Geoffrey Lean

@GeoffreyLean

World's longest-serving (56 yrs) environment journo. On Y Post, Observer, Indep, Telegraph. Also in Mail, i, Sun, Guardian, BBC, E Standard, Open Democracy etc.

London Joined February 2014

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Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean 12h

Over half (56%) of US midterm voters say data centres were crucial or very important in determining their vote: only 13% said they were not a factor. Three quarters said they would oppose one being built near them, similar revolts imminent elsewhere?

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www.nbcnews.com 2026 Exit Polls Follow exit polls from the 2026 general election. Explore key insights, voter demographics and trends that may shape the outcomes of key 2026 election races.

Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean 16h

This is an absolute must-read. A terrific, witty and important piece by @jenoconnell on how Silicon Valley plutocrats cosied up to Trump, and how their sycophancy - and cash contributions - may now come back to bite them.

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www.irishtimes.com Jennifer O'Connell: Silicon Valley’s tech bros bet everything on Trump. What will they do now? When you run a company that treats human beings as a commodity, you tend to forget they have minds of their own

Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean 17h

Standby - in the next few months - for AI’s “Chernobyl” warns Nobel-prizewinning godfather of the technology, Geoffrey Hinton. He expects an imminent disruption of the world’s energy or banking systems, causing global chaos.

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futurism.com AI Godfather Says to Get Ready for a Chernobyl-Style "Blackout" Caused by AI Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton warned that it's only a matter of time before AI causes its own Chernobyl-style catastrophe.

Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean 1d

Global renewable energy capacity is set to soar by over 50% per cent over the next five years, reports the International Energy Agency. And developing countries outside China are expected, for the first time, to match the growth rate in developed ones.

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oilprice.com IEA Sees 4,800 GW of New Renewables by 2031 | OilPrice.com The IEA says the Hormuz crisis is speeding up renewables growth, with emerging markets outside China set to match advanced economies for the first time.

Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean 2d

Climate deniers cite increasing numbers of polar bears around Churchill to show the species is healthy and unaffected, But they have come to the town because declining sea ice forces them to do so. In fact numbers have halved in the region since 1979.

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com As hundreds of polar bears prepare to gather near a Canadian town, conservationists are testing... Hundreds of polar bears are expected to gather near the Canadian town of Churchill in Manitoba as temperatures fall and the animals wait for Hudson Bay to freeze.