Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras
In April 2025, Peter Thiel’s Palantir made headlines after documents were released detailing its partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
znetwork.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely www.carbonbrief.org/climate-chan...
Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely - Carbon Brief
The weather preceding wildfires that tore through Chile and Argentina last month was made three times more likely due to human-caused climate change.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Climate change made ‘fire weather’ in Chile and Argentina three times more likely www.carbonbrief.org/climate-chan...
What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does...
Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief examines the endangerment finding was, how it has shaped US climate policy and what its repeal could mean for the future.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:23 AM
What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does...
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"Israel continues to tightly restrict aid & basic supplies into Gaza. Its refusing to allow more food, fuel, medicine or temp housing, despite agreeing to all those things in the ceasefire. On Sunday 158 trucks entered the strip, but only 12 were carrying humanitarian supplies"
February 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM
"Israel continues to tightly restrict aid & basic supplies into Gaza. Its refusing to allow more food, fuel, medicine or temp housing, despite agreeing to all those things in the ceasefire. On Sunday 158 trucks entered the strip, but only 12 were carrying humanitarian supplies"
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The head of the UN Development Programme says Gaza needs more access for debris/waste removal, more access for relief housing, and more access for health needs.
Who is blocking all those things?
Israel.
Who is blocking all those things?
Israel.
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The head of the UN Development Programme says Gaza needs more access for debris/waste removal, more access for relief housing, and more access for health needs.
Who is blocking all those things?
Israel.
Who is blocking all those things?
Israel.
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
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Michigan argues in a new lawsuit that big oil companies and their chief trade association operated as a cartel, the latest in a string of climate-accountability cases.
Michigan Tries a New Legal Tactic Against Big Oil, Alleging Antitrust Violations Aimed at Hobbling EVs and Renewable Energy - Inside Climate News
The suit comes as the industry and its political allies escalate efforts to shut down liability laws and lawsuits. Republicans in Congress are currently crafting legislation to shield fossil fuel comp...
insideclimatenews.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Michigan argues in a new lawsuit that big oil companies and their chief trade association operated as a cartel, the latest in a string of climate-accountability cases.
Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
The energy industry is pressing for laws that would ban climate liability lawsuits.
arstechnica.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
What the Epstein files tell us about extreme wealth patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
What the Epstein files tell us about extreme wealth
patrioticmillionaires.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What the Epstein files tell us about extreme wealth patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
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The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.
The study found that children enrolled in Parton’s Imagination Library “were 5 times more likely to be interested in reading, 11 times more likely to be interested in books, and 15 times more likely to join in during shared reading, compared to children who aren't enrolled.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The angel of abundance, the Dolly Lama of literacy, the distributor of almost a third of a billion books for kids.
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Under competitive authoritarianism, countries hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Under competitive authoritarianism, countries hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor www.npr.org/2026/02/16/n...
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Very good statement on the ways that extreme wealth/power concentration breeds depravity.
The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.
The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.
For this week’s A Closer Look we explore what the Epstein files reveal about how extreme wealth shields the ultra-rich from accountability. patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
What the Epstein files tell us about extreme wealth
patrioticmillionaires.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Very good statement on the ways that extreme wealth/power concentration breeds depravity.
The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.
The story of the Epstein Files, and of our time.
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"If the proponents, the original founders of the treaty [in Europe], are withdrawing, then resource-constrained settings like Africa should be more cautious. Getting embroiled in legal cases can cause a lot of economic suffering" drilled.media/news/ect-afr...
As Europe Leaves Controversial Treaty, the Secretariat Courts Resource-Rich African Countries
European countries are leaving the Energy Charter Treaty amid concerns that it blocks national climate action. Internal documents reveal that the Secretariat of the investor-friendly mechanism is now ...
drilled.media
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
"If the proponents, the original founders of the treaty [in Europe], are withdrawing, then resource-constrained settings like Africa should be more cautious. Getting embroiled in legal cases can cause a lot of economic suffering" drilled.media/news/ect-afr...
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If you want to understand why rich guys are turning back to eugenics and recreating the rhetoric and theology of slavery, it’s because they know on some level this level of wealth inequality is unjustifiable bsky.app/profile/marl...
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Fixed that headline for you:
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Bid to buy Rothbury Estate as divisive as Brexit'
Funds are being raised to buy the Northumberland estate - but the plans have split opinion.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Fixed that headline for you:
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘One (1) farmer who farms 1,000 acres doesn’t like rewilding, we’ve made that the basis of our headline in a classic example of false balance.
PS everyone else in the story loves the idea of the Wildlife Trusts buying the Rothbury Estate’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
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Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...
Breaking Down the REAL Conspiracies Behind Epstein and His Elite Circle
Naomi and Mehdi dive into the powerful men – Bannon, Thiel, Trump – who have tried to cover up their friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and they also explore conspiratorial thinking and elite impunity.
zeteo.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...
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A heads-up from @billmckibben.bsky.social: "One way of summing up this moment is to say that the endangerment finding & the politics of climate are puny in the face of physics. We’re going to see that physics in action in the next 24 months, and it will drive many changes... some of them political"
An El Niño is brewing.
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki... @billmckibben.bsky.social
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki... @billmckibben.bsky.social
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A heads-up from @billmckibben.bsky.social: "One way of summing up this moment is to say that the endangerment finding & the politics of climate are puny in the face of physics. We’re going to see that physics in action in the next 24 months, and it will drive many changes... some of them political"
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Our governments and politicians have largely lost interest in the climate crisis. Unfortunately it’s still interested in us. This is going to become extremely unmissable over the next few years
An El Niño is brewing.
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki... @billmckibben.bsky.social
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki... @billmckibben.bsky.social
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Our governments and politicians have largely lost interest in the climate crisis. Unfortunately it’s still interested in us. This is going to become extremely unmissable over the next few years
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The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries
A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.
www.riskmarketnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
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What offends me about this is just that it's so fucking stupid. Every time some group brutalizes another, the brutalizers conclude the people they're brutalizing are inhuman savages. It's happened 100,000 times before in history. Congrats to Brianna on being 100,001st, what an achievement.
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
What offends me about this is just that it's so fucking stupid. Every time some group brutalizes another, the brutalizers conclude the people they're brutalizing are inhuman savages. It's happened 100,000 times before in history. Congrats to Brianna on being 100,001st, what an achievement.
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In his second term, Trump has hit Canada with aggressive tariffs and repeatedly said it should become the “51st state.”
In an escalation of this trade war, he’s threatening to stop the opening of a new U.S.-Canada bridge until his demands are met.
In an escalation of this trade war, he’s threatening to stop the opening of a new U.S.-Canada bridge until his demands are met.
Trump Threatens to Block Michigan-Canada Bridge He Once Championed
The president’s targeting of the bridge shows just how drastically U.S.-Canada relations have fallen between his two terms.
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In his second term, Trump has hit Canada with aggressive tariffs and repeatedly said it should become the “51st state.”
In an escalation of this trade war, he’s threatening to stop the opening of a new U.S.-Canada bridge until his demands are met.
In an escalation of this trade war, he’s threatening to stop the opening of a new U.S.-Canada bridge until his demands are met.
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Pretty amazing interview with Trump Energy Secretary Wright in Caracas with NBC Kristen Welker. He lays out a profoundly Bush-esk U.S. agenda for Venezuela that isn't ending anytime before Trump leaves office. Oh, and guess what? Big Oil is Way in.
On Wars for Oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNm...
On Wars for Oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNm...
Secretary Wright Joins NBC's Kristen Welker - February 12, 2026
YouTube video by U.S. Department of Energy
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Pretty amazing interview with Trump Energy Secretary Wright in Caracas with NBC Kristen Welker. He lays out a profoundly Bush-esk U.S. agenda for Venezuela that isn't ending anytime before Trump leaves office. Oh, and guess what? Big Oil is Way in.
On Wars for Oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNm...
On Wars for Oil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNm...