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Key point: climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels. It's burning fossil fuels that is making heat waves hotter and more frequent. We need to stop burning fossil fuels (and that includes leaving them in the ground)

Lol, the BBC edited the article

As an EV driver I do sympathise with people who can't afford or can't charge an electric car. But for people who live in the 70% of homes with private off-road parking and have bought a new petrol or diesel car in the last 5 years or so... What were you thinking?

Saturday once again looking like the best day to charge the car (via the excellent agilerates.uk?region=L website) Even if you're not on the Octopus Agile tariff, please consider delaying any charging, laundry etc to lunchtime Saturday to support solar power!

BBC 🤦

Ed is getting down to business. But will the zero-emission vehicle mandate – the future biggest single driver for reducing the UK's emissions – still be watered down, as the Unite union wants?

Energy UK Explains: Why is the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate important? - Energy UKKey points What is the ZEV Mandate? The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate is a policy that requires vehicle manufacturers to sell an increasing proportion of zero-emission vehicles each year, primar...www.energy-uk.org.uk

Worth bearing in mind that it's 15 years since the government rejected a new strategic reservoir for the southeast (near Oxford). They claimed Thames Water hadn't made the case for it (to me it looked like they had) Interestingly Thames Water now say it needs to be 50% bigger than what was proposed

Abingdon £1bn reservoir plan rejected by governmentPlans for a £1bn reservoir in Oxfordshire to supply more than eight million people over the next 25 years are rejected by the government.www.bbc.co.uk

It hasn't rained in parts of Devon for 50 days (I last had rain on 22 June) Southern England has only had 1% of the usual July rainfall The Environment Agency has now decreed a "flash" (sudden onset) drought for much of England

Drought declared in half of EnglandSeven areas of England now officially in drought after record low rainfall and exceptionally high temperatures.www.gov.uk

"The officers also said the turbine would affect the views of residents at Cornforth Moor Farm Cottage", so the planning officer is recommending refusal. Planning reform needs to be much more fundamental than people understand. "Visual impact" needs to be exempted for wind turbines, for a start

Amazon wind turbine faces Durham Castle view objectionThe company is seeking planning permission to build a wind turbine in Bowburn, County Durham.www.bbc.co.uk

This is the reply the BBC are sending to people who complained about Kuenssberg's interview with Badenoch. They kind of admit that they messed up, but "it happens". Wholly inadequate and I have submitted a follow-up complaint

The legacy of Patrick Vallance, who believes he can pick winners. The world wide web was invented at the CERN particle physics experiment centre. No-one thought particle physics was going to revolutionise society, yet here we are.

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.www.bbc.co.uk

Watching pictures of the devastating wildfires in France and Spain on the BBC One O'clock News. The single mention of climate change was phrased as "mainly human-induced climate change" 🤦 It's 5 years since the last IPCC Report opened with "Human activities have unequivocally caused global warming"

France and Spain wildfires: Fear in Bordeaux with fire 9 miles from city outskirtsFirefighters are continuing to battle large-scale blazes, with specialist aircraft being used to drop retardant.www.bbc.co.uk