Harriet Waters

sustainability dweeb

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

'The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city.'
—Lewis Mumford

(📸 of Milwaukee 🇺🇸)

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Critics of renewables often claim that wind + solar are inherently unreliable & will cause grid instability.

Looking at data for Germany:

Wind + solar now have share of 39% of electricity.

➡️There were 43% FEWER interruptions than in 2006 when wind + solar contributed 5%.

🧵

[Harriet Waters @sussed]

@aardvarknsefce @vikkigoddard22 @princess999999 @MHBrown2020 @NathanGoode2 @EmmaFieldhouse @Avanwins @seattlehammer @ProfJSanders @mancunium @jon_peers @Sherrymiaomiao @barry_winn @kerry3law @emsiekelly @JoShieldslboro @JaneWhiteAUDE @MelJTaylor @paulcconnell @Kat_Thorne @mjcryan @DavidNuttall @DaveGormanUoE @markdaly264 @CheckMySystems @streetfoodchef @skemp_esd @emgentil72 @kitengland @icklebeckster @Leah_EEE @mark_deakimar2 @MarkTurnTown @UWA_DCM @charmanp1 @hollyblakenotts @hollypalmer86 @falcoretweets @1stevehowdle @Tuatara_9 @AndySweeney @stevemchapman @SimonMosey @EmmaJ70 @registrarism @AMCS2010 @TomWL1 @jimladh @BryonyAttenbor1 Climate adaptation right there

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Unthinkable just a few years ago:

For the first time renewables (wind, solar, hydro) produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels in 2023.

2/3 of EU electricity is from non-fossil fuel generation.

Source @EmberClimate

[Possible @_wearepossible]

BREAKING!🎉 Edinburgh Council just banned adverts that are driving the climate crisis, including:

⛽️Fossil fuels
✈️Airlines & airports
🚘SUVs

Make this happen where you live 👇
https://t.co/YRciu4EP3a

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

A typical European car has 5 seats moving only 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most that does is needed to move the car, not people. It’s parked 92% of the time & spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking.

Sound efficient?

HT @circulareconomy

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

SUVs are not only more space consuming, more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists and less efficient in moving people from A to B.

They are also a large and growing contributor to CO2 emissions. By @IEA: https://t.co/k3MemA3Mww

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

After the effect of 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office', let’s hope Toby Jones is also working on new TV dramas about water pollution, climate change, covid, PPE contracts, the refugee crisis, the cost of living, energy prices, and the NHS

[Prof Elizabeth Tingle 🐢 @ElizabethTingle]

2022 knitted as a blanket - Jan 1 on left (13 C), July 19 in black (40 C). North Leicestershire temperatures

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

Good morning.

[Harriet Waters @sussed]

@Chris_M_Gilbert @Rhitrition @6PackRevolution It’s the biz!

[Lucy Pegg @LucyPegg_]

Lovely to see mine and @chrisjarvisdiy' column in the @TheOxfordMail today, celebrating the huge shift towards walking or cycling to school in our wards! 🚴🏼‍♀️🛴👣

Now we must help schools keep this going - that means more bike racks and ensuring our streets stay safe for children

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. This is the only radiator in our house. We haven't turned it on yet, or used any other heating source. Yet we are always warm. Why? Because this house (which we rent) was built almost to passive house standards. Our bodies/cooking/appliances are sufficient to heat it. 🧵

[Harriet Waters @sussed]

@AnnaPigott @SwanseaUni Have you come across this? https://t.co/LCbWwszFK9

[Doug Parr @doug_parr]

New oil drilling in Lincolnshire as Planning Inspector overrides local council

Shows how totally outdated our institutions are in era of climate breakdown

Onshore wind farms effectively banned in England but oil drilling OK in an area of landscape beauty
https://t.co/lh82z89fmG

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Sunak to announce new annual system to award oil and gas licences

- completely contradicts scientific evidence (see 👇)

- if govt actually cared about energy security, it would max out renewables & efficiency, not the North Sea

#ClimateCrisis
1/2
https://t.co/0tGg0mVAFk

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The top 3 worst words:

1. Holibobs
2. Crimbo
3. Hubby

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Going slow on heat pumps could mean UK consumers having to pay an extra £3bn for imported gas 2026-2030, says @EnergyUKcomms

Says UK govt foot-dragging is "increasing costs for energy customers & hampering future system planning"

https://t.co/s9zkM8WT8g

[Oxford Clarion @OxfordClarion]

OxUnboxed, the non-profit refill store that once operated on Little Clarendon Street, has reopened in the Covered Market. Promising “low-plastic shopping for a healthy life”, it sells a range of store cupboard essentials, health products, coffee and tea. https://t.co/dJgjDd95Av

[Tea Törmänen @TeaTrmn]

One of my favourite things on X right now is people not living in the Nordic countries explaining how heat pumps can’t possibly work here. They work very well. I have one myself. #ClimateAction #Heating