Edward Dickinson
@edwarddickinson.bsky.social
Sustainability professional tweeting about climate change, transport, circular economy,
politics, the North East (England)
politics, the North East (England)
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Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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As ever, Private Eye sees through the way the usual-suspect media are happy to swallow wholesale and then amplify the BS from Tufton St lobbyists when it comes to net-zero
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
As ever, Private Eye sees through the way the usual-suspect media are happy to swallow wholesale and then amplify the BS from Tufton St lobbyists when it comes to net-zero
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
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In any case, blaming the fossil fuel companies for climate change is a lot like blaming drug dealers for drug addiction. It's not *wrong*, they sure do encourage it, but the buyers have agency too.
(Alternatively, X's Scope 3 emissions are Y's Scope 1 emissions and both are responsible).
(Alternatively, X's Scope 3 emissions are Y's Scope 1 emissions and both are responsible).
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
In any case, blaming the fossil fuel companies for climate change is a lot like blaming drug dealers for drug addiction. It's not *wrong*, they sure do encourage it, but the buyers have agency too.
(Alternatively, X's Scope 3 emissions are Y's Scope 1 emissions and both are responsible).
(Alternatively, X's Scope 3 emissions are Y's Scope 1 emissions and both are responsible).
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This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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Over the past 10 years climate impacts have got objectively worse and clean technologies have got demonstrably better, and yet during this time a group of Tories have gone from vocally supporting climate action to vigorously opposing it. It is bizarre they are not challenged on it more.
And that none of these chancers is being interrogated in the media about how they have gone from supporting Net Zero and agreeing climate crisis is real to joining a party of deniers and coal-mine enthusiasts.
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Over the past 10 years climate impacts have got objectively worse and clean technologies have got demonstrably better, and yet during this time a group of Tories have gone from vocally supporting climate action to vigorously opposing it. It is bizarre they are not challenged on it more.
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The thing that bothers me most about Robert Jenrick's defection is that he's jumping from a party that accepts climate change exists but doesn't want to do anything about it to a party that is uncertain as to whether or not climate change exists but actively wants to make it worse...
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The thing that bothers me most about Robert Jenrick's defection is that he's jumping from a party that accepts climate change exists but doesn't want to do anything about it to a party that is uncertain as to whether or not climate change exists but actively wants to make it worse...
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Robert Jenrick becomes the latest Tory Cabinet minister to stand up at a Reform event and say the country is in an appalling state. You have no idea of the self-control required not to yell: "YOU WERE IN FKING GOVERNMENT!"
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Robert Jenrick becomes the latest Tory Cabinet minister to stand up at a Reform event and say the country is in an appalling state. You have no idea of the self-control required not to yell: "YOU WERE IN FKING GOVERNMENT!"
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telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
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It's been a good day for the government's clean power plans.
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It's been a good day for the government's clean power plans.
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8/ These numbers are based on robust analysis, but aren’t the whole picture. Net zero path also
brings:
👷Investment boost
⚠️ Less fossil fuel price risk
🌍 No trade hit (think CBAMs)
🏦 Cost of capital kept down
💰 Ongoing savings post-2050
Oh, and tackling climate change!
brings:
👷Investment boost
⚠️ Less fossil fuel price risk
🌍 No trade hit (think CBAMs)
🏦 Cost of capital kept down
💰 Ongoing savings post-2050
Oh, and tackling climate change!
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
8/ These numbers are based on robust analysis, but aren’t the whole picture. Net zero path also
brings:
👷Investment boost
⚠️ Less fossil fuel price risk
🌍 No trade hit (think CBAMs)
🏦 Cost of capital kept down
💰 Ongoing savings post-2050
Oh, and tackling climate change!
brings:
👷Investment boost
⚠️ Less fossil fuel price risk
🌍 No trade hit (think CBAMs)
🏦 Cost of capital kept down
💰 Ongoing savings post-2050
Oh, and tackling climate change!
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Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
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It's my view that, in the long-term, many countries will come to ban crypto and that, when they do, it won't be on the basis of any information that we don't currently have. It will simply be that, as the scandals stack up, they run out of excuses not to.
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
It's my view that, in the long-term, many countries will come to ban crypto and that, when they do, it won't be on the basis of any information that we don't currently have. It will simply be that, as the scandals stack up, they run out of excuses not to.
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The best time to quit X was two years ago, the second best time is now...
July 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The best time to quit X was two years ago, the second best time is now...
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If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
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Last month on the Jon Stewart show when China's energy policy came up in an interview he immediately responded that china was building new coal power plants as fast as they can.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
@alecstapp.bsky.social:
"This should be a wake-up call for US policymakers"
#alwaysbecharging
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"This should be a wake-up call for US policymakers"
#alwaysbecharging
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/c...
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last month on the Jon Stewart show when China's energy policy came up in an interview he immediately responded that china was building new coal power plants as fast as they can.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock Intl Criminal Court judge out of daily life. Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards or access everyday services (Uber, Alexa, Ticketmaster...) in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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At the end of each year, FDA releases data on antibiotics sold for use in livestock.
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
At the end of each year, FDA releases data on antibiotics sold for use in livestock.
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
It usually changes a few %. This year, it went up 15.8%.
I was shocked & emailed experts/industry groups. Likeliest explanation per a source: industry is not "being good stewards of antibiotics"
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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There’s some very bad news hidden in the Ofgem price cap for January announced yesterday: the electricity to gas price ratio has jumped to 4.67, its highest level since before the energy crisis.
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There’s some very bad news hidden in the Ofgem price cap for January announced yesterday: the electricity to gas price ratio has jumped to 4.67, its highest level since before the energy crisis.
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals