Rupert's Reads
My personal Substack where I will be sharing some of my thoughts on politics, philosophy, the environment, and the future.
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WATCH: How Will the Super El Niño Affect You? (opens the original)
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Media sources around the world are reporting on the super El Niño, sometimes called the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño currently unfolding. What is it, what will it bring, and how can you prepare?El Niños are normal fluctuations within global weather patterns, and bring with them hotter conditions than their La Niña counterparts. The huge risk that is coming now is that this El Niño is looking like the largest we have ever seen, and it is coming off the back of the hottest years on record due to anthropolog
Polanski Urges Government to Release Reports (opens the original)
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Today I attended the Wild Summit in Bristol; the organisations represented here have MILLIONS of members. The keynote plenary was given by Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales whose membership currently stands at over 200,000.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9-Eq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb29b58e2-b5ac-4e71-
Heatwaves, Floods, and Climate Popularism (opens the original)
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It appears we are finally out of the deadly heat storms that have gripped the country and much of Europe this summer.However, the danger isn’t gone yet. As I explained on BBC’s Look East programme, the intense heat that we have suffered have made conditions perfect for flash flooding. The baked ground will not be able to absorb water, and now that rain is finally returning to our weather, the water will have nowhere to drain to. Indeed, we have seen such floods hit <a href="https://www.itv.com/n
LISTEN: Debate on North Sea Gas (opens the original)
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I debated a Con former Minister on whether we should drill in the North Sea. Unsurprisingly, I was urging against it; more extraction of fossil fuels is a betrayal of our children, will exacerbate our ever-deepening climate crisis, and won’t save the average Brit a penny on their energy bill. Here’s an additional angle you may not have thought about before, about why we shouldn’t drill the North Sea to death: there may come a time in the future when that oil and gas is useful for some OTHER purp
A Rant on Water Companies (opens the original)
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I got an email recently from Anglian Water, my water provider.It told me that they were asking for help. Water levels in across Norfolk are at historic lows, and I should only use water for essential purposes, which they listed as drinking, cooking, bathing, and essential cleaning (notably excluding water used to grow food). Now, I understand the need to limit water use. We are in the fifth heatwave of the summer, and two-thirds of the country is in a drought. Limiting water use to make sure eve
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