Barry Cusack
@barrycusack.bsky.social
Desperate to leave the world in a better state than I found it... #ThereIsNoPlanetB #SocialJustice #Equality #Peace
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make #wealth #taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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Help force the government to take action on global heating 🔥 goodlawproject.org/s/29a3b6
Make the government step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
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Hi @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social Every weekend bins in Myrtle Park, Bingley are overflowing... Doesn't look pleasant and leads to litter on ground. Any chance if extra weekend collections? 🙏🏻 Thanks!
#Microsoft wants to build three massive AI #DataCentres in #Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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France more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave These people would still be alive were it not for fossil fuel induced extreme global warming But Big Oil are above the law and can kill with impunity and get billions in subsides for more mass killing www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
France records more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave
Figures come as large parts of southern Europe endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures
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I've signed @zero-hour.bsky.social's petition calling on Andy Burnham to Secure Our Future—to meet the UK's climate and nature commitments, pass the Nature + National Security Bill, and reject all new oil and gas. Will you join me? www.zerohour.uk/andy
Secure Our Future For Us
Andy Burnham has a chance to Secure Our Future. Will you tell him not to waste it? Sign below.
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Temperatures in Basra, Iraq hit 48°C today. Next 4 day period will see 48°C every day during which temps will not go below 32°C. This is a lethal heatwave driven by climate change.
⚽🔴 A US player gets a red card. Trump calls up. The card vanishes. FIFA's Infantino is cosying up to Trump instead of protecting fair play. Add your name to demand an investigation into #FIFA’s leader 👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...
Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Investigate FIFA’s leader Gianni Infantino
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BREAKING 🚨: reports suggest Andy Burnham could approve new oil and gas fields, including Rosebank. Is he REALLY going to cave into the demands of the profiteering oil giants and Trump? Or is he going to stand with people facing soaring bills and a worsening climate crisis?
Scientists are warning that the climate changes bringing these heatwaves are also causing food shortages in parts of the world. This WILL affect you. Probably sooner than later. DEMAND that your government stop the oil industry or it just gets worse! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
‘It’s worse than winter’ – NHS doctor on hospital pressures due to heatwave
‘It’s worse than winter’ – NHS doctor on hospital pressures due to heatwave
Climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution is making heatwaves more common and more intense.
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Hot homes and sweltering schools: Can our buildings adapt to the heat?
Hot homes and sweltering schools: Can our buildings adapt to the heat?
The extended period of heat has also put a spotlight on how the country is set up to deal with extremely hot temperatures.
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"#CarbonCapture con..." Important piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #FossilFuels = #ClimateChange #Heatwaves #Wildfires #Flooding
The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Buy. Break. Replace. Repeat. Across Europe, products are made to fail - and we’re the ones paying for it. #EU leaders are deciding now whether to fix this. Sign to demand products that last! action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05... #CircularEconomy #Phones
Longer life, lower costs!
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Longer life, lower costs!
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Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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UK companies are harming the environment, communities and workers through their global supply chains. It has to stop. Join me - use @friends-earth.bsky.social’s tool and ask your MP to back a new law to hold UK companies to account 🌍👨👩👧👦📝 action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/tell-...
Tell your MP: back a new law to protect forests and people
For too long, UK companies have been able to put profit over planet. From deforestation almost wiping out species like the orangutan to brutal exploitation of workers. Poorly regulated supply chains f...
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And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/europes-he...
Europe's Heatwave is Political
Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths - and politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond.
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Generative #AI is not our friend. It is eroding truth and damaging our already vulnerable environment... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-6574...
Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn
Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat is as great as pandemics and nuclear war.
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Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
Biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis soars
Church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis.
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Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
Red extreme heat warning – temperatures could reach 40C in parts of UK
For only the second time ever, the Met Office has issued a 'red extreme heat warning'.
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I keep hearing "Keir Starmer is a decent man". Never mind the vibes: decent is as decent does. And all this and more is the opposite of decent.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.And this is before we get to support for a government committing genocide, ever more deranged attacks on the right to protest, ripping down planning and environmental protections, kowtowing to corporate lobbyists and treating the left of the Labour Party as the real enemy to be crushed.
I’m issuing a high air pollution alert for London on Monday 22 June. Hot, sunny weather and pollution from continental Europe are expected to raise ozone levels. Please help protect yourself and others, especially vulnerable people, by reducing car journeys and avoiding engine idling.