There have been thousands of extra deaths in the UK because of this summer’s heatwaves. Do the right thing @andyburnham.bsky.social and #stoprosebank #climatebreakdown

The air quality is rated as “very unhealthy” across parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio - in parts of Michigan, including Detroit, as well as areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota, the air quality is listed as “hazardous”, with officials urging residents there to “stay indoors”. #wildfires

"The environmental case against peat is so stark that it is hard to believe it is still legal to bag it up and sell it to gardeners". Anyone who still uses peat is either pig-ignorant, stupid or selfish - quite possibly all three. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Truth @savethechildren.org posted a mocked up picture of commemorative blue plaque which read: “History will not forget complicity. Keir Starmer witnessed 73,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, including 21,000 children, and kept supplying arms to Israel.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Thinking of those who’ve lost their homes and being affected by the smoke. Smoke from more than 100 active #wildfires in northern #Ontario have made Toronto’s air quality the current worst in the world and caused yellow, smoky air in cities across the north-east US. #climatebreakdown #burningworld

There is something wrong with the air-quality data that the EPA is releasing. The sky in NYC right now is white; the light is orange; and you can smell the wildfire smoke & feel it on the back of your throat. There is no way that levels of particulate matter are “moderate.”

The last 28 days has a trailing CET mean of 20.66°C which means it’s been the hottest 4 week period since records first began in 1772. Were on track for July to be the warmest July on record with the first 14 days coming in at 20.5°C, the previous record is 19.8°C.

There are some very clear graphics in this report showing the rate of change in our climate. #extremeweather #climatebreakdown www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In an area stretching from Kent in the south-east to Lincolnshire in the East Midlands, the average hottest day of the year was 4.5C warmer in the last decade than in 1961-1990. #extremeweather #climatecrisis #heatwave #firewave www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Only 40% of Brits think the recent heatwave was 'very likely' down to climate change. Yet #climate scientists say it was "virtually impossible" without human-caused warming. The link went unmentioned in nearly 3/4 of news stories, so the media is letting us down. #EndClimateSilence

We're calling for immediate public health warnings after wildfire smoke has blanketed parts of Greater Manchester. As @lizgdfy.bsky.social says here, "Parents are understandably worried about their children breathing this air. Why are Greater Manchester residents not being warned?"

Nature is struggling and this is depressing. The Church of England has voted against plans to restore 30% of its land for nature. The C of E owns about 105,000 acres of land. Currently just 3.5% of its land is used for nature restoration. #restorenature @churchofengland.org @wildcard.land #30x30

Thinking of all the firefighters having to work harder because of #climatebreakdown Greater Manchester fire chief warned crews faced "a very challenging and gruelling day ahead" as high temperatures, strong winds and dry conditions continued to fuel the fire. 🔥🌍🔥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat appeared in the UK’s main media. Three-quarters of articles – about 72% – left out any mention of global heating or the climate, according to the analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. #endclimatesilence www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scary lack of rain in Worthing. Large swathes of England have so far recorded 0% of the rainfall they would normally expect in July, with Wisley in Surrey having gone 26 consecutive days without any. Rainfall in Wales & Northern Ireland is far below average. #drought www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

This is the air in #Manchester tonight, due to the Dove Stone wildfire. “This is my hand held monitor in my son’s bedroom, as he had opened the windows. We’ve never seen it like this. I’ve not had a single alert from GM air alert to say anything about the air today”. #ClimateChange #ToxicAir

Wildfires have burned in places including North Yorkshire, County Durham, Greater Manchester, East Sussex, West Sussex, Devon, Somerset and London. Director of the Wildfire Lab said: “This ongoing ‘firewave’ is the most widespread that the UK has seen.” #firewave www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Britain is getting hotter. But is the country ready? After another record-breaking heatwave, experts estimate that thousands of excess deaths may already have been linked to the extreme temperatures. Watch the Fourcast now: youtu.be/QmUtarqTFQ0?...

The Church of England is one of the biggest landowners in the UK. Its secretive investment arm, the Church Commissioners, manages a portfolio worth over £11bn. It's time for the Church to put nature first. #SynodVoteForNature

Why don't most Europeans have air conditioning? Dumb? Woke? No - WE DID NOT NEED IT UNTIL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING CAUSED THE CLIMATE CRISIS More info 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...

The climate & nature crisis is happening right now. This week, the Church of England can restore nature across 30% of the land it owns by 2030. If we're serious about being good ancestors, every major landowner has to play their part. The church must vote for nature. 🌿 #30x30

Fossil fuel companies and government inaction are killing us. The heatwave that affected England & Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak. About 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely in the June and May heatwaves. 🔥🌍🔥 #heatwave www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A mountain wildfire that has forced people in a rural community to evacuate their homes has been declared a major incident. Firefighters have been tackling the blaze on Conwy Mountain and Sychnant Pass since Sunday morning. #wildfires #climatecrisis #burningworld 🔥🌍🔥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This amendment would ban oil & gas donations to UK political parties. Given the urgent need to transition to renewables to tackle the rising threat of climate change, this seems like a no-brainer for all MPs to support. Please share and ask your MP to back it. 🙏

This is terrible. One primary school teacher said: “Everyone was lying or sitting on the floor with their water bottles, sweating, moaning and complaining of headaches and nausea. The adults barely coped and most of the children were calling for their mummies and daddies.” #climateemergency #actnow

The @churchofengland.org are one of the biggest institutional landowners in the UK. Next week, they'll vote on a motion to commit 30% of that land to nature by 2030. Let's make sure it passes! ✊ Write your message here: actionnetwork.org/forms/synod-... #SynodVoteForNature #Rewilding

People in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, want answers about how exposure to internationally-banned PFOA, classed as cancer-causing by the WHO, may have impacted their health: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At least 11 people have been killed and 19 are unaccounted for after a fast-moving wildfire broke out in south-east Spain. The victims, four of whom are believed to be British, died while trying to flee the flames near the village of Bédar in Almería. 😢 #wildfires #climatecrisis #heatwave 🔥🌍🔥

Haven’t seen figures for heat related deaths in UK yet. Robert Koch Institute reported 5,120 heat-related deaths in Germany this summer. Early academic estimates suggest the death toll across the continent could be higher than 20,000. #heatwave #climatecrisis 🔥🌍🔥 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨 Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts. Food insecurity, infrastructure closures, hospitals stretched. 🌿 Andy Burnham has a choice. Prioritise people or polluters. 💥 Donate to our Crowdfunder, and help us call on Andy to act now to Secure Our Future. 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/secure-our-future-for-us

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

The report paints a devastating picture of severe food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation & possible war, resulting from the collapse of ecosystems, fuelled by human-induced climate crisis & over-exploitation. Food shortages could result within five years. #climatecrisis

One Earth Solar Farm has been approved, and will be the 2nd largest solar farm in the UK The decision comes a week after approving the mega Peartree Hill and Dean Moor solar farms It's the 30th nationally significant clean energy project approved by Govt since July 2024. Enough to power 19m homes.

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Important marine habitats such as seagrasses and kelp forests are suited to cooler waters and can experience high levels of heat stress when temperatures surge. This can reduce their growth or even lead to mass mortality events #marineheatwave #climatecrisis 🔥🌊🔥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tour de France riders are racing while wildfires burn nearby and spectators are banned from the route. Is this the future we want, for sports, for fans, for all of us? #tourdefrance #heatwave

I've signed @zero-hour.bsky.social's petition calling on Andy Burnham to Secure Our Future—to meet the UK's climate and nature commitments, pass the Nature + National Security Bill, and reject all new oil and gas. Will you join me? www.zerohour.uk/andy #stoprosebank

The vast majority of people in the UK (86%) said their homes were too hot during the June heatwave and a quarter said they or someone in their house had felt physically unwell as a result. About one in five cancelled plans due to the high temperatures. #climateemergency = #healthemergency 🔥🌍🔥

🛢️ Fossil fuels are fuelling chaos, threatening our communities, nature, health, and peace. We need a bold global response to end the madness. ⏳ The time for empty promises is over. 💚 Join us in calling for a Fossil Fuel Treaty to protect what we love. fossilfueltreaty.org

Wildfires raging across southern Europe have forced thousands to flee their homes. In French Pyrenees, 700 firefighters were struggling to contain an out-of-control wildfire that has ⁠scorched 5,000 hectares & prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. #wildfires #climatebreakdown 🔥🌍🔥

Thousands evacuated in southwestern France as wildfire burns out of control

After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵

Devonians were horrified to learn last week of plans for a massive AI data centre near Great Torrington, north Devon. The proposals from company XLinks Ltd would cover 850 acres of farmland. But who owns the land? I decided to investigate. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Despite repeated promises to ban them, the UK govt has quietly granted yet another 'emergency' license to spray butterfly-killing pesticides across our fields this summer. We need these pesticides banned for good.... campaigns.butterfly-conservation.org/ban-pesticid...

. Making Polluters Pay Goes Mainstream We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! More: 350.org/press-release/makin... .

😢 Wonder how many excess deaths from June #heatwave there will be in the UK. Deaths rose 29% in the last week of June compared to the week before, with French health minister Stéphanie Rist adding there had been a "clear increase" in deaths among those over 45. 🔥🌍🔥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

250 years of burning fossil fuels fuelled a record shattering humid heatwave in Eastern North America for the 250th anniversary celebrations on 4th of July. Turning any outdoor activities into a dangerous health risk. - @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuels...

RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care

I bring great news! Reform have lost their motion to rescind West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and associated climate action It wasn't even close: 37-7 And several councillors were absolutely furious about Reform's shenanigans

Spain and France are bracing for another possible heatwave that could bring temperatures of 44C over the coming days, as figures show that June’s extreme heat was responsible for more than 2,000 excess deaths in the two countries. #heatwave #climatecrisis 🔥🌍🔥 www.theguardian.com/environment/...