Vanfanel
@vanfanel.bsky.social
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious - Oscar Wilde
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PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
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Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press
www.carbonbrief.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Two things to learn from this.
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors.
2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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This is what happens when you blame migrants instead of billionaires
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January 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
This is what happens when you blame migrants instead of billionaires
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open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one.
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one.
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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The UK media is a fortress accessible to vested interests but not open to expressing common sense views of the British public like the need to act on biodiversity loss, to get free of fossil fuels or not to support genocides.
We need an #honestmedia for an #honestpolitics.
We need an #honestmedia for an #honestpolitics.
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The UK media is a fortress accessible to vested interests but not open to expressing common sense views of the British public like the need to act on biodiversity loss, to get free of fossil fuels or not to support genocides.
We need an #honestmedia for an #honestpolitics.
We need an #honestmedia for an #honestpolitics.
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As ever, Private Eye sees through the way the usual-suspect media are happy to swallow wholesale and then amplify the BS from Tufton St lobbyists when it comes to net-zero
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 AM
As ever, Private Eye sees through the way the usual-suspect media are happy to swallow wholesale and then amplify the BS from Tufton St lobbyists when it comes to net-zero
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
And, as ever, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org made all these points the moment the coverage landed
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters.
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
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No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Democracy for Sale
A new report from the Autonomy Institute lays bare how Britain’s political and economic elites are entangled.
substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
No matter which party is in charge, the shots are being called by powerful donors, not ordinary voters.
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No wonder most people feel so cynical about politics – they’re dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, while politicians from both parties are on the take.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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This calm, cool decency is dangerously absent from our discourse at the moment. Almost everyone is embracing, normalising or ignoring the 'cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.'
We need more Bertrands.
We need more Bertrands.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This calm, cool decency is dangerously absent from our discourse at the moment. Almost everyone is embracing, normalising or ignoring the 'cruel bigotry, compulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism.'
We need more Bertrands.
We need more Bertrands.
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Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as #renewables roll-out accelerates www.edie.net/gas-plays-dw...
Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as renewables roll-out accelerates - edie
The rollout of wind power is diluting the link between gas and electricity wholesale prices, pushing older and more expensive ‘peaker’ generation plants off the grid, a new analysis shows.
www.edie.net
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as #renewables roll-out accelerates www.edie.net/gas-plays-dw...
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We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.
October 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Yes, and how do you know that the climate has changed before?
Erm, I listened to the climate scientists
Erm, I listened to the climate scientists
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Yes, and how do you know that the climate has changed before?
Erm, I listened to the climate scientists
Erm, I listened to the climate scientists
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With Labour's approval of a second runway at Gatwick airport - and Reeves and Starmer pursuing growth at all costs - we NEED @graceblakeley.substack.com in our lives to explain why certain types of growth don't benefit most of us
September 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
With Labour's approval of a second runway at Gatwick airport - and Reeves and Starmer pursuing growth at all costs - we NEED @graceblakeley.substack.com in our lives to explain why certain types of growth don't benefit most of us
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Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The ECHR is flawed, but be warned: it would be unwise to entrust human rights to an ‘elective dictatorship’ |
The ECHR is flawed, but be warned: it would be unwise to entrust human rights to an ‘elective dictatorship’ |
Brexit removed many checks and balances from the UK government. That’s why leaving the European convention on human rights would be a huge risk, says constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The ECHR is flawed, but be warned: it would be unwise to entrust human rights to an ‘elective dictatorship’ |
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How do we fix this mess?
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
How do we fix this mess?
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So about $26T incremental spend over 25 years to hit net zero, or about 1% of global GDP each year for 25 years.
That's an incredible deal. Previous estimates, not so long ago, were closer to 4% GDP, if I remember correctly.
h/t @heatmap.news
That's an incredible deal. Previous estimates, not so long ago, were closer to 4% GDP, if I remember correctly.
h/t @heatmap.news
September 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
So about $26T incremental spend over 25 years to hit net zero, or about 1% of global GDP each year for 25 years.
That's an incredible deal. Previous estimates, not so long ago, were closer to 4% GDP, if I remember correctly.
h/t @heatmap.news
That's an incredible deal. Previous estimates, not so long ago, were closer to 4% GDP, if I remember correctly.
h/t @heatmap.news
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I often think about this letter to the New Statesman.
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
September 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I often think about this letter to the New Statesman.
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
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Focusing on bats and newts is a cynical attempt to reframe nature as nothing more than a triviality
But nature is our life support system
Conservation isn't just about helping other species - it's also about maintaining the conditions that allow us to thrive
But nature is our life support system
Conservation isn't just about helping other species - it's also about maintaining the conditions that allow us to thrive
Let's say it again, "the economy" is entirely dependent on the environment.
No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
No economy on a dead planet, no #PublicHealth on #biodiversity-depleted islands
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves to cut ‘bats and newts’ in boost to developers
Chancellor considers making it harder for concerns about nature to stand in the way of infrastructure projects, in an effort to boost the economy
www.thetimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Focusing on bats and newts is a cynical attempt to reframe nature as nothing more than a triviality
But nature is our life support system
Conservation isn't just about helping other species - it's also about maintaining the conditions that allow us to thrive
But nature is our life support system
Conservation isn't just about helping other species - it's also about maintaining the conditions that allow us to thrive
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Kind of fascinating framing from Australia's climate and energy minister @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social. Don't think I've ever seen it presented this way?
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Kind of fascinating framing from Australia's climate and energy minister @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social. Don't think I've ever seen it presented this way?