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Harry Cockburn
@HarryCockburn
Freelance environment journalist/media consultant Writing about climate science, politics, nature and related end of the world blues, news and views
Katılım Eylül 2013
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Who's mad enough to take on the cursed chalice of the BBC's top job? Still, pretty decent pay bracket.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power
We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before
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carbonbrief.org/analysis-great…
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@DaleVince Agree with your point, but this video is from Beijing last year, not Valencia. youtube.com/shorts/JicmS3V…

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Read our oped in @ETEnergyWorld on #offshorewind (OfW)
👉etenergyworld.com/s/bxwf1t0
#Budget2024 should aim to boost OfW's share in India’s #RE mix & stimulate domstic manufacturing of offshore turbines. This can generate #greenjobs & enhance peak #electricitydemand mngmnt
@mnreindia

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Not sure what's more terrifying, the state jailing people for 5 years for planning non-violent protest, or the scale of climate denial.
This is the same day Starmer eulogised the European Court of Human rights... which protects right to peaceful protest theguardian.com/environment/ar…
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#Nigeria’s dash for Liquified Natural Gas (#LNG) could result in stranded assets, experts warn.
Our new report finds that:
🇳🇬 plans to spend USD 18.5bn on LNG infrastructure
🌍 demand for LNG is forecast to fall by 2030
Learn More 👉 iisd.org/publications/r…

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Commenting, @GeorgeMonbiot said:
“The EA’s role in the cover-up suggests that its capture by the industries it is supposed to regulate has advanced even further than many of us had feared.”
Pippa Neill@neill_pippa
Given the “increase in awareness” of forever chemicals, the EA wrote “It is good practice to be prepared" should attention turn to them "Being prepared will allow you to portray the company in a light you see fit and not be caught on the back foot” endsreport.com/article/187385…
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It was a bad look when British Cycling took Shell's polluter dollar, its much worse since the oil giant ditched climate targets and doubled down on putting profits before life and health... Good work from @BrandalismUK
cyclingweekly.com/news/british-c…
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Found this interesting, so tried a slightly different set up in Bing's Copilot with GPT4. It got the answer right, but then carried on going...

Gary Marcus@GaryMarcus
Someday my children will ask me why anyone ever took seriously the thought that systems like this had anything to do with AGI. I honestly have no idea how I will answer. Mass delusion? (Example emailed to me by a friend.)
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INTERVIEW
Very interesting and insightful from @g__j on the cultural aspects of media climate misinformation
(lots of other fascinating answers on everything from Labour's 2030 target to his climate "epiphany" – read the full transcript at the link)
#5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-bri…

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ITV News can reveal that underground piping which was declared 'outworn' 17 years ago was never replaced by Southern Water, after 30-thousand homes in East Sussex were left without supplies following a burst main. itv.com/news/meridian/…
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One of Sweden's big steel mills will replace its blast furnace with two electric arc furnaces ... and by doing so reduce the *country's* greenhouse gas emissions by 7%. Wild. ssab.com/en/news/2024/0…
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Big bittern news! 🗣️🗣️🗣️
In 2023, conservationists from @Natures_Voice recorded 234 male bitterns making their distinctive 'booming' call to attract a mate in England and Wales.
That's a 24% increase in booming bitterns compared to 5 years ago!

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Your regular reminder that solar farms take up less of the UK than golf courses - even on a pathway to net-zero
carbonbrief.org/factcheck-is-s…

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