Jane Samuels
@janessamuels.bsky.social
A quality of life worth living.
International work:
Climate, Poverty, Conflict, Cities, #SDGs
Trustee Human Ecology Council
UNFCCC Observer Status
International work:
Climate, Poverty, Conflict, Cities, #SDGs
Trustee Human Ecology Council
UNFCCC Observer Status
Well worth a read
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Well worth a read
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
Well worth watching this balanced, even hopeful analysis by
Alex Thomson #C4News as to what lies ahead for #COP30, the annual climate summit held this year in Belém, Brazil, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) #Video www.channel4.com/news/world-l...
Alex Thomson #C4News as to what lies ahead for #COP30, the annual climate summit held this year in Belém, Brazil, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) #Video www.channel4.com/news/world-l...
World leaders due to arrive in Brazil ahead of COP30
World leaders, including the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are due to arrive in the Brazilian city of Belem tomorrow for a leaders’ summit ahead of next week’s crucial UN climate talks.
www.channel4.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Well worth watching this balanced, even hopeful analysis by
Alex Thomson #C4News as to what lies ahead for #COP30, the annual climate summit held this year in Belém, Brazil, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) #Video www.channel4.com/news/world-l...
Alex Thomson #C4News as to what lies ahead for #COP30, the annual climate summit held this year in Belém, Brazil, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) #Video www.channel4.com/news/world-l...
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I miss Saleem(ul Huq) every day. When we last spoke, he was dedicating himself to the youth climate movement and mentoring new cohorts. He left a phenomenal legacy. 😔
This is a great 🧵 of films to bookmark and use. Kudos to Aaron for compiling them.
FYI @fisherdanar.bsky.social @hannahdaly.ie
This is a great 🧵 of films to bookmark and use. Kudos to Aaron for compiling them.
FYI @fisherdanar.bsky.social @hannahdaly.ie
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I miss Saleem(ul Huq) every day. When we last spoke, he was dedicating himself to the youth climate movement and mentoring new cohorts. He left a phenomenal legacy. 😔
This is a great 🧵 of films to bookmark and use. Kudos to Aaron for compiling them.
FYI @fisherdanar.bsky.social @hannahdaly.ie
This is a great 🧵 of films to bookmark and use. Kudos to Aaron for compiling them.
FYI @fisherdanar.bsky.social @hannahdaly.ie
Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre
Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!
www.foxglove.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/th...
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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...
abcnews.go.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
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Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Like a canary in coal mine…
More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis
Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Like a canary in coal mine…
Confirmed: UK Labour's Climate Minister Ed Miliband to announce restarting drilling in North Sea with 2 new oilfields. Keir Starmer is pushing out the last progressive allies in No 10 but Miliband stays at a terrible cost forced to kowtow to the fossil fuel lobby. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up
Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Confirmed: UK Labour's Climate Minister Ed Miliband to announce restarting drilling in North Sea with 2 new oilfields. Keir Starmer is pushing out the last progressive allies in No 10 but Miliband stays at a terrible cost forced to kowtow to the fossil fuel lobby. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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German identity doesn’t rely on cars – the EU should face down the mighty automakers, says Tania Roettger
- Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
German identity doesn’t rely on cars – Brussels should face down the mighty automakers
Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate, says Berlin-based journalist Tania Roettger
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
German identity doesn’t rely on cars – the EU should face down the mighty automakers, says Tania Roettger
- Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Mercedes-Benz and other big manufacturers want to overturn the EU’s 2035 ban on petrol cars. This would be as disastrous for jobs as for the climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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👀 All eyes are on the countries yet to submit updated climate plans — especially the top emitters.
🌍 These nationally determined contributions are 🔑 to driving progress toward a sustainable future.
#WRIExplains further ➡️ go.wri.org/ndcs
🌍 These nationally determined contributions are 🔑 to driving progress toward a sustainable future.
#WRIExplains further ➡️ go.wri.org/ndcs
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
👀 All eyes are on the countries yet to submit updated climate plans — especially the top emitters.
🌍 These nationally determined contributions are 🔑 to driving progress toward a sustainable future.
#WRIExplains further ➡️ go.wri.org/ndcs
🌍 These nationally determined contributions are 🔑 to driving progress toward a sustainable future.
#WRIExplains further ➡️ go.wri.org/ndcs
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We’ve launched a petition calling on #Canada to protect civilians, hospitals, staff and patients in conflict zones around the world.
Over 18,000 Canadians are demanding that Canada uphold International Humanitarian Law. Join them. Sign now: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Over 18,000 Canadians are demanding that Canada uphold International Humanitarian Law. Join them. Sign now: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Sign petition - Now more than ever | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Join our call to the Canadian government to protect civilians and healthcare in war zones. Add you name to our petition now.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We’ve launched a petition calling on #Canada to protect civilians, hospitals, staff and patients in conflict zones around the world.
Over 18,000 Canadians are demanding that Canada uphold International Humanitarian Law. Join them. Sign now: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Over 18,000 Canadians are demanding that Canada uphold International Humanitarian Law. Join them. Sign now: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
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We urge world leaders gathering at the UN General Assembly to end the genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza.
Our staff in Gaza are doing all they can to save lives while weapons of war continue to maim and kill Palestinians. Doctors can’t stop this genocide. World leaders can.
Our staff in Gaza are doing all they can to save lives while weapons of war continue to maim and kill Palestinians. Doctors can’t stop this genocide. World leaders can.
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We urge world leaders gathering at the UN General Assembly to end the genocide against Palestinians in #Gaza.
Our staff in Gaza are doing all they can to save lives while weapons of war continue to maim and kill Palestinians. Doctors can’t stop this genocide. World leaders can.
Our staff in Gaza are doing all they can to save lives while weapons of war continue to maim and kill Palestinians. Doctors can’t stop this genocide. World leaders can.
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In these trying times, all the more important to keep attention to all the ways in which our world is affected by #climatechange Join us next week at #NYCW for a session on how biodiversity, water, food and health intersect with climate!
September 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In these trying times, all the more important to keep attention to all the ways in which our world is affected by #climatechange Join us next week at #NYCW for a session on how biodiversity, water, food and health intersect with climate!
@suzette.bsky.social Hi there! Here you are. I lost you for a few years — glad to see you are still going strong, still raising the bar on accountability- truth to power - more important than ever. Hope all is well xx
September 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
@suzette.bsky.social Hi there! Here you are. I lost you for a few years — glad to see you are still going strong, still raising the bar on accountability- truth to power - more important than ever. Hope all is well xx
I love that Rolling Stone has a feature on our UK Channel 4 news. It’s true. Tomorrow night, the 17th of September, at 10pm, Channel 4 News will report a 100+ of Donald Trump’s lies on national television.
Welcome to the UK Mr President. #C4news
Welcome to the UK Mr President. #C4news
The special will catalogue over 100 of Trump’s lies and falsehoods, with “brief text-based fact-checks, offering viewers the truth behind the tweets, speeches and soundbites.”
Details: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Details: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I love that Rolling Stone has a feature on our UK Channel 4 news. It’s true. Tomorrow night, the 17th of September, at 10pm, Channel 4 News will report a 100+ of Donald Trump’s lies on national television.
Welcome to the UK Mr President. #C4news
Welcome to the UK Mr President. #C4news
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We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
September 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.
Great to see the US climate scientists that Trump fired, fight back by setting up a parallel infrastructure website - climate.us - a crowdsourced nonprofit that aims to rebuild an independent version of the Government climate website that was closed down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Great to see the US climate scientists that Trump fired, fight back by setting up a parallel infrastructure website - climate.us - a crowdsourced nonprofit that aims to rebuild an independent version of the Government climate website that was closed down.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Good piece by Rowan Williams, pointing out that refugees are also "ordinary people" and that pride in your country should be "more than a sullen self-congratulation for just being where you are".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams
Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves, asks former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Good piece by Rowan Williams, pointing out that refugees are also "ordinary people" and that pride in your country should be "more than a sullen self-congratulation for just being where you are".
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Recommend you watch this 7 minute video report by Alex Thomson at Channel 4 news. He investigates the catastrophic Chinese copper mining disaster in Zambia (arsenic flooding key river) and the PR coverup - paid off victims to remain silent by China & Zambian Govt. www.channel4.com/news/inside-...
Inside China’s Zambian copper mine disaster
It's being called an environmental catastrophe - that's been followed by an alleged government and industry coverup.
www.channel4.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Recommend you watch this 7 minute video report by Alex Thomson at Channel 4 news. He investigates the catastrophic Chinese copper mining disaster in Zambia (arsenic flooding key river) and the PR coverup - paid off victims to remain silent by China & Zambian Govt. www.channel4.com/news/inside-...
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New research: Mathematically optimized menus achieved 31% reduction in carbon footprint, without changing the dishes offered - and without students noticing
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Dish swap across a weekly menu can deliver health and sustainability gains - Nature Food
Menu manipulation is a promising strategy to increase environmental and health benefits of food choices. Drawing on data from a UK university residence, this study illustrates such potential.
www.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New research: Mathematically optimized menus achieved 31% reduction in carbon footprint, without changing the dishes offered - and without students noticing
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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World's biggest offshore windfarm gets final major consent
Berwick Bank east of the Scottish Borders coast would be 4.1GW
(4.1GW is astonishing. I'm old enough to remember everyone getting excited about the London Array's 0.64GW in 2013!)
www.sse.com/news-and-vie...
Berwick Bank east of the Scottish Borders coast would be 4.1GW
(4.1GW is astonishing. I'm old enough to remember everyone getting excited about the London Array's 0.64GW in 2013!)
www.sse.com/news-and-vie...
www.sse.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
World's biggest offshore windfarm gets final major consent
Berwick Bank east of the Scottish Borders coast would be 4.1GW
(4.1GW is astonishing. I'm old enough to remember everyone getting excited about the London Array's 0.64GW in 2013!)
www.sse.com/news-and-vie...
Berwick Bank east of the Scottish Borders coast would be 4.1GW
(4.1GW is astonishing. I'm old enough to remember everyone getting excited about the London Array's 0.64GW in 2013!)
www.sse.com/news-and-vie...
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Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds
Pesticide-free movement has grown, but many local authorities still spray weedkiller linked to wildlife declines and cancer
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free
Time for a ban
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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FUN FACT: Companies like INEOS want plastic production to TRIPLE by 2050.
But people want the opposite - we want a safer, less plastic polluted future.
Who’s sick of corporations destroying our planet?
But people want the opposite - we want a safer, less plastic polluted future.
Who’s sick of corporations destroying our planet?
July 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
FUN FACT: Companies like INEOS want plastic production to TRIPLE by 2050.
But people want the opposite - we want a safer, less plastic polluted future.
Who’s sick of corporations destroying our planet?
But people want the opposite - we want a safer, less plastic polluted future.
Who’s sick of corporations destroying our planet?
So many of the women's football pundits thought the Lionesses didn't have a chance, but they made it to a penalty shoot-out against Spain, proving they are in fantastic form.
Brilliant!
Champions
#Euro2025
Brilliant!
Champions
#Euro2025
July 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So many of the women's football pundits thought the Lionesses didn't have a chance, but they made it to a penalty shoot-out against Spain, proving they are in fantastic form.
Brilliant!
Champions
#Euro2025
Brilliant!
Champions
#Euro2025