Hugely important letter to PM Andy Burnham from @kevinclimate.bsky.social &Tyndall colleagues. Rapidly shrinking global carbon budgets were ignored when Govt set the recent Seventh Carbon Budget - now a key ground in #CarbonReckoning legal case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... (see below)

Kevin Anderson@kevinclimate.bsky.social · last wk.

Open letter to the PM on Rosebank & Jackdaw oil and gas fields, covered in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Full letter here: climateuncensored.com/letter-to-th...

One minute you're okay, the next you're not. "bad luck" will happen far more often. This is climate change. June cereal yields were +2%, 18 days later and this. Heat hit at grain fill. As 60% ish of euro cereals goes to feed, this will also impact animal food prices. www.ft.com/content/c528...

European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates

France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat

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"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.

As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...

European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates

France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat

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The scientific case against the development of new fossil fuels is crystal clear #AndyDon'tBurn'Em

An End to Fossil Fuels | Dr. Aaron Thierry | 23 March 2023 | Just Stop Oil

YouTube video by Just Stop Oil

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1/7 After @georgemonbiot.bsky.social exposed deep flaws in carbon capture &storage—and the extraordinary sums this Govt is committing to it—CCS industry lobbyists and pro-CCS scientists responded. @sioldridge.bsky.social &I answer them here www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵

Carbon capture is a fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion | Letters

Letters: The predicted £264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out veste...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Heathrow expansion would pose a major risk to the UK’s #Climate targets. A third runway could result in #aviation alone accounting for up to 25% of UK emissions by 2050. There is still no credible plan to make aviation compatible with #NetZero. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #ClimateEmergency #No3rdRunway

“The Fossil Fuel Treaty is not just a plan—it’s a lifeline,” said Mayor @mayorofgm.bsky.social Burnham, joining Massive Attack to endorse the call just before a sold-out show in Manchester on #WorldEnvironmentDay2025. This is the moment music, activism, and leadership united for climate justice.

"more renewables" does not necessarily result in falling emissions if demand is growing even faster Tech co's might do a handful of deals with clean projects but still add more new demand than new generation, meaning they almost always make emissions worse www.greenpeace.org.au/greenpeace-r...

Mark Gongloff@markgongloff.bsky.social · last mo.

Is the data center boom spurring a scramble for renewables in the US? Yes. Are they still a disaster for the climate? Also yes. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

When looking at the full global picture it becomes obvious that we are now living in a much changed climate. In summer 1976, north-west Europe was a lonely hot spot in a sea of cooler temperatures. In summer 2025, the world is bright red. The climate is unrecognisable compared to 50 years ago.

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

Watching climate activists fall for fossil fuel disinformation about solar in rural areas is disappointing yet not surprising. Yes, we need more parking lots covered in solar canopies, but that doesn’t mean that solar farms in rural areas are inherently bad!

“They won’t provide any significant quantities of oil and gas for many years to come,” Birol said. “They will not lower the bills, the UK will remain a significant importer and price taker on international markets” The economic case says #StopRosebank

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says

Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion

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Please ask your MP to support Early Day Motion 304 to #StopRosebank actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Ask your MP to Stop Rosebank for good.

Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank on...

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Let me also (a) quote @hausfath.bsky.social, @glenpeters.bsky.social & Piers Forster on the new CMIP7 scenarios (www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-dea...) and (b) remind folks what 3C (5.4F) of warming looks like (unclimatesummit.org/comparing-cl...):

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Good take here by Eric Niiler for the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/c...

Fuel poverty isn't just about struggling to afford heating in winter - it means being more exposed to dangerous temperatures in summer 🥵 With extreme heat becoming normal, we need to distribute energy fairly so we can all afford to keep cool #EnergyForAll #MakeGreenFair @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social

We rented a thermal drone to check whether Elon Musk’s AI company was following EPA rules. Here's what the camera picked up.

We Caught Elon Musk’s AI Company Defying Federal Law

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is fueling its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage captured in late…

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🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨 The online safety consultation closes TODAY. We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE. Let's take on Big Tech business models instead! Have your say ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/c...

Bad news: Climate change could triple wildfire’s odds of destroying the carbon stored in U.S. forest offset projects. Good news: This paper has exquisitely designed figures.

The 2026 ballot Private Members’ Bill ballot has taken place. We urgently need an MP to help secure our future and commit to the Nature + National Security Bill. Will you help and email your MP today? #NNSBill www.zerohour.uk/pmbb

Write to your MP about the Private Members' Bill ballot

Ask your MP to choose the Nature + National Security Bill in the Private Members' Bill ballot.

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Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050. Periods of hot weather will be longer, which could lead to an additional 10,000 heat-related deaths a year. About 9 in 10 homes are likely to overheat. #heatwaves #climatecrisis #endfossilfuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns

Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050

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"In worst-case scenarios, a person...may find themselves with only hours before the flesh on one or more extremities starts to bruise, swell and decay" Spreading to a sea near you as global heating ramps up water temperatures Not a nice way to go www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the US east coast. How worried should we be?

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead

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Wow. The idea being peddled by some NYT op-ed writers and Democratic strategists that we should “abandon the issue of climate change” is idiotic. If “winning” in politics means abandoning critical realities facing humankind and the planet, it’s not worth winning. Or even voting.

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels sought to shift the discussion and build momentum for concrete solutions to end fossil fuels’ grip on economies, legal frameworks, and #energy systems ENB Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a... #climate #TAFF1

Yesterday, Piers Forster presented Defining National Fossil Fuel Phase Out Roadmaps: A Colombian Case Study at a side event at TAFF in Santa Marta. Key to the roadmap was the work of Priestley researchers Elliott Johnson and Alejandro Romero Prieto. Here's Alejandro's thoughts on the conference.

Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The collective of NGOs gives a clear, united message to the governments meeting at the Santa Marta conference. We need an urgent exit from ISDS and real, meaningful action to address the climate emergency!

BREAKING - Zarah Sultana MP exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial. UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details. “If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨 The People’s Emergency Briefing. A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action. Learn more here; nebriefing.org/the-film #PEBuk