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.
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“Since one cannot know a radically better world
is not possible, are we not betraying everyone by
insisting on continuing to justify, and reproduce,
the mess we have today? And anyway, even if
we’re wrong, we might well get a lot closer.”
- David Graeber
is not possible, are we not betraying everyone by
insisting on continuing to justify, and reproduce,
the mess we have today? And anyway, even if
we’re wrong, we might well get a lot closer.”
- David Graeber
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM
“Since one cannot know a radically better world
is not possible, are we not betraying everyone by
insisting on continuing to justify, and reproduce,
the mess we have today? And anyway, even if
we’re wrong, we might well get a lot closer.”
- David Graeber
is not possible, are we not betraying everyone by
insisting on continuing to justify, and reproduce,
the mess we have today? And anyway, even if
we’re wrong, we might well get a lot closer.”
- David Graeber
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Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit | Owen Jones
The home secretary has vowed to fight the judgment, but she and the government are on the wrong side of history, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The Palestine Action ruling vindicates the courageous – and shames the complicit www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Meanwhile in #China … Green energy sector drove more than 90% of investment growth last year… @theguardian.com
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Meanwhile in #China … Green energy sector drove more than 90% of investment growth last year… @theguardian.com
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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How are these astronomical costs & the human & nature toll not factored into the ongoing cost of #coal #oil & #gas? #Renewables + #battery storage are already far cheaper. Add these in & it makes no economic sense! ##climaterisk news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
More than 87m people impacted by climate-related disasters in 2025
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database analyzed by Mongabay. The d...
news.mongabay.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:43 AM
How are these astronomical costs & the human & nature toll not factored into the ongoing cost of #coal #oil & #gas? #Renewables + #battery storage are already far cheaper. Add these in & it makes no economic sense! ##climaterisk news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
As Europe Leaves Controversial Treaty, the Secretariat Courts Resource-Rich African Countries 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 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
As Europe Leaves Controversial Treaty, the Secretariat Courts Resource-Rich African Countries drilled.media/news/ect-afr...
EPA’s final* ruling on CO2 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: EPA’s final* ruling on CO2
RealClimate: The EPA has announced its final* ruling on the CO2 Endangerment Finding. *not even close to final. Notably, they have completely abandoned any reliance on the DOE's CWG report. The EPA is...
www.realclimate.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:29 AM
EPA’s final* ruling on CO2 www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
Battlefield Amazonia? How the PT's environmental crackdown undermined its own ambitions for the biome. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bat...
Battlefield Amazonia? | Fernando Rugitsky
How the PT's environmental crackdown undermined its own ambitions for the biome.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Battlefield Amazonia? How the PT's environmental crackdown undermined its own ambitions for the biome. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bat...
Non-Hegemony www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
Non-Hegemony | Phenomenal World
The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Non-Hegemony www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non...
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with this crucial reminder:
February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
with this crucial reminder:
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Data from MethaneSAT, a satellite that measures and tracks methane emissions, suggests that methane emissions from oil and gas production are roughly 50% higher than company estimates.
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Data from MethaneSAT, a satellite that measures and tracks methane emissions, suggests that methane emissions from oil and gas production are roughly 50% higher than company estimates.
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Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Huda Ammori "Palestine Action was proscribed unlawfully.. because of property damage against.. the Israeli weapons industry.. damage of weapons that would otherwise have been used to massacre people in Gaza. PA was about saving lives, the very opposite of what people consider terrorism to be"
February 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Huda Ammori "Palestine Action was proscribed unlawfully.. because of property damage against.. the Israeli weapons industry.. damage of weapons that would otherwise have been used to massacre people in Gaza. PA was about saving lives, the very opposite of what people consider terrorism to be"
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February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social explains the high court ruling has shown those thousands of people arrested for peacefully protesting their opposition to the proscription of Palestine Action were right.
February 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social explains the high court ruling has shown those thousands of people arrested for peacefully protesting their opposition to the proscription of Palestine Action were right.
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In 2023, the EU’s coal mining operations made up 60% of EU energy sector methane emissions.
With the proper abatement mechanisms, the EU Methane Regulation can help decrease coal mine methane emissions 62% by 2030.
ember-energy.org/lat...
With the proper abatement mechanisms, the EU Methane Regulation can help decrease coal mine methane emissions 62% by 2030.
ember-energy.org/lat...
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In 2023, the EU’s coal mining operations made up 60% of EU energy sector methane emissions.
With the proper abatement mechanisms, the EU Methane Regulation can help decrease coal mine methane emissions 62% by 2030.
ember-energy.org/lat...
With the proper abatement mechanisms, the EU Methane Regulation can help decrease coal mine methane emissions 62% by 2030.
ember-energy.org/lat...
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Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories | Rebecca Solnit
A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
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The EU and several of its member states have figured out that the Energy Charter Treaty is just a way for fossil fuel companies to block climate action. Now the ECT is trying to woo resource-rich African countries to join @rishpardikar.bsky.social reports 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 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The EU and several of its member states have figured out that the Energy Charter Treaty is just a way for fossil fuel companies to block climate action. Now the ECT is trying to woo resource-rich African countries to join @rishpardikar.bsky.social reports drilled.media/news/ect-afr...
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This is crazy, unwarranted, they should not be punishing dual nationals!
(Also, unclear if it applies to Irish citizens without current British passport (such as me, I havent bothered renewing my British one as for the moment the Irish one seemed more useful)?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(Also, unclear if it applies to Irish citizens without current British passport (such as me, I havent bothered renewing my British one as for the moment the Irish one seemed more useful)?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This is crazy, unwarranted, they should not be punishing dual nationals!
(Also, unclear if it applies to Irish citizens without current British passport (such as me, I havent bothered renewing my British one as for the moment the Irish one seemed more useful)?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(Also, unclear if it applies to Irish citizens without current British passport (such as me, I havent bothered renewing my British one as for the moment the Irish one seemed more useful)?)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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This conversation between @arielleangel.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social about the Epstein files is the best thing I've listened to or read recently about that topic and also the general state of things
What do we do with a story whose real-life details are so fitted to antisemitic conspiracy? @arielleangel.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social on the Epstein files:
Epstein and the Capitalist Conspiracy
Naomi Klein discusses what to do with a narrative that mirrors the worst anti-Jewish theories and the importance of holding our depraved elites…
jewishcurrents.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This conversation between @arielleangel.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social about the Epstein files is the best thing I've listened to or read recently about that topic and also the general state of things