Yes, it is good news that the number of employed people is rising but for most of us in work we are earning less in real terms than we were. This is not good news.
RT @GuyOpperman: Positive news ✅
The number of employees on the payroll rose by 23,000 in May 2023.✅
It's now 1.016 million above its pre #COVID19 pandemic level ✅ #jobsjobsjobs https://t.co/KP3W1YUJXM
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RT @PeteApps: Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Our new research shows that 84% of social housing high rises still don't have sprinklers and 88% don't have block-wide fire alarms.
What happened to 'never again'?
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Totally agree with this. BBC & other weather forecasters for ever reporting rain as is if it was a 'bad thing', as opposed to an event upon which all life on earth is entirely dependent and hence is a good thing! @bbcweather
RT @TonyJuniper: Dear @BBCNews could you please stop saying how pleased we all are with continuing dry, sunny & hot weather? Our rivers & wetlands are dying & wildlife fading away. We need RAIN. It is good. You can’t make the weather, but plea…
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@juliahobsbawm I liked Lola https://www.lola-restaurant.be/
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RT @ClimateDad77: The only thing more terrifying than this unprecedented ‘abnormal’ surge in ocean temperature is the political & societal complacency, the arrogant belief that we can all carry on as ‘normal’ without consequence.
We clearly cannot. https://t.co/39XZ9RVJhM
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RT @jake_fiennes: There is undoubtedly room for all types of agriculture, some will make more space for nature than others
But they all have a responsibility to deliver for our environment https://t.co/7nAyyzDOgz
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@masstimbergroup I've used the 5-ply CLT test information myself but recently someone asked me how thick the plys were which when you think about it is important. I've tried to find out but with no success. Do you know? Thanks.
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Note: this is the direction of travel for the built environment.
Suggest: do it now and get the plaudits, or play catch up later & risk getting 'burnt' on your image @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @AdamJamesArch @ArchitectsCAN
RT @SustainableTall: The city of Toronto requires new city-owned buildings to have an upfront embodied carbon of less than 350kgCO2e/m2, a target that is expected to be implemented for all buildings by 2025
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RT @SustainableTall: Is there anything we *can’t* build out of wood?
First radio mast built from mass timber in Germany
https://www.holzbauaustria.at/news/2023/06/erster-funkmast-aus-holz-in-deutschland.html https://t.co/3izbNgzX2C
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"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!"
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Climate breakdown,
Alarm sounding.
Climate breakdown,
Alarm sounding.
Climate breakdown,
Alarm sounding.
Climate breakdown,
Alarm sounding.
Climate breakdown,
Alarm sounding.
RT @euronews: Europe is facing its worst drought in 500 years. 💧🔥
Some farmers are relying on megabasins, but scientists are expressing their concerns.
Watch this #EuronewsWitness report 👇
https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/08/megabasins-solution-or-insane-response-to-drought
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RT @CEIBois: Mr Fryer underlined in addition to its #sustainability benefits of #capture & #storingcarbon #woodtechnologies in construction provide opportunities for #offsite pre-fabrication thus #reducewaste & construction time #Wood is essential in transitioning EU to #carbonneutral economy https://t.co/eEBgrN7s9Y
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RT @CEIBois: Keith Fryer @CEIBois Board Member & Trade WG Chair is speaking today in Sweden at the Conference on Wooden Construction for CO2 emissions reduction in the building sector @EU_EESC @sweden2023eu #timberconstruction #climatesolutions https://t.co/116bxxp7xt
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@andyheald @CaitlinHafferty @theCCCuk Worth noting all that mass/engineered timber, value £1billion, will be imported from mainland Europe. Time we started making some of it ourselves in the U.K. & gaining the added value? @TimberDevUK @DanielZeichner
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RT @andyheald: @CaitlinHafferty Investment is primarily driven by timber markets not carbon.
Area of conifers in 🏴 is in long term decline & new planting is way behind @theCCCuk targets.
🇬🇧 has £1 Bilion order book for mass timber buildings.
Global demand for forest products will more than double by 2050 https://t.co/FaVCh9A9O5
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I hope the Ents hunt down the perpetrators of this criminal damage and insert sharp spiky twigs into all their orifices.
RT @ben_derbyshire: Newly planted Plane Trees in Victoria Park. They were thriving just this morning as I cycled to work. So depressing! https://t.co/gxeHnyXbPm
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RT @OhBlimey: A superb meeting tonight - with @CoopParty members nominating two of our own - @KimMcGuinness and @PaulBrannenNE to go forward in the selection of Labour’s North East mayor candidate.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1666920451644194818
@CEMBUREAU @ConcreteDialog @theGCCA @EuropeanPrecast @CerameUnie @ERMCO_EU All products should also have an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) https://ecochain.com/knowledge/environmental-product-declaration-epd-overview/
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RT @TimberDevUK: Today's talk focuses on the benefits of timber beyond sustainability, to health, happiness, and rent which benefit occupiers and owners. Great to have both developers, innovators and more on stage for this important discussion of value.
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The eastern seaboard of the USA has been hit by the consequences of wildfires, is northern Europe about to be next?
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