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Andrew Simms

@andrewsimms.bsky.social
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Political economist, campaigner & author. Co-author the original Green New Deal, devised Earth Overshoot Day & jointly, the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Co-director New Weather Inst, other roles: www.newweather.org/about-us/andrew-…

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TGR undertaking some close formation flying at the Ealing HM. Our team have brought their own water (they’re not taking the single use plastic bottles on offer) and are declining the “free” race merch. Taking a stand and running with joy 💚 @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TGR flight crew looking strong.
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We are running the race on oil, just like Wizz Air Ealing HM. Green Runners need fuelling just like any other runner. The TGR crew are on hand to dispense oily refreshments along the route. End sportswashing. #ClimateCrisis @badvertising.bsky.social @flightfreeuk.bsky.social
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s not normal in a health & climate crisis to actively promote highly polluting products that make things worse. Congrats to Bristol - the latest city to end ads for things like fossil fuels, flights and SUVs. @badvertising.bsky.social @adfreecities.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bristol becomes first city to ban fast fashion adverts
New rules prohibits the promotion of flights, cars and travel agents on council-owned billboards.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026
"Oh, you're criticising data centres? But you USED A DATA CENTRE to publish your post??? Hypocritical much????" Time to put this fossil fuel PR inspired talking point to bed forever. Why the 'Mr Gotcha' gambit is wrong in two very important ways:
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"...the models that predict more warming are looking like the most accurate" - and far from the first time this has been said. BBC News - The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised
A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pragmatic = dealing with things sensibly based on real world conditions Real world conditions = humanity getting torched due to burning fossil fuels
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fifa's "commitment to an open and democratic consultation", reminded me of the "We come in peace" scene from the film Mars Attacks... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We go live to Suffolk embracing Mediterranean life ...
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Cool Down @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Athletes are among society's most influential. Yet, despite caring deeply about the climate crisis, many feel unable to speak out. In a pioneering new programme, Oxford University is helping athletes step into climate leadership. 👇 Share the application 👉 leadership.climate.ox.ac.uk/join-us/
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Why athletes could be the next generation of climate leaders — Cool Down
The Oxford Climate Leadership Research Centre is recruiting a cohort of influential athletes who want to use their platform to inspire climate action.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
About time 👇
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Heathrow is not just passing on the cost of airport expansion in higher ticket prices, but in: - noise pollution - mental health - local disruption - air pollution - more illness - an increasingly torched planet You have to mention the costs not on the ticket www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As Aramco's World Cup sponsorship drifts on like a toxic cloud, over at the sweltering Tour de France cycling is beginning to see it has a new doping scandal, fossil fuels. Here’s Matt Rendell, long-term Tour commentator, explaining why for the Cool Down Network www.cyclingweekly.com/news/youre-n...
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Pro cyclist opens up about fossil fuel sponsorship amid sweltering Tour
Cycling, with its shady, drug-suffused past, has a long history of awkward silences and unfathomable omissions. As the world warms and blistering temperatures affect the Tour de France, an eerily fami...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Zeno ain't got nothing on this. How do you solve the climate crisis? Slice emissions into parts small enough that each one "won't materially influence" anything. Jackdaw is 0.02%, so it doesn't count. Run that logic on every source and the whole crisis politely disappears.
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Jackdaw owner says gas field will 'not materially influence' climate change
The new assessment was required by the industry regulator, after it found several areas had not been adequately addressed in a previous submission.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
For those who love their background briefings, as the semi-final game plays out in Atlanta, here's the Cool Down sheet on the host venue... www.cooldownclimate.org/s/Atlanta_Wo...
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
FIFA made this the most polluting World Cup ever and ignored expert heat safety advice, but new research shows climate impacts 4x more than the event itself from companies using it as a global advertising billboard for polluting products and lifestyle. www.cooldownclimate.org/latest/the-w...
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
F1 advert for the petrol car economy declared heat hazard due to climate consequences of the petrol car economy... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...
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Austrian Grand Prix declared heat-hazard race by Formula 1's governing body the FIA
This weekend's Austrian Grand Prix is declared a heat-hazard race by Formula 1's governing body the FIA.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
London cabbies tell Wimbledon to drop dangerous SUVs for driving elite players around. Wimbledon is sponsored by Land Rover and sport needs to stop being a billboard for poor life choices... www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Verifying Device
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If it were possible, this makes the UK political persecution of voices speaking out in solidarity with Palestinians even more horrific... BBC News - UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children
Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Since Aramco is advertising itself pitchside on the world's biggest stage, here's a reminder that it has caused more planet-heating carbon emissions than any other corporation in history carbonmajors.org
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Frank Huisingh @frankhuisingh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
See that Aramco logo around the pitch? A group of football players led by @djwheeler7.bsky.social, including World Cup player Morten Thorsby, spoke out against this sponsorship deal recently. And they weren't the first, they followed groups of female players and male players before them. #WorldCup
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Players open Letter to FIFA on Heat Stress and Player Welfare — Cool Down
Professional footballers warn the climate crisis is worsening player welfare risks. In a new open letter, players back medical experts’ call for stronger heat-stress protocols for the upcoming FIFA Wo...
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Please enjoy this from our brilliant colleagues in South Africa, Politically Aweh. With South Africa in the opening game here is a unique, refreshing, no holds barred perspective on the Aramco/FIFA World Cup, and its treatment of people and the climate youtu.be/kgBYYLP9j-w?...
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The Oil Company Sponsoring the Hottest World Cup Ever | Politically Aweh
YouTube video by Politically Aweh
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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The IEA estimates that clean energy and efficiency saved the five largest fuel-importing regions around $260 billion in avoided fossil fuel imports in 2025 alone. That is not only a climate benefit. It is independence. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
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Clean Energy Is Outspending Fossil Fuels Nearly Two To One
Clean energy investment now exceeds fossil fuels by nearly two to one. New IEA data reveals where the world's energy system is heading.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The competition that goads climate change with record emissions and fossil fuel sponsors falls victim to extreme weather... The literary device pathetic fallacy is alive and well 👌🏼 Lightning halts pre-World Cup friendly in Texas - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Saudi Arabia game in Texas halted for nearly two hours because of bad weather
Saudi Arabia's World Cup warm-up game against Puerto Rico in Texas is halted for nearly two hours because of extreme weather.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
FIFA – football fans’ bottle snatcher… www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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World Cup 2026: Heat experts warn 'reckless' Fifa of bottle ban health risk
Fans will not be allowed to take reusable water bottles into World Cup stadiums due to safety concerns, Fifa says in a late policy change.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Matt Rendell's exposé for the New York Times of Barcelona's Foundation embroiled in sportswashing fossil fuel companies in the Amazon, who leave a toxic trail in their wake. Football talks about clean sport, that also means kicking dirty sponsors out www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...
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Barcelona, the oil business, and sportswashing allegations in the Amazon
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I find it astonishing that climate change is not even mentioned until the 25th paragraph of this story, well after something about a German YouTuber winning a cheese rolling contest (I kid you not 😶) BBC News - Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C
It comes after the UK recorded its warmest May night on Sunday when temperatures reached 19.4C.
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
BREAKING: Professional footballers from around the world have told FIFA that it is not doing enough to protect players and fans. In a new open letter, players demand that FIFA strengthens its heat protection measures and drop its fossil fuel sponsor. www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
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World Cup 2026: Norway's Morten Thorsby says Fifa must do more over heat
Norway midfielder Morten Thorsby says
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Players back last week's health experts call for new FIFA measures to protect the game from extreme heat and stop promoting fossil fuel companies who make it worse. The BBC speaks to letter signatory, Norwegian star, Morten Thorsby... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
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World Cup 2026: Norway's Morten Thorsby says Fifa must do more over heat
Norway midfielder Morten Thorsby says
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Cost, risks of Sizewell C nuclear plant are “immediate, substantial and borne by the public”, says National Audit Office (in least surprising conclusion of the week) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Spending watchdog warns £38bn cost of Sizewell C nuclear plant is ‘risky’
National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Get briefed or get burned - the Cool Down Network has checked on some of the World Cup host cities most prone to extreme weather and come up with some climate city guides - they show just how reckless FIFA is being with the future of the game, its players and fans - read more... 👇
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It's too hot and getting hotter, meanwhile FIFA promote planet heating fossil fuels and put players, officials and fans at risk... See our latest via the Cool Down Network 👇👇
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Wonderful to celebrate Europe Day with this invitation from our Green European friends 10 years of suffering outside the EU is enough! It's time we began the journey home to EU membership #EuropeDay www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Future of UK lies in the EU after Brexit ‘failure’, say European Greens
Exclusive: Co-chair Vula Tsetsi says it is time to trigger debate, as statement is agreed at annual leadership meeting in Brussels
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I hope its clear to Labour now (not guaranteed), that their aggressive pivot to the right merely fuelled rather than neutralised the far-right threat... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Election results 2026 live: Early Labour losses in English council results - BBC News
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Election results 2026 live: Starmer says he 'takes responsibility' for early Labour losses in English council results
The prime minister says the results
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Has your city banned climate-polluting adverts? Well, back in 2024, Sheffield did just that. Since then, publicly-owned space has been reclaimed from harmful industries. Here’s why the ban came about, and how your city can do the same. 🧵 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Wish you were here! — Badvertising
Ministry for the Climate Emergency’s new ‘Wish you were here’ - Has your city stopped adverts promoting pollution? These have…
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Omits to mention that damage to roads worsening the pothole plague is being driven by the trend toward larger, heavier SUVs. Reverse that trend, especially get SUVs out of cities = fewer potholes... Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections - what can be done? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Potholes fuel voter frustration before elections - so what can be done?
The state of the roads will be at the top of many voters' agenda at this week's local elections in England.
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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Labour right attacking the Labour left (including Jewish members) with false claims of anti-semitism. The Labour right attacking the Green Party (led by a Jewish person) with false claims of failing to deal with anti-semitism. The first time is tragedy. The second time is farce.
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UNCOVERED: The SECRET Plot To DESTROY Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
And then of course there's: "The threat to a habitable planet from abundant jet fuel, and frequent flying"... BBC News - The threat to summer holidays looming with jet fuel shortages - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Amsterdam is one of the world's most popular cities. And now, it's even better. The city’s fossil fuel ad ban is now in effect - making it the first capital globally to take on polluter ads. 🎉 The story. 🧵 1/5 Wish your city was like Amsterdam? 👇 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Wish you were here! — Badvertising
Ministry for the Climate Emergency’s new ‘Wish you were here’ - Has your city stopped adverts promoting pollution? These have…
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Has your city stopped adverts promoting pollution? The number of cities and local authorities banning or restricting high-carbon adverts is rapidly growing.  And ahead of the local elections on 7th May, you can tell your council to join them.
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
⏪ In 2024, Edinburgh reclaimed public space from polluting industries by passing a fossil fuel ad ban. Wish your city cared about climate pollution? Here’s Edinburgh’s story and how you can turn your city into a polluter ad-free zone. 🧵 1/5 Take action 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Wish you were here! — Badvertising
Ministry for the Climate Emergency’s new ‘Wish you were here’ - Has your city stopped adverts promoting pollution? These have…
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Peter Newell @peternewell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
And here’s the op-ed where we first proposed the idea back in 2018. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Thanks @greenprofgreen.bsky.social It is indeed a huge moment.
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We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now | Andrew Simms and Peter Newell
Climate breakdown is an imminent threat. But an international treaty could avert calamity, says Andrew Simms, author of Cancel the Apocalypse, and professor of international relations Peter Newell
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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Tech billionaires are ‘doom prepping’ by building luxury bunkers as their algorithms pump out damaging content, wreck mental health, and supercharge fossil fuel advertising. Read the part 2 of Andrew Simms’ article on the lethal alignment of polluter and cyber elites 👇🧪
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A lethal alignment part 2 - how polluter and cyber elites underpinned by the demands of advertising and the attention economy drive a right wing political agenda - for Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) and published in two parts by The Ecologist 👇 👇👇 theecologist.org/2026/apr/14/...
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The power imbalance
Polluter and Cyber Elites Part 2: Social media wrecks mental health and the climate while promoting the far right. But are the tech bros about to crash?
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Are they listening to your calls? It's much worse than that... How the alignment of polluter and cyber elites is driven by something as banal as advertising. Written for Scientists for Global Responsibility, published in two parts by The Ecologist 👇👇👇 theecologist.org/2026/apr/13/...
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A lethal alignment
Polluter and Cyber Elites Part 1: Social media wrecks mental health and the climate while promoting the far right. But are the tech bros about to crash?
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Who'da guessed: SUVs push increase in pot holes - 'reduced lifespan of roads linked to shift to heavier vehicles' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Greens won against Reform *in Kent* It's all up for grabs folks. The myth of Reform's inevitability is just that, a myth. They can be defeated.
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Andrew Simms @andrewsimms.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
'I intend to commit genocide. I am saying this clearly now to save time when the ICJ calls' D Trump BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Trump says 'a whole civilisation will die tonight'
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🚨 A fossil fuel ad ban in Sweden has 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 revenue for a major transport operator. Why is this important? Because it directly contradicts a key argument from the ad industry. Here's the story of Västtrafik's groundbreaking ad ban. 🧵 1/8 📖: www.aktuellhallbarhet.se/ekonomi-och-...
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🔥⚽The 2026 World Cup is set to be the most climate damaging ever.  ✈️And alongside @fifa’s partnerships with the world’s most polluting companies, their commitment to tournament expansion means carbon-intensive fan travel is putting more and more people at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... 🧵
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World Cup 2026: The numbers behind 'the most polluting World Cup'
BBC Sport analyses the environmental cost of a 48-team World Cup held across North America.
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