Ben Niblett
@benniblett.bsky.social
Climate, campaigning, Christianity, some cricket. Live in Staines in the south of England. 3 kids, nearly grown up.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Praying for everyone hit by this climate disaster
Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after floods leave hundreds dead and many missing
The president says it is the
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December 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Praying for everyone hit by this climate disaster
far right leaders seem very willing to work together - Trump, Putin, Orban, Millei, Le Pen, Netanyahu etc - but wary
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
far right leaders seem very willing to work together - Trump, Putin, Orban, Millei, Le Pen, Netanyahu etc - but wary
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WATCH: @climatechoirs.bsky.social flashmob at lighting of Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square
Norway's gift to the UK this year comes with strings attached - they are pressuring the UK to sign off on the mega-polluting Rosebank oil field.
#StopRosebank
Norway's gift to the UK this year comes with strings attached - they are pressuring the UK to sign off on the mega-polluting Rosebank oil field.
#StopRosebank
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
WATCH: @climatechoirs.bsky.social flashmob at lighting of Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square
Norway's gift to the UK this year comes with strings attached - they are pressuring the UK to sign off on the mega-polluting Rosebank oil field.
#StopRosebank
Norway's gift to the UK this year comes with strings attached - they are pressuring the UK to sign off on the mega-polluting Rosebank oil field.
#StopRosebank
Good to see more electric cars and fewer petrol and diesels in the latest UK new car numbers from @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social - transport is the biggest part of UK emissions and this is a big part of getting it to net zero. Dec will probably be even bigger for EVs.
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Good to see more electric cars and fewer petrol and diesels in the latest UK new car numbers from @smmt-ukauto.bsky.social - transport is the biggest part of UK emissions and this is a big part of getting it to net zero. Dec will probably be even bigger for EVs.
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Deeply saddened at reports more than 1,000 people have been killed by severe floods & landslides in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
As rains continue, millions remain affected. This tragedy is a stark reminder of #ClimateChange impacts & urgent need to act.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
As rains continue, millions remain affected. This tragedy is a stark reminder of #ClimateChange impacts & urgent need to act.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Scores killed as floods sweep several Asian nations
At least 80 people have died in Indonesia with another 56 dead in Sri Lanka in a week of extreme weather.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Deeply saddened at reports more than 1,000 people have been killed by severe floods & landslides in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
As rains continue, millions remain affected. This tragedy is a stark reminder of #ClimateChange impacts & urgent need to act.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
As rains continue, millions remain affected. This tragedy is a stark reminder of #ClimateChange impacts & urgent need to act.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
In November, more than a quarter of new UK cars were electric, and nearly two fifths had a plug.
Electrics keep growing, even while the overall market fell slightly.
Electrics keep growing, even while the overall market fell slightly.
November new car market struggles ahead of Budget drag on demand
⬇️New car market falls by -1.6%
⚡️Electrified vehicles mark third consecutive month with over 50% share, as one in four buyers goes zero emission
🔋Industry calls on government to rethink eVED proposals
www.smmt.co.uk/november-new...
⬇️New car market falls by -1.6%
⚡️Electrified vehicles mark third consecutive month with over 50% share, as one in four buyers goes zero emission
🔋Industry calls on government to rethink eVED proposals
www.smmt.co.uk/november-new...
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In November, more than a quarter of new UK cars were electric, and nearly two fifths had a plug.
Electrics keep growing, even while the overall market fell slightly.
Electrics keep growing, even while the overall market fell slightly.
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Worried about lithium? Here are five unexpected materials for energy storage
We're more sophisticated at it now with our gas boilers and internal combustion engines, but humans have depended on a simple energy principle since we lived in caves: if you need energy, set something on fire. If we're…
We're more sophisticated at it now with our gas boilers and internal combustion engines, but humans have depended on a simple energy principle since we lived in caves: if you need energy, set something on fire. If we're…
Worried about lithium? Here are five unexpected materials for energy storage
We're more sophisticated at it now with our gas boilers and internal combustion engines, but humans have depended on a simple energy principle since we lived in caves: if you need energy, set something on fire. If we're going to prevent climate disaster, then we need to move away from burning stuff. And while solar and wind power are cleaner and cheaper, there is a trade-off.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Worried about lithium? Here are five unexpected materials for energy storage
We're more sophisticated at it now with our gas boilers and internal combustion engines, but humans have depended on a simple energy principle since we lived in caves: if you need energy, set something on fire. If we're…
We're more sophisticated at it now with our gas boilers and internal combustion engines, but humans have depended on a simple energy principle since we lived in caves: if you need energy, set something on fire. If we're…
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🌿 Do your bit for just £1! 🌿
For less than a chocolate bar, you can become a member of MaidEnergy!
We want to make our membership accessible for all to contribute to clean energy locally.
For more information email us at [email protected]
#sustainableinvesting #communityenergy
For less than a chocolate bar, you can become a member of MaidEnergy!
We want to make our membership accessible for all to contribute to clean energy locally.
For more information email us at [email protected]
#sustainableinvesting #communityenergy
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🌿 Do your bit for just £1! 🌿
For less than a chocolate bar, you can become a member of MaidEnergy!
We want to make our membership accessible for all to contribute to clean energy locally.
For more information email us at [email protected]
#sustainableinvesting #communityenergy
For less than a chocolate bar, you can become a member of MaidEnergy!
We want to make our membership accessible for all to contribute to clean energy locally.
For more information email us at [email protected]
#sustainableinvesting #communityenergy
Marvellous. What a player!
HE’S FINALLY DONE IT!
In his 30th Test innings down under, Joe Root reaches three figures for the first time on Australian soil 💯
In his 30th Test innings down under, Joe Root reaches three figures for the first time on Australian soil 💯
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Marvellous. What a player!
Nice film. Insurance doesn't usually look this dramatic.
An uninsurable world isn’t a future idea. Climate risks are rising so fast that insurers are pulling back, leaving some regions nearly impossible to cover.
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
An Uninsurable Future? | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
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December 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Nice film. Insurance doesn't usually look this dramatic.
This is brilliant news. Here's something horrible the last UK government did that this one has put a stop to. Hope there are many more to come!
Congratulations to JA!, Friends of the Earth Mozambique, who we are campaigning alongside and who are tirelessly working to ensure this project does not go ahead.
Read more on this story here: foe.uk/kay8a
Read more on this story here: foe.uk/kay8a
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is brilliant news. Here's something horrible the last UK government did that this one has put a stop to. Hope there are many more to come!
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Our hearts go out to families reeling from the impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in several parts of Asia. Tragically, hundreds remain missing.
For frontline communities, losses are often unquantifiable. Still, we continue to demand that polluters pay.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
For frontline communities, losses are often unquantifiable. Still, we continue to demand that polluters pay.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods
Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Our hearts go out to families reeling from the impacts of extreme rainfall and flooding in several parts of Asia. Tragically, hundreds remain missing.
For frontline communities, losses are often unquantifiable. Still, we continue to demand that polluters pay.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
For frontline communities, losses are often unquantifiable. Still, we continue to demand that polluters pay.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.cricketscotland.com/Article/acaf... sad not to win the tournament after such a good start - but getting so close without their captain and best player still shows how far Scotland have come in the last two years. I'm hopeful for the world cup qualifiers in January.
Cricket Scotland
United by Cricket.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
www.cricketscotland.com/Article/acaf... sad not to win the tournament after such a good start - but getting so close without their captain and best player still shows how far Scotland have come in the last two years. I'm hopeful for the world cup qualifiers in January.
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Responding to Budget announcement that ECO scheme will be cut, while legacy costs moved into general taxation, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said:
"Cutting the only long-standing, flagship insulation scheme means uncertainty for 20,000 jobs in the industry."
eciu.net/media/press...
"Cutting the only long-standing, flagship insulation scheme means uncertainty for 20,000 jobs in the industry."
eciu.net/media/press...
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Responding to Budget announcement that ECO scheme will be cut, while legacy costs moved into general taxation, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said:
"Cutting the only long-standing, flagship insulation scheme means uncertainty for 20,000 jobs in the industry."
eciu.net/media/press...
"Cutting the only long-standing, flagship insulation scheme means uncertainty for 20,000 jobs in the industry."
eciu.net/media/press...
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BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels.
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Good reporting - could have mentioned absence of any tax on aviation fuel. Still missing.
From a green perspective, the Budget followed a classic good, the bad, and the ugly format. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522404...
Chancellor moves to cut energy bills and boost EV funding
But green groups warn decision to axe ECO energy efficiency scheme and plans for new pay-per-mile EV levy are sending mixed signals to the green economy
www.businessgreen.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Good reporting - could have mentioned absence of any tax on aviation fuel. Still missing.
yep
While there were some welcome announcements in today's Budget from the Chancellor, it was not what we were hoping for.
Read our full reaction: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/autumn-budget-2025-reaction/
Read our full reaction: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/autumn-budget-2025-reaction/
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
yep
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Here's our reaction to today's Budget...
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here's our reaction to today's Budget...
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📢 The UK #AutumnBudget confirms a £150 cut to energy bills by shifting levies off electricity, but also scraps ECO, the UK’s main home insulation scheme.
More on why cutting insulation support undermines the best long-term solution to fuel poverty👇
www.e3g.org/news/uk-autu...
More on why cutting insulation support undermines the best long-term solution to fuel poverty👇
www.e3g.org/news/uk-autu...
UK Autumn Budget 2025: E3G reaction
The Autumn Budget 2025 indicates total funding for green homes is being reduced from £20 billion to £15 billion this Parliamentary term.
www.e3g.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📢 The UK #AutumnBudget confirms a £150 cut to energy bills by shifting levies off electricity, but also scraps ECO, the UK’s main home insulation scheme.
More on why cutting insulation support undermines the best long-term solution to fuel poverty👇
www.e3g.org/news/uk-autu...
More on why cutting insulation support undermines the best long-term solution to fuel poverty👇
www.e3g.org/news/uk-autu...
Delighted with this. Very good news indeed.
Gordon Brown: The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country's soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Delighted with this. Very good news indeed.
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‼️Chancellor Rachel Reeves: it’s time to tax the super-rich.
Last night, we projected our message right onto parliament and the treasury ahead of the #budget.
Today, the Chancellor must listen.
#WealthTax now.
Last night, we projected our message right onto parliament and the treasury ahead of the #budget.
Today, the Chancellor must listen.
#WealthTax now.
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
‼️Chancellor Rachel Reeves: it’s time to tax the super-rich.
Last night, we projected our message right onto parliament and the treasury ahead of the #budget.
Today, the Chancellor must listen.
#WealthTax now.
Last night, we projected our message right onto parliament and the treasury ahead of the #budget.
Today, the Chancellor must listen.
#WealthTax now.
Nice win by Scotland, leading the tournament. Scotland Women reaching new heights this last year or two www.cricketscotland.com/Article/6191...
Cricket Scotland
United by Cricket.
www.cricketscotland.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Nice win by Scotland, leading the tournament. Scotland Women reaching new heights this last year or two www.cricketscotland.com/Article/6191...
My COP30 summary for Arise - we got some money and some roadmaps, and that was an achievement, but we needed more. www.ariseuk.org/blog/weekly-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My COP30 summary for Arise - we got some money and some roadmaps, and that was an achievement, but we needed more. www.ariseuk.org/blog/weekly-...
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A coalition of 18 faith organisations has released a joint statement urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise and reform taxes on wealth in Wednesday’s Budget 💼
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A coalition of 18 faith organisations has released a joint statement urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise and reform taxes on wealth in Wednesday’s Budget 💼
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/