Damien Gayle
@damiengayle
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Guardian environment correspondent, covering climate action across Europe and beyond. All opinions my own and no doubt totally wrong
London, England
Joined November 2009
“If you can read that list without the hairs on the back of your neck beginning to stand up, then maybe #journalism is not for you.” David Randall in The Universal Journalist, 1996.
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RT @nyeusi_waasi: West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz c….
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Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands
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RT @CarbonBrief: Recommended read: A feature in the @Guardian said “tougher laws” are said to be “inspiring clandestine attacks [by climate….
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Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy
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RT @jeremycorbyn: I am calling for a full, public, independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza. We deserve to know the full scal….
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RT @fossilfreeLDN: BREAKING: We just disrupted a major UK oil conference on the same day that it was announced that OUR energy bills will r….
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RT @fionaharvey: Important reporting by my colleague @damiengayle Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after c….
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Trend towards more extreme-weather events will continue to hit crop yields and create price spikes, Inverto says
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RT @BasuAshis: Environmental organisations “are still very white, especially at the top”, the co-director of Greenpeace, Areeba Hamid has s….
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Greenpeace co-director responds to report finding fewer than one in 20 working in sector identifies as non-white
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RT @Crewe1Rmt: Wet morning fighting the derecogition of the @RMTunion at Unipart rail this morning #standingstrong
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RT @XRUK_Actions: #ExtinctionRebellion activists arrested for chaining themselves to the gates of the #Telford Arms Fair go on trial this w….
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RT @TheBrakeNet: Current status in Riesa: The venue of #AfD convention is still empty. The blockades are successful. Protests are going on.….
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RT @abierkhatib: The fires that the West doesn't want to talk about. Just Israeli settlers burning Palestinians farms in the name of “ s….
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RT @fionaharvey: Shocking pusillanimity of bankers. Story by my colleague @damiengayle Six big US banks quit net zero alliance before Tru….
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Exodus from target-setting group is attempt to head off ‘anti-woke’ attacks from rightwing politicians, say analysts
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RT @gazanotice: 🚨BREAKING: The Israeli military has killed photographer Areej Shahin and her mother in a missile strike on their home. Ar….
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RT @David__Osland: Attendance at the House of Lords should be paid at the same rate as Universal Credit. I mean, it's enough to live on, is….
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RT @GdnObsNUJ: Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer
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Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’
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Holy crap.
I'm determined to deliver growth, create wealth and put more money in people’s pockets. This can only be achieved by working in partnership with leading businesses, like @BlackRock, to capitalise on the UK’s position as a world leading hub for investment.
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UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows. Top story by my colleague @sandralaville .
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Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn
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RT @horton_official: Depressing to once again report that bird populations continue to plummet. We are seeing some species slide towards ex….
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All bird species have declined in number, after suffering habitat loss, pesticide use, climate breakdown and bird flu
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RT @Narcomania: Russia has developed a unique drug trade model combining darknet markets, cryptocurrency payments and physical ‘dead drops’….
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RT @coderoodrouge: It's a wrap: With 1000 activists we blocked the climate criminal TotalEnergies for 2 days. Although we shut down fossil….
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