the way forward? New report concludes that tacking inequality and pollution together could double incomes for half the time at work while keeping climate change under control, Mustread piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Superb article by @jaseokundaye.bsky.social. REALLY needed saying. An absolute mustread. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, is the latest victim of Trump cuts. www.theguardian.com/environment...

Wildlife on bank notes: the Bank of England’s shortlist is out… Good to see White-tailed eagles on there - perhaps if enough of us vote for them, grouse moor owners will stop killing them? 🤔 @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...

The 250th edition of the Guardian’s Down to Earth newsletter about the climate, nature, planet and future of everything is here! Sign up if you want to read fantastic journalism by my amazing colleagues that will inform you and bring you joy www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The racism we're seeing across the right today is vile and dangerous but it's also a sign of desperation. Three parties all fighting over the votes of aging authoritarians.

Henry's brutal murder and the failures of the police have been appalling. His father's words are vital: "We don't want Henry's murder to be used to create further hatred, division or tension."

I mean, the *clean energy industry* exists and could start to push back any time it pleased.

Looking for growth? This CBI report shows that the U.K. green economy is growing by 10% a year, while the rest remains sluggish. Green jobs also rising by 10% p.a., and pay better and are more productive than others. Net zero brings, not impedes, growth! www.cbi.org.uk/media/owxdid...

'Melting ice has accelerated a process that destroys nitrate, the foundational fertiliser required for marine life to survive. The Arctic passed a critical ecological tipping point in 2009. The nutrient famine threatens the whole food chain from microscopic plankton to seabirds & marine mammals.'

A tragic disconnect. Polls show that 80-89% of the global public understand the climate crisis and want their governments to act, but policy is going backwards thanks to the fossil fuel industry, facing a threat to its survival, writes @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

An extremely serious and irreversible chain reaction already in progress

Just heartbreaking... "The resulting nutrient famine is already affecting the whole Arctic food chain, threatening everything from microscopic plankton to commercial fish stocks, seabirds, and marine mammals." Meanwhile, the usual bad actors are shouting 'drill baby drill'. So depressing.

This is exactly why Starmer must tell Blair to fuck off with his condemnation of net-zero.

In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. Time to give credit where it's due iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Is a tipping point already upon us? A two-decade-long study has concluded that the melting of sea ice in the Arctic has a caused an ‘irreversible shift’ in ocean chemistry which disturbs the foundation of its web of life. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...

A new #renewables revolution is underway. Booming - and increasingly cheap - household #batteries for rooftop #solar power have cut #gas use by a quarter in #Australia and brought down #electricity prices by 10% in parts of the country. Let’s have them here! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The pace of climate change has doubled, surprising and alarming scientists. Yet political and business commitment to addressing it has crashed. Our children, grandchildren, and their descendants, will see this as history’s greatest betrayal. www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

‘Apocalypse” of crash in #insect numbers is already causing #malnutrition, a pioneering study concludes. Long past time we started taking this ignored crisis very seriously indeed. www.livescience.com/animals/inse...

Need to lift the spirits. North and South Ireland launch a €20.8 million cross-border, cross-community campaign to restore wildlife and habitats in one of the most nature-depleted countries in earth. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

a typical Sunday lunch contains up to 102 #pesticides, including ones banned in Europe, a survey shows. Yet government is weakening #regulations on them when it should be strengthening them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A really thoughtful and stimulating piece. Highly recommended.

Is nowhere safe? Microplastics have now been found even in tadpoles in the depth of the Amazon rainforest. Present in every single one of them that scientists examined. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Coral reefs contain a goldmine of unstudied microbes that could provide vital new medicines and other chemicals, scientists have found. But we are destroying them so fast that the world‘s reefs are thought to have passed their tipping point. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

new scientific research indicates that quite modest changes in diet can reverse the aging process in the elderly. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Here’s an idea for @edmilibandmp.bsky.social! Australian federal and state #energy ministers agree that power hungry #data enters should be forced to invest in #renewables to cover their huge demands. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bully for beavers! I’m addition to all the other good things they do, they cause rivers to absorb ten times more carbon. Thank goodness we are finally allowing them back in the wild - long overdue. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/be...

The long-standing objection to wind and solar - that they are intermittent - is losing its validity. Batteries are are enabling them to produce continuous electricity at a good price, reports an international agency. www.euronews.com/2026/05/08/r...

The Amazon rainforest is sometimes called the lungs of the world. It seems that the world is smoking 40 Capstan non-filter per day. 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬

Alarming. The tipping point for the destruction of the Amazon - which would have devastating worldwide effects - is approaching far faster than expected, an authoritative new study concludes. news.mongabay.com/2026/05/defo...

Avoiding foods wrapped in plastic cuts ingestion of cancer causing cemicas by up to 60%. www.earth.com/news/eating-...

US industrial MidWest sees a boom in solar energy, as Trumpland seeks cheap ad independent energy, despite all the President's attempts to kill renewables. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

As if the effects of the UK’s rampant #sewage pollution ween’t already bad enough. Research now shows it is also having an “alarming“ impact on the #seagrass beds that are vital for the life of the #oceans and for absorbing #carbon.

Big news. India’s solar power capacity has increased 50 fold in little over a decade. It’s total clean energy capacity now exceeds that of fossil fuels, beating its target by five years. gulfnews.com/world/asia/i...

Interesting piece on how little-known physical constraints will stop wells returning to full production even when the war ends, and thus keep prices high. May cause more drilling in short term, but hasten transition to clean energy afterwards. www.naturalnews.com/2026-04-28-p...

There’s good news and bad news. Felling of the #Amazon has greatly slowed, but the degradation of what remains is much reducing its richness, #biodiversity and ability to absorb and store #carbon. www.earth.com/news/defores...

There have been many allegations that offshore wind kills wildlife, but this research concludes that the turbines are , on balance, good for it. www.bgr.com/2159764/offs...

Satisfying news. Trump’s drive to kill #renewables and boost fossil fuels is failing, this mustread by @olliemilman.bsky.social reports. In a first, they overtook #gas in generating #electricity in March. Most Republicans don’t support his #energy policies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Solar is, for the first time, the fastest growing source of electricity worldwide, reports the International Energy Agency. It accounted for 25 per cent of increased use last year: in all, renewables and nuclear met 60% of it. The energy transition is well under way. electrek.co/2026/04/19/i...

A really important must-read from the incisive @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the lousy, but widely accepted economics, that are leading to a huge, fast-approaching climate catastrophe. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Surprised by the growing drive to drain every drop of oil and gas from the North Sea despite no benefits for energy prices or security? Oil and gas lobbyists have met with ministers 96 times since the election, reports this investigation! democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-h...

Can sinking Venice be saved as sea levels rise? Not if its unique character is to be preserved, report these experts. theconversation.com/venice-is-si...

People living in the EU countries with the cleanest energy - Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden and Slovakia - will pay less than half as much this year as those with the dirtiest, concludes a new report. They’ll save a total of €8.5 billion. www.euronews.com/2026/04/22/f...

The biggest change since the Industrial Revolution? The age of fossil fuel security is over, says @ed-miliband.bsky.social, and the “only route” to financial, energy - and national - security is through clean sources. www.newstatesman.com/speech/2026/...

Solar energy soared by 1000% over the last decade, reports the excellent @fionaharvey.bsky.social. And last year clean energy overtook the growth in electricity demand for the first time. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Renewables cost less than half as much as nuclear power, a new peer-reviewed study concludes. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/17/n...

More costs of the Iran war. food inflation is set to more than treble,,and 45 million more people are due to be pushed into hunger. www.ft.com/content/3634...

Good news. Booming solar and wind energy will enable Britain to escape gas shortages caused by the Iran War this summer, reports the authoritative Jillian Ambrose. So much is being produced that people are being urged to up consumption so as to use it www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With Trump’s encouragement, the nuclear industry is increasingly evading regulation, causing “serious public safety concerns”. , oilprice.com/Alternative-...