Will Yeates
@wyeates.bsky.social
Climate and enviroskeeting.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: [email protected]
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: [email protected]
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison after admitting taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison after admitting taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
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November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
The unusually wind-powered and cycle-friendly Nordic nation promised on Monday to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels. The goal inches past the UK’s landmark 81% target for that year and races ahead of the EU’s rather wide goal of 66.3% to 72.5%.
Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away
Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets
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November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The unusually wind-powered and cycle-friendly Nordic nation promised on Monday to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels. The goal inches past the UK’s landmark 81% target for that year and races ahead of the EU’s rather wide goal of 66.3% to 72.5%.
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.
G-20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year’s earnings: Oxfam
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border – POLITICO
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border
The burning ship, which is docked close to a Romanian village, “could explode at any time,” local authorities say.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border – POLITICO
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border – POLITICO
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border
The burning ship, which is docked close to a Romanian village, “could explode at any time,” local authorities say.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Russian Danube strike ignites gas tanker blaze on NATO’s border – POLITICO
LNG is totally safe
Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Odesa prompting evacuation of villages in Romania | Euronews
Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Odesa prompting evacuation of villages in Romania | Euronews
Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Ukraine's Odesa
Border regions of Romania have repeatedly recorded the wreckage of drones, believed to have been launched by Russia towards Ukraine.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
LNG is totally safe
Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Odesa prompting evacuation of villages in Romania | Euronews
Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Odesa prompting evacuation of villages in Romania | Euronews
"For just under the price of a 23-bedroom Georgian manor in Wales, house hunters can snap up a two bedroom flat in Hackney."
Britain's cut price country homes REVEALED
Research from the Daily Mail has identified a string of impressive country seats - ranging from disused castles to private Scottish islands - currently on the market for very low prices.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"For just under the price of a 23-bedroom Georgian manor in Wales, house hunters can snap up a two bedroom flat in Hackney."
Abolish the monarchy
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ — The Telegraph
Prince Andrew gives King ‘ultimatum’ to grant him and his ex-wife separate royal residences
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November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Abolish the monarchy
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses - The Guardian
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses — The Guardian
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses - The Guardian
How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children?
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children?
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight - The Guardian
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight — The Guardian
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
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November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight - The Guardian
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
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November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
Why London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour — The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s water engineers don’t usually wish for downpours. Much of the capital’s sewer system dates to the Victorian era, combining rainwater with everything we flush down our toilets, which is why…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
The torture video shaking Israel to its core - The Telegraph
The torture video shaking Israel to its core — The Telegraph
IDF’s chief legal officer arrested amid furore over leaked footage of soldiers ‘abusing Palestinian captives’
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November 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The torture video shaking Israel to its core - The Telegraph
The average US worker would take 17.24 million years to earn $1 trillion.
Quiz: How big is one trillion?
Can you fathom the scale of Elon Musk's pay rise?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The average US worker would take 17.24 million years to earn $1 trillion.
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests | Cop30 | The Guardian
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
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November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests | Cop30 | The Guardian
Reposted by Will Yeates
It’s bad but its a feature of EU deciding climate ambition by consensus, backtracking is certainly happening and it has something to do with Trump but this is just old fashioned unanimity holding EU back
Now official - the EU has weakened its planned 2040 emissions reduction target at the insistence of national governments.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
EU countries agree weakened 2040 climate goal and target for COP30
The deal avoids the EU going empty handed to the COP30 climate summit starting on Nov. 10.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It’s bad but its a feature of EU deciding climate ambition by consensus, backtracking is certainly happening and it has something to do with Trump but this is just old fashioned unanimity holding EU back
'If he has nothing to hide, why is he hiding?': Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein intensify - as top ex-prosecutor calls for fresh POLICE probe into ex-prince | Daily Mail Online
Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein
At least four members of the House Oversight Committee have called for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about the actions of the convicted paedophile.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
'If he has nothing to hide, why is he hiding?': Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein intensify - as top ex-prosecutor calls for fresh POLICE probe into ex-prince | Daily Mail Online
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
This week, more than two thousand unarmed civilians were slaughtered in the country in just a matter of 48 hours as its bloody conflict rages on.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
The former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner
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November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne and it would take an act of Parliament to formally remove him.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
The economic losses in Jamaica will hinge on the severity of flooding. But current estimates fall around $7.7 billion, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research. That’s about 35% of the island’s gross domestic product. buff.ly/0Zsxlvw
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October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The economic losses in Jamaica will hinge on the severity of flooding. But current estimates fall around $7.7 billion, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research. That’s about 35% of the island’s gross domestic product. buff.ly/0Zsxlvw