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Congratulations to the @theoffsetmag.bsky.social team on the publication of their magazine - packed with features on climate change.
It's been a pleasure working with you, I look forward to seeing your stories and bylines in the future!
Also thanks to @misszing.bsky.social & @cdtilbury.bsky.social
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June 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Check out the latest episode of the Offset podcast, where Dan Hall speaks about his work at Football for Future - an organisation making the football industry think climate first.

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Episode 4 - Dan Hall and Green Football
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June 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Last year, half of the UK's butterfly species were in long term decline for the first time in history.

Read about how urban communities are trying to repopulate butterfly species below.

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Where are the butterflies?  - The Offset
Under threat from extreme weather, community gardens may offer the pollinators a new refuge
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June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Plans for a new 1000 acre solar farm has drawn opposition from residents of Romney Marsh, Kent.

The site would be built on marshland currently used for farming, tourism and to sustain local wildlife.

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Residents resist plans to build solar farm on greenfield land in Kent - The Offset
Renewable energy company SSE Renewables is facing local opposition to the announcement of a new 1000 acre solar farm on a national nature reserve in Kent.  The Shepway Energy Park is expected to compr...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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A new fund for financing flood defences and home insulation plans to impose new levies on oils and gas firms polluting industries.

This comes as weather related home insurance claims were the highest on record the first quarter of this year.

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Home insurers react to parliamentary bill for major polluters to pay into climate resilience funds - The Offset
As weather-related home insurance claims reach the highest quarterly figure on record, insurers hope a new climate financing bill could ease the increase in claims by providing much-needed flood defen...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Check out the second episode of The Offset podcast to hear about 19 year old Keanu Arpels-Josiah's efforts to reduce carbon emissions in New York City.

Listen on Spotify now!

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🎙️Produced by @staskaleta.bsky.social and Hope Federico

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Episode 2 - Keanu Arpels-Josiah and New Climate Activism
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June 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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AI could help produce more climate-resilient tea crops, new research shows.

A new AI model analyses factors like soil quality, and weather conditions which can affect tea harvests.

Read the full story below.

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Researchers develop AI model to boost tea harvests threatened by climate change - The Offset
Researchers in Ireland have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to optimise crop yields for the tea in your breakfast mug.  Their research — published last month — was built on da...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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According to analysis by Foresight Traditions, nearly 20% of the coffee imported to the EU comes from countries which are most at risk of climate disaster.

Over time, this could increase the scarcity of coffee beans.

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Climate crisis threatens over half of Europe’s coffee imports, new study finds - The Offset
Your daily cup of coffee could soon become a luxury treat, predict industry insiders, as a recent report shows that more than half of coffee imports into the EU come from countries that are both vulne...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Are you in favour of naming heatwaves like we do storms?

This is something that may be considered as part of a national heat policy to address heat stress in the UK.

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Government and bosses urged to protect UK workers from extreme heat  - The Offset
The UK could lose over 100 million working hours this summer unless the government, trade unions and employers introduce better extreme heat policies, a new study warns.   A survey conducted last summ...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The UK’s new food strategy is expected to be rolled out this month.

Campaigners are hoping it includes commitments to cutting carbon emissions from supermarkets.

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Clock ticking on UK food strategy as supermarkets miss climate targets - The Offset
Campaigners have urged the government to set supermarkets legally binding climate targets as part of the UK’s new food strategy, which is expected to be rolled out this month. A report released last m...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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A new study shows that the Amazon rainforest may be able to survive hotter and dryer weather.

However, this is only possible by using water from larger trees dying.

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Amazon rainforest could sacrifice its larger trees to survive long-term drought, study finds - The Offset
Rainforests may be able to adapt to warmer and drier conditions resulting from climate change by losing their biggest trees, according to the findings of a 22-year-long study in the north-eastern regi...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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AI experts gathered in London recently, calling for greater transparency from industry leading companies, such as OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta.

Read the full story below.

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AI giants should come clean on climate impact, experts say - The Offset
Industry leaders like OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta should be more transparent about the environmental impacts of AI, said experts at King’s College London’s (KCL) Festival of Artificial Intelligence.   W...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Friends of the Earth Netherlands announces it will file second lawsuit against Shell.

The notice argues Shell fails to comply with a 2021 court order to cut emissions.

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Dutch climate group files second lawsuit against Shell in attempt to thwart new oil investments - The Offset
Dutch climate group Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) has formally notified Shell that it will file a second lawsuit against the oil giant, which it accuses of breaching its legal duty...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A study by Natural England reveals that over 80% of England’s peatlands are degraded.

Read the full story on our website.

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New map showing degradation of England’s peatlands is important tool for their restoration - The Offset
Environmentalists around the world are highlighting the role that peatlands play in regulating the earth’s climate on World Peatlands Day today, while recently released mapping data shows that 80 per ...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Extreme weather events have become the primary driver of food insecurity.

This comes as the number of people facing acute hunger reaches its highest this decade.

Full story below.

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Climate shocks: Global food crises reach alarming levels, new report warns - The Offset
The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released earlier this month, found that 295 million people are facing acute hunger, almost three times the number in 2016.  In 18 of the countries surveyed, prima...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The World Health Assembly has called the climate crisis a "global health crisis."

Read the full story to hear about how fossil fuels were omitted from the conversation.

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World Health Assembly's new climate change action plan omits fossil fuels - The Offset
The World Health Assembly (WHA) has agreed on a global action plan on climate and health in a 109-0 vote on Tuesday in Geneva, following almost a year of preparatory work and two days of negotiations....
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May 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Climate activism groups announce plans for a ‘House of the People’ to rival Parliament.

Read the full story below.

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Climate activism groups announce plans for a ‘House of the People’ to rival Parliament - The Offset
Environmental and pro-Palestine group Youth Demand have announced plans to collaborate with other groups to create a citizen’s assembly. The assembly, named the “House of the People” is a joint ventur...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Over 500 people gathered on Dartmoor to celebrate the Supreme Court decision to restore wild camping.

#climatecrisis #wildcamping #breakingnews #climatenews #righttoroam

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Dartmoor campaigners call for national Right to Roam Act - The Offset
More than 500 people gathered on Dartmoor on Monday to call for expanded Right to Roam laws across England following last week’s Supreme Court decision that restored wild camping on the moor without l...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM