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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please watch this crucial discussion about the scale of Earth's energy imbalance. The numbers are shocking. Thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCR...
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12 Hiroshima Bombs Every Second
YouTube video by Facing Future
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Thursday is the first step on this journey. Every Green vote moves Labour.
John Curtice suggests greens could be pivotal to next UK government
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to campaign in Holborn & St Pancras today! The election is feeling incredibly close from the thousands of conversations today. We need to keep it up for just a few more days. Every conversation matters. Join us: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Drone shot of a huge crowd from above
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Upstream methane from LNG will make these gas fired data centres a clinate disaster Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Upstream methane from LNG will make these gas fired data centres a clinate disaster Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔴 We heard the Government is going to take action at Labour Conference 2026. But haven't we heard this before? 🌍 We need more than words. The Government must respond to the climate and nature crisis with the urgency it demands. 🌿 Join us to take action 👉 zerohour.uk
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/09/2026
As Phase 2 of LNG Canada reaches final investment decision, major partners are selling their stakes in the project. New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social research asks if the divestments could be evidence of a changing appetite for the project’s risks 🤔 ieefa.org/resources/ln...
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LNG Canada Phase 2: After FID key questions remain
Phase 2 must contend with greater uncertainty around construction costs, economic inflation, potential global oversupply, and a turbulent trade environment.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/09/2026
Remember the random dude who got 49020939 articles of uncritical media coverage in the space of two days because he quit anthropic based on his fears of existential AI risk? Yeah..........he's a climate denier. So is the whole AI industry. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a...
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J Gwendie @gwendiem.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
shorturl.at/K5Int "With global liquefied natural gas glut on near horizon, project partners Shell & Mitsubishi were trying to sell off their stakes in project." Analysts say global O&G glut is still approaching fast & will be in full flight when expanded LNG terminal can be built & brought online
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BREAKING: New LNG Canada Deal ‘Like Betting on a Concrete Canoe’
The LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat, British Columbia, is expected to announce a final investment decision today to double its output to up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year, th...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of people #Israel killed yesterday in #Gaza: "This is the blood of a pregnant Palestinian woman, Amal al-Ajla (19), who was killed today while nine months pregnant when their home in Gaza City was bombed; her husband was seriously injured." www.threads.com/@anasabudayy... (1/2) #GazaNews
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 NEW UK CLIMATE LAWSUIT LAUNCHED ❇️ When setting the latest carbon budget, the Govt was 1️⃣ “Not Using the Latest Figures” 2️⃣ “Not Ensuring the UK’s Fair Share” 👀 The video clip explains this, with more in 🧵👇 too 🙏 Please support this vital case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
⚛️ Despite complex science and law, there are just two simple limbs based on the Govt's own UK Climate Change Act 1️⃣ Out of date science 2️⃣ Fair share not demonstrated 📝 Read the full submission 👉 tinyurl.com/CarbReck-SFG (clips 👇) 👩‍👩‍👧 Support us www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended' Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group. www.middleeasteye.net/news/miliban...
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Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended'
Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen OBE, arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @labouruk.bsky.social conference. Her crime? Holding a piece of cardboard with the words “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on it. She was among hundreds doing the same.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👂 Antonio Guterres at the UN: "climate change most profound intergenerational power imbalance of all" 📈 The Seventh Carbon Budget is 2038–2042 when many of today's children will be adults. A budget set too high now means steeper and more disruptive cuts later ♻️ www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#EdMiliband needs to consider this very carefully. He knows that he is backtracking if he approves this, and he knows it is a climate disaster The UK can lead in not allowing further oil and gas Now is the time to do this Ed And tell #Keir and #Rachel where they can put the anti-climate greed
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Dave (river) Hampton the carbon coach @carboncoach.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
and all support to you #EdMiliband - there are more of us standing behind (and alongside) you than you might know
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miatta Fahnbulleh at LCEF fringe, Labour conference: the decisions on Rosebank and Jackdaw are mine to take, they’re a quasi-judicial decision, based on a set of clear tests - if I get it wrong I can be judicially reviewed. Ultimately the North Sea is a declining basin, 90% has gone…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘This summer may have been the coolest of our lifetimes,’ says Environment Secretary Angela Eagle at Labour conference, as she attacks the far right for denying climate change and being dangerously relaxed about the heatwaves
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israeli attacks destroyed most of Gaza’s #wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. That sewage is now contributing to a worsening algae crisis affecting Israeli desalination facilities and cutting their #water supplies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis
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Point Source News @pointsourcenews.org · 16/09/2026
Welcome to Point Source. We’re a new outlet that aims to unearth stories about the fossil fuel industry’s power and influence. pointsourcenews.org
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Point Source News
Tracing fossil fuel disinformation.
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
No surprises on climate links in today’s WWA report, but interesting to see this aspect stated so starkly: “no existing early warning system could have provided sufficient lead time” and climate hazards in Himalaya are “exceeding adaptation capacity.” www.worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warmin...
downstream. However, the event was fundamentally different in its magnitude, speed and complexity. It was beyond the design and predictive limits of existing risk reduction measures, and no existing early warning system could have provided sufficient lead time or prevented the scale of impacts observed in the worst-affected areas, highlighting the limits of adaptation. In a rapidly warming Himalaya, increasingly extreme and complex hazards are exceeding adaptation capacity, resulting in loss and damage. This is occurring against a
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
our enemies are so well funded and organized, it physically pains me to think about it
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 NEW UK CLIMATE LAWSUIT LAUNCHED ❇️ When setting the latest carbon budget, the Govt was 1️⃣ “Not Using the Latest Figures” 2️⃣ “Not Ensuring the UK’s Fair Share” 👀 The video clip explains this, with more in 🧵👇 too 🙏 Please support this vital case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the Labour conference? NEB cofounder @sioldridge.bsky.social will introduce an abridged version of the People's Emergency Briefing Monday at 5pm. With a panel discussion on how the film can act as a catalyst for the emergency action needed. #PEBuk #NationalEmergencyBriefing It's #TimeToStepUp
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A message for Andy Burnham from Rob Del Naja (Massive Attack), Huda Ammori (Co-Founder, Palestine Action), and Michael Mansfield KC. Deproscribe Palestine Action. www.wedonotcomply.org
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tomorrow, hundreds will replicate Rob’s brave action near the same location. Today’s arrest gives an indication that police will be making a lot of arrests tomorrow. Join us: wedonotcomply.org
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ On September 27th, we are taking the defiance to Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference in Liverpool. For over a year now we’ve been getting arrested under the UK Terrorism Act in our thousands for holdi...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Last June, Andy Burnham was on a platform with Del Naja in support of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, praising his ‘clarity and leadership’. Today, he’s having Rob arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a piece of paper.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters outside Labour party conference
More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Police have arrested demonstrators outside the Labour Party conference More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference at the Liverpool Experience Campus, with many holding home-made banners which read: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" www.gbnews.com/news/labour-...
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Labour Party Conference: Police make arrests as Palestine Action protesters target Labour conference
Protesters were sitting on the grass outside the annual conference in Liverpool
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.
Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The UK’s annual contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) Palestine fell from $18m (£13.6m) in 2024 to $9.3m (£7m) last year and just $4m (£3m) this year, The i Paper has learned"
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're still getting this:
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meanwhile bsky.app/profile/thie...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They treat those who seek peace as a threat to the public realm, while throwing a defensive cordon around those engaged in genocide. They treat environmental protesters as if they were antisocial thugs, while the antisocial thugs of the fossil fuel industry get a free pass to trash our lives.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not as if Burnham and Miliband are radicals. It's not as if the UK has stopped providing weapons, surveillance and logistical support to a government pursuing genocide. But at least we begin to see some acknowledgement that it's not mad and bad to care about the lives of Palestinians.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Maybe we'll now discover that it is not mad and bad to want to stop weapons being shipped to Israel, which will be used to assist mass murder. Maybe we'll now hear that it's not mad and bad to hold a placard saying "I support Palestine Action". Maybe we'll discover we are not terrorists after all.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm not holding my breath, not least because the author of the worst of these polices, Yvette Cooper, is still in government, and her successor in the Home Office, Shabana Mahmood, has defended and extended her draconian anti-protest measures. And yes, these measures really are mad and bad.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’
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