Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
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✊ "In my book I show how many scientists have come to realize that making polite requests to those in power is no longer a viable option (if it ever was). Scientists-turned-activists are instead rising in resistance, contributing to anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements around the world."
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
✊ "In my book I show how many scientists have come to realize that making polite requests to those in power is no longer a viable option (if it ever was). Scientists-turned-activists are instead rising in resistance, contributing to anti-capitalist and anti-colonial movements around the world."
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👀 In this new book, Fernando Racimo provides an account of the origins and evolution of Scientist Rebellion: "I interviewed 24 scientists who are participating in civil resistance and direct action, joining in struggles against systems of social and ecological oppression."
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
👀 In this new book, Fernando Racimo provides an account of the origins and evolution of Scientist Rebellion: "I interviewed 24 scientists who are participating in civil resistance and direct action, joining in struggles against systems of social and ecological oppression."
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"Science in Resistance" on book tour! 📖
🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Science in Resistance" on book tour! 📖
🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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🚂 Fernando will be on a train tour over the next few weeks across various countries in Europe presenting his book.
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"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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The half-crazy von der Leyen is now verging to full blown madness setting up her own Brussels-grown CIA... www.ft.com/content/b8a3...
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The half-crazy von der Leyen is now verging to full blown madness setting up her own Brussels-grown CIA... www.ft.com/content/b8a3...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
NEW – Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
Read here: buff.ly/ONGzk3a
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’ grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’ grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
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File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
grist.org/oceans/hey-s...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy - A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups... writesbright.substack.com/p/the-telegr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy - A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups... writesbright.substack.com/p/the-telegr...
Earth system response to Heinrich events explained by a bipolar convection seesaw www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earth system response to Heinrich events explained by a bipolar convection seesaw - Nature Geoscience
The onset of Southern Ocean convection following a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during Heinrich events can help explain rapid CO2 increases and Antarctic warming during t...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Earth system response to Heinrich events explained by a bipolar convection seesaw www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Make Media Brave Again drilled.ghost.io/make-media-b...
Make Media Brave Again
Bless you dear people for sticking with my very erratic newsletter-writing schedule. I swear to you that we will get this puppy back on a weekly track. In my defense, the small but mighty Drilled team...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Make Media Brave Again drilled.ghost.io/make-media-b...
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the evidence overwhelmingly shows that if you simply give parents money… they will spend it on their children’s needs. so, you know, just DO that.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
the evidence overwhelmingly shows that if you simply give parents money… they will spend it on their children’s needs. so, you know, just DO that.
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Vouchers? 😡
I remember behind a mum in a supermarket queue who had “food vouchers” (cos she was a refugee) & was trying to buy a small toy alongside her food. The cashier said she had to put it back. Both women, & the whole queue, looked mortified.
The next person behind paid for the toy, btw.
I remember behind a mum in a supermarket queue who had “food vouchers” (cos she was a refugee) & was trying to buy a small toy alongside her food. The cashier said she had to put it back. Both women, & the whole queue, looked mortified.
The next person behind paid for the toy, btw.
Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Food vouchers, free milk and two-child cap: Reeves weighs up help for families
Ministers' long-awaited child poverty strategy is due this month - and it's closely tied to the Chancellor's Budget
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Vouchers? 😡
I remember behind a mum in a supermarket queue who had “food vouchers” (cos she was a refugee) & was trying to buy a small toy alongside her food. The cashier said she had to put it back. Both women, & the whole queue, looked mortified.
The next person behind paid for the toy, btw.
I remember behind a mum in a supermarket queue who had “food vouchers” (cos she was a refugee) & was trying to buy a small toy alongside her food. The cashier said she had to put it back. Both women, & the whole queue, looked mortified.
The next person behind paid for the toy, btw.
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Marcus wins appeal!!
🚨 BREAKING: MARCUS WINS DEPORTATION APPEAL
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Marcus wins appeal!!
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The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The BBC Surrenders to Trump
The capitulation of our national broadcaster to the political forces most determined to destroy it is a worrying sign of things to come
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The BBC has long pursued a strategy of appeasing its enemies and alienating its friends.
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
The result is an endless series of capitulations to those political forces most determined to destroy it
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-bbc-su...
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One other factor worth considering here is simply that climate and environment groups have themselves been at pains to actively try and bury, hide, and deprioritise climate from the way they walk about climate
Of course, when that happens, politicians and media have full freedom to cast it aside
Of course, when that happens, politicians and media have full freedom to cast it aside
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One other factor worth considering here is simply that climate and environment groups have themselves been at pains to actively try and bury, hide, and deprioritise climate from the way they walk about climate
Of course, when that happens, politicians and media have full freedom to cast it aside
Of course, when that happens, politicians and media have full freedom to cast it aside
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There's this form of behavioral engineering/coercion going on to use AI when you're not even trying to. Ex: Enterprise Google Slides replaced "Upload an Image", with "Generate an Image" (right?), requiring extra work +adaptation to sidestep the AI-as-default push. It drives me bonkers.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There's this form of behavioral engineering/coercion going on to use AI when you're not even trying to. Ex: Enterprise Google Slides replaced "Upload an Image", with "Generate an Image" (right?), requiring extra work +adaptation to sidestep the AI-as-default push. It drives me bonkers.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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America is entering its Australia era
The great @justinmikulka.bsky.social -->>>
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-t...
The great @justinmikulka.bsky.social -->>>
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-t...
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
America is entering its Australia era
The great @justinmikulka.bsky.social -->>>
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-t...
The great @justinmikulka.bsky.social -->>>
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/the-end-of-t...
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It's funny how hard we have to work to convince the world that uncontrolle data centre expansion is a climate risk when there's a fossil gas power station called the EXXONMOBIL POWER PLANT being built explicitly to power a data centre
Not enough people know about Homer City. The single largest fossil fuel plant that's being built *explicitly* to power a data centre.
This isn't a future projection, or some hollow marketing. This is physical stuff happening right now.
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This isn't a future projection, or some hollow marketing. This is physical stuff happening right now.
bsky.app/profile/keta...
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's funny how hard we have to work to convince the world that uncontrolle data centre expansion is a climate risk when there's a fossil gas power station called the EXXONMOBIL POWER PLANT being built explicitly to power a data centre
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This should be fun. Many other online events happening over 15-16th. You can sign up here:
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This should be fun. Many other online events happening over 15-16th. You can sign up here:
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
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Postscript: they wouldn’t let us run this poster, even after we cut all our photos of SUVs up and re-composited them into new frankencars.
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Postscript: they wouldn’t let us run this poster, even after we cut all our photos of SUVs up and re-composited them into new frankencars.
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
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also, the excellent folks @c40cities.bsky.social who have published guidance for Mayors on how to restrict carbon intensive advertising.
Sadiq is co-chair of C40 cities
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
Sadiq is co-chair of C40 cities
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
also, the excellent folks @c40cities.bsky.social who have published guidance for Mayors on how to restrict carbon intensive advertising.
Sadiq is co-chair of C40 cities
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
Sadiq is co-chair of C40 cities
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...