Isle of Wight:
"Sustainable logistics provider Keert is celebrating a record-breaking 2024, with over 4,568kg of CO2e saved by using cargo bikes instead of diesel vans for local deliveries."
https://onthewight.com/keert-achieves-record-co2-savings-with-cargo-bikes-in-sustainable-logistics/
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500 Watt motors for eBikes rejected by UK government after consultation.
Also no compulsory licences or insurance for cyclists.
[#]transport #ebike #cycling
https://www.cyclingelectric.com/news/500w-e-bike-consultation-rejected
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Intel is pushing Ireland's government to install more renewables to reduce energy cost:
"Intel believes a shift to renewable energy is crucial for long-term cost stability. The company is pushing the Irish government to invest more in renewable energy infrastructure. "
[#]energy #renewableenergy #renewables
https://computercity.com/hardware/processors/intel-warns-irelands-high-energy-costs-threaten-chip-manufacturing
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BBC infiltrate fascist group.
"One Patriotic Alternative (PA) member said he believed a race war was inevitable and the organisation should use a similar tactic to the Nazi party to gain power."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8xykr5v95o
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Climate Change in the British Mind, Jan 2025.
(Yale Program on Climate Change Communication)
survey of 10,660 British residents
"68% of people in the UK think climate change should be a high or very high priority for the government of the United Kingdom.
Most people in the UK (82%) support the use of renewable energy for providing their electricity, fuel, and heat."
[#]climate #Britain #climatechange #survey
Executive summary:
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-british-mind/toc/2/
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"...54% of UK households said they wanted the government to continue investing in renewable energy sources – similar to other European countries surveyed – with only 9% of UK respondents saying they did not want any support from the government."
https://renews.biz/98224/uk-households-support-renewable-energy-drive/
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Bury Police seize illegal Tesla Cybertruck.
[#]Tesla #EV #cybertruck
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The government cancelled road widening in South West England, and the Stonehenge tunnel, a new study says new investment in rail is needed instead.
Including battery electric 'hybrid' trains that can run on unelectrified parts and charge along electrified parts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2mnz9xejyo
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While Trump and others say that wind turbines are bad for marine life, EDF know that about 44 tonnes of fish per year will be sucked into Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77r4jen4y2o
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The license includes commercial use but no alterations are allowed. If you use them just include a link to my Mastadon or Bluesky account.
Creative Commons link:
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Emissions of HFC-23 are higher than what governments are reporting. They are falling, but not as fast as governments had agreed.
HFC-23 has a warming potential 14700 times higher than CO2.
[#]greenhouse_gasses #ghg #emissions #climate
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01946-y
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"Climate science deniers are lining up a political offensive in Britain after a US lobby group opened a UK branch which is already working with Nigel Farage.
The Reform UK leader was the guest of honour at the launch of Heartland UK/Europe, which is to be headed by a former leader of Ukip and climate denier."
[#]climate #climage_change_denial #climatechange #reform #farage
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/15/farage-and-truss-attend-uk-launch-of-us-climate-denial-group-heartland
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Wiltshire: Electric rubbish truck begins trial in rural areas
"The trial will help the council determine how electric vehicles will work across the large rural county."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6274vvjzpno
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Altadena Wildfires
"This event, for me, has destroyed any boundary between my work as a climate scientist and the rest of my life, my family, my friends."
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/altadena-wildfires-benjamin-hamlington-pqvlc
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"One of Peter Dutton’s key selling points for nuclear power, its “always on” reliable generation of electricity, has been put to the test in a new analysis, which found that a fleet of modern nuclear plants is, on balance, about as reliable as a fleet of wind and solar farms – if those wind and solar farms were in the midst of a very bad renewable energy drought."
[#]energy #nuclear #renewables
https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-duttons-always-on-nuclear-power-is-about-as-reliable-as-wind-and-solar-during-a-renewables-drought/
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"Scores of universities and research institutions in Germany and Austria on Friday announced their intention to drop their presence on the online messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), saying its algorithms were opposed to a discourse based on scientific and democratic integrity."
https://www.dw.com/en/german-institutions-depart-x-a-day-after-musks-weidel-talk/a-71266331
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Coastal defence proposals designed to tackle climate change at Hurst Spit will result in the loss of wild life habitat in the area.
But in any case climate change will do that in millions of places including the spit area!
Anyway there is a public consultation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql5lyw25r2o
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"Antarctic octopus DNA reveals ice sheet collapse closer than thought...
The findings suggest the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is closer to collapse than previously thought, threatening 3.3-5 meters of long term sea level rise if the world is unable to hold human-caused warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius target of the Paris Agreement, said the authors."
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-antarctic-octopus-dna-reveals-ice.html
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Wonder what saving they would get if everyone went to the toilet before boarding?
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