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I have finally set up an account on the other platform like this one:
🦋@SeabrookClimate.bsky.social
Do get in touch over there - same username
Victoria Seabrook
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Victoria Seabrook
@SeabrookClimate
Climate reporter @SkyNews, covering climate change, energy & environment. Speaker and moderator. Also here: bsky.app/profile/seabro…
- Exclusive: energy plant paid £800m a yr by taxpayer for generating electricity classed as #renewable is biggest CO2 emitter in UK, 3rd highest in Europe. Analysis may spark debate about classing of #biomass as renewable #ClimateAction #Drax
- 💥📢Personal news📢💥I'm now Sky News's new climate change reporter 🌏 Sad to leave behind my beloved old job as arts producer here. But very happy to be back on the environment beat. Story? DMs open.
- Replying to @gh230277 and @NorthpowergridHi Gareth, I'm a journalist at Sky News and we would love to use this photo with a credit and possibly also a quote from you. Please follow back so I can DM you? Thanks, Victoria
- Commenting on the story, @Feargal_Sharkey blames sewer flooding on 'manifestation of lack of maintenance, lack of investment in the sewage system' Urges water companies to 'explain to the public what happened to our money' x.com/SeabrookClimat…
NEW 'Shocking' incidents of sewage spewing into gardens & streets Disease outbreaks 'very possible', parts of England reminiscent of 'conditions in Victorian London' says Aidan Taylor of @UniofReading Me on the misery for people dealing with this 👇 news.sky.com/story/shocking… - 🇬🇧 Minister Graham Stuart & lead negotiator Alison Campbell march up to meeting with COP presidency Will say UK rejects COP28 deal as it stands Will not be happy with the fossil fuel language, nor the suggestion of what countries “could” do #COP28
00:00 - NEW Renewable power reaches record 30% of global electricity in 2023 🌞Driven by phenomenal growth in wind and esp solar 📉'Critical turning point' as burning fossil fuels for electricity will likely start to fall this year Analysis @EmberClimate
- 15% of EU territory now under most severe "alert" level of #drought, meaning plants and crops are withering. 45% under second "warning level, following prolonged hot and dry weather #climate news.sky.com/story/almost-h…
- Had some attacks for Met Office story from people saying: the weather varies, sometimes it's hot, sometimes cold, don't exaggerate. Here I try to explain that yes weather will always vary. But these trends are long-term. Although UK is chilly rn, overall it's getting hotter
00:00 - Local Glasgow band have turned out with ~30 members. Member tells me they wanted to show their support for #COP26Coalition #GlobalDayofAction @SambaYaBamba
00:00 - En route to Marseille by train with some rather lovely views from the top deck, and a cracking cafe cart 🍻 Thanks for the tips for crossing Paris @seatsixtyone
00:00 - Antonio Guterres urges governments at cop to have a ‘single minded focus on root cause of climate crisis: fossil fuel production and consumption’ Say the pact must agree to ‘phase out all fossil fuels’ on timeline compatible with 1.5C #COP28
- Good news Tesco is getting rid of spurious 'best before' dates. Hope other supermarkets follow suit. Roughly 10m tonnes of food and drink waste generated every year in the UK, of which 60% is avoidable #foodwaste
