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No question that declaring the climate crisis a global public health emergency would help people in the wake of the super El Niño that is about to arrive and save lives. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It is alarming how this concept has taken so long for capitalists to get their head around. Capitalists proclaim to be superior to all others when it comes to resource extraction efficiency and cost reduction. Turns out they’re just morons.

It is worth noting that the pain hasn't started yet.

Here is a graph of the daily temperature anomalies above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline over the last 20 years using Copernicus data. As you can clearly see, the trendline shows the planet passing 1.5°C within a year. Get on the boat, people!

Breaking Experts want WHO to declare climate crisis as a global public health emergency. 🔥🌎💥☄️

New rules re judicial reviews “will all but bring an end to public-interest environmental litigation in Ireland” says @antaisce.bsky.social. Even if an applicant won their case, it could cost them more than €100,000 to correct an unlawful decision made by a public body. share.google/kn1f71ywvvSj...

It's really easy to find ignorant oil industry supporters who blame the high oil prices on Biden not letting the industry drill. These people are either ignorant (quite possible) or lying. The reality is that we know where all the good oil is in the US. And we've already drilled there.

“No matter what happens to Cuba,” Cashman said, “this is a clear signal to other countries that renewables are something that they need to focus on.” 100% correct. Renewable energy = energy security

It's been strange to witness how someone who clearly hasn't read our actual paper has such strong opinions and feelings about our paper... academic.oup.com/oocc/article...

Mann chose a measuring stick that can't settle the debate. Showing 2024 can fit within model predictions doesn't rule out additional forcing the models don't capture, or that ECS itself is underestimated. These are precisely the questions Hansen & Simons are actually asking.

Do support the architectscan.org movement, they are doing great independent work. Everything helps. It's so much work behind the scenes vs all the greenwashing that is surrounding such a David vs Goliath undertaking especially in a construction exhibition. #LESSCARBONMORETRUTH 🧵END

Here are the posters from the Architects Can! (ACAN) stand at Futurebuild. Let’s take a closer look 🧵– are they right? #LESSCARBONMORETRUTH

You don’t hate country music, you just hate the same 100 songs of bootlicking corporatized trash about saluting the flag while drinking a beer in your truck at a football game next to your pretty silent wife in daisy dukes who also knows how to fish.

Luke Akehurst tries to ward off a leadership challenge by saying it would increase pressure for a snap general election & what Labour needs to do is stick to delivering the program they were elected on Where in the manifesto did it say you'd restrict our right to trial by jury?

Spot the resident fauna!

Now Tax the Billionaires owning second properties like Zohran has done in New York You can do it Sadiq. Keir Starmer worships billionaires but do you?

Baker Street, London Underground 🚇🇬🇧 What it looks like In 2026 Vs. On opening in 1863

FT goes with the fascist billionaires. Know your enemy.

A new New York Times piece shows: The Iran war is accelerating something that was already underway: Europeans turn to solar, heat pumps & EVs in large numbers. E.ON reports solar interest in the UK up 63%. Enpal in Germany: inquiries for panels & heat pumps rise 30%. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

Even Forbes is saying these words. Not a leftist eco social website. Forbes.

Two days ago they were supposedly “begging for a deal” again for the 29th time in 9 weeks.

Starting to think he doesn’t have the cards

There's been a lot of breathless cheerleading of the Santa Marta conference. It was indeed a historic moment. But @ninalakhani.bsky.social told me about the potential for replicating colonial, extractive patterns too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcZA... (please enjoy derpy face plus hilarious caption)

The National Disaster Management Centre has officially classified the devastating severe weather affecting multiple provinces across South Africa as a National Disaster. 1/2

I don’t imagine I’ll ever have £5m to subvert democracy and herald a new dawn of fascism. So instead I sent @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the greens £100 today. Because right now that’s about all I think we can do. Send small sums in large numbers to progressive parties.

Climate change is the *most* kitchen table issue for every single American family. Food prices? Climate change Cost of housing? Climate change Cost of healthcare? Climate change War? Climate change Inflation? Climate change Clothes? Climate change Transport? Climate change

I wrote a piece about the need to end climate silence. Don't listen to the "climate hushers" -- people telling us to ignore the crisis & only focus on affordability and "kitchen-table" issues. Instead, connect climate and our fossil fuel addiction to the issues that voters care about most.

There are two main groups of voters in western democracies in 2026: Voters on the socialist left with strong climate action as top priority. Right wing fossil fuel-obsessed voters living in a fantasy. There are not many “centrists” - most centrists work in paid jobs for group 2.

An example of a “centrist”. “Those guys on the far right are despicable and toxic, but at least they like fossil fuels and genocide so we are open to govern with them because those climate people who prefer to stay alive and don’t like genocide are just not our type of people”.

The main problem is that privatisation has not happened. *Partial* privatisation of all profits and borrowing requirement decisions was done. But losses and fines were never privatised. Send those board members to prison until all debt is repaid, see how fast privatisation changes.

"timber frame structures for 30 social housing units, including 15 new builds and 15 renovations" With wooden facades, buildings simply no longer look like mere buildings, imho. KOZ koz.fr/tete-en-lair/

Sunday Times report 37 Labour MPs have called on Starmer to quit. This number could be higher now.

Amazing view of #Stromboli from space! The intense effusive activity of the #volcano is captured by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 image on May 6th 2026. The lava flow (longer than 1 km) advancing along the ‘Sciara del Fuoco’ and reaching the coastline is clearly visible. #Sicily #eruption

Getting on for 4 years since the publication of 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest', yesterday a friend spotted a copy in the front window of a bookshop in Westport, Co. Mayo. There's now MASSIVE appetite among Irish people for rewilding. Why is that not being translated into action by the state?

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This clip is chilling. The Andes strain of the Hantavirus is airborne and appears to spread more easily between humans than previously suggested. Might be time to restart social distancing and break out the N95 masks.

I am lucky to have this small patch of woodland near my house. Walking here is vital to my wellbeing. The Labour Party has shown absolute disdain for the importance of these places. Labour will side with greedy property developers over your wellbeing. Today, vote accordingly. Don't vote Labour.

Palestine is the moral issue of our time, as was apartheid in the 1970s and 80s. your stance and your silence define you.

Recognising ecocide - should we accept the wilfull destruction of our environment or call a crime a crime and react accordingly? An article that asks questions and offers answers: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now 'impossible to ignore'. www.euractiv.com/news/un-clim...

Water Vapour is more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO₂ and there is a lot more of it. So why is it not to blame for global warming? The answer is its an amplifier, not a baseline forcing. drtomharris.substack.com/p/why-do-we-... #climatechange #watervapour #hydrology #watercycle #feedback

A house over 200 years old with triple-glazed windows. Imagine that, combined with internal insulation made from traditional materials sourced from the fields and woods. Listed buildings don’t have to be bad for the climate.

“.. Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after [Saudi Arabia] suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation ..” Apropos of 👇 www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

If anyone is capable of uniting Shiite and Sunni Muslims against one common enemy, it will be Donald Trump.

Here are the latest monthly-averaged observations of global methane (CH₄; a potent greenhouse gas)... January 2026 - 1940.4 ppb January 2025 - 1935.5 ppb + Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_... + Why the change in trends? doi.org/10.1126/scie...

How would you describe pilots who ignore all their flight deck instrument warnings? Insane? Suicidal? The instruments we use to measure the climate are ALL flashing red and for the most part humans are just ignoring them! Without an immediate course correct we are headed for a catastrophic crash!

Looks like the oil industry makes the rules in the EU just like they do in the US. Which means, no rules of any consequence. Which means...new CH4 and heat records incoming!