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Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/15/g...

Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume still averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of February... More at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 430,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 930,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,320,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,830,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations More delay causes a lack of action on #PFAS www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife ICYMI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fipronil & Imidacloprid ecocide disaster incoming.

BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife ICYMI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"A perfect storm for the health of Northern Ireland’s people and environment” Sewage, slurry & antibiotic resistant genes in the lough that supplies drinking water to 40% of NI. Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports: share.google/UPhtlSbsGgye...

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our article about how water-stressed London is losing out on 20 million litres of drinking water a day due to PFAS pollution near Denham, is available to read at BBC online: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🧵 1/3

AMR is one of the biggest public health threats of our time. I found genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs in every water sample I tested from Lough Neagh and talk about this on BBC Rare Earth today. Full report in the Guardian tomorrow www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds share.google/LoLzbmP9FRRU...

'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas' Fantastic from George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now? share.google/ihNUuRm1tVcX...

‘Plastic Inc’ allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.' climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/r...

'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas' Fantastic from George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed. We are all dreamers. climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/r...

You can catch the whole radio edit here: share.google/4ZBZQzULlurW...

PFAS pollution in a drinking water source near the old Denham Film Studio, so high the source had to be taken out of use. That's a water source that was providing 20 million litres a day to London, a city where water is already becoming scarce. From my report on BBC Inside Science, today👇🏾

Congratulations, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social! 💐 THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END is officially a New York Times bestseller in its first week of publication Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered or picked up a copy this week.

‘Plastic Inc’ allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.' Review of 'Plastic Inc' by @bethgardiner.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/r...

$115 billion in 2025!

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 429 ppm in February 2026. Note that I also just updated my annual mean growth rate plot for 2025 on my personal climate indicators website. 10 years ago February averaged about 404 ppm. Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

I've seen some reports with headlines highlighting the fact this summer's Antarctic sea ice minimum hasn't been as low as those over the past four years, and describing this as a "recovery". Before anyone gets too excited I suggest looking at the longer term trend. Graphic by @zacklabe.com

Modeled reconstruction of February #Arctic sea ice volume since the year 1901 - comparison between PIOMAS-20C and PIOMAS data sets now updated through 2025 (2nd lowest)... Data information available at doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

The latest monthly status of key greenhouse gases shown side-by-side. These gases trap heat in our atmosphere and drive wide-ranging impacts across the Earth system. For more data/info: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/

Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site ‘A frankly indefensible’ decision say campaigners #Tollerton climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/r...

When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed. We are all dreamers. climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/r...

Feed: "Bylines Cymru" By: Brian McHugh on Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ share.google/lrEVFHoHdYm1...

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ share.google/lrEVFHoHdYm1...

Rushcliffe Borough Council move forward with housing development on former RAF Tollerton site ‘A frankly indefensible’ decision say campaigners #Tollerton climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/10/r...

Rushcliffe Borough Council make decision on major housing development on contaminated land. Protesters making their voices heard. #Tollerton

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‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Will Rushcliffe Borough Council’s upcoming decision force campaigners to seek judicial review? Tollerton Airfield housing development reaches significant moment #Tollerton #Pollution #RushcliffeBoroughCouncil climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/07/w...

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

67% of Britons say they anti- Trump

Q: "You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school…but you're the only person in your government saying this…Why are you the only person saying this?" Trump: "Because I just don't know enough about it."

Fracking waste has a mix of chemicals from fracking fluid + others leached from underground. Arsenic, lead, cancer-causing benzenes, radioactive radium can all be present. It's being dumped in Pennsylvania landfills. Mounting evidence says it's getting into rivers: share.google/p7PRFqzizPVZ...

- Cancers - unexplained scarring on the lungs - impaired fetal growth - premature birth - heart disease Canadian doctors warn of alarming health trends near fracking sites: share.google/Y3bkaYqgOUfb...

In Lancashire they're still waiting for a fracking site to be cleaned up so it's safe to farm on, years after fracking was paused: share.google/f9JKMJbChENk... 3/4

In Yorkshire, a fracking firm tries to get round the ban on fracking by saying the 'proppant squeeze' they plan to use is not a form of fracking, so exempt from the ban. Others beg to differ: 2/4 climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/y...

Campaigners who thought they'd won the battle to prevent fracking in Lincolnshire dismayed to learn mayor Andrea Jenkyns is courting fracking firm, Egdon - - vow to keep fighting to protect their homes from pollution: share.google/KdkhSjHxQ2AG... 🧵 1/4