Into climate change denial? Go on, knock yourself out trying to explain this www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Doug Parr
Профиль Vively@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social chief scientist, policy director View are all my own, except those I've borrowed
No way is Britain's natural heritage safe with Reform UK For centuries, Kent people have travelled through the Seven Wents, from East Malling to Barming, from Ditton to Teston, for church, commerce & friends Reform's Kent Council have voted for it to be quarried www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has doubled down on hostility to climate targets @e3g.bsky.social say: “She doesn’t want to admit she is actually calling for less action to tackle climate change because that’s an absurd thing to call for in the middle of this extreme heatwave" www.ft.com/content/4932...
Level of dangerous twaddle and nonsense on @telegraph.co.uk is reaching epic proportions In case their columnists haven't noticed, lots of the Med region is on fire In Britain the heat is *already* killing lots of people and farmers are struggling to grow food www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...
New Heathrow runway would take 20,000 jobs from other airports, centralising them at Heathrow - the exact opposite of what current UK govt wants to achieve, say DfT stats Comes on top of official assessment showing new runway would deliver only 0.05% GDP growth www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Ready to go" oil field off Shetland Islands is ready to-go no longer Hope this will stop industry hyperventilating about security benefits of immediate drilling 80% of Rosebank's oil will need to be exported in any case so its security benefit will be minimal www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Top story on @thetimes.com Only new info is: "industry sources had received indications the PM wanted to ensure new supplies could help drive down the cost of living this winter" Rosebank & Jackdaw won't do that So it's not actually great news for the drillers www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Owner of Facebook & Instagram effectively ousted from the RE100 group of companies, run by @climategroup.bsky.social , who seek to deliver all their power use through renewables Building 5GW of gas capacity for its largest data centre was too much to bear www.rechargenews.com/corporate-po...
The internal combustion engine lobby is still there, trying to hold back the tide of electric vehicles, which are now a similar cost but much cheaper to run If Ford, BWM, Toyota et al focused on producing better EVs that compete, instead of holding up change,,,, www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Allowing Saudi to do nuclear enrichment is not just about nuclear power but a platform for weapons capability Israel already has a nuclear weapon and Iran may have been aiming for one This deal has full potential to spark a nuclear arms race around the Gulf www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
So along with turds floating down rivers, peoples' water getting cut off, inadequate preparation for climate change, now - allegedly - outright fraud at water companies That privatisation of the water industry back in 1989 is not looking at all clever right now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sharp increase in long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’, including collapse of ice sheets, suggests up to 13 million people in UK face long-term risk of coastal flooding, say researchers at Univ Bristol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...
57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...
UK Govt & Envt Agency water forecasts exclude datacentre usage About 125 datacentres are proposed/under construction in one region which is already subject to a hosepipe ban Current water deficits are being met by “accepting a greater risk of environmental harm" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ahead of any UK govt change in policy on oil & gas in North Sea... Controversial possible new field, Jackdaw, would produce much less employment than a new supermarket, according to developer's own analysis Sharp contrast to bonanza suggested by oil industry www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water shortage looms again in England & Wales - the first move for water companies is the 'hosepipe ban' Yet a nationwide hosepipe ban would save 5x less than is leaked through pipes in the water supply system Water security in England isn't tomorrow's problem www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Issue of the public mandate for Net Zero and climate action is beautifully captured by 3 headlines in the Guardian today Exhibit A: climate change impacts getting real. University of Exeter Wildfire Lab says Climate change is making wildfires more likely 1/4🧵🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Summer heatwaves are not just getting 'a bit hot' they're deadly - over 2,700 people died in UK in the 2 in May & June Over 40% of people affected would not have died without the 1.4C of human-caused global heating, say Imperial College and the Met Office www.theguardian.com/environment/...
MPs say UK govt failing to “join the dots” between national security threat from climate crisis & collapse of species, with ongoing cuts to overseas aid & climate finance Astonishing a lot of report on national security threat from nature collapse still secret www.theguardian.com/global-devel...