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I have become obsessed with how offshore wind is transforming the UK energy system and how the world's largest rotating machines will be cheaply and cleanly heating and powering all of our homes in the future. And you should be obsessed too (thread).
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THREAD 1. ‘What the hell just happened?’ - My partner (a 999 Fire Control supervisor) and I both used exactly the same phrase as we got home from work today. The true story of today will not become clear until incidents are debriefed, call and incident numbers are reconciled, and
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I know the “1984” references are a little stale but the government creating an actual Ministry of Truth is a little too on the nose for me.
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BREAKING 🚨🚢: Contracts obtained by ITV have revealed P&O replacement agency staff will be paid just £3.94 an hour - to work 12-hour days, 7 days a week.
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Give bicycles a chance.
Amsterdam, 1978. Before it decided to change into a people friendly, liveable city.
Very high Air Pollution in Hull & Surrounding areas over the last few days. @East_Riding @Hullccnews – at Hessle, England
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Plans for Hull's first ever council-owned onshore wind turbines take major step hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hul…
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Arco 'disappointed' by government's £8.7b PPE loss as it hits out over procurement procedures: business-live.co.uk/manufact… #PPE
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Best coffee in Hull goes to @TwoGingers_ (pictured). Last night we joined them for sensational food and wine. Best post-show fun in 20yrs of touring, helped by my extraordinary team. Also oodles of love to the beautiful gang @ThievingHarrys, which is a top fave place here too.
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Only 1 country has submitted plans sufficient to combat the climate crisis, says a watchdog: Gambia, which produces about 0% of global emissions.
▪️ 0 of richest countries' targets meet Paris goals
▪️ only UK is "almost sufficient"
▪️ 70+ countries (25% emissions) have no goals
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”A leaked document showed more than 124,000 items marked as 'destroy' in just a week.”
This is just ONE warehouse.
If you have a system where this possible - and even profitable - that’s a clear sign that something is fundamentally wrong.
Exclusive: Amazon is destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, an ITV News investigation has uncovered.
Many of the products - including smart TVs and laptops - are often new and unused.
itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amaz…
#AmazonWaste
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I cannot believe the #YulinDogMeatFestival is still happening. Dirty fucking psychopathic cunts.
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Israeli police arrested 1,500+ Palestinian citizens of Israel in 2 weeks for protesting attacks in Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem. They plan more arrests in nationwide raids.
Palestinians make up 20% of Israeli citizens but face "institutional discrimination," says @hrw.
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Gabriel Kariuki #MissingPerson please share if you are in the Hartlepool area or know anyone from there. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 if you have any info no matter how small, call 101 quote incident no. 079458
