Saw Steve Cram sorting out fencing at the Durham City Run today, thought it was pretty cool that such a legendary runner organises grassroots events in the North East and further afield. He was some runner!

A clip that summarises the levels of niche detail that makes the tour, Daniel Friebe and The Cycling Podcast’s journalism so wonderful

North East tweeeps - this will be a wonderful event on weds and Friday this week durhamfringe.co.uk/events/durham-… Do go along!

Our #StateOfUKClimate Report 2023 reveals the UK’s climate continues to change. Recent decades have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than the 20th Century. Learn more 👇 Published today by Royal Meteorological Society #RMetSJournals Wiley in research @WoodlandTrust National Oceanography Centre Wiley Earth and Space Science 🧵1/4

Coal just stopped generating... that's it... The end of 142 years of coal fired electricity in the UK.

An overview of all we are doing in sustainability at Durham University youtu.be/4REY4ObWkFY?si…

Pricey #agile this evening! Still afternoon? Octopus Energy

A single gas leak in Pennsylvania vented more than 1.4B cubic ft of methane into the atmosphere. That’s as much climate pollution as 261 coal plants! There’s nothing “clean” about “#naturalgas" We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #renewables

Heat pump service from Vaillant UK

This is absurd and incredibly disappointing. A subsidy to pollute, to keep our air quality poor and to keep the status quo in terms of transport emissions. We can do better The Labour Party

Found this a very compelling conversation overcast.fm/+AAnh1AMbi4c Planet: Critical

Absolutely wonderful in Edinburgh tonight. Would recommend getting to one of the stages still to come!

Data released today by Copernicus ECMWF shows: 🌡️ It is now virtually certain that 2024 will be the warmest year on record. It is also virtually certain that the annual temperature for 2024 will be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level. #ClimateCrisis #COP29

Just signed up to bluesky bsky.app/profile/tom-s-… See you over there?

Friends in The Labour Party - this is very poor. What’s the plan to decarbonise homes if gas boilers are welcome?

I hadn’t seen this above 430 before 😬

I used to work for the low carbon economy team at DCC, they are some of the most talented, driven, and impactful people I have met, making a real difference on emissions in the County. Find this heartbreaking to read

🚨 NEW RECORD | Solar OVERTOOK nuclear for the first time globally ☀️ Solar power has TRIPLED in the last five years, from 79 TWh in April 2020 ➡️ to 233 TWh in April 2025 📈⚡️ For more electricity records, check Ember’s new data every month 🔎👇 ember-energy.org/data/electrici…

It's 11am on a bank holiday (low demand, sunny) but all of British electricity demand is being met by renewables, with 2.5GW of gas online and 3.5GW of electricity being exported to Europe