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Kym Chapple

@kymtje.bsky.social

4 minutes ago

Malcolm Roberts on the horror of possible Greens-run public grocery stores

Vladimir Neskovic Kesma

@kesma.wtf

5 minutes ago

I tested @attie.ai today. It can be usefull tool for users to create their own custom feeds. Test wasagainst my Climate Change Sciences feed (a powerfull one ; ) but did not get any improvemets and i quickly reached the credit limits, since it is an LLM that help you with feeds.

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

10 minutes ago

And in any case: you know what, backyard swimming pools, golf courses, oversized agriculture: you'll be doing same hand-wringing if climate and environment groups turned their gaze to those, too. You can always moan that 'a bigger problem exists' because a bigger problem *always* exists

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co

"Oh you care about water use from data centres and not golf courses???" Don't worry, we're on that too

Climate activists block golf course holes with seedlings and cement to protest water use
By
Laura Paddison
Jul 4, 2023
Seedlings planted by Extinction Rebellion climate activists on a golf course in Gorraiz, near Pamplona in a photograph released on July 2, 2023.
Seedlings planted by Extinction Rebellion climate activists on a golf course in Gorraiz, near Pamplona in a photograph released on July 2, 2023. Extinction Rebellion/Handout/AFP/Getty Images
Climate activists have targeted 10 golf courses around Spain, plugging up holes to protest the amount of water used to maintain these courses as the country is gripped by a severe drought.

Enerdata

@enerdata.bsky.social

14 minutes ago

Rezolv Energy secures approval for 1.2 GW Dama solar project in Romania #EnergySky www.enerdata.net/publicat….

www.enerdata.net

Rezolv Energy secures approval for 1.2 GW Dama solar project in Romania

Independent power producer Rezolv Energy has secured the final regulatory approval needed to begin construction of its Dama Solar project in Arad County, western Romania (Rezolv Energy announcement,…

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

17 minutes ago

"Almost no one" - always spoken by someone who's never bothered to actually look. Environment and climate groups have been fighting big agriculture's water greed for decades and decades and decades. www.greenpeace.org/intern….

To protect water from the ravages of industrial farming, our failing global food system must radically change
Sophie Nodzenski
16 Oct 2023 • 6 min read
What’s going on?
Today is World Food Day and the theme this year is ‘water’, an absolutely essential input to grow food. But the impacts of climate change are going to complicate the picture: rainfall patterns are becoming more unpredictable, droughts more recurrent, whilst fields are going to require more water due to hotter temperatures. As nearly three-quarter of the world’s cropland depends on rain, we are heading for disaster.

In an attempt to mitigate climate impacts, well-meaning water conservation and management policies, often adopted by international donors like the World Bank, promote the expansion of “sustainable irrigation” (meaning water efficient systems such as drip irrigation). But as modern irrigation uses water pumped from reservoirs (such as groundwater), this may come at a cost to people and the planet.

Sentient @sentientmedia.org

The water required to get ChatGPT to draft an email for you is around one teaspoon, roughly 1% of a standard water bottle. Compare that to meat: two pounds of pork requires over 1,000 liters of water. Seth Millstein reports: buff.ly/fpNWoeH

sentientmedia.org

John Lang

@johnlang.bsky.social

18 minutes ago

The historical version launches tomorrow. The red of China diminishes, the British blue and the US purple loom larger. @ketanjoshi.co Visual #21 of 100+ www.climatetrunk.com/info….

www.climatetrunk.com

Half the problem

Half of annual carbon emissions can be traced to just 32 firms.

John Lang

@johnlang.bsky.social

18 minutes ago

Half of annual CO2 emissions can be traced to just 32 firms. Saudi Aramco is linked to 4% of the total, while China’s red giants dominate the picture. Squint and you'll spot the investor-owned firms we all know: Exxon, BP, Shell etc H/t @influencemap.bsky.social @climatetrunk.bsky.social 🌳

Just 32 companies were linked to more than half of global fossil-fuel and cement CO2 emissions in 2024. Emissions may be highly concentrated, but getting to net zero is a shared responsibility – fossil fuel producers are ultimately influenced by governments, companies, investors and individuals.

Kimberly Nicholas

@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social

25 minutes ago

Matt found out his bank has spent $77.8 billion on fossil fuel financing since 2021. In this episode of #ClimateActually, I helped Matt follow the 3 steps to bank fossil-free: 1. Check if your bank funds fossil fuels 2. Switch if it does 3. Tell your old bank why you left. youtu.be/iruxIkB37lM

Marc Hudson

@marchudson.bsky.social

30 minutes ago

I probably should update this, written in 2017, before the Greta/Roger wave - peacenews.info/node/8767/20...

peacenews.info

2019: How we blew it, again | Peace News

CindyBax

@cindybax.bsky.social

30 minutes ago

because there aren't any right now But there will be. And the Southland Environment Council had the information clearly showing this, but didn't submit it to the Fast Track. It's a potential and large new threat.

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

31 minutes ago

This is Tice saying we can adapt our way out of climate breakdown & enjoy the heat: www.theguardian.com/uk-ne…. This is slap in the face of the "2,700 people [who] may have died from heat-related causes in England and Wales during the exceptionally hot weather in May and June" (BBC)

www.theguardian.com

Not all 'doom and gloom': Reform's deputy leader downplays climate crisis – video

Richard Tice suggests people should 'adapt' to the climate crisis, arguing we 'can't stop it'

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

34 minutes ago

The danger is Reform/Tories recognise the public's concern re climate change & that they'll suffer without action but plump for 100% adaptation & 0% mitigation. Something we've heard Richard Tice says a few times now This is a dangerous, costly & foolish move, grounded in preserving the status quo

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

34 minutes ago

This demands honest reporting of how climate change is impacting Brits *today* & how we are able to minimise the ill-effects of climate change through mitigation & adaptation *tomorrow*. If @andyburnham.bsky.social truly believes the climate has changed, then the big question is what do we do next?

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

34 minutes ago

I'm often wrong on big political calls but with the swing away from net-zero characterised by Reform's rise post-2024, followed by an extremely hot & dry summer, we may see a swing back towards support for net-zero. This hinges on it being framed as a solution to today's problems, not just tomorrow

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

34 minutes ago

Climate change is littered with references to tipping points; eg nature loses its elasticity & we enter a vicious cycle or when adoption curves accelerate & new techs/practices become mainstream. Another might be the tipping point of public concern re the health & security risks of climate change.

Prof Matt Hannon

@matthannon.bsky.social

34 minutes ago

It may be a function of when (and to a lesser extent how) excess deaths from heat are recorded in the UK but why is this not front page news? Why are we not hearing more about people losing loved ones to climate change, in the UK? There seems a log jam on this kind of news & it needs to be heard.

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

36 minutes ago

This also got headlines: if you want faster approval you can agree to 2 hours of flex for peak periods Okay, whatever: I'm sure it helps But there are 8,758 other hours where the data centre increases demand; helping coal and gas generate more. This doesn't make data centres "help the transition"

Table 3 | Principle 2 performance measures
Ref Performance measure Purpose
9 Demonstrate ability to reduce grid-supplied
electricity demand by 25% of the data
centre forecast average load for up to a
2-hour period, using the following hierarchy:
1. Where possible, load shifting e.g.
curtailing ancillary loads, using thermal
storage to shift air conditioning loads, or
scheduling programmable compute tasks
outside of peak periods.
2. On-site or proximate renewable
generation and storage (e.g. battery
storage or use of Virtual Power Plants).
Data centres must agree the applicable
notice period for reducing grid demand with
the relevant electricity utility. AEMO may
also instruct data centres to reduce grid
demand in accordance with the relevant
notice period.
Other innovations to achieve this purpose
will be considered. However, this measure
cannot be met by using diesel back-up
generators.
Reducing demand in
peak demand and low
generation periods will
significantly mitigate
potential electricity
price increases from
data centres.40 This can
also materially reduce
the extent of upstream
infrastructure upgrades
required.
Interjurisdictional reference
Ireland’s Large Energy Users
Connection Policy requires
data centres >10MVA to
provide dispatchable on-site
or proximate generation/
storage which meets their
peak demand.
The US Ratepayer
Pledge has set a national
commitment to require
data centres to fund new
sources of power supply
that offsets their needs
and can serve the broader
network. US states like
Texas have introduced
regulatory frameworks to
apply the pledge.
The Medium Combustion
Plant Directive in the UK
explicitly excludes diesel
generators from demand
side response operation

Dr Charlie Gardner

@charliejgardner.bsky.social

40 minutes ago

New oil & gas = more fires New oil & gas = more floods New oil & gas = more death

Eoghan Daltun 🌍

@irishrainforest.bsky.social

44 minutes ago

We know that Reform and their ilk say this stuff because they're paid to by their big donors in the fossil fuel industry. But, come on, they have to be just downright thick as two short planks too.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social

Reform UK's Richard Tice says the UK should "celebrate" climate change. "I think when it's a bit warm, let's enjoy it. And if it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic. That means we can take on the French."

Annie Leymarie

@annieleymarie.bsky.social

44 minutes ago

"The discovery removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Great Britain." 'Kerry Cow' was not domesticated cattle, as long believed, but remains of a bear and a wild boar.

Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social

Fascinating story from our UCD Archaeology colleagues, Dr Martin Moucheron et al. It changes how we might understand Mesolithic hunter-gather and the arrival of Neolithic farming in Ireland www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

www.ucd.ie

Green Collective

@greencollective.io

about 1 hour ago

Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 33% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 54% at 23:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 54% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 13% of demand was met by imports.

A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

about 1 hour ago

The next four years, of course, being the extremely crucial years in which the extension or closure of coal plants gets decided in NSW If anything, the rules should loosen *after* four years! openelectricity.org.au/sc…

a chart showing various emissions scenarios

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

about 1 hour ago

So: a data centre could get build today, cover 0.1% of their demand with a few small wind/solar projects, get the fast track approval, and not actually have to even cover off their own demand until the next decade.

Ketan Joshi

@ketanjoshi.co

about 1 hour ago

It isn't a regulation, but linking approval speed to requirements is a *sort of* regulation. So it's good they asked for long-term power deals rather than allowing dodgy certificates and offsets as the federal gov't have done. But check out the details: you have *four years* to match demand

4 | Principle 3 performance measures
Ref Performance measure Purpose
13
14
Enter into PPAs and firming agreements for
additional renewable energy generation assets
in NSW to meet data centre electricity demand
(MWh), and the following:
a) a minimum 40% wind generation component
(MWh)
b) storage capacity (battery or pumped hydro) of
at least 25% of generation capacity (MW)for
a duration offour hours, which can be part of
hybrid assets or separate from generation
c) from the data centre’s fourth year of
operation, contracted energy supply is equal
to the data centre’s annual average energy
demand,45 and that energy supply increases
over time in line with ramp up in operations
d) agreements have a duration of at least
ten years
e) agreements are for energy projects, including
expansions of existing assets, that have not
reached Final Investment Decision (FID)
at the time of contracting
f) agreements can be entered into on a portfolio
basis or contracted to specific data centres,
provided the data centre demand is met
g) for co-location providers, commitments can
be demonstrated through a combination of
operator and/or major tenant agreements.
Note on-site or proximate storage provided for
demand flexibility can be counted towards the
fulfilment of this measure.46
In addition to the planning system, consideration
will be given to implementing this measure
via network connections or potentialfuture
access arrangements.
If recycled water is not available, proponents
must negotiate a plan with their utility to fully
offset their interim use of potable drinking
water supplies, either through funding
agreements to contribute to additional supply
or through water efficiency programs or
alternatively closed-loop systems.
To limit bill impacts
from data centre energy
demand and contribute
to energy system
reliability.
For specific elements:
a & b) to achieve
a diverse mix of
generation assets to
minimise bill impacts
c) allowing time for
new generation assets
to be built…

Positive Money UK

@positivemoneyuk.bsky.social

about 1 hour ago

...how will the British public trust you to come up with the solution? That means publicly recognising the scale of the crisis, naming its cause, and using your position to tackle this grave threat to our lives and livelihoods now and the lives of our children and grandchildren in the future.”