John Carr
@johncarrabc.bsky.social
Interested in electricity generation and the realities of climate change.
Born in UK, living in France. Retired research scientist.
Website: https://www.climate-and-hope.net
Born in UK, living in France. Retired research scientist.
Website: https://www.climate-and-hope.net
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50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
50. US withdraws from @ipcc.bsky.social, @ipbes.net, @irena-official.bsky.social, Intl Union for the Conservation of Nature, UN Energy, UN Oceans, UN Water, @ununiversity.bsky.social, UNFCCC, among others (Jan. 7, 2026)
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Russia's nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a licence valid to 2055 for the decommissioning of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's first unit, which aims to set a template for such work on an RBMK-1000 reactor.
www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dec...
www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dec...
Decommissioning licence to 2055 issued for Leningrad 1
Russia's nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a licence valid to 2055 for the decommissioning of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's first unit, which aims to set a template for such wo...
www.world-nuclear-news.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Russia's nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has issued a licence valid to 2055 for the decommissioning of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's first unit, which aims to set a template for such work on an RBMK-1000 reactor.
www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dec...
www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/dec...
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We can be left in no doubt that this action was both legal, and necessary for UK, Ukraine and global security.
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www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Defence Secretary statement on US interception of BELLA 1 and Coalition of the Willing meeting
The Defence Secretary updated the House of Commons on UK assistance to the US military operation to intercept the Motor Vessel BELLA 1, as well as the recent Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris...
www.gov.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
We can be left in no doubt that this action was both legal, and necessary for UK, Ukraine and global security.
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www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Il y a onze ans, l’attentat contre Charlie Hebdo visait à faire taire la liberté d’expression par la terreur.
Cette tentative a échoué.
Aujourd’hui, nous honorons la mémoire des victimes et réaffirmons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur de la liberté.
Cette tentative a échoué.
Aujourd’hui, nous honorons la mémoire des victimes et réaffirmons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur de la liberté.
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Il y a onze ans, l’attentat contre Charlie Hebdo visait à faire taire la liberté d’expression par la terreur.
Cette tentative a échoué.
Aujourd’hui, nous honorons la mémoire des victimes et réaffirmons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur de la liberté.
Cette tentative a échoué.
Aujourd’hui, nous honorons la mémoire des victimes et réaffirmons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur de la liberté.
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Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Thousands in Berlin Go Days Without Power and Cell Service After Cables Are Set on Fire
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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Who bought these sledgehammers?
Who planned this operation?
Who are the middle-aged people running Palestine Action who groomed this 23 year old into criminal actions?
bsky.app/profile/bria...
Who planned this operation?
Who are the middle-aged people running Palestine Action who groomed this 23 year old into criminal actions?
bsky.app/profile/bria...
BREAKING
Palestine Action sledgehammer trial
Jurors retired yesterday to consider the verdict
Samuel Corner denies causing Sgt Kate Evans grievous bodily harm with a fractured spine.
Mr Justice Johnson told jurors: "No dispute that he struck her with sledgehammer"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action sledgehammer trial
Jurors retired yesterday to consider the verdict
Samuel Corner denies causing Sgt Kate Evans grievous bodily harm with a fractured spine.
Mr Justice Johnson told jurors: "No dispute that he struck her with sledgehammer"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elbit jurors told to 'keep cool heads' in activists' trial
Six people are on trial accused of violence during a break-in at a defence firm linked to Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Who bought these sledgehammers?
Who planned this operation?
Who are the middle-aged people running Palestine Action who groomed this 23 year old into criminal actions?
bsky.app/profile/bria...
Who planned this operation?
Who are the middle-aged people running Palestine Action who groomed this 23 year old into criminal actions?
bsky.app/profile/bria...
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Leaders from Ukraine, France, the UK and representatives from the US held a press conference after today's summit.
France and the UK have confirmed they are ready to deploy armed forces to Ukraine following a peace agreement to support Ukraine.
Here are the words of the UK PM.
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France and the UK have confirmed they are ready to deploy armed forces to Ukraine following a peace agreement to support Ukraine.
Here are the words of the UK PM.
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PM remarks after Coalition of the Willing meeting: 6 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's remarks after the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris.
www.gov.uk
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Leaders from Ukraine, France, the UK and representatives from the US held a press conference after today's summit.
France and the UK have confirmed they are ready to deploy armed forces to Ukraine following a peace agreement to support Ukraine.
Here are the words of the UK PM.
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France and the UK have confirmed they are ready to deploy armed forces to Ukraine following a peace agreement to support Ukraine.
Here are the words of the UK PM.
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The Coalition of the Willing has made a significant step forward today, alongside Ukraine and the United States, towards robust security guarantees to back up a peace agreement in Ukraine.
There are still some details to work out, and of course no peace agreement yet. But this is welcome news.
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There are still some details to work out, and of course no peace agreement yet. But this is welcome news.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The Coalition of the Willing has made a significant step forward today, alongside Ukraine and the United States, towards robust security guarantees to back up a peace agreement in Ukraine.
There are still some details to work out, and of course no peace agreement yet. But this is welcome news.
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There are still some details to work out, and of course no peace agreement yet. But this is welcome news.
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Pretty much how the rest of the world sees it.
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Pretty much how the rest of the world sees it.
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BREAKING
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
US attack on Greenland would mean end of Nato, says Danish PM
Mette Frederiksen criticises Donald Trump’s ‘unacceptable pressure’ as Greenland counterpart condemns ‘fantasies’
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
BREAKING
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"US attack on Greenland would mean end of NATO"
- Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
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If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
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US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
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It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 AM
It would be so cool if the United States Congress still existed.
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Just what did our Labour government do in 2025?
Quite a lot, it seems...
865 written statements made to Parliament
560 statutory instruments introduced
223 scheduled ministerial question sessions in the Commons
174 ministerial statements in the Commons
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Quite a lot, it seems...
865 written statements made to Parliament
560 statutory instruments introduced
223 scheduled ministerial question sessions in the Commons
174 ministerial statements in the Commons
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January 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Just what did our Labour government do in 2025?
Quite a lot, it seems...
865 written statements made to Parliament
560 statutory instruments introduced
223 scheduled ministerial question sessions in the Commons
174 ministerial statements in the Commons
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Quite a lot, it seems...
865 written statements made to Parliament
560 statutory instruments introduced
223 scheduled ministerial question sessions in the Commons
174 ministerial statements in the Commons
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Happy New Year 🇪🇺🍾🇪🇺
The London Fireworks display last night featured the EU flag👏
The London Fireworks display last night featured the EU flag👏
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Happy New Year 🇪🇺🍾🇪🇺
The London Fireworks display last night featured the EU flag👏
The London Fireworks display last night featured the EU flag👏
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially sworn in as Mayor of New York City after paying the $9 cost to be the boss.
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially sworn in as Mayor of New York City after paying the $9 cost to be the boss.
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Palestine Action grievous bodily harm prosecution case underway
23 year old man allegedly hit a woman police sergeant on the floor in the back with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine
Trial expected to last 10 weeks
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news.sky.com/story/bodyca...
23 year old man allegedly hit a woman police sergeant on the floor in the back with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine
Trial expected to last 10 weeks
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news.sky.com/story/bodyca...
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Palestine Action grievous bodily harm prosecution case underway
23 year old man allegedly hit a woman police sergeant on the floor in the back with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine
Trial expected to last 10 weeks
👇
news.sky.com/story/bodyca...
23 year old man allegedly hit a woman police sergeant on the floor in the back with a sledgehammer, fracturing her spine
Trial expected to last 10 weeks
👇
news.sky.com/story/bodyca...
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#pricescrapbook, French nuclear.
Preliminary cost estimate for the
6× EPR2 reactors in France (2 each at Penly, Gravelines & Bugey):
• €72.8 billion (2020 prices);
• = US$85.3 billion;
• = €7265/kW;
• 40-year CfD at €100/MWh (2024 prices) energynews.pro/en/edf-and-t...;
• First due in 2038.
Preliminary cost estimate for the
6× EPR2 reactors in France (2 each at Penly, Gravelines & Bugey):
• €72.8 billion (2020 prices);
• = US$85.3 billion;
• = €7265/kW;
• 40-year CfD at €100/MWh (2024 prices) energynews.pro/en/edf-and-t...;
• First due in 2038.
EDF estimates EPR2 programme cost at EUR72.8 billion
France's EDF has said its preliminary cost estimate for the project to build six EPR2 reactors at Penly, Gravelines and Bugey totals EUR72.8 billion (USD85.3 billion).
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www.world-nuclear-news.org
December 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#pricescrapbook, French nuclear.
Preliminary cost estimate for the
6× EPR2 reactors in France (2 each at Penly, Gravelines & Bugey):
• €72.8 billion (2020 prices);
• = US$85.3 billion;
• = €7265/kW;
• 40-year CfD at €100/MWh (2024 prices) energynews.pro/en/edf-and-t...;
• First due in 2038.
Preliminary cost estimate for the
6× EPR2 reactors in France (2 each at Penly, Gravelines & Bugey):
• €72.8 billion (2020 prices);
• = US$85.3 billion;
• = €7265/kW;
• 40-year CfD at €100/MWh (2024 prices) energynews.pro/en/edf-and-t...;
• First due in 2038.
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A big thank you to Angela Rayner for her work on 2 bills which are going for Royal Assent (likely this week).
The Employment Rights Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Both are flagship pieces of legislation from our Labour government.
She guided both through most stages in Parliament.
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The Employment Rights Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Both are flagship pieces of legislation from our Labour government.
She guided both through most stages in Parliament.
1/3
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A big thank you to Angela Rayner for her work on 2 bills which are going for Royal Assent (likely this week).
The Employment Rights Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Both are flagship pieces of legislation from our Labour government.
She guided both through most stages in Parliament.
1/3
The Employment Rights Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Both are flagship pieces of legislation from our Labour government.
She guided both through most stages in Parliament.
1/3
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Joint EU/UK statement confirms UK participation in Erasmus, plus update on other negotiations
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Joint EU/UK statement confirms UK participation in Erasmus, plus update on other negotiations
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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After today, that will see 4 or 5 of the 8 promises started to be worked on. Suggests to me they are right on track to deliver all 8 over the 5 years…even if the Lords appears to be delaying the removal of hereditary peers…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
After today, that will see 4 or 5 of the 8 promises started to be worked on. Suggests to me they are right on track to deliver all 8 over the 5 years…even if the Lords appears to be delaying the removal of hereditary peers…
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Retirement age - underway today
Reform the appointments process - some work started
New ability to remove disgraced peers
Improve the national and regional balance
Longer term commitment to replacing with an alternate 2nd chamber representative of the regions/nations & consult on proposals.
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Reform the appointments process - some work started
New ability to remove disgraced peers
Improve the national and regional balance
Longer term commitment to replacing with an alternate 2nd chamber representative of the regions/nations & consult on proposals.
5/6
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Retirement age - underway today
Reform the appointments process - some work started
New ability to remove disgraced peers
Improve the national and regional balance
Longer term commitment to replacing with an alternate 2nd chamber representative of the regions/nations & consult on proposals.
5/6
Reform the appointments process - some work started
New ability to remove disgraced peers
Improve the national and regional balance
Longer term commitment to replacing with an alternate 2nd chamber representative of the regions/nations & consult on proposals.
5/6