Lest we forget, this is politics in action: - the David Cameron-led Conservative govt had de facto halted onshore wind in 2015 (raised planning restrictions, cut subsidies) - in 2024 Labour under Starmer, and really the energy secretary Ed Miliband, removed the hurdles and lifted the ban

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 2d ago

UK East Anglia two new onshore #wind farms to generate enough #electricity to power more than 321,000 homes every year, up to 47 turbines and have a combined capacity of 425MW. www.energylivenews.com/2026/09/28/c...

great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.

You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.

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"The good news is that according to the latest IPCC report, if we enact aggressive emissions limits now, we could hold the warming to 2°C. That's only HALF an ice age unit, which is probably no big deal." 🙃 www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.p...

Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 2w ago

This animated map shows Europe from 24,100 BC until today. The crust sags under the ice and rebounds after it, and the sea drops 130 m as the water is locked up. The interactive version allows you to tilt the map: buff.ly/Pfj3exH

Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.

Nailed it

We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:

How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret

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“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

“Existing approaches are no longer fit for purpose... I think, for me, that’s the clarion call. We now have to reconfigure our climate governance around dealing with an overshoot pathway.” - Prof Debra Roberts, a report author and co-chair of the @ipcc.bsky.social

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere

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“The floods will still come, roads will still wash out, and communities will still need billions to protect themselves. Those costs don’t disappear just because fossil fuel companies don’t want to pay them.” @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...

A federal judge just killed New York's $75 billion climate bill for polluters

Fossil fuel companies would have been charged for climate damages.

motherjones.com

Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

theguardian.com

I wish the media wouldn't cover SpaceX as if it were an exciting frontier-pushing scientific endeavour when it's really the vanity project of a megalomaniac Bond villain type www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

'Incredible': SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast

A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July and crashed into the Indian Ocean hadn't been seen since - but now Christmas Island residents say they have spotted it being towed just off their co...

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"It’s time for the political establishment to stop telling the American people what they should believe and start listening to what they actually want," writes @sanders.senate.gov.

Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated | Bernie Sanders

Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged

theguardian.com

If you know Global South climate politics, you already know how awesome the Uruguay power sector decarbonization story is. It happened thanks to the overlap of a pressing crisis, enlightened politicians and accredited experts; it still lives on.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last mo.

Today on Volts: in 2008, physics professor Ramón Méndez Galain was made energy minister of Uruguay. Over the next 7 years, he led the country to a 98% carbon-free electricity system. With his nonprofit, Ivy, he's now attempting to export the model to other countries in the global South. We discuss.

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact/

"This shows an ambitious clean air zone can drive pollution levels down, rapidly restoring children's stunted lung growth" 👏👏👏 www.bbc.com/news/article...

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

1/ Is this headline misleading? Yes, but not in the direction you'd expect. The problem isn't that it exaggerates. It's that it puts in 2100 what has already started. 🧵

I'm not an ethics expert, is it bad when a Supreme Court justice makes millions of dollars off of companies directly affected by Supreme Court rulings?

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

theguardian.com

Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again

The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.

bbc.co.uk

i personally think polymarket and all companies like it should be regulated out of existence and their assets seized by the state

This is another reason Trump might move soon on Greenland. Its strong evidence of "losing" the war, which is hard to spin (Trump relies on the fiction of ongoing peace talks, and the fantasy of favorable agreements, to stave off questions). If spin proves impossible then redirection will happen.

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.

Heartbreaking. What are we doing? 😕🇺🇸

Yup. They are two for two so far: Chip Roy, now Ogles. They are sending a message and I am here for it.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very interesting. According to Politico a big reason slimeball Rep. Andy Ogles got whacked in Thursday's primary is because he was targeted with $2M by a super pac funded by solar execs. They didn't user solar or enviro arguments. They used standard right wing ... www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Exxon is annoyed EU is insisting on some kind of CO2 capture Makes most sense if you think oil company advocacy for CCS is more about pretending to politicians they have an answer for climate change, rather than their actual willingness to do anything about it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”

"What I do know for certain is that failing to talk about #climate change [cedes] to those who would deny its existence, or deny that action must be taken... It is to abdicate our responsibility to prevent the worst versions of the future for which we may be on track, but which can yet be avoided"

“Don’t say climate change”

France, Spain and England are burning. Where is the climate movement to resist this catastrophe?

newstatesman.com

Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

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Great new paper! Check it out

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...