Fiona Harvey

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Environment editor at the Guardian newspaper, full-time environment writer since 2004

@andyscollick.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 7:01 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Climate change means more displacement, more forced migration and more armed conflict.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk Oct 13, 2026, 7:02 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Ada Lovelace has inspired women into Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics.

Kate Viscardi shares who Ada was and her legacy that has led many women into STEM.

#AdaLovelaceDay

@helenebismarck.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 7:03 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

I personally think Burnham should have focused on the future and made a case why closer links between UK and EU are not just sensible but imperative NOW. The safest way to tank the future relationship is to re-enact 2016.

@helenebismarck.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 6:59 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

But by all means let‘s keep trading insults while the world burns. For goodness sakes. Is Russia interfering in democracy and the Western alliance NOW? Yes. Is Brexit working NOW? No. Does closer cooperation make sense NOW? Yes. Just go from there.

@helenebismarck.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 6:57 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Instead of arguing about what happened 10 years ago, perhaps the British debate should focus on 1) the very real threat emanating from Russia NOW, including but not limited to disinformation 2) Britain‘s future strategy in a geopolitically turbulent world which makes Brexit look even more absurd

@theferret.scot Oct 13, 2026, 7:04 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

A new scheme to penalise salmon farmers when farmed fish escape is wholly controlled by the industry, The Ferret can reveal, prompting claims it is “a major step backwards for wild salmon conservation in Scotland”.

Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/p/9f6a4ddf-47dc-4e8b-a216-3dae39faf794/

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 6:43 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.

@acjsissons.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:31 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Should say, this post prompted by this blistering Editor’s Note in History Today.

In the 75 years of History Today's existence, popular history' has boomed. If you
directional, and, therefore,
wish to learn about the
reputational - is clear.
Byzantine Empire, the media
humanities, History among,
is your oyster: book, podcast,
them, are on the front line,
scrollable social media foed,
as departments across the
other. There is an clement of
country; perhaps at a university near you, face restructuring
the Wild West about all this,
redundancies, and closures.
but, of course, we would say
The croep and, in some
that. The shadowy figure of the
uses, 500сking embrace di A1
"gatekeeper' has become
- imposed from above-in a
something of a bête noire in
subject where it has no place
recent years, and history
paves the way to the bottom.
should be for everyone - but
One privilege of producing
everyone should have acoess to
History Today is the chance to work with researchers - both
the best version of it.
early career and established
Although the landscape
- producing new work that
around the magazine has
might otherwise not have
changed, History Today still reached a wide audience.
stands broadly where it did in
The precarious situation facing
1951, between the academy and
British academia appears to put
the public. As this suggests,
this rich, world-class source of
academic history - the often
knowledge production at risk.
obscure, even barely visible,
At the time of writing, only one
research done by scholars
permanent job in History is
without public profiles both
being advertised in the UK.
within universities and
The loss seems too obvious
independently - is the lifeblood
to have to explain, but in this
of the magazine; and, as such,
month's issue we have posed
it seems incumbent upon us,
the question of why academic
as a new term begins, to
history matters. Wewould
acknowledge that all does not
welcome the opinions of our
appear to be well.
readers, who, we hope, will
agree that every issue of History
Today is an argument for it.

@jeromeollier.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 9:37 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

'We need less point scoring': What party conference season taught us about UK climate action - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@kajembren.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:51 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence via @theguardian.com

bit.ly/4s3X7zV

#cop31 #ClimateAction #Methane #CoalMine #Planet #science #Svpol #LeadershipMatters

@fionaharvey.bsky.social @politico.com @cop31.bsky.social

@greencollective.io Oct 12, 2026, 7:27 AMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

September round-up! All from the latest edition of "Irish Grid Monthly" -- arrives in subscribers' inboxes on the 1st of every month 📥

First: generation and imports vs. electricity demand, and where it happened ⚡ 📍

TL;DR: renewables + storage > fossil fuels 🍃 🏭

bsky.app/profile/gree...

@maddow.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 7:28 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

"People sometimes get involved in elections because they are skeptical of how they work. Then they discover that the problems they expected to find are not there..."

www.votebeat.org/national/202...

votebeat.orgHow Monae Johnson went from MAGA darling to endorsing a DemocratSouth Dakota’s Republican secretary of state once questioned vote-counting machines. Four years later, she is defending them and backing a Democrat to replace her.

@drjennings.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 7:30 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

How long before political scientists come up with a new ‘Unexpected Explosion During Data Processing’ methodology?

@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 5:45 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Why is it so difficult to walk across the Irish countryside?

Lovely to welcome @timhannigan.bsky.social to Chapters to sign The Pathless Land, his 678km journey exploring Ireland's lost footpaths, land history and belonging.

Thank you, Tim! 💚

@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

@climatebrad.hillheat.com Oct 10, 2026, 4:21 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

gadgetreview.comVirginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their HomesVirginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.

@shaygabriel.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 7:31 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Went on a mushroom walk today and we found a huge % of Berlin’s highly toxic mushroom species. Relatively fewer edibles.

@ottoenglish.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 4:55 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

The Times from ten years ago this week.

They were wrong.

In fact Brexit is costing the UK economy roughly £100 billion a year.

#ProjectFear

Hard Brexit
could cost
£66bn a year

Leaked Treasury papers reveal lost revenue

Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
Ollver Wright Policy Editor

Cabinet ministers are being warned
that the Treasury could lose up_to
£66 billion a year in tax revenues under
"hard Brexit", according to leaked
government papers.

GDP.could fall by as much as 9.5 per
cent if Britain leaves the single market
and hastorely on WorldTrade Organi-
sation rules for trading with the conti-
nent, compared with ifit stayed within
the EU,theforecasts show.Such a steep
drop in revenue would force ministers
to slash public spending or raise taxes.
The £66 billion drop, contained in a
draft cabinet committee paper seen by
The Times, is nearly a tenth of the
£716 billion that the government is pro-
jected to collect in taxes this year,and is
equivalent to 65 per cent of the annual
budget of NHS England.

Business leaders are_increasingly
worried that the UK could fail to nego-
tiate a deal with the 27 remaining EU
members by the time it leaves the
union, and will face a "cliff edge" of
trade tariffs and barriers,

Several cabinet ministers who sup-
ported Remain are stepping up efforts
to prioritise business concerns and the
economy in Brexit discussions, fearing
that Leave supporters fail to realise the
scale of potential damage, It comes as:;
○ Theresa May faces a potential legal
challenge by a group of Conservative
MPs over the decision to begin Brexit
negotiations without parliament's
approval. The prime minister's spokes-
man ruledoutgiving MPs a voteyester-
day,saying thatitwould"second guess'
the will of the British people.
○ Dominic Grieve, the former attor-
ney-general, said that unless the gov,
ernment could agree,a deal supported
by parliament it would not survive.
e

A Tory backbencher suggested that
British companies should hire disabled

Tuesday October 11 2016 | thetimes.co.uk | No 72038

people to do the work of EU migrants
after Brexit.

Mrs May visited Denmark and the
Nethe…

@coveringclimatenow.org Oct 11, 2026, 7:34 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

How’d they do that?

Journalists from Europe, South America, the Philippines, and the US who published blockbuster climate investigations that combined innovative data analysis with on-the-ground reporting to uncover critical environmental issues share their process.

buff.ly/2J16dC0

@fionaharvey.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:01 PM

Colliding with a train. How can this be regarded as safe?

@nytimes.com Oct 10, 2026, 9:57 PMReposted by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

Food delivery robots across the U.S. are touching a nerve for many Americans who are concerned about A.I. technology. The machines have been kicked, beaten and tipped over. trib.al/12mt4MC

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