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Victoria Seabrook

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Climate reporter @ Sky News, covering energy, climate change and the environment. Panel moderator and speaker. news.sky.com/author/victoria-seabro…

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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW Dozens of residents living near a major chemical factory have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing "forever chemical" in their blood, according to lawyers @leigh-day.bsky.social and @watershed-i.bsky.social #ThorntonCleveleys #foreverchemicals news.sky.com/story/high-l...
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High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
A banned "forever chemical" was found in the blood of residents of Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW UK to join major new EU ocean science scheme as Burnham's government seeks closer ties with the bloc Interest in the ocean is growing, amid concerns about El Nino, defence, deep sea mining and outside chance the current that warms Europe could collapse news.sky.com/story/uk-to-...
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UK to join new EU ocean science scheme amid El Nino concerns
It comes as the world braces for more extreme weather fuelled by the El Nino weather phenomenon. The OceanEye data is likely to be used in weather forecasting and to boost maritime defence.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW 'Revolutionary' DNA test can identify cause of an illness in a single test Cutting the time it takes to diagnose someone from up to several days, to six hours Sky had exclusive access to the pilot programme w/ @nanoporetech.com led by Guys & St Thomas' NHS Trust news.sky.com/video/revolu...
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'Revolutionary' metagenomics method can identify illness with just one test
Sky News has been given exclusive access to a lab at St Thomas's Hospital that can identify the cause of an illness in just one test. Sky reporter Victoria Seabrook went along to see how it works.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW EA raids on licensed waste sites have led to 30 criminal investigations. I joined them as they raided sites with piles of disused cars or apparent waste dumping in a lake. But big mountain still to climb is stopping those huge illegal waste dumps, that mushroom before anyone knows they exist.
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Sky reporter joins raid tackling waste crime - but is regulator getting a grip on the chaos?
Illegal waste is piling up in the UK, and climate reporter Victoria Seabrook explores what measures are being taken to control the problem.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW Brits clamour for air conditioning amid warnings homes not designed for this climate A/C sales have soared this year, brands told us during the heatwave, as many have been told their homes were built for a climate that no longer exists. But access isn't equal: news.sky.com/story/heatwa...
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Heatwave latest: 'Significant' travel disruption and hundreds of schools shut - as red warning for heat extended
A rare red weather warning has come into force with record-breaking temperatures expected today and into tomorrow. Hundreds of schools are completely closing or sending pupils home early due to the ex...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The irony. I hoped to get the overground home rather than the tube as it has AC, while the underground is absolutely baking. But the overground isn’t working properly because of… the heat.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It's hot now (meaning lower energy demand than when we need heating), but in winter the UK's electricity system will have a healthy 5GW (8.8%) buffer, finds @neso-energy.bsky.social www.neso.energy/publications...
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Early view of winter 2026/27 | National Energy System Operator
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
NEW Michael Bloomberg has pledged $260m to conserve global oceans, as major funders inc. US & UK trim budgets. The cash will "help close the gap between ocean protection commitments and action", @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social said as it disclosed details to Sky News news.sky.com/story/billio...
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Billionaire to invest in ocean protection as UK and US scale back funding
Michael Bloomberg has pledged $260m (£196m) to conserve the world's oceans. The investment is designed to "help close the gap between ocean protection commitments and action".
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Backtracking on the UK's electric vehicle plans would blow the government's much feted climate target by 13% in a worst-case scenario, according to new analysis shared exclusively with Sky News. news.sky.com/story/u-turn...
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U-turn on electric vehicle plans 'would add 13% to UK emissions'
Watering down the EV sales plan throws a key UK climate target into doubt, just days before MPs are expected to vote on the new goal, warns thinktank Green Alliance.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Backtracking on the UK's electric vehicle plans would blow the government's much feted climate target by 13% in a worst-case scenario, according to new analysis shared exclusively with Sky News. news.sky.com/story/u-turn...
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U-turn on electric vehicle plans 'would add 13% to UK emissions'
Watering down the EV sales plan throws a key UK climate target into doubt, just days before MPs are expected to vote on the new goal, warns thinktank Green Alliance.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
NEW Officials have admitted Britain’s data centre boom could draw 40 per cent more electricity than thought a few months ago, a surge that could push up energy bills. Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Data centre boom may need 40% more energy than previously thought
The increased demand, driven by the rise of artificial intelligence, could push up household bills, campaigners say
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
NEW The UK's ambitious new climate target will "future-proof" the country by accelerating cleaner, better tech, climate minister @katiewhitemp.bsky.social said in an exclusive interview. Ministers will later lay legislation to cut emissions 87% on 1990 levels by 2042 news.sky.com/story/politi...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
'Immense irony' as Iran conflict fuels 'boom' in renewable power - UN climate chief EV sales surging, solar installs soar in UK, govts cite the crisis in clean power announcements Crisis is accelerating trends, but they are "not universal"- @adambell.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/immens...
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'Immense irony' as Iran war fuels 'boom' in renewable power - UN climate chief
Oil and gas prices have soared as the conflict in Iran chokes off about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies and spreads misery.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last year heatwaves hit from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, Greenland lost 139 billion tonnes of ice, and wildfires burned a record area, as Europe warms faster than any other continent New report from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/danger...
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'Dangerously high' temperatures as Europe named world's fastest warming continent
Last year heatwaves hit from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, and Greenland lost 139 billion tonnes of ice, according to a new report from Copernicus, while solar power soared to new heights.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Shadow energy minister @AndrewBowie_MP says it is “good” that there is no longer a consensus on net zero because the country is now having a debate about it, where there was none before #NSenergy
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Climate minister @katiewhitemp.bsky.social says Labour is the “climate party” by choice. Asked if it can be that whilst also potentially approving North Sea oil and gas, she says they are taking “practical” and “sensible” approach #NSEnergy
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ECIU @eciu.net · 27/04/2026
Campaigners urge the UK government to close a loophole allowing mini fracking under the moratorium, warning it could still trigger damaging earth tremors. @seabrookclimate.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/gover...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Solar panels, heat pumps & EVs are "not woke" but "common sense", UK energy secreatry Ed Miliband has said In first major speech since Iran conflict/latest energy crisis, he rejected calls to extract more North Sea oil & gas Instead vowed to "double down" on clean energy shorturl.at/WeB5w Pic: PA
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Taxpayer to fund £8m clean up of illegal waste site, including ~£2.5m just for landfill tax. Govt promises to make the polluter pay; 4 arrests so far, criminal investigation is ongoing It's just pledged pledged £15m/yr extra funding for EA. But waste crime costing UK economy ~£1bn/year...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Taxpayer to fund £8m clean up of illegal waste site, including ~£2.5m of landfill tax Govt pledges to recoup costs from the gangsters who dumped it, to "make the polluter pay" It's also working to exempt such sites from the tax, but in the meantime... news.sky.com/video/who-sh...
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Who should pay to clean up massive illegal waste dumps?
Climate reporter Victoria Seabrook takes in the scale of an illegal dump being cleaned up by the UK's environment agency, and asks if new funding will be enough to stop the booming business for crimin...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A perverse effect of war is that some industries do well: right now, US LNG exports is one. Donald Trump has always aimed to boost "US energy dominance". This conflict has nothing to do with it, but there's a handful of companies that so far it's helping. Here's why: news.sky.com/story/iran-w...
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Iran war: Markets are plummeting as the conflict escalates - but some industries stand to benefit
Mr Trump has always aimed to boost "US energy dominance". This conflict has nothing to do with it, but there's a handful of energy companies that stand to benefit.
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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Watch @rukcymru.bsky.social Director Jessica Hooper speak to @seabrookclimate.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social, addressing concerns over new onshore wind farms in South Wales from 02:05 to 2:25 📺 news.sky.com/story/battle...
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Battle of the wind farms: Can the 'blockers' beat the government?
Some admit they're NIMBYs. Others say that word doesn't mean what you think it means…
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What really flipping winds people up? Fly-tipping. I'm working on a piece about it... please send any CCTV/pictures you have!
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"This is what it looks like to start from scratch, mourning all that life once was" Do watch this brilliantly reported but gut-wrenching piece on flooded Mozambique by Yousra Elbagir and donate to WaterAid if you can. Links in comments 👇
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
How woman's 'fairytale' home upgrade turned into a nightmare The ECO scheme has made some people's homes much better and others a lot, lot worse... news.sky.com/story/how-ho...
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How woman's 'fairytale' home upgrade turned into a nightmare
A new report by MPs warns the Energy Company Obligation scheme, which left more than 30,000 homes flooded, mouldy or cold, was so "catastrophic" it ought to be referred to the Serious Fraud Office.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Anyone in the UK left with dodgy home insulation via the Energy Company Obligation (ECO)? Hoping to speak to someone about their experience...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Inside the new breed of 'zero bills' homes where you pay nothing for your energy news.sky.com/story/what-c...
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Inside the new breed of 'zero bills' homes where you pay nothing for your energy
The government's long-awaited Warm Homes plan published on Wednesday is designed to upgrade homes to make them cheaper, better and warmer. Is this a realistic vision of the future?
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Nowhere to hide" for water companies, vows government in shake up of the regulation Following what environment secretary Emma Reynolds called "totally unacceptable" water disruption in Kent and Sussex news.sky.com/story/nowher...
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'Nowhere to hide' for water companies, vows government in industry shake-up
Water companies to be subject to "MOTs" under new government plans to preempt major failures, such as the recent water shortages in south-east England.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Prominent Indian activists inc. Harjeet Singh have been arrested, property raided by police Accused of jeopardising India’s energy security by campaigning against fossil fuels The environmentalists call the allegations "baseless, biased, and misleading" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
'Breakthrough' pin-prick blood test at home could help more people spot Alzheimer's, say scientists ✍️ Mickey Carroll news.sky.com/story/breakt...
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'Breakthrough' blood test at home could help more people spot Alzheimer's, say scientists
The new self-sampling method, which is done at home and the dry sample sent by post, could make Alzheimer's testing much more accessible.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Snow in London (and it’s daytime). How rare nowadays
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Why UK is in 'extraordinary times' over its climate news.sky.com/story/2025-o...
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2025 on track to be UK's warmest year on record, says Met Office
The average annual temperature is tracking at 10.05C - ahead of the previous record of 10.03C set in 2022 - with a climate scientist describing the finding as "devastating and utterly unsurprising".
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The UK is getting sunnier - and scientists aren't sure why In keeping with that trend, 2025 was the country's sunniest on record Driving a bumper year for solar power news.sky.com/story/2025-i...
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2025 is the UK's sunniest year ever - with record levels for solar power
There were long spells earlier this year when every time morning rolled around, it was another day of sun. The UK has in fact been getting sunnier since the 1980s, but scientists can't yet say why.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/12/2025
📊 Data update: We’ve updated our charts with the latest data on natural disasters. Tracking the occurrence of natural disasters can save lives by helping countries prepare for future ones. In our work on natural disasters, we visualize data from EM-DAT, the most comprehensive disaster database.
Stacked bar chart showing the number of reported natural disasters globally from 2000 to 2024. Disasters are categorized by type: drought, flood, earthquake, extreme weather, extreme temperature, volcanic activity, wildfire, glacial lake outburst flood, dry mass movement, and wet mass movement. The data source is EM-DAT (2025). The chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
ICYM Govt reaction to a report on illegal dumping of waste was condemned as "complacent" and "deeply disappointing" by an environmental group of Lords yesterday: "It will give succour to the organised criminal gangs who are profiteering from waste crime and inflicting misery”
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
NEW 'Illegal, industrial-scale waste operation' suspected in London Have you been affected by possible waste crime? Get in touch news.sky.com/story/hundre...
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'Hundreds of tonnes' of rubbish may have been illegally dumped and burned on green belt land, London council says
The extent of the charred remnants of rubbish suggest that "hundreds of tonnes of waste may have been illegally disposed of", Bromley Council said.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
NEW Indigenous people have defined the image and sound of the climate talks in Brazil - and today was no different COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire news.sky.com/story/cop30-...
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COP30: Climate protest in Brazil's city of Belem aims to hold governments' feet to the fire
After a week of dreary negotiations at the COP30 climate talks, the streets were alive with the drumming of maracatu music and dancing to local carimbo rhythms on Saturday.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
ICYM COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China news.sky.com/story/cop30-...
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COP30: Climate summit kicks off with plea to work together - despite Trump-shaped hole
Outwardly, countries were unphased that the US president is skipping the talks on climate change - despite being the largest historical emitter.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
NEW A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green. Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons... news.sky.com/story/brits-...
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Britons still buying EVs, heat pumps and solar panels despite attacks on green agenda
Fresh polling by YouGov, carried out exclusively for Sky News, finds that belief in and concern about man-made global warming remains as high as in their heyday in 2021, when the UK hosted the COP26 c...
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Here we go again… the annual UN COP climate summit, on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon this year. It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change. The reflection won’t be very pretty #cop30
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Spain is favoured by BYD because of its relatively low manufacturing costs and clean energy network." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Exclusive: Spain the frontrunner for Chinese carmaker BYD's third European plant, sources say
China's No. 1 automaker BYD considers Spain to be its top candidate for a third car factory to serve the European market, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters, as the company seeks to grow sales on the continent.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme. It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry. 🧵
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ECIU @eciu.net · 14/10/2025
Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned. @seabrookclimate.bsky.social buff.ly/HvgyIB0
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ECIU @eciu.net · 10/10/2025
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests. eciu.net/media/press...
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Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
NEW For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe ✍️ @t0mclark3.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/renewa...
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Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say
Solar and wind are now growing fast enough to not only meet the world's growing appetite for electricity, but to outstrip it.
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Business and energy groups alarmed by Kemi Badenoch plan to scrap the Climate Change Act It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments news.sky.com/story/busine...
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Business and green groups alarmed by Tory plan to scrap climate pollution rules
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch vowed to scrap the Climate Change Act to boost cheap energy and economic growth. While certain impacts of the act have worried all political parties, many warned scra...
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 01/10/2025
Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
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Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
Ed Miliband has vowed to "ban fracking" for good, as he drew yet another dividing line with Reform during his speech at the Labour Party conference.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
NEW China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed. But it may well be better than it seems... news.sky.com/story/china-...
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China does targets differently to the West - and it may be just what the world needs
China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, but is also a clean energy superpower. The regime there will be key to any global effort to tackle climate change.
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Victoria Seabrook @seabrookclimate.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Super typhoon in China forces nearly 2m people to evacuate their homes, with flights cancelled and schools and businesses shuttered news.sky.com/story/china-...
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China and Hong Kong brace for super typhoon after 15 killed in Taiwan - with 17 missing
Super Typhoon Ragasa is set to hit China's Guangdong province, where nearly 1.9 million people were relocated, while Hong Kong's storm level is at its highest level of 10.
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