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Director/editor of . Served 16 years at the Guardian. Author of A Life Stripped Bare, The Final Call, Will Jellyfish Rule the World?...

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    18 Feb 2020

    Thousands of people receive Carbon Brief's *essential* free daily email rounding up the latest climate/energy media coverage. Join them. Now. For free. Did I mention it's free? (Fan-mail: "I wish I’d known about Carbon Brief’s Daily Briefing when I was still a minister.")

    Sign up to our free Daily Briefing for an email digest of the past 24hrs of media coverage related to climate change and energy, as well as our pick of the key studies published in peer-reviewed journals.
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  2. 20 hours ago

    ...The Times has also published this accompanying editorial: "The task of promoting renewables, energy efficiency, nuclear power and sustainable biofuels will be made easier if households get immediate relief now."

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  3. 20 hours ago

    The Times is reporting new analysis by showing carbon intensity of UK grid in 2021 will be close to 2019 levels. Gas and coal burning both up in 2021. Nuclear at lowest level since 1982 and wind down 15% yoy By feat

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    Dec 24

    Congrats on this important piece. Sums up a(nother) phenomenal year of commitment, output & impact by & whole team. Climate crisis needs exceptional journalism & analysis more than ever.

    Unearthed picks ’s “key moments” China analysis in their list of “best environmental journalism of 2021". 👏👏👏 It adds that “'s internationalisation in recent years has been a boon for climate journalists”.
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    Dec 24

    Unearthed picks ’s “key moments” China analysis in their list of “best environmental journalism of 2021". 👏👏👏 It adds that “'s internationalisation in recent years has been a boon for climate journalists”.

    Nine key moments that changed China’s mind about climate change By
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  6. Dec 24

    Climate change: Small army of volunteers keeping deniers off Wikipedia by feat

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    Dec 22

    And that's a wrap, folks! 2021 was rough - no doubt. But I have loved working with my awesome colleagues over the past year, and am really proud of our work. Roll on 2022 - I can't wait to share what we have planned 🎉🎉🎉

    As 2021 draws to a close, here is a taster of our work over the past year 🗓️ Highlights include: 📨 Launching two new newsletters ✊ A feature week on "climate justice" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 COP26 in Glasgow 📝 The latest IPCC report THREAD
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    Dec 22

    If you told me at the start or middle of this plague year that I'd be working with brilliant colleagues whose work I stan, I wouldn't believe you. Proud to be part of this amazing team's year-end wrap.

    As 2021 draws to a close, here is a taster of our work over the past year 🗓️ Highlights include: 📨 Launching two new newsletters ✊ A feature week on "climate justice" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 COP26 in Glasgow 📝 The latest IPCC report THREAD
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    Dec 22

    A lot has happened in climate and energy this year! Here are a few highlights of what my brilliant colleagues have produced in 2021:

    As 2021 draws to a close, here is a taster of our work over the past year 🗓️ Highlights include: 📨 Launching two new newsletters ✊ A feature week on "climate justice" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 COP26 in Glasgow 📝 The latest IPCC report THREAD
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    Dec 22

    As 2021 draws to a close, here is a taster of our work over the past year 🗓️ Highlights include: 📨 Launching two new newsletters ✊ A feature week on "climate justice" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 COP26 in Glasgow 📝 The latest IPCC report THREAD

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    Dec 22

    Interesting to see The Treasury hiring a whole new climate policy team

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    Dec 20

    New Japanese translation of 's in-depth Q&A summary of the AR6 WG1 report:

    新着 – 深掘りQ&A: 気候科学に関するIPCCの第6次評価報告書 | 国立環境研究所 訳
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  13. Dec 20

    The UK govt currently has an open tender worth £415k for a "supplier to design and deliver a UK wide gaming programme that engages underrepresented audiences with climate change and climate related research through the medium of videogames” ?!?

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  14. Dec 20

    The Daily Mail, now back under the editorial hand of Paul Dacre, has returned to its regular attacks on climate policies. But note how these editorials from today and Saturday don’t actually lay out what a “sensible” way to address climate change would be. Funny that

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  15. Dec 19

    CEO of France’s Total has justified investing hundreds of millions of $$$ in Brazil’s offshore pre-salt oil fields by saying: "These are unique opportunities to access giant low-cost and low emissions oil reserves” Yep… "low emissions oil reserves"

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  16. Dec 19

    We should never forget this was the very same person that the current prime minister used to cite in his Telegraph columns as an expert on climate change...

    Piers Corbyn arrested on suspicion of calling for MPs’ offices to be burned down
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    Dec 16

    Hundreds of people die every year trying to cross the Mexico-US border on foot New research shows that hotter, drier conditions will make the already-perilous crossing even more deadly. This was a harrowing piece to write – but a crucial topic 1/n

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    Dec 16

    Congratulations to “Weather Detective” on being named one of 's "Ten people who helped shape science in 2021" Dr Otto has written and contributed to many important Carbon Brief pieces over the years – here are just a couple of them.

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    Nature's 10: An Omicron investigator, a Mars explorer and an AI ethics pioneer are some of the people who helped to shape science in 2021
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    Dec 16

    NEW Global coal use will reach a record high in 2022, says Coal 2021 But there's really two stories here: 🇨🇳🇮🇳growth 🇺🇸🇪🇺decline Either way, would be bad for climate THREAD on what's going on & how forecasts have changed 1/

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  20. Dec 16

    Attack the scientist. Sounds familiar...

    MAIL: Tories turn on Whitty
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    Dec 16

    NEW - Global warming will make undocumented migration into US ‘increasingly dangerous’ | w/comment from Read:

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