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Aida A. Hozic @hozic.bsky.social · 1d

The developing world that could not afford green transition is doing it; the world that had all the money and alleged industrial policies for greening is back to fossil fuels and militarization.

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Climate Action Tracker @climateactiontracker.org · 16d

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: We have downgraded the #US climate action to "Critically insufficient" - it's the most aggressive, comprehensive and consequential climate policy rollback the CAT has ever analysed.

🔗 bit.ly/CAT_US

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · 26d

"Wright said it would be preferable for Europe to get its supplies from “its friends.”"

For the current US administration, Europe is an enemy, until there is an opportunity to sell more fossil fuels, at which point it becomes a friend

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26d

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has called on the EU’s remaining buyers of Russian fossil fuels to drop their campaign against the bloc’s efforts to end dependency on Moscow and buy from America instead.

Hungary and Slovakia must quit Russian gas and nuclear, Trump envoy warns

“The more we can strangle Russia’s ability to fund this murderous war, the better for all of us,” says U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28d

"Welcoming a potential war criminal to Downing Street is another demonstration of how Keir Starmer and the Labour government are implicated in the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

@zackpolanski.bsky.social calls for the arrest of the Israeli President ahead of Herzog's visit with Labour ministers.

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Sep 6

Much of the world is reliant on American fossil fuels, billed in America's currency.

Is it any wonder that today, many countries are keen to move to machines like solar, batteries and EVs which together can mitigate this brutal double exposure?

The always brilliant @thepolycrisis.bsky.social duo

Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · Aug 28

China is making massive investments in electrification to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and the US dollar.

@katemac.bsky.social and @70sbachchan.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the geopolitics and how other countries are getting on board.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/291_...

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is what struck me: the exact same stance as Badenoch's predecessors, almost to a word, which begs the question, why bother to announce it? To which we know the answer: trying rather tragically to keep up with Reform, who for its part, is mainly virtue signalling to the admin in Washington

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Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's important to assume that Reform in Government would indeed try to do this. The right thing is not to tell the public that this won't happen - so they can therefore vote for Reform without guilt - but rather that a vote for Reform is a vote for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Aug 26

None of this will ever happen, and it's incumbent on the BBC to at least indicate that everybody who knows anything about this topic says it's a load of baloney. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK would pay countries for migrant return deals

The party outlines its plans to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK on small boats.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's deeply depressing that our government feels it can only oppose this on practical grounds - 'it's an unworkable plan!' - and not by calling it out for the brutal, dystopian and dehumanising horror that it is

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

Reform UK prepared to deport 600,000 under migration plans

The party outlines its plans to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK on small boats.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 26

This isn't a policy proposal - it's ideological virtue signalling, directed squarely at Washington

Fracking is deeply unpopular in the UK, and extremely challenging to do, certainly at a profit - but Tice claims it can be done with zero public investment!

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

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · Aug 26

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️

x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 21

Think climate change is already a political hot potato?

Just wait until people clock what's behind the cost of food going up up up

"In the five years to July, food prices increased by around 37%. That compares with a rise of 4.4% over the previous five-year period"

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

Why are food prices rising so fast?

Food and drink prices have risen by 4.9% over the last year, according to ONS inflation data.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · Aug 15

Does Xi Jinping care about climate? It's complicated.

I unpack new @asiasociety.org research into where climate change ranks in Xi's policy priorities for @carbonbrief.org's DeBriefed newsletter

Also this week:
🌡️ Heatwaves and wildfires in Europe
🔍 Factchecking Trump's climate report

Read more⬇️

DeBriefed 15 August 2025: Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report - Carbon Brief

DeBriefed is Carbon Brief's essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tune out the noise and it's clear that we're heading towards a future with a lot more renewables and lot less oil

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Hedge Funds Flip on Green Energy and Start Betting Against Oil

Portfolio managers have been reversing strategies that have dominated over the past four years.

www.bloomberg.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 11

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 11

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.

🔗: aje.io/eeht0q | #JournalismIsNotACrime

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Aug 7

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump admin is altering previous National Climate Assessments. These were produced by hundreds of climate scientists and mandated by Congress. (1/2)

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 4

The man arguably most to blame for the dismal state Britain finds itself in today is now lobbying to sign us up to a MAGA pyramid scheme

www.ft.com/content/2b55...

UK is being ‘left behind’ on crypto, says George Osborne

Former chancellor who now advises Coinbase says Rachel Reeves should set up a framework for stablecoins

www.ft.com

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International Energy Agency @iea.org · Aug 2

The global energy investment landscape has undergone major changes in the past decade – responding to the rise of new energy technologies and shockwaves from the pandemic & the 2022 energy crisis.

World Energy Investment 2025 examines the shifts in detail 👉 iea.li/40JSiPX

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Aug 1

"If Europe pumps the brakes on decarbonization, Chinese assets could be stranded, whereas China could face retaliation if it refuses to collaborate or align with global norms. The question now is whether they can constructively shape their interdependence"

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

Can Europe and China Forge a Climate Connection?

Emmanuel Guerin & Bernice Lee tout a shared competitiveness agenda as a way for both sides to reap the full benefits of green growth.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Jul 31

Must-read on Europe, Russia, and American LNG

"Oil and gas industry officials have begun warning the White House that normalizing relations with Russia would contradict Trump’s energy and economic agenda that centers on shipping more fossil fuels overseas"

www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe learned to love American gas. This is how Trump wrecks it.

Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “aste…

www.politico.eu

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Jul 30

The EU's commitment to buy $250 billion of American fossil fuels a year is so extreme, so impractical, and so spectacularly bad for the EU's energy security, that it's difficult to see it happening.

I spoke to the @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Trump’s E.U. Trade Deal Comes With Impossible Energy Promises

www.nytimes.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 26

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

www.wired.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Jul 22

We are so thoroughly cooked.

OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models

Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google

www.theguardian.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jul 19

BREAKING: At least 116 Palestinians, including 38 people near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza today, according to medical sources in the enclave.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/f6uvdq

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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · Jul 18

This guidance can help countries implement BCAs which reduce the risk of regulatory fragmentation, minimize trade frictions, and drive down the planet-warming gases that are destabilising our climate

www.iisd.org/publications...

Guidance on Border Carbon Adjustment

A best practices guidance on border carbon adjustment.

www.iisd.org

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