Bill McGuire
@ProfBillMcGuire
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I'M BACK! Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313
English Peak District
Joined August 2025
I need another 34,632 followers to get back to where I was when I closed my X account earlier this year Would be marvellous to be in touch with you all again 😄👍 @ProfBillMcGuire for all things climate, volcanoes and more
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Marvellous 👍 Just don't expect Barratt Homes or any of the other 'big boys' to be doing this. They prefer to put up cheap tat, with no amenities, and charge the Earth for it https://t.co/7tBP8RJwgp
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Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
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Starmer and Reeves cave-in to the developers once again Absolutely despicable But par for the course And remember, so called 'affordable' homes are not actually affordable, but 80% market value, which is still extortionate https://t.co/inCAugRdoK
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Housing secretary and capital’s mayor draw up plans to boost housebuilding, but homelessness charities protest
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If you are not in a union, employers will pay you as little as they can get away with Join now @The_TUC @unitetheunion
https://t.co/CnsNJQ2Cdz
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A list of nearly 500 employers fined more than £10m for failing to pay the minimum wage is released.
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Utterly stupid and shortsighted All this will do is increase the destruction of already devastated forests And take up land for growing food at a time when harvests the world over are already succumbing to extreme weather https://t.co/MSqlMNa8iw
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Document sets draft pledge for leaders gathering at climate conference to increase usage of controversial fuels
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Great Now lets see money spent on rail instead of roads And a big cut in the currently obscene prices https://t.co/buY7kBsJgh
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Digital timepiece is UK rail’s first national clock in more than 50 years and will be seen at stations across the country
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So now she is saying the same thing every one else has been saying for years - if not forever And why would that be I wonder? https://t.co/qzAOW7DF4h
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Chancellor adds she wants to ‘get the balance right’ and not deter wealthy people from making the UK their home
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About bloody time somebody did 👍💪 https://t.co/Ia69b6ovaH
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Owners of large cars such as SUVs would be charged more to encourage switching to smaller vehicles.
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Absolutely staggering But nothing surprises me about Starmer and his awful government now Incompetent, stupid and dangerous https://t.co/el20KdjXQW
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Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’
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More war crimes by this abomination But not a word of condemnation from Starmer or other western leaders Israel, it seems, is above the law and can act with impunity Palestine, and its people, on the other hand, have no rights whatsoever https://t.co/JDcFaQUNRj
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Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza
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Wildfires were a distinctive feature of the Pliocene Which is where we are heading https://t.co/pzxBJR1JPm
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Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa
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These things are a complete waste of time A big chunk of the electricity is spent lugging around an internal combustion engine https://t.co/Au1n6E5VI3
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Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests
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The further devastation of UK nature in favour of more cars and more pollution Stupid and criminal https://t.co/874PfF73tF
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A new 10-mile dual carriageway linking Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire is due to open in 2027.
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Pure BS No mention here that £400+ of your bill is traight profit Any rises are solely to maintain the profit margin https://t.co/qeByRorwZl
theguardian.com
MPs told that even if wholesale prices plummet, consumers face higher bills owing to costs of government policies
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Just stick these parasites in jail And preferably lose the key https://t.co/PwrQjDO0Nj
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PPE Medpro was ordered to repay damages by 16:00 BST on Wednesday after breaching a Covid-19 contract.
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"Developers of Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of [CO2] would be released from using oil products from the field" "developer said emissions were "not significant" considering the UK's international climate commitments" Bollox https://t.co/65Qr19VtrK
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The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.
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We have a chancellor who is both ignorant and stupid And already hugely impoverished UK nature will suffer as a consequence Despicable https://t.co/oZEuXiAOqV
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Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget
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"Joseph Rowntree Foundation projects by 2029 average disposable incomes will be £570 [down on] today - sharpest drop in living standards since records began" "the economy, under Labour, is running hot only for those collecting profits" Pure incompetence https://t.co/YtnXyl0TFB
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Editorial: Labour is misreading the economics – leaving it unable to deal with the G7’s worst inflation and flat living standard
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This is the reality of increasingly authoritarian Starmer's Britain Object to government policy and you can have your bank account shut down Absolutely chilling https://t.co/LiVH0dXVIj
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John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society
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Not enough for these rich parasites to get bonuses at all - working people just do their jobs without added reward - but now they can get their grubby little hands on the cash even more quickly Truly obscene https://t.co/FdZNvzH0Dp
theguardian.com
Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority reduce deferral period from eight years to four
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We actually KNOW that carbon sinks are failing Nonetheless, governments are rowing back on green measures and FF corporations are expanding production We can't keep lying to ourselves We are well down the road to a society-busting climate cataclysm https://t.co/7RIdCKIhbW
theguardian.com
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
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