Rob Nicholas #FBPPR

devoted husband & father. enthusiastic environmentalist, loves sport, tries to be a fell & trail runner 🏃‍♂️

[Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin]

After months of dominating the agenda with Reforms anti-Net Zero campaign, why have broadcasters not held Tice to account Over the heat wave driven by Climate Change that they want to ignore .

[Sam @SamCKx]

Literally the dumbest post of the day from @lembitopik, and on this platform that is saying something.

The BBC does not need to pretend established science is an open 50/50 debate to satisfy impartiality. “Due impartiality” means giving proper weight to evidence, not manufacturing balance for views that reject it.

“Proof, not consensus” betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how science works.

Climate science isn’t a show of hands. It uses physics, observations and climate models to compare the world we live in with a scientifically modelled world in which humans had not emitted greenhouse gases. If the probability and intensity of a heatwave increase dramatically only in the real-world scenario, that’s evidence of human influence.

What is it about people going to the hard right of politics that automaticlly turns them into illogical imbeciles?

[Rob Nicholas #FBPPR @RobNicholas17]

@GeoffreyLean @MrMatthewTodd Really @Ed_Miliband (my mp)? This seems such as easy win, why have the Labour government rejected it?

[Nadia Whittome MP @NadiaWhittomeMP]

The heatwave gripping western Europe is the most severe and widespread on record. Scientists are clear that it was only made possible by the climate crisis, driven by fossil fuel burning.

And yet there are senior voices within our party - and trade union leaders - advocating for new licences for North Sea oil and gas extraction. It is utterly surreal, short-sighted, and irresponsible in the extreme.

A just, worker-led green transition is non-negotiable, but the idea that net-zero is anti-worker is a false dichotomy - one we cannot afford to get trapped in.

Every second spent debating whether to drill in the North Sea is a precious second we are not spending on advocating for the mitigation and adaptation measures we so desperately need.

[Media Lens @medialens]

Quite often, money:

In 2020, a major study from Brown University analysed millions of tweets. They found that bots were responsible for roughly 25 per cent of all tweets about climate change. On days with big climate announcements, bot activity surged even higher, promoting denialist talking points and generating the illusion of a massive, angry public consensus against climate action.
https://t.co/oCMoIGvvw4

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Victory for common sense (for now, at least)…

It’s a relief that @EnvAgency have finally realised that prosecuting volunteers for cleaning & restoring a river (that they had left to rot) without permission was not a good look, so they have dropped their charges in favour of a ‘warning’. Thank you for all your support & encouragement, from across the country, the political spectrum & around the world. I’m certain that the comms disaster suffered by the EA over this was crucial in getting them to begin to see sense at last.

This is, however, not the end of the story. The River Roding & its tributaries, like most rivers in the UK have still been abandoned & in parts left to die by the Environment Agency, with no plans to even put a stop to the serious environmental crimes taking place (like illegal sewage dumping), let alone to begin the process of restoration that the river so desperately needs.

I am therefore seeking a meeting with the EA’s Chief Executive to ask (1) that the EA instead use its prosecuting powers for good, to demand a detailed plan from Thames Water to fix all illegal sewage discharges in years, not decades & (2) that the EA turns this whole saga into a good outcome by using the River Roding as a pilot scheme for how the EA can work with, rather than against, grassroots river guardians, to provide the protection & restoration our rivers so desperately need.

I hope they will accept these very reasonable requests. But if not, I will continue to defy the EA, & will not be seeking their permission or authorisation to continue to care for & restore the river I love.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski calls for Proportional Representation before the next election, to improve the quality of our democracy

[Rob Nicholas #FBPPR @RobNicholas17]

@PaulS872709 @MrMatthewTodd Every single country could say ‘well if we reach net zero & no one else does it will make no difference’ so applying your logic we should all sit & wait while the planet burns!

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Heatwaves aren't just uncomfortable. They put lives at risk.

It's time for maximum temperatures in schools and workplaces, and real protection for people most vulnerable to extreme heat.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

The UK security services has warned that the British food system could collapse in the 2030s. @Keir_Starmer had the report but refuses to release it. Most Media have not covered it but it’s happening as it is in France.

@piersmorgan @TomSwarbrick1 @vicderbyshire @jonsopel @maitlis @Emmabarnett @tombradby @WilfredFrost @CliveMyrieBBC @amolrajan @SophyRidgeSky @TVNaga01 @OborneTweets @JohnSimpsonNews @richardpbacon @rickedwards1 @MickBooker @MartinDaubney @PatrickChristys @MichelleDewbs @MrNickKnowles @bbcvickiyoung @KamaliMelbourne @BBCsarahsmith @kirstiemallsopp

@krishgm @tombradby @skynews @itvnews @ITNProductions @esmewren @adamboultonTABB @KayBurley @alexberesfordTV @kayeadams @janem @rickygervais @rachelburden @bbcnews @skynews @NickyAACampbell @ShelaghFogarty @BenKentish @bbcnickrobinson @tomhfh @susannareid100 @alexberesfordTV

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Dear @catdeeley @benshephard @thismorning

Please can you have actual scientists on to explain what all of us are facing. It’s going to get alot worse and your viewers children - and your own children - are facing a very rough future.
People need to be aware.

Please consider these scientists
Prof @KevinClimate
Prof @HayleyJFowler
@Sir_David_King
Prof @ProfBillMcGuire #heatwave

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Dear @EnvAgency.

In February this year, after 4 years of asking you to look after the Aldersbrook, I led a team of volunteers to do your job for you & clean out tonnes of silt & leaves, as well as hundreds of bags of rubbish. Through the effort of community volunteers & donations, & at zero cost to the taxpayer, we turned a forgotten silted up ditch back into a river again.

Last nights intense rain storm showed why our actions are the very definition of “strengthening water resilience”. A huge amount of rain fell in a short time, but the restored section of the Aldersbrook has been able to hold 100’s of thousands of litres more water, stopping this water running into the Roding, & thereby *reducing* local flood risk. The first photograph below is of the Aldersbrook after the rains this morning- a big contrast to the area before we did the work.

Perhaps more importantly, this water, instead of running straight off into the Roding & hence the sea is now being held in the Aldersbrook & gradually released so it can be used by nature. It is feeding marshes, trees & wildlife, topping up groundwater & helping to reduce our flood/drought cycle. If you want to strengthen water resilience, we need thousands more projects like the Aldersbrook around the country.

So the question I ask you, Environment Agency, is why you are threatening me with two years imprisonment, rather than offering to meet & discuss how we can work together to restore the Roding & its tributaries, which could become a blueprint for you cooperating with local river guardians nationwide?

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'moment of doom' for June 22, 2026 ~ But it's a wet heat.

"high wet bulb temperature is what we're really  worried about because it means that this heat   wave could be a lot more oppressive than previous  ones."

https://t.co/M4KQaBuA7Z

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

It's not "just summer".

It's not "just weather".

It's not just a few hot days to complain about and then forget.

France, Spain, Portugal, the UK and other parts of Europe are facing extreme heat, with temperatures pushing well beyond what used to be considered normal for this time of year.

This is heat putting pressure on people, wildlife, water supplies, agriculture, energy systems and emergency services. It increases the risk of wildfires, heat illness and dangerous conditions for the most vulnerable.

The climate has always changed, but the speed, intensity and frequency of these extreme events are becoming a terrifying new reality.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

The absolute worst part of all of this is that the media failed to inform the public how serious climate change is, how soon it would hit, and who was trying to stop us dealing with it. They are still failing. #heatwave

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Let’s check in to see what the climate change deniers have to say.

Oh, it’s just summer they’ll say. It isn’t.

A normal heatwave they’ll claim. It isn’t.

We’re destroying our planet and ignoring the consequences. Utterly unreal. 🤬

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

The fact that climate change & how to fix it is not the number one story every single day is proof of something deep & scarily wrong with our society.

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

I guess I could go for a nice dip in the Aldersbrook, wallowing through the mud, sewage & rubbish like a possessed hippo, & then wipe myself clean with the knotweed afterwards.

BTW EA, I still haven’t heard from you about when you’re planning to clean up this up, given I’m apparently forbidden from doing so?

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

I’m sorry, this is total bollocks. I have been looking after my river for a decade and you have done absolutely nothing to support me and the other hundreds of volunteers who give up their free time to do your job for you and to stop the river we love from dying.

This picture is the part of the Aldersbrook that we haven’t yet restored. Do you agree that allowing one of the ancient rivers of London to disappear beneath a layer of sewage, silt, rubbish & knotweed is a disgrace? If so, when can we expect EA teams down in the river to sort it out?

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Imagine a politician who does nothing wrong, but still apologises, submits himself to scrutiny without a peep and then is silently cleared after being smeared by everyone.

That’s not politics as usual. That’s different. Well done @ZackPolanski. They owe you an apology