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The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology | Rebecca Solnit An energy revolution is underway in this century, though most people have not noticed it

Belatedly getting round to reading this from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and it really is a brilliantly concise summary of quite how significant and exciting the clean tech transition is becoming. It remains beyond weird this stuff is not more widely understood. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Renewables generate half of UK’s electricity in 2024 in new record high Official figures show wind, solar, hydro and biomass generated 50.4% of UK power last year.

Renewables produced half our electricity in the UK last year. Woohoo!

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Macron says France will recognise Palestinian state in September President Emmanuel Macron says France will formally recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

President Emmanuel Macron says France will formally recognise the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.

In 2022, during the last Euros, German goal keeper Ann-Katrin Berger learned her thyroid cancer had returned. After successfully undergoing treatment she returned to this tournament a survivor. And after a generational performance, she leaves these Euros a hero.

Israeli parliament approves symbolic motion on West Bank annexation Knesset lawmakers vote 71-13 in favour of annexation, raising questions about the future of a Palestinian state.

Knesset lawmakers vote 71-13 in favour of annexation, raising questions about the future of a Palestinian state.

More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza A joint statement says aid workers are

Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups, including @christianaiduk.bsky.social warn
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So this is who we will be up against on Sunday!
#England
#Lionesses
#WEuro2025

TFW you send your team to the Euro Final 🥶

Michelle Agyemang. You will know her name.

England Lionesses vs Italy LIVE: Women's Euro 2025 semi-final score, line-ups, radio & updates Follow live text commentary as defending champions England take on Italy in Geneva for a place in the Euro 2025 final.

Lionesses reach Euro final after beating Italy 2-1 in dramatic comeback

Wow! That was a rollercoaster!
England win but my nerves are shredded.
#WEuro2025

GOAL! Michelle Agyemang has just saved The Lionesses once again #ENGITA

Yes!!!! Eventually it went in!

So many chances! Surely one will go in soon!
#Lionesses #WEuro2025

Join the Greenbelt family and spend this August bank holiday weekend being “nourished and challenged.”

📷 Simon Holmes, Emily Magrath, Andrew Mackley

Here we go! Excited!
#WEuro2025

Bishop Pete

An inquiry into the violent confrontation between police and picketers at Orgreave 41 years ago will be chaired by Bishop Pete, and is expected to launch in the Autumn.

www.sheffield.anglican.org/inquiry-to-uncover-truth-of-orgreave-to-be-established-bishop-of-sheffield-to-chair/

Sorry but I love mince pies. I could eat them all year round!

Saint Helens? No?

UK, France and 23 other nations demand Israel’s war on Gaza ‘must end now’ The countries also denounced Israel’s aid delivery model in Gaza, saying it ‘deprives Palestinians of human dignity’.

The countries also denounced Israel’s aid delivery model in Gaza, saying it ‘deprives Palestinians of human dignity’.

THE REIGNING EURO CHAMPS CONTINUE DEFENDING THEIR TITLE! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

In dramatic fashion, the Lionesses already made history, the first EVER comeback from 2 goals down in the tournament's knockout stages, and ended up beating Sweden in a penalty shootout. Onto the semifinals they go 🦁

Chloe Kelly and Lucy Bronze! Get in!
#SWEENG #WEuro2025

In Chloe Kelly's shin guards we trust #SWEENG #WEURO2025

England and Arsenal forward Chloe Kelly has one of her wedding photos as the design on her shin guards 🥺👰

GOAL! Michelle Agyemang has scored for the Lionesses 😱 it’s 2-2 #SWEENG

So why don’t England start with Chloe Kelly?
#ENGSWE #WEuro2025
Come on Lionesses!

GOAL! Lucy Bronze pulls one back for the Lionesses, game on folks. #SWEENG

Loss-and-damage fund is needed now to respond to climate disaster Kamran Shezad, Jonathan Wittenberg, and Graham Usher call for climate action

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Kamran Shezad and I, three environmental leaders from Judaism, Islam and Christianity, offer this comment in advance of the Mass Climate Lobby next week. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

The three of us were together today at the Mass Climate Lobby #ActNowChangeForever

Mass Climate Lobby #ActNowChangeForever earlier where folk from all over the country met with their MPs and urged that climate and nature needs to move right up the political agenda.