Marco Silva 🌍

Senior journalist with #BBCVerify, reporting on climate change mis- and disinformation. @BBCNews 🔎

[Marco Silva 🌍 @BBCMarcoSilva]

Judging by how often US President Donald Trump has repeated the slogan “Drill, baby, drill”, you might be tempted to think he coined the phrase. 🧵

[Met Office @metoffice]

It's been a cool May - so far🌡️

That's set to change quite dramatically over the coming days. A prolonged period of very warm weather is now increasingly likely. Temperatures will rise to well above average for May with the hottest spots possibly exceeding 30 Celsius📈

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Satellite images capture active California wildfires https://t.co/oZRcWRZxsF

[Marco Silva 🌍 @BBCMarcoSilva]

How is the Iran war fuelling false claims about “cloud stealing”? #BBCVerify

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https://t.co/AU8kYxSAVq

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Adverts for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned for making misleading claims about their green credentials: https://t.co/DaKpwcoQXQ

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (@IPCC_CH) says this is “unequivocally” being caused by human activity — mainly through the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. https://t.co/uXRsrbCd5z

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Snowfall❄️ in parts of the UK in the last two days has led some social media users to falsely claim that cold weather disproves climate change. 🧵

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It also says that 2025 is likely to be the second or third warmest year on record, with average temperatures between January and August 1.42C above levels of the late 1800s. 🌡️☀️ https://t.co/7SmCoLUjzG

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In recent years, Trump has consistently called on the UK and other nations to stop building “ugly“ wind turbines, arguing they are “ruining” Europe's fields and valleys. https://t.co/yTyrrCLNny

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US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that, despite selling the most wind turbines, China 🇨🇳 is *not* using wind power. 🧵

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The Chinese Wind Energy Association says that, in 2023, only around 9.5% of the electricity China generated came from wind. https://t.co/FRtFC1lClx