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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d

Why haven't we heard more about
South Carolina Judge Diane Goodstein's house being set on fire, after ruling against Trump.
Arson is suspected. Her husband and family is hospitalized.
MEDIA: Do your f**king job.
@BraddrofliT

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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 21h

A legume portion a day, keeps the planetary crisis at bay…. Particularly if it’s swapped for meat, survey finds.

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

www.theguardian.com

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 9h

Witney Eco Forum tomorrow Oct 9th at St Mary's Church

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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent climate collaboration with MP Charlie Maynard in Witney!

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 1d

Climate Matters: A quarterly, open meeting with Charlie Maynard MP
Sat. 11th October
11 am Winchester Room, St Mary’s Church, Witney, OX28
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

Despite the noise, renewables keep rising now generating more electricity than coal.

@iea.org halved its US outlook, but raised India’s by 10%, putting it on track as the No. 2 growth market after China. MENA up 23%, driven by Saudi wind and solar.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

We need constantly to remind ourselves that there's nothing normal or inevitable about it. It would be a catastrophe from which we would not recover for many years, in which terrible things are done, to minorities, to vulnerable people, to the rest of the living planet. We cannot let it happen.

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 2d

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Climate Matters Meeting with Charlie Maynard, MP for Witney

Inviting constituents to join MP Watch Witney for our quarterly Climate Matters meeting with Charlie Maynard, our MP

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 5d

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Climate Matters Meeting with Charlie Maynard, MP for Witney

Eventbrite - MP Watch Witney presents Climate Matters Meeting with Charlie Maynard, MP for Witney - Saturday, October 11, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 9d

A split in conditions between the northwest and southeast will subside later this week, introducing more widely wet and windy weather for the UK from late on Thursday and into the start of the weekend 🌧️

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UK weather: Turning increasingly wet and windy later this week

A split in conditions between the northwest and southeast will subside later this week, introducing more widely wet and windy weather for the UK from late on Thursday and into the start of the weekend...

www.metoffice.gov.uk

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 9d

The science is clear, the climate is changing. This Scotland Climate Week, consider how you can prepare. Take a look at our everyday action suggestions that could help to tackle climate change.

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#ScotClimateWeek #GetClimateReady

Everyday actions to tackle climate change

Simple everyday actions to help mitigate against or adapt to climate change

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 19d

Climate Matters conversation in Oxford last night How can we put pressure on politicians to meet the urgency of Climate Change?
Great speakers great questions
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#politics
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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 19d

Brilliant evening in Oxford last night with @rozsavage.bsky.social Lord Deben
Dr Pete Sudbury
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 21d

Dear Prime Minister...

"It is critically important that you and your Government stand up to President Trump and challenge him about his dangerous and irresponsible approach to #climate change, which is damaging the best interests of current and future generations in this country.”

175 researchers urge UK Prime Minister to stand up to President Trump on climate change - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

A letter, sent to coincide with the start of President Trump’s State Visit to the UK, calls for the Prime Minister to “challenge robustly the President of the United States, Donald Trump, about his re...

www.lse.ac.uk

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 21d

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found

I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 21d

“In a world of widely communicated nonsense, any statement of fact is of political and moral significance. ... In such a world as ours, to practice social science is, first of all, to practice the politics of truth.” (C. Wright Mills, 1959)

Book cover of The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills.

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Dr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · 21d

🔬 New in The Lancet Planetary Health: Our global study links short-term exposure to BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) with increased daily mortality across 757 locations. Urgent need for stricter air quality rules. ☠️

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

#AirPollution #BTEX #MCCnetwork

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 21d

It's not like there were any real regulations for the first one either.

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 21d

Come and join the conversation in Oxford

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MP Watch Witney @mpwatchwitney.bsky.social · 21d

Come and join the conversation in Oxford

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 25d

💧 Love your local river? Join the #BigRiverWatch from 19–25 Sept.
📱 Download the free app
🧪Apply for the test kit
⏱️ Spend 15 mins recording what you see
📊 Help build the UK’s river health map
⤵️ Details at the link

#CitizenScience

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @theriverstrust.bsky.social

River Watch is back: help research pollution and wildlife

Become a citizen scientist by spending 15 minutes observing your local waterway, to help record river health in your community

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25d

I just love this very British "no need to act until it's too late" approach. We seem to take the same attitude towards climate breakdown.

Ada Loves Lace @adaloveslace.bsky.social · 25d

Four years to go, not worth being overly concerned with polling today.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 27d

Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with #climatecrisis disasters

- Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters

Children as young as three will have lessons on wildfires and flooding under 10-point emergency response plan

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 27d

We’re on track for 4C well before this century is done.

Being heartbroken is the only rational response.

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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 26d

Toronto’s electricity future is at stake.
Do our NDP and Liberal MPPs support Doug Ford’s plan to build new U.S. nuclear reactors OR will they fight for affordable, renewable electricity?

#onpoli #topoli #energy #climate #ondp #ontliberal #buycanadian
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Toronto’s Electricity Future Is at Stake - Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Doug Ford is planning to meet Toronto’s electricity needs by building four new first-of-their-kind U.S.

www.cleanairalliance.org

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