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Mahmood furious over asylum seeker taxi bills.

Overton window has been obliterated

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.

There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture

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About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers

#dieselgate trial
There’s a reason #DieselsStink
Even euro 6 diesel cars and vans from Ford were unable to pass the easiest NEDC emissions test after being driven on the road.
27 out of 27 tested failed.
What failure looks like..
120k children sought treatment in London hospitals alone in 2024

Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure

Why we are here.
Why we keep fighting for our society to get off fossil fuels. Oh, and climate.

"Fossil fuels affect every part of the human body..according to the UN special rapporteur .. called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A cheeky CitroenAmi parking manoeuvre today🤣
Not mine!
#EV

Australia to force energy groups to offer free daytime electricity ‘Solar Sharer’ plan aims to ease demand on grid and redeploy excess power from rooftop solar network

#Australia plan to force energy companies to offer free electricity to households during the day, aiming to use excess #solar capacity and rebalance the grid away from #coal and #gas.
www.ft.com/content/3467...

Love that every time Labour make these crap attacks ads - the Green membership rockets up.

And indeed the Green Party overtook Labour in a poll so let's hope they keep it up!

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80% of greenhouse gas emissions can be linked to just 57 companies: buff.ly/1rtQCOb We know who's responsible for this crisis.

Time to phase out fossil fuels and #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables #voteclimate

Extreme inequality is a climate issue

So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation

So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and solar generation.
davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...

YouTube video by LBC Donald Trump's Asian holiday: Simon Marks' American Week | LBC

This week’s visualised “American Week” from @lbc.co.uk

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"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re

Smart move Jamaica. Climate catastrophe bond about to pay off.
“They divide Jamaica into boxes. Each box has a different central pressure that needs to be breached, so the storm needs to have a lower pressure than those boxes.” 
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International The ruling establishes new, binding legal obligations that will reshape how governments approach fossil fuel development.

🌏 Climate ruling: – A big step forward for the climate! 🙌

In a landmark court ruling for our planet, our health, and our future, The European Court of Human Rights sets limits on Norway’s massive fossil fuel industry.

Read @greenpeace.no press release www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

I’ve never been invited to a COP. I guess if I’d chosen a career in oil and gas that might have been different?🤔

Watch #Melissa meander on a path right through arguably the hottest (deep) waters on the planet, powering one of the strongest hurricanes ever, then leave a cool wake behind as it turns hot water into power to charge its rain and wind... 1/

Since signing the Paris Agreement, Australia’s gas & oil production surged 77% - the biggest relative increase among the top 15 producers - driven by a doubling of gas.

Meanwhile, it’s bidding to host next year's UN climate talks. Make it make sense. oilchange.org/publications...

The numbers say it all:
💰 Global North paid climate finance since 2015 = $280bn
🛢️ Profits for oil & gas companies headquartered there = $1.3tn

Rich countries paid a fraction of their owed climate debt - while cashing in on the crisis they caused: oilchange.org/publications...

Since the Paris Agreement, the U.S. drove 90% of the global increase in oil & gas extraction.
📈 +11 million barrels of oil equivalent per day from 2015 - 2024
💥 More than 5x as much as any other country
oilchange.org/publications...

What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine

@theatlantic.com On the entry for Adolf Hitler, the führer’s leadership and “rapid economic” achievements are noted before the Holocaust; the “Islam” page questions the religion’s “inherent compatibility with liberal democracy.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

The eye wall of #Melissa is now moving onshore. It’s an extremely dangerous storm, having maintained its peak intensity of 175 mph, Gusts 215, and pressure of 901mb.
If it makes landfall at 900mb it would be a top three most intense landfalls in the Atlantic Basin.
My thoughts are with #Jamaica

Worth reading. UK has made massive savings thanks to wind energy
Reduced demand for gas has cut gas prices and saved money on building new gas power stations
Savings are despite the horrific way the UK sets electricity bills - effectively at the same price they would be if generated 100% using gas

11PM: Melissa a little stronger. Pressure has dropped to 903 mb, making it the 9th strongest storm on record in the Atlantic. The winds may still increase slightly overnight due to pressure drop.
Gusts are now up to 215 mph.
#melissa #hurricane #jamaica

Chinese PV Industry Brief: Energy China secures 5 GW EPC deal in Saudi Arabia Energy China has signed three EPC contracts worth $2.7 billion for 5 GW of wind and solar projects in Saudi Arabia with partners including PIF and Aramco Power.

Saudi Arabia signed deals to build another 5 GW of renewables (3 GW of wind and 2 GW of solar) that will operate in 30 months!

Saudi Arabia will have 12.7 GW of RE operating by end of 2025 & 20 GW by 2026.

So, why is this Petrostate building RE?

www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/17/c... #energysky

Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300 - Carbon Brief Cutting emissions in line with the 1.5C warming limit, rather than following current climate policies, could curb long-term sea level rise by 64cm.

Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300.
#climate #RenewableEnergy www.carbonbrief.org/rapid-emissi...

Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality

Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules

French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality.

As major hurricane #Melissa passes over #Jamaica - moving painfully slow - it will dump biblical rainfall on the island, super-charged by both the rugged mountains and coincidentally the hottest water in all the Carbbean right now (88-89F) focused specifically around the island… 1/

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Big batteries are scaling up, but we ain't seen nothing yet when it comes to capacity and price impact reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...

Excellent. I've long said that Gripen is the plane they need. Not F16