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James Connelly
@jamescon.bsky.social
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Emeritus Prof, Hull. Writing Collingwood bio / Philosophical Idealism, Environmental politics & ethics, Elections/electoral systems / Minsters Rail Campaign /[email protected] / https://hull.academia.edu/JamesConnelly
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 9h
“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 7h
This really is beyond parody
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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 7h
Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
www.insidehighered.com
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6h
Interesting comments
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 3d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 31
1. Infuriatingly, here in the UK, the government still seems to believe that the only way of introducing trees is to plant them (see, for example, the current Land Use Framework consultation).
News just in: trees can self-seed, which could be why they've survived for 360m years. 🧵
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Mar 29
I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.

*Nothing* was planted here.

"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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Environmental Psychology Groningen @epgroningen.bsky.social · 1d
New commentary paper by our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social in @pnas.org on turning mass public support for proenvironmental goals into concrete actions:
"Limited environmental action may be explained by a lack of ability or opportunity, rather than a lack of caring"
@rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
Turning mass support for environmental goals into action | PNAS
Turning mass support for environmental goals into action
www.pnas.org
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Schauinsland @soweitsogut.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Go #greens!
Under new leader Zack #polanski, Britain’s Green Party has become the fastest growing political party in #britain in terms of membership.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-young-women-joining-green-party-conference-gaze-refugees?
Natasha Walter: Why young women are going Green
As politics becomes increasingly xenophobic, the Greta Thunberg generation is flocking to join a party with both a strong stance on Gaza and refugee rights
www.thenerve.news
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JuanWild @juanwild.bsky.social · 20h
Zack Polanski on The News Agents(video)..
#Britain..#Greens youtu.be/CKIohf-BSq8?...
Zack Polanski grilled on the News Agents!
YouTube video by Zack Polanski
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 16h
The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye
Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’
www.thetimes.com
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16h
2/ More info on the threat to the Protected Landscapes Duty: www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

Here's the joint letter I've signed along with 170 other green groups & environmentalists: www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 16h
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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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 17h
Waste imperialism

"All EU plastic waste exports should be banned to anywhere outside the EU"

#ReduceConsumption

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d
This is among other things a product of how far UK Conservative and Reform Party MPs and Spads have become so marinated in Right wing American social media that they have adopted its view of unis as a source of radicalisation tempting youth away from the moral purity of National Conservative thought
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 1d
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d
This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Gareth Maddieson @oldmaddgaz75.bsky.social · 2d
Now what's she's done there is confuse freedom with toasted sandwich maker hasn't she ?!
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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d
This is a party with virtually the same number of MPs as Reform (4 v. 5).

The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams
Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong | Zoe Williams
The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 2d
And here is the percentage of the world's land area setting a new all-time monthly maximum temperature record in each decade:
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 2d
Around 78% of the world has seen all-time maximum monthly temperature records set since the year 2000, with 38% set in past five years alone. In a new analysis over at The Climate Brink I take a look at where and when records were set: www.theclimatebrink....
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 2d
Comment | Badenoch’s breaking of the climate consensus will have consequences

Kemi Badenoch’s decision to ditch the Conservative commitment to net zero will have implications for the costs of transition, argues @jillongovt.bsky.social

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/bade...
Badenoch’s breaking of the climate consensus will have consequences | Institute for Government
The Conservatives have lost their energy policy anchor.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
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James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 2d
The Conservatives can't even conserve spelling!
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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 3d
Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..
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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 4d
Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...
Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
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Halcyon + Martian @halcyonplusmartian.bsky.social · 22d
Burying facts, science, and truth if it’s unfavorable or contradicts the false narratives and lies is the whole-of-government strategy of this administration. Everybody knows it.
DOJ Quietly Deletes Study on Politics of Domestic Terrorists
The Justice Department has taken down a study that proves Republicans’ entire narrative wrong about left-wing violence.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d
If Michelle Mone has "no wish" to return to the Lords as a Tory peer, as reported this weekend, she should probably stop boasting about being a baroness
Her website landing page: Baroness Michelle Mone of Mayfair OBE
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 5d
“There is no climate crisis,” Sean Matthews, leader of Lincolnshire council, posted on X last year. “We are all paying for these idiots to escalate their fantasies.”

By my colleague @jonungoedthomas.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Climate-change denying Reform councils are axing net zero...
Environmental fears are being described as lies and fantasies to justify scrapping green policies
observer.co.uk
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