Ownership of carbon-intensive assets and investments means that the top 1% by wealth are responsible for about 40% of greenhouse gas emissions
The top 0.1% account for about 17% of emissions, the top 0.01% about 9%
The 'polluter pays' principle needs to apply
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reform UK in govt would destroy UK's green economy
"On whose behalf do they make this choice? Not their own voters, who strongly support renewables.... But its funders. 2/3 of the money it has received comes from very rich people with interests in oil and gas"
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Complete mystery to me why successive UK govts thought another nuke at Sizewell, after debacle at Hinkley, made any sense
UK National Auditor says £131-£155/MWh from Sizewell C, more than the £129/MWh at Hinkley. For the latter the risk from cost overruns sits with EDF
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Earlier this month UN Intl Renewable Energy Agency said 'firmed' onshore wind (with storage) is currently around £70/MWh in Germany - and should be cheaper in UK
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This is Reform UK
"Tice threatened to walk out of the interview when presented with information from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Tice said he “fundamentally disagreed” with it, but declined to name advisers who said the science was wrong"
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2025 marked the fifth consecutive year of decline in gas share in the global electricity mix, as clean power grew faster than electricity demand, limiting the need for a significant rise in gas
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The unregulated and uncontrolled use of insecticides in flea treatments has already caused irreparable damage to nature in rivers, sites of special scientific interest and National Parks like the Norfolk Broads
It needs to stop now
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Well who would of thought it?
The aviation industry promise of net zero in 2050 won't happen. It was promised 5 years ago on the basis of 'Sustainable Aviation Fuel' and offsets
It turns out both are bollocks
As many of us sceptically said at the time
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Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
In an extensive interview about climate change and energy policy, Richard Tice dismissed the threat of global warming and doubled down on fossil fuels.
Gas is losing its share in the global power mix as renewables increasingly meet rising electricity demand.
Doug Parr
Doug Parr
Doug Parr
Western Europe has experienced a 'temperature whiplash' in May as the weather went from unseasonably cold to record heat in just a few days
Copernicus scientists say this is the 'new normal' as climate change takes hold
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