So, break a window & get “quietly” (without fair trial) sentenced for terrorist offences? @georgemonbiot.bsky.social explains the insidious rise of authoritarian laws which choke our right to protest and our basic human rights. Beware the promoters & enablers of reckless capitalism & climate denial.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d ago

At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.

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‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point

Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...

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NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.

The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity

How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution

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"The Fraud of 'Clean' Natural Gas" is the first investigation to trace how the gas industry responded to its methane pollution problem with decades of deception. Read the findings from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social @rebleber.bsky.social @davisallen.bsky.social 👇 climateintegrity.org/uploads/medi...

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The bonfire of the humanities

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

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Take a drink every time ally mccoist says incredible

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

It’s obvious that almost all media organizations are failing to cover the biggest threat to humanity. And there’s no improvement in sight. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #climatecrisis

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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. National Emergency Briefing. It’s time to take the #climatecrisis and #biodiversity loss seriously. There is no Planet B. Be bold, write to your MP, share your concerns with friends. Act now. If you want to find out more - see 👇 www.nebriefing.org/expert-brief....

National Emergency Briefing

Chaired by Prof Mike Berners-Lee | The National Emergency Briefing to Parliament on the climate and nature emergency

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🌎 The world's first ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels concluded yesterday in #SantaMarta, Colombia with a clear message: 📢 Countries calling for a fossil fuel phase-out are no longer fringe, they are the future. 📢 1/6

“There's now a small but very real risk of 4°C by the end of the century. The prospects of three and four degrees centigrade of warming are absolutely dire" Professor Kevin Anderson. This is a stark warning about the #climatecrisis and the radical change needed in our lives to avert catastrophe.

"Nature is critical national infrastructure. When we destroy it, we increase floods, heat deaths, food insecurity and economic instability. When we restore it, we reduce risk, save lives and strengthen the economy." Professor Nathalie Seddon. Time to act on the #climatecrisis #UK. #Emergencybriefing

@carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org thanks for raising awareness of progressive leadership in fossil fuel transition following #COP30 in #Brasil I doubt this would make main stream media, but on a day #Earth Day no less that renewables overtook coal power, time to be hopeful, and positive.

Daisy Dunne@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · 4mo ago

Buenos Dias from Colombia! 🌺 Around 50 nations will meet here to discuss fossil-fuel transition. They have already been circulated a draft report recommending that they “halt all new expansion”, according to an exclusive by me for @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-sci...

The question we should be asking is not whether alignment with EU standards to cut red tape and allow farmers to sell to Europe is a betrayal, but why British fruit and veg continues to be treated with ‘toxic’ pesticides which are linked to infertility & cancer. www.thetimes.com/article/2069...

British fruit and veg treated with ‘toxic’ pesticides

Ten substances linked to medical issues including infertility are no longer allowed in the EU, but continue to be sprayed on UK crops

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A quick note re the UKs water pollution problem - per C4s Dirty Business. It’s a broken system: Water companies are putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal & we need to pressure the Government to take action now! Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

End the sewage pollution scandal

We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m.... Great listening to @brambuscher.bsky.social deconstruct the challenges faced by environmental activists in a post truth world. Definitely worth a listen. #climatecrisis #politics #capitalism #environment #change #convivialconservation

The conservation sector must speak truth to power, says political ecologist

Podcast Episode · Mongabay Newscast · 31 March · 1hr 1min

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I think it is AMAZING that a post about the symptoms of climate change (Rapid Snow Melt in the West) gets 570 likes/reposts, but a list of actions that EVERYONE can take gets just 30 likes/reposts. Seems people want to complain about the problem, but very few want to take personal responsibility.😞

Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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I’d forgotten about Bluesky until just now. Like opening a window on a sunny Spring morning I take a deep breath and I’m back in the moment. Thanks everyone. Stay positive.

#Australia we feel for you

For answers to key questions around #ClimateChange, including how scientists know that recent changes in our climate are caused largely by human activities, see our page of frequently-asked questions: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

Evidence & Causes of Climate Change | Royal Society

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate.

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I’m not promoting the face responsible for fuelling discontent explored in this prescient article. I’m sharing the views of the author that in spite of the rhetoric we live in a great country. Read:Violent, lawless, broken Britain?The facts tell a different story www.thetimes.co.uk/article/viol...

Violent, lawless, broken Britain? The facts tell a different story

The populist narrative of a migrant-driven crimewave is catnip on social media and oil to the wheels of Reform. But it is so far from the truth that we’re in danger of losing sight of the country we l...

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Take time to read Dr Luke Kemp’s timely and brilliant analysis of where we are going wrong as the human race - and why democracy, equality and importantly defiance might save us. And of course: Don’t be a dick! #politics #Tech #Crime

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

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New research finds that trade is impacting biodiversity much more than previously thought. This is why consumption matters. “international trade has caused more than 90% of loss that occurred between 1995 & 2022 due to conversion of natural areas into agricultural land” phys.org/news/2024-12...

Land use in tropical regions: Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than thought

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the U.S., the Middle East, and Europe is three times more harmful to biodiversity than previously assumed.

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Don’t ignore the facts: What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Research has the staggering answers.