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www.theguardian.com/environment/.... Climate case, originally in UK against UK National Adaptation Plan, now goes to Strasbourg Good luck to campaigners - one with multiple disabilities exacerbated by rising temperatures,and other, whose seaside home (in Norfolk) was demolished after severe storms

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

Withdraw the whip.

submitted 1 day ago • 67 comments

The BBC is playing a huge role in this. See for instance: bsky.app/profile/geor... bsky.app/profile/davi... bsky.app/profile/nich...

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Labour's base-punching strategy reminds of the Seinfeld episode where George is so obsessed with making Jerry's girlfriend like him (she clearly hates him) that he neglects his own girlfriend (who does like him) and she leaves him

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it. People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.

submitted 3 days ago • 265 comments

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 4 days ago • 157 comments

Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

Heat pumps are only a matter of 'political controversy' because gas and boiler companies have stoked a culture war against them. You'd expect the BBC to resist lobbying, but it succumbs again and again. It’s an institutional problem. A culture of fear and favour dominates the organisation.

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Gov expert advisers have modelled the UK pathway to net zero—and prosperity, jobs, economic renewal. The net investment needed before it starts paying back to UK plc is £319 billion. For context, that's roughly 40% of the wealth of Britain's billionaires...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

I have been very disappointed, although not really surprised, to see commentators attempt to blame renewables for yesterday's blackout in Spain and Portugal. Let me explain what they've said and why it is wrong. /1

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.

submitted 6 days ago • 334 comments

FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are wildly inaccurate REALITY: 1️⃣Net-zero is only way to stop warming 2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero" 3️⃣He categorically does not say "net-zero is doomed to fail" 🧵 1/6

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1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 72 comments

Another brilliant presentation by food systems/energy expert prof Behrens. He explains why we’re going plant-based, one way or another, due to climate & other impacts, & lists some of the many benefits early diet shifts can bring for our health and the planet. Much info packed in a captivating talk👇

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Complaining that climate policy has become disconnected from economic reality and then advocating for CCS & nuclear power is like complaining about foot pain and trying to solve it by blasting them with a shotgun www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

LinkedIn post by Johan Rockström: "Is climate change threatening capitalism?". The answer is yes, but isn't the key issue the fact that capitalism is destroying a liveable climate? www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...

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I wrote about our current mass delusion that we can somehow based the future energy system on methane and have a livable future. It's one or the other. We should choose wisely.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Recommended listen: @tortoisemedia.bsky.social 's Slow Newscast investigated the “so-called zealots” who have been taking legal action against everything from road-building to energy projects in the UK, in an episode titled “nimby nation”.

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At this rate we’re about 10 years from Starmer realising that Brexit was a disaster.

submitted 10 days ago • 11 comments

We all recognise smoking kills , that's why tobacco ads were banned in 2002 . Fossil fuels kill too & according to a study in BMJ , cause 5.1 million deaths per year . Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 10 days ago • 60 comments

WE MUST UNITE! STARMER’S ANTI EU POSITION IS NOT HELPFUL AND NOT WHAT THE MAJORITY WANTS.

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

A very revealing chart from the excellent The Book of Wilding by Isabella Tree. 77% of agricultural land is taken bedding animals for slaughter instead of feeding people.

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AMOC: The Atlantic’s Hidden Tipping Point - that is the topic of a short explainer video which I did for the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, with Tori Tsui. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKb...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

End the badger cull! ❤️🦡 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

Today we handed in an incredible ONE MILLION signatures calling on the UK Government to stop new oil and gas. A huge thank you to everyone who added their name, and to @carladenyer.bsky.social and @elliechowns.bsky.social for coming out to show your support 👏

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Maybe crushing up rocks and spreading them on a field (aka enhanced rock weathering or ERW) will solve climate change, but the idea hasn't been proven. MRV for ERW is super hard and will take years to develop. It's shocking that anyone doing it would be worth a $50 million prize.

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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

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More news! Rob is offering up 3 signed copies of Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes (the official biography of my dad) for the Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the U.K. and SA auction www.32auctions.com/organization...

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

Please sign and share iff you're under the Trans umbrella or an Ally (UK) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I feel increasingly disconnected from the party I voted for and had such high hopes for. Did we give them a mandate to cos-play Reform-lite? I want them to lead and argue for their vision instead of chasing polls. Oh and charge me more income tax instead of penalising kids & disabled people

submitted 13 days ago • 25 comments

No wonder Starmer never stands for anything, he’s completely spineless

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Even though UK fossil fuel extraction is on an inevitable decline, wind & solar build means under half of British electricity generation comes from imports now, compared to 65% in 2014 uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/renewab...

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Scotland is lucky to have this magnificent animal.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments