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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 12h

"The exiled mayor of occupied Enerhodar fears nuclear fallout could melt into the groundwater around the plant, contaminate the Dnipro River and eventually the Black Sea."

Important warning
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

How Russia risks nuclear catastrophe with attempts to syphon Zaporizhzhia power

The exiled mayor of Enerhodar, close to Zaporizhzhia, reveals his fear of an ecological catastrophe

www.independent.co.uk

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

"It’s spooky season, and we know what’s really spooky. Being haunted by a government that two-thirds of people didn’t vote for - and the spectre of an even less popular one waiting to take its place. Millions of voices unheard, buried in a graveyard of wasted votes."

Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 14h

It's Halloween and Westminster is looking spooky... 🎃💀

Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:

The ghost MP
They've been in a safe seat for decades and you never hear from them. Are they still there? Are they even real? Who knows...

Dracula. He's a count. Unlike your vote. Which didn't count.
Sucking life and energy out of politics since 1885.

The Prime Monster
Only needs 25% of the vote to have a majority in Parliament and pass a law allowing him to eat us all.

The zombie voting system
Should be dead. Why is it still here?

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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇳 With 165 countries in favour, the United Nations has voted to condemn the US blockade of Cuba for the 33rd time — despite an unprecedented campaign by the State Department to stop them.

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Mark Norman @mark60.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you. That’s a really clear description of a complex situation and lays out sensible suggestions for where to go from here. Bookmarked it for my reply to the next anti-energy-transition post that I see!

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 1d

Preliminary analysis puts the direct damage to physical assets in Jamaica at $7.7 billion, or about 37% of the country’s GDP, in addition to the huge human cost faced by residents.

The study reveals that climate change made this 8000 year event four times more likely...

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Cheshire East Green Party @cheshireeast.bsky.social · 1d

Political parties in Macclesfield are criticising us! Not our message of course - who could criticise John Knight's hard work and commitment to the people of Macclesfield.

They have hurt feelings. We're sorry if the truth hurts. We can help them: join.greenparty.org.uk for hope of a better future.

Actions speak louder than words. Lots of pictures of John Knight being hard at work for the people of Macclesfield. John is the Green Party's hard-working candidate in Macclesfield - working all year round.

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 14d

Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?

Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 1d

ChatGPT cited a paper of mine which I did not know existed, so I asked it for the link to it.
Unfortunately that link to the Nature website just gave a "Page not found".
So sad.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

The clue is no longer in the name

The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative no longer requires its members to aim for net zero

It's like calling yourself the Football League when you're actually playing rugby

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Fund climate group drops some targets after US backlash

A flagship climate coalition for asset managers has dropped some targets for members, a document seen by Reuters shows, months after U.S. political pressure prompted BlackRock to leave and the group to suspend its activities.

www.reuters.com

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 1d

🔴 Labour MP Graham Stringer signed an open letter drafted by a far-right group attacking the government.

He's also been hanging out with Farage's anti-abortion advisors and is still a director of the UK's leading climate science denial group - run by a Tory peer.

📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social

The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right

Labour is facing pressure after one of its MPs joined forces with a far-right group in attacking the party, DeSmog can reveal. Over recent months, Graham Stringer – who has been the MP for Blackley, M...

www.desmog.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Not even bothering to hide it any more

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

The Green Party are the antidote to Reform.

Join us.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Deeply disappointed' Labour politician defects to Green Party

The Labour Party said it was

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll

ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.

www.thenational.scot

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.

At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

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Mark Norman @mark60.bsky.social · 18h

Absolutely. The BBC’s decision to axe Science in Action is so shortsighted.

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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · 1d

And if you're under the NHS (don't know if it's all 4 nations) you can get MMR vaccines for FREE if you were born between 1970 and 1990 www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

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Andy Reisinger @andyreisinger.bsky.social · 1d

Current rate of sea level rise is 4.7mm/year (average over past 10 years), more than twice the 20th century average rise.

Half a metre by 2100 best estimate if Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal is met - much more if not.

Future Sea-level Rise Is Certain, but the Amount and Speed Are Uncertain

The WMO co-sponsored World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)1 is at the forefront of sea-level change research. At the request of WMO Members and other United Nations entities, WCRP has developed a st...

wmo.int

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 21h

"A Melissa type hurricane at landfall is about four times more likely in the 2025 climate compared to a pre-industrial baseline. This event was unlikely without climate change." From the attribution study quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org story insideclimatenews.org/news/3010202...

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests - Inside Climate News

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood.

insideclimatenews.org

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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 2d

The largest AI data centres being built today will each consume as much electricity as 2 million households, and the UK currently has 100 in planning...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2d

Scotland’s third Land Reform Bill has been criticised as inadequate by land reform campaigners, but here’s one good bit: it will require owners of landholdings over 1,000 hectares to set out how they are boosting biodiversity

Let’s do the same in England:

treesforlife.org.uk/new-law-says...

New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans, in ‘big step towards a Rewilding Nation’ - Trees for Life

treesforlife.org.uk

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 2d

"...Neanderthals and Mesolithic humans influenced similar-sized areas around their campsites and shared comparable preferences for vegetation openness... Both Neanderthals & Mesolithic foragers actively shaped European interglacial ecosystems, influencing vegetation dynamics long before agriculture"

Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 8d

🔥See our new paper led by @nikulinaav.bsky.social
People shaped Europe’s #ecosystems long before farming
🦣#Megafauna effects on #vegetation openness dropped from 77%→57% bt #Eemian & #Mesolithic
🧑‍🦱Mesolithic people shaped up to 47% of landscapes w Neanderthals affecting 6–14%
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 2d

UK grid companies made £4bn in windfall profits since 2021 from being able to borrow more cheaply than regulators assumed

A committee of MPs say those gains should be recouped to support households struggling to pay energy bills

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Power Grid Profits Should Fund Energy Debt, UK Lawmakers Say

UK lawmakers said the government should use excess profits from grid companies to tackle record household energy debt.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives have today ditched their Mass Deportation Bill, 5 months after Chris Philip tabled it in the Commons, but a week after it was dubbed the Idi Amin Tribute Act, as it proposed Deportations of settled & legal migrants on a scale never seen since 1972 & never proposed in a democracy before

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d

🤯 1700 mm of rain in 24 hours 🤯

Previous record 990 mm in 24 hours in 1999

Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours

The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.

www.france24.com

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 2d

"The Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust are attempting to complete the purchase of the Rothbury Estate, a 15 sq miles (38.8 sq km) tract of former grouse moor, woodland and farmland, with plans to boost wildlife, restore bogs and promote nature-friendly farming." tinyurl.com/38yyvdju

Sir David Attenborough backs bid to buy Rothbury Estate

Wildlife trusts attempt to raise £30m to keep Northumberland's Rothbury Estate from being split up.

tinyurl.com

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