Wonkish
@captainwonkish
Soft leftie, @uklabour former staffer, tech/climate nerd, and follows US politics a lot for a Brit. He/they + 🏳️🌈.
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24-01-2011 07:49:34
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Just saw the remains of 20-year-old Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad reduced to a plastic bag and a shoebox. According to a fresh tally from CPJ, 123 journalists have now been killed in Israeli strikes. If you're a journalist and you're not speaking out in solidarity ... why?
"Labour’s PR team want you to believe the scheme centres on capturing carbon from existing industries. Instead, the plans are an extraordinary coup for oil and gas companies, funnelling public wealth to finance new fossil fuel infrastructure in Britain." novaramedia.com/2024/10/08/lab…
Today EPA finalized a rule that will remove all lead pipes from the US in a decade. This rule -- which will vanish from news coverage in a flash & most Americans will never hear about -- will do more for child welfare than anything the GOP has ever done. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…