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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.

In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.

Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 6h

This coming Sunday in Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich. We’ll be there.

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War on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 2d

More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 2d

🌍 1 month to go until #COP30!
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Belém, Brazil, a key moment to take stock of progress and how far we still have to go for global climate action.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 4d

We’ll be at the Norwich Biodiversity and Regenerative Food Festival next Sunday 19 October, Chapelfield Gardens. See you there!

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 4d

Please sign
a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax

Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 4d

We’ll be at the Norwich Biodiversity and Regenerative Food Festival next Sunday 19 October, Chapelfield Gardens. See you there!

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 4d

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

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Time is Sliding @timeissliding.bsky.social · 6d

How can the UK government be trusted with the environment & animals when it breaks a promise made only 4 months ago? Not banning bottom trawling is just one example of its back-tracking. A charitable explanation might be that the politicians are being swerved off course by their civil servants.

UK Government Declines To Ban Bottom Trawling Four Months After Pledging To Do So

Government ministers say that the UK will not implement an outright ban on bottom trawling, despite pledging to do so earlier this year

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 6d

The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.

Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.

Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 6d

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 7d

There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry

But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 7d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Brexit has done nothing to stop the sharp decline in UK fish populations.

Politicians have consistently set catch limits too high and allowed international trawlers to plunder our seas.

So much for putting our coastal communities first.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 6d

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 7d

This cause is close to our hearts - please sign: community.350.org/petitions/we...

Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil!

Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil as they demand a real seat at the table in the world’s top climate talks. Let’s make sure their voices rise above the fossil fuel lobbyists! Sign the petition no...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 7d

Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️

From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.

A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.

A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 7d

Extreme weather events are impacting our food security. UK wheat production is down and imports are up. #Bread #FoodSecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis #Farming

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 7d

Blaming snails for the housing crisis is misleading and harmful.

The lack of affordable homes stems from a broken market, land-banking and political failure. Not nature protections.

Every time nature is pit against progress, we end up with neither.

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · Sep 9

The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️

#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org

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Kate Jennings @keasdenkate.bsky.social · 7d

Very happy to add my name to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social's and > 200 others calling on @Keir_Starmer to put a stop to rumoured moves within Government to weaken the laws protecting England's #NationalParks and National Landscapes. #NationalParksMatter www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 A vital new report 🚨

Clear evidence of how the UK Govt has been CAPTURED by O&G interests

Time for MPs to challenge this in Parliament
@labourlewis.bsky.social
@mpwatch.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@adrianramsay.bsky.social
@dalevince.com
@fionaharvey.bsky.social

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 7d

Green Screen: “Power Station” & Discussion. Cinema City Norwich, Thursday 30 Oct, 18.00.

How a movement was started in a Walthamstow street to come together to make the street a power station.

Presented by Our Power Community Energy CIC.

www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...