Damian Carrington

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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

This site is dying, killed by the torrent of lies, hate, trolling and bots, leaving only an echo chamber of disinformation
So I can’t post here anymore
Join me in the reality-based community on Blue5ky - same handle
#xodus
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

BTW - If you want a flavour of the “debate” I get here, take a look at the hundreds of replies to this recent post, including death threats
#xodus
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

#ClimateCrisis crisis deepens with 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record, says @CopernicusECMWF

- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels

Story by me
https://t.co/lZf8gWdqaL

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

This site is dying, killed by the torrent of lies, hate, trolling and bots, leaving only an echo chamber of disinformation
So I can’t post here anymore
Join me in the reality-based community on Blue5ky - same handle
#xodus
1 / 2

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models

- Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures

#ClimateCrisis
HT @CarbonBrief
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

- @thameswater to pay £18m penalty after breaking dividend rules

- Regulator says it will claw back £131m in ‘unjustified’ payments

- It is first time @Ofwat has used new powers against companies that pay dividends regardless of their performance

https://t.co/Fxcue5gs3w

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Climate researcher Tom Crowther (@TWCrowther) has to leave Swiss university after allegations, reports @tagesanzeiger

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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

5,600 complaints but just four fines issued for wood-burning in a year in England

- Law around illegal wood burning in smoke-control areas is not being enforced, campaigners @MumsForLungs say

#airpollution
Story by @horton_official
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

- @JoeBiden declares tougher 2035 emissions targets weeks before Trump return

- @POTUS formally files new plans under Paris agreement and hails ‘boldest climate agenda in American history’

#ClimateCrisis
Story by @fionaharvey
https://t.co/jg82kwg2lu

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024

- Botanists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction

@kewgardens
Story by me
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

US govt report shows rising #LNG exports risk dramatically raising greenhouse gas emissions and could also trigger price hikes for US energy consumers

#ClimateCrisis
Story by @ninalakhani
https://t.co/HIhvvIhWZj

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Energy firms to spend £70bn to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid

- @nationalgrid, @SSE and @ScottishPower submit plans amid global race to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity

#ClimateCrisis
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

- Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says @IEA

#ClimateCrisis
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Air pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says large study

#airpollution
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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

"The unaccounted-for costs of [human damage] to biodiversity, water, health and climate change, including from food production, are at least $10tn-$25tn per year" - @IPBES report

#polycrisis
Story by @hbriggs
https://t.co/NweVC5wvAD

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

Bit more from govt on its ambition to reform National Parks and Landscapes, including: "We intend to strengthen Protected Landscape’s mandate to recover nature"

https://t.co/F0W4gig4oI

[Helena Horton @horton_official]

Watchdog warns Defra and Ofwat they could face court over sewage dumping

https://t.co/hPS8kOWKCF

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

6.3 million homes in England are at risk of #flooding under the latest climate projections, a study by the @EnvAgency has found.

This could rise to 8m – or one in four properties – by 2050

#ClimateCrisis
Story by @horton_official
https://t.co/nIzWGzUEPE

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

… how the boards that oversee England’s national parks are bloated, dominated by men and are severely lacking in diversity

Campaigners said a major overhaul was “fundamental” to the recovery of nature in the parks and to serving the public

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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

England’s National Parks were born 75 years ago today

And today @DefraGovUK has acknowledged that they are failing nature, with wildlife in many in ‘steep decline’ and waterways polluted

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[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

I reported in September how National Parks, initially established to fight urban sprawl, now urgently need to prioritise restoring nature and …

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