Prof Bill McGuire
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313
Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District
Website: billmcguire.co.uk
Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District
Website: billmcguire.co.uk
I see. So, if I am responsible for wholesale manslaughter, and then retire, I can't be charged
Is that it?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Is that it?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
None of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I see. So, if I am responsible for wholesale manslaughter, and then retire, I can't be charged
Is that it?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Is that it?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"What I think is at the heart of all of this is the lack of candour at the outset and the defensive approach by.....the South Yorkshire Police to the inquiries that happened after the disaster"
This is STILL the default position of the police as a whole
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
This is STILL the default position of the police as a whole
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Twelve police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, report says
The report highlights complacency,
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"What I think is at the heart of all of this is the lack of candour at the outset and the defensive approach by.....the South Yorkshire Police to the inquiries that happened after the disaster"
This is STILL the default position of the police as a whole
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
This is STILL the default position of the police as a whole
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
The usual utter BS from housebuilders
Please explain to me what exactly is 'sustainable' about this location?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Please explain to me what exactly is 'sustainable' about this location?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans for 187 homes in Swadlincote set to take step forward
A council report says the plans would provide
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The usual utter BS from housebuilders
Please explain to me what exactly is 'sustainable' about this location?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Please explain to me what exactly is 'sustainable' about this location?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Staggering numbers of people impacted as Indonesia takes its turn in the crosshairs of climate change driven extreme weather
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
One million people evacuated in Indonesia as death toll from floods surpasses 600
In Indonesia, 3.2 million people have been affected by the floods, while 2,600 have been injured and 472 people remain missing
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Staggering numbers of people impacted as Indonesia takes its turn in the crosshairs of climate change driven extreme weather
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Don't be mistaken in thinking that this is the worst it will get
As the climate continues to break down, extreme weather has barely got started
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
As the climate continues to break down, extreme weather has barely got started
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
Extreme weather has killed more than 1,000 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharged rain systems across the region
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Don't be mistaken in thinking that this is the worst it will get
As the climate continues to break down, extreme weather has barely got started
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
As the climate continues to break down, extreme weather has barely got started
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More drivel from the PM
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says
Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
More drivel from the PM
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can you believe this?
Well, yes
These money-grabbing bastards will stop at nothing
Renationalise water NOW - without compensation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Well, yes
These money-grabbing bastards will stop at nothing
Renationalise water NOW - without compensation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record
River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Can you believe this?
Well, yes
These money-grabbing bastards will stop at nothing
Renationalise water NOW - without compensation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Well, yes
These money-grabbing bastards will stop at nothing
Renationalise water NOW - without compensation
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The COPs in a nutshell
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The COPs in a nutshell
The US getting ready to do what it does best.....
Invading other countries
Along with Israel, the US is a rogue state that acts with impunity and has no consideration whatsoever for the international rule of law
No doubt Starmer will provide grovelling support
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Invading other countries
Along with Israel, the US is a rogue state that acts with impunity and has no consideration whatsoever for the international rule of law
No doubt Starmer will provide grovelling support
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The US getting ready to do what it does best.....
Invading other countries
Along with Israel, the US is a rogue state that acts with impunity and has no consideration whatsoever for the international rule of law
No doubt Starmer will provide grovelling support
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Invading other countries
Along with Israel, the US is a rogue state that acts with impunity and has no consideration whatsoever for the international rule of law
No doubt Starmer will provide grovelling support
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
We have already rewound the climate clock to the Pliocene (3C hotter, sea levels ~20m higher)
If we keep on as we are, the even hotter Miocene beckons
Inaction will see our world reprise the early Eocene hothouse, bringing potential oblivion
If we keep on as we are, the even hotter Miocene beckons
Inaction will see our world reprise the early Eocene hothouse, bringing potential oblivion
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We have already rewound the climate clock to the Pliocene (3C hotter, sea levels ~20m higher)
If we keep on as we are, the even hotter Miocene beckons
Inaction will see our world reprise the early Eocene hothouse, bringing potential oblivion
If we keep on as we are, the even hotter Miocene beckons
Inaction will see our world reprise the early Eocene hothouse, bringing potential oblivion
The latest grim news
Refugees heading north from baking, waterless, southern Europe, will meet those heading south from a cold, crop-less northern Europe as the AMOC shuts down
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Refugees heading north from baking, waterless, southern Europe, will meet those heading south from a cold, crop-less northern Europe as the AMOC shuts down
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The latest grim news
Refugees heading north from baking, waterless, southern Europe, will meet those heading south from a cold, crop-less northern Europe as the AMOC shuts down
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Refugees heading north from baking, waterless, southern Europe, will meet those heading south from a cold, crop-less northern Europe as the AMOC shuts down
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene climate - 3C hotter, sea level eventually ~20m higher
A return to an Eocene hothouse beckons, threatening oblivion
We have to stop burning fossil fuels NOW
A return to an Eocene hothouse beckons, threatening oblivion
We have to stop burning fossil fuels NOW
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene climate - 3C hotter, sea level eventually ~20m higher
A return to an Eocene hothouse beckons, threatening oblivion
We have to stop burning fossil fuels NOW
A return to an Eocene hothouse beckons, threatening oblivion
We have to stop burning fossil fuels NOW
Hmmm....not really boats though are they?
Closer to hovercraft or very low flying planes
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Closer to hovercraft or very low flying planes
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Green days: Ben Ainslie’s new team lead the way on and out of the water | Emma John
The SailGP championship harnesses sailors’ competitive instincts in the cause of sustainability as teams vie to be the greenest of them all
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hmmm....not really boats though are they?
Closer to hovercraft or very low flying planes
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Closer to hovercraft or very low flying planes
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Our Reform council up here in Derbyshire have appointed a senior exec at the Alton Towers theme park - who has no experience whatsoever of working in local government - as CEO of the county council
What could possibly go wrong?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What could possibly go wrong?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alton Towers boss chosen as next CEO of Reform UK-run council
Neil Crittenden is set to take on the role of chief executive at Derbyshire County Council.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our Reform council up here in Derbyshire have appointed a senior exec at the Alton Towers theme park - who has no experience whatsoever of working in local government - as CEO of the county council
What could possibly go wrong?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What could possibly go wrong?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The obscenity that is Israel
“In Israel, there is no mechanism that acts to stop the killing of Palestinians or is capable of prosecuting those responsible"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“In Israel, there is no mechanism that acts to stop the killing of Palestinians or is capable of prosecuting those responsible"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender
Far-right minister defends killing of two men who appeared to have given themselves up, saying ‘terrorists must die’
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The obscenity that is Israel
“In Israel, there is no mechanism that acts to stop the killing of Palestinians or is capable of prosecuting those responsible"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“In Israel, there is no mechanism that acts to stop the killing of Palestinians or is capable of prosecuting those responsible"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A final (?) piece by the great Paul Brown - and a damning indictment of new nuclear
"I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a career as an environment writer, here’s what I have learned
Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A final (?) piece by the great Paul Brown - and a damning indictment of new nuclear
"I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you were hoping for some good climate news post-COP30, there isn't any
As the world's carbon sinks become sources, our prospects look increasingly grim
As Pliocene conditions beckon, we need global action NOW to stop a return to the Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As the world's carbon sinks become sources, our prospects look increasingly grim
As Pliocene conditions beckon, we need global action NOW to stop a return to the Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If you were hoping for some good climate news post-COP30, there isn't any
As the world's carbon sinks become sources, our prospects look increasingly grim
As Pliocene conditions beckon, we need global action NOW to stop a return to the Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As the world's carbon sinks become sources, our prospects look increasingly grim
As Pliocene conditions beckon, we need global action NOW to stop a return to the Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'The Labour Plan to Make Work Pay said: “Our New Deal will include basic individual rights from day one for all workers" '
There is NO MORE basic right than protection from unfair dismissal
Just the latest of many manifesto pledges trashed
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
There is NO MORE basic right than protection from unfair dismissal
Just the latest of many manifesto pledges trashed
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Business secretary claims workers’ rights bill U-turn doesn’t breach Labour’s manifesto – UK politics live
Peter Kyle denies unfair dismissal policy U-turn is breach of manifesto pledge but unions and Labour MPs criticise decision
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
'The Labour Plan to Make Work Pay said: “Our New Deal will include basic individual rights from day one for all workers" '
There is NO MORE basic right than protection from unfair dismissal
Just the latest of many manifesto pledges trashed
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
There is NO MORE basic right than protection from unfair dismissal
Just the latest of many manifesto pledges trashed
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
I'm sorry, but some 'good things' are just not enough
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene world
Meanwhile fossil fuel companies plan for expansion and governments row back on green measures
COP30 has made no difference to this whatsoever
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene world
Meanwhile fossil fuel companies plan for expansion and governments row back on green measures
COP30 has made no difference to this whatsoever
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30
In this week’s newsletter: Ultimately, climate progress will come from real-world action, and this year’s summit made some promising strides on that front
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I'm sorry, but some 'good things' are just not enough
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene world
Meanwhile fossil fuel companies plan for expansion and governments row back on green measures
COP30 has made no difference to this whatsoever
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are already locked-in to a return to a Pliocene world
Meanwhile fossil fuel companies plan for expansion and governments row back on green measures
COP30 has made no difference to this whatsoever
www.theguardian.com/environment/...