Alan Matthews #ClimateCrisis #FBPE
@alan-matts.bsky.social
Retired IT person that now dabbles in Linux and a website for our #Ramblers group Also leads walks. Supports local #Ealing #Wildlife group with #beavers #Christian🕊️ #ClimateEmergency #FBPE #IAmEuropean #autism end of empire history #Foodbank #Ukraine #NHS
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@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
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This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
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I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
actionstorm.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
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The Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has declared force majeure at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq - one of the world's largest oilfields, Reuters reports.
Iraqi authorities have halted all cash and crude payments to the company.
Iraqi authorities have halted all cash and crude payments to the company.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has declared force majeure at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq - one of the world's largest oilfields, Reuters reports.
Iraqi authorities have halted all cash and crude payments to the company.
Iraqi authorities have halted all cash and crude payments to the company.
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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🔎 Explore the cutting-edge of impact attribution science, its implications for the world’s biggest polluters, and the future of climate litigation.
Written by @chloefarand.bsky.social: ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
Written by @chloefarand.bsky.social: ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
The true costs of climate disasters
Scientists have linked extreme weather to climate change. Now they can quantify its impact on the damage, writes Chloé Farand.
ow.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🔎 Explore the cutting-edge of impact attribution science, its implications for the world’s biggest polluters, and the future of climate litigation.
Written by @chloefarand.bsky.social: ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
Written by @chloefarand.bsky.social: ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
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What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
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💡 Using pioneering methods, the team found that in Florida alone:
▪️ 44% ($8.5bn) of Helene’s damages
▪️ 45% ($23bn) of Milton’s
…can be attributed directly to climate change.
▪️ 44% ($8.5bn) of Helene’s damages
▪️ 45% ($23bn) of Milton’s
…can be attributed directly to climate change.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
💡 Using pioneering methods, the team found that in Florida alone:
▪️ 44% ($8.5bn) of Helene’s damages
▪️ 45% ($23bn) of Milton’s
…can be attributed directly to climate change.
▪️ 44% ($8.5bn) of Helene’s damages
▪️ 45% ($23bn) of Milton’s
…can be attributed directly to climate change.
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The CO2 emissions of just five oil & gas corporations since 2015 are estimated to have caused over US$5 TRILLION in economic damages.
However, these costs are falling on outdoor workers, small farmers, informal settlements and public budgets in the Global South.
Sound fair to you?
However, these costs are falling on outdoor workers, small farmers, informal settlements and public budgets in the Global South.
Sound fair to you?
Make Climate Polluters Pay: South Asia’s Workers Are Bearing the Heat of a Crisis They Did Not Create - The Diplomat Nepal
Over the past decades, South Asia has been struck by a relentless chain of extreme weather events- 2015 and 2014 heatwaves in India to Nepal’s 2024 floods,
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The CO2 emissions of just five oil & gas corporations since 2015 are estimated to have caused over US$5 TRILLION in economic damages.
However, these costs are falling on outdoor workers, small farmers, informal settlements and public budgets in the Global South.
Sound fair to you?
However, these costs are falling on outdoor workers, small farmers, informal settlements and public budgets in the Global South.
Sound fair to you?
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M&S are advertising on GB News, a channel notorious for its coverage targeting migrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community while promoting far-right propaganda. Click on the link and sign a petition to urge Marks & Spencer to stop funding hate. #StopFundingHate
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
M&S are advertising on GB News, a channel notorious for its coverage targeting migrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community while promoting far-right propaganda. Click on the link and sign a petition to urge Marks & Spencer to stop funding hate. #StopFundingHate
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...
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With the whole of the political right ganging up on the BBC the only political leader prepared to defend the BBC and pubic service broadcasting is @eddavey.libdems.org.uk, well done him 👏
news.sky.com/story/downfa...
news.sky.com/story/downfa...
So far, only one political leader is prepared to mount an outspoken defence of the BBC
As part of its editorial independence, the appointment of the BBC's next editor-in-chief is meant to be entirely down to its own independent board - and out of the hands of ministers.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
With the whole of the political right ganging up on the BBC the only political leader prepared to defend the BBC and pubic service broadcasting is @eddavey.libdems.org.uk, well done him 👏
news.sky.com/story/downfa...
news.sky.com/story/downfa...
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The #HighSeasTreaty won the #Earthshot prize under "Revive our oceans" category!
👏👏 Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social and everyone else across the world who put in so much effort to make the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
👏👏 Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social and everyone else across the world who put in so much effort to make the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
The High Seas Treaty - The Earthshot Prize 2025 Finalist
The High Seas Treaty closes the gap in ocean conservation, protecting biodiversity in international waters and helping achieve the global 30x30 goal.
earthshotprize.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty won the #Earthshot prize under "Revive our oceans" category!
👏👏 Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social and everyone else across the world who put in so much effort to make the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
👏👏 Congratulations @highseasalliance.bsky.social and everyone else across the world who put in so much effort to make the #BBNJ Agreement a reality.
earthshotprize.org/winners-fina...
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X is also not unique in spreading dangerous content: see @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social's excellent piece which touches on the role Facebook is playing.
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
X is also not unique in spreading dangerous content: see @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social's excellent piece which touches on the role Facebook is playing.
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At some point we probably do have to ask whether relentless interference in UK democratic institutions and processes by Trump and his fellow travelers (inc Vance and Musk) is a price worth paying for a marginally less damaging tariff rate than the EU.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
At some point we probably do have to ask whether relentless interference in UK democratic institutions and processes by Trump and his fellow travelers (inc Vance and Musk) is a price worth paying for a marginally less damaging tariff rate than the EU.
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"Choose a lane and celebrate it! Say 'this is what I genuinely believe, it might go wrong, but I'm going to go for it.'"
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Choose a lane and celebrate it! Say 'this is what I genuinely believe, it might go wrong, but I'm going to go for it.'"
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social call for more courage in UK politics - the kind shown across the pond by Mamdani.
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How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How by attempting to appease the forces on the right seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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A landmark recognition for the High Seas Treaty — and a moment of hope for ocean governance. 🌊
Congratulations to the @highseasalliance.bsky.social and all who made this global agreement a reality. Transparency will be key to turning commitment into action.
#BBNJ #HighSeas #EarthshotPrize
Congratulations to the @highseasalliance.bsky.social and all who made this global agreement a reality. Transparency will be key to turning commitment into action.
#BBNJ #HighSeas #EarthshotPrize
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
High Seas Treaty wins prestigious Earthshot Prize - High Seas Alliance
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2025. The High Seas Treaty has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category, a historic recognition of the global eff...
highseasalliance.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A landmark recognition for the High Seas Treaty — and a moment of hope for ocean governance. 🌊
Congratulations to the @highseasalliance.bsky.social and all who made this global agreement a reality. Transparency will be key to turning commitment into action.
#BBNJ #HighSeas #EarthshotPrize
Congratulations to the @highseasalliance.bsky.social and all who made this global agreement a reality. Transparency will be key to turning commitment into action.
#BBNJ #HighSeas #EarthshotPrize
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"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
"Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition."
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Introducing... The League of Unlikely Ocean Heroes! 🦸 Seagrass, mussels, kelp and native oysters filter pollutants, capture carbon and protect habitats. But they’re facing challenges from dredging to climate change.
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Introducing... The League of Unlikely Ocean Heroes! 🦸 Seagrass, mussels, kelp and native oysters filter pollutants, capture carbon and protect habitats. But they’re facing challenges from dredging to climate change.
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
Help them thrive again by donating today 👉 https://actmcs.org/oyster-hero-bsky
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This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🔴The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the ‘Right-Wing Coup’ Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
By attempting to appease the forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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🌍💚 @scientistas.bsky.social is live from #COP30 for a special
podcast recording!
Join @swetac.bsky.social & @monicamedinadc.bsky.social as they discuss with @xiyebastida.bsky.social, Dr Jemilah Mahmood & @marinaromanello.bsky.social
📅 Nov 11 🕐 14:00 BRT
Register now: wedonthavetime.org/cop30
podcast recording!
Join @swetac.bsky.social & @monicamedinadc.bsky.social as they discuss with @xiyebastida.bsky.social, Dr Jemilah Mahmood & @marinaromanello.bsky.social
📅 Nov 11 🕐 14:00 BRT
Register now: wedonthavetime.org/cop30
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🌍💚 @scientistas.bsky.social is live from #COP30 for a special
podcast recording!
Join @swetac.bsky.social & @monicamedinadc.bsky.social as they discuss with @xiyebastida.bsky.social, Dr Jemilah Mahmood & @marinaromanello.bsky.social
📅 Nov 11 🕐 14:00 BRT
Register now: wedonthavetime.org/cop30
podcast recording!
Join @swetac.bsky.social & @monicamedinadc.bsky.social as they discuss with @xiyebastida.bsky.social, Dr Jemilah Mahmood & @marinaromanello.bsky.social
📅 Nov 11 🕐 14:00 BRT
Register now: wedonthavetime.org/cop30