Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Climate Book reviewer at https://climatewithbrian.com/
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year www.theguardian.com/environment/...
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
theguardian.com
Outrage as approx 3 million chicken mega farm planned for quiet North Yorkshire village @chrisgpackham.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/06/23/o...
Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega-farm proposed for quiet North Yorkshire village
Plans to build a large chicken factory farm, capable of producing 2.7 million birds each year in the village of Melmerby, near Ripon, are coming under renewed scrutiny from campaigners. Forest Poul…
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Revealed: Major oil firms make $93 billion profits amid war and climate crisis Obscene www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Riverford did eventually navigate admin barriers & get on-farm water storage - but, with climate change driving hotter, drier summers, warmer, wetter winters, water security for agriculture needs to be prioritised if we're to have food security: 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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With farmers across the country reporting this year's low rainfall is hitting crop yields, here's an interview we did a few years ago with Riverford Farm's Guy Singh-Watson. We need to free up farms to prepare for many more dry summers to come: share.google/zJBDVkHYOR8q...
Revealed: Major oil firms make $93 billion profits amid war and climate crisis Obscene www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
9 articles in July -Repair cafes -Pollution in Yorkshire Rivers -Heatwave deaths -AI datacentres -Coral Bleaching events -Untreated sewage -Benthan and PFAS -'Robin Hood' river pollution -Climate change and wildfires climatewithbrian.com
Climate Thoughts with Brian
Environmental posts
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9 articles in July -Repair cafes -Pollution in Yorkshire Rivers -Heatwave deaths -AI datacentres -Coral Bleaching events -Untreated sewage -Benthan and PFAS -'Robin Hood' river pollution -Climate change and wildfires climatewithbrian.com
Climate Thoughts with Brian
Environmental posts
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Human-induced climate change made European wildfires 20 times more likely @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/30/h...
Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likely
Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to …
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Participants with poorly controlled asthma experienced a 70% drop in hospital admissions & days missed from work or school. Burning fossil fuels just isn't good for us in so many ways: share.google/qvBffNyFLoDy...
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cuts
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Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to our new study.
Extreme heat is no longer a distant threat: new figures reveal the deadly toll of hotter summers | Brian McHugh
Britain must act now on deadly extreme heat
Extreme heat is no longer a distant threat: new figures reveal the deadly toll of hotter summers
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Human-induced climate change made European wildfires 20 times more likely @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/30/h...
Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likely
Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to …
climatewithbrian.com
Human-induced climate change made European wildfires 20 times more likely climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/30/h...
Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likely
Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to …
climatewithbrian.com
Human-induced climate change made European wildfires 20 times more likely climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/30/h...
Human- induced climate change made the recent wildfires in Spain 20 times more likely
Human-induced climate change made the extreme fire weather that fuelled the recent destructive wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least 20 times more likely in Spain, according to …
climatewithbrian.com
The Telegraph confirming its fossil fuel agenda 'Yes, climate change will inflict many well-rehearsed costs on Britain, and there will be plenty of losers, but it is pointless seeking to prevent the inevitable. ' www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life
We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather
telegraph.co.uk
Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega 'factory' proposed for quiet North Yorkshire village climatewithbrian.com/2026/06/23/o...
Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega-farm proposed for quiet North Yorkshire village
Plans to build a large chicken factory farm, capable of producing 2.7 million birds each year in the village of Melmerby, near Ripon, are coming under renewed scrutiny from campaigners. Forest Poul…
climatewithbrian.com
Leeds residents don't want a Microsoft datacentre climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/21/o...
Outrage from Leeds residents as planning is approved for new Microsoft Datacentres
Proposed site Almost 7,000 people have now signed a petition against a Microsoft datacentre in Leeds.The petition states that ‘This proposed megasite, which has already been given conditional plann…
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Last 24 hours media coverage of an upcoming protest against a 3 million chicken factory in a quiet North Yorkshire village
Back to Bentham: What next for the people of Bentham waiting for PFAS answers? #PFAS #Bentham climatewithbrian.com/2026/07/27/b...
Back to Bentham: What next for the people of Bentham still waiting for answers?
Almost four months ago, ITV released their documentary on high PFAS levels in the blood of some Bentham residents. Bentham, once dubbed ‘the most PFAS polluted town in the UK, has been in the spotl…
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As wildfires rage, the world is backsliding on climate action. This can’t go on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As wildfires rage, the world is backsliding on climate action. This can’t go on | Bill McGuire
Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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Last 24 hours media coverage of an upcoming protest against a 3 million chicken factory in a quiet North Yorkshire village
Packing animals in close to one another can create ideal conditions for disease to spread. 'A previous study...found 80 per cent of human Campylobacter infections in Oxfordshire are associated with poultry meat, & many of these infections are resistant to antibiotics.' share.google/W2XF2mQ0J1as...
Factory farming could be fuelling spread of disease which causes food poisoning
Farmed chicken is thought to have increased the spread of Campylobacter, the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea worldwide
independent.co.uk
'If antibiotics fail...Modern medicine simply would not be able to continue.' Governments need to incentivise research on new antibiotics. And we all need to be doing everything in our power to prevent or delay development of antibiotic resistant bugs. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
What If Antibiotics Stopped Working? | NHS If | The King's Fund
Professor Dame Sally Davies and Rebecca Sugden consider the future of modern medicine in the light of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
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climatewithbrian.com/2026/06/23/o...
Outrage as 2.7 million chicken mega-farm proposed for quiet North Yorkshire village
Plans to build a large chicken factory farm, capable of producing 2.7 million birds each year in the village of Melmerby, near Ripon, are coming under renewed scrutiny from campaigners. Forest Poul…
climatewithbrian.com
Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds
Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolve
theguardian.com
