Rage Against the Miocene

@organiccarbon.bsky.social

Rich Pancost, Earth Scientist at the University of Bristol. Interested in past climates and earth system processes, from peatlands to the deep sea. First gen/ working class. Privileged white cis male. Anti-racist, pro LGBTQ+, unapologetically woke. He/Him

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

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Animal agriculture’s destructive impact on the planet is clear. Research shows that 90% of water now taken from natural systems for irrigation is used to feed the world’s over 80 billion land animals killed for food each year ✍️Dr Carys Bennett

Wales Is on Fire. Meat is Fanning the Flames

Dr Carys Bennett A mountain is burning on my doorstep. Since 19 July, wildfires have ripped through Mynydd Garnclochdy near Blaenavon. When the smell of acrid smoke drifted across the valleys, it felt...

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Why did Today give him so much air time? France, Spain & Greece are on fire, so was Scotland & Wales. We’ve just had the driest month ever recorded. Where’s the Green spokesperson being interviewed on what we need to do? And if you do have a Reform member, grill them on probity and their finances

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 2d ago

On the Today programme Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed “almost 1%” of, or “one in 100”, people crossing the Channel via small boat are dying. That’s not correct. The data we have suggests the actual proportion is closer to one in 1,000.