- Starmer's shallowness v the viability & credibility of how the UK is going to tackle the greatest existential the world has ever faced.
What a test for UK's best commentators!
This is an outstanding message beautifully communicated. Deserves an award.
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"The fossil fuel industries have been lobbying this government, lobbying politics for a long time."
@AdrianRamsay criticises Labour's decision to 'invest' in unproven carbon capture and storage following intense lobbying by oil and gas companies.
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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. 🧵
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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.
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🚨 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
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ALT A person dressed in warm clothing, including a hat and scarf, sits in an armchair holding a remote control, looking concerned while watching a heater. A bill with pound signs (£££) lies on the floor, suggesting high energy costs. On the TV screen, there is an image of a snowman with the text 'Cold weather on the way!' signalling colder temperatures and potential heating challenges.
I say @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP @UKLabour 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 @GeorgeMonbiot @ChrisGPackham @IanDunt.
UK Gov is pledging £billions of public money to the fossil fuel industry for unproven industrial CO₂ removal. But here's how nature can do the job, with an array of co-benefits, at far lower cost. A short🧵 1/ zerohour.uk/reports/
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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.
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This is wild! UK Gov is poised to make a decision unlocking £20 billion of public money for carbon capture #CCS based on an 'Assessment' by the previous Tory Gov.
These subsidies are meant to reduce emissions.
Just look at their excuse to avoid scrutiny😮
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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. @BBCRadio2 @piratejw
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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 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.
We’re all being taken for fools. Keir Starmer won’t drain the Westminster swamp. And nor will anyone else until the big money is taken out of our politics > Mail Plus > dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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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-…
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Here's my thread, for what it's worth.
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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) 👍🏼
