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Gregory Norminton

@gregorynorminton.bsky.social

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Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH and SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist and Quaker. Lives in Sheffield.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 13d

Thrilled to receive my copy of THE BOOK OF BOGS from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social. A celebration and (in places) a threnody for this very British and very endangered habitat and landscape.

As you'd expect from the publisher, it's a beautiful book. www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 5m

But Trumpism = socialism for fossil fuel companies. Cheap clean energy is suppressed. Consumers must have expensive coal.

Energy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · 6m

🔌💡 The cost of #coal power grew 28% between 2021 and 2024 - more than double the rate of inflation.

www.fastcompany.com/91415209/tru...

Trump's coal bailout won't solve the data center power crunch

The Department of Energy is spending $625 million to help prop up coal power. It won't solve the industry's underlying challenges—and might make your energy bills higher.

www.fastcompany.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1h

Just over £13k still needed to save 112 acres of nature-rich land amid the dairy pastures of Devon. Please chip in if you can, or share this widely.

PLEASE SAVE BEER MILL FOR NATURE

Help us save 112 acres of rare, species-rich land in Devon for nature

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 8h

On the one hand you have a political party that believes in the rule of law. On the other hand, you have a political party which is lawless & authoritarian. The journalist who presents these as being of equal democratic legitimacy is dragging society half way into lawlessness. This isn't neutrality.

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 6h

$5.9bn = the amount spent annually on protecting and restoring forests

$409bn = the amount of subsidies going to agriculture industries destroying forests

Anyone else see the problem here?

The Guardian: "'Dismal' health of world's forests is threat to humanity, report warns. Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus. Jonathan Watts, 14th Oct."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 3h

1. In 2022, Jeff Bezos promised to give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime.

It is not going well.

Since making the pledge, his net worth has almost doubled to $240 billion.

Meanwhile, he has given less than $5 billion to charity.

Jeff Bezos Can’t Give Away His Money

Maybe he should ask his ex-wife.

oligarchwatch.substack.com

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

Reform UK's deputy leader has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register hospitality. So what's the story with Richard Tice, the French villa and the ex-Kremlin minister?

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2h

Victory! Thank goodness. Well done @campaign4parks.bsky.social @roseoneill.bsky.social

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Campaign for National Parks @campaign4parks.bsky.social · 6h

It's now clear that the gov't are NOT proposing to repeal the Protected Landscapes duty 🙌

A huge thank you to the more than 200 charities, businesses & organisations who joined us in writing to Keir Starmer 💚

Now to focus on improving our Protected Landscapes...
www.cnp.org.uk/news/plans-t...

Plans to weaken Protected Landscapes Duty quietly dropped

Westminster government published its list of amendments for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and there are no proposals to weaken protections for National Parks.

www.cnp.org.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2h

⚖️ Legal bodies representing over 250,000 lawyers have hit back against Robert Jenrick's “politically motivated attacks” on the legal sector as “irresponsible and dangerous”.

https://www.cityam.com/legal-profession-hits-back-at-robert-jenrick-threat-against-activist-judges/

Legal profession hits back at Robert Jenrick threat against 'activist' judges

Legal bodies have pushed back against recent "politically motivated attacks" on the legal profession, following Robert Jenrick's critcisms.

www.cityam.com

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

The headline news that won't be headline news.

'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse

Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study

www.businessgreen.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3h

It's so common. Unfortunately, one of them is the leader of the opposition.

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 4h

There are many people like this, who act like human PowerPoints because they never actually do the reading on *anything* the moment they’re out of college and no one can enforce it anymore.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 17h

The GOP budget is going to be the single most unpopular and destructive budget in modern American history - tariffs/higher prices, exploding deficits, gutting health care, slashing clean energy/higher electricity costs, huge ICE expansion.

Going to be a parade of horrors and they are scared of it.

Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18h

Where is the Republican budget? By law it was required to be passed and in place by Sept 30th. Anyone seen it? Got any idea what might be in it? Why the f-ck is the House taking a month long vacation without getting their work done?

Dems ready to negotiate. Rs remain on vacation.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 2d

“I actually don’t think Washington has really woken up to just how popular these new energy and electro technologies that China is exporting are.” FT on the "profound" global impact of China's rise as an electrostate www.ft.com/content/013e... 🔌💡

The ‘profound’ global impact of China’s rise as an electrostate

The country’s companies now dominate many clean technology industries

www.ft.com

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Grist @grist.org · 3h

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’.

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org/oceans/coral...

#Ocean #Coral #Heat #Science #Environment

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

The government’s restrictions on immigration will turn this around any day now.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3h

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 11-13 October 2025

Approve: 14% (+1 from 4-6 Oct)
Disapprove: 69% (=)
Net: -55 (+1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 3h

The UK constituency most vulnerable to climate impacts? Boston & Skegness. Its MP, Richard Tice, denies that global warming is a problem & wants to kill all efforts to mitigate or adapt to it.

The East of England, Reform's heartland, is most at risk generally. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 2d

"Revolutions have a habit of devouring their own children."

🎁🔗
What conservatism needs now:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Margaret Thatcher Is the Mother of Conservatism’s Crisis

Three of Margaret Thatcher’s dresses encased in glass boxes and a stall that invited attendees at last week’s Conservative Party Conference to “ask the Iron Lady” to opine on contemporary politics. A ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 9h

The US will struggle to generate the energy it needs to power growth in its tech industry without including wind and solar, according to JPMorgan.

JPMorgan Says US Risks Missing Energy Goals Without Wind, Solar

The US will struggle to generate the energy it needs to power growth in its tech industry without including wind and solar, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s global head of sustainable solutions.

bloom.bg

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 6h

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 4h

Another massive red flag.

Talk to your friends. Just acknowledge it together: this is dangerous and frightening. We have to stop burning our world.

People who feel that are the majority. We’re just shy.

Be seen. Be heard.

Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 7h

Just astonishing how much focus there is on planting trees to hopefully create new forests for the future

And all the while the plunder and destruction of our actual, existing forests just carries on worsening

This is horrific news

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 4h

The market cuts through the political posturing, Republican rhetoric and Trump tirades in the U.S. Clean tech companies are just better investments than fossil fuels today. Why? Could it be - going out on a limb here (not) - because they are the FUTURE?

Source: Bloomberg #cleantech #renewables

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 5h

"Always and everywhere, they are introducing more fragility into our systems. They are making us more vulnerable on virtually every front.”

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 5h

As the bull market turns 3 years old and becomes ever more concentrated in a handful of companies building a speculative technology, the Trump administration is systematically removing guardrails in every major risk category. Fun.

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/fragility-...

Fragility Is Getting Scary

The opposite of risk management.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Rewilding Institute @rewilding.org · 2d

IUCN’s new Guidelines for Rewilding mark a global milestone, recognising #rewilding as a core pathway for nature recovery and sustainable development.

IUCN launches Global Guidelines for Rewilding - a Paradigm Shift in Global Conservation | The Global Rewilding Alliance

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released its groundbreaking “Guidelines for Rewilding”, a landmark document offering guidance for implementing rewilding projects…

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 4h

Strong vibes.

a man with a mask on his face is sitting in a chair and saying " love your suit "

ALT: a man with a mask on his face is sitting in a chair and saying " love your suit "

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