Justin Rowlatt
@BBCJustinR
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I’m the BBC’s (first ever) Climate Editor. I report from the front line of climate change - how it’s going to affect our lives and what we can do about it.
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Joined January 2009
LA fires still raging as National Guard deployed against looters. Check out the graphic in my piece!
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Well done @camillaborn!.
We’re thrilled to welcome @camillaborn as the new CEO of Electrify Britain! Camilla’s expertise in climate diplomacy and track record of driving innovation and delivering sustainable change will be key as we accelerate the transition to a #NetZero future. #ElectrifyBritain
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RT @Foyles: How is the history of colonialism and oppression linked to climate catastrophe and ecocide? Professor Sunil Amrith will be disc….
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This should be fascinating, do come along!!.
How is the history of colonialism and oppression linked to climate catastrophe and ecocide? Professor Sunil Amrith will be discussing BURNING EARTH, a revelatory account of greed & the history of the physical world, at Foyles next month with @BBCJustinR🎫
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RT @BeeRowlatt: "As soon as she started writing it just burst out; she went off like a blender with the lid off.”. I'll never stop relishin….
historyextra.com
Hailed as the “foremother of feminism”, Mary Wollstonecraft shook up 18th-century Britain with her barnstorming treatises on equality and women’s fundamental rights. And the thinker’s life was just...
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😱I’m headed up to north Scotland to visit the UK’s biggest blanket bog just as the country prepares for a “level 5” midge invasion. I’ve no idea what that actually means but it sounds terrifying. Advice please!!
thescottishsun.co.uk
SCOTLAND’S first midge hatch of the year has come early on the back of recent warm and wet weather. Top midge expert Dr Alison Blackwell – whose company runs the Scottish Midge Forecast ̵…
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The team assembles. The former head of the government’s watchdog on climate is heading up Labour’s clean power “mission”. @StarkClimate.
I am delighted to announce that Chris Stark will be our head Head of Mission Control for Clean Power by 2030. We are bringing together the brightest and best to deliver our national mission to cut bills and make Britain energy independent. Welcome @StarkClimate to the team!
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Want to see how our climate is changing? Here’s a characteristicly vivid representation from @ed_hawkins.
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RT @BeeRowlatt: When you spot your new book in your favourite bookshop…. Thank you @OwlBookshop ❤️. And if you’re nearby please join me & @….
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Fascinating session @britishlibrary. @BeeRowlatt, @lizzienugent and @shrabanibasu_ on murders and mysteries!
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Reporting the @WWAttribution report for @BBCBreakfast on how the rain sodden autumn and winter in the UK which was made 4 times more likely by climate change. We’re outside @NickFloodWall whose wall saved his home and with flood expert @DaveThroup
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How one of the UK’s best-loved seabirds got caught up in a post-Brexit dispute with the EU. @BBCNews
bbc.co.uk
The endangered puffin - one of Britain’s most iconic seabirds - is at the centre of a battle over the UK’s post Brexit freedoms.
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Wow. This is incredible.
Good effort. Well done lads. (ps: imagine this as an Olympic sport - proper competition).
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@Soul2SoulUK tearing up the @britishlibrary (so to speak). Thanks to the wonderful team @eventsBL.
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Oh dear, I seem to have become a meme thanks to @Fatbaldbloke1. The temperature figures are global averages - obvs - and it is chilly in north Wales even in early May. Glad you watch @BBCBreakfast, though.
BBC one o'clock News. 'Warmest April on record'. How many layers you got on there, mate?😆🥶
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You can say that again. On second thoughts you probably can’t!
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