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Stop climate and ecological breakdown. Work to sustain all life
#ocean
#heat
is one of the starkest indicators of the relentless march of the
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âProfound impactsâ: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
Oceans absorb 90% of global heating, making them a stark indicator of the relentless march of the climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disasters
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Protect the Wild
1 day ago
We help all UK wildlife, and we will continue to do so.
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#fossilfuel
#CO2
emissions hit a record high last year
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
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Fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit record high in 2025
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 â reaching a record high, according to new research by the Global Carbon Project. The 2025 Global Carbon Budget projects...
https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-hit-record-high-in-2025/#:~:text=The%202025%20Global%20Carbon%20Budget,growth%20in%20global%20energy%20demand
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Science X / Phys.org
2 days ago
Meat-rich and wet dog foods are linked to significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions than dry options, with UK dog food production accounting for about 1% of the nationâs total emissions.
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Dogs' dinners can have greater climate impact than those of their owners
Dogs fed on premium, meat-rich pet food can have a bigger dietary carbon pawprint than their owners, according to the largest study into dog food's climate impact.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-dogs-dinners-greater-climate-impact.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=v2
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Bill McKibben
3 days ago
As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/greenland-has-a-vital-strategic-asset?r=18ywu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
4 days ago
đĽđ The biggest barrier to climate solutions isnât just denial, itâs propaganda that shapes what we believe is possible. Fossil fuel narratives define what counts as âpracticalâ and subtly limit our imagination. đ§ Listen, share, and help reshape the conversation. đ
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XR London
4 days ago
Trump admits US oil execs were informed of the US attack on
#Venezuela
- called âbrazenly illegalâ by experts - prior to the coup. Meanwhile, his administration has justified not consulting US lawmakers beforehand due to concerns a leak would compromise operational securityđ
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Greenpeace International đ
5 days ago
Release: Greenpeace International Calls for Protection of Venezuelan People Amid Oil-Driven US Intervention âVenezuelaâs future wonât be built on oil or military force. Itâs time for climate finance and a just transition that puts people, dignity, and a fossil-free future first."
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Greenpeace International Calls for Protection of Venezuelan People Amid Oil-Driven US Intervention - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace International is deeply concerned about the most recent illegal military action by President Donald Trump against Venezuela.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/80551/greenpeace-international-calls-rotection-venezuelan-people-amid-oil-driven-us-intervention/
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More wars and military intervention over the control of
#fossilfuels
when fossil fuels are destroying a liveable
#climate
and war itself has a hugely damaging ecological impact are the very last thing humanity (and any other species) needs.
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Developers call it unused land.
#wildlife
calls it all they have left.
#nature
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Humanity emitted more greenhouse gases last year than any previous year ever.
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne
7 days ago
This moment matters and YOU can be part of changing the story. The climate and nature crises arenât distant problems but existential threats to our health, food, communities and future generations.
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Great news. Islington Council has finally dropped Barclays
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Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025. Fire chief says summer, the UKâs hottest on record, was âone of the most challenging for
#wildfires
that weâve ever facedâ. So far.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Ten English fire services tackled record number of grass, forest and crop fires in 2025
Fire chief says summer, UKâs hottest on record, was âone of the most challenging for wildfires weâve ever facedâ
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/record-number-wildfires-2025-tackled-by-10-english-fire-services
10 days ago
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Reading for the new year - if you haven't read it yet...
#ClimateCrisis
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837...
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The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg: 9780593492321 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: ...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837/the-climate-book-by-greta-thunberg/
10 days ago
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Amnesty International UK
13 days ago
On 5th July this year, Palestine Action was proscribed after a vote in Parliament invoking the Terrorism Act 2000. Since then, police have made over 2,700 arrests for peacefully protesting. These arrests are unlawful. Amnesty UK has intervened in the Judicial Review in the courts.
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National Trust says these are âalarm signals we cannot ignoreâ. But we are ignoring them...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
National Trust says these are âalarm signals we cannot ignoreâ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/extreme-weather-climate-change-2025-national-trust
12 days ago
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Arctic sea-ice drops to all time low.
zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
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Climate Viz of the Month
November 2025 Hi! I am happy to share the first of (hopefully) some new graphics in this âclimate viz of the monthâ blog. For quite a few years now, Iâve been procrastinating on figuring out an effâŚ
https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/
12 days ago
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Heba has been in prison on
#hungerstrike
for 8 weeks. She and all the
#Filton24
should be out on bail with all charges dropped. They are heros for having tried to stop a
#genocide
Protest tomorrow (29th) at HMP New Hall Wakefield WF4 4AX. Cars leaving from London in the morning.
12 days ago
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
14 days ago
Many proposed climate solutions work well, and are ready to go *now*. Those are the ones to focus on. Others will take more time to develop. They might help a little, someday. And some don't make sense and are unlikely to work at all. How do you tell the difference?
drawdown.org/insights/cli...
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Climate solutions arenât created equal. Hereâs how we evaluate what works and what doesnât.
Just as science has led the way in describing the problem of climate change, we at Project Drawdown are using science to guide resources toward the most effective solutions to the crisis.
https://drawdown.org/insights/climate-solutions-arent-created-equal-heres-how-we-evaluate-what-works-and-what-doesnt
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World
14 days ago
HISTORIC HEAT IN AFRICA Records smashed continously,allover December records today:38.8 Magaria and Goure in NIGER Every single country has been smashing records since Day #1 and will get worse next days. It's the most extreme event ever recorded anywhere in the tropics.
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Possible
22 days ago
Farnborough Airport wants to increase weekend flight numbers by 50%! This is a massive increase in flights, and a huge threat to our climate. We only have until 30th December to share our opposition â take action now using the link below
action.wearepossible.org/page/136526/...
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#climatechange
is hitting Africa hard. Deserts advancing. Farms no longer yielding. Pests and pathogens spreading. New tropical diseases developing. Dying lakes and rivers threatening water supplies.
17 days ago
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Major insurers drop Israeli arms corporation Elbit Systems
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Zack Polanski
17 days ago
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign stating "I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide". These are rational and moral positions to take. Sadly we don't have rational and moral government in the UK.
17 days ago
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Boycott Bloody Insurance
17 days ago
BREAKING: Allianz stop insuring Israel's biggest weapons company, Elbit Systems. This đWIN after intense pressure from the movement.
#BoycottBloodyInsurance
continues to call for orgs to boycott Allianz as they continue to insure F-35 suppliers and other deadly companies.
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There's global attention on these brave hunger strikers
www.codepink.org/ukhungerstrike
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British Embassy: Take Action on the Hunger Strike!
Help us send letters to multiple British Embassies urging them to get David Lammy to act on the 8 political prisoners on life-threatening hunger strike! British Embassy: Take Action on the Hunger St...
https://www.codepink.org/ukhungerstrike
19 days ago
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction
19 days ago
. âWeâre not doomed yetâ: 5 reasons for climate
#hope
, by a climatologist Experts agree Climate Change is real, but there's hope, because we have the solutions to take
#ClimateAction
www.positive.news/environme...
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âWeâre not doomed yetâ: reasons for climate hope, by a climatologist
He famously disproved climate deniers. But heâs no subscriber to climate doom. Prof Michael Mann on why we should be hopeful
https://www.positive.news/environment/were-not-doomed-yet-five-reasons-for-climate-hope-by-a-climatologist/
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Greta supports the UK hunger strikers
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Greta Thunberg tells the Canary why she supports the hunger strikers
Greta Thunberg told the Canary "the UK government are letting people in their 20s who are not convicted of any crime die in prison"
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/12/21/greta-thunberg-hunger-strikers/
19 days ago
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Adam McKay
21 days ago
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming, pretend weâre not in a real time global emergency.
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Frau Bßßsker
20 days ago
Nach climate grief kommt climate anger
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Treemissions
21 days ago
There is an amazing technology that literally sucks CO2 out of the air, costs very little, and builds itself...... It's called a tree.
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The destruction of
#food
supplies by crop pests is being supercharged by the
#climatecrisis
, with losses expected to surge... (and) the climate-driven flourishing of pests will be worst in temperate places, such as Europe and the US.
#hunger
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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âBorrowed timeâ: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/20/crop-pests-food-losses-climate-crisis
20 days ago
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Prof Bill McGuire
21 days ago
Great. Don't give a f*ck for sea life will you? As usual, nature alwsys comes last
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Ukraine attacks Russian âshadowâ tanker off Libyan coast
Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/ukraine-attacks-russian-shadow-tanker-off-libyan-coast
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If you have a spare pound or two (or twenty) why not support Roger and team.
chuffed.org/project/rev21
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Revolution in the 21st Century
A Message from Roger Hallam
https://chuffed.org/project/rev21
22 days ago
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XR London
22 days ago
Uni of Bristol study finds repression of climate & environmental protest is growing with new legislation, novel uses of existing legal processes, police actions, vilifying activists, violence & killings. Repression will likely expand & intensify as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies
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the worldâs ability to feed itself is under threat from the chaos of extreme weather caused by
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How climate breakdown is putting the worldâs food in peril - in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts
23 days ago
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Change of location for this protest. Now will be Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1. Tonight 6pm.
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The Independent
24 days ago
Survivors sue Shell in landmark case over deadly typhoon in Philippines
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Survivors sue Shell in landmark case over deadly typhoon in Philippines
Survivors sue Shell in landmark case over deadly typhoon in Philippines
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/shell-philippines-typhoon-odette-survivors-lawsuit-b2885995.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1765956379
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Tonight 6pm Downing Street. Support the political prisoners on hunger strike
24 days ago
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Rupert Read
25 days ago
To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well âď¸ đ
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan thatâŚ
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
24 days ago
Gaza newborn dies of exposure while heavy rains cause buildings to collapse -
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-newborn-dies-exposure-heavy-rains-buildings-collapse
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Gaza newborn dies of exposure while heavy rains cause buildings to collapse
Unrwa warns Palestinians are 'freezing to death', while Israel continues its strikes on the enclave
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-newborn-dies-exposure-heavy-rains-buildings-collapse
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Jeremy Corbyn
24 days ago
More than 50 MPs and Peers have joined me in urging David Lammy to immediately meet with the lawyers of those on hunger strike. The government needs to wake up, take responsibility, and show some humanity before it is too late.
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ShellsLies
24 days ago
#ReformUK
has told major wind & solar developers that it would terminate their access to key clean energy subsidy scheme if they come to power.
@neweconomics.bsky.social
finds Nigel Farageâs âeconomically illiterateâ climate policies could wipe ÂŁ92bn off UK economy đ
neweconomics.org/2025/05/refo...
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Union of Concerned Scientists
24 days ago
#NOAA
released the 2025 Arctic Report Card this morning and itâs clear that fossil fueled climate change is having an alarming effect on the vital signs of this unique, crucial region of the world. (đ§ľ)
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Report Card - NOAA Arctic
Arctic Report CardTracking recent environmental changes relative to historical records . Archive of Previous Report Cards and Videos 2025 Arctic Report Card Video Whatâs New in 2025? Twenty years of t...
https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/
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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne
24 days ago
âThe climate emergency is a health emergencyâ đ¨Watch the videos đ¨Send them to your MP and councillors đ¨Sign the letter to Keir Starmer demanding a public broadcast
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOWâźď¸
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Grim news: "The government has broken its promise to protect
#nature
by weakening planning rules for housing developers"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ministers âbreak wordâ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule
Housing minister announces exemption to 10% net gain rule in England for smaller developments
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/16/ministers-weaken-biodiversity-planning-rule-nature-england
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Tapanuli orangutans: Fears grow that world's rarest apes were swept away in Sumatran floods - BBC News
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4q1l0ly7wo.amp
26 days ago
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Roger Hallam
28 days ago
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