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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We are the leaders we've been waiting for.

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My newspaper column, just out, on the ongoing suppression of the intelligence services’ security assessment… PLEASE SHARE WIDELY… archive.ph/2026.02.03-0...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"In this episode of Weathered Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher @lukekemp.bsky.social & strategic climate risk expert @laurielaybourn.bsky.social about why high-end warming scenarios are often dismissed as “doomerism,” even though worst-case planning is standard in most fields"

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This Is How the World Ends According to Science

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of: - Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute - operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history - Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication. I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Plastic Unfantastic Pollution from this illegitimate child of the fossil fuel industry looks like it's reducing photosynthesis by 12%. Nothing to see here. Move on. www.theguardian.com/environment/....

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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Happy St.Davids day to friends and fellow citizens of this fragile world. David was born on the coast near the tiny jewel of a city that bears his name, his last words were 'do the little things you remember me by. Good advice.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, assured his support to Zelenskyy, saying: “We must never confuse the aggressor and the victim in this terrible war.” (Guardian)

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Climate Outreach @climateoutreach.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

📣 New guide! Climate Outreach, with support from @green-alliance.org.uk conducted interviews with leading experts, from policy to journalism, campaigns to research, to get their insight on the most important comms challenges & opportunities for 2025 and beyond: climateoutreach.org/reports/what... ‎

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What is the climate story in 2025? - Climate Outreach

This short report consolidates our findings from 20 interviews with diverse leading experts from policy to journalism, campaigns to research who shared their thoughts. Thank you to our partners Green ...

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EduSky Team @eduskyteam.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Welcome to #EduSky 🍎 a communuty for educators! Check out the list: tinyurl.com/EduSky Join the list: tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm Pin the feed: tinyurl.com/EduSkyFeed ⬇️

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The Gift of Uncertainty // What are the skills, mindsets and connections we need to help young people to grow so they can build regenerative futures at a time of greater uncertainty than the world has seen for 75 years? Do share your top three here. #EduSky #climate #nature

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Exporting Extinction // Seek to understand the footprints and negative externalities of the products and services that you take for granted. Many of them are likely to have a dark side impact that's not on the label. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads Rapidly Through California Dairy Herds The USDA has confirmed that five more dairy herds in California are infected, bringing the total number to 732. As of now, 74% of the state's dairy herds have tested positive for the virus.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Regulation isn't fit for purpose. I spent six years on the board of an environmental regulator. It's clear that even if every business adhered to every pice of legislation, nature and communities would die, just more slowly. We need regs that inescapably drive regeneration, not elimination.

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My friend/colleague Andrew Boswell is right. Starmer is adopting the very worst HardRight trope: It’s outrageous of Starmer to say that Andrew is doing this for himself! He doesn’t do all this dangerous, exhausting, expensive work for selfish reasons!! He does it for Nature & our children’s future.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Let's hope CAN can. Today the UK government will hear the second reading of the Climate & Nature Bill. It's landmark proposal places legal responsibility on government to act in line with science, not easy votes. Fingers crossed for nature. & future gen. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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The Climate and Nature Bill 2024-25

The Climate and Nature Bill 2024-25 will have its second reading on 24 January 2025. This Library briefing provides an overview of the bill and background information.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/01/2025

You can say, “gravity isn’t real,” but if you step off the cliff, you’re still going down. And if you convince other people it’s not real, you are responsible for what happens if they make decisions based on the information you withheld.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Going the wrong way fast. Time to turn around.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

"perhaps spending potentially trillions to get somewhere that looks like Earth’s most boring disused quarry is the value proposition that Americans concerned over inflated food prices have been looking for" Marina Hyde hit nail on head in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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So this is Trump’s ‘golden age’ – chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps | Marina Hyde

Confusing and capricious, he started as he means to go on. To all the leaders pledging to work with him: good luck with that, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

PFAS News - Not News // Those with eyes open have known for years that there's an insidious tide of damaging chemicals seeping into the bodies of life on earth. Companies like 3M make them, profit from them, and walk away. Change is coming. Better late than never.

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Environment | The Guardian

Latest Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

On CBC last night, I spelt out the moral case to keep on trying, however hard it might be. Defending the living planet is not an option we can abandon. Ultimately, it is all that counts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX2V...

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Author George Monbiot on countering despair amid alarming climate change trends

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating. www.ft.com/content/cf87...

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Is corporate America going Maga?

Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Faster = better. When it comes to action on climate, and reducing negative impacts, that is.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Adapt or Die // Doing less of the wrong thing isn't going to be enough as our safe ground shrinks around us. Useful provocation and call to action from @rupertread.bsky.social to make adaptation part of the conversation in every organisation, every day. www.terrainfirma.co.uk/adapt-or-die...

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Adapt or die: why decarbonisation is no longer enough to save us with Rupert Read - Terra Infirma

This post goes live as wildfires ravage Los Angeles, parts of the UK are clearing up after floods and we’re all still traumatised by the images of the deadly flash floods in Valencia. The trends look ...

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Safety always has, and always will, depends on species' ability respond to pattern change. Homo saps is bottom of the class on that. How well we manage to stick around depends on our ability to change that...

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Earth has entered ‘a new era’ with its hottest year on record and its first calendar year 1.5C warmer than the pre-industrial period. About 1.3C of the 1.5C is due to climate change, so let's not get *too* hung-up on puzzles like clouds, shipping fuels etc! Story👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"...it is time for #climate activists and thought-leaders to let go of fantasies of achieving decarbonisation, directly. Instead, we need to pivot hard towards climate adaptation." New in the @bylinetimes.bluesky.social 📰 bylinetimes.com/2025/01/08/z...

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2025 Is the Year Extinction Rebellion Demanded We Should Go Zero Carbon but 'Britain Has Woefully Failed'

The Government is 'absolutely not going to save us... 2025 needs to be the year we start to save ourselves'

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

A world without facts... With Zuckerberg and Musk running amok over truth, it feels more important than ever that locally-grounded stories, created and verified by citizens, might be the only way we make sense of this unravelled mess.

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Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner

Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Wales' Wellbeing of Future Generations Act: 10 years on. Excellent summary here on some of the key learning from the first decade of implementing the Future Gen legislation in Wales. Far more work is needed to help ctties and leaders u'stand the severity of disruption headed their way.

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A decade on, six things the world can learn from Wales’ innovative future generations law

As the world grapples with building a sustainable future, Wales’ pioneering Well-being of Future Generations Act offers lessons for other nations.

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Pets no longer eat animal products // Imagine the benefit that could make for ecosystems we depend on, and the future generations of all species. How much would your / our thinking needed to shift for it to happen. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @donnachadhmc.bsky.social

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Lab-grown meat is the future for pet food – and that’s a huge opportunity for Britain | Lucy McCormick

While the EU and US hesitate, the UK can become world leader in this burgeoning – and cruelty-free – innovation, says Guardian editorial data analyst Lucy McCormick

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

🚨 When we fight, we win! I've put together a thread giving a quick run down of some of the #climate movement's hard won victories from 2024 to inspire us for the year ahead! 🧵 #ClimateActionNow #EndFossilFuels

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Burn, baby burn // Most people's pensions are invested in making the world that they and their children are going to live worse, not better. Weird eh. Watch and share this to anyone who hasn't acted on that insight yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kabk...

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Benedict Cumberbatch advert highlighting the role of pension funds in fossil fuel projects

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Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Salt in your food? Only 10% of the world's agricultural land is affected by salinity. Can't think that would be a problem for food businesses, government, or anyone else, to worry about for another 10 years or so... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Global food production at increased risk from excess salt in soil, UN report warns

Scientists say climate crisis and poor agricultural practices to blame with serious implications for crop yields

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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Our food system needs an overhaul. Farmers can’t afford to produce food & many people can’t afford to buy it, while fortunes are accumulated by commodity & food processing companies, who promote unhealthy diets to poor people that makes them sick & which costs the NHS billions. Big change is needed.

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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Earth’s last mass extinction at the of the Cretaceous is marked in the fossil record with traces of iridium, following a collision with a huge asteroid. The gathering present mass extinction might be marked millions of years hence by plastic, which is now everywhere. apnews.com/article/plas...

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Plastic treaty talks draw to a close with production limits still under debate

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close as nations continue debating whether part of that should be putting limits on plastic production.

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