We may find that solar panels are still working well after half a century. Could this have implications on the future of financing? "A study of six, three-decade-old arrays in Switzerland found them to still be working well, retaining more than 80% of their initial power."

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Asthma sufferers celebrate in London! Sad it took so long for action but well done to all the clean air campaigners www.bbc.com/news/article...

In @theguardian.com - drop in support for digital ID since summer & govt announcement. From 54-18 support to 31-45 opposed, a real shift: suggests govt didnt get comms on use right, opponents did; but also risk govt unpopularity means they have reverse Midas right now theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

"The opportunity here is really shifting people's perceptions of what protein is and pushing people beyond their gut reaction of 'I need more protein and therefore I need to eat a chicken,'" www.newsweek.com/2025/10/10/p...

BBC News - Third Cranswick pig farm at centre of abuse claims www.bbc.com/news/article...

Go Zurich. Zurich votes to ban petrol leaf blowers share.google/ufg77ss63R1W...

"While China is the world's top consumer and producer of plastic, the country has also ushered in several restrictions on the production, sale and consumption of single-use plastics in a bid to stem a national pollution crisis." www.politico.eu/article/chin...

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience india.mongabay.com/2025/09/comm...

"Today, recycling remains McDonald's first line of defense—its shield against laws that would ban or tax throwaway packaging, or force it back to the reusable containers the McDonald brothers cast off in 1948." www.aol.com/articles/im-...

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

It would signal the the de facto end of nearly all immigration to this country, from those coming to work to those who come for love. It would crater our economy, tear up relationships, remove status from millions of European, result in endless legal battles and leave us as an international pariah.

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

“The conversation isn’t whether or not we need the solutions, or indeed whether or not these solutions will happen, but how they will happen,” says Nicky. “And the next ten years will be about making it happen.” oakfnd.org/from-waste-t...

Meanwhile in North Korea.

wrote about this last year and sure I wasn't in any way the only one but imo people voting for populist politics in the 21st century *is* a sign that they do just have too much faith in institutions, as opposed to not enough - they want to have their little tantrum but assume things will just hold

BBC News - Ministers yet to seek climate advice on Heathrow expansion - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The answer is.. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Rock & Roll farming podcast discuss bridging gaps between farmers and citizens and the need for food systems change, nuance and less blame. Spotted via @eatingbetter UK newsletter pca.st/episode/1fc0...

Reform run Kent County Council claims a “climate emergency” declared in 2019 has "scared numerous young people" so it plans to rescinded bc it says climate change is bollox.. The Party received circa £5m from donors since 2023 with links to fossil fuels, financial services industry and tax havens

India regulator still reviewing more than a dozen allegations against Adani, sources say reut.rs/4gC2hxs

Aviation unserious on their need to invest in new clean tech. Governments could limit their growth plans until they get serious? That might make them get serious. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Australia faced a future of increasingly extreme weather conditions as a result of man-made climate change." BBC News - Australia announces higher emissions cuts by 2035 www.bbc.com/news/article...

BBC News - Air India crash victims' families sue aerospace firms Boeing and Honeywell www.bbc.com/news/article...

Inaction on climate causes deaths.. www.politico.eu/article/thou...

This is brilliant - and actually rather useful for anyone teaching methods (correlation isn't causation etc.) to undergraduates.

With Tory MP Danny Kruger defecting to Reform UK yesterday, 67% of Britons say MPs who switch parties should have to fight a by-election, including 60% of Reform UK voters yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Will the Swiss farmers (and doctors) rise up against chlorinated chicken imports? www.gazetaexpress.com/en/Switzerla...

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

PFAS Pollution www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

BBC News - Will farming under solar panels take off? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Vast swathes of UK farm fields are spread with sewage sludge - a mix of human & industrial waste. We tested some, & found levels of PFAS & fire retardants that wouldn't be considered safe for use on allotments. Our article in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC News - Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Britain is sleepwalking through its biggest food safety crisis since the horse meat scandal...The single case of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany this year, most likely caused by illegally imported meat, cost its economy one billion euros.” www.politico.eu/article/ille...

Savings? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

The lady speaking sense in this article had her venue windows smashed in (presumably by facist thugs trying to intimidate). I hope police will take action on those stoking violence and vandalism. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Only 7% of Britons - including just 9% of Conservatives - think it would be a good thing for Liz Truss to return to frontline politics, following her telling Sky News that she would never rule it out Good thing: 7% Neither a good nor bad thing: 17% Bad thing: 60% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

If they can't be easily recycled they should not exist www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Action needed now www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Really good from @henrymance.ft.com Why the Vegans Lost on.ft.com/3JDAIHp

With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable? Acceptable: 17% Unacceptable: 61% % acceptable by party Reform: 35% Con: 23% Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Pollution www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Supermarkets need to step up on food worker access to water .. www.antislavery.org/stop-maltrea...

Norwegian salmon 🐟 + Spanish tomatoes 🍅 Both look ordinary on our supermarket shelves, but both fuel broken food chains: overfishing in West Africa, dangerous migration, and exploited labour in Europe. Read my latest photojournalism article 👉 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-eur...

"It's more expensive, it's more polluting. It's more disruptive...Even Reform.voters will be up in arms about the idea." www.bbc.com/news/article...