Rupert Kay
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Reality keeps asserting itself whether we’re ready or not. We are watching sea urchins collapse across oceans, another reminder that Earth systems don’t care about our attention, consensus, or permission. A dramatic rethink of security has never been clearer.
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The Sea Urchin Apocalypse Is Real, and It Might Be Spreading Globally, Scientists Warn
New research has uncovered a mass die-off of sea urchins living in the Canary Islands—one that could signal an ongoing marine pandemic.
gizmodo.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Reality keeps asserting itself whether we’re ready or not. We are watching sea urchins collapse across oceans, another reminder that Earth systems don’t care about our attention, consensus, or permission. A dramatic rethink of security has never been clearer.
gizmodo.com/the-sea-urch...
gizmodo.com/the-sea-urch...
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Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.
“This isn’t a question of if we run out of water - it’s when.” -
James Wallace, CEO of River Action
This is not a scarcity problem. It’s a water security crisis driven by a system that leaks BILLIONS of litres, pollutes rivers & over-abstracts from the environment.👇
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wate...
James Wallace, CEO of River Action
This is not a scarcity problem. It’s a water security crisis driven by a system that leaks BILLIONS of litres, pollutes rivers & over-abstracts from the environment.👇
www.lbc.co.uk/article/wate...
January 29, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.
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Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
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It is really important to understand that the asylum hotel chaos of 2022-24 is a *failed experiment in closed borders* (in contrast to the liberal visa policy)
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
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The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
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“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 AM
It is really important to understand that the asylum hotel chaos of 2022-24 is a *failed experiment in closed borders* (in contrast to the liberal visa policy)
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
The hotel chaos comes from passing multiple laws that all claims will be refused & to stop processing claims
bsky.app/profile/pete...
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French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
French Foreign Ministry: “The removal of Maduro from power and the violation of sovereignty constitute a serious act of aggression against the dignity of the Venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future.
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But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Reminder: The US has refused to join the International Criminal Court because it argues extraterritorial justice is incompatible with national sovereignty and citizen's rights.
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Good that Gen Z gets to experience what Iraq was like for older generations, but somehow dumber.
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Good that Gen Z gets to experience what Iraq was like for older generations, but somehow dumber.
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Global forest loss and degradation is proceeding at 62,500,000 acres a year.
Knowing intimately the insane levels of biological richness and beauty in just my own patch of 30 acres, I simply cannot compute the scale of this crime, happening day in, day out.
theconversation.com/millions-of-...
Knowing intimately the insane levels of biological richness and beauty in just my own patch of 30 acres, I simply cannot compute the scale of this crime, happening day in, day out.
theconversation.com/millions-of-...
Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?
We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in Australia?
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Global forest loss and degradation is proceeding at 62,500,000 acres a year.
Knowing intimately the insane levels of biological richness and beauty in just my own patch of 30 acres, I simply cannot compute the scale of this crime, happening day in, day out.
theconversation.com/millions-of-...
Knowing intimately the insane levels of biological richness and beauty in just my own patch of 30 acres, I simply cannot compute the scale of this crime, happening day in, day out.
theconversation.com/millions-of-...
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Are England's water resources being managed properly across industry and domestic use? I'm not sure about that.
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Are England's water resources being managed properly across industry and domestic use? I'm not sure about that.
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tensions growing between govt, water sector & regulators over water supplies, amid warnings of potential widespread drought next year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
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Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
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This is criminal, or should be. It’s definitely immoral. Burning old growth trees for energy should be banned. Biomass is not carbon neutral and it makes nasty air pollution.
Claims of felling 250 year-old trees + shipping them thousands of miles to burn in a power station, releasing fine particulate pollution linked to breathing + heart conditions.
Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is criminal, or should be. It’s definitely immoral. Burning old growth trees for energy should be banned. Biomass is not carbon neutral and it makes nasty air pollution.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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When Kemi Badenoch lays into Britain's Net Zero efforts and extols the virtues of fossil fuels, consider this: "wholesale electricity price [in 2024] could have been up to 33 per cent higher without contribution from wind power generation."
Clean energy means freedom from disasters & dependency.
Clean energy means freedom from disasters & dependency.
'Marginal gains': Growth in British renewables has cut electricity prices by up to a quarter
New analysis suggests last year's wholesale electricity price could have been up to 33 per cent higher without contribution from wind power generation
www.businessgreen.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
When Kemi Badenoch lays into Britain's Net Zero efforts and extols the virtues of fossil fuels, consider this: "wholesale electricity price [in 2024] could have been up to 33 per cent higher without contribution from wind power generation."
Clean energy means freedom from disasters & dependency.
Clean energy means freedom from disasters & dependency.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
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Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
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Part 1 of a new essay I wrote about my visit to the world’s biggest carbon bomb: the intensely fracked region of the United States that’s bigger than Florida, provides half the nation’s oil, and is oozing methane and benzene out of every orifice: the Permian Basin. 1/
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Repercussion Section: The Intended Consequences of the Permian Basin (Part 1) — The Science and Environmental Health Network
Part 1 of a two-part series by Sandra Steingraber, SEHN senior scientist and writer in residence In September 2025, I traveled to West Texas to join Sharon Wilson and Miguel Escoto of Oilfie...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Part 1 of a new essay I wrote about my visit to the world’s biggest carbon bomb: the intensely fracked region of the United States that’s bigger than Florida, provides half the nation’s oil, and is oozing methane and benzene out of every orifice: the Permian Basin. 1/
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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s search for a new US ambassador – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s search for a new US ambassador – cartoon
The prime minister has sacked Peter Mandelson over his ties with Jeffrey Epstein
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s search for a new US ambassador – cartoon