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Calling on the media to tell the truth about the climate and nature emergency
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Why are jury trials under attack by the UK government? Let's look at some of the things juries have decided recently for clues. š§µ
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National Emergency Briefing
3 days ago
Just some of the news coverage of last Thursday's National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis, attended by over 1,200 politicians and influential people from business, culture, faith, sport and the media.
#timetostepup
#NEB2025
#climatecrisis
www.nebriefing.org
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Why are jury trials under attack by the UK government? Let's look at some of the things juries have decided recently for clues. š§µ
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George Monbiot
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1. The European Parliamentās attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as āsausagesā, āburgersā etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. š§µ1/6
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
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' A defendant's right to a jury trial would be restricted to prevent them from "gaming the system", Lammy also said. ' WTF is that supposed to mean?!? Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience - THAT IS THE SYSTEM
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Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5lxg2l0lqo
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50 years later, it's beyond time to start paying attention.
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George Monbiot
4 days ago
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/01/uk-sue-foreign-oligarchs-corporations-litigation-offshore-courts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Akshat Rathi
7 days ago
Europeās water reserves are drying up because of climate change
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Jason Hickel
9 days ago
This new report from the Grantham Institute is crucial. And it's quite striking to see it published... it seems to indicate people are willing to consider policy ideas long treated as taboo.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the Peopleās Bank of China - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/revisiting-central-bank-independence-for-the-climate-era-insights-from-the-peoples-bank-of-china/
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Prof Ray Wills
5 days ago
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to
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Every time Brain dead humans Hottest start to summer in
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
6 days ago
'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies' (with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid) A poem in 26 Skeets... š§µ
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Unfortunately their economy is run off fossil fuels but nonetheless Rojava is an inspiration for all the reasons stated below.
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Have ANY UK media covered this at all?
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Dr Charlie Gardner
8 days ago
It is extraordinary how misinformed some borough councillors are about the energy transition These are public servants making important decisions that affect people's lives and the future of our country, and they believe stuff that isn't true The Mail and Telegraph have done so much damage
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Scientists for XR
9 days ago
Finally,
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social
asks for people to raise their hand if any of the speeches told them something they didnāt know We need āWWII level of leadership as if survival of our society depends on it⦠because it doesā Long and important pause. They have been told, now we know they know
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Scientists for XR
9 days ago
Climate scientist
@kevinclimate.bsky.social
says āwe need to eliminate fossil fuelsā. Societal and ecological collapse at 3-4C warming. For <2C, the UK has 7 years of current CO2 emissions. Drax and CCS are delay tech. Heat pumps, good public transport, and deep cuts of aviation are essential.
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Scientists for XR
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The National Emergency Briefing
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in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
started with āletās work on creating hope, where there isnāt much of it leftā
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
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"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough" The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced This š§µtraces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the
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"The cost of silence in Sudanās civil war is too high"
As Sudanās brutal civil war rages on, more than 12 million people have been displaced ā deepening an already devastating protection and humanitarian crisis. In this episode of The Humans in Human Righ...
https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2025/11/cost-silence-sudans-civil-war-too-high
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Simon Evans
10 days ago
Hoo boy, another fictitious "EV market slows" headline from the Times *EU EV sales are up 25.6% in 2025* Receipts in thread.
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Red Hot World
11 days ago
Rachel Reeves will boost Farage and his fascist friends - by delivering a budget built on a dangerous fairy tale. It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher. Top economist
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
11 days ago
Can't keep having activists aquitted by a jury of their peers now can we? If we don't defend our civil liberties they'll be taken away.
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Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo
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Rutger Bregman
11 days ago
I wish I didnāt have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as āthe most openly corrupt president in American history.ā /1
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"The carbon level has reached 426 parts per million ā well over scientistsā āsafeā limit of 350. According to them, the planet is heading to oblivion. All that time news editors have told me not to be too downbeat. This is my last column. I think the facts speak for themselves.ā
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As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves
Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/21/as-i-write-my-last-column-the-facts-on-climate-crisis-speak-for-themselves
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Ketan Joshi
13 days ago
Absolutely perfect to see Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese at the G20 together: both fossil fuel expansionists cosplaying as brave climate heroes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39D...
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Anthony Albanese, Mark Carney Warn G20: Climate Action Must Protect People and Growth | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39DCPIz5fQ
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Amazing truth telling from - checks notes - the Beano
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John David Francis McAra
15 days ago
A major Middle Eastern state talking about its capital city is ecologically untenable. I canāt help thinking this should be bigger news.
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne
15 days ago
Is your MP attending the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November? - really vital they all go. šØEmail your MP nowšØ
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne
16 days ago
The Global South is paying the price for a crisis they didnāt create. Today we brought their voices to the heart of Wimborne. As COP30 sidelines them, we refuse to let their truths go unheard
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
#ThisWorldIsOurs
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec
16 days ago
šØ New draft šØ We built an LLM-enabled system to measure greenwashing scores in 1 million worldwide Facebook ads. We found vast networks of Facebook pages sharing pro-fossil fuel messages & show that ads are targeted at left-leaning areas with fossil fuel investments. Link:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
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Emily Sanders
17 days ago
An important new book from
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looks at native advertising, a practice allowing fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads as journalism in mainstream outlets. It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media
www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...
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These ads are poisoning trust in media
āNative advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
https://www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-are-poisoning-trust-in
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XR Islington
18 days ago
This Thursday Join the MEGA picket to Stop Rosebank! ā šDESNZ, SW1A 2AW. š 8am, Thursday 20th November.
#StopRosebank
Stop all new
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projects.
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Red Hot World
20 days ago
Iceland did something after the 2008ā09 crash that the US, UK and EU pretend is impossible as Trump and his vile ilk ride rough shod over our democracies. It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians. And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. š§µ
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
19 days ago
'A shutdown of the AMOC ācannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore in view of the evolving science over the past years,ā said
@rahmstorf.bsky.social
, a physical oceanographer and climatologist who has studied the AMOC at
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A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat | CNN
Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of collapse and the country is preparing for this āexistential threat.ā
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/iceland-warming-current-amoc-collapse-threat
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Red Hot World
19 days ago
Jeffrey Epstein continued to wield power and influence at the highest levels of global politics even after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a 14-year-old. Our society is deeply sick. But we don't have to be ruled by pedophiles, narcissists and sociopaths.
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John Marsham
21 days ago
""The Monnow broke its banks - that is unprecedented in Monmouth." But no mention of why from BBC news
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Monmouth floods prompt 'danger to life' warnings and rescues
Bethan Turner described how she, her father and her boyfriend were left standing on the roof of their submerged car.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74jevlv19go
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George Monbiot
22 days ago
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new. This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis ā by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/14/climate-crisis-communication-super-rich
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Jan Rosenow
22 days ago
How to rapidly scale the heat pump market? āThe main hurdle is the price ratio of gas to electricity. [Reforming taxation of energy] would unlock a much more market-driven transition.ā Thatās what I told the FT. Excellent piece.
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Red Hot World
25 days ago
āPower concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.ā This is the unbelievable story of the man who said those famous words, Frederick Douglass. Born a slave. Died a global resistance leader. š§µ
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Shannon Osaka
26 days ago
The Post (me and
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) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country. We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
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XR Islington
26 days ago
A
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activist who served 1 of the longest prison sentences in British history for peaceful protest has just won his appeal against deportation. If he'd been unsuccessful Marcus Decker, a German national, would have been first person to be deported from the UK for peaceful protest. Great news!
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Copenhagen 2009. Humanity's last chance to avoid collapse? Obama claimed partial victory. The ambassador for 130 developing countries' responded with "the most important briefing the world never heard". Obama's deal meant "Certain death for Africa, certain devastation of island states".
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James Murray
26 days ago
Am struck again at how the 'debates' over bias and balance in climate reporting at the BBC and elsewhere should have been treated much more seriously. The populist and authoritarian right are now using playbooks they spent decades developing to oppose climate action on pretty much everything.
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Harmonica š“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æšŖšŗ
28 days ago
This will be the Robbie Gibb of the BBC, 'responsible for upholding the independence of the BBC'. Yeah, right.
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Dr Charlie Gardner
27 days ago
Burning trees is not a climate solution
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/09/drax-still-burning-250-year-old-trees-sourced-from-forests-in-canada-experts-say?CMP=share_btn_url
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Chris Packham
27 days ago
Iāve just announced Iāll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , itās vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
27 days ago
In 2020
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identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people! We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry. Here's aš§µ with eg's
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
28 days ago
"The Hagueās fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- itās a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
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Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hagueās jurisdiction...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02267-4
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David Fenton
29 days ago
@joeroganhq.bsky.social
is spreading climate denial and disinformation. Letās help get him on board saving a livable climate ā spread this widely. Send it to people who listen to him.
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Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate changeĀ Ā» Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Letās break down his tactics.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five-ways-joe-rogan-misleads-listeners-about-climate-change/
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Bob Berwyn
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Pro-business mainstream media carries a heavy weight here, too. And I wouldnāt describe that as centrist, but as anti-environmental , or even more accurately, anti-life.
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