Beef has a huge environmental cost. And the only real fix is to consume less of it. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

"The system is rigged and the country knows it. It's time for a wealth tax on the super-rich and a tax on excess profits" @unitesharon.bsky.social Even millionaires agree. 💬 Comment and 🔄 share if you agree too #Davos26 #WEF26 #WealthTax

"When the facts are plain and the law is clear, accountability must follow" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study

So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu. Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On Monday, the OECD (a rich countries club) quietly announced that the 15% Global Minimum Corporation Tax (GMCT) on megacorps (€750m+ annually) will no longer apply to US companies. taxjustice.net/press/oecd-c... 2/9

🌡️ 2025 was among the warmest years ever recorded—even with La Niña cooling. New global data confirm that record heat, warming oceans & extreme weather are becoming the norm, not the exception. The climate crisis is accelerating—& so are its health impacts. @noaa.gov @wmo-global.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

How many years of your life could you stand to lose because of where you are born? Across the UK, that number can be as high as 16. We asked rapper and campaigner Darren McGarvey what he thought was driving this - to him the answers are obvious. This is what he had to say. 👇

Great to see IPPR North research on disparities in transport spending on the North, London, and the rest of the country showcased on @itvpeston.bsky.social last night. The difference in spending truly is stark. Read the full report here: lnkd.in/etg4w27f

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable

Pathetic, warped men being aided in their misogyny by AI. Absolutely disgusting and enraging. Shut it down now.

Fourth Palestinian baby freezes to death in Gaza since November https://aje.news/1ryphy

"People saw it was upsetting me and I didn’t like it and they kept doing more and more. There’s one of me just completely naked with just a bit of string around my waist, one with a ball gag in my mouth and my eyes rolled back."

Childhood immunization is under threat. The World Federation of Public Health Associations warns that proposed changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule risk reversing decades of progress and widening health inequities. Read WFPHA's full statement: www.wfpha.org/us-childhood...

"One reason why the 1945 Labour government was able to be so radical was that it inherited a fully functioning planned economy at the end of the second world war" Very perceptive piece from Larry Elliott in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We urge David Lammy to immediately authorise a senior official to meet with the legal representatives of Heba Muraisi & Kamran Ahmed - both on prolonged hunger strike & at extreme risk of death. Their representatives have repeatedly requested this meeting & it is now critical to prevent a tragedy.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Child at home in Gaza killed by Israeli fire as post-ceasefire deaths mount

"Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter." In an age of cowards, it's great to see the FT simply bodying these clowns.

The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking. It exposes that much of the world has been cowed. Most notable exception: the Latin American left. That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3

This is a fascinating thread. Quicker the world transitions from fossil fuels the better - for multiple reasons!

There has never been a moment when ending the oil industry has been more urgent or important. Here is a thread of seven tools that can help. Brief, readable 2-pagers, and a 30-page overview from @michealpodgers.bsky.social at @clicabedu.bsky.social.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

The people of Venezuela are exchanging one old tyrant for another

Just a quick reminder this afternoon that no one has ever invaded a country or taken their leader hostage to steal their solar panels. Added bonus: a solar spill? Just a sunny day.

It's actually important that, to the extent you are able, you stop using oil

Trump just said what it is all about. The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.

with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Happy New Year!

Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.

I grew up near Barnsley. We still laugh about the Tuscan hill town stuff to this day. Chuffed for Barnsley though.

Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx

People escaping fighting, lack of essential supplies in Heglig area faced with tough conditions in search for safety.

Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial. We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/3e3320

"Qesser Zuhrah has been refusing food for almost 2 months now" #C4News last night. The first time I've seen the mainstream news cover the Palestine hunger strikers.

Arctic sees hottest year since 1900 as climate crisis continues https://aje.io/nzin8o

Our new analysis of Europe’s largest banks has found progress on climate has ground to a standstill, and in some cases, reversed As environmental and social risks rise, banks’ responses are still falling short: the average score across the 25 banks was 41%🔽 shareaction.org/reports/in-d... 🧵1

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state. Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...

BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff. Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%. Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance. Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected. Back to Victorian times.

While this BBC article on ever-bigger SUVs is perfectly good, it's absurd the way there has to be quotes from people who insist they could not get around without a vehicle the size of a Sherman tank. It's just bollocks. I'm one of three kids and we were all ferried around in a Vauxhall Astra estate.

I personally hate these ridiculously big cars I increasingly see. Time to make them less attractive by taxing them more? BBC News - 'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We love to see initiatives like this one from @reading_buses - free bus travel so you can do your Christmas shopping! Is your area doing something similar? www.reading-buses.co.uk/free-bus-tra...

Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇 www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...

Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch