It's the PEAK District. And even under AMOC shutdown, it won't be covered in ice. Winters will be much colder, but summers will be dry with severe droughts

Shabana Mahmood swears at hecklers over Reform UK comments Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigration

'Shabana Mahmood told “white liberal” hecklers to “fuck right off” after being accused at an on-stage event of copying the policies of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK'

Clearly touched a nerve there 😊

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It certainly will take a while. The big question is, can the global economy and society hold itself together long enough for this to happen?

"It is no longer possible to see my kids without wondering just what incarnation of hell they will have to face in later life. Or to look out of the window at the sublime landscape of the English Peak District without imagining it browned by drought and charred by wildfire"

Out one month today

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

Savages not soldiers

"Other forms of reported violence include urinating on Palestinians, taking and distributing humiliating photographs of bound and stripped individuals, stalking women who are using latrines, and threatening sexual violence against women"

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England wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’ Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023

This beggars belief

But is par for the course as British nature continues to be assaulted on all sides

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Clean energy generation exceeded rise in global electricity demand in 2025 Output from solar farms rose by a third while electricity from fossil fuels fell, research from thinktank reveals

Yes, but this is not the case for the total increase in energy consumption

And that is a VERY big but

Lets get real here. In 2025, the contribution of wind and sun to global energy production (not just electricity) went up from just 4 to 5 percent

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Ships changed to low sulphur fuels a few years back, not that this affects CO2 production

Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source

As we have always known. BECCS is bollox
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Solution-delusions How omnicidal climate-change responses are the enemy we should be fighting.

If you are someone who thinks we are making real progress in terms of tackling the climate crisis, then read this excellent piece

We are not exactly treading water, but we are not doing much more

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‘We can’t wait’: Venice already seeking floods plan B five years after barriers’ launch Rising sea level and eco damage caused by flood defence system prompt city authorities to consider next move

Good luck!

With a return at least to a Pliocene climate locked-in, we can expect sea levels eventually to be 15 to 25 METRES higher

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Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing Hannah Spencer says minister ‘continuously offends people by saying working-class people don’t care about dogs’

"Between 2018 and 2023, 2,700 greyhounds died and more than 26,500 injuries to greyhounds were recorded"

Just the latest evidence that this dismal government doesn't give a sh*t about animals, animal welfare, and the natural world in general

Despicable
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Bill's Climate Catch-up #11

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Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending Chancellor says she is ‘working through a range of options’ to boost the armed forces but does not want to put up taxes

More bombs, missiles and nuclear-equipped fighters....

....or taking care of the vulnerable in society?

We always know which this dismal government will choose

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Sorry. Capitalism 1.0 was bad enough for me

Teleportation, aliens and cancer-busting soda - it’s not just Trump going cuckoo, his officials are too | Arwa Mahdawi As the president’s men rave about paranormal events and Diet Coke, it seems the US’s only hope is extraterrestrial intervention

"Republican congressman Matt Gaetz, who was briefly Trump’s pick for US attorney general, claimed that he had been briefed on a secret alien-human hybrid breeding programme when he was in office"

And we thought some of our MPs were odd

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Metro Bank boss handed record £2.6m a year after slashing 1,000 jobs Dan Frumkin’s pay package comes after bank’s near collapse and rescue by Colombian billionaire

Just the latest example of the filthy face of capitalism

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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably

WTAF?

A billion £ of tax payers money for burning 250-year old trees hacked down in Canada and shipped across the Atlantic

Just beyond belief

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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Literally devastating news

And almost certainly even worse because the models don't include the effects of huge volumes of Greenland meltwater pouring into the North Atlantic at a rate of 30 million tonnes AN HOUR

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$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

The same people who are screwing the planet and your children's futures, are also screwing you

Don't give them the opportunity - switch to heat pumps, solar panels and EVs now

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Beyond Petroleum is more......petroleum

She is a real person

BP’s new boss to overhaul structure after retreat from green strategy Meg O’Neill to return to upstream and downstream divisions after shift away from low carbon push

This charmer gives not a single f*ck about the climate, prospects for the planet, or the devastating impact she is having on your childrens' future

Alongside other fossil fuel corp CEOs, she should be locked up and the key thrown away

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Everything A Climate Professor Wants You To Know About 2026's 'Super El Niño' "The signs are that it could even be the biggest for a century and a half."

An interview with me in the @huffpost.co.uk about the (virtually certain) super El Nino coming later this year

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/super-...

These idiot comments come from Chris Stark, who I have been calling out for years

He is portrayed as a 'climate expert' when in actual fact he is a career pen pusher

He doesn't seem to have a clue about what's coming - or is intentionally denying it

‘Suddenly, boom, it’s completely warm’: summers are getting longer – especially in Sydney, study finds Researchers examined trends in 10 global cities, with Sydney’s summer growing at two-and-a-half times the average

Indeed. But this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone on an overheating planet

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Maybe, but the number of people in the UK and Europe planning to switch to heat pumps, solar and EVs has gone through the roof

Not surprising when oil for heating in villages like mine - where there is no gas - has more than doubled in price. People are switching and not looking back

‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country Rising temperatures and extreme drought are driving more destructive spring fires across the American Great Plains. This year, forces aligned to create the perfect storm in Nebraska

Nebraska's turn to face the flames now

With what looks like being one of the most extreme El Ninos on record building, it is setting up to be one hell of year

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Severn Trent pays £4.6m in record pollution levies The company paid the highest total to the Environment Agency for pollution and poor performance.

Which it will no doubt recoup by pushing our bills up even more

Renationalise NOW - without compensation

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US-sanctioned ships pass Strait of Hormuz as China calls Trump's blockade 'dangerous' - follow live Two ships have visited Iranian ports while two are linked to China. The US previously said it would stop vessels travelling to or from Iran.

The [International energy Agency] says "demand destruction" - a permanent decline in consumer demand [for oil] that struggles to recover - will spread as "scarcity and higher prices persist"

Marvellous news 😊👍

And long may it continue

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