Stanislav Petrov
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world by refusing to launch a nuclear retaliation when the system wrongly told him his country was under attack.
Americans and Israelis could face that same choice tonight. May they have the courage and wisdom to do what Petrov did. History awaits them.
It's 2026 and the Daily Express has devoted two pages to platforming the claims of a coal lobbyist...
"Whatever much of the world thinks about fossil fuels, this London-based global lobbyist is committed to an energy source that is still widely available underground in Britain."
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The man of the very centre of platforming and spreading climate denial in the UK (and far beyond) has made a very rare appearance setting out of stance on climate change.
And it is WILD just how error-strewn his short letter in the Guardian is - as factchecked by Simon...
One of the many reasons I had to leave the BBC - shameful - a lascivious obsession with the far right and a refusal to believe just how many people believe in fairness , justice and diversity
How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size?
The bias is so obviously blatant.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Earth on track to become uninhabitable, scientists say.
Unless nations cooperate to quickly end the #fossilfuel era, rather than continuing to fight and attack eachother.
Because war = #ecocide
44 years ago today March 25, 1982 – CBS Evening News runs 3 minute story on the greenhouse effect. Can’t say we weren’t warned…
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rJ...
the workers - now old men - are pictured with an engine in a factory
March 1974: engineers at an East Kilbride factory spot a Chilean Air Force engine. "Let's black the fuckers" they say. They write "black" on 4 engines so no union member will touch them. The engines sit outside rusting for 4 years. Scottish workers crippled Pinochet's air force. ✊
Yes and it’s such an easy issue to fix
“The fundamental advance in the past five years in understanding of global climate change is realization that equilibrium climate sensitivity is substantially larger than the long-standing best estimate of 3°C for doubled CO2. … Multiple data sources now indicate that climate sensitivity is 4-5°C, which is consistent with aerosol-cloud modeling that reveals increasing aerosol cooling during the 1970-2005 period of rapid linear warming because of increased global spread of the aerosol sources. This explains why underlying climate sensitivity must be larger to account for the observed temperature rise. High climate sensitivity and reduction of East Asia and ship aerosol sources in the past 10-15 years combine to drive accelerated sea surface temperature warming. The first author appeals to his longtime friend Bill McKibben to help communicate the current knowledge because of the implications for the wellbeing of today’s young people and their children.”
“Help me @billmckibben.bsky.social, you are my only hope” - a desperate plea on behalf of young people everywhere by
@drjamesehansen.bsky.social 😱
This is utter garbage. I believe in net zero. We need to get there. But renewables are not competitive. That's why they are subsidised. Fossil fuel markets are highly competitive. It shouldn't be hard to hold these two thoughts at the same time.
You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵
An oil shock just forces a simple choice:
Subsidise fuel
or
Subsidise getting off fuel
Most governments pick the first
That’s a mistake!
A quick 🧵
I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.
I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This should be global headline news except for our bought and paid for, compromised media.
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AMOC
Climate
#collapse
Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials
Government facing prospect of most serious backbench revolt yet over proposals for England and Wales
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
Chart showing the exponential collapse of the lag, extrapolated to 2.0C. Reference points show 10, 20 and 30 year lag scenarios projecting 2033, 2043 and 2053 respectively.
1/🌡️ Global warming passed a milestone on 17th Nov 2023 that barely made the news
For the first time ever, the world's daily average temperature was 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels
Here's what the data says about when that becomes the annual norm, & whether it's coming sooner than anyone expects🧵
The image shows two figures, a and b. Figure a shows a map of Europe with thermal positions indicated by color-coded hexagons, ranging from -1.0 to 1.0. Arrows point to "Reduced negative impacts" and "Increased negative impacts." Figure b shows a scatter plot of effect size vs thermal position with a fish illustration on top. "Biomass change estimates" indicated by circle size.
A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that long-term ocean warming reduces global fish biomass by up to 19.8% annually. Warmer years and marine heatwaves were linked to sharp biomass losses of up to 43.4%. go.nature.com/40b6AIB 🧪 🌍
“The Met's own statement shows that they were aware that the meeting was for training in nonviolent direct action, so this raid and the indiscriminate arrest of everyone present is shocking overreach."
Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not the planet.
Read this thread.
I have only just recently started digging into data centres and water, and the way companies are hiding vital information is beyond belief. It is so, so dodgy.
The entire project to widely popularise the idea these concerns are "fake" makes so much sense in this context
We don’t really have rain in Canberra anymore we have “rain events” instead. Not liking this new planet as much as the old one 😞
⚠️ The insurance industry warns: 4 billion lives could be lost if we hit +3 °C in our lifetime – and up to 2 billion by 2035.
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Wtf @octopus.energy
I use you, and have recommended you, because of your climate credentials!
Now it seems like your CEO wants to approve climate disasters like #
Ffs 🤬
Here is research evidencing global fossil fuel benefits flow to tiny number of individuals(primarily US), costing rest of society billions and exacerbating inflation inequality. Governments are purposely hiding/ignoring this fact. Why?
@gregor semieniuk
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A Nature Communications study confirms it: 2014–17 bleaching hit 51% of the world’s reefs.
Worse than any event before it.
Ocean warming is accelerating. Irreversible reef collapse is now “near certain” on our current path.
This is extinction in real time.
A reminder that there are young people in the UK who have been held in prison for up to two years without conviction for allegedly dismantling weapons of genocide.
The government has been proven wrong on all accusations against them so far.
Meanwhile:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Yes Greg should resign and Octopus customers should leave if he doesn't.
But maybe we should resign too. The climate movement needs an urgent rethink if we are to avoid the very worst of climate collapse. Our children deserve better.
