"Britain, one of the world’s largest exporters of plastic waste, exported 675,000 t in 2025, its largest amount in 8 years, of which 139,000 t was shipped to Turkey. The findings have added to an ‘expanding body of irrefutable evidence exposing waste colonialism in the UK’s waste-export system'."

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UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland

New: A business that made a six-figure donation to Reform UK received interest-free loans of £67m from unnamed “related companies” in the months before, raising questions about the possible origin of the funds. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...

Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy

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Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia

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It’s worse. Globally, most nations exporting food to the UK will have food shortages in 2027. Any politician prioritising food exports to the UK in order to starve their voters will follow the path of British rulers in India and Ireland.

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Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 3d ago

A reminder, as adaptation climbs the agenda: Resilience measures should complement, not replace, rapid emissions reductions. Climate policy needs both: adapting to the impacts already here and cutting emissions fast enough to limit the impacts still to come. www.chathamhouse.org/2026/07/euro...

India's monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is 'on fire' - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com 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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7 mo into Covid-19 after grueling 24hr caring for child with the disease, who survived. Showered at hosp, returned to office & informed staff, wasn't retiring the next mo, as had planned. Photo of that moment. This is my "diary". Nobody can change the reality of pandemic for those who lived it...

It doesn't have to be this way. Between 80–89% of people around the world want their governments to take stronger climate action. “Voters are much more tuned into this than most of our [elected] representatives are,” said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. “And indeed than most of the media is.”

Europe is BURNING - why are politicians not acting?

As thousands of people are forced to flee their homes amid devastating wildfires in France, Spain and Scotland, the climate emergency seems closer to people’s lives than ever. [Subscribe to our…

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Recent reporting by @theguardian.com's @fionaharvey.bsky.social revealed that members of parliament were demanding the release of the full report by UK military and intelligence leaders. Read more:

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security

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I decided to write (rant) about this 👇🏻

The civilisational collapse cult

Climate delusion and its consequences...

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Something to cheer in an increasingly grim world @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender

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What a powerful way to illustrate shifting baseline syndrome. And how sad it sounds... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years

Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

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Serial heatwaves, unprecedented leaps between old and new temperature extremes, mass evacuations - and speechless governments. Because the words they would have to say in their second sentences are “fossil fuels”. And they mostly just cannot. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – live

Meanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as ‘very serious’ by Scotland’s first minister

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Ed Miliband makes first major foreign policy intervention, signalling clearly that climate and development will be at heart of UK international relations. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy

Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender

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Dublin to Brussels (via Cork) on the Hibernia ferry www.youtube.com/watch?v=doU5...

The New Sea Route Connecting Ireland to Europe: Dublin to Brussels Without Flying

YouTube video by No Fly Route

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Firefighters 'overwhelmed' and 'concerned about the city of Bordeaux' (Sky News)

Europe wildfires latest: Bordeaux council considers 'total evacuation of city if needed' as almost 300,000 flee homes

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to evacuate from devastating wildfires in France and Spain. The Spanish PM has warned of 'challenging hours ahead' and Macron has vowed: 'We will rebuild'. ...

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I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.

Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley

Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…

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Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...

Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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Mangroves: 🌊 Protect coastlines 🌱 Store carbon in their biomass & soil 🐟 Provide vital breeding grounds for fish & crustaceans 🎣 Ensure food security Protecting them is protecting the health of our planet. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3RMyOsu #GenerationRestoration #MangroveDay

A circus currently in Cornwall has become what may be the first touring circus production in the UK to operate using solar power. www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/2640959...

Circus in Cornwall may be UK's first to run on solar power in 'genuine breakthrough'

"We’ve made what we believe is a genuine breakthrough for the touring entertainment industry."

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A total of 254,388 hectares have been burnt in Europe (in particular in Spain, France and Italy) so far this year, which is roughly the size of Luxembourg. We applaud the courage of the rescue teams on the ground. We need to do more. We need climate action now.

Flip the script so that what's extreme is requiring people to buy a $50,000, dinosaur-juice-burning, 6000-lb machine to take the kids to school or get a gallon of milk... ...while riding a $5,000, 70-lb bike powered by a combo of a trickle of electricity and your own two legs is just normal.

The Boston LOL 💜 🚲 ⚡@thebostonlol.bsky.social · 2w ago

The clownery for clicks. Or maybe starting a new moral panic 😮‍💨 @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.

West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.

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Really cool that the FT is re-running commenorative articles from the archives from this time 50 years ago on its front page

Can confirm, not AI! Sonny Parker is the photographer behind our latest story featuring some incredible pictures of grizzly bears in Haines Junction. Editor Lindsay Sample spoke to him about how he manages to take intimate pictures of the massive mammals.

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest The film is out now 🎞

Miliband: “one of the most skilful and respected negotiators I have ever worked with, and one of the most honest and principled politicians I know. He commands respect in international institutions and among the world’s most influential governments, but equally among developing countries…”

Miliband - they attack him because they know what he’s done has worked, and attack net zero as it’s against their vested interests. Physics and chemistry remain true whoever is in charge. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Right wing, pro-fossil fuels media has been particularly virulent in attacking Ed Miliband & #NetZero targets.“It’s no surprise that an agenda which challenges the profits of big oil has made him the target of coordinated smears by the industry & its allies," Ami McCarthy @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

Miliband - they attack him because they know what he’s done has worked, and attack net zero as it’s against their vested interests. Physics and chemistry remain true whoever is in charge. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

He’s genuinely the most consequential and successful UK minister ever. A lot of that comes down to institutional memory (he did the job under Brown) and because Conservative governments have also worked towards Net Zero since 2010. Businesses have invested because of political consistency.

MILIBAND has been relentlessly attacked for net zero; what will happen now? - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Miliband has been relentlessly attacked for net zero; what will happen now?

Tories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against decarbonisation target as energy secretary

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