All over the country, in different ecosystems, plants and animals of all kinds are busy trying to complete their life cycles and reproduce Each of them is exquisitely adapted... to conditions much, much cooler than this

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... She’s right: this is where it begins- inadequate men subjugating women. Why does that even need to happen?

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

In an unstable world relying on cheap food arriving for just in time delivery is not a wise strategy. More local seasonal food please and start now on helping Britain's farmers to produce more of what we eat www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK, German and French aid cuts will take ‘devastating toll’ on most vulnerable, says study

So what happens when Reform take over your local council? This. #KentCountyCouncil

This week @thierryaaron.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk about his research on climate scientists. Some of my thoughts about this here. www.technosphere.earth/when-being-r...

Now check out the last 100 years of April sea surface temperature departures in the new ERSSTv6 dataset (up through 2026). 🌊 Learn more about this upgrade in doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... and doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...

If anyone is in any doubt about which are the most horrible regimes on the planet just look at the list of those who think it is fine to drill baby drill for their own profit and burn baby burn the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

They could have taken this moment to nudge us towards public transport, walking, cycling, and electric vehicles, but motorist lobbies always scream the loudest.

Priorities 👀 £400m support for people who can afford to drive, but nothing for people who walk, ride a bike or catch the bus? “The cost of the package, including postponing the 5p rise and the discount on red diesel duty, is expected to be around £400m.”

Shocking stats: Climate change is ALREADY costing the UK £60bn every year, or 2% of GDP Without climate adaptation, this could rise to £260bn (5% of GDP) by 2050, says CCC's Baroness Brown The committee says UK should invest £11bn a year to become more resilient

‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain

The English community that brought its river back from the brink: ‘If we can get it right here, we can do it everywhere’

Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns This is a vital, crucial read www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat and dairy industry communications have been explored in two very recent, interesting papers (figures from each below). TLDR: it's the same old story. 🧵

A weak and wobbly jet stream bringing wild swings in temperatures Expect much more of this as global heating continues to ramp-up and the temperatures gradient from equator to pole evens out www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Want to support the travelling public? OK, but *has* to be equitable. So, where are the plans to reduce bus and train fares? Why not also provide bungs to pedestrians, and pay cyclists? Why just motorists?

"democracies across the planet are now threatened by what might be called fossil fuel fascism – an extremist political movement that breaks laws, spreads lies and threatens violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain markets for oil, gas and coal"

For years British politics has treated Brexit like a cursed object locked in the attic. Don’t mention it. Don’t touch it. Don’t acknowledge the smell coming from under the door. Unfortunately, the Brexit-shaped boil is now very much bursting.

I've done talks about sea otters to bigger crowds.

Right here, right now… legends backing lifesavers. 🛟🎶 Fatboy Slim collecting for the RNLI outside Churchill Square in #Brighton.

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

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

1/4 Govt needs to get ahead of upcoming fuel crisis in UK & elsewhere Climate & transport groups are calling for ban on private jets, a frequent flyer levy and ban on main short haul routes where direct train exists Would save nearly 1 M tonnes jet fuel per yr www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fish farming - another indefensible form of #FactoryFarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beyond the overwhelming pong of dodginess hanging over this entire saga, I do find myself wondering exactly how many houses one man can own before he finally stops pretending to be the voice of the bloke down the pub.

This is just brilliant. #StopReform

We don't view motor violence like all the other violence, Exhibit 746 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"The costs of implementing these protections early are modest; the costs of delaying them during a high-consequence outbreak may be profound." ✅️ Ventilation ✅️ Air filtration ✅️ Isolation & contact tracing ✅️ Effective protection for healthcare workers Have we really learned nothing from #Covid?

OUR NEW BMJ editorial: Andes virus should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk. 🧵 1/ For severe pathogens with person-to-person transmission, the starting point should be precautionary airborne protections — not waiting for definitive proof after spread occurs. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Started the first steps to training to do these a few weeks ago on the bars in my park with my PT; it will be SOME time before a true pull up but this is promising 💪

‘We have the means within our grasp- even at this late stage- to head off Armageddon. But we lack the collective will to do what needs to be done.’ ‘The Fate of the World: A History and Future of the Climate Crisis’- Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/05/03/r...

Soil Association, Nature Friendly Farming Network, Greenpeace, the Wildlife Trusts and others call for end to UK use of glyphosate weedkiller being sprayed on crops just before harvest A better trade deal with Europe on food could force that to become reality www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“The trip will reveal very clearly, particularly to those countries in the Global South, how China is in the ascendance and Trump has brought America down.”

Time to change the law: hate speech should invalidate a ballot.

By dumping cheap solar panels on Asia and starting a catastrophic war in the Gulf, the president has started a headlong rush for cleantech that no eco-activism could match, writes author @doctorow.pluralistic.net in the first of a new monthly column for the Nerve www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Some perspective

What these extraordinary numbers make clear is that Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-millions-donations-fossil-fuel-interests-climate-science-deniers/

This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.

“19,934 people [were] killed in 2024 on EU roads, which are among the safest in the world.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy Bank Holiday! Here’s a tongue-in-cheek #parody song about #nigelfarage accepting a massive gift from a #crypto billionaire and then hiding from a #BBC interview - to the iconic tune #500miles of the legendary Proclaimers … We’re calling it: “Five Million Quid” 💰🤑💰🤑💰🎶 youtu.be/z5A0qpWUrfg?...

There quickly comes a point at which reasonable investigation of a candidate or party leader on the left tips into deranged obsession. Their real crime is to challenge power. They must be demonised and neutralised at all costs. Armies of journalists are deployed to unearth whatever they can.

NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Get a ready-made email response to support a ban on trail hunting. It really does take 15 seconds.

Is everyone else as bone-deep tired of politics in this country at the moment? You are? Funny that. Nigel Farage and all the other right-wing crotchgoblins would quite like you that way. A Sunday long-read.

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“The Turkish Mediterranean coast is the most polluted coast in the whole Mediterranean because of...plastic waste from the recycling factories. There’s huge amounts of microplastics–sometimes people can’t even get into the sea because of all the waste” ~ Prof Sedat Gündoğdu Photos, Verdat Örüç