The quarterly meeting in Witney with Charlie Maynard MP Focusing on climate change in West Oxfordshire @mpwatch.bsky.social @rosiepearson59.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @oxfordclarion.bsky.social

Saturday 31st January Winchester Room St Mary's Church Witney climate_matters_witney.eventbrite.com #politics #witney

As Mark Kearney speaks about honest international relations in Davos, @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social and MP Watch will be in Oxford talking about an honest national politics. Join us! @bylinetimes.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social

Is political deception killing the planet and degrading our democracy? Join @jennifernadel.bsky.social & @mikebernerslee.bsky.social to discuss in a new show in Oxford and Henley

This is our part in the fight against fascism. We don't have to put up with the dishonesty in our media and politics that is tearing us apart. The great news is that there is plenty we can do. Please join us.

How is political deception degrading democracy & what can you do about it? Join @mikebernerslee.bsky.social @jennifernadel.bsky.social & MP Watch in Oxford next Tuesday @biodivoxford.bsky.social @oxfordnuj.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social #disinformation

Saturday Jan 31st Please see flyer and book your place climate_matters_witney.eventbrite.com @oxfordclarion.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #climate #environment #witneyoxon

Please tell us how you find out about climate information at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... . The results of this survey will guide our work in 2026 & contribute to the Climate and Communication conference on 24th January.

Our gas bills are still tied to the cost of gas powered electricity even though renewables generate much cheaper power. Greenpeace is calling on the government to fix this unfair system - sign their petition at action.greenpeace.org.uk/stand-up-to-...

You can explore the collection at greenfutures.exeter.ac.uk/our-impact/w...

Planet Forest is a new collection of twelve poems created by scientists, educators, young people, writers & artists for COP30. It aims to link science and the arts to inspire positive climate action and is supported by the University of Exeter Green Futures, the British Council and the Met Office.

We are excited to invite you to a conference and workshop on Saturday 24th January at the @ecioxford.bsky.social . We are bringing together climate groups, councils, researchers and community organisations from across Oxfordshire to share ideas and explore how we can work together more effectively.

Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Economist @angelaisfranc.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing. "faster transition saves $12 trillion compared to staying on fossil fuels". It's time for Governments to start listening to the experts. Link below to full talk. #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

Indonesian authorities report that nearly 1,000 people have died and nearly one million people have been displaced by extreme rainfall that flooded coastal and highland areas, triggering landslides. From @afp.com

Here's the recording of the Earth Rover Program's inaugural webinar, which was held on Friday. Sorry it took a few days to post up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrE...

Nooooo! Don't scrap the Finch ruling! Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.

Hang on, Starmer is implying the Supreme Court ruling *that emissions from burning fossil fuels should be considered as part of the impact of drilling* is 'misguided'? It's not fluffy do-goodery, it's based on hard, inconvenient facts. We need environmental protections to protect the irreplaceable.

The Finch ruling - which came about through Sarah's tireless campaigning - means that the environmental impact assessment of a fossil fuel project must include the emissions from all the fuel it produces, and not just the impact of the infrastructure itself It's hugely important

"This is national security issue. Without a living, healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food..." Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency. Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... #NEB2025

"New guidelines for states, published in October by @michelforst.bsky.social, outline how environmental protest is already protected under existing international treaties and court rulings and urge states to shield and even support people who practice it" writes @isabellakaminski.bsky.social

A wildfire burning for more than a week in drought-stricken Iran has razed portions of the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to many endangered species.

Notice how thin and tiny our atmosphere is?

Climate change is going to push global food inflation to extreme highs over the coming decade. Most people don’t realise how precarious most of agriculture globally is right now.

Southern Hemisphere marine heatwave update We have now several hot spots developing - would be a bit early to start for real First 6 days ago, second from yesterday, and the last from last year... #climate

8/ Read my Substack analysis: 👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST Full technical submission to planning inspectors: 👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR We need real clean power — not hydrogen-washed gas.

7/ Hydrogen co-firing, based on carbon capture generated fuel, is being used as a fig leaf to justify new gas plants medium.com/the-future-i...

6/ The UK will not have enough low-carbon hydrogen to run power stations anyway. The CCC’s own data shows this www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u... See detail in scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR

5/ And hydrogen combustion creates more NOx pollution than natural gas (Image: from earthjustice.org/feature/gree...)

4/ Green hydrogen is even worse for power: Turn 3 units of renewable electricity into hydrogen → you only get 1 unit of electricity back. The rest is wasted. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...

3/ 🚨 #LNG ‼️ Blue hydrogen (the only hydrogen available at scale this decade) often has higher lifecycle emissions than burning natural gas once LNG met, read more: scrapcc.org/BLOG

2/ 🏭 Fossil fuel developers claim it cuts emissions. 🔬 The science says the opposite. 🚨Govt and @thecccuk.bsky.social have bought the lobby lines. 💰💰And see how much it would cost as part of CCS programme using blue hydrogen scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST

🧵 1/ 🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning keadbynextgen.com Read my Substack analysis: 👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below

I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...

Witney Eco Forum this Thursday to hear more about Thames Water scandal 7.30 @ St Mary's Church on the green @oxfordclarion.bsky.social @theguardian.com @mpwatch.bsky.social

The right-wing press is predictably freaking out that the UK govt is going to - wait for it - improve teaching in schools on climate change and media literacy. Ignore their frothing and read what the curriculum review by Prof Becky Francis actually says... www.gov.uk/government/p...

I like the colours in this one . Thank you to @christianthiels.bsky.social_2 for sharing today's #FoxOfTheDay

He used to be Climate Minister, now likely Prime Minister of The Netherlands

With 40 cm of snow left on the ground last Wednesday, Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, officially experienced its biggest October snowstorm on record. This historic event shattered a 104-year-old record by 25 cm.

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The 3-year mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth just hit a new record high reaching a growth rate of 7.88 ppm per 3 years for October, 2025. This breaks the previous record high of 7.83 ppm per 3 years, from February, 2019. Net-Zero by 2050? The Climate 8-ball is bored.

Great piece by Gordon Brown I wish all politicians were this well informed Nonetheless, whatever action we take now will simply limit how catastrophic climate breakdown ends up being - which makes the fight to slash emissions even more vital www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

youtu.be/9SQZEuYfDTs?... @mpwatch.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk #politics #climate