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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 1d

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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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 7h

Slight change of focus, please sign and share this action:
actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
The gov't are consulting on Rosebank. We have until Nov20th to respond. Right in the middle of #COP30. This goes beyond cock-up theories of gov't. Inept or incompetent. You decide.

Decision time: Tell Keir to #StopRosebank

This is the moment we've been building towards: it's final decision time for the UK Government. Equinor is trying to get the new Rosebank oil field re-approved. It's up to us all to convince the Gover...

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Fossil Free Parliament @mp-fossilfree.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING: fossil fuel reps met government ministers 500+ times in Labour’s first year in power.

💀 That’s two meetings every working day, overshadowing the meetings held with climate and social justice groups by three to one (1/5)

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How often do these risks have to be highlighted before any government builds these #ClimateCosts into the price of inaction? Is @teamlabouruk.bsky.social listening? We know the Tories and Reform have their heads in the sand, despite the real risks to their base...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you #LordStern. Wise words, call for clear policy from ALL political leaders, and the case for both moral and pragmatic leadership. Come on @teamlabouruk.bsky.social -let's be at the head of the curve! Otherwise your historical legacy will be humiliating!

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 4d

New Version of this letter going through parl't this week! Please click and take action - urgent - thank you! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

Write to your MP: Divest our pensions from risky fossil fuels!

UK pensions invest £88 billion in fossil fuels, causing the equivalent of 80% of the annual emissions of the entire country through fossil fuel funding alone. This puts both our planet and pension sav...

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 4d

Vigil 201 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund on 10.10.25 saying #divest from #shell and #BP! They have backtracked on #climate commitments again at their AGMs this year. Time to #InvestInOurFuture & #divestfromchaos!

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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 5d

Organising well under way for the @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social rally in Leeds on Nov 15.
Join us and be heard.
Demand a #LiveableFuture.
@galba.uk @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to the brilliant folk from @justtransitionw.bsky.social sharing this with us today at #StandUpToRacism in Leeds! It's been shared widely on WhatsApp Bradford groups; and is vital! We absolutely need a #liveablefuture! ✊🌎🙏❤️See you on 15 Nov in Leeds!

justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 5d

Organising well under way for the @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social rally in Leeds on Nov 15.
Join us and be heard.
Demand a #LiveableFuture.
@galba.uk @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 13d

Vigil 200 on 3.10.25 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund Never missed a week. We say #divest from #fossilfuels which are causing a catastrophic future! There are viable alternatives. Politicians can lead wisely to create a safer healthier future. Constituents & pension fund members will thank you.

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 14d

Vigil 199 (Never a week missed!) 26.9.25 #WestYorkshirePensionFund. We hurtle towards 3 - 4C which will be hell. Climate breakdown is hell now for those in countries around the world. Still those who claim to work for our best interests are funding the companies responsible. #Divest!

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 25d

Vigil 198 on 19.9.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying #divest from #fossilfuels now! Aon for WYPF says 4C temp rise would yield OK returns - 4C is catastrophic! Look at the science. Get real! Read @kevinclimate.bsky.social

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Sep 13

Vigil 197 (never a single week missed!) at #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying: time to divest from the investments trashing our future! Read why here graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Vigil 196 on 5.9.25 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying time to #divest from polluting, murderous #fossilfuels! BP & Shell have reneged AGAIN on climate commitments, they have done this for decades and can't be trusted. It's beyond time to invest in our future! Do it!!! @globaljusticenow.bsky.social

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 29

Vigil 195 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund on 29.8.25 - Never a week missed - saying #divest from #fossilfuels! They are a #strandedasset risk. Invest in our future. professionalpensions.com/4410448/.

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 29

I just signed 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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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 28

UK economy faces $141bn of stranded fossil fuel asset risks
www.professionalpensions.com/news/4410448...

UK economy faces $141bn of stranded fossil fuel asset risks

The UK is disproportionately exposed to the fossil fuel stranded asset risks that are likely to intensify in the coming decades, as the global renewable energy and clean tech boom continues to gather ...

www.professionalpensions.com

Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent.
@friends_earth 👇
foe.uk/ksojs

Tell Keir Starmer to make the fracking ban permanent

Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 26

Vigil 194 on 22.8.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying "Extreme heat is also workplace violence" & another reason why our pensions, paid for with our own wages, must #divest from #fossilfuels. Our pensions actively make our jobs more dangerous by continuing to fund oil and gas companies.

Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 15

Vigil 193 on 15.8.25 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying DIVEST! 'Oil companies are no longer growth plays. That’s not alarmism. It’s the new market reality. @carbontracker.bsky.social shares evidence #fossilfuels giants are shrinking. Bcoz the clean energy future's moving on without them!

Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 13

Vigil at #WestYorkshirePensionFund 8.8.25. In March, South Yorks Pensions Authority announced it aims to cut its Shell & BP investments. South Yorkshire has decided to move beyond engaging with those companies following their strategy U-turns. The time for talking is over. It’s time to divest.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Record-breaking heat grips Europe again - costing lives and ramping up devastating wildfires.

Yet there’s *still* a chance the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field will get the green light.

We won't let this happen.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wildfires at Arthur’s Seat are not just a freak event. They are a warning.

Scotland has faced 90mph storms, water scarcity alerts, and now flames at its heart while Europe battles deadly wildfires from France to Greece and Turkey. (1/3)

Sky News @news.sky.com · Aug 11

Huge fire breaks out on Scottish landmark Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.

Fire crews attend scene as police warn people to stay away while the emergency services attempt to extinguish the burning hillside.

Read more: trib.al/mA2szha

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · Aug 2

Vigil 192 on 1.8.25 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund
Shell and BP have reneged AGAIN on #climate commitments. Engagement clearly does not work despite West Yorkshire Pension Fund's claim that it does. Time to #divest from #fossilfuels before pooling makes this harder. Time to do your job!

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Zero Hour for the Climate & Nature Bill @zero-hour.bsky.social · Jul 28

📈 'Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says.

📢 “Climateflation is no longer a distant risk; it’s a present reality.”

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says

Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

www.theguardian.com

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