Martin Watters
@martinwatters.bsky.social
Working to expose those most responsible for climate change, environmental harm and greenwashing | Strategic comms with @globalwitness.org | @adfreecities.bsky.social trustee | he/him | Opinions mine
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Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
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"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
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This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This really needs emphasizing. The entirety of the UK media ecosystem is utterly fixated on a 100% fabricated "crisis".
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No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
"A fire-sale of the world's rainforests, with big banks profiting from the ashes."
Banks and asset managers have made $26 billion in income from financing deforesting companies since the Paris Agreement: new @globalwitness.org investigation reveals.
Full report out today 👇
Banks and asset managers have made $26 billion in income from financing deforesting companies since the Paris Agreement: new @globalwitness.org investigation reveals.
Full report out today 👇
Britain’s biggest financial institutions are financing forest destruction and reaping the rewards.
Read more 👉 https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5
We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.
Read more 👉 https://gwitness.org/4nLFDp5
We wrote to all the financial institutions featured in the report seeking their comment. For their responses, see the full report.
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"A fire-sale of the world's rainforests, with big banks profiting from the ashes."
Banks and asset managers have made $26 billion in income from financing deforesting companies since the Paris Agreement: new @globalwitness.org investigation reveals.
Full report out today 👇
Banks and asset managers have made $26 billion in income from financing deforesting companies since the Paris Agreement: new @globalwitness.org investigation reveals.
Full report out today 👇
This should be a fairly simple political concept to understand. But it's one UK Labour seems intent on ignoring until it's too late.
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This should be a fairly simple political concept to understand. But it's one UK Labour seems intent on ignoring until it's too late.
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Re the new Reform pledge, a sports writer has already got to the heart of the matter better than the politics commentators www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Re the new Reform pledge, a sports writer has already got to the heart of the matter better than the politics commentators www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The clearest take yet on why relatively small, top-down organised protests against immigration are currently dominating UK political discourse right now.
While there can be no complacency in countering fascists on the streets, concerns about the far right must also be concerns about the role of mainstream politicians and media in shaping the reactionary agenda
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
‘The people’, ‘legitimate concerns’ and the far-right ‘protests’
Our understanding of the world, beyond the most direct elements in our personal life, is always mediated. In today’s information landscape…
aurelmondon.medium.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The clearest take yet on why relatively small, top-down organised protests against immigration are currently dominating UK political discourse right now.
There is now 50% more plastic in all of our brains than was there 8 years ago, thanks largely to Big Oil.
With demand for oil slowing the industry is betting big on creating more plastic, everywhere.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/m...
With demand for oil slowing the industry is betting big on creating more plastic, everywhere.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/m...
Microplastics are everywhere. Here's why that matters to big oil
New research into how microplastics are affecting us is concerning scientists, but the oil and gas industry is relying on plastics for growth.
www.cnbc.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
There is now 50% more plastic in all of our brains than was there 8 years ago, thanks largely to Big Oil.
With demand for oil slowing the industry is betting big on creating more plastic, everywhere.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/m...
With demand for oil slowing the industry is betting big on creating more plastic, everywhere.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/m...
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Five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza were civilians as of May, according to Israel's own military intelligence.
"In Gaza we are talking about a campaign of targeted assassinations, really, rather than battles, and they are carried out with no concern for civilians.”
"In Gaza we are talking about a campaign of targeted assassinations, really, rather than battles, and they are carried out with no concern for civilians.”
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza were civilians as of May, according to Israel's own military intelligence.
"In Gaza we are talking about a campaign of targeted assassinations, really, rather than battles, and they are carried out with no concern for civilians.”
"In Gaza we are talking about a campaign of targeted assassinations, really, rather than battles, and they are carried out with no concern for civilians.”
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The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
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(Bloomberg Green): Hedge funds are betting against oil stocks and winding back shorts on solar in a reversal of positions that dominated their energy strategies over the past four years.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
August 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
(Bloomberg Green): Hedge funds are betting against oil stocks and winding back shorts on solar in a reversal of positions that dominated their energy strategies over the past four years.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
War crimes, genocide, forced famine, displacement and now ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Keir Starmer - who once called himself a human rights lawyer - should know that platitudes aren't enough when the UK is still exporting weapons helping cause these horrors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Keir Starmer - who once called himself a human rights lawyer - should know that platitudes aren't enough when the UK is still exporting weapons helping cause these horrors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Netanyahu announces plan to take over Gaza City in further escalation
Proposal that needs to be approved by full cabinet would mean sending Israeli ground troops into remaining territory
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
War crimes, genocide, forced famine, displacement and now ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Keir Starmer - who once called himself a human rights lawyer - should know that platitudes aren't enough when the UK is still exporting weapons helping cause these horrors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Keir Starmer - who once called himself a human rights lawyer - should know that platitudes aren't enough when the UK is still exporting weapons helping cause these horrors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The US oil industry is facing huge liabilities for environmental damage and that bill keeps getting higher as we learn more about the damage they are doing (e.g PFAS, radioactivity, leaking injection wells, etc)
Add more to the list.
Add more to the list.
This is, to use legal terminology, "a fucking huge deal". Petrostates such as the US have tried in the past to argue the exact opposite. But it was a weak argument then, and it's worthless now.
1. Paris Agreement Limit?
States' climate obligations aren’t limited to treaties. They stem from human rights law, customary law, and the duty to prevent harm. Paris Agreement is not a Get Out of Jail Free Card —it’s the minimum expected.
States' climate obligations aren’t limited to treaties. They stem from human rights law, customary law, and the duty to prevent harm. Paris Agreement is not a Get Out of Jail Free Card —it’s the minimum expected.
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The US oil industry is facing huge liabilities for environmental damage and that bill keeps getting higher as we learn more about the damage they are doing (e.g PFAS, radioactivity, leaking injection wells, etc)
Add more to the list.
Add more to the list.
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shame on me for missing the 10yr anniversary of the best climate social posts ever
By @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social -->
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July 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
shame on me for missing the 10yr anniversary of the best climate social posts ever
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“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. This video documents one aspect of exactly the kind of thing we were warning about.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. This video documents one aspect of exactly the kind of thing we were warning about.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Paris Marx on why tech feels increasingly at the center of geopolitical fights:
"Now more than ever, we need to challenge the domination of US tech and the power it gives an increasingly belligerent United States."
"Now more than ever, we need to challenge the domination of US tech and the power it gives an increasingly belligerent United States."
The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.
Why should the US decide who can have certain tech?
Restrictions on Iranian and Chinese technology are about preserving US geopolitical power
www.disconnect.blog
June 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Paris Marx on why tech feels increasingly at the center of geopolitical fights:
"Now more than ever, we need to challenge the domination of US tech and the power it gives an increasingly belligerent United States."
"Now more than ever, we need to challenge the domination of US tech and the power it gives an increasingly belligerent United States."
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Looking at progress in emissions reductions from 2023 to 24, the aviation sector is setting off alarm bells:
"... aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk."
"... aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk."
June 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Looking at progress in emissions reductions from 2023 to 24, the aviation sector is setting off alarm bells:
"... aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk."
"... aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector. Continued emissions growth in this sector could put future targets at risk."
"If killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is?"
Sally Rooney on the absurdity of UK Labour reserving its fiercest sanctions for those speaking out against genocide, rather than those most responsible.
Sally Rooney on the absurdity of UK Labour reserving its fiercest sanctions for those speaking out against genocide, rather than those most responsible.
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney
If Palestine Action becomes a proscribed group, writing these words of support could become a serious offence. It’s vital we fight this alarming attack on free speech, says writer Sally Rooney
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"If killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is?"
Sally Rooney on the absurdity of UK Labour reserving its fiercest sanctions for those speaking out against genocide, rather than those most responsible.
Sally Rooney on the absurdity of UK Labour reserving its fiercest sanctions for those speaking out against genocide, rather than those most responsible.
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"Old fashioned print media is in decline everywhere but in the mind of the nation’s political class. The result is that our leaders are getting a very warped sense of what the average voter thinks, reads and cares about."
The public doesn’t like Brexit. Has anyone told the media?
From the broadsheets to the tabloids, journalism is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.
www.newstatesman.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Old fashioned print media is in decline everywhere but in the mind of the nation’s political class. The result is that our leaders are getting a very warped sense of what the average voter thinks, reads and cares about."
A German court has dismissed a case brought by a Peruvian farmer and mountain guide against the fossil fuel giant RWE.
Amid the dismissal, the court confirmed something momentous: private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
Amid the dismissal, the court confirmed something momentous: private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change
Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A German court has dismissed a case brought by a Peruvian farmer and mountain guide against the fossil fuel giant RWE.
Amid the dismissal, the court confirmed something momentous: private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
Amid the dismissal, the court confirmed something momentous: private companies can be held liable for their share in causing climate damages.
theconversation.com/one-lawsuit-...
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Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
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Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
May 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...