Cofounder National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis www.nebriefing.org | Science communicator | former manufacturing CEO & business consultant | Moog 🎹https://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mrcf3ipvck2aVested interests want us to believe it's "just summer". It isn't. The evidence is clear, and it'll worsen until we stop burning fossil fuels and switch to a more plant-rich diet. This and other useful Met Office graphics in this @rmets.org report. https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.7047023 Jul 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcf3ipvck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mqvwo5kr5k2iLeaving Sicily by train which just rolled onto a ferry to cross the Strait of Messina and continue up Italy. Neat integrated solution. Wildfire in the background.18 Jul 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvwo5kr5k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mqgstd624k2xIf the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk12 Jul 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgstd624k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mqhejoumwc2rA very good example of why we need coordinated wartime-scale action👇 It’s not acceptable to leave grid expansion to market forces. We didn’t do so with the mobilisation for WW2. The gov should mandate it. The result is that UK will have to import even more highly polluting LNG from USA. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-farm-forced-to-shut-derril-water-biggest-grid-overload-fears?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other12 Jul 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhejoumwc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mqgstd624k2xIf the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk12 Jul 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgstd624k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mqe4imjmns2nThe world's biggest meat processor putting profits ahead of a liveable future. But that's what companies working to short term profit maximisation do. This is why governments need to be much bolder. People need to know that without a big cut in meat consumption, we're in deep trouble. https://www.edie.net/meat-giant-jbs-abandons-net-zero-by-2040-target/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=edie_daily_news_alert_10-07-2026&utm_content=edie_daily_news_alert_10-07-2026+CID_28456806bcea45e0aeea110670b62825&utm_source=campaign%20monitor&utm_term=Meat%20giant%20JBS%20abandons%20net-zero%20by%202040%20target11 Jul 2026 07:14 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqe4imjmns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mq3fifrik22hThis amendment would ban oil & gas donations to UK political parties. Given the urgent need to transition to renewables to tackle the rising threat of climate change, this seems like a no-brainer for all MPs to support. Please share and ask your MP to back it. 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3fifrik22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mq3fifrik22hThis amendment would ban oil & gas donations to UK political parties. Given the urgent need to transition to renewables to tackle the rising threat of climate change, this seems like a no-brainer for all MPs to support. Please share and ask your MP to back it. 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3fifrik22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sioldridge.bsky.social/post/3mp6nooafxk2xAn enormous release of methane, highly potent greenhouse gas. Estimated at 130 tonnes, the equivalent in warming impact to the annual emissions from 2,300 cars. The UK's emissions reporting vastly underestimates this sort of venting. Time to take this seriously. 🙏 @drandrewboswell.bsky.social https://blog.datadesk.eco/p/methane-over-scotland?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9u8fo&triedRedirect=true26 Jun 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:cz67fdgcmuhkhei3upfb4ces/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6nooafxk2x