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[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds https://t.co/DLFSDm9b5y

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

Congrats @sarahknapton on your article on nukes/cancer fears. A colleague, Dr Ian Fairlie, wanted to thank you but he's not on X https://t.co/9v9FyF0hoZ He wishes to alert you to his latest blog on this matter. https://t.co/KApN3kx2A5

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

"Somehow, the nuclear lobby has managed to convince politicians that the industry is not only green, but “clean”. Just about all of them have fallen for it, not least our energy supremo Ed Miliband." https://t.co/R0nJkhx5Ok

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

WOW – The IEA has boosted its latest renewable forecast by another 16%

Just 9 months ago, in January 2024, its Renewables 2023 report forecast 3,200GW of capacity – mainly wind and solar – would be built around the world during the five years 2024-2028.

Now, in Renewables 2024, it's significantly increased that forecast, to 3,700GW over the same five years – and a massive 5,500GW by 2030.

It's now forecasting two-thirds more renewable capacity being built than just two years ago.

https://t.co/nO2vaQ8Blx

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Last week I shared a survey showing more than 9 in 10 EV drivers would never go back to petrol or diesel cars.

I was told by some that the survey was biased because it was facilitated by @FullyChargedShw.

Well here’s another one this time from @TheRAC_UK. Same result.

https://t.co/Nd9lpCE0Fy

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

📢 BREAKING: The four ACTIVISTS who draped ex-PM Rishi Sunak's EMPTY Yorkshire mansion in black fabric to PROTEST NEW OIL AND GAS have had CHARGES of criminal damage DISMISSED.

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

35 Greenpeace activists have been arrested for peacefully protesting Dove's plastic pollution. Some have now been held for over 20 hours #DitchDove

[The Ferret @FerretScot]

🔴 NEW: Labour and Conservative governments secretly harboured doubts about building a nuclear power station at Torness in East Lothian in the late 1970s, according to internal documents released by the Scottish Government.

Read the full story: https://t.co/Npja46Kb2G

[The Ferret @FerretScot]

🔴 NEW: At least nine officers from London’s secret undercover policing unit, known as spycops, aided the infiltration and surveillance of anti-nuclear protests in Scotland between 1978 and 1983.

Find out more: https://t.co/BTj5vr5QPw

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

The Telegraph https://t.co/58Woa8BWeK claims “Britain might be leading the world on Net Zero, but no one is following.” In fact, Climate Action Tracker classifies the UK’s effort as insufficient. 9 countries are classified as almost sufficient https://t.co/rclIC1oVZF

[Stuart Hay @StreetWurrier]

Ministers told to cut hurdles for solar panels on tenements. From 2008 to 2014 I worked on tenement solar projects. Scotland has made no progress in the last decade - in fact we can’t even organise repairs because of delays in owner tenet association laws. https://t.co/GdCBAFTZ5k

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

Incredibly simple tech can supercharge the race to net zero. To even out the intermittent power supply from renewables, we need energy storage facilities. It turns out the best solution might be cheap, simple ideas like heating bricks and lifting weights. https://t.co/cXQp8K1QrN

[Paul Leinster @PaulLeinsterSNP]

As convener of @NFLAUKandI in Scotland I’ve written to Ian Murray asking him to respect devolution and rule out the construction of nuclear power stations in Scotland against the will of the Scottish Government.

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

“It is extremely concerning that French EDF & China's CGN believes itself to be above our laws,” says @FishLegal_ “The British public have a right to know the impact Hinkley C nuclear power plant will have"
https://t.co/jCeJK4o2eb
Sizewell C will also devastate our seas...1/2

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

President Joe Biden has a terrible nuclear policy. A re-elected President Donald Trump’s would be much worse. https://t.co/yzXKrL5ymS

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

Wave energy to rival offshore wind costs by 2030s, study shows
https://t.co/bIbmhRZVZA

[BANNG @BlackwaterBANNG]

Great British Nuclear SMR competition delayed for General Election.
Environmental Audit Committee says SMRs won't help UK decarbonise by 2035 & US Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says SMRs "too expensive, too slow, & too risky."
https://t.co/AlExqMFbA3

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

@gordycarmichael @SpokesLothian @edi_dot_bike @CyclingEdin 2 similar circle routes I have photographed recently are (1) out along Braid Burn; back on innocent railway (2) out through East Craigs and Davidsons Mains Park, back along Blackhall and Roseburn Paths.

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

The world's big banks poured a staggering US$ 705 BILLION into fossil fuels in 2023 alone.

The new #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals just how complicit these banks are in the climate crisis.

It’s past time to #DefundClimateChaos.

Learn more: https://t.co/v54Agol3kW

#BOCC

[Peter Roche @PeterRoche3]

These Guardian stories need wide circulation

https://t.co/VATO2dx81z

https://t.co/mL78dO1oj8