Will Yeates
@wyeates.bsky.social
Climate and enviroskeeting.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: Will@WYeates.com
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Strat climate comms & media freelancing: Will@WYeates.com
(📍 London, Europe)
Permanently deleted my twitter account. So should you.
Abolish the monarchy
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ — The Telegraph
Prince Andrew gives King ‘ultimatum’ to grant him and his ex-wife separate royal residences
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November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Abolish the monarchy
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
Buckingham Palace ‘in talks to find Sarah Ferguson a new home’ - The Telegraph
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses - The Guardian
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses — The Guardian
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses - The Guardian
How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children?
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children?
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight - The Guardian
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight — The Guardian
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
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November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight - The Guardian
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
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November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
Why London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour — The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s water engineers don’t usually wish for downpours. Much of the capital’s sewer system dates to the Victorian era, combining rainwater with everything we flush down our toilets, which is why…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour - The Times and The Sunday Times
The torture video shaking Israel to its core - The Telegraph
The torture video shaking Israel to its core — The Telegraph
IDF’s chief legal officer arrested amid furore over leaked footage of soldiers ‘abusing Palestinian captives’
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November 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The torture video shaking Israel to its core - The Telegraph
The average US worker would take 17.24 million years to earn $1 trillion.
Quiz: How big is one trillion?
Can you fathom the scale of Elon Musk's pay rise?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The average US worker would take 17.24 million years to earn $1 trillion.
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests | Cop30 | The Guardian
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
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November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests | Cop30 | The Guardian
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It’s bad but its a feature of EU deciding climate ambition by consensus, backtracking is certainly happening and it has something to do with Trump but this is just old fashioned unanimity holding EU back
Now official - the EU has weakened its planned 2040 emissions reduction target at the insistence of national governments.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
EU countries agree weakened 2040 climate goal and target for COP30
The deal avoids the EU going empty handed to the COP30 climate summit starting on Nov. 10.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It’s bad but its a feature of EU deciding climate ambition by consensus, backtracking is certainly happening and it has something to do with Trump but this is just old fashioned unanimity holding EU back
'If he has nothing to hide, why is he hiding?': Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein intensify - as top ex-prosecutor calls for fresh POLICE probe into ex-prince | Daily Mail Online
Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein
At least four members of the House Oversight Committee have called for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about the actions of the convicted paedophile.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
'If he has nothing to hide, why is he hiding?': Demands for Andrew to reveal everything he knows about Jeffrey Epstein intensify - as top ex-prosecutor calls for fresh POLICE probe into ex-prince | Daily Mail Online
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
This week, more than two thousand unarmed civilians were slaughtered in the country in just a matter of 48 hours as its bloody conflict rages on.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Horrifying accounts of how Sudan has descended into Hell
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
The former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner
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November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
Andrew remains eighth in line to the throne and it would take an act of Parliament to formally remove him.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
No plans to remove Andrew from line of succession after losing royal titles, government says
The economic losses in Jamaica will hinge on the severity of flooding. But current estimates fall around $7.7 billion, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research. That’s about 35% of the island’s gross domestic product. buff.ly/0Zsxlvw
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October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The economic losses in Jamaica will hinge on the severity of flooding. But current estimates fall around $7.7 billion, said Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research. That’s about 35% of the island’s gross domestic product. buff.ly/0Zsxlvw
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Climate crisis drives near-total collapse of staghorn and elkhorn corals that formed backbone to state’s reefs
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October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Here was me reading this and thinking it was Bill Gates' ex-wife responding to his 'don't worry about emissions' missive.
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Here was me reading this and thinking it was Bill Gates' ex-wife responding to his 'don't worry about emissions' missive.
Top analysis from the beeb
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Top analysis from the beeb
Why Britain should abolish the monarchy - The Saturday Read
Why Britain should abolish the monarchy
Good morning.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Why Britain should abolish the monarchy - The Saturday Read
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Climate crisis drives near-total collapse of staghorn and elkhorn corals that formed backbone to state’s reefs
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October 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Minister defends plan to house asylum seekers in military sites even if it costs more 🤷🏻
Minister defends plan to house asylum seekers in military sites even if it costs more – UK politics live
Luke Pollard suggested using barracks would be worth it given public opposition to housing asylum seekers in hotels
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October 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Minister defends plan to house asylum seekers in military sites even if it costs more 🤷🏻
Bicycle lights too please.
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Bicycle lights too please.
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News
King heckled by protester shouting 'how long've you known about Andrew and Epstein’
King heckled by protester shouting 'how long've you known'
The anti-monarchy protester - from the campaign group Republic - shouted questions about the Prince and convicted sex trafficker Epstein as the King visited Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
King heckled by protester shouting 'how long've you known about Andrew and Epstein’
