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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 1m

Political parties' positions on climate, conservation + pollution often seem to align more closely with their donors' wishes than voters'.

Remind me who Reform's big funders are...

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1h

Most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy:

"Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy

Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.

www.independent.co.uk

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 21h

'Many, especially women, speak of a sense of suffocation and dread; fearing their bodies won’t cope or that a loved one will collapse' - the brutal reality for people enduring climate-driven extreme heat:

share.google/zBYUeSC7k0tY...

How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study

Sleeplessness, anxiety and invisible care work show why extreme heat is a public-health emergency.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 1d

As positive as it is to build new cycle + footpaths, green space, SuDS, runoff filtration systems, rain gardens - it's all a waste of time, money + effort if you don't plan for maintenance

Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 2d

How can I possibly applaud the flashy ribbon cuttings and shiny promises when wheelchairs, kids, babies and bikes have to wade through a scratchy, unsafe forest along Tucker? Why can't we take care of basics, #STL?

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 4h

River Wye pollution prompts UK’s largest environmental lawsuit

https://www.europesays.com/2475317/

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales BBC The Wye Valley is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The…

River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit - EUROPE SAYS

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales

www.europesays.com

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 12m

Virtual power plants are the real fossil fuel killer. And also a way to reduce the need for grid expansion.

So, of course, Gavin Newsom is stopping progress on VPPs.

VPPs are likely to dominate in the future....if allowed.

Why did Newsom veto California’s virtual power plant bills?

Supporters say the bills would have helped ease the state’s energy affordability crisis while strengthening grid reliability.

www.canarymedia.com

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Jon.B @jonbright.bsky.social · 4h

Researchers have found evidence of the first invasive barnacle species in Nunavut's waters a discovery they believe is a result of warming waters,Global Change Biology.Opening up the Northwest Passage increases risk of foreign species entering Arctic waters. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...

Looking for clues: Researchers say first invasive barnacle found in Nunavut - The Weather Network

Opening up of the Northwest Passage increases risk of foreign species entering Arctic waters, study says

www.theweathernetwork.com

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 1d

"Solar ... is now so cheap that large markets for solar can emerge in a country in the space of a single year."

Another historic milestone for the energy transition, which is doing things seemingly daily that I was told quite often until quite recently were impossible www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 4h

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history | Glaciers

https://www.europesays.com/2475476/

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history | Glaciers …

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history | Glaciers - EUROPE SAYS

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history | Glaciers

www.europesays.com

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 4h

🎣 "Overfishing is a political choice. It’s the ministers that are signing off these quotas [...] Without strategic action based on science, collapse for some of these stocks could be imminent”

— Our Director @hugotagholm.bsky.social in today's Herald Scotland
www.heraldscotland.com/news/nationa...

Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 3h

Fossil fuel industry is behind the UK's CCS push, but while oil & gas firms are pro-CCS in public they're sceptical in private 😈 revealing the wider "strategy to lock in a policy model based primarily on incentives and subsidies without regulatory accountability or science-based emission reductions"

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 4h

📢 🚨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...

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Clean Air Fund @cleanairfund.bsky.social · 2h

"Every dollar spent on fossil fuels pushes [our health and climate goals] further out of reach."

🗣️ @janeburston.bsky.social for @airqualitynews.bsky.social on the State of Global Air Quality Funding 2025 report, out today 👉 bit.ly/4gXEAjm

airqualitynews.com/headlines/cl...

Clean air funding falls, while aid for fossil fuel projects soars

Global funding to tackle air pollution is falling, even as the world faces mounting health and economic costs from toxic air, according to this year’s State of Global Air Quality Funding report, produ...

airqualitynews.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9h

"Without aggressive and concrete efforts to curb carbon dioxide pollution, most of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh will by the end of the century experience temperature levels well beyond those considered safe for humans"

#ClimateEmergency

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 2h

I like that this oil industry trade publication can no longer ignore the obvious but also uses a pun.

Anyway, going to be a bad year for your oil investments.

headline: Glut punch: policy, geopolitics fuel 2026 oversupply concerns

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 20h

This is what the Finnish Karelia has always been about. People in the capital tend to forget it at times, but we just keep on thinking, preparing, adapting.

Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 6d

Energy experts want to build thousand wind turbines on the Finnish eastern border as part of the #DroneWall

They would provide a platform for airspace monitoring from the height of 200 meters.

#Defence

yle.fi/a/74-2018462...

Itäsuomalaiset vaikuttajat haluavat itärajalle tuhat tuulivoimalaa – toimisivat EU:n droonimuurin osana

Lappeenrannassa selvitetään, voidaanko Venäjän ilmatilaa valvoa tuulivoimaloista. Aiemmin Puolustusvoimat on rajoittanut tuulivoimaloiden rakentamista itärajalle, koska ne häiritsevät Puolustusvoimie...

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1h

This insane plan would be hard to credit, except for the fact that it fits perfectly with this appalling government's sustained attack on nature and the environment

It must be fought, every step of the way

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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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 1h

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of Rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk - alleging that Welsh Water & two corporate chicken producers are responsible:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk

www.theguardian.com

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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 1h

As the oil industry and its many willing partners push the idea that they can fix the methane problem, reality tells a different story.

Incremental changes being pushed by these actors are a recipe for increased methane and a much warmer future.

Let's switch to clean energy instead.

Global methane levels continue rising as planet heats up - University of Birmingham

Asia and the developing Pacific region are emerging as the largest contributors to global methane emissions, due to industrialisation and population growth.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1h

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 43m

Farming resilience relies on functioning ecosystems and healthy soils🌱🧑‍🌾

Yet MEPs today voted to remove the few remaining safeguards in the #CAP, failing to protect public interest and the future of EU #FoodAndFarming 🚨

Press release 👉 eeb.org/meps-shred-f...

"Stripping away protections against soil erosion and for vulnerable grasslands will not “simplify” farmers lives but expose them further to the escalating climate, nature, and pollution crisis." - Théo Paquet

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 22h

Thrilled that someone finally made a documentary about the rail trail movement that treats that history for what it is: a fascinating and shockingly controversial story about the right to public space, which is every bit as epic as the battle against the highway movement (which sometimes overlaps).

The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA

Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 19m

We love this idea - people in #Leeds are to trial a "Car When We Need It" initiative, sharing access to both private and hire cars.

"The study seeks to create practical, low-carbon alternatives to car ownership - such as car clubs, responsive bus services, and shared micromobility options."

Leeds project explores car access without ownership

Families, friends and neighbours across Leeds are being encouraged to collaborate in a unique three-week experiment exploring new ways to access cars without owning them. The “Car When We Need It” in...

airqualitynews.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19m

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 8, 2025 ~ The other overshoot.

"This is a bigger concern that I have – that we are pushing the habitability in our societies on this planet above that limit and towards maybe existential limits."

www.carbonbrief.org/experts-the-...

Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit - Carbon Brief

On the sidelines of a conference, Carbon Brief asked a range of experts what they consider to be the key “unknowns” around overshoot.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Wyatt Myskow @wyattmyskow.bsky.social · 21h

On the Colorado River, there is no more water.

That's the warning from a coalition of environmental groups urging for action and transparency regarding the river's future.

My latest:

insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn - Inside Climate News

A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in the river as negotiations over its future stall.

insideclimatenews.org

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1h

Dear EU,

Please don't cave in to these monsters.

"Unlike traditional trade negotiations, the US is not offering concessions in return. “It’s a one-way street,” said one EU official."

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

www.ft.com

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 1h

🐟"Only 41% of the UK’s commercial fish populations have been found to be healthy. 1/4 are being fished beyond sustainable limits. 1/6 are both critically low & yet still being overfished"

@profcallum.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com on our latest report 🚨
theconversation.com/half-the-uks...

Half the UK’s fish stocks are overfished – but the evidence shows how they can be revived

Overfishing affects food security, blue economy jobs and climate resilience.

theconversation.com

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