Andrew Prosser

Oops! The Times has had to issue an embarrassing correction over supposedly "sluggish" EV sales 😳

❌ It said EV sales to private buyers fell 10.8% this yr
✅They actually GREW…by 62%

Yet Times articles still claim a "big fall", "collapse" & "slide" in private EV sales 🤔
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The unrest we are seeing outside hotels housing asylum seekers and in our communities is unacceptable. The protests are the result of the deliberate spread of myths and lies about asylum seekers and refugees and are being stoked by far right

Cllr Amanda Onwuemene
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Hiroshima: Officials attend 80th anniversary of atomic bombing Japan's leader Shigeru Ishiba and officials from across the world attended the annual ceremony in Hiroshima.

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Photo of a humpback whale breaching out of the ocean with text overlay that reads: "Rewilding Innovation Fund Open. Apply by 29 August.". Photo credit: Trevor Scouten/Wildscreen exchange

Have you heard? The Rewilding Innovation Fund is open 🌱

Whether you’re a land or marine rewilding project, this is your chance to get your vision off the ground or try out a new approach. 

Apply now👇
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/how-to-rewild/funding-for-rewilding/rewilding-innovation-fund

Thanks - greater capacity is welcome. Any updates on longer term plans for switching away from diesel trains? www.chilternrailways.co.uk/chiltern-rai...

I wrote this last year, and it remains one of the biggest challenges for the net zero transition. Clean technologies will deliver huge savings, but how do you ensure everyone can access them? www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/41...

A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey

UK govt is wrong on the cost of bringing England's water back into public ownership.

Its £100bn number has no economic/legal basis.

The cost of public ownership is "closer to zero".

Companies are bankrupt, their shareholders and lenders have already extracted billions.

He is a human skeleton, brother of Gaza hostage Evyatar David tells BBC Ilay David says the Hamas video showing his brother Evyatar emaciated and weak is a "new form of cruelty" that has left his parents shattered.

He is a human skeleton, Gaza hostage's brother tells BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jobless, homeless and helpless without a man: Afghan women expelled by Iran into hands of the Taliban Those who fled Afghanistan fearing gender apartheid have been forced back to live in a society in which, without a male ‘guardian’, they cannot work or rent a home, leaving them in poverty and open to...

Thinking of the women of Afghanistan, and the West's major contribution to their situation

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Worauf warten die Europäer? Dass Putin mit den Massenangriffen mit Drohnen und Raketen von allein aufhört? Wenn wir die Ukraine nicht schnell stark bei der Luftverteidigung der Städte unterstützen, werden viele Ukrainer mit ihren Familien vor der "Todeslotterie" fliehen müssen.

Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
This is a hard watch, but sadly corroborates what we have been hearing for many months. Those responsible need to be brought to justice, particularly those in government, as well as the terrorists, that create this sense of impunity. These are crimes against humanity.

Noah is second. As English as Muhammad.

Oliver 3rd most popular. Believed to derive from "Olive Tree planter", or "Olive branch bearer". Olive trees are not native to England.

Leo at 5, Luca 7th most popular.

Come to think of it what are real English names?

NEW: UK electricity generation was over 50% renewable in 2024 for the first time, with fossil fuels falling to under a third (31.8%), also for the first time

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One of the most important and powerful things any kid can do to make a better world is if they see someone being pushed around, stand up for them.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Starmer should not fall for the idea of airdrops into Gaza - it isn't a real solution, it's a political move by the Israelis

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
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Racist demonstrations, reportedly organised by Neo-Nazi groups, have been held outside asylum hostels around London. They have turned ugly & violent at times.

First question on #r4today to a local MP: “do you have sympathy with protesters?”

I switched off. Enough.

Screenshot of Daily Mail double-page spread featuring headlines including: "Asylum seekers' crime explosion", "41 migrants from just one hotel charged with a litany of crimes" and "Teenage girl with special needs was sexually assaulted in broad daylight"

Following weeks of far right agitation against asylum seekers culminating in violence on our streets, the Mail on Sunday's contribution to the debate is to run a double-page spread with a series of inflammatory headlines...

Govt axes development safeguards on eastern leg of HS2 - Place Yorkshire In news that may disappoint but not surprise Yorkshire's rail-users and property industry, the secretary of state for transport, Heidi Alexander, has lifted development restrictions along what would h...

Heidi Alexander's decision to remove the safeguarding of HS2's route from Birmingham to Leeds is short-sighted in the extreme. This is the most beneficial part of the whole HS2 scheme - as we said at the time that the construction of the leg was cancelled. www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/govt-axes-de...

AMOC Collapse Visualisation Map The interactive map that shows you the effects worldwide of climate change scenarios and the AMOC current collapsing

imagine being an adaptation planner in the UK and you are told, "well, the most likely thing that will happen is your country will get way hotter with a sharp increase in extreme temps... BUT there's a chance the AMOC could break in which case you'll get way way colder"

So, prepare for that

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024) Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins...

Yet another credible academic study published today, this time in the BMJ, showing that LTNs significantly cut road traffic injuries. To no one's surprise.

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‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

In a sane world, this would be the biggest, most important news story in the world.

‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders.

“Every fraction of a degree above 1.5°C matters. And every year of “overshoot” matters too.”

“It’s ultimately a matter of survival.”

#ClimateCrisis

River Seine: Waters reopens to swimmers after century-long ban For the first time in more than 100 years people will be able to swim legally in three sections of the river.

River Seine reopens to swimmers in Paris after century-long ban www.bbc.com/news/article...

We don't find it easy to change our minds, our conceptions, even when they're mis. We don't like to admit we are wrong. That is a challenge. To do so for the right reasons, & not under peer pressure, duress, for our benefit or advantage, that is another.

#GoodMorning, everyone

Thames Water sewage treatment works 'cannot handle' demand Campaigners research found 181 treatment works could not deal with the sewage they were receiving.

More than half of Thames Water's sewage treatment works unable to deal with the volume of sewage.

High bills but sewage dumped in rivers, creating health hazards, destroying biodiversity.

Crisis created by cash extraction, neglecting investment, with Ofwat approval.

Studie: Hitzewellen lähmen die Wirtschaft wie Streiks MÜNCHEN. Das Wirtschaftswachstum wird aufgrund der Hitzewellen in vielen Staaten gedämpft.

Economists at Allianz Research calculated the economic damage of heat waves. A day above 32°C has the same impact as a ½ day of strikes. In Spain, growth could drop by 1.4% as a result of extreme heat. Until 2035, heat could cause $2.4tn loss in productivity.
www.nachrichten.at/wirtschaft/s...

Some useful fact-checking here from @carbonbrief.org about a trope often pushed by the more fossil-fuel-aligned parts of the UK media... www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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This is huge. After the Berlin Senate tried to squash the request for a referendum to make Berlin car free within the S-Bahn Ring, the constitutional court has ruled the request for a public vote lawful. Berlin residents could vote on a landmark decision in 2026. 💪