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Prof Bill McGuire

@profbillmcguire.bsky.social
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Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313 Home town, Llanelli (South Wales) - lives in the wonderful Peak District Website: billmcguire.co.uk

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13h
Some good stuff in here, but missing one key word - climate That's right. Not a single mention of the greatest threat this country, and the world, have ever faced Really quite bizarre www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Burnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch live
Under the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17h
Bill's Climate Catch-up #32 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too 😊
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Balance the books?' Still this odd idea that a country is just like a credit card, which is not true US has debt of $40 trillion - more than 120% of annual GDP - and it is still by far the richest, most powerful, and most influential nation on the planet www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Healey vows to stick to fiscal rules in budget built on hope
Chancellor tells Labour conference it’s ‘not progressive’ to fail to balance books amid rising welfare bill as borrowing costs climb to record high
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hardly a surprise - like father, like son www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work
Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UK has no strategic food reserves, imports more than 40 percent of its food, and grows most of the rest in parts of the country most prone to serious drought in the years and decades to come We are not - to say the least -in a good place www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns
Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high risk
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tax their arses off www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As ever, the most vulnerable workers are in the front line as climate breakdown continues to hammer home labouroutlook.org/2026/09/18/t...
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The climate crisis is already a workplace issue – Red Weekly Column
"If this crisis is to be resolved and its already severe impacts minimised, there must be a transition planned with and for workers. Trade unionists cannot afford to sit this one out."
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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"This article is based upon a recent interview with @profbillmcguire.bsky.social. () For those who prefer “sugar-coated” analyses, such as: “we still have time” … “transitioning to a Net-Zero future” … “plants love CO2” … “carbon capture technology” this article is not for you. Stop reading now.
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Elites Have No Plan for Climate Collapse
Bill McGuire, emeritus professor, Geophysical & Climate Hazards, University College London is unique within the scientific community. He claims that
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting, but as climate breakdown threatens to bring everything else crashing down around our, and the government's, ears, it has as much relevance as the question of how many policy advisors can dance on the head of a pin www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This says everything about the capitalist corporations that used to be British universities. Just obscene www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great piece by @owenjones.bsky.social Looking forward to the book 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones
Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What goes around, comes around 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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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
About effing time! Now publish it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
First picture of the UK's new space squadron announced today Rule Britannia 🇬🇧 🙃
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
👆I think you'll like this, very grateful for any shares! @kevinclimate.bsky.social @profbillmcguire.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @climatehuman.bsky.social @ruthwatson.eurosky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @doctorvive.bsky.social @jameskennedy.bsky.social
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The truth is that the world has never experienced an El Nino of anything like this strength, so we really have no idea just how catastrophic its impacts and consequences will be My guess is that the number of casualties will be far higher than this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are systematically and consciously destroying the natural world So that a tiny elite can become ever richer There WILL be a reckoning www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“What is happening in the equatorial Pacific is jaw-dropping and could well mark one of the biggest global weather upheavals in a millennium,” said Prof Bill McGuire in the Guardian on Tuesday The hyper El Nino continues to obliterate records www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bill's Climate Catch-up #31 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth Substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too🙂
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
[IPCC]working group III includes five authors from the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, a Saudi government-funded think-tank.....whose stated mission is to “advance Saudi Arabia’s energy sector” Why am I not even a little bit surprised? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THIS is why the COP process has long been completely unfit for purpose, and why IPCC report findings must be considered very carefully indeed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Once again, the closed minds of economists is revealed in a piece about a coming crash that mentions neither climate breakdown nor the coming hyper El Nino The great recession of 2008-9 cost the global economy $2 trillion The 1997-98 El Nino cost $5.7 trillion www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Are global stock markets heading for a crash?
Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Think this is sad and unjustified? It's exactly what Reform plans to do to millions if it ever get into power www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and home
Charles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Having just missed out on adaptation as a BBC Radio drama, Skyseed is now open to TV and film options "Hacking the Earth might be the last thing we ever do' Drop me a line if you think you might be interested
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Honestly, this is really worth giving some thought Not just for 2027, but for the long term inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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A sensible guide to prepping and stockpiling – by the experts
As a powerful El Niño develops in the Pacific, here's how to prepare for extreme weather ahead
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Labour have a new climate-ignorant f*ckwit in charge in Scotland www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields
Michael Marra supports development of the North Sea sites, calling for a ‘more rational’ approach to energy policy
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Extreme weather during summer 2026 is estimated to have cost the EU 180 billion Euros But still governments refuse to acknowledge the scale of the threat and turn away from any serious, effective, action Hard to comprehend really www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Grants the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs" Utterly terrible news This is a total climbdown by Denmark - effectively annexation by the back door Where next - Canada? Cuba? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security after Trump threats
Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PLEASE - you vile excuse for a human being - do us all a favour, stop your whining and piss off somewhere else Oh - you already have? In which case keep your mouth well and truly shut www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"In mainland China a 100-day campaign has been launched to prepare for extreme weather and help safeguard harvests against the opposing extremes of drought and intense rainfall" And in the UK????? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The scum of the Earth - war-mongering, parasitic, vile, moral vacuums Viva la Revolucion www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am planning to make a collage of images of people reading The Fate of the World If you would like to be part of it, please do send yours to me at bill.mcguire@w3z.co.uk
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Wankpanzer Childkiller SUV" Bang-on from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pretty much what I said in my Guardian article just after the event And there will be plenty more events like this in the decades ahead www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Climate crisis probably weakened glacier that caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, first study finds
Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We already live on a plastic planet, and production is set to expand hugely in coming decades www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots for interaction between plastics, microbes and agrochemicals
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great! Let's see if they are still smiling after a year without the NHS, police, fire service, road repair, rubbish collection etc etc www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can read my latest piece in @theguardian.com here 2027 is going to be grim www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The incoming ‘super’ El Niño will create chaos around the world. And we are far from ready for it | Bill McGuire
One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you missed my piece in @sciencefocus.bsky.social on the menace of Pyrocumulonimbus clouds, you can now read it in my #CoolEarth Substack newsletter Subscribe for free or pay a small subscription for extra exclusive content
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Crook gives a bunch of crooks a load of cash www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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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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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nowhere on Earth is free from the grubby, exploitative and destructive hands of greed-fueled capitalism www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Curse of the Nile’s gold: how Sudan is losing its fertile fields and ability to produce food
An artisanal mining boom driven by war and poverty is causing a public health emergency, as chemicals poison soil, water and society
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Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Media is a key piece of the jigsaw for anyone who wants change - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you missed it in @theguardian.com recently, you can now read my piece about how global heating is affecting the solid earth, in my #CoolEarth substack newsletter
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
All well and good, but the energy has simply been transferred to the Pacific Basin where typhoons are raising merry hell www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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New hurricane season record as 'historic' El Niño leaves Atlantic eerily quiet
The Atlantic hurricane season has reached its climatological peak, but a strong El Niño means no hurricanes have formed this year.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not to detract from the terrible events of 9/11, but a comparable number of people died in the UK during the May and June heatwaves this year Nothing from government and barely a murmur elsewhere about this tragedy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Remembrance ceremonies to be held across the US to honor victims of 9/11
Memorials and remembrances will mark the 25 years since the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 on 11 September 2001
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Israeli military hacked into phones to identify the location of such targets, and covertly listened into conversations with their wives and children moments before they were all killed" Inhuman, genocidal, war criminals Nothing more - nothing less www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Bill's Climate Catch-up #30 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth Substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too 😊
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The banks are warning against more tax on the banks No - surely not @andyburnham.bsky.social Be ready for a stream of drivel from one of the world's biggest parasites www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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JP Morgan boss meets Burnham and Healey to warn against bank tax rise
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understood
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
British Air Traffic Control is owned by NATS Holdings - a private company in a partnership with government Last year, its pre-tax profits were up at £234 million Just saying www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Air traffic control boss given a week to report after UK flight chaos causes 2,000 cancellations
Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidable
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