Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
North Yorkshire Councillor for Aire Valley. Green Party. Columnist for Yorkshire Post. Write for Yorkshire bylines. Former Head of Young People's Learning for Yorkshire and the Humber
Seems that even solidly right wing commentators have finally realised that climate change will impact on their lives and their children's future. No amount of money will protect them from the chaos if we carry on acting slowly. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
Right turn on green: is the Telegraph changing its tune on the climate?
Flurry of articles has raised eyebrows and prompted a response from Kemi Badenoch defending stance on net zero
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Anyone want to buy shares in a company run by a sleazeball who loses over $10 billion in one quarter? Using former twitter to market his loss making company has pocketed him a large fortune. The small shareholders have been ripped off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SpaceX's first-ever earnings show higher revenues and huge spending
Elon Musk said during a call with financial analysts that people were "underestimating" his company.
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Baddenock reaches a new low as she defends someone with a jail conviction for Nazi activism as a suitable Conservative candidate. Is there any limit to this woman's shoddy behaviour? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.
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Let us be clear stealing land and forcing people out of their homes is ethnic cleansing. Such actions are outright wrong whichever community is the victim and anyone remaining silent needs to ask themselves what they would do if it happened to a Jewish or Christian community.
Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · 13h agoIf you are paying a fortune for energy you can always console yourself with the thought that Donald Trump's friends in the oil and gas industry are making exceptionally high profits on the back of the price rises. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
Oil profits spike as Middle East war fuels energy prices and Trump blasts soaring earnings – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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Remember folks we've all now got microplastics in every part of our bodies including the brain and the reproductive organs. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene
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Hungary's last government thought it was a responsible way to save money to deny the realities of climate change. A hard lesson in the new realities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant
Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are also grappling with the effects of a series of prolonged heatwaves and low rainfall.
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Weather that is currently extreme is expected to become average whilst governments wait another 24 years to try and hit net zero. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers
Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.
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Before the new British government rushes to spend 3.5% of everything the country makes on outdated 'defence' projects it might be wiser to make sure we are able to feed ourselves whatever global crises come along. Climate change risks food security. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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Fully agree. With #Labour, #Tories, & #Reform failing to treat the #ClimateCrisis with the seriousness it deserves, we're sleepwalking into an irreversible situation. They put money before the people & the planet. We NEED action now, before it's too late.
Andy Brown@andybrown1951.bsky.social · 3d agoYour regular reminder that this is only the early stages of climate change and if we don't act soon we will trigger changes that no-one can limit or control as feedback loops kick in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Too much of the British uplands is devoted to grouse shooting moors which get bone dry and very vulnerable to wildfires. They are mainly used for investment bankers to play at being 19th century country gentlemen. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Dry spell is a reminder of the fallacy of climate change denial - Andy Brown
It has been a relentless summer. Weeks of drought conditions have dried up fields and left the stubble of cut down wheat crops a near perfect target for any discarded cigarette to set off a dangerous ...
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Everywhere I look today I keep seeing: 1) deadly wildfires ripping through our communities 2) people desperately trying to get by as energy costs soar 3) record oil & gas profits When will we see that these three things are connected? www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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We haven't got enough firefighters, or firefighting kit. All sorts of stuff is combusting rn that we're simply not used to dealing with.
Your regular reminder that this is only the early stages of climate change and if we don't act soon we will trigger changes that no-one can limit or control as feedback loops kick in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert
Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.
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Flip flop fly! Today is obviously a day when Trump got out of bed aware of the costs of a long unsuccessful war. Expect another attack of petulant paranoia sometime soon when he gets out of bed in a really ugly mood. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he is cancelling strikes on Iran subject to deal being made 'rapidly'
The US president claims Iran and other Middle Eastern countries asked Washington to hold off on any attack as the "perimeters" of a deal had been agreed.
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Climate change is already too fast and too big for many farmers to cope with. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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As the planet starts to burn Shell records a hefty rise in its profits. Business as usual can only lead to disaster. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’
Exhausted firefighters wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes
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The Infant Tino's attempt to steal money from world football have resulted in his utter humiliation. It couldn't happen to a more deserving person and could not be better for football. He must go. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa World Cup plans: Gianni Infantino scraps private investment proposal after widespread opposition
Football's world governing body Fifa abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino's proposal.
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Alarmingly consciously racist "kill them all" ideas are driving the constant attacks on lives and property in the West Bank as government authorised and encouraged ethnic cleansing continues apace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
Settler violence against Palestinians is on the rise in the West Bank, as settlements and outposts expand.
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FIFA just destroyed any last shreds of credibility it had and now stands fully exposed as a corrupt organisation prepared to suck up to anyone with power and money www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
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The obvious problem with talk of recovery is that the climate is going to keep warming and even more areas are going to burn. This will worsen, maybe rapidly. We are already miles off the pace. We need to change our mindset and embrace new ways of living. Quickly. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fire-ravaged Dunwich Heath 'could take 25 years to recover'
The vast blaze at the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is still being tackled by firefighters.
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Another 24 years of this getting worse before governments plan to hit net zero. And they aren't remotely sticking to that plan www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station
Major incident declared, with Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hit
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In the face of a long hot summer of fires and droughts triggered by the EARLY stages of climate change the British government responds in a very strange way. Burnham tells Trump he is going to drill for more oil and gas in the North Sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK heatwaves: Satellite images show how UK landscape has changed
BBC Verify's analysis indicates “vegetation stress” in many areas, which may affect wildlife and farming.
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And they’re being protected by the establishment. We are watching. We won’t forget, or forgive.
papaesoco.bsky.social@papaesoco.bsky.social · 6d agoBig Oil is getting sued for heat deaths. It's fighting back with an army of immunity laws. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Well done UEFA and the other football associations who are refusing to let the infant Tino sell off the soul of football and leave it having to make regular massive pay outs to those who have bought the shares. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gianni Infantino: Can Fifa president survive after Uefa threatens World Cup boycott?
It's been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino's funding plan - what happens now, and can Fifa's president survive?
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Dunwich Heath is on fire. This is so upsetting. It's the National Trust area I visit the most. It was also the location for Springwatch. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffol...
Dunwich Heath and Beach | Suffolk
Dunwich Heath and beach, Suffolk, looked after by the National Trust, home to some rare species.
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As Europe braces itself for another heatwave Andy Burnham looks set to approve new oil and gas. Kemi Badenoch is purging the Tories of net zero supporters, while Reform councils are abandoning climate goals up and down the country. The UK urgently needs bold and ambitious climate leadership
This man has repeatedly shamed football by debasing the sport at the feet of Donald Trump. Now he wants to monetise his friendship with the corrupt rich. UEFA needs to set up an alternative world football association that belongs to the fans www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Uefa calls emergency meeting as opposition to Fifa plan hardens
Uefa’s 55 members will meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss a coordinated response to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell off a stake in the World Cup
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