But also @theguardian.com needs to stop glorifying flights bsky.app/profile/donn...
Donnachadh McCarthyThe @theguardian.com glorifying flying across Atlantic to see a movie!! 🙈 As Europe burns.😥 mediasovereignty.org/petition/
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Dr Pete Knapp
Air quality scientist & filmmaker. Made a film: Fires and Fascism https://fires-and-fascism.co.uk
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My film about European wildfires and community resistance is available in French and Spanish, to watch with a donation: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#watch-online It shows how wildfires, big business, organised crime, and the far right can be defeated through community action.
Fires and Fascism – Trailerfires-and-fascism.co.uk
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Complex picture for aerosols across the western Mediterranean in the coming days with #SaharanDust + smoke from #wildfires in Spain, France, Italy & Algeria. #CopernicusAtmosphere global AOD forecast 23 July 00z atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int
My film ‘Fires and Fascism’ is now in French. Please contact me to arrange a screening in France: fires-and-fascism.co.uk#contact @greenpeace.fr @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @lessoulevements.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
France evacuates 20,000 as wildfires spread in south-westMost of those evacuated were tourists from campsites around Arcachon Bay in France's Gironde region.www.bbc.co.uk
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We have prepared an article covering the latest Canadian wildfire emissions with additional information and visuals: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/extreme-wild... Our global aerosol forecast can be found here: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...
Extreme wildfires in Canada lead to severe air pollution in the United StatesThe Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) is tracking the thick smoke plumes originating from a growing number of large-scale wildfires across Canada since the end of June. The smoke is caus...atmosphere.copernicus.eu
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Utterly extraordinary that Government makes not a single mention of water in its policy for delivering AI growth zones. Threats to our water security are the focus of Episode 3 of my @therestpolitics.bsky.social mini series, When Nature Becomes a Security Threat - out soon!
Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body saysIndustry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’www.theguardian.com
See this @channel4news.bsky.social special on links between UK heatwaves and the economy, with @krishgm.bsky.social @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social @smithmordak.bsky.social @tessakhan.bsky.social A great panel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUt...
‘OUR ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE’- why Britain’s heatwaves are going to get worseYouTube video by Channel 4 Newswww.youtube.com
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The South Wales Blaenavon fire was over 200 hectares / 500 acres last night. It continues to grow. The South Wales coast is again shrouded in smoke, though pm2.5 matter is considered "moderate" at 19 µg/m³.
Blaenavon wildfire grows to 200 hectares as smoke spreads across WalesA wildfire has now swept across more than 200 hectares of hillside.www.southwalesargus.co.ukDave VetterWoken at 4am by wildfire smoke filling the house. Southeast Wales, one of the UK's wettest regions, is shrouded in smoke today. You can feel it in your lungs. The climate crisis is now.
