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Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned over green claims The advertising watchdog said the retailers misled shoppers with their 'sustainability' claims.

Adverts for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned for making misleading claims about their green credentials: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is climate change? A really simple guide Human activities are causing the world to heat up, posing serious threats to people and nature.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (@ipcc.bsky.social) says this is “unequivocally” being caused by human activity — mainly through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It also says that 2025 is likely to be the second or third warmest year on record, with average temperatures between January and August 1.42C above levels of the late 1800s. 🌡️☀️ wmo.int/media/news/2...

The World Meteorological Organization (@wmo-global.bsky.social) says that, since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one - a trend that is expected to continue. wmo.int/news/media-c...

“Despite the warming climate, extreme cold events still occur in the UK due to natural variability,” says Dr Mark McCarthy, head of climate attribution at the @metoffice.gov.uk.

What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate? Though climate and weather are closely related, they aren't the same thing. The main difference between the two is time.

But these comments confuse weather with climate. While weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes long-term weather patterns over extended periods. www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/weather...

In posts seen thousands of times, some users asked “what happened to all that global warming?” with others ironically suggesting it is “hitting England hard”.

Snowfall❄️ in parts of the UK in the last two days has led some social media users to falsely claim that cold weather disproves climate change. 🧵

How Trump's loathing for wind turbines started with a Scottish court battle The US president is a vocal critic of wind energy - and it's a loathing which began in Aberdeenshire.

In recent years, Trump has consistently called on the UK and other nations to stop building “ugly“ wind turbines, arguing they are “ruining” Europe's fields and valleys. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Chinese Wind Energy Association says that, in 2023, only around 9.5% of the electricity China generated came from wind. www.iea-wind.org/wp-content/u...

Despite this progress it is true that China’s energy mix is still dominated by fossil fuels — coal in particular. In fact, according to the IEA, one of every four tonnes of coal used globally is burned to produce electricity in China. www.iea.org/countries/ch...

Wind - IEA Onshore wind is a proven, mature technology with an extensive global supply chain and offshore wind is also expected to grow rapidly.

And the International Energy Agency (@iea.org) also says that in 2023 China built about two-thirds of all the new wind power capacity added worldwide. www.iea.org/energy-syste...

Global Wind Power Tracker Summary Data - Feb 2025

The Global Energy Monitor, a US-based research group, estimates China accounts for about 44% of the world’s operating wind farm capacity. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

“China is the country with the highest wind power generation and highest growth rate of wind power generation in recent years,” says Dr Biqing Zhu, a research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (@iiasa.ac.at).

But China has actually become a global leader in wind power.

Speaking to GB News, Trump suggested that China - which he called a “very smart” country - has been using fossil fuels while selling wind turbines to “suckers” and “stupid people”.

US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that, despite selling the most wind turbines, China is not using wind power. 🧵

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In those conditions an ignition source, whether caused naturally like lightning or through human action like arson, can have catastrophic consequences.

California experienced very wet years in 2022 and 2023 and a huge growth of vegetation, which dried out in a drought last year to create abundant kindling to burn. 🥵☀️

LA fires made worse by climate change, say scientists Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.

A study by the @wwattribution.bsky.social group has found that climate change made the “fire weather” conditions which drove the LA fires around 35% more likely. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

“An arsonist is much more likely to be successful in the current climate than they would otherwise be,” says Dr Matthew Jones, senior research fellow at the University of East Anglia (@mattwjones.bsky.social).

But extreme wildfires require three things to occur: hot, dry and windy conditions which scientists call “fire weather”, abundant vegetation and an ignition source.

Pacific Palisades fire suspect snared by ChatGPT image, say investigators Investigators say evidence collected from the 29-year-old's devices showed an AI image of a burning city.

Many of the critical posts attribute the cause of the wildfires to arson - and, indeed, a 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the Pacific Palisades fire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YouTube video by Milken Institute A Conversation with California Governor Gavin Newsom | Global Investors' Symposium Sao Paulo 2025

They were posted in response to Newsom’s remarks at a conference this week in Brazil, where he described California as one of the “most cursed states as it relates to climate”. youtu.be/4cHrl_Stwkg?...

Social media posts criticising California governor Gavin Newsom for linking January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires to climate change have gathered millions of views. 🧵

We have approached Tucker Carlson for comment.

The @usenvironment.bsky.social has said it is “not aware” of contrails ever being intentionally formed over the US for geoengineering.

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Geoengineering refers to attempts to manipulate the environment with the goal of changing the climate. It involves a wide range of activities: from cooling the Earth by reflecting solar radiation into space to removing planet-warming gases from the atmosphere by planting trees.

Contrails or condensation trails Contrails are frequently seen criss-crossing the sky and are created from water vapour coming out of an aircraft's engines.

They form when water vapour and soot particles, generated by the combustion of fuel when planes fly at high altitudes, freeze and form trails of ice crystals - as explained here by the @metoffice.gov.uk 👇 weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/...