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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And so it begins - the Big Oil companies are just about to report obscene 3rd quarter war profiteering on the back of high diesel prices - think about that every time you struggle to pay at the pump. Their gain, your pain.. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made

Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another damning statistic that shows that vaping is addicting people to nicotine not acting as a gateway to quitting smoking www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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One million UK people who have never smoked are now vapers

Latest statistics also show, for the second year in a row, more over-16s vape than smoke.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Tories are climate and ecological vandals stuck in a bygone age. Who would build flood defences, or protect our waterways or promote natural habitats or ecological diversity - In Toryland it would be straight back to being the sad old Dirty Man of Europe www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bill McKibben on the nail, as usual: "We can’t keep on like this — it’s simply inhuman. We’re creating a world that’s only fit for something artificial." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...

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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.

A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Britain has a revolving door problem. 3 top prosecutors from SFO moved to a firm controlled by a Venezuelan billionaire who was under investigation by the Swiss for money-laundering. At SFO they were investigating oil trader Glencore now they work for an oil billionaire www.ft.com/content/f2f3...

Top UK graft prosecutors joined Trump’s Venezuela oil baron during Swiss probe

Alejandro Betancourt was previously wanted by authorities in Switzerland as part of a money-laundering investigation

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lets throw 13 million or so people into poverty so the Crypto billionaires and super rich can get even richer...

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Still cannot get my head around the fact we are locking up grannies for years in prison for holding up placards on Palestine whilst far right thugs can deliberately sabotage a dinghy putting rescue workers lives at risk and nothing happens... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Anyone remember "too cheap to meter?" Its deja vu. Here we go again with nuclearspin... "Insiders warn that as competition for funding intensifies, companies are making overly optimistic claims about the cheapness of the electricity they hope to produce" www.ft.com/content/ef51...

Nuclear fusion’s moment of truth

Start-ups are attracting record investments. Some scientists think their timelines are far too optimistic

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey

We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Crypto billionaire Ben Delo wants to "fight for national renewal" by funding Reform, who'd gut climate legislation despite thousands dying from heat recently. Delo & Reform face rude awakening trying to frack the UK as communities will fight it: less renewal more reversal www.ft.com/content/410b...

Ben Delo: the crypto billionaire who has given Reform UK £44mn

The donor is focusing on what he calls the ‘fight for national renewal’

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We can't allow two crypto-billionaires to buy Britain - a Reform government will trash any climate initiatives, including net zero; frack the UK; drill offshore, gut agencies like Natural England & probably the Environment Agency; and that is before they start departing people who aren't white..

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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 08/09/2026

Miliband promised accountability for what’s happened in Gaza. That must include corporations fueling Israel’s genocide. Vitol supplied ~14 million barrels of crude to Israel Oct 2023-June 2026. The UK Govt must investigate + act. --> Read our statement: oilchange.org/news/reactiv...

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every day, mainstream media normalises hate over hope & fear over facts. BBC is one of biggest culprits - yesterday on Radio 4 World at One they interviewed a far right "patriot" from Portsmouth who said there had been no violence & his claim was not challenged at all news.sky.com/story/office...

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Police injured and vehicles damaged during anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth

The government condemns "thuggish" behaviour in the Hampshire city - but one of the protest organisers insists the demonstrators aren't interested in violence.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The next step would be for the UK to hold those fuelling a genocide to account... Read the latest analysis on the companies responsible here: oilchange.org/wp-content/u... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK to adopt tougher stance on Israel with illegal settlements trade ban

Ed Miliband to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move fiercely criticised by US and Israel

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I keep thinking about the real two tier Policing. If you hold a banner offering support for Palestine you are likely to be arrested, if you are a climate activist you are arrested but if you are a far right thug with a balaclava blocking traffic nothing happens www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Black-clad Dover vigilantes will return if police do not act, say campaigners

Far-right linked group able to mobilise at scale due to police ‘inaction’, says founder of Hope Not Hate

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Exactly, no surprises here at all - if Reform get into power expect a repeal of many of the public health measures that have saved tens of thousands of lives

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Looks like no one cares about a genocide anymore...

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Breaking research from OCI, SOMO, & Data Desk, reveals how two companies, Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have become important traders of crude oil to Israel since the recent genocide against Palestinians. They have delivered 22 million barrels of crude - read more oilchange.org/publications...

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Behind the Barrel: Vitol & Heritage Petroleum FZCO in Israel

New research: Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO have shipped 22 million barrels of crude oil to Israel since late 2023, comprising 11% of its total imports.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Reuters should be doing better here than just acting as a mouthpiece for a MAGA oil grab in Venezuela and spouting nonsense from Chris Wright - most analysts are predicting it will take tens of billions of dollars and decades before a significant increase in oil production from the country..

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Don't worry there won't be any water & food or we're all ravaged by wildfires @thehorsman.bsky.social, the climate deniers from Reform funded by crypto billionaires & fossil fuel industry tell us to enjoy sunbathing to a crisp, drinking English sparkling wine! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves

Backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zero

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

you would expect the media to speak truth to power... but for decades it has failed to challenge the fossil fuel industry and it has consistently failed to mention climate change when the world is burning or flooding as a result of climate change.. uk.themedialeader.com/two-thirds-o...

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Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven't mentioned climate change

Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit adds to concerns that national newspapers are failing to link this summer's extreme weather to climate change and the net-zero policies necessary to mitigate its drastic effects.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The ecological illiteracy of climate denying Tories & Reform is nonsensical - the FT this morning is saying that the European drought is likely to cause "a short-term economic blow to Europe of at least €50bn, which could rise significantly if the water shortages drag on." www.ft.com/content/9822...

The economics of Europe’s drought

Rivers are at all-time lows and water is scarce. Transport, energy and big tech are affected

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Financial Times this AM criticises the gaslighting "real climate change zealots" of Reform UK, who are the "anti-net zero movement". "It requires dedicated ideological belief to argue against the scientific evidence that net zero is needed to stop destructive warming" www.ft.com/content/e16e...

How to stop global warming

The answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

oilchange.org/blogs/our-pa... World’s five largest IOCs & five largest U.S. independent refiners made a staggering US$65 billion in profits in 2Q. Now is the time to tax oil and gas profits and use the revenue to alleviate energy poverty and support an equitable transition away from fossil fuels.

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Our Pain, Their Gain: Tax Big Oil’s $65 Billion War Windfall - Oil Change International

As thousands die in the relentless bombardments of drones and ballistic missiles, the oil and gas industry reaps windfall profits in a year that was looking

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thats what privatisation gives you...

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1681 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads “NEW OLD SAYINGS ABOUT THE WEATHER” and features a photograph of a firefighter tackling a large wildfire. A speech bubble reads: “Red sky at night, Europe’s alight! Red sky in the morning, I wonder if it could possibly be global warming?” A banner at the bottom reads: “30! 40! 50! PHEW! WHAT A SCORCHED-EARTH!”

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Back on here to thank @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone. The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

As oil prices rocket, causing significant problems, there is a simple way to insulate nations from the oil shocks of war. As Catherine Wolfrom says: "You can’t weaponize the sun. You can’t weaponize the wind.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...

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‘The Old Game Is Back’: Oil Is a Potent Geopolitical Tool Again

Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

An illegal war buries what should be front page news..