For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...

CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

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“Asking for tax handouts while turning record [unearned war] profits during a #climateemergency takes staggering audacity – even by the fossil fuel industry’s standards" 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group

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UK is on track to install around 300,000 solar rooftops this year That'll break records and on its own add at least 1GW of solar to UK generation For scale, UK maximum demand is around 50GW www.businessgreen.com/news/4535700...

'Unprecedented numbers': Solar industry on track to smash rooftop record

MCS tracker reveals number of small-scale solar installations completed this year has already surpassed long-standing 2011 record

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Sustainable Hackney Films for Action screen excellent film ‘The Conspiracists’ Fri 18 Sept, 7pm St Paul’s West Hackney. Plus Liz Pendleton in conversation with director Liz Smith @lizpendleton.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social @p75investigates.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-conspi...

BBC News: Mass trespass staged in PM Andy Burnham's constituency "They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for a change in the law to bring in a Scottish-style right of responsible access to land and water that is privately owned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mass trespass staged in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield constituency

Protestors walked on to a private estate in Wigan as part of their calls for the right to roam.

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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: The government has published the timetable to implement the new online landlord database, a key part of the Renters' Rights Act. All landlords will be required to sign up by late 2027.

Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.

Buried in this article is a key quote from Prof Chris Bakal, at the Institute of Cancer Research - about applying AI to medical challenges: "It does not need a giant data centre to run. The future of medical AI will not belong to whoever builds the biggest computer… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI will cure cancer in our lifetime, claims boss of UK chip giant

Arm Holding's chief executive Rene Haas says artificial intelligence will find a solution to the disease.

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Owen Hatherley, Ruination — Sidecar

On the Glasgow School of Art.

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Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

nepalitimes.com/what-is-lost... As Nepal's government requests climate damages from UN COP27 Loss &Damage Fund, rich nations must take responsibility. Countries like UK capable of much more ambition in emissions reductions. Click below for🧵on fair share legal case nepalitimes.com/what-is-lost...

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell)@drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 3w ago

🧵 1/13 🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate. 🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor... 📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on ⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...

More sad news... Puffin population drops sharply at key UK colony amid climate change concerns www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Puffin population drops sharply amid climate change concerns

Experts said the drop in numbers is ‘disappointing’

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Now, in response to alerts from the UN's #Methane Alert and Response System, Turkmenistan has started plugging the leaks There's much more to do, but it's an "incredible first step" The 2nd biggest mega-leaker, the US, is doing nothing @unep.org 3/3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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This is a fascinating exposé by @danielshailer.bsky.social.

The Ferret@theferret.scot · 3w ago

More than three quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as “sustainable” broke the rules of the certifying body last year, but none lost their accreditation. www.theferret.scot/three-quarters-of-sustainable-salmon-farms-broke-environmental-rules-none-lost-their-accreditation

Witness History: St Kilda Currently on BBC Sounds: In August 1930 the last inhabitants left their homes on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda. Simon Watts has been listening to some of their stories, as recorded in the BBC archives www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC World Service - Witness History, St Kilda

The remote Scottish islands whose last inhabitants were evacuated in August 1930

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F-gases, used in data centre cooling systems, degrade to form forever chemicals TFA - classed as likely to harm fertility & child development by the EU - & PFPrA - linked to liver toxicity. Data centres are not only water hungry, they're a vast water pollution risk: www.nrdc.org/media/chemou...

Chemours and Data Centers: A Love Story

Recently, Chemours has seen tremendous growth in the “product groups” responsible for manufacturing forever chemicals for use at data centers.

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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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NEB food expert Prof Paul Behrens interviewed by @owenjones.bsky.social. Why Britain is heading towards a food crisis unless we change direction urgently. To find out more, watch the People's Emergency Briefing film: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp #PEBuk

Britain Is on a “Pathway to Collapse”, Expert Warns

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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#Rewilding doesn't stop at the shoreline. 🌊 @rewildingbritain.org.uk 12 Steps to #Marine Rewilding is packed with practical advice to help you take action for nature 👉

12 steps to marine rewilding

A practical guide for individuals, coastal communities or organisations considering marine rewilding in Britain.

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Protecting bats isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s also, as it happens, the cheap thing to do. Saving bats is just… very good economics. Need more convincing? Here are 6 more reasons protecting nature is the smartest investment we can make: https://nature.ly/4ga9HcU 🎨 Mikhaila Markham/TNC

"Pathetic": I told the Guardian what I think about the Starmer government's plan for nature It's more of the failed politics of the past 40yrs: failing to take public control of the nature crisis & contracting it out to private landowners. Burnham must do better www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’

Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarily

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Billionaire owned media says 3rd heatwave is "wonderful great"...🙈😰 As NHS experiences worst 999 day ever, as 1000s elderly collapse in heat. Time to end media billionairism. Pls sign/share #MediaSovereigntyAct petition: mediasovereignty.org/petition/ www.instagram.com/reel/Danm8cg...

British owned media for British democracy. on Instagram: "🌡️ It's heatwave #3 of the UK summer, people are suffering, and billionaire-owned media is STILL peddling "climate change is a scam." Meanwhi...

2 likes, 0 comments - media_sovereignty_act on July 10, 2026: "🌡️ It's heatwave #3 of the UK summer, people are suffering, and billionaire-owned media is STILL peddling "climate change is a scam." Me...

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@alastairis.bsky.social #Woodberrydownregeneration . Consultations in next week. Phase 5! woodberrydownconsultation.com/stage-3/ See Fly over visual! Too high too close, will seriously impact East Reservoir . -9% Loss of biodiversity & nature😡. @sustainhackney.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social

The Amazon and Congo basin forests aren't just trees; they are Earth's life-support systems. If you believe protecting them is non-negotiable for climate action and environmental sustainability, be the first to like, comment, and repost. Say NO to deforestation & ecocide! 🛑👇

The lack of urban trees across the UK is a public health emergency. We need vastly more green shade (and we need to nurture it through ever more brutal summers).

Heatwave: UK's overheating towns and cities rank way below European…

Only Hastings and Guildford rank above European average for urban tree cover, with Manchester leading large cities in England

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This is very sad, just when we need to be eating more plant based food.😢 #nationalemergencybriefing @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social

Annie Leymarie@annieleymarie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The number of animals farmed worldwide has increased by ½ in the last 2 decades. The rising demand for meat comes at a time when agricultural land is becoming less fertile. ~90% of water withdrawn from natural systems for irrigation is used to grow animal feed." Trends going ↑ instead of ↓ =😳

Hazardous sodium cyanide, heavy metals, oil, radioactive waste, benzenes, toluene - a labyrinth of caves beneath a golf course in Cheshire brim with "chemical soup". The former leaseholder says the Council failed to warn him. My latest article, out now: share.google/pBTpx6J5O6s3...

Toxic for 100 years: the UK golf course built on chemical waste

Despite contamination at Malkins Bank in Cheshire, it is deemed suitable for golf … and now a children’s play area

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An enormous release of methane, highly potent greenhouse gas. Estimated at 130 tonnes, the equivalent in warming impact to the annual emissions from 2,300 cars. The UK's emissions reporting vastly underestimates this sort of venting. Time to take this seriously. 🙏 @drandrewboswell.bsky.social

Methane vented over Scotland as Lords debate how to stop it

Carbon Mapper satellite uncovers first UK methane plume, a venting incident during London Climate Action Week

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Exactly. There will be no new normal. The weather will keep becoming more extreme until the world decarbonises. We might have the odd calmer year but the trend will be more extreme. So today’s UK weather is the least extreme we can ever expect. Time to finally WAKE UP.

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NO! It's going to keep getting hotter year-on-year, decade-by-decade Until we stop pumping out greenhouse gases and positive feedback loops and tipped tipping points have finished with us And the temperature will stay elevated for many thousands of years www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

Last year, leading scientists briefed MPs in Westminster on the risks facing the UK. Now, the film version is spreading nationwide as communities & workplaces host screenings of The People’s Emergency Briefing. Seen our FT ad? Find a screening near you or host one: Link in bio.