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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 22h

I'm going on maternity leave in Jan 🤰 and I am looking for a cover!

If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus.

oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Please share!

Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026)

Job Opening: Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026) at Oil Change International in Oil Change International.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

Russian-linked vessels are continuing to leak oil off Europe’s shores — despite Western sanctions — underscoring the continent’s inability to rein in Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet.

Russia’s blacklisted tankers keep dumping oil in Europe’s seas

Shadow fleet vessels sailed unimpeded in EU waters after leaving slicks near the continent.

ow.ly

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 2d

💃🎉🙌 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 2d

the most important question to ask badenoch is: what are these cheaper sources of energy of which she speaks?

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 2d

oh and critically, uk is no longer a major oil & gas producer, never will be again and has no power to make fossil fuels cheaper

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 2d

is it an easy way out? badenoch is no trump, she doesn't command the fealty of tech billionnaires or supreme court justices. the legal and economic risks are real. hopefully wiser heads will convince her to reverse ferret or replace her before it comes to that

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 3d

there is nothing that will get you *kicked out* of the paris agreement. staying in while backsliding on ambition/action would make it pretty easy for climate lawyers to challenge in court, but i reckon they'd face lawsuits either way. ask clientearth?

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 3d

tbh there are plenty of countries with worse climate records in the paris agreement. like, most of them. do you want to give kemi ideas?

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

The Times of Israel reports that Greta Thunberg & her fellow Flotilla crew are being held in a special "terrorist" section of Ketziot prison—or in "terrorist conditions," as Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security put it.

www.timesofisrael.com/thunberg-sai...

On Friday, the ultranationalist minister suggested that Israel would be better off throwing the flotilla participants in prison for several months
rather than immediately deporting them back to their home countries. Security prisoners - those incarcerated for offenses that intentionally harm national security - are housed separately from criminal prisoners and are not eligible for many of the benefits available to the general prison population. The term is a catch-all term applied to detainees, convicted prisoners and terrorists, and administrative detainees who are held
without charges for extended periods, without trial.

"We are in Ketziot prison, and as I promised, those flotilla members,
supporters of terrorism, are here in a security prison," Channel 14 reported
Ben Gir as saying. "They receive conditions for terrorists here, for everything, terrorist sweatpants, terrorist conditions. This means, there is a minimum of the
minimum, that's what I promised and that's how we are fulfilling it."

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 7d

dumb policy, dumb politics

it does nothing for the Tories' chances of winning power but it increases uncertainty around UK climate commitments and therefore the cost of capital for green investments

*slow hand clap*

Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 7d

All that years of anti-climate/environment invective on Conservative right has achieved so far is create a wedge within their own electoral coalition. Those switching from Con to Reform are anti Net Zero, those that have remained are pro.

Labour coalition meanwhile is basically unscathed.

Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 7d

won't somebody rescue me from this city hellscape

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 7d

I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.

I decided this was unacceptable.

Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.

Graphic which reads "Mayor of London / It was predicted to take 193 years to meet legal limits for air pollution in London/ We did it in 9"

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 7d

and yet he's still posting on X 🙃

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d

Strong words from Ed Miliband at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool...

"Elon Musk: Get the hell out of our politics and our country"

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 7d

good to know!

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 8d

oh here's another one - is it true that solar panels are cheaper than fencing in some places? I keep seeing it and smells fishy to me

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 9d

I ❤️ my heat pump and will be showing it off to strangers this weekend (as facilitated by @nestauk.bsky.social )

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 10d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d

Direct air capture is too expensive and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge

Some experts say the technology is crucial for climate change goals but scaling up is proving hard

on.ft.com

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 14d

what is the Trump effect on US solar uptake and ripples for the rest of the world?

is balcony solar worth it?

what can others learn from Pakistan's solar boom and related utility death spiral?

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 14d

The UK government advice is better: healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/23/p...

Paracetamol and pregnancy - what you need to know

THE FACTS Q&A Is paracetamol safe to use during pregnancy? Yes. Current evidence supports the safe use of paracetamol during pregnancy when used as directed. This advice has been consistent for many...

healthmedia.blog.gov.uk

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 14d

Kuwait has the most oil per person of any country. It's also struggling to keep the lights on.

Here's a cautionary tale for the 21st century from @davidfickling.bsky.social

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Why the Most Oil-Rich Country Can’t Keep the Lights On

Kuwait is a cautionary tale of where fossil-fuel addiction can lead.

www.bloomberg.com

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 14d

I wish they could be clearer about this: The best available evidence shows that taking paracetamol during pregnancy is safe. Double negatives confuse people.

WHO @who.int · 15d

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

WHO statement on autism-related issues

Follow @WHO for the latest updates

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Andrew R @excelpope.net · 14d

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 15d

"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."

Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 14d

people click less and less because of AI search summaries. The answer is not to get more clickbaity, it's to build trust with your readers

(yes, I read that as sarcasm and am choosing to respond earnestly)

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 15d

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away.

And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16d

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

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