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Why is Dale Vince Lying About Heat Pumps?

Dale Vince has been lying about heat pumps for days so he can sell more vegan gas. WTF does that even mean?

Help Protect Earth Plant 100k Trees this Winter!

We need your help to plant 100,000 trees this year, as 60,000 spade ready projects have no funding and will have to be delayed until next winter.

Renewables overtake fossil fuels in Europe, Baby Beavers in London, and Drivers Ditching Cars

Renewables are overtaking fossil fuels in EU and aren't slowing down, super cute baby beavers are born in London for the first time in 400 years, and car free is becoming more of a reality as cities make improvements.

Wildlife Success Stories, USA looks set to ditch Orange Hitler, and Net Zero ramps up worldwide

I will be sharing good news for climate, wildlife, and the environment in general each week, avoiding (and highlighting) greenwashing, and sharing some petitions you can sign to get us more good news in weeks to come.

Green IT: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of IT and APIs with Erik Wilde

I popped on the legondary Erik Wilde's YouTube channel to talk about green tech, which uses creative and cost-effective solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of your web stack, data centers, and APIs.

Carbon Offsetting Isn't The Problem, "Carbon Neutrality" Is

Carbon offsetting often sparks heated debatesbut the issue is not with carbon offsetting, but with the flawed concept of carbon neutrality.

Unf**king the Climate - Part 6: The Role of Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is not just the cleanest way to generate electricity, it has long been the cheapest. Switching our fossil fuel energy systems over to renewable energy around the world is not just crucial to the climate crisis, but will save a huge amount of money for all of us.

The Best Possible Quality Tree Planting

Attempting to end the infighting on tree planting vs natural regeneration so we can all focus on getting on the critical job of doing loads of both, and when we are planting, let's do it properly.

Navigating the Nuances of Development: Beyond NIMBY and YIMBY

Reducing every discussion down to NIMBY/YIMBY ignores that fact that every single project has its own particular cost/benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment.

Testing Laravel Nova Actions

How can you write automated tests for Laravel Nova Actions, without firing up a whole browser simulation headache?

Going Hard on Paid API Consulting & Writing

Hire me to help you with whatever API, HTTP, OpenAPI, or system architecture troubles you're dealing with.

Struggling to Balance Charity Work and Income

I co-found Protect Earth in 2020 and none of us knew how big it would become. We plant tens of thousands of trees all over the country every year, and for me that work is entirely unpaid. Being brutally honest I could do with some help.

What is Green Software?

The Internet, good or bad? It's causing about 4% of global emissions, so either way we should probably do something about that, and the Green Software Foundation is here to help us figure out what to do.

HS2 Was Never Going to Destroy 108 Ancient Woodlands

You may have heard about High-Speed Rail 2, and you may have heard that it was going to (or already had) destroyed 108 ancient woodlands. That is not true. It was never true, not even before the Tories slashed the plans for Hs2 to pieces.