The clean energy transition is moving faster than many people realize—but it can also be slowed more easily than most of us expect.
🚘 Good news: More than one-quarter of vehicles sold globally are now electric, and some of the biggest growth is being seen in countries like Vietnam and Turkey.
✋ Not-so-good news: Clean energy progress can be slowed by just one determined opponent and the resulting delays can be costly. A four-year delay in one wind project opposed by one determined retiree resulted in emissions equivalent to those of 2 million gas-powered cars in a year 🤯
🏘️ What you can do: Local decisions matter. Town halls, hearings, and public comments shape our future: and they only work if people show up. You don’t need to be an expert; your voice can make a real difference.
As always, please read and share! patreon.com/posts/how-does-cha…
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This new saltmarsh will take some of the energy out of the waves before they reach the damaged areas and reduce further erosion. The grass at the front is already trapping sediment, increasing in height, storing carbon, and extending habitat.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Nature #Saltmarsh #ClimateAction
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Translating Trump
#MeerMittwoch
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #saltmarsh
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We won't have the benefit of the University of St Andrews photographer to take photos this month though we love the photos Gayle took when she came out with us and made us look in focus/focussed.
Photo Credit Gayle McIntyre/University of St Andrews.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh #FieldWork
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This has been an extraordinarily hard year for science, both globally and especially in the United States.
In this week’s Talking Climate, I unpack why recent cuts to scientific programs and data don’t only affect climate research in the U.S. They weaken the knowledge infrastructure we rely on to protect public health, manage risk, and make good decisions around the world.
I also share good news from Sweden, where smart policy has turned waste into heat and power, reminding us that the most effective solutions often solve multiple problems at once.
And, as always, there's a "what you can do" ... which this week is to start a conversation about how weather and climate science supports our everyday lives. And NCEI director Deke Arndt is ready to help!
Why is this so important? Because when we take science for granted, we're witnessing in real time how much easier it becomes to lose it.
Read more: patreon.com/posts/how-silencin…
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isnt it maddening that the people screaming education and science are not valid are the least knowledgable to know what they are against? Its almost as though they never got edumacated purpely.
Just a damn shame in the US those morons are driving the bus.
There will be no polytunnel plant propagation session running tomorrow (Wednesday 7th Jan) as it is too cold for volunteers and plants alike.
We should be back next week!
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #volunteering #ice
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A climate reality check from Bill McKibben
Solar energy pays off in Australia, the US turns back the clock on climate action, and help Third Act simplify solarKatharine Hayhoe (Talking Climate)
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research. Listen here: npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-56483…
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about this, American Geophysical Union has a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151565/
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Demand in unavoidable ways, in unmissable formation, in vast numbers that your Canadian British Irish Australian Brazilian government STOP FUNDING OIL
Criminals.
Theres only one solution, the replacement of carbon burning with solar and wind.
Making #climate seem like a "you problem" is the TOP victory of EXXON and other criminal oil corporations and governments.
It is not a victim solvable crisis.
It's a throw out the government crisis, a billionaires dont pay taxes problem.
Amazing to have Green Shores and other award winners work recognized in the lodging of a Scottish parliamentary motion!
"Highland MSP lodges motion to celebrate success of Green Shores partnership in Dornoch after award win"
Reported here in the Northern Times.
northern-times.co.uk/news/high…
Highland MSP lodges motion to celebrate success of Green Shores partnership in Dornoch after award win
Green Shores won the Coast and Waters Award for its long running saltmarsh restoration work.Niall Harkiss (Northern Times)
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Holidays are often a time for decoration and giving — which means a massive surge in waste and emissions. But they also give us opportunities to choose differently.
In this week’s Talking Climate I explore B Corps doing good and the surprising toll of seasonal waste. I've also collected a host of ideas on how our choices can reduce waste, support communities, and restore nature-- from thrifted treasures to shared experiences, and giving that supports families and ecosystems around the world.
There’s no one “right” way to give; but there are so many ways to give well, and feel good doing it.
talkingclimate.ca/p/simple-way…
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In a world flooded with misinformation, science communication isn’t a “nice to have”—it’s essential. How do we tell what’s credible and what’s not?
Join me and a host of other amazing science communicators today for a live broadcast and Reddit AMA with @newshour, from 11am–2pm Eastern!
Live broadcast: pbs.org/newshour/science/watch…
Reddit AMA: reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ph…
WATCH LIVE: Ask us anything about fighting science misinformation during a special Reddit AMA
During this mega AMA, science correspondent Miles O’Brien and digital anchor and correspondent Deema Zein will interview scientists, academics, digital creators, influencers and others about the challenges they face while communicating facts about sc…PBS News
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The Green Shores team have spotted what we assume was a water vole -it was too fast to be sure- hopping into and swimming in these naturally forming salt pans.
Salt pans are a bit like rock pools without the rocks, where water remains when the tide is out.
Restoring saltmarsh provides more habitat for all the saltmarsh creatures.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #voles #Biodiversity
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