Laratheescapeartist
@lescapeartist.bsky.social
British cartoonist/artist living in Brussels with self diagnosed eco-anxiety. Get in touch if you'd like to work on an environmental cartoon with me!
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NEW | Our latest research exposes just how lightly private jet users are taxed — and how much the UK is losing because of it.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW | Our latest research exposes just how lightly private jet users are taxed — and how much the UK is losing because of it.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
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New research shows climate risk is already hitting insurance and home values. And that’s only part of the story. Some serious hazards, like saltwater intrusion, often aren’t covered at all -- and aren’t yet priced into housing markets. Column today: susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/new-data-s...
New data shows insurance costs rising and home values sinking as climate risks grow
Insurance markets are flashing warnings — even as some major climate risks remain unmeasured and unaccounted for
susanpcrawford.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New research shows climate risk is already hitting insurance and home values. And that’s only part of the story. Some serious hazards, like saltwater intrusion, often aren’t covered at all -- and aren’t yet priced into housing markets. Column today: susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/new-data-s...
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
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‘Around a quarter of all clothing manufactured is never sold, and the rates of return within the refund window can be as high as 50 per cent. Most of this unwanted stock is buried or burned.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on why we can’t get rid of our waste.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on why we can’t get rid of our waste.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘Around a quarter of all clothing manufactured is never sold, and the rates of return within the refund window can be as high as 50 per cent. Most of this unwanted stock is buried or burned.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on why we can’t get rid of our waste.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on why we can’t get rid of our waste.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A cargo ship crossed the Atlantic on sails. Yes, in 2025. Clean travel is possible, we just need to choose it.
Skip the plane next year. Join the #FlightFreeChallenge and go low-carbon with us. #Climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Skip the plane next year. Join the #FlightFreeChallenge and go low-carbon with us. #Climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A cargo ship crossed the Atlantic on sails. Yes, in 2025. Clean travel is possible, we just need to choose it.
Skip the plane next year. Join the #FlightFreeChallenge and go low-carbon with us. #Climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Skip the plane next year. Join the #FlightFreeChallenge and go low-carbon with us. #Climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is a depressing roundup
Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
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How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is a depressing roundup
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A reminder that crypto mining continues to be one of the world's most severe wastes of energy and one of the most shockingly pointless causes of environmental harm
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A reminder that crypto mining continues to be one of the world's most severe wastes of energy and one of the most shockingly pointless causes of environmental harm
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Like generative ML, you have to burn more energy for every new dollar of profit. Death spiral ensues
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As @glenpeters.bsky.social says, we're way off target for any 1.5°C scenario.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
To see how far off, each of the red/green bars represents the decrease in CO₂ emissions during COVID. Even if we achieved that from now until the end of 2030, we would still miss our 1.5°C target by a significant margin.
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Killer @texasobserver.org reporting on the hot mess of crypto in Texas.
Crypto's Cryptic Texas Takeover
State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.
www.texasobserver.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Killer @texasobserver.org reporting on the hot mess of crypto in Texas.
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Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social I really appreciate all the work that you do. I live in Brussels and am trying to connect with air pollution campaigners here. I came up with the slogan 'Don't burn where we breathe' - if it all helps please feel free to use it! laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@mumsforlungs.bsky.social I really appreciate all the work that you do. I live in Brussels and am trying to connect with air pollution campaigners here. I came up with the slogan 'Don't burn where we breathe' - if it all helps please feel free to use it! laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...
I updated this post and drawing about the dangers of woodfire burners (and they are truly terrible) so the slogan is 'Don't burn where we breathe' instead of 'Don't burn where you breathe'. #airpollution #dontburnwherewebreathe laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...
Don’t burn where we breathe
I’ve been dreading spending another winter in our new house. Not because it’s not warm inside – the house was completed in 2024 and is very well insulated with an air source heat …
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November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I updated this post and drawing about the dangers of woodfire burners (and they are truly terrible) so the slogan is 'Don't burn where we breathe' instead of 'Don't burn where you breathe'. #airpollution #dontburnwherewebreathe laratheescapeartist.com/2025/10/24/d...
😬😬😬carbon offsetting is a joke that is going to backfire on all of us
The EU's environment ministers have agreed a proposed climate target for 2040 that is much lower than what even the EU's own science advisers called for
Half-assing climate action will lead to more deaths, more lost homes, more lost harvests – and the EU will struggle play leader at #COP30
#EU2040
Half-assing climate action will lead to more deaths, more lost homes, more lost harvests – and the EU will struggle play leader at #COP30
#EU2040
Environment ministers botch EU climate targets - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels – After a night of haggling, the EU’s national environment ministers have proposed a climate target for 2040 that falls significantly short of even the minimum that the EU’s…
www.greenpeace.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
😬😬😬carbon offsetting is a joke that is going to backfire on all of us
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Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
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“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“a global insurance firm that analyzes mortality risk pegged the # of excess deaths at 2% above the pre-pandemic annual mortality rate…that’s 120K unanticipated dead people per year in North America. That’s roughly 2 fully loaded standard commercial jets crashing & killing everyone aboard each day.”
Don't burn where you breathe #fossilfuels #woodfireburners #internalcombustionengines #airpollution #dementia
“The quality of the air you live in affects your cognition,” said Dr. Lee, senior author of a recent article in JAMA Neurology, one of several studies in the past few months to demonstrate an association between PM2.5 and dementia. Scientists have been tracking the connection for at least a decade.”
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Don't burn where you breathe #fossilfuels #woodfireburners #internalcombustionengines #airpollution #dementia
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That's odd—the carbon footprint of your flight is 5x higher than the airline industry's been telling you, according to researchers ... www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
That's odd—the carbon footprint of your flight is 5x higher than the airline industry's been telling you, according to researchers ... www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Another excellent #nofly holiday #flightfree from Brussels to the Black Forest in Germany. It's a 1108km round trip in our Touran (emissions of 0.145kgCO2/km) for the four of us=0.04tonnesCO2 per person. A short haul flight to just about anywhere in Europe would be at least 10 times more per person.
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Another excellent #nofly holiday #flightfree from Brussels to the Black Forest in Germany. It's a 1108km round trip in our Touran (emissions of 0.145kgCO2/km) for the four of us=0.04tonnesCO2 per person. A short haul flight to just about anywhere in Europe would be at least 10 times more per person.
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World leaders are failing. Only 64 countries have a new climate plan. This isn't enough to stop dangerous warming.
It's time for real action, not just talk. Choosing to travel without flying is one powerful way to lead the change. #FlightFree www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's time for real action, not just talk. Choosing to travel without flying is one powerful way to lead the change. #FlightFree www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climate plans don't limit dangerous warming, UN says ahead of COP
The UN's review of national climate plans shows the world is well off track to limit warming
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
World leaders are failing. Only 64 countries have a new climate plan. This isn't enough to stop dangerous warming.
It's time for real action, not just talk. Choosing to travel without flying is one powerful way to lead the change. #FlightFree www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's time for real action, not just talk. Choosing to travel without flying is one powerful way to lead the change. #FlightFree www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have the solutions and yet we are still making the problem worse
We have the solutions and yet we are still making the problem worse
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have the solutions and yet we are still making the problem worse
We have the solutions and yet we are still making the problem worse
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Acknowledging reality: what we haven’t achieved. We need leadership to heed the voices of environmental protectors who see the Earth as a balanced living system, not a machine to serve the out of control growth of the few. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Acknowledging reality: what we haven’t achieved. We need leadership to heed the voices of environmental protectors who see the Earth as a balanced living system, not a machine to serve the out of control growth of the few. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#dontburnwhereyoubreathe #cleanairnight #woodfireburners #airpollution If you can avoid using a wood fire burner this winter do, your lungs will thank you! Burning wood even with an eco wood burner emits hundreds of times more damaging fine particulate matter (PM) than burning gas or oil.
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#dontburnwhereyoubreathe #cleanairnight #woodfireburners #airpollution If you can avoid using a wood fire burner this winter do, your lungs will thank you! Burning wood even with an eco wood burner emits hundreds of times more damaging fine particulate matter (PM) than burning gas or oil.