"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."

Bill McKibben

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Just had a quick skim through. Great to see PM0.1 included. I couldn’t see anything on SOA specifically, but I guess that would largely be captured within the PM2.5 and ultrafine particle limits anyway. Not sure it’s worth regulating particle toxicity separately given how low the limits already are.

Tackling air pollution should be part of government work to cut cancer rates, scientists say New European Code Against Cancer calls on politicians to phase out use of fossil fuels in homes

Cutting air pollution should form part of government strategies to reduce cancer rates

My latest piece for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm looking forward to reading the full text of the new Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill. It's at:

publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.

All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says

✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

Read here ⬇️

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social You were great on BBC Question Time this week. The voice of reason. 👍

Why Labour Can't Argue with the Left Desperation. The word that, seen from afar, sums up Labour's campaign in Gorton and Denton. And the source of their fear is not the prospect...

'Labour has serious difficulties facing a mass left wing challenger party because it's never had to.' averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/2026/02/why-... #GortonandDentonByElection

@bobbyllew.bsky.social ⬇️

Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for Minnesota data center The 300 MW / 30 GWh multi-day storage system from Form Energy will be paired with 1.6 GW of new renewables to facilitate Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy goals.

Google to deploy world’s largest 100 hour iron-air battery for Minnesota data center
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/24/g... #netzero #climate #energy

Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for Minnesota data center The 300 MW / 30 GWh multi-day storage system from Form Energy will be paired with 1.6 GW of new renewables to facilitate Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy goals.

@mliebreich.bsky.social is it time for a follow up episode of Cleaning Up with Form Energy? pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/02/24/g...

Aberdeen Hydrogen bus fleet to be sold off - Aberdeen Business News Aberdeen City Council is set to sell its entire fleet of 25 hydrogen double-decker buses and exit a £20 million joint venture with oil giant BP, marking the

I've largely stopped posting #HydrogenSoufflé because it seems distasteful to dance on the graves of so many dreams. But... Aberdeen is flogging its hydrogen bus fleet for scrap.

How much money was wasted on this 100% predicable outcome? Will heads roll?
aberdeenbusinessnews.co.uk/aberdeen-hyd...

Hannah Spencer: the Green MP speaking to everyday people’s frustrations Winner of Gorton and Denton byelection was driven into politics by growing gap between super-rich and the ‘rest of us’

The small, brave band of MPs who represent the trampled, not the tramplers, has a very welcome new member.

We should all ask ourselves why, in a supposed democracy, such representatives are so rare.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Windrose E700: Better Than A Tesla Semi?! YouTube video by Everything Electric CARS

My word, that articulated lorry tractor unit, or 'semi' with a central driver position looks rather familiar, except it's a bit cheaper and goes a bit further.
youtu.be/Y0VlpCukR4U

How is Reform’s charmless candidate still a contender in Gorton and Denton? Ask Labour | George Monbiot This byelection should have been a stroll for Keir Starmer’s party. Instead, all hope of defeating Matt Goodwin now seems to lie with the Greens, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

If Labour followed its own logic, it would now step aside and let the Greens walk home in this crucial by-election. It is hard to imagine how Starmer and co could have made a bigger fist of this - and of everything.
My column.
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Are we nearing peak emissions? YouTube video by Simon Clark

Some potential good news. It looks like global carbon and climate emissions may have peaked this year. That means the rate of increased warming is no longer accelerating as quickly and we are no longer climbing the steepest part of the curve. youtube.com/shorts/tvw-Y... #Climate #NetZero #EV

Fascinating pictures from the World War I home front. There were many ways to serve (and suffer)

#WomensHistory
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Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
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I never suggested giving the fossil industry the benefit of the doubt. Parts of the fossil industry and its fellow-travellers have behaved despicably for many decades. That does not mean that demonizing the whole industry and pretending you can shut it down overnight is a smart climate strategy.

Meet the lawyers blocking offshore wind YouTube video by Simon Clark

@mliebreich.bsky.social @worthingtonbry.bsky.social
You have stated that we need to give the fossil fuel industry the benefit of doubt but surely the astroturfing uncovered by Brown university and described in the short video by Simon Clark below should be condemned?
youtube.com/shorts/3FgnQ...

Image of a chef cooking on an induction hob, stirring a pot. Image caption reads: “After switching from gas to induction hobs, 100% of households involved in our project think that induction hobs are easy to use.”

The benefits of induction cooking go beyond improving air quality in your home.

Learn more about our retrofit project in partnership with @clasp-ngo.bsky.social:
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/clean-air/ga...

#CleanAir #NetZero #Cooking

In the name of Halloween, here's a scary fact for you...

Last week, we released new research with Ricardo and @hertscc.bsky.social revealing that air pollution from wood burning stoves and open fires contributes to nearly 2,500 deaths in the UK each year.

Want to learn more?

Research shows major health and economic benefits from reducing domestic burning in UK homes A new report by Ricardo shows that reducing the burning of solid fuels in UK homes could contribute to savings up to £54 million in healthcare costs

Research shows major health & economic benefits from reducing domestic burning in UK homes

#AirPollution #WoodBurning #Health #Environment
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I don't do Xitter any more. I'll leave you to point out that I took think CP30 is the wrong goal, but only because I know that we can go much faster at a lower cost - and that I'm a strong supporter of the Climate Change Act.

@mliebreich.bsky.social You may feel inclined to debunk this thread on X considering net zero watch lobbyists are using your reset as an excuse to rip up the climate change act. x.com/7kiwi/status...

@mliebreich.bsky.social
Air pollution likely costs the world >$10 TRILLION every year ~10% of global GDP

BMJ study (Hegelund et al., 2024) tracked 3.1m Danes for 18 yrs. Result? PM₂.₅ & NO₂ linked to 700+ diseases, diabetes, cataracts, hearing loss & many more. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/2...

Yes, emphasising air pollution reduction as a co-benefit of climate solutions would be a good and pragmatic approach. As is emphasising that many of them, especially energy efficiency, save you money.

Liebreich: The Pragmatic Climate Reset - Part I | BloombergNEF As the tide on clean energy turns, Michael Liebreich makes a strong case for a pragmatic climate reset.

For those who can’t be bothered to read 10,000 words, and don’t want to wait for the podcast/YouTube on @CleaningUp, what follows is a synopsis in bite-sized chunks. Here goes! 4/n about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

Liebreich: The Pragmatic Climate Reset – Part II: A Provocation | BloombergNEF As the debate on transition deepens, Michael Liebreich details how a pragmatic climate and energy reset might unfold.

And here is Part II of the #PragmaticClimateReset, in which I explain why we need to fix 8 different areas of climate action - politics, climate targets, energy priorities, hydrogen, diplomacy, science, finance and regulation - and provide some ideas. 3/n about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

Liebreich: The Pragmatic Climate Reset - Part I | BloombergNEF As the tide on clean energy turns, Michael Liebreich makes a strong case for a pragmatic climate reset.

For those who just want to dive in, here’s Part I of the #PragmaticClimateReset. Why all those pundits and politicians claiming the energy transition is failing are wrong, why rumors of the death of the clean energy transition are greatly exaggerated. 2/n about.bnef.com/insights/cle...