Jeremy Tait

No longer active here. Now enjoying BlueSky. Independent consultant on sustainable appliances and energy access. #20JanuaryTwexit

[Jeremy Tait @Macfolio]

Closing down here. Hope to see you on BlueSky. #20JanuaryTwexit

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

NEW STUDY: “Results suggest that children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car.”

Speed kills, but so does size. https://t.co/4aSYIYzxiR

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/4. At #COP28, the pledges to the #LossAndDamage Fund total only $700m or just 0.2% of the $400 billion needed each year to address #LossAndDamage. To show just how small these pledges are, here they are in comparison to the earnings of the highest paid footballers in 2023.

[Brendan May @bmay]

George Monbiot just murdered the government, and its ridiculous Rwanda nonsense. His voice might be croaky, but he speaks for me.

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

The final sea shanty of the trilogy 🎶⚓️(an adaptation of #Wellerman and #DrunkenSailor) inspired by @SuellaBraverman's recent speech on migration.

We stand and sing in solidarity with a different vision from #Braverman's of what our country stands for & who it should stand by🧡

[Jeremy Tait @Macfolio]

"Fossil fuel usage—incentivized by vast subsidies—is a key driver of the 7 million premature deaths each year due to air pollution” from hard hitting World Bank report: DETOX DEVELOPMENT, REPURPOSING ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL SUBSIDIES, June 2023 https://t.co/TLVLnCaDiV

[Zero Hour @zero-hour.bsky.social @zerohour_uk]

Governments gave out more than $1 trillion in #fossilfuel subsidies last year. During a global #energy crisis. Whilst oil, gas and coal giants made unimaginable profits. Whilst many continue to choose between eating or heating. 🤬

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Executive summary: Sunak's argument is utter bullshit.

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

Billionaire @RishiSunak gives £ billions to #fossilfuel industry to put billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which will cost us $ trillions to clean up and adapt to #ClimateChange

Just

stop 🛑

Oil ⛽️

And

Gas

Now

Sign petition

https://t.co/Onjw9pTPS9

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Persian Gulf International Airport in Iran reported a heat index of 152°F (66.7°C) today at 12:30 pm.

Those are intolerable conditions for human/animal life.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May and June, with the warmest week ever recorded in July.

According to @WMO, the weather pattern is expected to make one of the next five years the warmest on record.

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

The #Cerberus #heatwave striking #Spain #Italy #Greece & #Turkey is just the latest devastating impact from the #ClimateEmergency

Until we phase out fossil fuels we will see ever longer, more widespread & more deadly temperatures

The #Science is clear...
https://t.co/P7E3R37JGb

[Jeremy Tait @Macfolio]

Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble | US news | The Guardian https://t.co/G3V2pYqheH

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

DEATH VALLEY HEAT WAVE

Final figure yesterday:

Astonishing 129F/53.9C at Stovepipe Well
128.5 at Badwater

They both beat Furnace Creek with 127.7F.

WORLD RECORD of night temperature:
Badwater after midnight was still 120F/48.9C !
Never happened anywhere before.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

When your home burns, floods, or is destroyed in an extreme climate weather event, when someone in your family dies from heat waves, or when crops fail and people starve—come for these three people: Wael Sawan (Shell CEO), Darren Woods (Exxon CEO), and Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO). They knew what was coming and did it to you anyway. Sue them, shame them, heckle them, despise them. These are choices. They are to blame, not society.

“Corporations are people, my friend.” -Mitt Romney

https://t.co/i2WNoHxwx0

[Annie Leonard @AnnieMLeonard]

I really think this is terribly disruptive & inconsiderate to block a road like this. Don’t the people responsible for causing this know that people have to get to work, get to daycare to pick up kids? Someone needs to be held responsible! We must not tolerate this.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The fossil fuel industry is at the heart of the climate crisis.

The problem is not simply fossil fuel emissions. It’s fossil fuels—period.

Countries must progressively phase them out, moving to leave oil, coal & gas in the ground—and massively boost renewable investments.

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

The craziest thing about the #ClimateCrisis and nature crisis?

We’re massively subsidising the causes: fossil fuels and farming.

The subsidies run at $23m a minute, according to one estimate in a big new @WorldBank report

🧵 1/12
https://t.co/UDW49jkLXD

[Jeremy Tait @Macfolio]

Not mincing his words. Nor should we. Words and actions.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

“We are flirting with climate disaster.”

@antonioguterres at #WEF23 this week on the urgent need to #ActNow, in the face of potentially devastating consequences.

Facts on the climate emergency: https://t.co/pqKOTiLbLU

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

14 October is #WorldStandardsDay! Standards touch almost every aspect of our life, and is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda and creating a fairer, more sustainable world.

Learn more about #GENeva's role in making standards more sustainable ➡️ https://t.co/XnKR3gzujn

[Jeremy Tait @Macfolio]

Manufacturers accounting for the vast majority of this equipment sold in Pakistan participated. They are working together with NEECA, CLASP, Hima^Verte and authorities to develop an ambitious and workable label and MEPS regulation. Great cooperation! #energylabel @NEECA_Pakistan