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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

More evidence that Big Tech is locking us into a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure and destabilizing our climate: the 5 largest hyperscalers have announced 16GW of power deals this year, and only 3GW have been for clean power.

16 GW of power deals announced by 5 hyperscalers in 2026

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll showing labour and greens neck and neck.

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive

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Ministers have 'moral' duty to cut benefits spending, Labour MPs say

Labour is anxious to reduce the rising welfare bill as it plans boosting defence spending at a time when the Chancellor is perilously short of extra cash

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Just FYI, this is the development—record temperatures despite La Niña conditions—is what scientists said might portend something quite bad getting underfoot. I know it's all too much, but please don't look away. We're fighting for literally everything right now.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📢 Trump's top-line climate disinformation strategy combines 4 tactics—Sleight-of-Hand, Fossil Fuel as the Main Character, Gaslighting, and Flood the Zone with Shit—to construct the lie that Democrats (not climate disasters) are killing people. Find out more👇 www.endclimatesilence.org/newsletter

Trump's right-wing disinformation also had a very specific emotional effect — or at least intent - which gave it power as political speech: it tried to turn people's horror over what was happening in LA - indeed, over the big, amorphous climate crisis - into anger. And Trump directed that anger towards Democratic elected officials. In this way, he transmuted feelings of helplessness into an emotion that can increase perceptions of agency and he used that emotion to his political advantage. In the face of terror, anger is a comfort, and scapegoating people as Trump scapegoated LA mayor Karen Bass and Gavin Newsome (who he called Gavin "Newscum") is a time-honored way to redouble that sense of agency and create social cohesion to boot. Meanwhile, voices on "our side" were reduced
to repeating bland facts.
Trump repeatedly turns climate-change disasters into events in which Democrats supposedly hurt the American public. He did it this past summer with Hurricane Helene, and he did it again with the LA blazes. And the right-wing propaganda machine surrounds that false narrative with a barrage of lies. Yet the way to combat and overcome this strategy is not by fact-checking or even just by connecting climate disasters to climate change. It's to clearly and repeatedly — in every venue and across all platforms - to tell a story of our own: climate change is caused mostly by our use of fossil fuels, and Trump's plan to expand fossil fuels and suppress clean energy is the kind of policy responsible for the loss of people's
homes, the destruction of their communities, and even their very deaths. Could you imagine Democratic politicians saying such a thing? Could you imagine mainstream journalists writing it? It seems almost impossible to believe they
ever would. The introduction of this discourse into the public sphere would be

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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 23/01/2025

1. Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the government says: "On our current path, civilisation as we know it will disappear. If we meet current commitments only – net zero by 2050 – perhaps some form of humanity will survive ... " Guardian 27 May 2024.

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Meanwhile, the Arctic's carbon sink is flipping to a carbon source. I constantly marvel* at industry and govts' assumption that Everything is Going to Go Perfectly to Plan, as if events and Nature won't overwhelm our efforts to pull back from the brink *Shudder www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake - Nature Climate Change

How the carbon stocks of the Arctic–Boreal Zone change with warming is not well understood. Here the authors show that wildfires and large regional differences in net carbon fluxes offset the overall ...

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Welcome to the party pal! It beggars belief he is saying this now - given what he and his wing of the Democrats have done to funnel wealth & power to said oligarchs and the military-industrial complex. Sleepy Joe indeed.

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Tiny GDP changes offer little to the millions that continue to struggle to afford life's essentials. The govt's focus on growth is clearly at odds with the Bank of England's reluctance to cut interest rates. This is making life harder for people and slowing down the economy. 1/2

Screengrab from BBC. Text reads: UK economy grows for first time in three months

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

An illegal betting festival currently at the King Power, where Leicester City and Crystal Palace are respectively promoting BC.GAME (declared bankrupt, unlicensed in the UK) and Kaiyun (also unlicensed), a brand set up by Yabo, the criminal organisation which was dismantled in China in 2020-21.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts. UK prices 8% higher, housing cost 44% higher. Low income families - German families 21% or £2,300 a year better off; Dutch 39%. Yet no curbs on profiteering, exploitation institutionalized. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study

Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

They’re not doing it on video with $900k watches, like Zuckerberg, but the way corporate US is running away from its climate commitments now Trump is in office is really significant. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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BlackRock Leaves Major Climate Group Amid Wall Street Exodus

BlackRock Inc. is parting ways with one of the world’s biggest climate-investor groups after being targeted by Republican politicians for its efforts on global warming.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Yes the super rich have horrendous emissions But they also make unsustainable lifestyles look desirable, use their social and cultural power to perpetuate the idea that everything's fine, and wield their political and financial power to maintain and worsen the status quo

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World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days

Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

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Theo Frixou @theofrixou.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I have a ticket for Liverpool vs Accrington today in the Kop today that I’d like to give away for free to someone who doesn’t normally go (and because it’s last minute). I don’t know how easy that is for people to see on Bluesky. Please can you help with a repost? @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Quite the telling publication day for this study, which found a dramatic increase in the amount of "hydroclimate whiplash"—the vacillation between wet and dry that fuels wildfires as well as flash floods, landslides, and disease outbreaks—on our hotter planet www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydr...

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Theo Frixou @theofrixou.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Been meaning to pick this up for so long considering the topic of my PhD research. A walk into Stoke Newington Bookshop this afternoon and there it was. Can’t wait to start @doctorvive.bsky.social

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Is Labour listening?

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 26/12/2024

I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts and real estate”. Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

So it looks like a result. But it's only a start. A month ago, we exposed another illegal(*) operator, BC.GAME, who then deactivated their UK operation. Yet Leicester City players still wear shirts bearing that name. The PL remains an enabler of illegal entities. josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...

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License revoked - josimarfootball.com

Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one of the largest illegal betting networks...

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Company makes climate pledge, spends lots on PR to tout its environmental commitment. Co. reneges on climate commitment. Rinse and repeat. www.ft.com/content/6e73...

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Walmart pushes back climate change targets

World’s largest company by sales acknowledges progress is delayed and it expects to miss its 2030 goals

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Cool Down @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The inevitable has happened - Saudi Arabia has been announced as the 2034 World Cup host to widespread condemnation. Here's our take on FIFA's bid blunder with thoughts on the announcement from climate leaders and athletes, @djwheeler7.bsky.social and @tesselmiddag.bsky.social. 🌏⚽️

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“A slap in the face” FIFA Saudi World Cup choice — Cool Down

FIFA’s decision to host 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia “is a slap in the face to fans, players and anyone who puts this sport at the centre of their life”

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but… www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/o...

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Aaron Vansintjan @avansi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

"By 2033, you could spend your retirement on Pangeos, a giant turtle-shaped floating city featuring shopping malls, an airport, and hotels. Sound excessive? Don't worry, it'll be entirely powered by solar panels." Read @vijaykol.bsky.social and me in @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/rise-sustain...

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The Rise of the Sustainability Class | Opinion

Sustainability might not be cheap, but it certainly is pleasant to consume.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

We don't have a plastics treaty. More than 100 nations wanted to cap plastic production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target waste. One of those producers is, of course, the US. www.reuters.com/business/env...

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Over 100 countries back plastic treaty caps as talks reach fierce finish

The hoped-for treaty to come out of these talks could be the most significant deal relating to environmental protection as well as climate-warming emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

And there we have it, folks. Saudi Arabia, Russia & Kuwait successfully block plastic production curbs. “If we address plastic pollution, there should be no problem with producing plastics,” said Saudi delegate. “The problem is pollution itself, not plastics.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/c...

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Nations Fail to Reach an Agreement on Plastic Pollution

Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said.

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday: 1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them. 2. Amazon workers are on strike www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

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Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday

Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis

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ClimateDad @dad-climate.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This interview with @kevinclimate.bsky.social will upset many in the climate expert community -and will render his chance of being offered an OBE to near zero. Not a bad thing on either account. youtu.be/yULdkWpjmM0?...

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Professor Kevin Anderson - "... taking large risks with dire consequences ..." #cop29

YouTube video by Nick Breeze ClimateGenn

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

On the other hand, I'm 100% against paywalls in scientific research journals. Research is almost entirely publicly funded, and scientists do all the work (have ideas, get money, research, write, review). Plus, we pay publication charges. All scientific journal articles should be open access.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

To dismiss the value of talking to our own is to fail to see that the utility of conversation, like that of preaching, goes far beyond persuasion or the transmission of information.

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spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Newsrooms aren’t covering it, but you should know that an Australian direct action campaign is currently sustaining a blockade of the world’s biggest coal port. 3 days 170 arrests hundreds of kayaks thousands of protesters the biggest environmental protest in Australian history

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Theo Frixou @theofrixou.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I don't think I could come up with a worse environmental story if I tried. Those 10 words in that order... just awful. The story is just as horrifying: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

I’ve been called a communist many times in the past few days, because I oppose Trump. But the people levelling this accusation are perfect Soviet commissar or Chinese Red Guard material. All dictatorships are alike, and all are sustained by blindly obedient loyalists.

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