FACTCHECK: A guide to manufacturing headlines, by the Times 1) highlight upfront costs of an “eco” home (EV, heat pump, solar) 2) pretend that petrol cars and gas boilers are free (yes really) 3) count upfront “eco” costs twice, for good measure 4) that’s it!

“The UK only counts for 1% of global emissions, so why should we bother trying to stop climate change?” You hear this a lot from UK media and politicians. But many countries around the world also account for around 1% of emissions. And guess what – they’re all saying exactly the same thing. 🧵

Don’t know when we last broke a monthly record three days in a row but this breaks the previous 1976 record by a wide margin

It's not "the new normal": this heatwave shows that we're never going to have "normal" again - by @mjflepage.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2531...

Temperatures have reached 36.4°C at Yeovilton, provisionally making it the hottest June day on record, surpassing both the previous record set yesterday and the longstanding record from 1976 🌡️

Temperatures have continued to climb this afternoon, and we now have a new provisional June record of 36.0 °C, recorded at both Wisley, Surrey and Gosport in Hampshire

Provisionally, today is now the warmest June day on record in the UK, with 35.8 °C recorded at Wiggonholt, West Sussex

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

Climate scientists express 'concern' over heatwave coverage which they say "increasingly overlooks the fundamental ‘why'" Broadcasters responded that they have been reporting on the hot weather "within the wider context of climate change" pressgazette.co.uk/news/climate...

UK temperatures nudging 40 on Wednesday, when MPs will be debating the seventh carbon budget, and some will likely be calling for the climate change act/net zero to be scrapped…

Revenue tied to environmental products and services climbed to $5.5 trillion last year, expanding at its fastest pace since 2022. Flobal listed companies that generate revenue from climate solutions now boasts a record high market value of $10 trillion. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown - Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region #climatecrisis Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Footballers and fans heading to World Cup face a dangerous combination of heat and humidity, with growing research highlighting the health effects of high “wet-bulb globe temperatures”. www.ft.com/content/3b37...

Super El Niño could add hundreds to your grocery bill – scientists El Niño, turbocharged by climate change, could damage harvests and worsen global food insecurity this summer resulting in higher food prices. www.dailymail.com/sciencetech...

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics www.theguardian.com/environment...

Britain is “sleepwalking into a food crisis” caused by extreme weather, inflation and the impacts of the Iran war – and the government is failing to take the threat seriously, food experts have said: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today is now the hottest day in May on record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35°C Until yesterday the highest temperature in May was 32.8 °C, but we've now exceeded that record on consecutive days by a full two degrees Celsius 🌡️

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

Temperatures at Heathrow have recently reached 33.5°C, provisionally beating the all-time May record

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Hottest May day ever recorded in UK as temperature reaches 32.9C at Heathrow - BBC News

The UK is likely going to see its hottest spring day on record by some margin in the next few days. The climate we built for no longer exists. The climate we’re in isn’t even well-defined, as things continue to change faster than we observe the extremes. We are underprepared.

This is with less than 1.5C of warming. We're on a trajectory to 3 or 4C of warming without a major change of direction.

NEW The UK will adopt one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets as Labour takes on Reform opposition to net zero and moves to neuter the Green Party’s rise. Ministers have accepted @thecccuk.bsky.social's recommendation for an 87% cut in emissions by 2040 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, @thecccuk.bsky.social report warns - Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Huge thanks to everyone at the @FTMag for sending me to Santa Marta to cover the first international conference on shifting away from fossil fuels. The event showed the vast and messy complexity of the task - and the rising determination to achieve it as.ft.com/r/79eab047-c...

New research has found UK food prices are on track to be 50 per cent higher by November, compared to levels at the start of the cost-of-living crisis in mid-2021: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Food tracking to be 50% more costly than five years ago amid climate change and war www.channel4.com/news/food-tr...

Interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, says head of one of world's biggest fertiliser producers: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

World's food system is fracturing under the weight of biodiversity loss, climate shocks, and escalating geopolitical conflicts, experts warn: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Last year heatwaves hit from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, Greenland lost 139 billion tonnes of ice, and wildfires burned a record area, as Europe warms faster than any other continent New report from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/danger...

British households have paid around £3,400 extra on energy bills since late 2021 as gas prices surged following global conflicts. New analysis shows how war driven energy shocks are still hitting household finances. www.independent.co.uk/news/busine...

🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙🚙🚗🚗 8 of 10 of the UK’s best-selling plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) cost more to buy than EVs New ECIU analysis: UK’s 10 best-selling PHEVs had RRPs, on average, £4,150 higher than equiv EV This makes PHEVs 10% more expensive to purchase, on average

Talks at the IMO about a carbon tax on shipping continue this week after the US tried to sink the idea last October. But delegates say that there is a risk it could end up in a "real fight" again: www.ft.com/content/23cc... w/ @attractamooney.bsky.social

Ed Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar “the era of clean energy security must come of age”. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge Iran war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026 @globalwitness.org #rystadenergy Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: The EU will announce a big bet on electrification next week to help it whether future energy crises. The draft includes floating targeted amendments to ensure electricity is taxed less than fossil fuels, and doubling down on heatpumps. Read more here 👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New research shows opening up the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields in the North Sea would do virtually nothing to reduce the UK's dependence on imported gas.

It is odd how climate change has almost entirely left the conversation - and yet it, and the attempt to address it, lies at the core of so many of the challenges that Britain, Europe and the world are facing right now

65 climate scientists write to party leaders urging the UK to prioritise renewable energy as a more cost-effective response to the fossil fuel crisis than turning to the North Sea, where 90% of reserves have already been extracted, and more extraction would have little, if any, impact on prices.

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

When someone tells you they'll base the country's future energy security off of North Sea gas, they're not being honest with you. 14 years & a policy of 'maxing out' the basin produced only 36 days worth of gas to date www.theguardian.com/business/202...

On new North Sea drilling - letter in today’s Times:

Ministers ignored report warning that climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability were undermining Britain’s food security to such a degree that it could be “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure” by 2030: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

"If fertiliser isn’t moving through Strait of Hormuz in two weeks’ time, we won’t be debating any more, we’ll be sending in aid. If it’s not moving in four weeks, we’ll be managing instability. It’s time to act on agricultural calendar, not the diplomatic one." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, warns @wmo-global.bsky.social Last 11 years were Earth's 11 warmest years in records going back to 1850 Levels of atmospheric CO2 are at their highest for at least two million years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Kemi Badenoch thinks drilling the North Sea is the answer to the energy crisis that really should be disqualifying. If she understands it’s more complex than that, then why is she peddling such transparent bullshit to voters? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

Drilling for oil and gas "will not ⬇️ bills or deliver energy security" and new lisences for "marginal projects" could lead to ⬆️ "state support and overall decommissioning costs for the taxpayer." Here’s why, according to the UK Energy Research Centre @ukerc.bsky.social 🧵 👇

Yet more evidence EV drivers are going to save a lot of money in the coming months. www.businessgreen.com/news/4527285...

Analysis of official UK oil and gas statistics and projections suggest that 93% of the oil and gas that is likely to be produced from the North Sea has already been extracted: eciu.net/media/press-...