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Personal and independent views. The time to limit the impacts of climate change is rapidly running out. I have been doing what I can for 20 years. Transport - eBike and legs Careers - engineering, digital media, teaching, training, retirement

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · Sep 13

Revised pinned post:
I have made a number of my illustrations, graphs and maps Creative Commons.
Check this thread to see them all.
The license includes commercial use but no alterations are allowed. If you use them just include a link to my Mastadon or Bluesky account.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 3h

I laid out the details of the extraordinary corruption case against Benjamin Netanyahu a few months ago in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. It seems like it’s helped him bond with Trump.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 1h

No fluoride and lots of sugar in food.
What could possibly go wrong?

Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 1h

The US should look at sugar content in food and regulate it at the federal level.
Don't look inwards, look at other nations and facts.
But do food companies govern the US, or does the government?

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 1h

How not to do science, statistics, politics or health policy.

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Marc Hudson @marchudson.bsky.social · 1h

A protester who was threatened with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestine flag and signs saying “free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide” has received an apology from police, including for “unlawful false imprisonment”.

And damages.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 1h

It has nothing to do with getting power from the Moon.
They want to set up nuclear power sources on the Moon to power permanent bases. The fuel will come from Earth.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 8h

One part of the energy revolution

The rapid decline in battery pack prices, matched by increased uptake

Batteries can be used to match the daily cycle of solar energy, discharging in evening/night after being charged during the day

They are solar power enablers

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...

Duracell E-Charge to invest more than £200m in UK EV charging infrastructure

Battery giant selects the UK to debut new EV charging venture, and targets at least 500 charge points this decade

www.businessgreen.com

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 5h

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 5h

Like fossil fuel storage enabled 'reliable' power station output, decoupling intermittent fossil fuel deliverys from the output.

Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 5h

"Tariffs, Tensions & the Race to Electrify: How Global Politics Is Shaping the Clean Energy Transition. "

youtu.be/Mzmca7ZQr1Y?...

Clean Energy in a Divided World: The Global Power Struggle!

YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 2d

Quite a lot of cars here too, we have more cars available for test drives than ever before.
(Over our 21 shows around the world we have facilitated over 130,000 test drives)

A very large collection of electric cars parked on a bright pink carpet inside a huge hall.

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 5h

"Zero-emission commercial vehicle brand Electra has launched new 7.5- and 9.2-tonne versions of the Iveco-based eCargo platform."

evfleetworld.co.uk/electra-laun...

Electra launches new 7.5 and 9.2-tonne eCargo platforms

Zero-emission commercial vehicle brand Electra has launched new 7.5- and 9.2-tonne versions of the Iveco-based eCargo platform. The introduction follows

evfleetworld.co.uk

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 5h

There's a ship to do that.

Ship to place rocks over sea bed cables.

www.offshorewind.biz/2025/10/09/j...

Jan De Nul's New Vessel to Be Equipped with Advanced Rock Placement System

Remazel Engineering, a company of the Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, has secured a contract for the delivery of a high-capacity rock placement system for Jan De Nul's recently ordered subsea ...

www.offshorewind.biz

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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 6h

There’s some good news for Aussie households 🌞

New modelling shows energy bills could halve by 2050, dropping from $5,800 to $3,000 as solar, batteries, and EVs become the norm.

This shift not only eases pressure on household budgets but also gives the gov. more room for stronger climate action ✊

Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests

Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 6h

Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world

Coral die-off marks Earth’s first climate ‘tipping point’, scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

www.nature.com

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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 6h

VW increases electric car deliveries by a third in Q3 2025

Volkswagen Group delivered total of 252,100 electric cars worldwide across all brands in the third quarter of 2025 – an increase of 33%

VW Group increases electric car deliveries by a third in Q3 - electrive.com

The Volkswagen Group delivered a total of 252,100 electric cars worldwide across all brands in the third quarter of 2025. This represents an increase of 33.1

www.electrive.com

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 18h

Chris Wright said so.

#EnergySky
🔌💡

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks to GM and strong support from the Biden Administration (DOD DPA + 48C), the US is about to have its first state of the art commercial rare earth magnet facility in many years up and running in South Carolina.

The Inflation Reduction Act made it all possible.

🔌💡🔌🚗
www.wsj.com/business/aut...

GM’s Rare-Earth Gamble Pays Off as China Tightens Magnet Exports

The automaker has quietly seeded the revival of the domestic magnet industry, locking down supply amid trade tensions.

www.wsj.com

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 5h

eBike conversion kit caused fire at home.

Giuseppe Capanna, product safety engineer, Electrical Safety First:

"At present, technology has outpaced regulation meaning there are no existing safety standards for conversion kits."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Chilworth mum warns against modified e-bikes after home destroyed

Emma Wills, from Chilworth, says she remains heartbroken about the fire at her home.

www.bbc.co.uk

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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 7h

Combike... 🚲 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚵‍♂️ 🚵‍♀️
#vélo #bikesky #bici #photography #bicycle #bike #fahrrad #bicicletta #自転車 #art #design💈

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 6h

📹 Tyndall Centre's Asher Minns took questions from pupils in Hertfordshire on subjects from transport and wildlife to climate anxiety and their own contributions. Have a watch via ITV Anglia:

www.itv.com

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 8h

Greenpeace UK says high fees for offshore wind developers to lease the seabed is an abuse of monopoly power by Crown Estate

High fees push up the price of offshore wind & will act as a tax on energy bills, to fund the monarchy & lower taxes

It's time it stopped

www.ft.com/content/c29c...

Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for pushing up UK energy prices

Cost of offshore wind increased by monopoly ownership of seabed, alleges campaign group

www.ft.com

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Jubatian @jubatian.bsky.social · 20h

There are some quirky odd places in the UK, this one near where I live. A calm little fishing pond, somehow surviving wedged in the middle of a large industrial area, with a lone wind turbine at the end. Have seen people fishing here, though I might be a bit dubious about the catch!

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 21h

Pakistan contributes less than 1% to global carbon emissions, yet it is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

In recent years, Pakistan has withstood multiple catastrophes, including floods and heat waves that have killed thousands and affected millions of people.

One after another, Pakistan endures successive climate disasters

On the morning of Aug. 15, a cloudburst that poured more than 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain in one hour triggered a flash flood in the city of Buner, located in Pakistan’s northwestern province…

news.mongabay.com

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