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Chief Correspondent and Presenter, Channel 4 News.
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Incredible first hand testimony - in the additional evidence bundle - from a No10 official how there were no rules enforced but they were told to behave in front of the cameras
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📢 #Subsidies #ClimateCrisis
👉Repurposing inefficient and unsustainable [agricultural] subsid[ies] is the most cost-effective and economically attractive way to achieve #GlobalClimate and #nature goals👈
> #ICYMI
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Thus the IEA should be taken as a clear warning to investors that future fossil investments risk becoming stranded assets - like coal. Markets tend to move faster than govts .
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Highly significant given UK Govt wants to open up scores of new oiland gas drilling licences on N Sea which will take years to come on stream; we’ll have zero control on price of the energy and less than zero control over where it gets sold…
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Business Green - International Energy Agency says peak oil is in sight : “ adoption of greener fuels and technologies for transportation are eroding demand… the use of oil for transport fuels worldwide is set to move into decline within only 3 years, as the growing adoption of… Show more
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“We can only hope that future governments see this for what it is and repeal this insidious package of laws being inflicted on the country.”
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But Amnesty said : “ The Govt has been hellbent on passing a whole raft of anti-protest legislation…this latest addition just stands alongside an already absurdly long list of ways that the fundamental human right to peaceful protest is being muzzled…”
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Home Secretary insists the powers are needed to take more action against protests which they say are highly disruptive to the wider public…
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Amnesty International commented today: “The police have, in effect, been given licence to close down almost any protest they wish.”
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So , last night the Lords passed new public order laws for the police to stop protest. As we have seen, even before these new powers UK police in Scotland and England are now arresting people for peacefully holding placards - just as I have seen happen in Moscow…
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Only two onshore wind turbines have been installed in England since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, generating 1 megawatt (MW) of electricity in the Staffordshire village of Keele.
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Guardian: Ukraine has completed more onshore wind turbines than England since it was occupied by Russian soldiers – despite the UK government’s promise to relax restrictions on onshore windfarms…
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An eyewitness in Nottingham tells she saw a van mount the pavement and strike at least two people, as a major incident is declared.
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder, in what they believe are linked incidents.
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Just read DG's #ABuzzInTheMeadow (9 years late I know!) As a linguist by trade, not a biologist, I really appreciated the Disappearing Bees chapter, careful, scientific discussion of Colony Collapse Disorder & the explanation of the neonicotinoids problem. Thx!
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Man City welcomed home by fans after winning the treble. A truly inspirational story, proving anything is possible with endless self-belief, months of hard work and billions and billions of pounds worth of oil money.
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Words are easy - deeds a bit trickier - here’s the rub: email.businessgreen.com/c/11lBRYCkf84D
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The uncomfortable reality of life on Earth after we breach 1.5°C
"Passing 1.5°C of #GlobalWarming isn't just a political disaster, it will have dire consequences for us all, as those living on the front line already know"
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
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Wow - has Ecuador just changed the rules of the game. This looks an amazing leap forward ….
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Few deny true MCFC fans being happy their team is good. But any with any sense - esp the journalists who support them - should also be capable of criticising their owners’ sport washing / human rights abuse. does that with NUFC. I g’tee I would too if it happens to LFC.
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Wowza - expect B Johnson to be a fixture on Labour’s Christmas Card List : he just killed Labour’s £28bn green policy u-turn stone dead as a story.
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Excellent to see the inestimable Frank Gardner highlighting on the fact that the grouse and pheasant shooting industry either cannot or will not police itself when it comes to killing our birds of prey. Bravo!
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Illegal killing causes three quarters of deaths of adult protected hen harriers, report finds channel4.com/news/illegal-k via
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Fascinating piece on how fossil fuel and rightwing media come together over netzero lies and misinformation from Carbon Brief
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An incredible and unique experience today when a Humpback Whale came to check out the Island Lass. Excuse the crew excitement!
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Officials suspect this was a lone disturbed individual not organised terror. The man was granted asylum in Sweden 10y ago and is in his 30s with a 3 yo child and was arrested at the lakeside playground where the attacks took place
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tonight - Annecy, E France 4 children under 5 seriously injured plus 1 adult after a Syrian refugee attacks in a children’s playground with a knife…
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Oh yeah, baby!
Sussex plans to restore kelp forests to fight climate change channel4.com/news/sussex-pl via
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And this time actually showing a beaver instead of an otter or aardvark or blue whale …
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Is the reintroduction of beavers in parts of England a help or hindrance? Ecologists say the animals are a boost to wildlife and reduce the risk of flooding. Many farmers are less keen on the rodents.
@alextomo has been to Cropton Forest to investigate
channel4.com/news/beaver-aw
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Is the reintroduction of beavers in parts of England a help or hindrance? Ecologists say the animals are a boost to wildlife and reduce the risk of flooding. Many farmers are less keen on the rodents.
has been to Cropton Forest to investigate
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I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW. I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED OUR ONLINE PEOPE TO TAKE DOWN THE BLOODY OTTER PICTURE !!!
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I have told them to take down the picture of the otter and replace with a beaver !!!!!!!
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Otters among a host of animals benefitting from NorthYorks enclosured beaver programme - but if beavers are released across England farmers have concerns about how they’ll be managed. Everyone wants the Govt to govern with a policy - none exists atm tonight.
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Horticultural engineering by N Yorkshire beavers. They collected irises and planted them in the dam. Scientists believe the plants’ sturdy roots strengthen the structure
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Horticultural engineering by N Yorkshire beavers. They collected irises and planted them in the dam. Scientists believe the plants’ sturdy roots strengthen the structure
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📢 After receiving its £430m green transition loan designed to help move away from #FossilFuels via when she was international trade secretary, the firm grew its upstream #oilandgas business by 17%👈
> #ICYMI
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Three #Shell ads banned for creating impression "significant proportion" of it business comprised "lower carbon energy products".
Shell calls this "short-sighted" (more on that later)
So how much does Shell spend on fossil fuels v clean power?
news.sky.com/story/misleadi
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Is this the beginning of the end for fossil fuel greenwash ads:
email.businessgreen.com/c/11lt9eObZSDB
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Positive move : Ofgen now legally required to pursue netzero which can only help upgrading the grid to handle cheap renewable power. Now needs matching by solar roofing all large outdoor carparks and warehousing.
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