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You won't see this stat in the right-wing press.
"UK wind power has saved consumers more than £100B, by displacing gas and lowering rates"
#alwaysbewindy
#alwaysbewindy
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
You won't see this stat in the right-wing press.
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"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
The “polluter pays” principle is a cornerstone of environmental regulation. It raises billions of dollars each year and has been fundamental in pushing
www.counterpunch.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
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It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
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It's not as if we weren't warned.
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's not as if we weren't warned.
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found.
Europe’s Alps on track to lose 97 percent of glaciers by century’s end, study finds
Stricter climate policies would save hundreds of glaciers in Europe’s Alps and tens of thousands worldwide, study finds.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found.
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Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
Poll: Majority of Brits support renewables, but think their neighbours disagree with them
Major poll reveals 70 per cent of Brits would back a new solar farm in their local area, but only 27 per cent think that other people would support such a development
www.businessgreen.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
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I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Credit and respect to Peter Ettedgui for coming forward with these memories of Nigel Farage. Peter risks a lot by putting himself in the spotlight, but Farage poses an unprecedented threat to British democracy.
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Credit and respect to Peter Ettedgui for coming forward with these memories of Nigel Farage. Peter risks a lot by putting himself in the spotlight, but Farage poses an unprecedented threat to British democracy.
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Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
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"Bill Gates' climate comments are a distraction" | My new commentary for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Bill Gates' climate comments are a distraction" | My new commentary for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Great to see that the National Estate for Nature Group - whose members own c.10% of England - have agreed to "publish estate management plans by April 2026", setting out how each of them are contributing to 30x30 & Environment Act targets.
Thread 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...
Thread 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...
Leading the way: National Estate for Nature agrees shared objectives to accelerate nature recovery
The National Estate for Nature group has taken an important step forward in its mission to drive nature recovery across England’s major estates. Read this post to find out more.
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great to see that the National Estate for Nature Group - whose members own c.10% of England - have agreed to "publish estate management plans by April 2026", setting out how each of them are contributing to 30x30 & Environment Act targets.
Thread 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...
Thread 1/
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...
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The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon, but it’s never on the front pages.
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Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The lovely and much-missed Claire’s final paper is published today, on the science results of the Bats in Churches project - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The lovely and much-missed Claire’s final paper is published today, on the science results of the Bats in Churches project - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry
But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down
But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down
📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇
The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...
influencemap.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry
But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down
But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down
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I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.
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Pink empress Mantis
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Pink empress Mantis
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I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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4/22/25
Dr. Jane Goodall's 2025 Earth Day Message
🎥 5 min 34 sec
'Treat every day like it's Earth Day by taking action to protect the only home we shall ever know. '
youtu.be/ZhrNZlasQJY?...
Dr. Jane Goodall's 2025 Earth Day Message
🎥 5 min 34 sec
'Treat every day like it's Earth Day by taking action to protect the only home we shall ever know. '
youtu.be/ZhrNZlasQJY?...
Dr. Jane Goodall's 2025 Earth Day Message
YouTube video by Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute USA
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
4/22/25
Dr. Jane Goodall's 2025 Earth Day Message
🎥 5 min 34 sec
'Treat every day like it's Earth Day by taking action to protect the only home we shall ever know. '
youtu.be/ZhrNZlasQJY?...
Dr. Jane Goodall's 2025 Earth Day Message
🎥 5 min 34 sec
'Treat every day like it's Earth Day by taking action to protect the only home we shall ever know. '
youtu.be/ZhrNZlasQJY?...
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For this we're going to blast past survivable warming limits.
Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For this we're going to blast past survivable warming limits.