Mark Burton
@marhburton.bsky.social
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Scholar-activist.
#degrowth eco-socialist. Various topics, chiefly orientated to the pancrisis we are all in. Anti-imperialist.
Manchester
Mastodon: @markhburton.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
I use this a/c to repost from #Mastodon / #Fediverse
Scholar-activist.
#degrowth eco-socialist. Various topics, chiefly orientated to the pancrisis we are all in. Anti-imperialist.
Manchester
Data centres and nuclear will add to that problem so I trust you are opposing them and other measures to derugalate planning .
December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Data centres and nuclear will add to that problem so I trust you are opposing them and other measures to derugalate planning .
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James, please read why the climate problems with this plan go beyond FF production continuing with tiebacks. As part of the proposed transition off FF production, the plan increases FF consumption in UK by having fossil based CCS as a key transition pathway
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🧵 /1 Hi @tessakhan.bsky.social - You and Uplift have succeeded here - you deserve huge credit 🙏🙏
However, there is a dark side to this new North Sea plan in which the fossil fuel industry &lobbyists win - lock-in to gas based carbon capture
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However, there is a dark side to this new North Sea plan in which the fossil fuel industry &lobbyists win - lock-in to gas based carbon capture
🧵 Thread continues here: bsky.app/profile/dran...
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
James, please read why the climate problems with this plan go beyond FF production continuing with tiebacks. As part of the proposed transition off FF production, the plan increases FF consumption in UK by having fossil based CCS as a key transition pathway
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On second thought: Claire Pool did omit the part Kevin pointed out repeatedly: those in the audience, all of them, need to change their energy-heavy lifestyles.
So she doesn't like this bit. Haha. Quel surprise.
So she won't be a force for the necessary change. Will she obfuscate and obstruct?
Dang!
So she doesn't like this bit. Haha. Quel surprise.
So she won't be a force for the necessary change. Will she obfuscate and obstruct?
Dang!
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
On second thought: Claire Pool did omit the part Kevin pointed out repeatedly: those in the audience, all of them, need to change their energy-heavy lifestyles.
So she doesn't like this bit. Haha. Quel surprise.
So she won't be a force for the necessary change. Will she obfuscate and obstruct?
Dang!
So she doesn't like this bit. Haha. Quel surprise.
So she won't be a force for the necessary change. Will she obfuscate and obstruct?
Dang!
But as she says, he's only an "A level climate scientist", wait til he gets a doctorate and is made professor. ;)
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
But as she says, he's only an "A level climate scientist", wait til he gets a doctorate and is made professor. ;)
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Lots of journalists attended, tho’ I don’t think from the BBC. Prior to the event the Today programme did discuss it with Chris Packham. My experience has been that that the BBC has long run scared of tackling climate mitigation issues head on, generally preferring more saccharine pseudo-journalism.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lots of journalists attended, tho’ I don’t think from the BBC. Prior to the event the Today programme did discuss it with Chris Packham. My experience has been that that the BBC has long run scared of tackling climate mitigation issues head on, generally preferring more saccharine pseudo-journalism.
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Recent per-capita consumption: RoI vs UK
• In 2023, per-capita (ages 15+) alcohol use in Ireland was about 9.9 litres of pure alcohol. 
• By contrast, in the UK the average per-capita consumption (15+ adults) was roughly 10.7 litres per year. 
• In 2023, per-capita (ages 15+) alcohol use in Ireland was about 9.9 litres of pure alcohol. 
• By contrast, in the UK the average per-capita consumption (15+ adults) was roughly 10.7 litres per year. 
November 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Recent per-capita consumption: RoI vs UK
• In 2023, per-capita (ages 15+) alcohol use in Ireland was about 9.9 litres of pure alcohol. 
• By contrast, in the UK the average per-capita consumption (15+ adults) was roughly 10.7 litres per year. 
• In 2023, per-capita (ages 15+) alcohol use in Ireland was about 9.9 litres of pure alcohol. 
• By contrast, in the UK the average per-capita consumption (15+ adults) was roughly 10.7 litres per year. 
Absolutely no justification to burn wood in an urban setting.
That's you wood fired pizza oven lovers.
That's you wood stove owners.
That's you wood fired pizza oven lovers.
That's you wood stove owners.
November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Absolutely no justification to burn wood in an urban setting.
That's you wood fired pizza oven lovers.
That's you wood stove owners.
That's you wood fired pizza oven lovers.
That's you wood stove owners.
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The whole episode was puzzling.
1) A detailed audit of the debt was abandoned.
2) In a referendum with a turnout of 62.5%, 61.3% voted against signing the memorandum of capitulation to the yerms of the Eurozone Troika. Syriza leader Tsipras then ignored it and signed.
1) A detailed audit of the debt was abandoned.
2) In a referendum with a turnout of 62.5%, 61.3% voted against signing the memorandum of capitulation to the yerms of the Eurozone Troika. Syriza leader Tsipras then ignored it and signed.
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The whole episode was puzzling.
1) A detailed audit of the debt was abandoned.
2) In a referendum with a turnout of 62.5%, 61.3% voted against signing the memorandum of capitulation to the yerms of the Eurozone Troika. Syriza leader Tsipras then ignored it and signed.
1) A detailed audit of the debt was abandoned.
2) In a referendum with a turnout of 62.5%, 61.3% voted against signing the memorandum of capitulation to the yerms of the Eurozone Troika. Syriza leader Tsipras then ignored it and signed.