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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 1d

"The White House is offering 'concierge, white glove service' to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects...while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 1d

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 8d

And yet Namibia is ramping up oil exploration and production, which will exacerbate the climate crisis and the drilling also threatens the iconic Okavango Delta too.

newlinesmag.com/reportage/oi...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8d

"Pragmatism is only possible when feasible alternatives are available. Where climate breakdown is concerned, there is no alternative. The climate doesn’t recognise pragmatism. We either slash emissions now or we are in deep, deep trouble." 💯

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 9d

Just out

My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire

In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 9d

I'm writing today to share some (rare) good climate news!

New research released today by @energy.iisd.org @oilchange.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social shows that members of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership have cut their international public finance for fossil fuels by up to 78%.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 20d

Groundbreaking research reveals estimated military and conflict-related climate reparations owed by Israel & its allies to the Palestinians since the Nakba is US$148 billion, with Israel responsible for $103 billion & US responsible for $40.8 billion. www.palclimateinstitute.org/media/milita...

Military & Conflict-Related Emissions & Climate Reparations for Palestine

This work provides an estimate of carbon-emission-based costs of the traceable military-related activities by Israel and its allies. This quantification represents a fraction of the total climate repa...

www.palclimateinstitute.org

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 21d

nice one @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21d

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism.

From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved:

guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

Ten things you can do to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism

I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore.

guyshrubsole.substack.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21d

"Britain is on the cusp of race war, he told me. If that prospect saddened him, it didn’t show. ‘We are talking about inter-ethnic violence.’"

I went to Reform UK's conference, for @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism

Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...

www.lrb.co.uk

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HyNot @hynotnw.bsky.social · 21d

#BlueHydrogen is an "environmental disaster" and #CarbonCaptureAndStorage is a high risk unproven technology. The fossil fuel industry is hoodwinking politicians and the public, just like the tobacco industry did by inventing low tar cigarettes.

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Inside Ellesmere Port, the town fighting Miliband's hydrogen plans

The Cheshire town is at the heart of the UK's plans to transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen, but many locals aren't convinced

inews.co.uk

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 22d

it had to be done...

Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Projections of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were put on display against the walls of Windsor Castle while Trump was in Britain for a state visit.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 22d

Beware wolves in sheep's clothing. How rich millionaires fund Reform

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22d

Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment but it is funded by the super rich.

Reform has an unusually high number of overseas backers with links to tax havens.

Fossil fuel interests fund Reform, party will expand their trade.

These are the wealthy funders who’ve given Reform £5m

Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors

www.opendemocracy.net

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 24d

On Wednesday!

Our response to Donald Trump is our response to the global rise of authoritarianism, fuelled by racism & money from US billionaires.

The silenced majority in Britain stands against Trump - now we stand UP!

Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 25d

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28d

Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 28d

Chris Wright’s Twitter Is Torching His Reputation #Climate

Chris Wright’s Twitter Is Torching His Reputation

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Sep 8

A poetic article on the toxic legacy of the nuclear industry at Trawsfynydd in North Wales - nation.cymru/feature/lett...

Letter from Trawsfynydd

Julie Brominicks Last week I found a single tiny senbazuru on the T2. As if meant for me, it was folded from a bus ticket, and I decided to visit Trawsfynydd. I get off the bus in a downpour. A man in...

nation.cymru

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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · Sep 6

We should all be concerned that this party who think basic physics is a hoax is currently riding so high in the polls.

Standing up against Reform UK's climate denial

The urgency of the climate crisis can now be in no doubt, with the science established over decades. But at a time where headlines demonstrating the impact of climate breakdown appear almost daily - h...

www.campaigncc.org

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Sep 5

On the same day in the Telegraph:

The Telegraph

Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement

Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty

Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence

[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]

Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent

29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph

Money > Property > Second homes

How to avoid tax on your second home

From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net

[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]

Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer

29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Sep 5

Shell, the corporate coward, is trying to run away from its responsibilities in Nigeria ... #shellguilty

Amnesty Business & Human Rights @amnestybhr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Amnesty International responds to the recently published letters from seven UN Special Rapporteurs to Shell, and other oil companies, regarding divestment and remediating historic oil pollution in Nigeria.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Nigeria: Shell remains responsible for cleaning up and remediating historic oil pollution despite divestment

Responding to the recently published letter sent by seven UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights to Shell, Eni and other oil companies as well as the governments of the companies’ home countries and N...

www.amnesty.org

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Sep 4

As well as climate deniers, all the usual pro-tobacco lobbyists are there trying to get a new generation addicted to tobacco under the banner of "free choice." Not sure how having a tobacco lobbyist from Japan Tobacco International at a party conference complies with UK's FCTC's legal obligations.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Reform conference is *very literally* being sponsored by a fossil fuel lobby group, the Heartland Institute.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 3

Some pretty grim fringe sponsors at Reform UK conference this weekend. Big tobacco, climate deniers and more. Oh and the Telegraph of course.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Predictable gathering of climate denying dinosaurs, incl. dark money groups like Heartland Institute & Institute of Economic Affairs, who have been peddling climate nonsense for decades - many of them, I wrote about in Green Backlash, published 25 years ago www.routledge.com/Green-Backla...

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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today @tbij.bsky.social joins other media organisations in calling for an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza

#ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Aug 20

Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs ever known. The industry needs to addict new generations to nicotine to replace older smokers dying from a lifetime of addiction. Its no surprise - even predictable - that young people who vape go on to smoke. As ever the harm reduction crowd remain silent

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 20

Young people who vape are three times as likely to start smoking, develop asthma, cough, poor oral health, respiratory disease, mental health problems.

Pressure on the NHS, public services increases.

Industry increases misery, doesn't bear social cost.

Young vape users three times as likely to start smoking, study finds

Review warns e-cigarettes could act as gateway to smoking and are also linked to higher asthma and other health risks

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 20

While the UK police arrest disabled pensioners for protesting genocide, British racists have apparent free reign to engage in stochastic terrorism and violence on an almost daily basis.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Aug 20

Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Democracy for Sale has been working w/ @38degrees.bsky.social on a campaign to cap political donations in the UK.

Our petition is now at over 49,700 signatures!! 🎉

Can we get it to 50k and send a really strong message?

Please share! Ta you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Take Big Money Out of Our Politics

British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Aug 18

AI is power-hungry, wasteful, polluting, climate change accelerating, and budget-busting. And that's just part of it.

AI Is Power-Hungry

And consumers are paying the price

paulkrugman.substack.com

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