Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
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The Dominican Republic has given permission for the United States to use an airbase and airport in the country to help in the US's preparations for war against Venezuela
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Dominican Republic has given permission for the United States to use an airbase and airport in the country to help in the US's preparations for war against Venezuela
COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief breaks down the main COP30 outcomes on food, forests, land and nature.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
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“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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NEW – COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém | @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
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COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief breaks down the main COP30 outcomes on food, forests, land and nature.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém | @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
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NEW: From biased ballot language to ICE intimidation, Missouri officials are going to stunning lengths to block voters from challenging their GOP-drawn gerrymander.
Here’s how far they’ve gone, and what it means for democracy👇
https://bit.ly/3JVmDWz
Here’s how far they’ve gone, and what it means for democracy👇
https://bit.ly/3JVmDWz
Explainer: GOP’s Multi-Front Effort to Shield Missouri Gerrymander From Voters
Read more here.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEW: From biased ballot language to ICE intimidation, Missouri officials are going to stunning lengths to block voters from challenging their GOP-drawn gerrymander.
Here’s how far they’ve gone, and what it means for democracy👇
https://bit.ly/3JVmDWz
Here’s how far they’ve gone, and what it means for democracy👇
https://bit.ly/3JVmDWz
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NEW: By trying to stop a voter-led referendum, Missouri’s GOP is testing whether politicians can insulate their gerrymander from public judgment altogether. The outcome could reshape how, and whether, voters can check partisan power.
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Federal Court Hears ‘Unprecedented’ GOP Bid to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Gerrymander
Read more here.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: By trying to stop a voter-led referendum, Missouri’s GOP is testing whether politicians can insulate their gerrymander from public judgment altogether. The outcome could reshape how, and whether, voters can check partisan power.
✍️ @jenrice.bsky.social
✍️ @jenrice.bsky.social
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Big corporations like Exxon Mobil are literally begging the Supreme Court to bail them out. They’re claiming that being forced to publish their emissions data violates their precious 1st Amendment “free speech” rights.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Big corporations like Exxon Mobil are literally begging the Supreme Court to bail them out. They’re claiming that being forced to publish their emissions data violates their precious 1st Amendment “free speech” rights.
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NEW – UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEW – UK budget 2025: Key climate and energy announcements | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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This kind of thing is less fashionable than it used to be, but really worth looking into whether people saying an enormous amount of data center expansion will actually be good for climate and affordability have financial ties to people with a direct financial interest in data center expansion
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This kind of thing is less fashionable than it used to be, but really worth looking into whether people saying an enormous amount of data center expansion will actually be good for climate and affordability have financial ties to people with a direct financial interest in data center expansion
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How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
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2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
2/2 If this Labour government is serious about rebuilding trust, it should start with the BBC itself.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
Turn it into a cooperative. Put power in the hands of its audience and its workers- not a revolving door of wealthy elites.
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1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
1/2 The “people’s broadcaster” is now overseen by private equity grandees, ex-CEOs of privatised utilities, investment bankers and assorted corporate heavyweights.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
Hardly the broad public it claims to serve.
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Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Have to take a moment to celebrate this historic win for the climate. Even though everyone knows it’s needed, it’s no small thing to commit to leaving fossil fuels in the ground.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
Epic work from the likes of Uplift and a Secretary of State who is doing the absolute best he can with what he’s got.
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This has been the primary goal of UK oil and gas policy for nearly a decade and has stood as one of the clearest and most unequivocal indicators that UK government may well be incapable of addressing the climate crisis effectively. And now it’s gone
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This has been the primary goal of UK oil and gas policy for nearly a decade and has stood as one of the clearest and most unequivocal indicators that UK government may well be incapable of addressing the climate crisis effectively. And now it’s gone
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www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Announcing an end to the fuel duty freeze is also pretty momentous! Though people are a bit more believe-it-when-I-see-it about this good news as chancellors always like to pretend they will soon (but not today) increase fuel duty, as this really helps to balance budget projections.
Welcome moves to tackle vehicle taxation
Welcome moves to tackle vehicle taxation Commenting on today’s announcement in the Chancellor’s Budget of a new pay as you drive charge for electric vehicles1, the freeze on rail fares2, the gradual w...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Announcing an end to the fuel duty freeze is also pretty momentous! Though people are a bit more believe-it-when-I-see-it about this good news as chancellors always like to pretend they will soon (but not today) increase fuel duty, as this really helps to balance budget projections.
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Hugely gratifying!
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hugely gratifying!
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@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
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The UK is now the first major oil and gas producer in the Global North to shift away from fossil fuels - the kind of leadership needed to drive a global phase-out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The UK is now the first major oil and gas producer in the Global North to shift away from fossil fuels - the kind of leadership needed to drive a global phase-out.
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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It is a historic and hugely welcome development for a significant oil & gas producing country, a G7 economy & a country with significant historical responsibility for the climate crisis to take this step.
Now onto the just transition part of the plan...
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Now onto the just transition part of the plan...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It is a historic and hugely welcome development for a significant oil & gas producing country, a G7 economy & a country with significant historical responsibility for the climate crisis to take this step.
Now onto the just transition part of the plan...
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Now onto the just transition part of the plan...
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The v big news is that the govt has jettisoned the principal objective of "maximising economic recovery of offshore oil & gas" for the O&G regulator (the NSTA), replacing it with objectives that align with the govts broader socio-economic & climate objectives. An eminently sensible, welcome move
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The v big news is that the govt has jettisoned the principal objective of "maximising economic recovery of offshore oil & gas" for the O&G regulator (the NSTA), replacing it with objectives that align with the govts broader socio-economic & climate objectives. An eminently sensible, welcome move
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...lead to 45 mill barrels of oil equivalent in total. If they're all developed, which is unlikely. Given the Rosebank oil field is 500 mill barrels, this is a comparatively marginal amount of resource. Plus the govt has confirmed that it won't issue licences for onshore O&G anymore either.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
...lead to 45 mill barrels of oil equivalent in total. If they're all developed, which is unlikely. Given the Rosebank oil field is 500 mill barrels, this is a comparatively marginal amount of resource. Plus the govt has confirmed that it won't issue licences for onshore O&G anymore either.
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The plan includes a new instrument called a Transitional Energy Certificate, which effectively will enable already-discovered resources to be developed if they're linked to an existing field and needed for a managed transition. Our calculation is that these tie-backs would, at most...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The plan includes a new instrument called a Transitional Energy Certificate, which effectively will enable already-discovered resources to be developed if they're linked to an existing field and needed for a managed transition. Our calculation is that these tie-backs would, at most...
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