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It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

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'Gore said some countries were responding to US pressure with “greenhushing” ... However, he said trade threats as an “effective bullying tactic is going to be a diminishing asset for [Trump], because the rest of the world is just on to the fact that it’s nuts”.'

The first of the two best pieces I’ve read on the Kirk murder so far. @moiradonegan.bsky.social in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of the two best pieces I’ve read on the Kirk murder so far.

"Staggering financial losses like this will only grow until we can stabilise the climate by reaching net zero emissions ... Across 2022 and 2023 climate change amounted to an extra £360 on the average UK household food bill."

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Strong Kyle Rittenhouse energy here

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone. This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.

This is the environment politicians have created: hostile not just to people seeking protection, but also to those who support these most vulnerable people. The far right have always done it; politicians who pander to their demands just give them what they want and make life worse for everyone else.

There are no 'perks' to being in an asylum hotel - vulnerable people shoved into over-crowded places with little-to-nothing by way of basic services or support. They're certainly not experiencing anything like what paying guests might expect in a hotel. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trump “literally rolled out the red carpet for a Russian dictator indicted for alleged war crimes over the abduction and transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children … In more than 100 countries, [he] would have been arrested the moment he set foot on the tarmac.”

I mean, who doubted it? But it takes the dedication and hard work of the amazing Carbon Brief team to pull it all together and provide us with the receipts!

Anyone following up on it should maybe take a little look at the water companies' leakage rates, and their record on building new reservoir infrastructure, before taking this at face value and just reporting it as bona fide advice.

Here's how our emails and data use are NOT the solution to water shortages. (Read the second post, for the correction on the numbers, cos they go up!)

"Yet the radicalisation of the old attracts little notice compared with the panics about the young..... even when memes rip through boomer WhatsApp chats, like smallpox through an Inca village."

In the first half of 2025: 🇺🇸 emissions ⬆️ 4.2% 🇨🇳 emissions ⬇️ 2.7% ... compared to the first half of 2024. www.theenergymix.com/u-s-emission...

Aviva stands by climate goals in face of US and UK net zero pushback - as insurer’s shares hit highest level since 2008, CEO says green issues are also important for many of its clients. 👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Have, in the past, read and enjoyed @susannahfisher.bsky.social's Substack - so look forward to dipping into her new book. I might go to Bookshop.org for it rather than Amazon though. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sink...

"Militarisation of DC illustrates a core feature of fascist regimes, which is their collapse of rhetoric and reality. ... Trump’s claims about crime and disorder are plain lies. But the ability to make your lies have the force of fact is a terrifying power. No one can doubt Trump has seized it."

This is so irresponsible: getting oddball voices to criticise health bodies for doing their job. The fact is people die in extreme heat. In June/July heatwave, doctors estimated 2,300 deaths across 12 cities; 3x the level without climate change-driven extreme heat. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

80% support UK generating more of its own energy through expansion of clean energy infrastructure. Includes: - 65% of Reform backers, despite the party's pledge to block clean energy & tax renewables generators - 83% of Conservative backers, despite Badenoch ditching support for UK net zero targets

“To meet with hate on the streets of Britain, whipped up by politicians for their own ends, makes survivors feel hunted again and adds to their trauma ... It is down to the millions of us who want a more compassionate approach to stand together with refugees.”

Future British summers? "Put away visions of sipping Yorkshire champagne on a Barcelona-style balcony. Think instead of stuffy, overheated homes making sleep impossible, droughts and floods that play havoc with infrastructure, and urgent health warnings for the old and very young."

This is state backed discrimination. The EHRC advising ministers to limit trans access to schools, hospitals, cinemas, and leisure centres is not “balancing rights” it’s fuelling exclusion. Trans people deserve safety, dignity, and equality. This is an attack on their basic freedoms, nothing less.

"Migration driven by climate change poses a 'growing threat' to UK food security ... UK imports are under threat because £3 billion worth of food is coming to Britain from the 20 countries with the highest numbers of internally displaced people from extreme weather disasters." @eciu.net report 👇

"Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of UK power last year ... fossil fuels – mainly gas – fell to a record low share of 31.8% ... the share from low carbon sources [which includes nuclear] rose to nearly two thirds of overall generation (64.7%), a new record high."

This was also always going to happen Why do governments even bother with oversight and debate if they're going to ignore it all They are doing this with the goal of removing trans people's rights in the country despite what the public wants. They're hoping that just not enough people care

"The fight for trans safety is a fight for everyone’s safety, whatever your identity ... The decade-long campaign against trans people is not about anyone’s safety. It is exactly what it looks like: an organised effort to drive a tiny minority from public life, back into the closet."

Congestion charge: Charging drivers a small fee significantly decreased traffic in cities. Plastic bag charge: Charging a tiny fee significantly reduced plastic bag use. Carbon price: ???

98% That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well www.gov.uk/government/p...

"...offshore wind is less expensive than nuclear to build, has a stable price compared with gas, which is sold on international markets, and is cheaper to generate than fossil fuels." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"The increasing number of extreme climate events, including floods, wildfires and hurricanes, has not raised awareness of the threats posed by climate change. Instead, people change their idea of what they see as normal. This so-called “boiling frog effect” makes gradual change difficult to spot."

Some 92% of Reform's donations have come from the fossil fuel industry or businesses and individuals associated with the fossil fuel industry.

“Arguing against British renewables is arguing for more foreign gas, which will increasingly come from abroad as the North Sea continues its inevitable decline – a geological fact. Ripping up long-term policies and changing contracts is likely to destroy UK credibility as a solid place to invest."

Nice to see @theguardian.com print my letter in response to Simon Jenkins’ ill-informed article about wind farms and net zero. Net zero isn’t a woolly “political ambition” - it’s a scientific concept that is required to stop climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Commenting on the latest FES report, published by NESO, ‪@jessralston.bsky.social‬, @eciu.net said: "The next big question is whether the Government's upcoming reforms of the wholesale market will help to weaken the grip of gas on our electricity prices" eciu.net/media/press...

When politicians imply there's no point the UK doing more on climate, implying others are doing nothing, this is what they ignore - India meeting climate targets ahead of time, whilst China's emissions start to fall and its oil demand dries up. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"NOT SATIRE"... 🤬 www.theenergymix.com/not-satire-u...

'“The fossil fuel industry has run the biggest and most malevolent propaganda operation ... defending a $700-plus bn [annual] subsidy” of not being charged for the health and environmental damages caused by burning fossil fuels.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anti-net-zero types: we can't afford this - the economy etc... ECB: Extreme weather events could wipe as much off Eurozone GDP in next 5 years as global financial crisis or COVID-19. OBR: estimates of climate impact costs are rising whilst costs of getting to net zero look like they're falling.

You know what they say about tech - if you’re not paying, then you’re the product. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

About 1500 of the approx. 2300 people that will have lost their lives across 12 European cities last week would still live, if it wasn't for our burning of oil, coal and gas. If we care about the right to life, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

"It’s far from inevitable that climate issues will be dragged down by polarised politics. That’s not what people want. But unless politicians stop assuming and start listening, that’s what may happen." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“For the trans community here in the UK we’ve seen an onslaught of misinformation, attacks in the media, and the roll back of human rights in the courts … pride this year is about taking back public space, and showing we’re not going to be silenced, and we’re not going to be intimidated.”

Bears reading in full - either in Robert's helpful thread, or the link right at the end of it.

"Official development assistance could fall 17% this year after a 9% drop in 2024, the OECD said ... led by hefty cuts to US AID. ... 'At a time when collective climate action is more needed than ever, GCF is stepping up to deliver on its mandate' GCF Co-Chair Seyni Nafo said."