Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who campaigned on, among other things, holding oil companies accountable for their role in driving the climate crisis, wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
The wildfires are also being exploited by shooting interests - the Countryside Alliance, grouse moor-owning Viscount Ridley - who are *desperate* to burn moorland & heath more regularly. It suits them to create heather monocultures that support more grouse. The real solution, ofc, is re-wetting.
Since you ask, yes, climate change really is making wildfires worse (say 45 of 50 studies) interactive.carbonbr... Ofc, fossil-fuel emissions are not the only reason (also land management, arson, etc etc) But these newspapers are palpably DESPERATE to find ANY OTHER cause 🫠
4. The Daily Mail Double-page spread: “Evacuate! ‘Out of control wildfire…fears for Sizewell” Lead comment slot: “Why the flames…have been fanned by the Green agenda”
3. The Daily Telegraph Frontpage story: "Wildfires close in on Sizewell [nuclear plant]" Also in the paper: "As wildfires rage, Britain isn't ready…" Meanwhile: "Rewilding blamed for…wildfire" "Net-zero…'raises risk of wildfires'" "emptying countryside…vulnerable to blazes"
2. The Times Frontpage: “Wildfire in Suffolk near nuclear plant” Comment article: “Wildfires suggest rewilding needs a rethink”
🧵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"
The bizarre and disturbing thing is that Joshua Bonehill-Paine is one of the few figures on the right to be loudly and clearly called out for anti-semitism. Is that because it doesn't happen much on the right? You have to be kidding. So why the double standards? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No one should get a free pass on antisemitism – so why does the right?
There is legitimate scrutiny of antisemitism on the left, but at the same time, rightwing media outlets offend with impunity. That makes no sense, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The $30 million AIPAC wasted in Michigan, wasted trying to help Haley Stevens, could have been used to fully fund and deliver 6 million malaria nets to sub-Saharan Africa. Or, it could have fully paid for universal free school breakfasts in Mississippi, America's poorest state.
"Our Pro-War Media Get It Humiliatingly Wrong, Time and Again – While Others Pay the Price" Commentators built consent for calamitous wars from Iraq to Iran. And yet their careers continue to flourish. Owen Jones is scathing for Zeteo UK, and brings lots of recepts. Read/share/subscribe:
Our Pro-War Media Get It Humiliatingly Wrong, Time and Again – While Others Pay the Price
Commentators built consent for calamitous wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Gaza and Iran, and poured scorn on those who opposed the disastrous slaughters. And yet their careers continue to flourish.
zeteo.uk
I guess when you've run out of Earthling women to pester, send your penis rocket blasting into the moon cbs12.com/news/local/a...
Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.
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It is not only a tragedy for humans: French wildfires are turning animals’ homes into ‘a desert of ashes’ | National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
French wildfires are turning animals’ homes into ‘a desert of ashes’
The catastrophic fires have potential to do long-term damage to many wild animal populations, but a toad species could be the most affected.
nationalgeographic.com
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power e360.yale.edu/digest/three...
The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power
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Thames Water CEO Chris Weston says public ownership of his company would cost too much. It's a myth, and here's why.
In March, the world passed a major energy milestone, adding its third terawatt of solar power. Increasingly, poorer countries are leading the shift to solar e360.yale.edu/digest/three...
The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power
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I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
monbiot.com
Absolutely astonishing Samantha Jones is the top health official and she is DIRECTLY benefiting from NHS and local authority ££££ That is WRONG - she must resign, this is called corruption @chpithinktank.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/ea8c...
Companies linked to top health official and husband received £2bn in public contracts
Samantha Jones or spouse held financial interests in G Square Capital private-equity business
ft.com
"Our findings underscore a deeper and more persistent climate footprint of super El Niño events, suggesting that early warnings and proactive measures are crucial for mitigating their escalating risks."
Super El Niño events drive climate regime shifts with enhanced risks under global warming - Nature Communications
Super El Niño events greatly increase the likelihood of global climate regime shifts, revealing their amplified impact and risks in a warming world.
nature.com
I just can’t believe we’re seeing this sort of stuff from a sitting MP Just want to say to British Somalis that you are loved and I’m so, sorry this is happening.
Fruit to produce jet fuel: another greenwashing scam, directly from the fossil fuel industry, that will turn an area of Brazilian countryside the size of LA into a monoculture. 🧵
Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing
A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.
bloomberg.com
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
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
theguardian.com
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
The Climate Change Driver Still Hiding in Plain Sight thenoosphere.substack.com/p/the-climat...
The Climate Change Driver Still Hiding in Plain Sight
How social norms help fuel the climate crisis
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UK appeals court upholds anti-Zionist beliefs as protected under equality law www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-appe...
UK appeals court upholds anti-Zionist beliefs as protected under equality law
University of Bristol loses bid to overturn ruling that it unlawfully discriminated against academic David Miller after dismissing him over comments expressing his anti-Zionist beliefs
middleeasteye.net
"It is coherent to describe as “racist” an ideology [Zionism] that promotes establishment of a state [in this case, Israel] for only one race of people [Jewish] in a territory that formerly contained a large number of people of a different race [Palestinians]" www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-appe...
UK appeals court upholds anti-Zionist beliefs as protected under equality law
University of Bristol loses bid to overturn ruling that it unlawfully discriminated against academic David Miller after dismissing him over comments expressing his anti-Zionist beliefs
middleeasteye.net
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year www.theguardian.com/environment/...
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
theguardian.com