This is Global Asbestos Awareness Week, I am happy to support @savetheirbreath and their campaign to ensure schools in…
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When it comes to occupational exposures to asbestos, recent ONS data suggests female primary school teachers are the t…
This Global Asbestos Awareness Week, I am happy to support @savetheirbreath and their campaign to ensure all schools in…
Worrying stuff.
yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/asbe…
This is a concerning story highlighted by @FCDWhittaker. As there are 3,000 CLASP schools in the UK known to contain l…
JOB OPPORTUNITIES | Senior Research Associates | Specialising in Local Government or Lifelong Learning. See full details o…
In 2013, the UK government's committee on carcinogenicity confirmed children were more at risk from asbestos, and a US…
We are delighted to welcome @UniofNewcastle as a member of the Lifelong Education Commission we launched with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Teachers are five times more likely to die of mesothelioma than shop or office workers. The current standards do not p…
JOB OPPORTUNITIES | Senior Research Associates | Specialising in Local Government or Lifelong Learning. See full de… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Most welcome - well done @danny__kruger and Miriam Cates - you have mine and @res_publica ‘s support
Asbestos is often thought of as a problem of the past. The truth is, asbestos is still present in 80% of schools, and…
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Recording of @res_publica event on #GreenEnergy
You can hear me speaking with Dolf Gielen (@IRENA…
ICYMI Recording now available | Green #Energy for Clean Growth online event | With @alanwhiteheadmp @JTorriti Maure… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Words of the day from the event: Flexibility, Demand-side response, and community benefits need to drive the future… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@alanwhiteheadmp: This all comes down to data and how we use it. It must be publicly provided; not captured by par… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@alanwhiteheadmp We need to have a root and brunch look at how we regulate the system to ensure we hit the mark in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@alanwhiteheadmp: What do we do about meeting the increased demand of the future? We would need to change the way… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
.@alanwhiteheadmp: How do we make the institutions and the system fit with the future of electrification? #GreenEnergy
John Smith @ShetIslandsCll: The benefits need to be shared among local communities to alleviate initial push-back #GreenEnergy
John Smith @ShetIslandsCll: We are taking steps to the transition. In 2024 we will have the biggest wind form and w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
John Smith @ShetIslandsCll: We have 50% fuel poverty, despite the Oil and Gas industry we have here. Consumption is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
John Smith @ShetIslandsCll: We have a good experience on participation in regards to energy transition. We are full… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dolf Gielen @IRENA: UK is a major importer of goods with major Carbon content. In that context, the UK might want t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dolf Gielen @IRENA: We will need a lot of Green Hydrogen. We need a ten-old increase of renewable capacity, but als… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dolf Gielen @IRENA: Storage and stationary batteries are growing, but it is still early days. If you can tap into c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dolf Gielen @IRENA: We see a global need to go to 90% renewable power by 2050. #GreenEnergy Flexibility therefore b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Maureen Paul @ofgem: The market needs to have new and innovative products for consumers to benefit. We need to tran… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Maureen Paul @ofgem: New demand-side flexibility solutions are emerging to help with carbon capture and energy storage #GreenEnergy
Maureen Paul @ofgem: Flexibility is fundamental to the system's energy transformation #GreenEnergy