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Steve Dawe

@stevedawe.bsky.social
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Transport, Envt, Climate, Green Party/Buddhist. Writer: articles at: westenglandbylines.co.uk/author/ste… Retd interdisciplinary social sci lecturer incl teaching Abt Climate/Envt/Devt Studies/Euro Studies. Passionate Abt folk music.

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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 18h
We are poisoning our soils very efficiently. SEE: theecologist.org/2026/oct/08/...
theecologist.org
'We poison our soils for efficiency'
'The diet we feed our soil determines the diet that soil feeds us.'
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 18h
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 18h
Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say
A landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 20h
A simple idea for regulating data center mania: "No large data center...should receive the permits or grid connection it needs unless its developer brings enough new carbon-free generation, energy storage and transmission online to meet its additional electricity demand—and pays the full cost."
wsj.com
Opinion | Let Physics Regulate the AI Industry
No new data centers without enough clean power to run them.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pacific leaders and Climate finance: www.climatechangenews.com/2026/10/06/p...
climatechangenews.com
Pacific leaders rail at climate finance failures at pre-COP
Island nations seek invest in their own Pacific Resilience Facility, as they struggle with the red-tape of international climate funds
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts
Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels ‘not open for renegotiation’, Pacific leader tells pre-Cop
International leaders visit Tuvalu as part of climate talks co-hosted by Australia ahead of Cop31 conference
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dal Lake, Kashmir. A 'star' of many films and now this: www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026...
aljazeera.com
Photos: Kashmir’s Dal Lake faces environmental and climate challenges
Dal Lake’s fragile ecosystem is deteriorating amid pollution, unregulated construction and climate change in Kashmir.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Worth considering: insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Energy Bills are out of control. PLease sign and share to help increase pressure on the Government: 38d.gs/wsa-
38d.gs
It's time for them to pay up.
Oil and gas companies who make BILLIONS are trying to get out of paying tax while we all freeze this winter.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How big is the problem? How Many Cars Are There In The World? share.google/7n2c4p6kXLcM...
share.google
How Many Cars Are There In The World?
According to a May 2026 data analysis by Hedges & Company, there are approximately 1.699 billion vehicles in the world.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The European Commission is, as has become common, wobbling in the face of lobbying to delay cuts to methane emissions which are about 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. SEE: insideclimatenews.org/news/3009202...
insideclimatenews.org
EU Weighs Delaying Methane Rules as Energy Prices Rise - Inside Climate News
Concerned climate policy experts and investor groups warn against weakening the landmark regulation.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If mega trawlers are often Russian, why not sanction their use? SEE: insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...
insideclimatenews.org
‘Mega-Industrial’ Trawlers Threaten Europe’s Ocean Health - Inside Climate News
Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI for higher use of fossil fuels? SEE: www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...
lemonde.fr
AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn
Greenhouse gas emissions from the AI sector could reach worrying levels by 2030, according to a study by the French collective Green IT. This is in addition to damage caused to aquatic environments an...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Australia. Another home of Climate complacent Government: The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can the last Arctic ice area north of Canada and Greenland be protected? SEE: www.arcticwwf.org/magazine-iss...
arcticwwf.org
Protecting the Last Ice Area - WWF Arctic
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...
insideclimatenews.org
Long After Wildfire Smoke Is Gone, Heavy Metals Could Still Be Harming Survivors’ Lungs - Inside Climate News
A new study from University of Hawai‘i researchers links metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires with impaired lung function.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Time for Americans to bulk buy high quality masks? SEE: Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There have been multiple attempts to start major fires in the Lye Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest/Nature reserve in Headington, Oxford. Is enough being done? SEE: The UK wildfire investigators: ‘If someone has used a match, chances are you’ll find it’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
The UK wildfire investigators: ‘If someone has used a match, chances are you’ll find it’
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave to predict and prevent them as hotter summers create tinderboxes
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Without forests, a very different Planet. A warning from the UN: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heat and inequality: insideclimatenews.org/news/2809202...
insideclimatenews.org
Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat - Inside Climate News
Thermal imaging shows how people experience scorching heat varies depending on their circumstance.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Singers from the Sea Green Singers and Didcot Red Kites choirs singing at Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre to protest its re-opening and prospective expansion. Please note Famba Nayeh is a traditional Zimbabwean song in the Shona language, it means walk with me. SEE: videopress.com/v/bUKZqTUX
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3-famba-nayeh-mp4
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RSPB guide/map to protected sites: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
rspb.org.uk
Our priceless protected areas
Discover the UK's natural treasures, the species that call them home, and why they need protecting.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A vital part of creating a more self-reliant and sustainable agricultural and food production system for the UK. SEE: www.farminguk.com/news/ministe...
farminguk.com
Ministers urged to cut Britain's dependence on imported fertiliser - FarmingUK News
Britain’s reliance on imported fertiliser is leaving farmers and food production exposed to price and supply shocks, ministers have been warned.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The country we live in. SEE: www.itv.com/news/2026-09...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of UK residents living near factory news.sky.com/story/high-l...
news.sky.com
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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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Cash to trash’ levy on house developers too low to offset damage to Norfolk Broads, say critics
Exclusive: Levy that allows almost 16,000 houses to be built on Norfolk Broads will not cover cost of mitigating environmental damage, critics say
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New oil and gas projects are incompatible with the Paris Agreement. End of story. "governments plan to produce about more than double (120%) the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, and 77% more than would be consistent with 2°C"
productiongap.org
2025 Press - Production Gap
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Aalborg now has 241,000 m³ of hot water storage, the largest in Denmark, plus 150 MW of electric boilers and a 177 MW seawater heat pump. That's 217 MW of flexible demand, holding one to three winter days of heat. District heating in Denmark is becoming a critical flexibility resource.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
from CARBON BRIEF: www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-ho...
carbonbrief.org
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature - Carbon Brief
For millions of people around the world, rising sea levels are already reshaping economies, livelihoods and cultures.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There are several problems here. First, increasing loss/damage and mitigation/adaptation funding to the poorest states; Second, writing off debts to help States fund essential poverty reduction - with on the ground monitoring to ensure funds are well-used. SEE: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero
Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: a.allout.org/s/P3D8Q/
a.allout.org
Türkiye: Free the jailed LGBT+ activists
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a good example of how broad the COP31 agenda needs to be: insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
insideclimatenews.org
Breached Earth Boundaries Raise Risk of ‘Irreversible Change’ - Inside Climate News
A year of climate extremes offers the latest evidence that the planet is “out of balance.”
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wildlife will be affected by current drought for years to come, UK government says www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Wildlife will be affected by current drought for years to come, UK government says
The number of potentially damaging environmental incidents triggered by this year’s hot and dry weather has surpassed that of 2025
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Weatherwatch: wildfires driven by global heating destroy UK bird habitats www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...
theguardian.com
Weatherwatch: wildfires driven by global heating destroy UK bird habitats
Hot and dry summer created conditions for fires in Scotland and England that tore through vital wildlife areas
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Elementary explanation of what happens when this Planet is consistently beyond 1.5 degrees C of warming: insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...
insideclimatenews.org
What Happens When Earth Passes 1.5 Degrees of Warming? - Inside Climate News
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with climate scientist Michael Mann. As the United Nations prepares to ...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Debt cripples those in need of Climate Aid: insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...
insideclimatenews.org
For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action - Inside Climate News
The countries most vulnerable to climate change are spending nearly 25 times more on repaying debt than on climate action, according to a new ActionAid report released Wednesday.  The report, “Debt Fu...
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ash dieback, some hope: www.scotsman.com/hays-way/gen...
scotsman.com
Genetic breakthrough offers hope for Scotland’s ash trees ravaged by deadly disease
Forestry bosses estimates that between 50 and 75 per cent of Scotland’s 11 million mature ash trees could die over the next two decades because of the disease.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Advertising for the end of the world as we have known it: Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026
In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very poor show: SEE: www.theenergymix.com/canada-is-no...
theenergymix.com
Canada Now More Than 20 Years Behind Its 2030 Emissions Target, With Net-Zero Nowhere in Sight
The latest analysis from 440 Megatonnes shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Climate or expansion of flying. Make a choice. SEE: www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
carbonbrief.org
CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Airlines should pay for CO2 removal if Heathrow expands, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions
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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wildfires, the depth of damage: Summer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warn - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Summer wildfires caused 'catastrophic' hidden damage, scientists warn
Bangor University researchers say the scale of damage is far greater than what is immediately visible.
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