bren
@lampylad.bsky.social
Climate, Nature, Energy, Heat Pumps, politics, history, Space
Cymru Am Byth 🏴
Cymru Am Byth 🏴
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BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly furious that “pedophile protector” is going viral worldwide.
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly furious that “pedophile protector” is going viral worldwide.
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THIS Saturday - I am looking forward to joining @walesgreenparty.bsky.social in Cardiff.
Great polls this week: to seal the deal, the more doors we can knock on with #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen message, the better.
Hope to see you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Great polls this week: to seal the deal, the more doors we can knock on with #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen message, the better.
Hope to see you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Big Day Out in Cardiff!
I'm helping make history in Wales by getting the first Greens elected to the Senedd! Will you come along too?
actionnetwork.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
THIS Saturday - I am looking forward to joining @walesgreenparty.bsky.social in Cardiff.
Great polls this week: to seal the deal, the more doors we can knock on with #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen message, the better.
Hope to see you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Great polls this week: to seal the deal, the more doors we can knock on with #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen message, the better.
Hope to see you there!
actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
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As the climate data for 2025 continues to be released, it's time to update various data visualisations.
First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.
The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.
First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.
The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.
January 14, 2026 at 11:02 AM
As the climate data for 2025 continues to be released, it's time to update various data visualisations.
First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.
The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.
First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.
The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.
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Join our Cardiff Action Day this Saturday, 17 Jan: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
Big Day Out in Cardiff!
actionnetwork.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Join our Cardiff Action Day this Saturday, 17 Jan: actionnetwork.org/events/big-d...
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Right Wing parties: we hate the sight of solar farms and wind turbines, let's frack instead!
What fracking actually looks like:
What fracking actually looks like:
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Right Wing parties: we hate the sight of solar farms and wind turbines, let's frack instead!
What fracking actually looks like:
What fracking actually looks like:
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"Offshore wind is still one of the best deals for consumers" Ana Musat of Renewable UK explains why in 1 minute.
Wholesale prices for new:
🏭 gas: over £100/MWhr
☢️ nuclear: around £128/MWhr
🌬️ wind: around £86/MWhr (below £94/MWhr they save money off bills, above are cost-neutral for billpayers)
Wholesale prices for new:
🏭 gas: over £100/MWhr
☢️ nuclear: around £128/MWhr
🌬️ wind: around £86/MWhr (below £94/MWhr they save money off bills, above are cost-neutral for billpayers)
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Offshore wind is still one of the best deals for consumers" Ana Musat of Renewable UK explains why in 1 minute.
Wholesale prices for new:
🏭 gas: over £100/MWhr
☢️ nuclear: around £128/MWhr
🌬️ wind: around £86/MWhr (below £94/MWhr they save money off bills, above are cost-neutral for billpayers)
Wholesale prices for new:
🏭 gas: over £100/MWhr
☢️ nuclear: around £128/MWhr
🌬️ wind: around £86/MWhr (below £94/MWhr they save money off bills, above are cost-neutral for billpayers)
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Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
A make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes.
In Great Britain’s most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
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Always keep your cats indoors or supervised outside. Outdoor/feral cats are driving catastrophic declines in native wildlife
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Always keep your cats indoors or supervised outside. Outdoor/feral cats are driving catastrophic declines in native wildlife
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You could call this the "cost of net-zero" – as long as you think the fossil alternatives are free
(CAPEX) Free petrol cars!
(CAPEX) Free gas-fired power stations!
(OPEX) Free petrol!
(OPEX) Free electricity from coal and gas!
Wouldn't that be nice
6/10
(CAPEX) Free petrol cars!
(CAPEX) Free gas-fired power stations!
(OPEX) Free petrol!
(OPEX) Free electricity from coal and gas!
Wouldn't that be nice
6/10
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
You could call this the "cost of net-zero" – as long as you think the fossil alternatives are free
(CAPEX) Free petrol cars!
(CAPEX) Free gas-fired power stations!
(OPEX) Free petrol!
(OPEX) Free electricity from coal and gas!
Wouldn't that be nice
6/10
(CAPEX) Free petrol cars!
(CAPEX) Free gas-fired power stations!
(OPEX) Free petrol!
(OPEX) Free electricity from coal and gas!
Wouldn't that be nice
6/10
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To be clear, this is the total cost to install and run the UK energy system
CAPEX = buying energy-related equipment (an electric car, a windfarm, a heat pump for your home)
OPEX = paying to keep it running (electricity, staff, servicing etc)
(see NESO table EA.A.03)
5/10
CAPEX = buying energy-related equipment (an electric car, a windfarm, a heat pump for your home)
OPEX = paying to keep it running (electricity, staff, servicing etc)
(see NESO table EA.A.03)
5/10
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
To be clear, this is the total cost to install and run the UK energy system
CAPEX = buying energy-related equipment (an electric car, a windfarm, a heat pump for your home)
OPEX = paying to keep it running (electricity, staff, servicing etc)
(see NESO table EA.A.03)
5/10
CAPEX = buying energy-related equipment (an electric car, a windfarm, a heat pump for your home)
OPEX = paying to keep it running (electricity, staff, servicing etc)
(see NESO table EA.A.03)
5/10
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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If the world is to #BeatPollution, the way people move has to change.
Cameroon is cutting taxes on electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure by 50% for the next two years.
Read more about this bold move to reduce emissions and accelerate cleaner mobility: https://bit.ly/4bjeXIH
Cameroon is cutting taxes on electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure by 50% for the next two years.
Read more about this bold move to reduce emissions and accelerate cleaner mobility: https://bit.ly/4bjeXIH
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
If the world is to #BeatPollution, the way people move has to change.
Cameroon is cutting taxes on electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure by 50% for the next two years.
Read more about this bold move to reduce emissions and accelerate cleaner mobility: https://bit.ly/4bjeXIH
Cameroon is cutting taxes on electric vehicles, batteries and charging infrastructure by 50% for the next two years.
Read more about this bold move to reduce emissions and accelerate cleaner mobility: https://bit.ly/4bjeXIH
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This #CleanAirNight share the uncomfortable truth about wood burning.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk to find out more.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk to find out more.
Clean Air Hub | Global Action Plan
Clean Air Hub from Global Action Plan - everything you need to know about air pollution in one place.
cleanairhub.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This #CleanAirNight share the uncomfortable truth about wood burning.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk to find out more.
Visit cleanairhub.org.uk to find out more.
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At this point, the American public is entitled to adverse inference regarding the Epstein files.
In other words, you should assume that they are as bad for Trump as they could conceivably be.
In other words, you should assume that they are as bad for Trump as they could conceivably be.
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
At this point, the American public is entitled to adverse inference regarding the Epstein files.
In other words, you should assume that they are as bad for Trump as they could conceivably be.
In other words, you should assume that they are as bad for Trump as they could conceivably be.
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
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⚠️HIGH PRICING ALERT⚠️
Tomorrow's Prices:
8th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 42p
Afternoon low ~ 38p
Evening peak ~ 51p
Tomorrow's Prices:
8th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 42p
Afternoon low ~ 38p
Evening peak ~ 51p
January 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
⚠️HIGH PRICING ALERT⚠️
Tomorrow's Prices:
8th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 42p
Afternoon low ~ 38p
Evening peak ~ 51p
Tomorrow's Prices:
8th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 42p
Afternoon low ~ 38p
Evening peak ~ 51p
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Ive said this off-hand on panels and interviews over the last few years sort of as a joke, but after Trump’s invasion of Venezuela I realized I am dead serious
We need to start talking like the chemtrail people
We need to start talking like the chemtrail people
It's time to embrace climate conspiracy
Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
heated.world
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Ive said this off-hand on panels and interviews over the last few years sort of as a joke, but after Trump’s invasion of Venezuela I realized I am dead serious
We need to start talking like the chemtrail people
We need to start talking like the chemtrail people
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Shocker, far right media and social media is flooding discourse with anti-climate “opinions”.
From the article ➡️ “indicating that the information the politicians used to form their views of public opinion are misleading.”
The study spans 🇬🇧 and 🇧🇪
Do call/email your reps in support of green pols !
From the article ➡️ “indicating that the information the politicians used to form their views of public opinion are misleading.”
The study spans 🇬🇧 and 🇧🇪
Do call/email your reps in support of green pols !
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Shocker, far right media and social media is flooding discourse with anti-climate “opinions”.
From the article ➡️ “indicating that the information the politicians used to form their views of public opinion are misleading.”
The study spans 🇬🇧 and 🇧🇪
Do call/email your reps in support of green pols !
From the article ➡️ “indicating that the information the politicians used to form their views of public opinion are misleading.”
The study spans 🇬🇧 and 🇧🇪
Do call/email your reps in support of green pols !
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⚠️EXPENSIVE PRICING ALERT!⚠️
Tomorrow's Prices:
5th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 28p
Afternoon low ~ 23p
Evening peak ~ 56p
Tomorrow's Prices:
5th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 28p
Afternoon low ~ 23p
Evening peak ~ 56p
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
⚠️EXPENSIVE PRICING ALERT!⚠️
Tomorrow's Prices:
5th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 28p
Afternoon low ~ 23p
Evening peak ~ 56p
Tomorrow's Prices:
5th January
Overnight low ~ 17p
Morning peak ~ 28p
Afternoon low ~ 23p
Evening peak ~ 56p
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There's some cold temperatures forcast for the next day or two, if you have a heatpump with @openenergymon.bsky.social monitoring and the temperature is below freezing please consider running a max output test and submit the result to HPM 🙏❄️ youtu.be/K-H2aXf15DI?...
HeatPumpMonitor: Maximum Output Testing
YouTube video by OpenEnergyMonitor
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 PM
There's some cold temperatures forcast for the next day or two, if you have a heatpump with @openenergymon.bsky.social monitoring and the temperature is below freezing please consider running a max output test and submit the result to HPM 🙏❄️ youtu.be/K-H2aXf15DI?...
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Please do not print out herds of these on A4, cut them and then post.
Nigel Putin needs his cash.
Nigel Putin needs his cash.
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Please do not print out herds of these on A4, cut them and then post.
Nigel Putin needs his cash.
Nigel Putin needs his cash.
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"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659.
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659.
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
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100%
The folly of the household comparison is dangerous.
Native link (Zack's is a Twitter/t.co redirect so doesn't look good here)
www.ippr.org/articles/eco...
The folly of the household comparison is dangerous.
Native link (Zack's is a Twitter/t.co redirect so doesn't look good here)
www.ippr.org/articles/eco...
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
100%
The folly of the household comparison is dangerous.
Native link (Zack's is a Twitter/t.co redirect so doesn't look good here)
www.ippr.org/articles/eco...
The folly of the household comparison is dangerous.
Native link (Zack's is a Twitter/t.co redirect so doesn't look good here)
www.ippr.org/articles/eco...