Geoffrey Lean

World's longest-serving (56 yrs) environment journo. On Y Post, Observer, Indep, Telegraph. Also in Mail, i, Sun, Guardian, BBC, E Standard, Open Democracy etc.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

The appointment of world’s first special representative for climate security is very welcome - but risks being fatally undermined by climate wrecking policies at home eg Jackdaw, slashing Warm Homes Plan & likely weakening of EV mandate https://t.co/hs3EJoQju9

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Data centres in the US and Europe are greatly increasing CO2 emissions by building their own fossil fuel power stations, concludes a new report. And UK chancellor John Healey has just given them leave to do precisely that as a “temporary” measure.

https://t.co/RrHWVPFrij

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Good news. Eight years ago Cape Town was on the very edge of disastrously running out of water. Since then, through sensible conservation measures, it has cut water use by 40%, achieving security. One of many cities’ measures to adapt to climate change.

https://t.co/Qsas14pDa0

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Well I am dashed! Trump has caused CO2 emissions to fall this year, after rising fast over the past decade! But not through any action he has taken on climate change. It’s down to his war on Iran and the closure of the Straits of Hormuz….

https://t.co/48N2UYOIdN

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Solar power is booming in Africa. Imports of solar panels into most of the continent have almost tripled in the last two years, while Morroco has recently doubled its manufacture of them. The result is to greatly increase electric power capacity.

https://t.co/KphP29izlS

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

We are “in the foothills” of a new landscape dominated by cyberattacks, says the head of the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre. He warns people to expect a “huge rise” in the number of incidents because “there are so many vulerabilities out there”.

https://t.co/hpmQBN0kn9

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Almost 40 measures against data centres were approved by voters in the US midterm elections, in a major setback to the huge developments.Every proposed moratorium on building them - with just one exception - was passed. There were 14 in Ohio alone.
https://t.co/2LB6FdI4dG

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

A truly terrible decision at a truly terrible time. The shift to electric vehicles is government’s single biggest decarbonisation policy. Cutting EV targets would send a message on eve of #COP31 that UK is no longer serious about #climate action
https://t.co/7OKmSIzalD

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Malaria is spreading around the world, reversing progress against the curse, thanks to climate change and aid cuts, says this medical scientist and expert in monitoring the disease. She expects it to get worse, partly through the super El Niño
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https://t.co/oUDvKc4Gk5

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

@j4gypsy Alas, I don’t know how to do that!

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

This is an absolute must-read. A terrific, witty and important piece by @jenoconnell on how Silicon Valley plutocrats cosied up to Trump, and how their sycophancy - and cash contributions - may now come back to bite them.

https://t.co/wZyfnIzYbf

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Over half (56%) of US midterm voters say data centres were crucial or very important in determining their vote: only 13% said they were not a factor. Three quarters said they would oppose one being built near them, similar revolts imminent elsewhere?

https://t.co/UME4Gk84hr

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Standby - in the next few months - for AI’s “Chernobyl” warns Nobel-prizewinning godfather of the technology, Geoffrey Hinton. He expects an imminent disruption of the world’s energy or banking systems, causing global chaos.

https://t.co/DRtYlmeASN

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Global renewable energy capacity is set to soar by over 50% per cent over the next five years, reports the International Energy Agency. And developing countries outside China are expected, for the first time, to match the growth rate in developed ones.

https://t.co/2y3Uzu3KTy

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Climate deniers cite increasing numbers of polar bears around Churchill to show the species is healthy and unaffected, But they have come to the town because declining sea ice forces them to do so. In fact numbers have halved in the region since 1979.

https://t.co/D6Ag9kTl1J

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

@Elaine_EnvLaw @LawyersWeekly Congratulations - again!

[Elaine Johnson @Elaine_EnvLaw]

So proud of our all women team at Johnson Legal, selected as a Finalist in the category of Boutique Diversity Law Firm of the Year for the Women in Law Awards hosted by @LawyersWeekly

https://t.co/hR5plIJo6V

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Hugely importantly it’s increasingly looking as if China’s CO2 emissions have peaked. They fell sharply last quarter. Admittedly the closure of the Straits of Hormuz had some role in this, but emissions have now been declining since March 2024.

https://t.co/Sfr1QdTD4s

[Robert Lindsay 🍃💚🍃 @robjlinds]

@GeoffreyLean Similarly something like 86% people in UK want more action on climate change but something like 75% of MPs think the public don't.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

@jeff_laycock Read the article.There’s quite a bit of in there, more in the link it provides.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

87% of EU people want governments to prioritize the transition to clean energy, finds a poll by the European Investment Bank, who adds it would cut costs. But the EU and most countries are dragging their feet. Yet again politicians are way out of touch.

https://t.co/uTadSq7pWB