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It's sort of the consequence of having poisonous forever chemicals everywhere on the planet now and not applying any meaningful rules because it would disturb busines as usual.

Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years

10/ Thus, such a precative helps us see that, as the writer @amitav.bsky.social puts it, "The climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination"

6/ Central to understanding why imaginaries are so important is the line by the American poet Lucille Clifton that 'We cannot create what we can't imagine'.

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Fifth National Climate Assessment The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…

Back online! The 5th National Climate Assessment, which was released by the US Global Change Research Program in 2023 (and taken offline by the Trump administration in early 2025) is back. The assessment is the most recent state of the science report on climate change impacts and risks to the US.

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

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Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each September from 1850 through 2025 for only the midlatitude region of the North Pacific Ocean. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. 2025 is a record high.

Record warm ocean temperatures continued in September across the North Pacific Ocean, with a number of consequential impacts (including on downstream weather patterns).

This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every September from 1854-2025 using @noaa.gov ERSSTv5 data.

Popular North London market reopens for the first time since 2020 - Harrow Online A much-loved north London market has reopened for the first time since it was forced to close in 2020 due to serious safety issues. The site, which has

Seven Sisters market is back open - and better than ever.

The market is an important part of London’s diverse culture and I’m proud to have worked with Transport for London to secure £2m funding to support traders and protect the market’s unique atmosphere.

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
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Jane Fonda Revives Her Father’s McCarthy-Era Free Speech Group The actress joined Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others in reviving the Committee for the First Amendment, a group that her father, Henry Fonda, was a member of in the 1940s.

Jane Fonda and hundreds of members of the entertainment industry have revived the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression group that was originally formed by Hollywood stars including her father, Henry Fonda, during the McCarthy era.

Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows New interactive map tracking PM2.5 air pollution reveals 900m people in path of ‘super-emitting’ industrial facilities

A new interactive map from ClimateTrace shows how air pollution from fossil fuels is threatening over 1.6 billion people around the world.

Want to see the air pollution where you live? Check the map here:

Climate action can't wait NYC Climate Week: The world leans in, the U.S. checks out, and how to SHIFT into action

At Climate Week NYC, the message was clear: progress is underway. While none of us can do this alone, the number of people who are committed to tackling climate together is growing every day.

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This issue has become so big in my life with all my family, friends and colleagues. The stats are a relief to see but shout for justice.

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Chart: Global investment in renewables hits record even as US falters Over the first six months of this year, a total of $386 billion flowed to renewable-energy projects — 10% more than one year prior.

Investors are the world are pouring more money into renewable energy than ever — even as they pull back on spending in the U.S.

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

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YouTube video by CNN 'Science Under Siege': Climate and pandemic experts on waging a war against anti-science

'Science Under Siege': Climate and pandemic experts on waging a war against anti-science | My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @cnn.com's @jaketapper.bsky.social about our new book, #ScienceUnderSiege: www.youtube.com/watch?v=633n...

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
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Inside the lab melting the world's oldest ice Studying samples from the ice sheet gives an environmental record of over a million years.

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A better welfare system is possible - one that treats people with dignity, compassion, and care 🤝

In our latest online listening with @demos-uk.bsky.social, we continue to see people's experience of the welfare system as inaccessible, inflexible, and inhumane. 1/2

AI reveals vast ‘ghost forests’ along U.S. coast Machine learning method counts nearly 12 million dead trees, many likely killed by rising seas

I joined a team of ecologists wading through the muck of the Carolina coast in search of "ghost forests" killed by rising seas for @science.org. We were guided by a a new map that reveals millions of dead trees standing along the East Coast, marking an overlooked consequence of climate change...

Ethnicities. And identities. Are. Made. Up.
We get to choose.

Someone can be a Leeds native, a Yorkshireman, a Brit BUT not English.

Just take me out and throw me in the sea. I’m done.

The idea that someone can become British but never English is so agonisingly stupid that it makes me fear for the future of the species.

Research shows that ChatGPT is changing your brain People worry that students are increasingly using generative AI in their work. It saves time, but what is it doing to their brains?

What happens to your brain when you use ChatGPT to write your essay? MIT watched students’ brain activity to find out. The results are worrying.

My neighbours come around with apples from their trees and to just say hello. I asked my neighbour for a recommended vet number instead of looking online. These little acts create community and they are not a given. It takes courage to step outside… Love to you all!

Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report?

🔴Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery

As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report?

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Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Wow Starmer finally drawing a line!

"If you say or imply that people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their skin, that mixed-heritage families owe you an explanation... If you say that they should now be deported, then mark my words - we will fight you with everything we have".

In their defiance of Putin the bravery of Moldovans cannot be overstated By Arthur Snell

‘For a sense of how much Moldova has mattered to Putin, one only has to look at how much Russia has spent to rig this election and the widespread bomb threats.’

Great piece on the significance of the Moldova election by @snellarthur.bsky.social. ~AA

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The AfD qualified for three mayoral run-offs in cities in North Rhine-Westphalia today, and lost all by big margins. The lesson is not that we have overdone the AfD's rise, but that we do perhaps sometimes underestimate the counter-mobilisation effects - including in east Germany, incidentally.