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We are Extinction Rebellion Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole, a volunteer-powered group standing up to protect our planet and build a stronger community. We believe ordinary people have the power to change things and that we are stronger together.

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s monstrous that people would consider trying to kill 1000 beings that are hundreds of years old and take 150 years to even reach sexual maturity, purely because they interfere with fishing for halibut. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 6 Imagine heat so humid you can't sweat. No water, no shade will save you — organ failure within 6 hours. These 'wet-bulb' heatwaves become more common as the planet gets hotter. Not distant. Not abstract. Please share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#FOTW Daily Post 5 Favourite denier myth - volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans Ask me or any other volcanologist — false Volcanoes: ~300 million tonnes CO2/year. Humans: 130 times more Please pass on the truth. Share and tag 2 others #FateOfTheWorld #TogetherUnstoppable
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please watch this crucial discussion about the scale of Earth's energy imbalance. The numbers are shocking. Thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCR...
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12 Hiroshima Bombs Every Second
YouTube video by Facing Future
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌍 ONE WEEK TODAY! XR BCP meets Thursday 8 October, 7.30pm at The Four Horsemen. We’ll shape our next actions — Mother’s Rebellion, climate misinformation, sewage pollution and more. We’ll also take #JusticeForChadrack photos for you to share and for XR BCP to share. Come be in the room.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📚 What kind of world are we leaving behind? Our next Climate Action Reading Group book is The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric — exploring long-term thinking & how we make decisions that consider future generations 🗓 Sat 31 Oct, 2pm 📍 Bournemouth Library No homework! Haven’t finished? Come anyway
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Cut The Ties To Fossil Fuels @cuttheties.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💰 $58.2 BILLION in one year… That’s how much fossil-fuel financing JPMorganChase provided in 2025, up 12.5% from the year before. At a time we need to move away from fossil fuels, the money is still flowing the other way. #FossilFuelFinance #ClimateCrisis
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
📚🌍 Climate Action Reading Group is back next Saturday! We’re meeting at Bournemouth Library on 26 Sept at 2pm. We’re hoping to finish Late Victorian Holocausts — then we’ll choose our next book together! 📚 No homework or expertise needed. Come along, bring your ideas and join the conversation. 💚
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In case you missed it - we've created a new animation about #WoodBurning. Thinking of installing a wood stove? Take two minutes to watch this first! Burning wood and solid fuels at home releases tiny particles of soot and dust that go deep into our organs, causing us #Health damage.
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Do you know the hidden cost of wood burning?
ResearcherDrMathySannasiandgrassrootsairpollutioncampaigngroupMumsforLungshavecreatedthisshortanimationonwhathappenswhenwoodorsolidfuelisburntinastoveoropenfireplace.Beforeyoustartburningorconsiderin…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. 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 consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And since the aviation industry cannot clean up its emissions, the government cannot allow the expansion of Heathrow
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌍 Mothers' Rebellion for Climate Justice 25th October from midday, Boscombe High St. Mothers, grandmothers, aunties, sisters, daughters & allies will sit peacefully, creating space for climate emotions, creativity, solidarity and hope. Bring a sign, song, poem or craft. 💚 ///votes.outer.booth
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🌍 XR BCP GENERAL MEETING The climate movement is waking up again. Let’s build momentum here in BCP. 📅 Thurs 8 Oct 🕢 7.30pm 📍 The Four Horsemen Help plan our actions for the rest of 2026 — including Mother’s Rebellion, climate misinformation & sewage pollution. Be in the room New members welcome
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XR Salisbury @xrsalisbury.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
XR’s Love & Rage got off to an inspiring start with an opening address by Dr Rupert Read calling for the release of the full National Security Assessment. The weekend of workshops and assemblies is ahead of a procession tomorrow at midday from the North East corner of St James’s Park. Join us!!
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🛢️🚫 STOP ROSEBANK. STOP NEW OIL & GAS! Today we took our message to Poole Quay. 🥁📣🪧🎨 XR BCP joined Greenpeace and BCP Green Party to say: Stop Rosebank. Stop Jackdaw. No new oil & gas. After a summer of climate chaos, we need renewables, justice and a liveable future — not more fossil fuels 🌱✊
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🛑 STOP PARLEY INCINERATOR EXPANSION 🛑 📅 Thurs 24 Sept | 🕘 9am 📍 Bournemouth Civic Centre We’ll send councillors a clear message: increasing burning from 60k to 105k tonnes a year is unnecessary, irresponsible & conflicts with BCP’s own waste strategy. ✊ Peaceful vigil — signs & placards provided.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.20:08 4 September

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Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🛢️🚫 STOP ROSEBANK — STOP NEW OIL & GAS! 📅 Sat 12 Sept 🕛 Midday–2pm 📍 Poole Quay ///pools.table.native With major decisions ahead on Rosebank & Jackdaw, we’re coming together to say: no new fossil fuels during a climate crisis. 🥁 Drumming from Rhythms for Hope 📣 Chanting 🪧 Bring your homemade signs
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📚🌍 Climate Action Reading Group 🌍📚 Saturday 26th Sept, 2pm at Bournemouth Library. We’re aiming to finish Mike Davis’s Late Victorian Holocausts — then we’ll choose our next book together! 📖 Haven’t finished? Come anyway. No expertise required — curiosity is enough. 🤝 Everyone welcome! 💚
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"To get to a #climate safe future we need to decarbonize the economy five times faster than we currently are. How can we do that? Is it possible? Simon Sharpe's presentation [shows] the way forward."
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Simon Sharpe Five Times Faster, January 15, 2026
YouTube video by Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"The #Climate Stories Library provides a platform for individuals and grassroots groups to share their experiences of the climate and nature crisis, and other intersecting injustices. We believe every voice matters in the climate conversation."
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Climate Stories Library
The Climate Stories Library provides a platform for individuals and grassroots groups to share their experiences of, and responses to, the climate and nature crisis.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK govt is about to tell everyone to stock up. Been putting mine togethr. None of it needs cooking: Water, 3L per person per day ✅️ Tinned chickpeas, beans, lentils ✅️ Peanut butter + oatcakes ✅️ UHT oat milk ✅️ A manual tin opener ✅️ Don't forget that last one! #ShitIsGettingReal
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UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📚🌍 CLIMATE ACTION READING GROUP We'll continue discussing Mike Davis's Late Victorian Holocausts, exploring how history, power, economics and colonialism have shaped our world — and why it remains so relevant to today's climate crisis. 🗓 29 Aug, 2pm 📍 Bournemouth Library Everyone welcome! 💚
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🕊️🪁 What a beautiful afternoon at Hengistbury Head for Kites of Peace! Kite flying has a long global tradition as a symbol of peace, protest & freedom. Today we brought people together in solidarity — because community is resistance. 💚✊ Next Sunday: Increase the Peace! Come find our XR BCP stall!
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Scientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
1/ Today Scientists on Survival visited the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to remind the government of the scientific facts. New oil and gas 🛢️ = more fire 🔥, more extreme weather ⛈️, more food shortages🚫 and more death ☠️. For more details see thread🧵...
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🕊️🪁 KITES OF PEACE – NEXT SUNDAY! Join XR BCP & Increase the Peace at Hengistbury Head from midday. Bring a kite and help fill the sky with colour, hope & solidarity. From 1pm, personalise your kite with our peace dove design. 🎨🕊️ 📍 ///song.rank.rushed Fly kites – not drones.🪁 Everyone welcome! 💚
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 14/08/2026
This is fine... "Britain on fire" "Heatwave devastation" "Inferno" "Houses burn and train derails on hottest day" "Rampant wildfires engulf streets of family homes" "Record 2.5m trips to A&E" "Temps hit 38.1C as fifth heatwave peaks" "Britain in meltdown"
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"without speculating too much......but it's clearly a buckled track and clearly heat, as we know, stresses the track" Editor, Rail Magazine As I have said on countless occasions, climate breakdown is all-pervasive, affecting every aspect of our lives and livelihoods www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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Lewes train derailment: Two seriously injured, with 18 others hurt, after train derails in East Sussex - follow live
Passenger Rob Bradley tells us he could feel the carriage "rocking" before "everyone got thrown forward".
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis? Good piece by Sandra Laville I hope the PM breaks his climate silence soon and levels with the country about how bad things are, & what his plan is to tackle climate impacts and fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?
Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Yesterday, on the hottest day of the year so far, we saw homes set ablaze and people hospitalised. Wildfires are raging across the UK, almost 3/4's of England is now in drought, and nurses are collapsing on duty as a result the extreme heat. Burnham must start tackling the climate crisis now.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The reason the world is burning is that decision-makers have spend the last 40+ years listening to the minimisers, delayers and obstructionists saying that the climate crisis doesn't need urgent attention They should really stop listening to those voices now
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the cliamte crisis?New Labour MPs take over £45k from oil and gas lobbyists
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Green groups call for Andy Burnham to break his silence on climate change: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Pleased to be a signatory to this joint letter organised by @gndrising.bsky.social: www.gndrising.org/updates/gree...
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The costs of this summer's extreme weather are expected to wipe out the EU's economic growth for all of 2026. "The biggest drag is expected to come from people struggling to work in extreme heat." Agricultural output could fall by between 3 and 7 percent. #ClimateChange
And the summer is not over. France and Britain are bracing for their fifth heat wave of the season this week, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in southeastern France and 36 C (97 F) forecast in
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ecosystems are the only effective form of carbon capture we have, and are essential if we're to get atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses back down to safe levels But the more we let the heating rip, the less able to do that they'll be In time they'll collapse, and our hopes with them
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“AI-driven productivity gains in the oil and gas industry will substantially increase global emissions, according to a report led by two former Microsoft employees, outweighing any potential gains from clean energy.” www.ft.com/content/8f16...
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AI will boost oil and gas production more than green energy, report finds
Debate over tech impact on greenhouse gas emissions stoked by latest study
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🐢🐚 SAVE THE CORAL TRIANGLE 🐚🐢 Today XR BCP created a sea turtle from cockle shells on Shore Road beach, alongside a simple message: SAVE THE CORAL TRIANGLE. 🌊 360m+ people depend on this incredible ecosystem. Fossil gas expansion threatens it.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We are on the verge of a climatic upheaval greater than any of us can imagine. Global leaders and media aren't paying attention. They are focused on a series of self-inflicted crises that have left us dangerously vulnerable and totally unprepared. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/what-keeps...
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What Keeps Me Up at Night
Rising temperatures in the Pacific will blow away any previous “Super” El Niño by a “truly mind-blowing margin.” - Zeke Hausfather
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"EVERY SINGLE English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals" I knew things were bad, but this beggars belief @andyburnham.bsky.social you must take swift and immediate action to tackle this latest assault on English nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"We’ve just experienced the driest July on record and BP has driven record-breaking droughts, unprecedented wildfires and extraordinary excess heatwave deaths while amassing $5.7 billion (£4.24 billion) in profits". www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/
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Greenpeace UK Press Centre
For journalists and media professionals: breaking news, comments, pictures, resources and the Greenpeace press team contact details.
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 04/08/2026
❗More than 500 fish found dead in Tolka river! 🐟Species found included brown trout, eel, stickleback, lamprey and minnow. Read more here www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0802/15…
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
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