We're now at 400 consecutive days of record-breaking ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic. 🤯

The biggest change to land-use regulations in decades aims to protect and restore England's natural world. But who will really benefit - and what will it mean for English flora and fauna? 🐸🦋🪱🌳

Christian Jaccarini writes for BusinessGreen

The ocean heat content averaged in the tropical east Atlantic is skyrocketing these past couple of weeks. It's presently as high as the climatological mean on June 16, and as high as it was on May 14, 2023 (the year that obliterated records). [1/2]

If only there were a way to cut the UK's uniquely heavy reliance on gas for heat and power…

The public want public services that aren't collapsing, not tax cuts twitter.com/YouGov/status/…

Budget TLDR:
- NICs cut as expected, and
- There's no need for additional funding public services... savings from drone police and AI for doctors will save us 🤦‍♂️

Some headlines from the fuel poverty stats out today. 👇👇
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Firstly, the headline metric using govt.’s method suggests 3.17mn hhlds in fuel poverty, unchanged from last year. But it hides more than it reveals.

CHART OF THE WEEK: Modelling by CREDS suggested by 2040, #bus journeys should increase by 66% and #rail travel by 44%. In the same period, car use is expected to rise by 13%.

The modelling is their Positive Low-Energy Futures (PLEF) 'Transform' scenario. 🧵 [1/4]