Sustainable Us

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The UK government met 137 times with representatives of the tech industry - and not once with environmental groups - in designing its AI policy, new research shows The government doesn't want to hear how truly hated these things are. Make yourself unignorable www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I don't have much time for the 'solar should be built on brownfield' argument its not realistic for scale deployment. But as brownfield goes this is a pretty good example

"US wind turbine orders reached 2.8GW in the second quarter of 2026, their highest level since Q4 2023, as developers moved to meet tax credit deadlines." www.renews.biz/onshore-wind...

Today, we cover record king tide flooding in the Southeast U.S., record river flooding the Four Corners region, plus cyclones in the WPac and Bay of Bengal: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/10/reco...

You first Liz, we'll follow along on another spaceship, promise

It’s thanks to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme that tens of thousands of homes across the UK have been able to move away from gas. This programme is working, and we must continue to back it.

Some interesting UK electrician news in this weeks eFixx episode. EV charging, batteries, Octopus and becoming a qualified teacher. youtu.be/FaWVNAS9Jlg?...

“Dutch Style” bike bus bypass in Copenhagen.

Meet Will, the Cambridge plumber who gets to many of his jobs by e-cargo bike. Will founded Veloplumb in 2023, with a simple idea: many plumbing jobs don’t need a van full of equipment. 'I really believe in it, it boosts mental health to be outdoors, exercising and of course doing some plumbing!

New folding e-bike pairs LiDAR radar with automatic 3-speed gearing ADO has unveiled the Air 20 LiDAR, an electric bike built around an integrated hazard detection system. The manufacturer has not… https://giznewsdaily.com/new-folding-e-bike-pairs-lidar-radar-with-automatic-3-speed-gearing/

“don't forget SpaceX gets *paid* to provide both Starshield and Starlink to Ukraine by NGOs, governments, etc. Poland is a big customer so is U.S. Pentagon.” It seems highly improbable that private contractor a contractor could legally do this without 1/ warning the alleged party in breach and

Not Musk, it's McMurtry. youtu.be/_SfXcEIeoyI?...

All very nice but isn't that what Putin did 🤔

Subpostmasters and their families left out of Post Office scandal redress schemes as deadlines pass... 👉 [read]

Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to retreat to the point of vanishing. About 300 of 1450 glaciers have disappeared since the 1960s, with almost all of the rest set to drastically shrink as the climate crisis continues to escalate. @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good article about reducing steel production carbon emissions. Covers the current progress (recycling, hydrogen, electrolysis etc) and includes the use of microwaves, which is a new one to me.

Hurray! It's finally going. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"US renewable electricity generation increased by 10.2% during the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, accounting for 28.1% of total domestic production." www.renews.biz/other-news/u...

I'm intrigued that the Hollywood John Cena/Jessica Biel movie is called Matchbox, originally a British brand and not called Hot Wheels. They are both Mattel brands now, but Matchbox has British heritage. 🤔

Lula's win in Brazil will avert a free-for all on Amazon deforestation that Bolsonaro planned One of the largest & most diverse ecosystems on earth is already under strain from deforestation & climate change. Bolsonaro may have set it inexorably towards collapse We should all be grateful. For now.

Lula wins in Brazil! Student party wins in Serbia! What amazing result next? Watching the USA...

"Why is UK govt considering a major U-turn on electric vehicle policy that, if followed through, could stall take-up of EVs, close off a route to lower living costs, & dent the UK’s ability to meet its carbon targets?" 94% of drivers are happy with their EV www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An entire metro train car for bikes and their riders. #Copenhagen

A remarkable election victory for Serbia's student-led opposition movement over the autocratic president Vucic apnews.com/article/serb...

Westminster station -the portal to British government, passed through by 1000s of policymakers every day - almost always offers a good illustration of why TfL & @london.gov.uk need to curb fossil fuel ads on our tubes, trains & buses. BP isn’t advertising here to sell consumers more petrol directly

NYC Local Law 97 requires large buildings to slash pollution over time, which leads to energy efficiency. Now, we’re starting to see huge progress as heat pumps reduce energy use by 90%. 🎉 90% (!!!) ✅ lower energy bills ✅ good jobs ✅ less pollution www.urbangreencouncil.org/room-heat-pu...

Ørsted is a global leader in developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms and we had the opportunity in joining them to see the 177 metre high turbines located a few miles off the coast

We talked about climate's impact on food this morning on BBC One's Sunday Morning Live: imported food that has got more expensive (chocolate, coffee, olive oil), food hit at home (milk, onions & potatoes, lamb & beef), and wine changing flavour. And what we can do about it. Full interview below

I'm so angry i'm gonna throw the phone down.

Africa is on track to install a RECORD 17 GW of solar capacity in 2026, a 45% increase from the year before ☀️📈 Ensuring grid financing at #COP31 could turn this solar boom into wider access to electricity across the region 🌍 ember-energy.org/lat...

Very little coverage of the fuel protests and riots in Italy. Almost nothing on the BBC, not much discussion here.

"A recent @eprinews.bsky.social report plots global failures of commercial and grid-scale batteries ... and shows that the annual rate of failure has fallen precipitously as installations have grown exponentially," reports Julian Spector: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... 🔌💡

NEW BRIGHT SPOTS: Even on 100% gas power, heat pumps cut emissions by ~48% and EVs by about half. The authors of an “electrification doesn’t cut emissions” paper made a series of compounding mistakes and used misleading assumptions. Here's why. janrosenow.substack.com/p/heat-pumps...

First Bus now runs 100 battery-electric buses in Norfolk after 14 new Wrightbus double-deckers joined its Norwich fleet. www.route-one.net/news/wrightb...

Great to see the @FT highlight #PSH for a 100% #renewable grid! Traditional pumped hydro is limited by location, but @RheEnergise unlocks 100s of 1000s of new sites by drastically reducing the needed elevation. Thanks to Stephanie Findlay for featuring us! #RheEnergise #LDES #EnergySky

Developments in the Place de la Bastille 1420 - 1740 - 1841 - 1885 #paris 🏰

Trump's aggressive attitude to South Africa is pushing them to China.

We're turning the tide on violence. When I launched my Violence Reduction Unit, it was built on a simple belief: prevention works. One million Londoners reached later, the results speak for themselves.

How is Donald Trump’s criticism of President Zelensky interpreted in Moscow? “As a mandate to continue military pressure,” writes one Russian paper. I ask Muscovites to name one word that’s important to them & read what Russian schoolkids are taught about “defence of the Motherland.” #ReadingRussia

Before and after: 6 years ago, Utrecht restored the Catharijnesingel. Once filled in during the 1970s to make way for traffic, the historic canal now flows again around the old city, lined with pedestrian paths, bike lanes, and a park-like landscape.

Bill Ruddiman vindicated ⚒️🧪 arstechnica.com/science/2026...