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Mat Hope
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This is a wonderful piece that really gets to the heart of one of the trickiest questions in the 'green space'.

Everyone knows broadly what needs to happen for a clean transition. But what impact is that already having on fossil-fuelled communities?

Read this to find out.
And if you value this kind of face-to-face, community-driven, in-depth reporting, please donate to @DeSmogUK's crowdfunding campaign here - indiegogo.com/projects/backi…
@DeSmogUK .@DeSmogUK reporter @ChloeFarand was there to witness it all.

If you value this kind of on-the-ground reporting, please donate indiegogo.com/projects/backi…
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Mat Hope
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A nice bit of analysis this...

Only @lorddeben can defend himself from these allegations. But make no mistake, what this story really shows is the climate science denial media apparatus in operation THREAD
The 'revelations' were first published in the Mail on Sunday by David Rose. A journalist somewhat over-familiar with IPSO corrections and with a history of publishing climate science denial desmog.co.uk/david-rose
The article was quickly picked up by far-right commentator James Delingpole for @BreitbartNews, who rejoiced not because it showed some ethical failing, but because he hates windfarms.

Delingpole also has a history of spreading climate disinformation desmog.co.uk/james-delingpo…
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Mat Hope
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10 years on from launching climate science denial campaign group @thegwpfcom, Nigel Lawson is stepping down as its Chair. Seems like a good moment to revisit some of his greatest hits... 🗒🔍

desmog.co.uk/2019/01/16/nig…

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There was that time Ofcom upheld a complaint from none other than Brian Cox after Lawson said "average world temperature has slightly declined". This was a lie ❌

theguardian.com/environment/20…
And that time the BBC was forced to apologise and admit Lawson's disinformation on climate change "should have been challenged" on its flagship Today programme 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

desmog.co.uk/2017/10/25/cli…
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Mat Hope
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A bunch of newspapers and media outlets have today splashed that the #Gatwick disruption could be the fault of an "eco warrior".

This is *horrible* journalism, for reasons I outline here: desmog.co.uk/2018/12/21/com…

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First, to give benefit of the doubt, the police have said "one line of enquiry" is that this is the work of someone involved in environmental activism. The police have also said it is one of "several lines of enquiry".

Fine, report those two bits of information.
But DON'T put as your headline splash that "eco-warriors" or "environmental protestors" are at fault/suspected of/have been blamed for this, as @thetimes @Telegraph and @TheSun all have.
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Keegan Hamilton
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Hello from Day 30 of El Chapo’s trial.

Alex Cifuentes is back on the witness stand for more cross-examination. My story on his claim yesterday that Chapo paid a $100 million bribe to @EPN, among other stunning allegations…

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We heard how the cartel planned to buy homes on Lake Champlain to smuggle drugs by boat, but it seems most of the business was done in Vancouver BC.
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The Columnist
@Sime0nStylites
Let’s consider the various ways in which this is completely bonkers. The deal is not just the government’s flagship policy it’s one of the two most important political events in a generation.
Most of those ‘a bit less than’ 100 votes against will be from Conservative MPs. There will be few if any Labour votes. That’s not a great look.
People are being a little complacent about the market impact. Sure, it’s not TARP. Sure, losing the vote is sort of priced in (ie everyone knows it’s going to happen).
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Zero HP Lovecraft
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Conquest’s second law says that any organization that is not explicitly right wing becomes leftist sooner or later. Why? Why does Cthulhu swim left? Why, in other words, is the moral arc of history bent?
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I meet these very nice, gregarious, charming, civilized people who I know have voted left, have shared prosaic orange man bad memes with their friends, they’re lovely people, truly, often very smart
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Dr Sarah Taber
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Food hubs. Where to start.

The whole point of local food is supposed to be "shorten the supply chain." Food hubs are supposed to facilitate that.

What they *actually* do is just add another layer of middleman.
There's an inevitable cycle with food hubs (touched on in passing in the article but never really examined).

1. Sell food to niche bougie outlets

2. Saturate those niche outlets, bc they're niche
3. Realize that if you want to live & participate in the world of modern food, you gotta pull on the big kid pants & sell to big distributors like Sysco & Aramark

4. Congrats now you're just another layer of middleman, & kind of an unnecessary one at that
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Alexandra Erin
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So.

This is a lot.

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When I first read this piece, I was about to tweet this excerpt with the snarky rejoinder of "Don't worry, @conor64, I won't imagine it."

But it really gets at the heart of his failure to understand what has even happened here.
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On the grounds that he opposes the death penalty.
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Anthony Moser
@mosermusic
Thread. Let's review Rahm Emanuel's record on education: closings, cuts, charters, corruption, segregation, attacking the disabled, and debt
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