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Late on Friday it emerged that the secretary general of Opec, the group of oil-producing countries, had written to its members calling on them to reject any language targeting fossil fuels in the final Cop28 deal.

The United Arab Emirates, which is hosting this year’s climate summit, is a key member of Opec.
 

Opec chief Haitham Al Ghais wrote that a climate deal that targets fossil fuels “rather than emissions” can “put our people’s prosperity and future at risk”.

The leaked letter was met with fierce backlash at the climate summit, which is taking place during the hottest year in human history. So far, 106 countries have called for ditching fossil fuels, and a draft agreement includes a range of options on withdrawing from oil, gas and coal.

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26 facts that bring home the reality of climate change | National Geographic

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...and four that offer hope.

 

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Fury as UK climate change minister leaves conference

Climate campaigners and politicians have reacted with fury to the news that the UK climate change minister, Graham Stuart, has returned to London from Cop28

- apparently to vote on the Rwanda farce which will also further trash the UK's international standing - as well as economy

 

 

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2 hours ago, theoldrouge said:

Just look what you wish for Mr Jugg 

 

A revolution of high tec high quality UK jobs in the expanding clean green renewables industry, rather than ever higher gas and oil prices going to foreign shareholders and the Uks green and pleasant land polluted?

Sounds good to me, why doesn't it to you?

 

https://www.statista.com/topics/2608/global-renewable-energy-industry/#topicOverview

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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25 minutes ago, theoldrouge said:

FLOP28

good name although cop-out still seems more apt

Good name for the (roughly that many) far right 'Tory 'rebels/not tories though

 

Pretty much locked in 3 degrees of warming it seems - minimum

 

Edited December 13, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Farage calls 40-50 degree heat becoming a norm global cooling doesn't he?

and the real figures (40-50 degree heat - not Farages false claims) are if the Sun stays in its abnormally cool state. Lets all hope it does for our and ALL our children's children's sakes

 

 

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For the people who dont leave their armchairs, or change channel from GB Not News

and Weren't they defined as 'not a news channel'

 

‘We can’t afford to wait’: a Cornish town faces climate threat head on | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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How an image of the projected high tide in 2050 swung the people of Bude into action

 

 

- and thats based on conservative estimates

 

 

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Doesn't it seem strange that after a decade of increasing sewage pouring into our waterways, with the only response being 'get rid of monitoring, that a case will be highlighted just before an election. (independent regulator - hogwash)

Perhaps we will be excused for thinking its a ploy of the 'Tory-ish attempting to whitewash all the brownwash with hogwash just before they are voted on?

- timed carefully so they wont (even if they are able) need to act on it - just get the headlines perhaps?

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"Ofwat said it has notified Northumbrian Water, Thames Water and Yorkshire Water of its provisional findings, and the companies would now have the opportunity to respond to them.

Responding to Ofwat's statement, Thames Water said it was considering the initial findings in detail and might make representations to the regulator in due course.

The regulator said it expects to publish its proposed decision for public consultation in the first quarter of 2024."

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I certainly think water quality , security and value for the taxpayers money are NOT their main concerns

.. regulator(s)or government - not that there seems to be any difference

Edited December 15, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Case in point

Why are the British public paying this rather than out of the record energy company profits - which largely caused it?

- and which the british taxpayer are already in hock for?

 

Ofgem plans to add £16 to energy bills to help suppliers recover £3bn in bad debts | Ofgem | The Guardian

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Extra payment would be levied at £1.33 a month between April next year and March 2025

 

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Not heard that hydrogen gas is flammable TOR? Let alone hydrogen fuel cells

Duhh - must have gone to same school as Johnson

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.. or did I misunderstand you - and you are bewailing the Tory right-wings horrendous lack of investment in our nations future and  infrastructure?

lol

 

"The reason why people are buying new homes and are energy bill payers rather than net contributors to the grid is because developers paid a toll of £891,000 to the Conservative Party in the first quarter of 2021 alone. The reason we are struggling to get a common-sense measure such as charging points for electric vehicles as standard on new buildings is that developers do not like it, and they pay good money to ensure that the Conservative Party listens to them more than it listens to climate scientists."

 

"Is it not strange that oil and gas companies are getting new licences in the North Sea despite the climate emergency, or that they are getting £150 billion of taxpayers’ money which they have not done anything extra to earn, or that taxpayers are carrying the burden of that £150 billion for the next 20 years, instead of a windfall tax? Systemic political corruption has real-world consequences and real victims, so it is important to put this on the record now so that the next generation understands how Parliament did relatively little while the world started to heat up and burn in our climate emergency."

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Perhaps drill and capture it - before the ice melts - rather than giving licenses to drill in the North Sea for 2 weeks worth of gas?

 

Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes | Live Science

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A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost...

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Well COP-out and the UK's cronic (sic) attitude has clearly emboldened them.

I mean, its not like they made record profits from peoples misery or anything eh?

 

"While no formal targets exist, we will continuously look to right-size the activities that deliver the most value."

Shell said in October it will let go around 15% of the workforce at its low-carbon solutions division and scale back its hydrogen business as part of CEO Wael Sawan's drive to boost profits.

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and all this as the UK lowers its environmental protections further as EU regulations lapse.

 

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and as we can see @theoldrouge

There are always those ready to support the profiteers making money at the British peoples expense

 

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Whats this? The 3rd or 4th set of 'once in a generation' flood/extreme weather events in the last 6 months?

Dont know about where you are but our local B roads are little better than reasonable farm tracks in places and the A roads have holes than you lose a 16" wheel in

 

 

UK weather live: Storm Gerrit brings travel chaos as snow, wind and rain hit trains

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Flurry of weather alerts issued for Wednesday, with warnings of travel disruption and power cuts

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Dunno about where you were but quite another epic wind and rain storm here. Rain blown almost horizontal and a flash of lighting that is in the top ten of any I've seen in my lifetime - and half of those weren't in the UK.

 

Quite a few properties around here have had roof damage over the last 2 weeks of regular breakouts of storm force winds with short breaks. Level where if you jump - you feel it blow you sideways on at least 3 separate occasions with significant wind a number of other times  for hours or days at a time.

and I'm in the east midlands - god know what it was like on the west coasts. Manchester mini tornado reported.

Edited December 28, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Last month was by far the world’s hottest November on record

For the third month in row, the planet broke an all-time monthly heat record by a remarkable margin.

 

Last month was by far the world’s hottest November on record » Yale Climate Connections

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For the third month in row, the planet broke an all-time monthly heat record by a remarkable margin.

 

Record warm November consolidates 2023 as the warmest year

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November 2023 was the warmest November globally in the ERA5 data record, going back to 1940. 

 

 

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Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peak | Live Science

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NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming...

 

 

 

Mixed feelings about this

We don't yet know when or how hard the peak will be, and how much it will fall off after that, or whether this is the harbinger of a long term increase in the suns output from its abnormally LOW average output of the last decade

Yes abnormally low output

Updated chart available early in new year:

 

 

Edited December 31, 2023 by tobyjugg2

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Big five oil companies to reward shareholders with record payouts | Oil | The Guardian

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BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage

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Energy bills in Great Britain rise by 5% as price cap increases | Energy bills | The Guardian

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Average annual household bill to jump by £94 to £1,928 in some of the coldest months of the year

 

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as predicted here some years ago, when 1.5 degrees was still being touted as end of century, then 2050 ..

 

"2023 has been confirmed as the warmest in recorded history, with average global temperatures topping 1.5C of heating above preindustrial levels for more than one third of the year."

'It continues the rapid warming trend, with the 10 warmest years in human history all having occurred since 2010.'

'November was roughly 1.75 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels, and two days soared beyond 2 degrees'

"UK Met Office scientists say the main driver of the record-breaking temperatures is human-induced warming."

World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

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The BBC finds that there have been a record number of days in 2023 that breached the 1.5C temperature limit.

 

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Thames Water dumps sewage into rivers at over 270 locations after Storm Henk hits

 

Company discharges sewage for more than 80 hours in some places after South of England suffers heavy rain

 

Thames Water dumps sewage into rivers at over 270 locations after Storm Henk hits

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Company discharges sewage for more than 80 hours in some places after South of England suffers heavy rain

 

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Boxing Day swimmers bathed in sewage off Isle of Wight after water firm blunder

 

Bathers unaware untreated waste water was spewed into sea for more than five hours on Christmas Day

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Well it is his signature on the law they are trashing - so would be the first scapegoat if he didn't resign - and its nothing new for him is it? Bounced/resigned from pillar to post as generally reliable vote for the guv - as long as theres little personal risk

.. but perhaps its about his standards and not about himself or simply 'sinking ship syndrome

but given his part in Brittania Unchained and its 'policy suggestions - seems unlikely

 

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Edited January 6 by tobyjugg2