Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · yesterday

BP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🚨🚨" far-right and MAGA politicians, influencers, and podcasters will immediately use the most divisive language possible in order to make voters as angry as possible, as fast as possible, regardless of what actually happened. " Strong piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu on FR reactions to #ceuta:

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.

1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.

The leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, has urged Nigel Farage to make a Reform-Restore pact "for the good of the country". The so-called 'good': - Mass deportations - A referendum on the death penalty - Brutal welfare cuts It's not a pact. It's a threat to the future of our country.

Rupert Lowe urges Nigel Farage to work with Restore Britain

Lowe says the two should put ‘personalities and our past disagreements aside for good of the country’

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It won’t be long before we’re hitting +2°

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d ago

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

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I think my absolute favourite outcome of the Clacton by-election would be for Count Binface to win on 52% of the vote. Deliciously ironic just desserts.

30 personas pillando un mísero café VS 30 personas disfrutando de un café.

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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"First they came for the EU. Then the ECHR. They say leaving both will mean taking back control. It’s all lies. What they actually plan to take away is 100+ years of hard won worker’s rights, children’s rights, women’s rights, HUMAN rights, all of which make YOUR life better." via We Demand UK

Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness

NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org

So proud of my fellow ward Cllr Abi Finch for pushing this initiative. Giving the river rights gives us more means of protecting it. bristolgreenparty.org.uk/bristol-to-r...

Bristol to Recognise the Rights of the Avon - Bristol Green Party

Bristol City Council, which is led by the Green Party, is set to recognise the rights of the River Avon. Green councillors including Abi Finch, Lisa Stone and Martin Fodor...

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We have to agree with Campbell on this...Brexit is a mess, we need to Exit Brexit. Vote Sensible, vote John Stevens. Vote Rejoin #Clacton.

Wildfires are tearing across the continent and here in the UK as well. This is what climate breakdown looks like. It's time our governments stopped fuelling the crisis and started tackling it.

HUGE surprise that Palantir’s tool hasn’t improved hospital discharge rates. Their business model isn’t about delivering a service - its only objective is wrapping its tentacles so comprehensively around our systems that they become the permanent gatekeeper to all our problems. Andy - get on it!

My good friend @peteknapp.bsky.social made an excellent film about how Europe can respond to the increasing threat from #wildfire It highlights the importance of community grassroots action focussed on resilience & solidarity #incendie #feu #bordeaux #gironde #Madrid #fuego #incendios

Dr Pete Knapp@peteknapp.bsky.social · 2w ago

My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ is now in French. Please contact me to arrange a screening in France: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#contact @greenpeace.fr @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Profits before planets Yet again the UK Government has shown that it thinks making money is the highest priority – our environment, our health, our basic needs, and now our pursuit of knowledge, are all sacrificed because they don’t make enough profit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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South East Water secures £200m cash. Won't stop water lost to leaky pipes, sewage dumping. 23% of revenue used to pay interest. More bill hikes. Govt must use the Special Administration Regime, take over assets, lenders will recover little. Nationalise. archive.ph/EXHPv

South East Water secures £200mn liquidity boost

Cash-strapped British utility says financing will be used to help future bond issuance

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Long overdue for The Spectator's Islamophobia to come under the microscope. Excellent piece from Peter Oborne here doing just that. It is now, he writes, just "an upmarket version of GB News" (same owner, of course)

Exposed: The Rabidly Islamophobic Magazine at the Heart of the British Establishment

For almost 200 years, 'The Spectator' stood for civilised, bravely heretical discourse. But a new report reveals how it now spews out anti-Muslim hatred week after week to its upmarket audience

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*Sound on for this one* (normal sound followed by slow motion). Yellow-rattle, Rhinanthus minor also known as the hay rattle as the noise of dried seeds being shaken in their pods signalled a good time to cut hay.

This seat doesn't belong to Labour for us to "steal". It belongs to Greater Manchester. This Thursday we have a chance to run this wonderful city-region for people, not profit, by voting Green as your first preference vote. www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...

The Green plan to steal the Manchester mayoralty

The Prime Minister has left a vacancy that Zack Polanski's party would love to fill

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Tim Bradford scores a bullseye in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social Climate action versus the buts

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more common Almost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access, according to data released by the Right to Roam campaign. Across the country, the public cannot use riverbanks or gain access to the rivers themselves in most of the river catchments from the west of Cornwall up to the Tweed, which flows through northern England and Scotland. Continue reading...

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Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

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