This site is dying, killed by the torrent of lies, hate, trolling and bots, leaving only an echo chamber of disinformation So I can’t post here anymore Join me in the reality-based community on Blue5ky - same handle #xodus 1 / 2

BTW - If you want a flavour of the “debate” I get here, take a look at the hundreds of replies to this recent post, including death threats #xodus 2 / 2 https://t.co/98XjuV5I8r

Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models - Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures #ClimateCrisis HT @CarbonBrief https://t.co/iqCfnfbFX0

- @thameswater to pay £18m penalty after breaking dividend rules - Regulator says it will claw back £131m in ‘unjustified’ payments - It is first time @Ofwat has used new powers against companies that pay dividends regardless of their performance https://t.co/Fxcue5gs3w

Climate researcher Tom Crowther (@TWCrowther) has to leave Swiss university after allegations, reports @tagesanzeiger https://t.co/pjk0x5GQIo

5,600 complaints but just four fines issued for wood-burning in a year in England - Law around illegal wood burning in smoke-control areas is not being enforced, campaigners @MumsForLungs say #airpollution Story by @horton_official https://t.co/jHTTWUyvCj

- @JoeBiden declares tougher 2035 emissions targets weeks before Trump return - @POTUS formally files new plans under Paris agreement and hails ‘boldest climate agenda in American history’ #ClimateCrisis Story by @fionaharvey https://t.co/jg82kwg2lu

Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024 - Botanists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction @kewgardens Story by me https://t.co/FWrKbYL4s1

US govt report shows rising #LNG exports risk dramatically raising greenhouse gas emissions and could also trigger price hikes for US energy consumers #ClimateCrisis Story by @ninalakhani https://t.co/HIhvvIhWZj

Energy firms to spend £70bn to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid - @nationalgrid, @SSE and @ScottishPower submit plans amid global race to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/LQxhJ3g1Lo

Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years - Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says @IEA #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/zyn7Gj927W

Air pollution exposure linked to mental health hospital admissions, says large study #airpollution https://t.co/QdjOvDqjdG

"The unaccounted-for costs of [human damage] to biodiversity, water, health and climate change, including from food production, are at least $10tn-$25tn per year" - @IPBES report #polycrisis Story by @hbriggs https://t.co/NweVC5wvAD

Bit more from govt on its ambition to reform National Parks and Landscapes, including: "We intend to strengthen Protected Landscape’s mandate to recover nature" https://t.co/F0W4gig4oI

Watchdog warns Defra and Ofwat they could face court over sewage dumping https://t.co/hPS8kOWKCF

6.3 million homes in England are at risk of #flooding under the latest climate projections, a study by the @EnvAgency has found. This could rise to 8m – or one in four properties – by 2050 #ClimateCrisis Story by @horton_official https://t.co/nIzWGzUEPE

… how the boards that oversee England’s national parks are bloated, dominated by men and are severely lacking in diversity Campaigners said a major overhaul was “fundamental” to the recovery of nature in the parks and to serving the public 4/4 https://t.co/OzEslg1jUO

I reported in September how National Parks, initially established to fight urban sprawl, now urgently need to prioritise restoring nature and … 3/4 https://t.co/EPQSo54pd1

So @SteveReedMP has signalled govt will strengthen the mission statement of National Parks and Landscape and improve their governance That is “hugely welcome” says @RoseONei11 @Campaign4Parks 2/4

England’s National Parks were born 75 years ago today And today @DefraGovUK has acknowledged that they are failing nature, with wildlife in many in ‘steep decline’ and waterways polluted 1/4 https://t.co/AaE4z9i57R