Victoria Seabrook
@seabrookclimate.bsky.social
Climate reporter @ Sky News, covering energy, climate change and the environment. Panel moderator and speaker.
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COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China
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COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China
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COP30: Climate summit kicks off with plea to work together - despite Trump-shaped hole
Outwardly, countries were unphased that the US president is skipping the talks on climate change - despite being the largest historical emitter.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China
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COP30 Climate summit starts with Trump-shaped hole and praise for China
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A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
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A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
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Britons still buying EVs, heat pumps and solar panels despite attacks on green agenda
Fresh polling by YouGov, carried out exclusively for Sky News, finds that belief in and concern about man-made global warming remains as high as in their heyday in 2021, when the UK hosted the COP26 c...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
news.sky.com/story/brits-...
A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
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Here we go again… the annual UN COP climate summit, on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon this year.
It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change.
The reflection won’t be very pretty
#cop30
It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change.
The reflection won’t be very pretty
#cop30
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here we go again… the annual UN COP climate summit, on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon this year.
It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change.
The reflection won’t be very pretty
#cop30
It will hold a mirror up to how we’re doing on curbing by climate change.
The reflection won’t be very pretty
#cop30
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"Spain is favoured by BYD because of its relatively low manufacturing costs and clean energy network." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: Spain the frontrunner for Chinese carmaker BYD's third European plant, sources say
China's No. 1 automaker BYD considers Spain to be its top candidate for a third car factory to serve the European market, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters, as the company seeks to grow sales on the continent.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Spain is favoured by BYD because of its relatively low manufacturing costs and clean energy network." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme.
It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.
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It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
UK energy efficiency sector in crisis: New NAO report finds a staggering 98% failure rate for external wall insulation installed since 2022 under ECO scheme.
It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.
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It's a tragedy for the households suffering from poor installs and a massive setback for public confidence in the insulation industry.
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Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme
More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned.
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More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thousands of homes now need repairs after insulation fitted under government scheme
More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned.
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More than 30,000 homes face damp or mould due to ill-fitted insulation, with a handful facing immediate risks like fires, a government watchdog warned.
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Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
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New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
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Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests
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October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
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New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis
Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe
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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis
Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe
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Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say
Solar and wind are now growing fast enough to not only meet the world's growing appetite for electricity, but to outstrip it.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis
Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe
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For the first time in history, renewable energy has produced more of the world's electricity than coal, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis
Renewables outstripped coal in China & India in H1 2025, but reverse was true in US & Europe
✍️ @t0mclark3.bsky.social
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NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
Business and energy groups alarmed by Kemi Badenoch plan to scrap the Climate Change Act
It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments
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It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments
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Business and green groups alarmed by Tory plan to scrap climate pollution rules
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch vowed to scrap the Climate Change Act to boost cheap energy and economic growth. While certain impacts of the act have worried all political parties, many warned scra...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Business and energy groups alarmed by Kemi Badenoch plan to scrap the Climate Change Act
It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments
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It's the UK's landmark climate law that caps pollution, but which she blames for pushing up energy bills and delaying developments
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Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
Ed Miliband has vowed to "ban fracking" for good, as he drew yet another dividing line with Reform during his speech at the Labour Party conference.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Labour pledges permanent ban on fracking
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China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed.
But it may well be better than it seems...
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China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed.
But it may well be better than it seems...
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China does targets differently to the West - and it may be just what the world needs
China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, but is also a clean energy superpower. The regime there will be key to any global effort to tackle climate change.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed.
But it may well be better than it seems...
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China has made a landmark climate pledge... that is 'critically short' of what some analysts say is needed.
But it may well be better than it seems...
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Super typhoon in China forces nearly 2m people to evacuate their homes, with flights cancelled and schools and businesses shuttered
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China and Hong Kong brace for super typhoon after 15 killed in Taiwan - with 17 missing
Super Typhoon Ragasa is set to hit China's Guangdong province, where nearly 1.9 million people were relocated, while Hong Kong's storm level is at its highest level of 10.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Super typhoon in China forces nearly 2m people to evacuate their homes, with flights cancelled and schools and businesses shuttered
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Proposals to flush your loo with rainwater to battle England's drought - and unblock new homes
Proposals to flush your loo with rainwater to battle England's drought - and unblock new homes
New homes in England could be fitted with mandatory water-saving showers and toilets under government proposals to save water.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Proposals to flush your loo with rainwater to battle England's drought - and unblock new homes
Bill payers to back 'super-battery' projects
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is hoped to address the problem of intermittent supply from wind & solar, which often produce excess power that can't be used at the time nor stored for later
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Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is hoped to address the problem of intermittent supply from wind & solar, which often produce excess power that can't be used at the time nor stored for later
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Energy bill payers to back 'super-battery' projects
Regulator Ofgem has announced a shortlist of schemes intended to store renewable power - and stop wind farms being paid to switch off.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Bill payers to back 'super-battery' projects
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is hoped to address the problem of intermittent supply from wind & solar, which often produce excess power that can't be used at the time nor stored for later
✍️@pkelso.bsky.social
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Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is hoped to address the problem of intermittent supply from wind & solar, which often produce excess power that can't be used at the time nor stored for later
✍️@pkelso.bsky.social
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37% of FTSE100 chief execs went to private school
62% senior judges,
52% House of Lords (95% hereditary peers, half of whom went to Eton)
50% newspaper columnists
45% podcasters
47% political commentators
About 6% of UK is privately educated
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
62% senior judges,
52% House of Lords (95% hereditary peers, half of whom went to Eton)
50% newspaper columnists
45% podcasters
47% political commentators
About 6% of UK is privately educated
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Privately educated Britons much more likely to hold top jobs
The most influential people in the UK are five times more likely to have gone to private school, according to a report by the Sutton Trust
www.thetimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
37% of FTSE100 chief execs went to private school
62% senior judges,
52% House of Lords (95% hereditary peers, half of whom went to Eton)
50% newspaper columnists
45% podcasters
47% political commentators
About 6% of UK is privately educated
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
62% senior judges,
52% House of Lords (95% hereditary peers, half of whom went to Eton)
50% newspaper columnists
45% podcasters
47% political commentators
About 6% of UK is privately educated
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
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Now that GB Energy is set up in law, has a permanent CEO and Board and has started funding it's first projects, the government have today set out it's priorities for the years ahead.
Aiming for it to be financially self-sufficient from 2030 (with any profits reinvested), 3 key areas to...
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Aiming for it to be financially self-sufficient from 2030 (with any profits reinvested), 3 key areas to...
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Clean energy and jobs from publicly-owned Great British Energy
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has set out his vision for Great British Energy, the UK’s publicly-owned clean power company.
www.gov.uk
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Now that GB Energy is set up in law, has a permanent CEO and Board and has started funding it's first projects, the government have today set out it's priorities for the years ahead.
Aiming for it to be financially self-sufficient from 2030 (with any profits reinvested), 3 key areas to...
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Aiming for it to be financially self-sufficient from 2030 (with any profits reinvested), 3 key areas to...
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NEW stats on drought in England from EA:
- More areas likely to declare drought in next few weeks
- Reservoirs fell further last week. Now 56.1% full on average v 82.8% average for time of year
- Lowest are Pennines group @29%, Yorkshire stocks 30.3%
- Some Atlantic salmon streams have dried up
- More areas likely to declare drought in next few weeks
- Reservoirs fell further last week. Now 56.1% full on average v 82.8% average for time of year
- Lowest are Pennines group @29%, Yorkshire stocks 30.3%
- Some Atlantic salmon streams have dried up
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW stats on drought in England from EA:
- More areas likely to declare drought in next few weeks
- Reservoirs fell further last week. Now 56.1% full on average v 82.8% average for time of year
- Lowest are Pennines group @29%, Yorkshire stocks 30.3%
- Some Atlantic salmon streams have dried up
- More areas likely to declare drought in next few weeks
- Reservoirs fell further last week. Now 56.1% full on average v 82.8% average for time of year
- Lowest are Pennines group @29%, Yorkshire stocks 30.3%
- Some Atlantic salmon streams have dried up
US & UK firms announce new nuclear energy deals ahead of Trump visit
He's expected to sign an agreement with UK to speed up building process and generate thousands of jobs
Industry says notoriously slow and ££ nuclear is now finally getting quicker and cheaper
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He's expected to sign an agreement with UK to speed up building process and generate thousands of jobs
Industry says notoriously slow and ££ nuclear is now finally getting quicker and cheaper
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UK and US firms announce deals in new 'golden age' of nuclear power ahead of Trump visit
UK and US firms announce five new commercial deals, including for a new nuclear power plant in Hartlepool, before President Trump arrives in the UK on Tuesday. They will be underpinned by a refreshed ...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
US & UK firms announce new nuclear energy deals ahead of Trump visit
He's expected to sign an agreement with UK to speed up building process and generate thousands of jobs
Industry says notoriously slow and ££ nuclear is now finally getting quicker and cheaper
news.sky.com/story/uk-and...
He's expected to sign an agreement with UK to speed up building process and generate thousands of jobs
Industry says notoriously slow and ££ nuclear is now finally getting quicker and cheaper
news.sky.com/story/uk-and...
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This is pretty funny from Miliband. "I'll give you the energy and climate brief when you pry it from my cold, dead hands".
September 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is pretty funny from Miliband. "I'll give you the energy and climate brief when you pry it from my cold, dead hands".
First came global warming, now there's talk of 'global weirding' because of just how strange our weather is becoming.
Good chance of wetter and windier autumn in UK, but it may not clear the drought; in fact we could see drought and flooding in same place. Weird.
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Good chance of wetter and windier autumn in UK, but it may not clear the drought; in fact we could see drought and flooding in same place. Weird.
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UK weather: Rain likely above average this autumn – but why it might not clear the drought
The Met Office detects chances of above-average rain and wind for autumn - but some areas would be worse affected, and drought may persist.
news.sky.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
First came global warming, now there's talk of 'global weirding' because of just how strange our weather is becoming.
Good chance of wetter and windier autumn in UK, but it may not clear the drought; in fact we could see drought and flooding in same place. Weird.
news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...
Good chance of wetter and windier autumn in UK, but it may not clear the drought; in fact we could see drought and flooding in same place. Weird.
news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...
If Badenoch is ousted and Jenrick succeeds her, Tories will move closer to Reform.
But if Cleverly became Tory leader, it's likely he will reinstate net zero policies, creating more distance with Reform
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But if Cleverly became Tory leader, it's likely he will reinstate net zero policies, creating more distance with Reform
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Tory Net Zero push undermines Kemi Badenoch
Earlier this week, the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch pledged to make drilling for North Sea gas and oil a “cornerstone of Britain’s future”, claiming this was being “strangled” by Energy Secretary Ed Mili...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If Badenoch is ousted and Jenrick succeeds her, Tories will move closer to Reform.
But if Cleverly became Tory leader, it's likely he will reinstate net zero policies, creating more distance with Reform
unherd.com/newsroom/tor...
But if Cleverly became Tory leader, it's likely he will reinstate net zero policies, creating more distance with Reform
unherd.com/newsroom/tor...
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"Ms Badenoch is right that the North Sea will be the cornerstone of UK's energy future, but what happens above the surface will be more consequential than what lies beneath
"Wind power is already the engine room of the grid, providing 30% of UK's electricity last year"
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"Wind power is already the engine room of the grid, providing 30% of UK's electricity last year"
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Drill, maybe, drill: Why North Sea oil and gas will not meet UK energy needs
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch wants to maximise North Sea extraction but reserves are in decline and will not cut the cost of the energy transition.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Ms Badenoch is right that the North Sea will be the cornerstone of UK's energy future, but what happens above the surface will be more consequential than what lies beneath
"Wind power is already the engine room of the grid, providing 30% of UK's electricity last year"
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"Wind power is already the engine room of the grid, providing 30% of UK's electricity last year"
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate talks, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash
Wording is v. diplomatic, but reading between the lines...
There's clearly a worry about biz ditching climate initiatives, banking alliances and COP itself
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate talks, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash
Wording is v. diplomatic, but reading between the lines...
There's clearly a worry about biz ditching climate initiatives, banking alliances and COP itself
news.sky.com/story/brazil...
Brazil implores businesses to attend major climate summit, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash
November's COP30 summit comes at a precarious time for climate action, as companies back away from environmental initiatives, and attacks on green energy by President Trump.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate talks, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash
Wording is v. diplomatic, but reading between the lines...
There's clearly a worry about biz ditching climate initiatives, banking alliances and COP itself
news.sky.com/story/brazil...
Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate talks, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash
Wording is v. diplomatic, but reading between the lines...
There's clearly a worry about biz ditching climate initiatives, banking alliances and COP itself
news.sky.com/story/brazil...
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Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid anger at 'carspreading'
"only fair that those vehicles that do more damage pay a fair share of the cost that society has to pick up" @cleancitiescampaign.org
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Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid anger at 'carspreading'
"only fair that those vehicles that do more damage pay a fair share of the cost that society has to pick up" @cleancitiescampaign.org
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Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid 'carspreading'
Campaigners want higher parking charges for SUVs, which they say are driving up emissions, congestion and road danger. But not everyone is on board.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid anger at 'carspreading'
"only fair that those vehicles that do more damage pay a fair share of the cost that society has to pick up" @cleancitiescampaign.org
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Calls to charge SUV drivers more for parking amid anger at 'carspreading'
"only fair that those vehicles that do more damage pay a fair share of the cost that society has to pick up" @cleancitiescampaign.org
news.sky.com/story/calls-...