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Green transport and energy, nature, science. Totally opposed to nuclear power. BSc Physics.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 6h
Fun fact: Germany had the highest CO₂ emissions during the period when we had #nuclear power plants. So nuclear corps. never really concerned with #climate protection.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
To fund the Burnham Government’s priorities, abandon Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Wylfa new #nuclear policybrief.org/briefs/to-fu...
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Abandon Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Wylfa | Policy Brief
Abandoning Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Wylfa would save consumers £93–133bn and free the National Wealth Fund for the government’s priorities.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Very strangely the 10 trade unions calling on the government not to approve the Rosebank oil field are getting a lot less coverage today than the one trade union calling on the government to green light more fossil fuel projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4537337...
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'Outright arson': Trade unions urge government to reject Rosebank oil field
Group of 10 trade unions argues approving major new fossil fuel project in wake of record-breaking summer would be anything but 'pragmatic'
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Dorset Eye @dorseteye.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Andy Burnham Has Picked the Wrong Side on the ‘Zionism is Racism’ Policy and Here is Why dorseteye.com/andy-burnham...
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Andy Burnham Has Picked the Wrong Side on the 'Zionism is Racism' Policy and Here is Why - Dorset Eye
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along It is not shameful that the Green Party adopted a motion equa...
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dutch cycling infrastructure during the school run, showing why safe infrastructure is vital if we want children to cycle to school. From a fietsstraat, where bikes have priority, to protected cycle tracks where cars must give way to bikes at every junction. Safe, convenient cycling for everyone.
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 09/10/2026
As the Green Party more than triples its vote share in Holborn and St Pancras, we in the media must ask a very obvious question: why is Zack Polanski's leadership such a massive failure?
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 09/10/2026
BREAKING: Caroline Lucas condemns Zack Polanski for making the Greens dramatically more popular than they were under her leadership.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Four-hour #battery storage now less expensive than open-cycle #gas turbines in all 43 markets where both technologies were modeled. www.woodmac.com/press-releas...
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Wood Mackenzie: four-hour battery storage now beats gas peaking on cost globally
Wood Mackenzie’s latest global report on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) shows that advancing technologies and market dynamics continue to drive divergent prices, with four-hour battery storage n...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Stupid, sickening and - frankly - deranged www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In any normal parliamentary democracy, the no confidence vote would be taking place tonight.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Voting will open today in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election, the seat vacated by the former PM Sir Keir Starmer. 15 candidates are standing" If I lived in the constituency I'd be voting Green. Good luck Zack!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Are they still a friend?" Middle East minister Stephen Doughty: "Of course they are still a friend & indeed a partner" Israel is a genocidal apartheid state led by someone wanted for war crimes. That's who we're friends & partners with.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goes, Netherlands. The Terwellegang underpass opened in 2020, replacing a nearby level crossing. It includes a cycleway connecting the railway station and city centre with neighbourhoods south of the railway, with cyclists getting priority at every junction and roundabout.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 06/10/2026
Today is the 117th consecutive day somewhere in the UK has recorded a temperature of 20°C or higher. The 11th of June was the last time we didn't reach this threshold. Fresher air comes in on Wednesday allowing temperatures to fall, and likely to stay just below 20°C.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adrian Ramsay: "I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed. It doesn't reflect my view & I don't think it reflects long standing Green principles either. We've always supported a right to self determination.."
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Now it is.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Everything you need to know about the subject of my new book - THE FATE OF THE WORLD - in a single picture
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 5 Favourite denier myth - volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans Ask me or any other volcanologist — false Volcanoes: ~300 million tonnes CO2/year. Humans: 130 times more Please pass on the truth. Share and tag 2 others #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Tory party goes full-on climate denier and nature hater Pure lunacy www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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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
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Paul Harper @paulharper.mu.social · 04/10/2026
Bullshit. Anti-zionism is not antisemitism and there are plenty of Israelis living in Israel who oppose the zionist government just as there are plenty of Jewish people worldwide doing the same. Yelling "antisemitism" at every criticism of Zionism is a long worn out right-wing trope. Be better.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Take this one motion, zionism is racism. Is it antisemitic & racist if critics say it is?" No, its not antisemitic to say that zionism is racism, and yes, zionism is racism.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time to join the Pheasants’ Revolt… DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry. If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how: wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...
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Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird releases; what exactly is it asking for? – Wild Justice
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Protected cycle tracks are not just for cyclists
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Floating bus stops are a simple way to make busy streets work better for everyone. Buses do not get held up by cyclists, while people cycling get a continuous, protected route instead of being forced into traffic. Safer cycling, quicker bus journeys and streets that work for people.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day. Absolutely obscene. And Labour refuse to cap political donations. The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today! donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oops!! I think we can safely say, then, that these are going to be given the green light So, everyone in Holborn & St Pancras, you know where to put your cross @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Separate cycle tracks alongside rural main roads give the elderly or people with mobility issues far more freedom. Someone on a mobility scooter can travel safely from town to town, without having to rely on a car or public transport. This is what accessible transport infrastructure looks like.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It also seems extremely underhanded to try to scuttle through with this on the same day that Ed Miliband made his announcement on West Bank settlements, knowing that that would take up all the oxygen in the mediasphere.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Southeast doesn't want more air and noise pollution. Anyone who cares about having a habitable planet doesn't want the emissions. The rest of the country doesn't want yet more money spent on a London white elephant. Yet somehow expanding LHR is framed as The Sensible Thing To Do.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Labour stands up for corporations and big money. I'm running to stand up for people and our communities. www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/excl...
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Exclusive: Green Party leader Zack Polanski tells CNJ he WILL go for Holborn and St Pancras
Green leader lays out hopes for by-election
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/09/2026
The Government is letting data centre developers bypass local scrutiny... BUT they don't even know what the data centres are being used for 🤯 It's time to put the brakes on. It's time for a national data centre strategy.
UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows

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Leader of the Green Party:
“The government plans to steamroller over local opposition so private companies can build these facilities – yet they can’t even explain what the benefits are and who is benefiting.”

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales c/o PO Box Green Party London SE1P 6YL
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This summer Britain burnt. 3000 people died from the heat. Yet this Government is drilling for more gas, despite scientist warnings & it won't make a difference to bills in the UK. We need to double down on renewables, not bend to the wishes of fossil fuel bosses. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The government simultaneously telling people to stock up on food, and going ahead with extracting more fossil fuels from the North Sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The fact that they are incapable of connecting the two, shows they haven't a clue about what climate breakdown actually means
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Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say
The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"economic damage caused by the carbon pollution from the oil and gas produced would be between £119bn and £336bn in the coming decades, compared with the £28.7bn value to the UK" The idiocy of new North Sea oil and gas by numbers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This - from the Private Eye's Eco Chamber/Wilbur - requires no explanation Pay attention @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tories accused of ‘living in fantasy land’ as party lays out plans to ditch net zero. “After extreme heat this summer, this announcement shows the Conservative Party is completely out of touch with the public, its own voters, and economic reality,” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Tories accused of ‘living in fantasy land’ as party lays out plans to ditch net zero
Green campaigners branded the Conservative’s plan to ditch net zero as a proposal that ‘flies in the face of all the real-world evidence’
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
One in the eye for the Daily Mail, Reform politicians and other liars and disinformation spreaders, who have spouted drivel about rewilding causing UK wildfires www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. Let’s kill it!
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First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation
Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In a more rational world we'd be having a conversation about motor manufacturers paying reparations for all the avoidable harm they've created, not delaying the marginal de-grotification of their business model because they'd find it inconvenient
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Sam Wakeling @samwake.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It was great that he showed cycling is a normal thing and doesn’t demand PPE. Sad that he has adopted the victim-blaming helmet mantra which does little to reduce danger and lots to stigmatise cycling. Safe streets please, not plastic hats.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Flamanville 3 (the EPR reactor) to shut down in September 2026 for one year (about 350 days) to try to replace faulty reactor vessel head - part of the reactors pressure vessel (RPV), the key reactor containment safety component. www.edf.fr/actualites-r...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The grouse moor lobby is out in force today, blaming ‘rewilding’ for wildfires and demanding government lift restrictions on… burning moorland! They want to burn heather because it increases grouse numbers. You don’t fight fire with fire. You fight it with water! www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Daily Mail front page today, headline reads: ‘Rewilding link to record fires’ (followed by an article which provides zero evidence for this bollocks claim, just a bunch of grouse moor lobbyists moaning about wanting to burn more heather this year)
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 14/08/2026
BREAKING! Nigel Farage returns to normality by refusing to turn up in Clacton.
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