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@BenGoldsmith @ZacGoldsmith Sustaining Nature is not a core principle of any modern political philosophy. Across the spectrum, it is extractavism for economic growth that is the main idea. Building a system that is circular, sustainable, renewable & regenerative perhaps requires a new political philosophy.

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Every. Word. Of. This.

Climate mitigation costs money. But it ends up avoiding way more costs in the future.

Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.

"Climate benefits of tree planting could be reduced by soil carbon loss" Your regular reminder that we should be planting (or better still regenerating) lots of trees, but for what @KevinClimate calls 'good tree reasons' - not as a climate 'silver bullet' stir.ac.uk/news/2026/febr…

Disqualified by IOC. Overqualified by dignity.

“Instead of ‘empathy & trust’ we have chosen delusion, misinformation & lies. The laws of physics, however, remain unmoved by rhetoric or omission. Whether this failure is a temporary lapse or a terminal condition remains unresolved.” - @KevinClimate allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/11/a-s…

He's probably going to invade Iceland and Greenland now, just to not have to admit he misspoke. That's where we're at.

Only 4 days old but already an evergreen tweet.

The best take on today's attack on Venezuela is likely the most cynical: that it is staged and transactional. Trump wouldn't attack Russia's ally without permission - but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. @davetroy as usual called it. 2/

⚠ Today, a new EU regulation on microplastic pollution enters into force! The new EU rules are to prevent microplastic pollution from plastic pellets - to reduce microplastic emissions at their source. More: link.europa.eu/4Xqhyw #BeatPlasticPollution

US Official Returns From Brussels Shaken After Realizing Europe Has Its Own Interests, Not a Suburb of Washington WASHINGTON — In a stunning revelation that rocked absolutely no one outside his own office, a senior US official returned from a NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels deeply distressed to discover that European countries sometimes act like… independent countries. Sources say the official spent several days in Brussels “trying to understand why Europeans keep switching hats,” apparently unaware that sovereign states can belong to more than one international institution without swearing a blood oath to serve US domestic politics. According to the official’s emotional trip report, Europeans had the audacity to support climate policy, regulate social media platforms, and make decisions not pre-approved by America’s angst-industrial complex. “It’s hypocrisy,” the official lamented, pointing out that the same countries who value NATO cooperation also—brace yourself—value EU cooperation. “How dare they not treat US interests as the gravitational center of the universe?” He then accused the EU of being “unelected and undemocratic,” bravely ignoring the fact that EU commissioners are appointed by democratically elected governments, while the US was recently led by a man who tried to overturn an election with a cosplay riot. The author further warned that Europe is on the verge of “civilizational suicide,” a diagnosis he reached after spending 48 hours in Brussels and discovering Europeans think universal healthcare is normal, mass surveillance is not, and that maybe Cuba isn’t an existential threat to the West in 2025. When asked whether Europe might simply be tired of being lectured by a country currently debating whether book bans, forced pregnancy laws, and TikTok hearings constitute “freedom,” the official declined to comment, citing national security. Back in Washington, analysts confirmed that his report adds nothing new to the geopolitical landscape except a powerful reminder: Some Americans still believe “partnership” means Europe salutes, smiles, and signs whatever paperwork Washington hands over.

Farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis, with extreme weather leading to record losses in 2025. The govt must take urgent steps to invest in tackling climate breakdown now, including targeted support for farmers to move to more climate-resilient methods.

In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

🚨🌍 New Report Alert #EuropesEnvironment2025: Thematic Briefings are out! Dive into 35 in-depth topics + assessments on how Europe is doing – where we are, where we’re headed, and whether we’ll meet the EU’s 2030 & 2050 environmental goals [...]

🌍🚨 Europe’s environment 2025 is out now, and the conclusions are sobering: ⚠️ Europe’s environment is in poor shape. Nature continues to degrade, biodiversity is declining, and Europe is warming faster than any other region. eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne… #EuropesEnvironment2025

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Net-zero by 2050 is not going to happen. Net-zero by the collapse of global industrial civilization will.