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Tom Hardy

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FRSA. Media Revolution steering group; cofounder of MP Watch and Music Declares; former Green Party councillor: focusing on media disinformation. #TellTheTruth #MediaRevolution https://muckrack.com/tom-hardy-17 https://bylinetimes.com/author/tomhardy

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 28d

This is hugely important. A last chance saloon for political understanding. Please repost.
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 17h

Lord Stern urges Kemi Badenoch to "understand the science" on climate change

A leading economist behind a landmark climate review for former chancellor Gordon Brown has pleaded with Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to “understand the science” on climate change. Lord Stern of Bre...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 3d

Coutinho employing the cynical cherrypicking so beloved of the fossil fuel propagandist

FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh… …but she is ignoring a few small details: 🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter 🤫 Gas plants cost money to build 🤫 CO2 causes… | Simon...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 4d

This is a question I shall put to Lt General Richard Nugee at the National Emergency Briefing where he will be speaking on climate and national security.

Climate & Nature National Briefing

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 5d

The Conservative party has said it would replace the UK's Climate Change Act if it came to power. I've confirmed that the move would mean Britain no longer has legally-binding emissions target...

The Conservative party has said it would replace the UK's Climate Change Act if it came to power. I've confirmed that the move would mean Britain no longer has legally-binding emissions targets, inclu...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 5d

"Fight..."

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 5d

When I was in southern France last year, the crops had failed to the extent that a neighbouring farmer, seeing which way the wind was blowing, had switched from tomatoes to Spirolina, a famine crop. Desertification creeps northwards…

James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 5d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 6d

Africa is skipping the polluting and planet-wrecking fossil fuel era entirely.

Solar grids and clean tech at massive scale mean that once-dark village are glowing with renewable light.

The future isn’t coming from the West — it’s rising in the South.

Smiling children with a mini solar grid in Africa

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 7d

What have we become

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 7d

An important deep dive into the psychology of inaction but of course central to the blockage of public understanding and action is the disinformation machine of the billionaire media...the front line in the battle for truth.

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 8d

Something the Mail and the Telegraph missed.

Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 8d

Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 8d

It is amazing how overt is the sense of impunity as 2 GB News alumni are now in charge of news oversight

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 9d

“He’s” a bot.

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 9d

“Some investors love fossil fuels so much they are backing assets that would be stranded even under the worst climate scenarios.” …Thanatos

Study: $48bn at risk of being written off as LNG tanker orders rise 300 per cent | James Murray

Investors are backing enough LNG tanker capacity to put the world on track for 4C of warming. This is when we're on track for circa 3C of warming and are aiming for well below 2C. Some investors love...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 10d

I think we are all in that position. No need to be snide about it

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 10d

Reichstag Fire Decree

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 11d

The arguments in a nutshell in case you find yourself in conversation with the poorly informed.

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 12d

Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 13d

“An essential guide to a critical issue. Please tune in.”

- @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Listen to the trailer on overshootpod.com

Episode 1 coming soon

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 15d

The last generation

Maroon 5 - Memories | One Voice Children's Choir | Kids Cover (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by One Voice Children's Choir

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 18d

Literally Brown Shirts…

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 18d

More specifically, where is the fear for their children?

BP raises oil and gas outlook in response to AI boom and slowing efficiency gains | James Murray

The bleakest thing about the bleak af Global Energy Outlook from BP is that it doesn't seem to realise how bleak it is. Your upgraded forecasts for continuing fossil fuel demand and projections for ...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?