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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🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"

incendies & fascisme, la situation est partout la même en Europe, comme le montre le documentaire "Fire & Fascism" de @peteknapp.bsky.social ! reporterre.net/La-France-so...

La France sous les flammes : la faillite criminelle du néolibéralisme

La France brûle, et nos dirigeants ne font qu'aggraver une situation qu'ils connaissent pourtant parfaitement. Sont-ils totalement irrationnels ? Non, répond cet éditorial, ils appliquent juste le dog...

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Well deserved 👏 🥳 If you've not seen it Dr. Pete Knapp's award winning film about wildfires in Europe is well worth your time... fires-and-fascism.co.uk

Fires and Fascism Trailer 2

YouTube video by Dr Peter Knapp

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Dr Pete Knapp@peteknapp.bsky.social · 6d ago

My film 'Fires and Fascism' won an award! Sicily has over 100 active fires now, but it's not just climate change causing them. Organised crime and development of wind turbines plays a role in the fires, as my film explains. To watch the film with a donation: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#watch-online

We need a maximum working temperature. 50,000 people have already signed this petition to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Please add your name too. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

We need a maximum working temperature

We need a maximum working temperature. 50,000 people have already signed this petition to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Please add your name too.

megaphone.org.uk

My film 'Fires and Fascism' won an award! Sicily has over 100 active fires now, but it's not just climate change causing them. Organised crime and development of wind turbines plays a role in the fires, as my film explains. To watch the film with a donation: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#watch-online

The @theguardian.com glorifying flying across Atlantic to see a movie!! 🙈 As Europe burns.😥 mediasovereignty.org/petition/

My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ shows how community action against wildfires is a valuable and effective way to respond. It’s available in French. Get in touch to organise a screening: peteknapp1@proton.me Trailers: www.fires-and-fascism.co.uk @lessoulevements.bsky.social

This is a former editor of the Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper commenting over on Twitter...

Complex picture for aerosols across the western Mediterranean in the coming days with #SaharanDust + smoke from #wildfires in Spain, France, Italy & Algeria. #CopernicusAtmosphere global AOD forecast 23 July 00z atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

"Sunny Jim" in Private Eye nails the Tories' new approach to climate change...

My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ is now in French. Please contact me to arrange a screening in France: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#contact @greenpeace.fr @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

France evacuates 20,000 as wildfires spread in south-west

Most of those evacuated were tourists from campsites around Arcachon Bay in France's Gironde region.

bbc.co.uk

We have prepared an article covering the latest Canadian wildfire emissions with additional information and visuals: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/extreme-wild... Our global aerosol forecast can be found here: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...

Extreme wildfires in Canada lead to severe air pollution in the United States

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) is tracking the thick smoke plumes originating from a growing number of large-scale wildfires across Canada since the end of June. The smoke is caus...

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And that's that! PhD #2 is over! Thank you to my examiners Prof. @naomioreskes.bsky.social & Prof. Nick Pidgeon. And of course my supervisors Prof. Rob Evans & @drjamielewis.bsky.social Main takeaways in this talk... youtu.be/nwyTO4rg-Os Watch this space 🙂

Utterly extraordinary that Government makes not a single mention of water in its policy for delivering AI growth zones. Threats to our water security are the focus of Episode 3 of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social mini series, When Nature Becomes a Security Threat - out soon!

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

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I'm in Dorking this Saturday. Are you in Dorking this Saturday? Let's be in Dorking this Saturday. www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/event-detail...

See this @channel4news.bsky.social special on links between UK heatwaves and the economy, with @krishgm.bsky.social @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social @smithmordak.bsky.social @tessakhan.bsky.social A great panel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUt...

‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’- why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worse

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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The South Wales Blaenavon fire was over 200 hectares / 500 acres last night. It continues to grow. The South Wales coast is again shrouded in smoke, though pm2.5 matter is considered "moderate" at 19 µg/m³.

Blaenavon wildfire grows to 200 hectares as smoke spreads across Wales

A wildfire has now swept across more than 200 hectares of hillside.

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Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Woken at 4am by wildfire smoke filling the house. Southeast Wales, one of the UK's wettest regions, is shrouded in smoke today. You can feel it in your lungs. The climate crisis is now.

The scientific case against the development of new fossil fuels is crystal clear #AndyDon'tBurn'Em

An End to Fossil Fuels | Dr. Aaron Thierry | 23 March 2023 | Just Stop Oil

YouTube video by Just Stop Oil

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A London Underground worker was cleaning the Tube, disturbing asbestos for 15 months with no mask, 19 months before asbestos training. "The dust used to get dumped on the track. I saw it happening. And when the train goes by – boof – everyone is breathing that shit in." He got fired for anxiety.

Ontario had some of the worst air quality in the world due to wildfires. The northeast USA is chocking on the smoke. But both Canada and the USA are some of the world’s worst offenders for carbon emissions. Toxic air is a consequence of flying, eating meat, and high carbon lifestyles.

One month after the Bedford train crash that I was involved in, BBC Radio Northamptonshire got in touch to ask how my recovery has been going. In part 1, I talk about the crash, reliving the events, and what it's like to be on trains since. 1/2 @northamptonshire.bsky.social

"Microsoft talks proudly about reaching 100% matched renewable energy, but fails to mention that it just signed a 20-year fossil fuel deal with Chevron that blows its targets out of the water" www.fastcompany.com/91573381/mic...

Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?

3/ When wildfire smoke occurs during heatwaves in areas where a portion of the population doesn't have access to air conditioning, people face the dilemma of opening their windows to avoid heatstroke, but searing their lungs with smoke. Smoke + heat can become even deadlier than either alone.

Wildfires in Europe so far this summer have led to Spain's deadliest in decades, with temperature anomalies peaking around +9°C in France and Germany and a high of 45.1°C in southern Spain. But how is the UK 'fire wave' after its first 'megafire' that burnt for four days in Dava Moor in May? 1/n

NEW: They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked A decade after climate activists’ emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking How the mystery unfolded through the eyes of the climate activists: grist.org/article/exxo...

They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.

A decade after climate activists' emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking.

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I've been doing some analysis on the sensor data. Manchester Piccadilly is about 11 miles from the Dovestone wildfire. Hourly PM2.5 exceeded 100 µg/m³, yet DAQI stayed ‘Low’. Its rolling 24-hour PM2.5 mean smooths away short, severe smoke peaks. The hourly European AQI shows what DAQI misses.

Estimated 2,700 people died early in the UK in the May and June heatwaves. Research led by Clair Barnes @imperial.ac.uk Piece by @dpcarrington.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C

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A satellite picture from yesterday showing how the fires have been influencing Manchester. Note it's not affecting the whole are at the same time, which is why the smell has been coming and going all day. Source: NASA Aqua/MODIS true colour reflectance 12/07/2026, worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov