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US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“About 25% of this GDP dampening has occurred in the US itself, although other countries have borne a heavy toll, with economic losses disproportionately felt in the poorest countries”

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Ofcom to investigate complaints of climate change denial for first time since 2017 Exclusive: UK regulator makes U-turn over TalkTV and TalkRadio complaints after claims it let some broadcasters ‘spout dangerous climate lies’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Ofcom’s painfully slow approach highlights how ill-equipped it is to deal with the scale of climate misinformation now flooding our media”

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Brexit brigade's stance on renewable energy makes no sense "What exactly am I missing, Nigel?"

www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/news-op...

“If it really was about Britain ‘taking back control’ of our own affairs, and standing on our own two feet in the world, then surely you’d advocate for us generating our own energy, by whatever means that came?”

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Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“if you upgraded the infrastructure a little bit, did good housekeeping, you could solve a really important part of the problem”

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UK drivers reveal why they are not switching to electric vehicles One think tank suggests drivers are ‘holding back from making the shift’ to electric motoring

www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

“A constant stream of misinformation is skewing petrol car drivers’ knowledge of EVs”

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And this Government’s new zeal to tax and tax again isn’t helping…

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Rachel Reeves 'pulls trigger' on new car tax rule for UK drivers 'too soon' Chancellor confirmed the introduction of a new pay-per-mile rule for electric vehicles set to launch in 2028.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/motoring/mot...

“The Office for Budget Responsibility has already warned that this policy could reduce EV sales by hundreds of thousands over the next five years”

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If Govt want pay-per-mile car tax, it should in fairness apply to all cars, not just EVs

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Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’ Leaders promise to fight back with court challenges as Trump rescinds finding foundational to US climate rules

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’

“The coal industry poured $3.5m into efforts to elect Trump in 2024”

Looks like they got what they paid for

While the World burns

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‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate? Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“we’re creating social media websites filled with AI slop while datacentres are getting powered by diesel generators”

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Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars Party would also abolish zero-emission vehicle mandate, cutting legal requirement on carmakers to sell EVs

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars

Party before Country (and Planet) yet again

#NeverTory

And #NeverReformUK, for that matter

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UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show

I’ve always been dubious about this type of generation

After all, coal is just ancient biomass

It’s dodgy, expensive, it pollutes and it’s #NotZero

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Pay-per-mile road tax to include plug-in hybrids - Autocar

“the new charge is likely to reduce demand for electric cars, as it increases their lifetime cost”, said the OBR”

What idiocy and short-termism is this?

Are they trying to kill the EV just when we need to speed the rollout?

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End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“a bitter standoff between a coalition of more than 80 developed and developing countries, and a group led by Saudi Arabia and its allies plus Russia”

Big Oil is still determined to cook the planet to maintain its profits

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Is this government serious about climate change? A potential three pence per mile levy on electric car drivers has brought much criticism, and EV Editor Steve Fowler thinks it shows how little the government knows, or cares, about the car business a...

www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...

“Our government should not be taking their focus off de-carbonising our roads, and this is a huge step backwards during a cost of living crisis, reducing confidence for many looking to switch”

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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook”

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Rachel Reeves’s stupid tax raid on EVs will drive even us greenies back to petrol I hate petrol cars, I hate pollution and I like the planet, says James Moore – but if the government is going to snuff out appetite for EVs with this bonkers tax then we might as well give up on the g...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/elect...

Reeves’s raid on EVs will drive even us greenies back to petrol

If this batshit-crazy plan ever sees the light of day, we will know that this govt has lost any credibility it ever had on environmental issues!

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One of world’s biggest windfarm developers to cut quarter of workforce Ørsted plans to shrink company after Trump administration causes share price to plunge to all-time low

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Ørsted plans to shrink company after Trump administration causes share price to plunge to all-time low”

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Tomorrow is a big day. Our Demand Reduction Group is going to extend expts done in UCL's chemistry building to tweak the operation of a subset of buildings to reduce #energy #waste.
The changes me made were so extreme, radical, and brave, that no one, aside from the three people looking at the […]

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Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“There’s a lot of danger, [including that] the voice of the fossil fuel lobby only gets louder and holds us back from this change to a cleaner, better, greener economy. That would lead to climate chaos or significant negative economic impacts”

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Reform UK Accused of 'Betraying Residents' for Benefit of Fossil Fuel Donors as More Net Zero Targets Scrapped Nigel Farage's party is scrapping green initiatives in local authorities across the country after taking millions of pounds in donations from oil and gas interests

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/r...

“We risk lurching backwards, losing jobs, losing funding, and undermining the confidence of businesses who want to invest here.”

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Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’ Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“This administration plans to not just bury the scientific evidence but replace it with outright lies to downplay the worsening #ClimateCrisis and evade responsibility for addressing it”

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the cost of #notzero

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Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global President’s opposition to offshore wind more than a decade ago now threatens a huge industry in the US and beyond

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“People will look back at this point as when the US gave up on the dominant energy technologies of the future and declined as a major power. Those in the US should recognize the incredible harm done to their national interest”

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Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government Reform-run West Northamptonshire is removing all references to ‘climate change’ and ‘net zero’ from official documents, yet continuing to take government green grants

bylinetimes.com/2025/07/23/r...

“Surely it can’t be a coincidence that a substantial amount of Reform’s funding appears to be from donors in the fossil fuel sector– some climate science deniers and some high polluters. Many are millionaires, if not billionaires”

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Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“It helps his cronies in the oil, gas and coal industries, who we know he met with a Mar-a-Lago before the election, and who gave substantial sums to his election campaign.”

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UK ministers to restart approval process for two North Sea oilfields Exclusive: analysis finds UK will be almost fully dependent on foreign gas by 2050 even if fields get green light

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“This Labour government needs to do the right thing and stand up to the oil and gas firms that have got obscenely rich while millions of people in the UK have struggled, and stop their endless polluting”

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Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials open up millions of acres in Alaska to drilling and mining

“Another outrageous attempt to sell off public lands to oil industry billionaires at the expense of one of the wildest places left in America”

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MPs question value of billions in subsidies granted to Drax power plant Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid ongoing sustainability concerns

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“Rather than taking it on faith that the woody biomass burnt for energy is a sustainably sourced low-carbon alternative fuel, it is long past time a true assay was made of what taxpayers are getting for their money”

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Conservationists sue Trump administration over rollback of green policies Lawsuit focuses on day-one executive order claiming to ‘unleash American energy’ by boosting oil industry

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“It seems obvious that polluters and other special interests are completely in the driver’s seat and probably ghost-writing all of Trump’s pro-fossil fuel directives”

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"Tory leader provides no evidence to support position that flies in face of expert reports and her own words."

#Factcheck: Kemi Badenoch’s claim that net zero is ‘impossible’ by 2050 | Kemi Badenoch | The Guardian […]

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Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws”

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