Oliver Lamford
@oliverlamford.bsky.social
A co-ordinator for Nature by the Taff, a nature group building local appetites for change and ecological living in South Wales.
Studying MSc Sustainability and Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth.
Studying MSc Sustainability and Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth.
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In which direction are people from across southern and central Europe going to move? To what countries?
Later this century, millions of Europeans will likely be displaced northwards and westwards as drought ruins crops and combines with heatwaves to fuel wildfires. Creating more pressures.
Later this century, millions of Europeans will likely be displaced northwards and westwards as drought ruins crops and combines with heatwaves to fuel wildfires. Creating more pressures.
In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:
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November 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In which direction are people from across southern and central Europe going to move? To what countries?
Later this century, millions of Europeans will likely be displaced northwards and westwards as drought ruins crops and combines with heatwaves to fuel wildfires. Creating more pressures.
Later this century, millions of Europeans will likely be displaced northwards and westwards as drought ruins crops and combines with heatwaves to fuel wildfires. Creating more pressures.
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In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:
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A poll of readers of my monthly newsletter (464 responses) shows that 44% of them say they voted #Labour in 2024 but only 7% would vote that way in a general election tomorrow.
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A poll of readers of my monthly newsletter (464 responses) shows that 44% of them say they voted #Labour in 2024 but only 7% would vote that way in a general election tomorrow.
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
Massive swing to the #Greens.
Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social
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So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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You can also filter the map to show just how much methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is already being released by oil + gas extraction in the North Sea. Expanding this means releasing ever more of a gas that makes a huge contribution to climate change:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
You can also filter the map to show just how much methane - a potent greenhouse gas - is already being released by oil + gas extraction in the North Sea. Expanding this means releasing ever more of a gas that makes a huge contribution to climate change:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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Lads, don’t do this and then wonder why the place is full of foxes and corvids.
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Lads, don’t do this and then wonder why the place is full of foxes and corvids.
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Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thankful for biodiversity and the joy of natural history
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👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages
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There are half a billion barrels of oil in Rosebank which if burnt would produce 200million tons CO2. The science is absolutely clear about this: we must rapidly phase out fossil fuels for any hope of limiting warming to below 2°C. This means no new old and gas.
theconversation.com/rosebank-oil...
theconversation.com/rosebank-oil...
Rosebank oilfield: why more UK oil means more global emissions
It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
There are half a billion barrels of oil in Rosebank which if burnt would produce 200million tons CO2. The science is absolutely clear about this: we must rapidly phase out fossil fuels for any hope of limiting warming to below 2°C. This means no new old and gas.
theconversation.com/rosebank-oil...
theconversation.com/rosebank-oil...
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UK's climate & energy approach risks scraping the bottom of the barrel with attempts to pump more oil & gas from North Sea. But real risk is policy of ’tiebacks’ that allows further extraction from old fields paves the way for the development of huge Rosebank oilfield.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
North Sea Future Plan for fair, managed and prosperous transition
Government sets out plan to manage existing North Sea oil and gas fields, protect jobs and grow clean energy industries.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
UK's climate & energy approach risks scraping the bottom of the barrel with attempts to pump more oil & gas from North Sea. But real risk is policy of ’tiebacks’ that allows further extraction from old fields paves the way for the development of huge Rosebank oilfield.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Even after the mansion tax is applied, the owner of a £5m home in Westminster will pay proportionately less in property tax than the owner of a £210k Band B property in Sunderland.
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Profoundly infuriating. Every single barrel of oil pumped moves us deeper into dangerous climate change. The science is absolutely clear about this: the carbon budget to limit to 1.5°C is practically gone. Tipping points loom. We need rapid fossil fuel PHASE OUT.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More North Sea exploration to be allowed in new Labour plan
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Profoundly infuriating. Every single barrel of oil pumped moves us deeper into dangerous climate change. The science is absolutely clear about this: the carbon budget to limit to 1.5°C is practically gone. Tipping points loom. We need rapid fossil fuel PHASE OUT.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The loss of 3,000 such a severe impoverishment of our country, that I'm surprised more isn't being made of it from the nationalist wing of our politics.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The loss of 3,000 such a severe impoverishment of our country, that I'm surprised more isn't being made of it from the nationalist wing of our politics.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Discussing a subject close to my heart first on the Sky News newspaper review this morning: Heathrow expansion.
It's simple: there is no way we can have a safe, liveable climate and expand London's airport capacity.
It's simple: there is no way we can have a safe, liveable climate and expand London's airport capacity.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Discussing a subject close to my heart first on the Sky News newspaper review this morning: Heathrow expansion.
It's simple: there is no way we can have a safe, liveable climate and expand London's airport capacity.
It's simple: there is no way we can have a safe, liveable climate and expand London's airport capacity.
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"Net zero is a middle class thing" says West Norfolk councillor Tom Ryves in letter to the paper
That's beccause, in Norfolk, all the middle class people live in the threatened western part of the borough and everyone else will be unaffected by the loss of half the land
That's beccause, in Norfolk, all the middle class people live in the threatened western part of the borough and everyone else will be unaffected by the loss of half the land
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Net zero is a middle class thing" says West Norfolk councillor Tom Ryves in letter to the paper
That's beccause, in Norfolk, all the middle class people live in the threatened western part of the borough and everyone else will be unaffected by the loss of half the land
That's beccause, in Norfolk, all the middle class people live in the threatened western part of the borough and everyone else will be unaffected by the loss of half the land
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This was 1972, btw You have to weep for this species (and all the others, obvs).
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Ha.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This was 1972, btw You have to weep for this species (and all the others, obvs).
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Well, I should say that for its architects, Brexit has been enormously successful. They bet against the country and in exchange gained enormous power and wealth. Why apologise when you believe you've won?
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Well, I should say that for its architects, Brexit has been enormously successful. They bet against the country and in exchange gained enormous power and wealth. Why apologise when you believe you've won?
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And still not a single mea culpa from the architects, many of whom continue to be regarded as sages by much of the press.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
And still not a single mea culpa from the architects, many of whom continue to be regarded as sages by much of the press.
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"A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels."
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels."
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
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To be clear: it is all bleak. No one should be happy about where climate politics is at.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
To be clear: it is all bleak. No one should be happy about where climate politics is at.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Hello everyone. Today in "one day, one paper", concert noise and artificial lighting reshape bat activity, reducing foraging minutes and delaying peaks in sensitive species, highlighting urban festivals as overlooked drivers of ecological disturbance 🌎
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
We investigated how large outdoor music festivals affect bat activity in an urban green spaces. Although total nightly activity did not decline on concert nights, we showed activity during concert ho....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hello everyone. Today in "one day, one paper", concert noise and artificial lighting reshape bat activity, reducing foraging minutes and delaying peaks in sensitive species, highlighting urban festivals as overlooked drivers of ecological disturbance 🌎