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New Weather co-director Prof Bill McGuire resigns from scientific body over fossil fuel funding – full letter

19th November 201922nd November 2019 Andrew Simms 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, fossil fuels, science

As reported in this BBC News article, New Weather Institute co-director, Prof Bill McGuire has resigned from the Geological Society

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Blog Rapid Transition 

Five fails in UK climate emergency action

22nd October 201922nd October 2019 Andrew Simms 1 Comment climate, climate breakdown, Economics, fossil fuels

As the UK is revealed to be the biggest net importer of carbon dioxide emissions per person in the G7 group of

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Blog Rapid Transition The Economics Reformation 

Climate Breakdown? We need to talk about the Treasury

10th October 201910th October 2019 Andrew Simms 0 Comments climate breakdown, Economics, Extinction Rebellion, fossil fuels, green new deal, People's Assembly, Treasury

Extinction Rebellion held a People’s Assembly in Parliament to identify new priorities for each government department, this is an adapted

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Blog Weather Bombs 

Shorts and sun-shades in February then drowning in March

23rd March 201925th March 2019 Andrew Simms 1 Comment climate, climate change, extreme weather event, fossil fuels, heatwave, weather

Weather and climate are not the same, but Bill McGuire is reeling at the numbers rolling-up from recent extreme weather events and

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Blog Rapid Transition 

Can we transform the world in 12 years? New short film for the BBC

16th March 2019 Andrew Simms 1 Comment climate, climate change, fossil fuels, green new deal, history, hope, rapid transition

Here’s some evidence-based hope in a warming world… Working in collaboration with Tamarack Media, and the Rapid Transition Alliance, we’ve made this

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Blog Daily Climate Denial 

Running to stand still in the North Sea clean-up

29th April 201830th April 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments decommisioning, fossil fuels, oil

One of the peculiar implications of our obsession with oil and fossil fuels is the strange way the UK has

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