Speaking of sewage pollution in Exmouth, and elsewhere in South West England 👇 west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... Our #WestDevonCSO database reveals the truth that South West Water's #WaterFitLive map hides:

At long last deep geothermal energy is powering the electricity grid in Cornwall: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "The water, super-heated by rocks, will help drive turbines to generate electricity for 10,000 homes, but will also provide the UK's first domestic supply of lithium" 1/

Unlikely as it may seem, the United Kingdom's @metoffice.gov.uk has issued yet another weather warning for 🚨heavy rain🚨 across #Devon and #Cornwall. The latest in a long line of recent warnings starts at 6 AM tomorrow morning and continues overnight into Thursday. #WestDevonWx

The number of active combined sewer overflows across Devon and Cornwall is gradually reducing: west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... However, the multi week #sewage "spills" affecting the "bathing beaches" at Woolacombe, Torcross, Plymouth and Coastguards beach on the Erme estuary continue. 1/

If you are resident in Devon or Cornwall you may have noticed that we've had a lot of rain recently? Which has some unfortunate side effects. Here are today's updates on coastal and inland #SewagePollution from South West Water and Water UK respectively: west-devon.info/2026/02/febr... 1/

FYI @tom--scott.bsky.social @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @docrichard46.bsky.social @westcountryvoices.bsky.social @westenglandbylines.co.uk @theprsd.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @skentelbery.bsky.social @adamvaughan.bsky.social 👇

ERA5 data for January 2026 has still not made it over to @noaa.gov's "Web-based Reanalyses Intercomparison Tools". Rather belatedly here is our @nsidc.bsky.social #Arctic sea ice news replacement service, reverting to the NCEP/NCAR R1 reanalysis: greatwhitecon.info/2026/02/fact...

Astonishingly yesterday afternoon's weather forecast did not include heavy rain! We took the opportunity to take a trip to the seaside. As did lots of other people! The morning sun had all but disappeared behind the clouds, and it was very wet underfoot on the coast path. 1/

Peering into the future: "The rocket boots might well propel our protagonist majestically skywards, but they might also hurtle him into the side of a mountain at the speed of sound." diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/p...

It's been a long time since a sunny day was forecast, and we had a clear view of Dartmoor under a blue sky. #WestDevonWx 1/2

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

Having virtually signed @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social's Slapton Sands petition I decided to take a closer look at #sewage pollution along that stretch of the south coast of Devon. Here is what I discovered👇 "The Torcross CSO has been continuously overflowing into Start Bay since January 20th." 1/n

Here are the South West Water and Water UK maps of active combined sewer overflows across Devon and Cornwall at 10 AM this morning👇 As if they aren't bad enough, by this afternoon the forecast heavy rain has arrived. Cc: @skentelbery.bsky.social @grumpygirdle.bsky.social @carvemag.bsky.social 1/n

A quote from me on the BBC 👇 "Water campaigner Jim Hunt... said it sounded like South West Water was 'kicking the can down the road, crossing their fingers that we don't have a dry spring and summer. They have dodged a bullet the past two summers'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Drought2026 1/n

A quote from me on the BBC 👇 "Water campaigner Jim Hunt... said it sounded like South West Water was 'kicking the can down the road, crossing their fingers that we don't have a dry spring and summer. They have dodged a bullet the past two summers'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Drought2026 1/n

Recent heavy rain across South West England has had the beneficial side effect of significantly increasing the water levels of our reservoirs: west-devon.info/2026/01/wint... "More help is at hand due to heavy rain caused by the recent passage of #StormChandra across the UK" #Drought2026? 1/n

Thanks @mrjamesob.bsky.social! I scanned the QR code, and as well as the original news release I found this one: news.gwr.com/news/great-w... "On Saturday [the record-breaking Class 230 train] will replace its diesel counterpart, starting with the 0530 departure from West Ealing to Greenford."

A recent example illustrates a perennial problem with publicly available #SewagePollution information in the UK. A multi-day overflow at #Exmouth finished at some point overnight. You can't see that when using SWW's #WaterFitLive web site though. However, see the #WestDevonCSO database! 5/n

By way of example, from here in the far South West of England 👇 #Drought2026?

Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.

🚨The Environment Agency's flood warning for the Lower River Torridge has now turned RED 🚨 "Properties and low lying areas will start to flood from around 4:00PM on Tuesday. The main areas of concern are Taddiport and Weare Giffard." check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/... 3/n

There are now many 🚨flood warnings🚨 across the South West Peninsula. Another unfortunate side effect of the recent rain is #SewagePollution all around our coast. Our local big beach break at Widemouth Bay has been suffering since 6:38 PM last night. #WaterQuality 2/n

The forecast heavy rain has arrived in West Devon. There are 🚨flood alerts🚨 across Devon and Cornwall. The Upper River Tamar alert says: "Prolonged heavy rainfall is forecast throughout Monday and into Tuesday. Catchments are saturated and rivers are expected to respond" #WestDevonWx 1/n

My article on the (potential!) 6th edition of the US National Climate Assessment 👇 greatwhitecon.info/2026/01/the-... "It is already clear that @katharinehayhoe.com, @hausfath.bsky.social and the other scientists who produced #NCA5 will not be invited by the Trump administration to write #NCA6"

Here's the latest instalment in the #Climategate3 scandal 👇 www.edf.org/media/newly-... "The records reveal brazenly unlawful actions behind the creation of a report that underlies the administration’s attack on the Endangerment Finding – including evidence of at least 18 meetings held in secret."

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’ Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Note Lew's caveat, but this is worth a good long look 👇

"Ooh, let the drums mark this day" youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U #Greenland

My article on the (potential!) 6th edition of the US National Climate Assessment 👇 greatwhitecon.info/2026/01/the-... "It is already clear that @katharinehayhoe.com, @hausfath.bsky.social and the other scientists who produced #NCA5 will not be invited by the Trump administration to write #NCA6"

My Arctic alter ego has been experimenting with deepfake images of fantasy emperors: bsky.app/profile/grea... Would you like to see the "undressed" version @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social?

Was 2025 the warmest year on record? diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/w...

🌍 Berkeley Earth’s 2025 Global Temperature Report is out. 2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions. Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...

NASA have a press release... www.nasa.gov/news-release...

There's a weather warning for lots more rain tomorrow, but this morning the sky is blue and there's frost on the grass. #Dartmoor is clearly visible in the distance. #WestDevonWx

The Democrats have made their next move in the ongoing 19 dimensional chess game over #Greenland greatwhitecon.info/2025/12/the-... In response to Rep. Fine’s opening gambit, Congressman @gomez.house.gov (CA-34) announced today that he had "Introduced the Greenland Sovereignty Protection Act" 1/n

Here's my review of the recently published "US National Security Strategy" greatwhitecon.info/2025/12/the-... "The Trump Administration’s document makes no mention of the #Arctic or #Alaska or even #Greenland... There is no mention of any risk of conflict between #Russia and the United States"

Due to Trump administration funding cuts @nsidc.bsky.social is no longer providing this sort of information on a monthly basis. Hence here are the ERA5 MSLP and 925 hPa air temperature anomaly maps of the #Arctic for December 2025: greatwhitecon.info/2026/-01/fac...

With almost no exceptions, America's leading executives have either toadied up to Trump or kept silent. Will Trump's political witch hunt against Jay Powell hit the markets? That's about the only language CEOs understand.

Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same. Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Here's an extract from Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Richard Nugee's presentation at the recent UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing: greatwhitecon.info/2025/12/the-... "The Russian Duma has claimed [the Arctic Ocean] is a Russian internal sea, whereas we treat the #Arctic as international waters." 1/n

Bobbing about out back at Northcott Mouth yesterday afternoon:

This evening South West Water's #WaterFitLive map shows an ongoing #SewagePollution problem at Lynmouth on the coast of North Devon: west-devon.info/2025/07/july... 1/n

At 04:30 this morning I thought I would be able to record a glorious sunrise for posterity. Sadly that proved to be an idle hope, but at least the sun has come out now. Which means we're not overcast and drizzly damp for the first time in days!

#NorthDevon 👀 The victim says she spoke to the man, described as in his late 50s/early 60s, riding on a black bike, but he did not respond 👀 Passing by on the other side... @jim-hunt.bsky.social @northdevongreens.bsky.social www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/home/18...

We urgently need to examine how we account for water—who’s using it, how they’re getting it, and from where. Demand is higher than ever, but no major water supply infrastructure has been built in over 30 years. The system hasn’t kept pace. Check out my investigation in The Guardian... 1/3

The view from the South West Coast Path in North Cornwall, shortly before the solstice sunset. 1/n

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

Sorry for the short notice, but I've only just discovered the existence of this interesting event: 👇

It looks as though there will be an early start to the Northwest Passage sailing season this year: greatwhitecon.info/2025/05/the-... "The #SeaIce in Lancaster Sound and Prince Regent Inlet is breaking up, Bellot Strait is mostly open water, and surface melt has begun across Larsen Sound"

Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution