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Monica Piccinini @monicapiccinini.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions, including Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, BNP Paribas & HSBC, have reaped billions through investments, loans & issuance underwriting services provided to 50 companies accused of forest destruction.

globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

Global banks earn billions from deforestation

New Global Witness research exposes glaring contradiction at the heart of forest finance, as Brazil prepares to launch flagship tropical forest fund at COP30

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 1d

Memo to Rachel Reeves: new Nobel prize winner for economics says green industry is vital to strong growth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on technology-driven growth

Joel Mokyr has warned of ‘dark clouds’ amid Trump tariffs, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have written about role of ‘creative destruction’

www.theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 2d

Here we go! At least five more #tipping points are waiting beyond the 2.5 degree guardrail we will shortly breach on our present course. When on earth will most politicians and journalists wake up to the urgency of the crisis?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 3d

Good for him! It’s been a big thing for me too. I first wrote about the danger in the mid 90s….

NeverFadingWood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @avantgardening.pl · 3d

I didn't know about the South Atlantic current, but my dad's been raising the alarm about the Gulf Stream for years.

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 3d

This is worrying. I have long held that ocean currents could be some of the most devastating tipping points…https://www.iflscience.com/biggest-ocean-current-on-earth-is-set-to-shift-spelling-huge-changes-for-ecosystems-81126#

Biggest Ocean Current On Earth Is Set To Shift, Spelling Huge Changes For Ecosystems

This current shifts up to 182 million cubic meters of water every second – and it's on the move.

www.iflscience.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 8d

This is a big moment. Lots of interesting stuff in piece. @https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 9d

Very important report from @eciu.net that gives the lie to the common assertion that energy prices are high because of @ed-miliband.bsky.social driving to green energy. Shows that they would have been even higher without it: wind cuts wholesale price by 25%.

eciu.net/media/press-...

Analysis: Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by…

Gas power now only setting the price of electricity around 85% of the time.

eciu.net

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 10d

Will a single Tory MP this week have the nerve state that ‘industrialised nations do actually need to reach net zero by 2050 to avert catastrophic levels of risk, and to pretend otherwise is utterly ridiculous’?

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 13d

A thoughtful mustread by @samfr.bsky.social on why Labour has been so obsessed with trying to mimic Reform - and
why this is entirely self-defeating.
, samf.substack.com/p/identity-c...

Identity Crisis

How Labour can rebuild their voter coalition

samf.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 13d

This is really important. This Government is not only the most anti-nature of any I have covered over the last 55 years, but also rapidly becoming the most authoritarian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews

Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 15d

A very valuable deep dive into the polls. Confirms that the Government should be much more concerned about losing voters to the LibDems and Greens than to Reform. samf.substack.com/p/the-story-...

The story behind the polls

Who's changed their mind since the 2024 election and why?

samf.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 19d

A hugely important article by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social on how an astonishing decline in reading books, brought about by the smartphone, is fuelling authoritarianism and threatens the greatest setback for civilisation since the fall of the Roman Empire.

jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 20d

Essential reading from @chathamhouse.org on what the world will look like if/when we crash through the 1.5 degree temperature guardrail. Sobering stuff that needs to be taken aboard as resolve to tackle climate change weakens.
www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

www.chathamhouse.org

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 23d

Worrying.

Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 24d

Some highly questionable industry assertions about ‘tiebacks’ and new oil & gas exploration licensing covered by the Sunday Times this morning, incl. the volume of potential production & the impact on jobs & supply chains. Let's take a closer look: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Labour looks to water down North Sea drilling ban

Ed Miliband is expected to allow exploration next to existing sites to increase fossil fuel production without breaking a manifesto pledge

www.thetimes.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 25d

In fairness, that’s what the article itself says….

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 25d

The NYT title seems incoherent and ideological.

Most nations are proactively moving towards solar power and decarbonisation.

It’s mostly the white supremacist nations like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK that are backsliding towards fossil fuel annihilation along with the USA.

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 25d

We have been hugely enjoying The Diplomat.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 25d

Much already written - goes out tomorrow morning.

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 27d

My monthly newsblast about wildlife and conservation issues will arrive in your inbox early on Sunday morning - if you are subscribed.

Subscribe here markavery.info/sign-monthly... - it's free and you can unsubscribe whenever you like (but you probably won't as most people stay for a long time).

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 26d

Pleasure. I do hope things improve very soon.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28d

"Every day from June to August 2025, at least one in five people on the planet felt a strong climate change influence."

⚠️ Check out the latest full seasonal report from @climatecentral.org on attributing temperatures around the world: www.climatecentral.org/report/peopl.... #OpenAccess #OpenData

Additional days, from June 1 to Aug. 31, 2025, with temperatures above the 90th percentile (risky heat days), because of climate change. Presented as per capita averages for countries and states. Analysis based on ECMWF ERA5 data and the Climate Shift Index (CSI) system. Data for Antarctica were not included in the analysis. Produced Sept. 8, 2025.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 14

"Sinn Féin and the DUP have stalled the nutrients action programme over fears of a farmer backlash."

The *only* thing they'll unite on: ensuring the largest lake ecosystem in Ireland or Britain, Lough Neagh, continues to die of pollution.

What a f**king disgrace.
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‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster

Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 14

‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease.

The opposite of a mere 'luxury', nature is our life support system. It is our *everything*.
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‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · Sep 14

Very consequential for corporate climate reporting. Important: While this is a blow, Asia and Europe are not stopping with their regulatory efforts. It is the US that is becoming the regulatory island, with CA and NY pushing back.
www.esgtoday.com/sec-chair-wa...

SEC Chair Warns IFRS Foundation Over Support for International Sustainability Standards Board - ESG Today

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may reconsider its rules allowing foreign companies to file financial statements using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting s...

www.esgtoday.com

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · Sep 11

This looks promising. I particularly like the acronym for the parliamentary group….!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor under internal pressure to commit to at least 70% emissions reduction by 2035

Party’s grassroots campaigners urge leadership to ignore business warnings about cost of setting ‘ambitious’ target

www.theguardian.com

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