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5% per year is a weak sauce minimum.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
5% per year is a weak sauce minimum.
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Billionaires contribute between 0.5% and 3% of the UK government income
Meanwhile public sector workers contribute about 8-11%
Small business about 15%
Why is everyone rushing to protect the billionaires?
#TaxTheRich
#FairShare
#EconomicJustice
Meanwhile public sector workers contribute about 8-11%
Small business about 15%
Why is everyone rushing to protect the billionaires?
#TaxTheRich
#FairShare
#EconomicJustice
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Billionaires contribute between 0.5% and 3% of the UK government income
Meanwhile public sector workers contribute about 8-11%
Small business about 15%
Why is everyone rushing to protect the billionaires?
#TaxTheRich
#FairShare
#EconomicJustice
Meanwhile public sector workers contribute about 8-11%
Small business about 15%
Why is everyone rushing to protect the billionaires?
#TaxTheRich
#FairShare
#EconomicJustice
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This genuinely appalling - a toxic legacy for future generations. But it is only half the story. How many licensed waste sites are also in breach of their licences? One in our district is facing a planning enquiry and an #EnvironmentAgency hearing over breaches.
This genuinely appalling - a toxic legacy for future generations. But it is only half the story. How many licensed waste sites are also in breach of their licences? One in our district is facing a planning enquiry and an #EnvironmentAgency hearing over breaches.
‘The new narcotics’: how waste crime is causing environmental disaster across the UK
Organised criminals face few repercussions for dumping toxic rubbish as Environment Agency struggles to keep up
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This genuinely appalling - a toxic legacy for future generations. But it is only half the story. How many licensed waste sites are also in breach of their licences? One in our district is facing a planning enquiry and an #EnvironmentAgency hearing over breaches.
This genuinely appalling - a toxic legacy for future generations. But it is only half the story. How many licensed waste sites are also in breach of their licences? One in our district is facing a planning enquiry and an #EnvironmentAgency hearing over breaches.
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The other issue is we include the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Price Support in the wholesale electricity price, but there is no corresponding carbon tax on domestic gas consumption. Crazy that the carbon tax has the opposite incentive to domestic consumers that it is supposed to have!
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The other issue is we include the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Price Support in the wholesale electricity price, but there is no corresponding carbon tax on domestic gas consumption. Crazy that the carbon tax has the opposite incentive to domestic consumers that it is supposed to have!
Ooh! Tricky!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Agree that adding pay per mile a few months after VED for EVs would be tough. Also agree that financial incentives to transition are needed, so petrol & diesel must remain noticeably more expensive than EVs.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Agree that adding pay per mile a few months after VED for EVs would be tough. Also agree that financial incentives to transition are needed, so petrol & diesel must remain noticeably more expensive than EVs.
Will pay-per-mile raise Reeves money or drive people away from electric vehicles?
Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Ooh! Tricky!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Agree that adding pay per mile a few months after VED for EVs would be tough. Also agree that financial incentives to transition are needed, so petrol & diesel must remain noticeably more expensive than EVs.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Agree that adding pay per mile a few months after VED for EVs would be tough. Also agree that financial incentives to transition are needed, so petrol & diesel must remain noticeably more expensive than EVs.
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And his constituency would be in Clacton-under-sea.
But his house would be ok because it's not his house. He said it was, but he forgot he didn't buy it after all - an easy mistake to make.
But his house would be ok because it's not his house. He said it was, but he forgot he didn't buy it after all - an easy mistake to make.
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
And his constituency would be in Clacton-under-sea.
But his house would be ok because it's not his house. He said it was, but he forgot he didn't buy it after all - an easy mistake to make.
But his house would be ok because it's not his house. He said it was, but he forgot he didn't buy it after all - an easy mistake to make.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage's party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/20/d...
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
Great story by @nafeez.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social We have been banging on about this for a long time, not using #insurance data but using the great work of @climatecentral.org where you can play with parameters for hours! Warning - it's scary!
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Latest blog is on why the dramatic late push at COP30 for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels is so important. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Anatomy of a roadmap
The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels ...
www.businessgreen.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Latest blog is on why the dramatic late push at COP30 for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels is so important. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
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Bit of a blog on this and why the proposed roadmap matters. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Anatomy of a roadmap
The end game at COP30 has is boiling down to a stand-off over whether to introduce a roadmap for the transition away from fossil fuels - and leading businesses want the plan for tackling fossil fuels ...
www.businessgreen.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Bit of a blog on this and why the proposed roadmap matters. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
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Lionesses' forward and World Cup winner Beth Mead:
‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
Very true - also about many other things: insuring your home, putting food on the table...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
Very true - also about many other things: insuring your home, putting food on the table...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Beth Mead: ‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
The Arsenal and England forward is backing new global campaign because talent and teamwork should decide the game – not the climate
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Lionesses' forward and World Cup winner Beth Mead:
‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
Very true - also about many other things: insuring your home, putting food on the table...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘If we don’t adapt to climate change, football becomes a privilege, not a right‘
Very true - also about many other things: insuring your home, putting food on the table...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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We did analysis for this project that showed the claims being made about the emissions from the U.S. gas that would feed this project were far far too low.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We did analysis for this project that showed the claims being made about the emissions from the U.S. gas that would feed this project were far far too low.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
Another example of how US gas is being marketed as "low emissions" and "clean" despite the overwhelming evidence that it is not.
Really pleased to see the fightback starting at #COP30 in #Belem, but the world is in peril. The #PetroStates - Saudi, Russia and others - are blocking #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels to prioritise #money over #people, #nature and #life itself. Scientists are clear on the actions needed. Listen to them!
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Really pleased to see the fightback starting at #COP30 in #Belem, but the world is in peril. The #PetroStates - Saudi, Russia and others - are blocking #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels to prioritise #money over #people, #nature and #life itself. Scientists are clear on the actions needed. Listen to them!
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✍️ Foxholes’ ‘line in the chalk’: locals come together to resist gas drilling proposal
What happens when a village community stands its ground against the potential environmental threat from a powerful developer
By David Eddy
What happens when a village community stands its ground against the potential environmental threat from a powerful developer
By David Eddy
Foxholes’ ‘line in the chalk’: locals come together to resist gas drilling proposal
What happens when a village community stands its ground against the potential environmental threat from a powerful developer
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
✍️ Foxholes’ ‘line in the chalk’: locals come together to resist gas drilling proposal
What happens when a village community stands its ground against the potential environmental threat from a powerful developer
By David Eddy
What happens when a village community stands its ground against the potential environmental threat from a powerful developer
By David Eddy
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Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
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Pic from conclusion of press conference. Many countries spoke. There's a deep divide on fossil fuel transition here at #COP30; fundamentally a divide on climate action.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Pic from conclusion of press conference. Many countries spoke. There's a deep divide on fossil fuel transition here at #COP30; fundamentally a divide on climate action.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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Y'all. I knew that Hurricane Melissa was strong, but DANG. It was produced the strongest wind measurement EVER recorded by Hurricane Hunter dropsondes. 252 MPH wind gust. This storm literally produced winds we've never confirmed before in a storm. This My discucssion
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Hurricane Melissa Winds Reached 252 mph - A Stunning Record
Hurricane Melissa caused the strongest winds ever recorded by a dropsonde in a tropical cyclone. Our expert provides details on this stunning development.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Y'all. I knew that Hurricane Melissa was strong, but DANG. It was produced the strongest wind measurement EVER recorded by Hurricane Hunter dropsondes. 252 MPH wind gust. This storm literally produced winds we've never confirmed before in a storm. This My discucssion
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The #science and the #scientists are explicit: 5% cut in emissions EVERY YEAR to hit #ZeroEmissions in 2040. Every person, corporation and government who blocks or opposes the rapid #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels prioritises money over life. #Inexcusable. #Barbaric
The #science and the #scientists are explicit: 5% cut in emissions EVERY YEAR to hit #ZeroEmissions in 2040. Every person, corporation and government who blocks or opposes the rapid #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels prioritises money over life. #Inexcusable. #Barbaric
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership releases new text despite 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The #science and the #scientists are explicit: 5% cut in emissions EVERY YEAR to hit #ZeroEmissions in 2040. Every person, corporation and government who blocks or opposes the rapid #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels prioritises money over life. #Inexcusable. #Barbaric
The #science and the #scientists are explicit: 5% cut in emissions EVERY YEAR to hit #ZeroEmissions in 2040. Every person, corporation and government who blocks or opposes the rapid #PhaseOut of #FossilFuels prioritises money over life. #Inexcusable. #Barbaric
Thank you @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
We hear you on #BBCR4. You say, we say, #UKClimateChangeCommitte says - levies on #ElectricityBills are a regressive #StealthTax. If something needs subsidising, use tax funds not our bills @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ! We won't shut up about this... cont
We hear you on #BBCR4. You say, we say, #UKClimateChangeCommitte says - levies on #ElectricityBills are a regressive #StealthTax. If something needs subsidising, use tax funds not our bills @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ! We won't shut up about this... cont
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thank you @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
We hear you on #BBCR4. You say, we say, #UKClimateChangeCommitte says - levies on #ElectricityBills are a regressive #StealthTax. If something needs subsidising, use tax funds not our bills @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ! We won't shut up about this... cont
We hear you on #BBCR4. You say, we say, #UKClimateChangeCommitte says - levies on #ElectricityBills are a regressive #StealthTax. If something needs subsidising, use tax funds not our bills @teamlabouruk.bsky.social ! We won't shut up about this... cont
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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A study released in the final months of the Biden administration by the Department of Energy found that a very large LNG export terminal would "yield more annual greenhouse gas emissions by itself than 141 of the world's countries each did in 2023."
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Why Rising Methane Emissions Could Hurt the U.S. Oil and Gas Sector
Rising methane emissions could hinder U.S. gas exports as some countries place limits on the powerful greenhouse gas.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A study released in the final months of the Biden administration by the Department of Energy found that a very large LNG export terminal would "yield more annual greenhouse gas emissions by itself than 141 of the world's countries each did in 2023."
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Uranium mine owners made huge profits, then the cold war ended, demand dried up, they declared bankrupt + the businesses closed without cleaning up. A pattern which may be familiar to observers of the oil + gas industry today @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social?
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Watch Thirst For Justice Online | Vimeo On Demand
— For Home Use Only — Armed only with facts and their illnesses, extraordinary citizens take on industry and government, risking arrest to protect…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Uranium mine owners made huge profits, then the cold war ended, demand dried up, they declared bankrupt + the businesses closed without cleaning up. A pattern which may be familiar to observers of the oil + gas industry today @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social?
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
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Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
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Hard to fathom why anyone would oppose restrictions on hormone disrupting chemicals linked to 'hormonal cancers, obesity + diabetes, impacts on the immune + neurological systems + early puberty' in children's toys. Will the UK match the EU + ban these chemicals in toys, teethers + sippy cups?
📮 In October, two letters were sent to the UK Government urging it to align with the EU’s updated toy regulation.
🧸 Children in the UK deserve the same protections from harmful chemicals as children in the EU.
Find more info on the letter here: buff.ly/f8PEtct
#ToxicToys #ChemicalRegulation
🧸 Children in the UK deserve the same protections from harmful chemicals as children in the EU.
Find more info on the letter here: buff.ly/f8PEtct
#ToxicToys #ChemicalRegulation
Patient organisations, healthcare professionals and scientists urge action on harmful chemicals in toys
Today, a group of 50 patient organisations, healthcare professionals and scientists sent a letter to the UK Government urging it to align with the EU’s update to its own toy safety regulation. The…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hard to fathom why anyone would oppose restrictions on hormone disrupting chemicals linked to 'hormonal cancers, obesity + diabetes, impacts on the immune + neurological systems + early puberty' in children's toys. Will the UK match the EU + ban these chemicals in toys, teethers + sippy cups?