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Kathrin M @km06770771.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/06/2026
Nigel Farage didn’t listen to voters and he tried to dismiss our legal action – but the court wasn’t buying it. We’ll see Reform in court to get to the bottom of just what they’ve been doing with your data: goodlaw.social/cd9q
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High Court rejects Reform’s bid to throw out our challenge | Good Law Project
Nigel Farage didn’t listen to voters and he tried to dismiss our legal action – but the court wasn’t buying it
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We MUST prepare as much as we can NOW for life on a far hotter planet Nothing less than a war-footing will do the job And even this will only make things a bit less grim www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2026/uk...
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UK could see 45°C by 2056, scientists reflect on 1976 heatwave anniversary
On the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1976 summer heatwave, Met Office scientists have highlighted how similar events could become significantly more intense in the future, with a plausible scen...
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Our article on PFOA pollution near the plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire: share.google/kXHQzMua6peA...
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Toxic substances from chemicals firm site found polluting protected river
Guardian investigation reveals ‘extremely high levels’ of toxic effluent in Lancashire river
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Experts call for blood tests as higher-than-usual levels of kidney cancer revealed in 2 areas near the AGC Chemicals plant, Lancashire. In 2022, we reported on levels of banned PFOA at 12,000ng/l in effluent near the site. Studies link PFOA exposure to kidney cancer: share.google/sTjlvQw4Wybw...
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Kidney cancer rates near Pfas factory in Lancashire a ‘major source of concern’
Experts cast doubt on conclusion of government-funded study of factory emitting forever chemicals near Blackpool
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
'Rooftop solar, a home battery, an electric vehicle offer something the grid, the gas station, + the utility bill cannot: certainty. They are no longer just products. They are acts of self-determination.' Fleeing the volatility of fossil fuel for the security of renewables time.com/article/2026...
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Energy Independence is Becoming Solar's Strongest Selling Point
Global uncertainty is making a stronger case for clean energy in the U.S. than moral or economic arguments have.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Industry has been campaigning hard to get chemical regulation eased in the EU. If you find it concerning that politicians were considering allowing cancer-causing chemicals in toiletries, @chemtrust.bsky.social is a great feed for keeping up-to-date with developments, + how to oppose them.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Campaigners argue, if PFAS aren't safe to be in household goods, they're unlikely to be safe to apply to food crops. They also raise concerns about allowing groundwater + rivers to continue to be contaminated with a chemical likely to be toxic to reproduction. share.google/30vPZUppwNvi...
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PFAS pesticides are an overlooked source of UK forever chemical pollution - PFAS
New report reveals PFAS pesticides are widely used across UK agriculture
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The EU is moving to restrict PFAS use. However, PFAS use in farming has, so far, been excluded from consideration from this ban. Now the ECHA has highlighted the inconsistency of leaving pesticides out of the scope of the ban. share.google/30vPZUppwNvi...
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PFAS pesticides are an overlooked source of UK forever chemical pollution - PFAS
New report reveals PFAS pesticides are widely used across UK agriculture
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Help please. I've been trying to discover whether any government minister has used the word "terrorism" in relation to the riots in Belfast and Southampton. I've drawn a blank, but I want to be sure. Has anyone seen or heard such a statement? Many thanks.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Really important that this story gets out there. Classic Kremlin disinfomation and smear campaign and lots of people even on this site fell for it. inews.co.uk/news/starmer...
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Starmer was targeted by sex worker conspiracy straight from Putin's playbook
It was a conspiracy shared by a handful of social media accounts and ultimately ended up in Russian state media
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Establishment don't want a wealth tax. They don't want a party that stands up for people. And they don't want to end Rip off Britain. Which is why I'm still constantly getting messages from old teachers and colleagues! Help us fight back: join.greenparty.org.uk
Hey Zack. Fyi also got approached by telegraph. Keep strong! You're awesome!
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The company has had since 2023 to clean up one single former fracking site in Lancashire + return it to farmland. After 3 years of delays, the work's still not complete. If fracking were rolled out at scale in the UK, would firms be any more efficient at cleaning up than they are in the US?
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Then consider plans to drill for oil directly through the precious chalk aquifer beneath the Yorkshire Wolds - drinking water source for 900,000 people: @davideddy.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/who-i...
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Who is protecting England’s drinking water?
A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
'Everyone using Colorado River water needs to accept that the allocations they were promised 104 years ago will never be available again'. The world over - the days of treating water as an endless resource are over: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Killing Lake Powell Won’t Save the Colorado River
Contrary to popular belief, rearranging deck chairs on a sinking boat can theoretically be of some benefit, if you’re clearing a path to the lifeboats, say, or keeping panicky people busy. Very quickl...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Watershed Investigations is honoured to be one of 10 journalistic organisations admitted to the Global Investigative Journalism Network this year. We're incredibly grateful & will continue to work to uphold the high standards for which GIJN is known: share.google/6XJg9ep2Zfe1...
Global Investigative Journalism Network 
GIJN Welcomes 10 New Members from Turkey to the DRC:

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mada SJO
Public Eye
context
Important Stories 
Reji-RDC
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Watershed Investigations 
Platform for Investigative Journalism 
The Black Sea
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The 200,000 illegal migrants figure Farage is using is over several years and let’s remind ourselves how we got into this mess in the first place - BREXIT
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 07/05/2026
Als die Grünen so viele Stimmen hatten wie die AfD jetzt und vor der Union lagen, hat sich ein signifikanter Teil der Medienlandschaft zusammengetan, um sie mit Desinformation & Schmutzkampagnen zu vernichten – und hat sie erfolgreich halbiert. Entlarvend, dass das jetzt mit der AfD nicht passiert.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Gareth Southgate: Too many families can't afford sports kit news.sky.com/story/gareth...
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Gareth Southgate: Too many families can't afford sports kit
The ex-England manager has spoken out as a survey reveals one in six parents say their children have had to give up their sporting ambitions because they can't afford the kit or equipment they need.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/04/2026
Earlier this year, Trump released a bizarre executive order touting the controversial herbicide glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup). Why? Our new investigation shines light on that—and a whole lot more.
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We are bombarding America’s forests with Roundup
Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Imidacloprid and fipronil are powerful insecticides: one monthly flea treatment for a large dog contains enough imidacloprid to kill 25 million bees UK consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules
Exclusive: ministers consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I didn't mean to turn this into a short thread, but once I started ranting ... So here it is, on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the liv...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
How can anyone claim that halting global heating is not a critically urgent priority or that we need more fossil-fuel development? Coal, oil, and gas have already heated the world so much that this👇now seems likely to happen in our grandchildren's lifetimes.
The research combined real-world ocean observations with the models to determine the most reliable, and this hugely reduced the spread of uncertainty. They found an estimated slowdown of 42% to 58% in 2100, a
level almost certain to end in collapse. The Amoc is a major part of the global climate system and brings sun- warmed tropical water to Europe and the Arctic, where it cools and sinks to form a deep return current. A collapse would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50-100cm
to already rising sea levels around the Atlantic. Dr Valentin Portmann, at the Inria Centre de recherche Bordeaux Sud-Ouest in France and who led the new research, said: "We found that the Amoc is going to decline more than expected compared to the average of all climate
models. This means we have an Amoc that is closer to a tipping point." Prof Stefan Rahmstorf, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said: "This is an important and very concerning result. It shows that the 'pessimistic' models, which show a strong weakening of the Amoc by 2100, are, unfortunately, the realistic ones, in that they agree better with
observational data." He added: "I now am increasingly worried that we may well pass that Amoc shutdown tipping point, where it becomes inevitable, in the middle of this
century, which is quite close."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We organised an emergency rally with less than 24 hours notice in Margate tonight. Hundreds and hundreds of people on the beach ready to vote for Rob Yates & the Green Party Thursday from 7am-10pm It's so close between the Green Party & Reform - and we're taking them on!
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"The Springwell Solar Farm is set to be the largest power-producing solar farm in the UK...it could power over 180,000 homes a year, the equivalent of half the homes in Lincolnshire." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Government approves UK’s largest power-producing solar farm
800 MW Springwell Solar farm given approval – the largest solar project in the UK terms of power generation.
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Denise Prosser @deepeetee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I support Bylines they do good work
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🚨 NHS England is rolling out Palantir software for our health records - handing huge power to a US firm with a track record in surveillance, military technology and human rights abuses. Email your local Trust and say NO to Palantir in the NHS: notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21/03/2026
A simple, non-invasive home test kit could soon transform early breast cancer detection, thanks to pioneering research underway at a Welsh university
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Simple urine test could detect early-stage breast cancer
A simple, non-invasive home test kit could soon transform early breast cancer detection, thanks to pioneering research underway at a Welsh university. Scientists at Aberystwyth University are developi...
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 11/03/2026
"Porsche reported on Wednesday that its net profit slumped in 2025 as billions of euros in costs linked to a shift back towards combustion-engine models weighed on earnings." nordot.app/140436634548...
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Porsche profit slumps 91% after costly strategy shift | DPA
Porsche reported on Wednesday that its net profit slumped in 2025 as billions of euros in costs linked to a shift back towards combustion-engine models weighed on earnings. Net profit fell 91.4% to €3...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The first set of Peter Mandelson's vetting files have been published 👇 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69b131...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Amused how many friends & old colleagues (actors, waiters, night club staff) keep getting in touch to say press keep phoning them or turning up at their door for stories. They can't stand the growth of our movement - lower bills & take on power & wealth. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Two people smiling. National press got hold of my number and tried to get me to dish the dirt and all I could say was what an incredible human being he has been and what he continues to be
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 27/02/2026
Who is Hannah Spencer, the new Green Party MP in Gorton & Denton? The Manchester-born plumber won the by-election by 4,402 votes in a huge blow for Labour and Reform ⬇️
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Who is Hannah Spencer, the new Green Party MP in Gorton & Denton?
Who is Hannah Spencer, the new Green Party MP in Gorton & Denton?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
BREAKING: Richard Tice is to announce Reform UK's plans to introduce a "Great Repeal Bill" that will scrap Labour's Employment Rights' Act and rent reforms JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Great essay by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social: "Like other men with no connection to the real world most of us live in, accountability and exposure remain abstract notions; darkness becoming visible a distant and unlikely turn of events." 1/
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/02/2026
NEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
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NEW: ICE Confiscates Children's Letters at Dilley Concentration Camp. I've filed a FOIA Request to Get Them
ProPublica recently published heart-wrenching letters from children at Dilley. ICE then raided the dormitories to confiscate and destroy those letters. I've filed a Freedom of Information Act Request.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Banned cancer-causing forever chemical PFOS discovered in groundwater & rivers at sites in Cumbria & Lancashire. Our new article, out now: share.google/gsDhDnjh01DE...
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Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill
I met people living with dangerous levels of Pfas, including in their food. The government is failing them, says environmental journalist Pippa Neill
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Super interessanter Podcast von Maja Göpel mit Martin Andree: wie befreien wir das Internet wieder für faire Diskurse unter Menschen, nachdem einige Tech Bros dank seltsamer Privilegien dort Monopole etabliert haben, die die Demokratie gefährden? open.spotify.com/episode/4hPu...
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Digitale Sicherheit NEU DENKEN mit Martin Andree
Spotify video
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org. www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Trump is quietly working to perpetuate his grip on power - important (and terrifying) read via @bylinetimes.bsky.social… bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
pleadse note! I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)! www.trumpactiontracker.info they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you want to understand what is happening right now & what’s at stake, please listen to this conversation I had with historian Robert Kagan. Europe has to wake up FAST.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
More than 500 active cases of groundwater contamination linked to oil and gas activities In an arid region, aquifer pollution from drilling & fracking is making clean, drinkable water ever harder to find insideclimatenews.org/news/1801202...
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A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. - Inside Climate News
Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
If fracking were to be permitted in the UK, as proposed by Reform, some of the country's most exquisite countryside would be impacted, as shown in the British Geological Survey diagram below: share.google/4iPmjendxnR7...
Map of areas with potential for fracking exploration, UK, British Geological Survey
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