BREAKING: PRELIMINARY (VISUALLY UNVERIFIED) AIS DATA IMPLIES THAT AN IRANIAN-FLAGGED TANKER LADEN WITH TWO MILLION BARRELS HAS NOW BEEN REDIRECTED BACK TO IRAN FROM THE ARABIAN SEA
#OOTT #IranWar #Tankers
America seems to have lost its mind.
Trump knows he’s lost this war. That’s what an indefinite ceasefire means. He just doesn’t want to say it out loud. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/trump-know...
"Low-income households will get [free] plug-in solar panels to cut their energy bills, the Government has announced."
This is how you do a just transition.
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Costs involved in the building of new homes have spiked by "€15,000-20,000" due to the US war with Iran, according to one developer.
A housing summit in Dublin heard that the sector risks a slow down if the war continues. jrnl.ie/7019030
The scariest thing about Trump’s poll numbers is that it enhances his incentive to subvert the Constitution and mid-term elections.
I worry we are not prepared for the Constitutional test to come.
"Carbon Brief estimates that the global average temperature in 2026 will be between 1.37C & 1.58C, with a best estimate 1.47C. This puts 2026 on track to likely be the second warmest year on record, though it could potentially be as high as the warmest or as low as the fourth warmest."
Prof Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of Grantham Research Institute: "I welcome the clear and strong commitment from Ed Miliband to accelerate the pace of electrification and the transition to clean power."
The core response to climate change "must be a rapid reduction in world demand for fossil fuels."
IPPR on Ed Miliband's energy speech:
“The transition to net zero is the only way to protect the UK from a never-ending wave of international conflict driving up energy prices.
“Closing the Strait of Hormuz won’t push up the price of solar. Trump invading Greenland wouldn’t make wind more costly."
Ed Miliband today: "The era of fossil fuel security is over and the era of clean energy security must come of age....To ignore two crises in less than five years would be completely irresponsible… our action must now be faster deeper and more wide ranging.”
Last month wind generation was up 38% on March 2025, saving £1bn worth of gas imports.
We don’t need more drilling but more renewables.
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This whole Mandelson mess started with Starmer trying to flatter and appease Trump.
If the Prime Minister had stood firm with our allies instead, he might not be in this mess now.
Bravo! 👏
1 billion barrels of oil = approximately 430 million tonnes of CO2*
* Using 0.43 tonnes CO2/barrel (US EPA www.epa.gov/energy/green...)
Ireland's emissions of CO2 equivalent were about 54 million tonnes in 2024 (excluding LULUCF) for comparison.
There are several public toilets in Kyiv. Could they not rename one of them 'Donnyland'? 🚾🚽
You can actually see the moment Ed Miliband thinks, what's the point burning through whatever political credibility I've got left energetically defending a man who's going to be gone in a matter of weeks.
Is he also going to make body armor optional?
You can read @cmmonwealth.bsky.social's report on decoupling here.
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
1/ Russia is entering a full-scale debt crisis, according to newly published official figures. Non-payments have reached an all-time high equivalent to nearly 4% of GDP or a fifth of the entire federal budget. It's a fresh sign of a deepening economic crisis worsened by war. ⬇️
The Chamberlain approach to Trump didn't do much for Starmer (checks news feed to see if he's still prime minister...) did it? 🤷♂️
Japan would be crazy not to militarise in response to China's massive militarisation and expansionist ambitions.
Svalbard is thawing in April, and it’s not supposed to. 2026 ground temperatures at 0.2m depth in Svalbard spiking to 0°C in April, far exceeding the 1998-2025 median and maximum
Merz and Meloni are quite happy to continue trading with a genocidal regime.
The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in the IRGC:
There are currently no negotiations, and we will negotiate only when the enemy accepts our conditions. The enemy must acknowledge that we are in the position of the victor and it is in the position of the loser.
HODGES: Lavrov said that they need security guarantee for Russia. I mean, it’s almost laughable to hear him say that Russia needs security guarantee.
They were quite secure before they decided to attack Ukraine. So they are secure, except when they get outside of their borders.
Thanks for the heads on that :)
