www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What a great read. Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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Climate scientists speak out on Gatwick expansion: "No speech, no clever phrasing, and no appeal to future innovation can disguise the fact: by backing aviation expansion, the Transport Minister, the Chancellor, and the Prime Minister are betraying the very climate commitments they claim to uphold"

Gatwick chief executive claims the process "carefully tested and scrutinised every aspect of our expansion plans". <government waves hands, sprinkles technofix fairy dust over massive climate impact, chants "economic growth" three times and closes their eyes to ignore heatwaves, wildfires & floods>

Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport

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"The Elbe is no longer suitable as a federal waterway." #ClimateCrisis — and this is only the beginning.

Niedrige Pegelstände - Ökologe Dörfler hält Ausbaggerung der Elbe für sinnlos

Der Ökologe Ernst Dörfler hält es nicht für zielführend, das Flussbett der Elbe - wie unter anderem von der Stadt Hamburg gefordert - weiter auszubaggern. Das würde den chronischen Wassermangel nicht ...

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌@parentsforfuture.de · 3d ago

"Die Elbe eignet sich nicht mehr als Bundeswasserstraße." #Klimakrise — und das ist erst der Anfang.

The difference--

Thames Water CEO Chris Weston says public ownership of his company would cost too much. It's a myth, and here's why.

The explosion of 'Asylum Seekers coincided with... Brexit. It wasn't a coincidence, Nigel CAUSED it. Are some people still this unenlightened and bereft of Critical Thinking?

Here are 5 things to know about this week’s weather ⤵️ 1. We need rain 🌧️ 2. Rain will be mostly in the north & west 3. V. little rainfall is expected in the south & east 4. After a hot start to the week, temps will return closer to average by mid-week 🌡️ 5. Overall a mixed start to August 🌦️

Andy don't burn 'em 🔥 The realistic approach to the climate emergency is investing in renewable energy and saying NO to new drilling in the North Sea. Stop Rosebank, Stop Jackdaw. @greenparty.org.uk @stopcambo.bsky.social @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

Just publish the damn reports @andyburnham.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social. Time to level with the country! @nebriefing.bsky.social are waiting and ready for your call.

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 6d ago

The Labour government is once again burying an explosive report by UK military and intelligence leaders warning that the global collapse of ecosystems poses grave threats to the UK’s security and food supply within as little as five years. Read more in the latest #ClimateBeat: buff.ly/NopegSj

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Hey @andyburnham.bsky.social - is this the sort of evidence you need to block all new #NorthSeaOil?? If not, what on this earth will it take?? @labouruk.bsky.social

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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Global warming may have accelerated since 2015. After accounting for El Niño, volcanoes, and solar variability, researchers estimate the warming rate increased from ~0.2°C/decade to ~0.35°C/decade. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C p...

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1. Most bicycles are not going 25 mph 2. Bike crashes involving pedestrians are rarely fatal because of lower speeds and mass 3. The risks posed by bicyclists and cars to pedestrians are not equivalent 4. Why does no one ever say, "I support cars but they need to operate within traffic laws."

For years, I've argued that we focus too much on "managed retreat" from climate danger, and not enough on movers' "managed arrival" in new places. It will take work to get that right! Thrilled to see NYT covering. Cincinnati's plans on this. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c...

A City With a Plan

Cincinnati wants to take in people fleeing climate disasters. Plus, the latest on fires in Europe.

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Car-blindness is real! Psychologists or sociologists should study this. Giant two-ton boxes flying all around us, piloted by people who have been rendered psychopaths, regularly injuring & killing our neighbors, and many/most people just ... don't register it. It's just background noise.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d ago

I was talking to my neighbor when a group of cyclists came by at maybe 25 mph. “That’s so dangerous,” she exclaimed. In the meantime, quite a few drivers came by at 40 mph, and she’s completely unfazed. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals a network of criminal complicity at heart of Reform UK rooted in identity fraud by George Cottrell - the criminal fraudster secretly funding Farage and Reform - in cahoots with a Reform treasurer and a casino owner 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...

‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures

Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...

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What.

☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️@schwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Last year the NYT reported on how SEAL Team Six stormed into North Korea, accidentally murdered a bunch of fishermen, punctured their lungs so their bodies would sink & then stormed out. Trump is now trying to force one reporter to reveal his sources: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/u...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... A start would be to expand the Local Democracy Service in each region, checking their remit is well defined. And they can provide their stories to ALL local news outlets including new start-ups like @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Local media needs support if devolution push is to succeed, publishers say

Shift from Westminster risks weakening scrutiny as regional titles battle hostility, big tech and ‘news deserts’

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www.theguardian.com/business/202... What an interesting idea! Needs the right people on management and oversight committees, not those failing the industry now.

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheet

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Do you want to be responsible for more of this @andyburnham.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social? #NorthSeaOil must stay in the ground. UK must show leadership. @NEBriefing needed urgently at No10!! Somebody get the PM in front of it!!!!!!

‘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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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #FFS @andyburnham.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social You have to spend #PoliticalCapital on #SocialCare. You don't have any to waste on #NorthSeaOil. Do this & you have thrown your premiership before the summer recess is over. Somebody get him to the #NEBriefing!!

Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling

Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns

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'Great Britain has recorded more new solar power installations in the first half of 2026 than in any six-month period since 2011, adding 142,536 solar installations, putting it on track to top last year’s record solar additions. Most are on household rooftops.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New solar panels in Great Britain at 15-year high as fossil fuel costs soar

Boom in solar farms and home installations in first half of 2026 began shortly after start of US-Israel war against Iran

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This is what supposedly serious politicians are asking everyone to ignore, miraculously adapt to, or cross our fingers and hope for the best.

Dangerous nonsense from Thames Water's boss on #r4today The truth: The shareholders don't need compensation, they've WALKED AWAY Water doesn't compete for budgets, YOU pay for every penny of investment - right now privatisation is wasting 1/3 of your bill PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Nature vs #Money. Money wins in #Reform run Kent. This fate awaits reform run councils everywhere, whatever they say about supporting nature.

‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland

Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council

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Well @simonlightwood.org.uk - have you signed to support calls for an official government #EmergencyBriefing? The world is on fire - even @labouruk.bsky.social must have noticed by now. Recognising a burning world as an emergency is how you distinguish yourselves from Reform. Nationally AND locally

National Emergency Briefing@nebriefing.bsky.social · 6d ago

We think informing the public about the threats that affect them is a fundamental requirement in a healthy democracy. Please ask your MP to support the Parliamentary Call for government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

We think informing the public about the threats that affect them is a fundamental requirement in a healthy democracy. Please ask your MP to support the Parliamentary Call for government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

Check here to see if your MP has signed

For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.

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At best, "pragmatic" is a weasel word. It means nothing useful, but sounds careful and considered. There's no careful consideration needed, Andy. Suffolk is burning now. Even the Cairngorms are suffering - hardly somewhere safely out of the way in southern Europe... No more drilling. Ever!

Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 6d ago

Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness

“Neither the Starmer government, nor Andy Burnham’s, can say it didn’t know”: former Green party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social on the shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...