While wildfires rage, oil bosses are laughing all the way to the bank thanks to Donald Trump’s idiotic Iran war. People across the country are facing sky high energy bills. If Burnham is struggling to find the money to help families with those bills, I’d start here.
Sky News@news.sky.com · yesterdayOil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
Reform deputy leader Richard Tice under investigation over 'Israel debate'
Reform deputy leader Richard Tice under investigation over 'Israel debate'
The parliamentary commissioner for standards confirmed Richard Tice was being investigated
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The rich live in a bubble … why are we letting that happen? They don’t even pay a fair share of their taxes to infrastructure but syphon the country’s wealth into off shore accounts & tax avoidance. Without enduringly a fraction ordinary ppl have to that won’t change.
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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot
The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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And we are still fjnding reasons to drill for oil - madness! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
India’s monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is ‘on fire’
António Guterres says strengthening El Niño will help push the world’s climate crisis into ‘uncharted territory’
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Why is the HomeOffice using a Trump-linked ICE Security Company that exorbitantly pays its bosses for failure & have been criticised for dangerous conditions at the Rainsbrook secure training centre, a youth jail by Ofsted, education regulator & more www.theguardian.combusiness/2026/jul/28/...
ICE-linked security firm reports UK revenue slump after asylum contract ends
MTC provided security at heavily criticised Manston centre in Kent – and could now make £500m managing arrivals at site
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The world’s biggest ultra-processed food corporations are hindering global efforts to tackle the obesity crisis by suing governments that try to promote healthier diets. Head of the World Health Organization has said.
I agree that food security is threatened by climate catastrophe & we need them but I wonder about them, when they call for Govt intervention at every eventuality & expect it, but collectively riot when they are asked to pay a fair share of tax. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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Nowhere is afe from climate induced fires, not even zoo’s. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Popular UK zoo forced to close as fire erupts – as update issued on animals
Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World, near Telford in Shropshire, has shut for the day after a fire broke out on site on Monday morning
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The Earth is Speaking! This young woman courageously fights powerful, profit-hungry groups killing off the AmazonRainForest & the Agriculture &Logging Lobbies have Brazilian politicians are in their grip. Like the Oil&Gas Lobby here they run roughshod over our future. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'The Earth is speaking': Young Amazonian activist's powerful climate warning at COP26
Two young women - Txai Surui from the Brazilian Amazon and Samoan Brianna Fruean - have delivered striking speeches during the opening of the United Nations' COP26 climate summit.
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Time plastic manufacturers face responsibility for the toxicity of their product, its a slow killer! They know what they do! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene
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Time plastic manufacturers face responsibility for the toxicity of their product, its a slow killer! They know what they do! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene
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Satellite monitoring detected over 96,000 fire hotspots across Indonesia as of late July, exceeding records for this point in previous years. With around 103,000 hectares already burned in 2026, experts warn El Niño could further intensify fire risks. Hans Nicholas Jong & Irfan Maulana report.
Indonesia shows elevated fire hotspot activity in 2026 as super El Niño threat looms
JAKARTA — Indonesia has recorded more fire hotspot activity by late July 2026 than at the same point in any previous year, including during the devastating fire seasons of 2019 and 2023, according to…
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[Commentary] Record gold prices are driving illicit mining across the Amazon, devastating forests, rivers and Indigenous territories. In a new op-ed, researcher @muggah.bsky.social argues central banks and major buyers must enforce stricter supply chain traceability to stop laundered gold.
The global gold rush consuming the Amazon (commentary)
In November 2025, Brazilian authorities, supported by Interpol, disabled 277 dredges used for illegal gold mining along the Madeira River. The machinery was valued at about $6.8 million. The…
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The Earth is Speaking! This young woman courageously fights powerful, profit-hungry groups killing off the AmazonRainForest & the Agriculture &Logging Lobbies have Brazilian politicians are in their grip. Like the Oil&Gas Lobby here they run roughshod over our future. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'The Earth is speaking': Young Amazonian activist's powerful climate warning at COP26
Two young women - Txai Surui from the Brazilian Amazon and Samoan Brianna Fruean - have delivered striking speeches during the opening of the United Nations' COP26 climate summit.
sbs.com.au
Nowhere is afe from climate induced fires, not even zoo’s. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Popular UK zoo forced to close as fire erupts – as update issued on animals
Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World, near Telford in Shropshire, has shut for the day after a fire broke out on site on Monday morning
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Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
I agree that food security is threatened by climate catastrophe & we need them but I wonder about them, when they call for Govt intervention at every eventuality & expect it, but collectively riot when they are asked to pay a fair share of tax. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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