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A packed house @granthamlse.bsky.social panel on the landmark climate litigation case, Lliuya v RWE. RWE has burned so much coal it’s responsible for 0.47% of all global emissions historically. Lliuya says they should pay for 0.47% of flood defences for his village from a melting glacier.

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Huge turnout @unionfreedom.bsky.social talking about 6 broken promises in the Employment Rights Bill: 1 zero hour contracts not banned 2 fire and rehire not banned 3 right union access not there 4 no sector bargaining yet 5 not right to take solidarity action 6 no single worker status #TonnesToDo

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From 2000 to 2015, British electric power derived from coal averaged 30%. Ten years later, it's zero: End of the myth that EVs are powered by coal And look at this price chart 👇, almost precisely predicted by Tony Seba in 2014 100% electrification is unstoppable www.rethinkx.com/blog/rethink...

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Why not simply ban smartphones for children altogether, given the clear mass of evidence of the harm big tech media causes? The question then would be what age and why: what do you think? Do answer where you would draw a line below 👇🏽 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

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Very good idea to merge NHS England into the Department for Health. The UK’s life expectancy plunged and costs soared with NHS England in place. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Excellent by @gsoh31.bsky.social 👇🏽 archive.is/fAGXB

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Spain is transforming labour rights and the Deputy PM has also started a Commission for workers on boards - I gave evidence last month. The UK would be smart to do it too. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Spain is transforming labour rights and the Deputy PM has also started a Commission for workers on boards - I gave evidence last month. The UK would be smart to do it too. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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TODAY: Europe’s Largest Battery Storage Site Goes Live at Blackhillock, Scotland. Europe’s largest battery storage facility now officially operational - major milestone in the UK’s push for a net-zero power grid by 2030. It has a capacity of 600MWh – enough to power 3.1 million homes for 2 hours.

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This week on Wonkhe: Reflecting on 48 hours in the Swedish capital, Jim Dickinson wonders what's in Sweden's sauce to cause depth and breath in student culture

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💧Why are water companies the worst polluters of England’s water? We want answers and to find the best alternatives 👇🏽

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"Billionaires have controlled everything for a very long time" says MurdochTV host, after denying Murdoch controlled her. On why Musk threatening to fire all US public workers would be unlawful in any western democracy. MurdochTV wants that system for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tujc...

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DOGE employees resign because Musk is on an ideological crusade to destroy public services. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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"Billionaires have controlled everything for a very long time" says MurdochTV host, after denying Murdoch controlled her. On why Musk threatening to fire all US public workers would be unlawful in any western democracy. MurdochTV wants that system for everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tujc...

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On TV saying Elon Musk and other billionaires want to destroy the US public sector, threatening all fed workers with the sack - it's off the spectrum. This was on Murdoch TV + the interviewer did not like me saying her TV station is equally owned by a billionaire, undermining democracy.

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On TV saying Elon Musk and other billionaires want to destroy the US public sector, threatening all fed workers with the sack - it's off the spectrum. This was on Murdoch TV + the interviewer did not like me saying her TV station being equally owned by a billionaire, undermining democracy.

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The owner of Northumbria Water, which has 6400% debt to its equity, wants to buy Thames Water - and says the debt holders would have to agree to get less. Meanwhile the Court of Appeal will hear the £3bn loan case from 11 March, with judges saying interest % is “extraordinary”. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦🙈

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💧Make Thames Water lose its licence so that billpayers can get an affordable service, and our rivers, lakes and beaches can be clean again.

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🌊I was on Sky News on the £3 billion loan Thames Water got, that'll cost every household an extra £263 a year. The government should remove Thames Water's licence. It's London's worst polluter, and it's insolvent. The CEO got £2.3m last year + wants to raise bills over 35%. Let's flush them out.🪣

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London Underground staff: best in the world.

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UK's fully electric vehicles (BEV) sales surged 41.6% in January 2025 and were 21.3% of total sales. BEV plus PHEV pushed the plug-in vehicles share to 30.3%! Tesla sales fell 8%, even as EV sales grew 41.6%. Toxic Musk! Petrol autos fell 15.3%! #energysky www.thecarexpert.co.uk/ev-sales-sur...

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Good climate news this week 1 Wind, solar and battery storage costs to fall again globally in 2025, by 2% to 11% 2 UK January sales of EVs rose to 41% of market 3 US quarterly EV sales reach new heights 4 Investors with $6.8 trillion warn EU not to scale back bloc's ESG regulations 1/

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I just voted in the @ucu.org.uk elections, and want to encourage everyone to vote for @illdoitanyway.bsky.social and Deepa Driver especially. UCU has so many challenges and they believe in real democracy, listening to members, and a positive agenda to raise pay and conditions. 🧵

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🌍When will corporate directors be liable for fossil fuel investments and climate damage? Here's my note on our Court of Appeal case - the first to sue directors personally for climate change duties. Our precedent can help others. Download here! 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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🌍When will corporate directors be liable for fossil fuel investments and climate damage? Here's my note on our Court of Appeal case - the first to sue directors personally for climate change duties. Our precedent can help others. Download here! 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Today, Thames Water is seeking court approval for a £3bn loan at an eye-watering 10% interest rate, paid for by customers. The public shouldn’t have to bear the costs of Thames Waters’ reckless financial decision making. 🧵 But the good news is, we don't have to — here's why.

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How do big coal, tobacco, sugar - and now water - corporations, their executives and PR gurus, mislead and defraud the public? This fantastic article by Goldberg and Vandenburg explains 28 strategies - so they are easily spotted👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/...

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Just asked DeepSeek these two things: -why does trump face often look a bit orange? -why does xi jinping look like winnie the pooh? Replies:

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Good climate news this week (yes, there's lots) 1 China brakes own renewables in 2024, with solar and wind up 45% and 18% 2 EU’s solar and wind growth pushes fossil power to lowest in 40 years 3 Australia injects A$2 billion into its green bank 4 Italy's 2024 gas consumption lowest in 15 years 1/

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Good climate news this (and last) week 1 China reaches peak oil 2 Global electric vehicle sales up 25% in record 2024 3 US bans future oil & gas over 625m acres of waters 4 EU bank regulator tightens ESG rules 5 China’s first-ever energy law enters into force 1/

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This may ironically be a way of scotching any chance of a Trump third term, because it recognises an amendment would be needed, and it is very hard with such division to get two thirds of states and both Houses to ratify.

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As the orange one denounces the Paris Agreement again, because big oil bought him to, recall these states vow to uphold Paris. US Climate Alliance is over 50% of the US population, while Texas goes big on solar+wind regardless. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...

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“I would like to see a bit more urgency . . . You can consult until the cows come home, but sometimes government just needs to take decisions,” said Margaret Beels. From Delphine Strauss @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/4810...

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