The image shows a section of a printed document with statistics highlighted in bold text. The background color is a pale beige. The text is black. The first line of text reads: 1,602 Fossil fuel lobbyists granted passes to COP28 talks in Brazil, according to the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition. Below that, another line reads: 1,061 People from the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations granted passes to COP30. The numbers are large and prominent, emphasizing a comparison between the number of lobbyists and representatives from vulnerable nations attending the COP30 talks. The document appears to focus on the composition of attendees at the climate conference. Provided by @altbot

The image shows a section of a printed document with statistics highlighted in bold text. The background color is a pale beige. The text is black. The first line of text reads: 1,602 Fossil fuel lobbyists granted passes to COP28 talks in Brazil, according to the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition. Below that, another line reads: 1,061 People from the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations granted passes to COP30. The numbers are large and prominent, emphasizing a comparison between the number of lobbyists and representatives from vulnerable nations attending the COP30 talks. The document appears to focus on the composition of attendees at the climate conference. Provided by @altbot

Lead story in Private Eye No. 1656, 22nd Aug–4th Sept 2025, headlined Data Flow. "As YEt another summer heatwave hit last week, the National Drought Group took a strikingly modern approach in its guidance to address England's significant water shortfall. Alongside traditional exhortations to use a water butt and turn off taps, the group (which includes the government, water regulators and companies, the Met Office and other experts) urged people to "delete old emails and pictures, as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems". While it's true data centres do devour water - scientists at Oxford estimate a small data centre requires 26m litres per year to keep cool - it's not the burden of a few old emails and jpegs driving the demand. Far more onerous is generative Al, the government's current obsession. Keir Starmer's January blueprint to "turbocharge Al" committed to speed up planning approvals "for the rapid build-out of data centres", , designating them critical national infrastructure. Planning documents indicate an estimated 100 more are due to be built in the next five years, including 28 in the area served by beleaguered Thames Water, adding an even greater burden on the country's increasingly ailing water networks. Better start deleting those photos!"

Lead story in Private Eye No. 1656, 22nd Aug–4th Sept 2025, headlined Data Flow. "As YEt another summer heatwave hit last week, the National Drought Group took a strikingly modern approach in its guidance to address England's significant water shortfall. Alongside traditional exhortations to use a water butt and turn off taps, the group (which includes the government, water regulators and companies, the Met Office and other experts) urged people to "delete old emails and pictures, as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems". While it's true data centres do devour water - scientists at Oxford estimate a small data centre requires 26m litres per year to keep cool - it's not the burden of a few old emails and jpegs driving the demand. Far more onerous is generative Al, the government's current obsession. Keir Starmer's January blueprint to "turbocharge Al" committed to speed up planning approvals "for the rapid build-out of data centres", , designating them critical national infrastructure. Planning documents indicate an estimated 100 more are due to be built in the next five years, including 28 in the area served by beleaguered Thames Water, adding an even greater burden on the country's increasingly ailing water networks. Better start deleting those photos!"