Brian McHugh 🌏🏳️🌈
@BrianMcHugh2011
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#ClimateCrisis 333.98 ppm CO2 Dad and husband. Mainly post on the environment Writer for @YorksBylines
United Kingdom
Joined June 2011
Our rivers are dying. Our lakes are dying. This isn't an accident. Nobody has been jailed for this. They get paid bonuses. #Windermere
#LoughNeagh
@YorksBylines
@Feargal_Sharkey
@MattStaniek
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yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Yorkshire rivers are dying from a lack of oxygen and phosphate pollution compounded by inadequate official testing and enforcement
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on @BillGates' flawed new climate missive for @BulletinAtomic:
thebulletin.org
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
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Main Topic: 22 of Earth’s 34 ‘Vital Signs’ Are Flashing Red, New Report Reveals via @LiveScience On The Extreme Temperature Diary FRI 10/31/2025 At: https://t.co/DqTUVZvVnb +#climate and record temp reports via @extremetemps/@BMcNoldy @dorfman_p @KHayhoe
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Reducing the amount of particle pollution alone may not reduce its toxicity, unless we also focus on traffic and wood burning. Piece by me on European-wide oxidative potential measurements by Cécile Tassel, Gaëlle Uzu et al https://t.co/yxWknaY5xK
theguardian.com
Researchers measure toxicity of air samples across continent to advise on ‘efficient’ policies to reduce harm
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⚠️ A new report by @royalsociety reveals chemical mixtures in UK waters harm aquatic ecosystems even when individual pollutants meet regulations. It highlights the urgent need to implement precautionary regulation for chemical mixtures🧪 https://t.co/5uxGOGQxXQ
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This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos By Brian McHugh @BrianMcHugh2011
https://t.co/1uMgFggwjL
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos
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Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India https://t.co/MHVMRJdub0
theguardian.com
Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company
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"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red." This year's State of the Climate Report is stark in its conclusions. With thanks to the scientists involved @YorksBylines
@BylineTimes
@MichaelEMann
@WilliamJRipple
https://t.co/YVjh0cyshe
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos
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Have you read the state of the climate '25? https://t.co/vvYrbHR1Y7
academic.oup.com
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
"We live on a planet on the brink of disaster -- This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos" by @BrianMcHugh2011 for @YorksBylines:
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"We live on a planet on the brink of disaster -- This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos" by @BrianMcHugh2011 for @YorksBylines:
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos
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Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest https://t.co/BMqhZdBNc3
theguardian.com
Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency
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Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’ Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels https://t.co/zA3EaOQIbt
theguardian.com
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
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@EliotJacobson "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red." This year's State of the Climate Report is stark in its conclusions. One of the few news outlets covering it. https://t.co/YVjh0cyshe
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos
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In just one week, we release our most personal film yet. Origin — A Journey to Find the Source of Windermere reveals the truth of what is happening to England’s most iconic body of water. Clean water isn’t a luxury. It’s a basic human right. And it’s time we stand together
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"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet’s vital signs are flashing red." This year's State of the Climate Report is stark in its conclusions. With thanks to the scientists involved @YorksBylines
@BylineTimes
@MichaelEMann
@WilliamJRipple
https://t.co/YVjh0cyshe
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos
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Main Topic: Bill Gate’s Unscientific Shift on Climate Change via @GreekReporter On The Extreme Temperature Diary THU 10/30/2025 At: https://t.co/DqTUVZvVnb +#climate and record temp reports via @extremetemps/@BMcNoldy @dorfman_p @KHayhoe @MatthewCappucci @BrianMcHugh2011
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Mercury, a neurotoxin that can harm the nervous, digestive + immune systems, kidneys, eyes, skin + lungs, is now found above EU safety limits in 98% of fish + mussels in English waters, writes Watershed's @RachSalv
https://t.co/pxo5QFbJfi
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2X increase in the most extreme hurrucanes! Yesterday’s post connecting Melissa’s extra intensity to warmer ocean temperatures ruffled some feathers. Some complained that “one storm” doesn’t prove climate change. That’s true. So I dug deeper. Looking at every Cat 4 & 5 in the
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Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits https://t.co/ipFRstsnm0
theguardian.com
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
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Disappointingly little media attention being paid to this alarming new study. Instead, we're hearing about Bill Gates "tough truths" [read b.s.] downplaying the climate crisis. We are living in #DontLookUp
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Climate change is becoming an insurance crisis. Can you be sure you won’t lose your home? https://t.co/ZnEisldJ5q
theconversation.com
Climate change is undermining insurance markets, especially for the households that need coverage most.
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