Photo from a book launch at Waterstones bookshop in Hereford
Three men at the book launch, one holding the book
Great turnout for The Good Building Book launch in Hereford with the authors @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broome
Good to catch up with folk, hope the book sells like hot cakes
“Journeys are safer & smoother when we all work together”
Lovely common sense road rules ad from Wokingham Borough Council.
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
John Swinney is being urged to rollout a private jet tax after new analysis revealed it could have generated an extra £20m this year.
Campaigners say it would “send a clear message ultra-wealthy polluters won’t be allowed to continue to get off virtually scot-free”.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage
Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch
Market transformation follows an "X" pattern:
New tech scales, old tech declines.
In Denmark this point has been reached for EVs vs ICE vehicles.
Source @leraffl.bsky.social
Who would have thought? Even in the hybrid combination of a heat pump and hydrogen boiler, hydrogen proves to be too expensive.
Local electrolysis proved too expensive, H2 gas came from Belgium (carry gas to Groningen is the applicable proverb here, I guess).
Heat pumps remain the cheapest way to heat in Germany for 2025. Despite overall increases, heat pumps rise only ~5% and still beat gas, oil, pellets, and district heat on annual costs. Fossil systems are a long-term cost trap.
@co2online.bsky.social
British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
Electrification of process heat in the textiles industry is a major decarbonisation and efficiency opportunity.
Great piece by @newclimate.bsky.social
newclimate.org/news/beyond-...
When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna.
Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up.
Like if you want Mone on trial.
RT if you want them both facing the music.
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
New study from the same authors confirms promoting e-bicycle ownership replaces car trips.
“Most of the new e-bike travel is induced or replaces car usage, highlighting e-bikes’ potential to not just replace other active modes or public transport, but reduce car dependence...”
"Cities are facing a two-wheeled traffic jam."
Bullshit. They're suffering from a 4-wheeled infestation.
Parliament debates a ban on driven grouse shooting
MPs defend driven grouse shooting in farcical debate – ignoring wildlife crime, climate harm, and public support for a ban
By verity healey
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💪Scotland's biggest Passivhaus residential project delivers tiny bills 💸
Residents at Dundashill Platform 3 are already experiencing the benefits of Passivhaus comfort & low energy bills.
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Cyclist in green Amsterdam street
After Amsterdam introduced the 30 km/h speed limit on most roads, the first results are in:
- Crashes on these roads dropped by 11%
- Road noise is down by 1.5 decibels
- Most drivers now respect the new limit, with serious speeding (over 55 km/h) dropping from 1% to 0.2%
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We analysed every line of X’s algorithm we could get our hands on.
Here’s what we found.
Read on: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Available to pre-order, The Good Building Book has been a labour of love for me and Jon but it would be nice if it sells! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-buil...
“Collisions along roads that have changed from 30mph to 20mph decreased by 19% from 2023-2024, and 100 fewer people a year have been killed or badly hurt in road [collisions], according to Welsh government figures.”
“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work 2 minutes faster?”
I'd do absolutely anything - except add two minutes onto my journey time.
Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll suggests tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor Saturday August 02 2025, 11.40pm, The Sunday Times
The tables have turned, according to the poll by the think tank More in Common, which found that this figure, 52 per cent, was now the percentage that would vote to remain. Bregret? Q) If the 2016 Brexit referendum were held today, how would you vote? Remain 52% Leave 29% Would not vote 11% Don't know 8% 22 July - 24 July 2025 2,113 GB adults (excludes Northern Ireland) Chart: The Times and The Sunday Times • Source: More in Common
I wonder what it could be about the cost, queues, red tape, loss of investment, loss of opportunity, isolation, dishonesty, failure and downright tedium of the Brexit moronathon that has led to people not rating it any more…
If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT.
If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.
Some 500 waste-to-energy plants operate on in the EU —burning around a quarter of our household trash to power homes.
Now evidence is mounting that burning garbage is far from clean.
But municipalities are stuck paying back the debt they accrued to fund them.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Healthy and energy efficient single storey new home in Essex built with largely biobased materials such as timber, straw and clay. The building is finished with black materials including timber cladding and corrugated metal roof, paying homage to the existing farm buildings in the background.
Baldwins Farm - a new Passivhaus Plus home (certification pending) based on Old Holloway EcoCocon kit looking great in the Essex sun ☀️
Love the connection between the wheat grown on the farm and straw insulation used in the walls 🌾
The little Basque village of Zubieta has an unlikely talent for a place its size: This community of 300 souls can make the trash of half a million people vanish into thin air.
🇨🇳‘Blueprint’: Envision starts up 500MW green hydrogen plant, eyeing over 2.5GW in 2028
- 320ktpa green NH3, exports planned for Q4
- partial long-term offtake signed by 🇯🇵Marubeni for use in fertilisers, chemicals & shipping
- certified compliance with EU’s RFNBO
www.h2-view.com/story/bluepr...
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1/ New research @lut.fi @Philipp Diesing @RL_Kolleg doi.org/10.1016/j.en... compares direct electrification and green hydrogen technologies for four energy intensive industries.
Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could really kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear
theconversation.com/subsidising-...
LTNs reduce deaths and injuries.
20mph speed limits in urban areas also reduce deaths and injuries (see data from Wales).
But we mustn't upset the drivers.
