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Peter Fiennes

@pfiennes.bsky.social

New book, out in May 2026! 'En Route: A Journey Round France in the Company of Great Writers'. Author of 'Oak and Ash and Thorn', 'Footnotes' and 'A Thing of Beauty'. #books #nature #climate oneworld-publications.com/contributor/peter-fiennes

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 2w ago

Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.

This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan

Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

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Patrick Barkham@patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've been busying around so much I am very late to read and post Anita Roy's wonderful @theguardian.com Country Diary about David Nash's Ash Dome. If you missed it too, please follow this link... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Country diary: For the beloved Ash Dome, death is not the end | Anita Roy

Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd: This living sculpture, planted in the 1970s ‘for the 21st century’, is fading fast. But heartbreak is not the only response

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Dr Charlie Gardner@charliejgardner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

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Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It tells you everything you need to know about Kemi Badneoch and Nigel Farage that as London schools, hospitals and transport networks all buckle under extreme record-breaking temperatures, they gather with fossil fuel lobbyists, climate deniers and the far-right to demand an end to Net Zero

As Extreme Heat Hits London, Fossil Fuel Interests and Global Far-Right Politicians Gather for a 'Glastonbury of Climate Science Deniers'

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch are both scheduled to address the event, reports Max Colbert

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Abbey@abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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Peter Fiennes@pfiennes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If youre in or near Buckingham this Friday, see you there! For tales of Sartre, lobsters, the perfect omelette, Colette and Katherine Mansfield, Maupassant, ethno-nationalism and pelicans! #france #books #bookfestivals bucklitfest.littleboxoffice.com/events/158826

Event 2: Peter Fiennes: - En Route: The Ultimate Literary Tour of France

Join Peter Fiennes in the company of some of France’s greatest writers as he celebrates French literature, art, landscape, food and wine, and explores the identity of this sublime, mysterious an...

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Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Reform has the most extreme policy on energy and climate the UK has seen since modern science on the subject began. The party opposes solar; it opposes wind; it opposes batteries… Once again: Reform is largely funded by fossil fuels” Private Eye on the anti-thought, pro-corruption threat of Reform

MELTING TICE RICHARD TICE, Reform UK's deputy leader and spokesman on energy and climate, made an extraordinary appearance on Bloomberg's Zero podcast last week. A few things soon became clear: firstly, he hasn't read the science. Tice claims the UK. is "almost unilaterally" beggaring itself by choosing low-carbon power (tell that to China, building hundreds of gigawatts of solar and wind each year). He hasn't read the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) summary for policymakers. He says "thousands" of scientists disagree with accepted climate science but wouldn't - couldn't? - name any scientists who'd advised him. He thinks net zero will bankrupt Britain (jobs in clean energy are growing faster than much of the rest of the economy). He threatened to walk out twice - once when presented with the IPCC's summary. When asked about batteries, which store solar and wind power safely and cheaply until the evening peak, he said: "We don't need batteries. It's ridiculous." Reform UK has the most extreme policy on energy and climate the UK has seen since modern science on the subject began. The party opposes solar; it opposes wind; it opposes batteries, for God's sake. Its policy is "drill, drill, frack Lincolnshire". Once again: Reform is largely funded by fossil fuels. The main defence Tice wielded was that the IPC recently abandoned its always implausible "RCP8.5" scenario - the worst-case, which predicted coal use doubling or tripling this century. İronically, Tice himself is the British politician who would do more than anything else to bring about that polluted world. 'Young Windy'
Peter Fiennes@pfiennes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ll be talking with the brilliant @joannapocock.bsky.social on June 8th. Details here - tickets £5 WITH ‘refreshments’! chiswickcalendar.co.uk/event/peter-...

Peter Fiennes in conversation with Joanna Pocock - Everybody Reads - The Chiswick Calendar Events

​Join Everybody Reads on Monday, 8 June to listen to Peter Fiennes & Joanna Pocock talk about Peter’s new book, En Route: A Journey round France in the Company of […]

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