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Henry Adams @henryadamsuk.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign @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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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Americans are dying from extreme heat

Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories

They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways

Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social

#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 4d

Once more, Twitter/X is hiding my threads that I post on Twitter, so even I can't see them. If I go to my profile, this thread does not appear on it. Yet Threadreader captured it, to prove that I did write and post it. 1984 is already here.
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Thread by @SteB777 on Thread Reader App

@SteB777: I made this comment in response to @ZackPolanski comment, about being attacked by the right. I will place it as a free standing thread. It is about why an agenda of radical change, is the on...

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Alex Morss 🦇🏴‍☠️♾️ @alexmorss.bsky.social · 3d

There’s been a lot of censorship, boycotts & cancelling of children’s authors & artists who stand up for a free 🇵🇸

I write kids nature books. I’ve personally had no author bookings for 2 years.

I don’t care. For me, it is more important to speak up, than stay silent to appease fascists.

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 2d

"Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado supports Israel’s war and Benjamin Netanyahu? Here are the facts"

I am not making this up. I have checked it out from multiple sources. She seems quite keen on Islamophobic, European fascism too.
www.theweek.in/news/middle-...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado supports Israel’s war and Benjamin Netanyahu? Here are the facts

Maria Corina Machado had strong political ties with Netanyahu’s Likud party and has said on Twitter that “Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle” when it comes to the matter of terrorism

www.theweek.in

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s make different political choices.

For decades now British people have been told to simply swallow austerity. They’ve been told that the NHS needs cuts, that libraries need closing and that child poverty can’t be tackled.

Greens say: Bullshit!
Join the Green Party today.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 3d

A new study reveals that cycling traffic in Paris has increased by 240% between 2018 and 2023, while car traffic has steadily declined.
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New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 2d

AMOC protest at City Hall 9/10/25

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 9d

Awful! Vessels were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a Scottish marine protected area - home to millions of flame shells & the largest known habitat of the species

This destructive fishing is supposed to be banned here?! 😡

Our ocean sanctuaries deserve better.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reef concerns after dredgers filmed in protected seas

Scottish government says it's investigating but concerned locals fear enormous damage has been caused

www.bbc.co.uk

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 3d

“Overfishing is not an unavoidable tragedy – it is a political choice. Ministers ignore the science [...] & our seas are paying the price. Five years after becoming an independent coastal state, the UK seems to have accepted a state of relentless decline.”
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-polit...

"A political failure": Half of UK's critical fish stocks face depletion - Oceanographic

Oceana UK has accused UK government of abject failure when it comes to sustainably managing critical fish stocks, now facing collapse

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 4d

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.

UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…

news.mongabay.com

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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 4d

Totally agree. (I had to look up 'Chesterson's Fence' and I'm glad I did.)

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 5d

I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
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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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows

Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

act.oceana.org

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Henry Adams @henryadamsuk.bsky.social · 3d

drillordrop.com/2025/10/09/m...

Minister challenged over “misleading” fracking claims

An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.

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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 7d

Perhaps plans for the exploitation of the enormous offshore oil reserves?

The Sea Lion oil field holds at least 800m barrels of oil, 2-3 times bigger than Rosebank.

UK govt has an interest as does the Israeli company Navitas.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
www.upstreamonline.com/field-develo...

Hopes at all-time high for Falklands' first offshore development

Joint venture partner Rockhopper is optimistic about FID by year end on Sea Lion project

www.upstreamonline.com

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drillordrop.bsky.social @drillordrop.bsky.social · 3d

An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.

drillordrop.com/2025/10/09/m...

Minister challenged over “misleading” fracking claims

An environmental campaigner is challenging the government over what he says are “misleading” and “inaccurate” claims about the controversial issue of fracking.

drillordrop.com

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 3d

Parliament has refused to issue Declassified with a Westminster press pass❗

Specifically because of our truthful reporting on Gaza. 😱

Please sign our petition to reverse this 👇

secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...

Defend Press Freedom

I stand with Declassified UK - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.

secure.declassifieduk.org

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 3d

The political landscape is changing fast in the UK. Today's voting intentions poll shows the Green Party having overtaken the Lib Dem and getting quite close to both Labour and Conservative

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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 4d

Beeing long and strong
OM1mkii and 90mm+ 1.4x tele
SS1/3200 F10 ISO1600

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 3d

Oh c’mon. Good for the UK defense and intel chiefs for the analysis, bad on the politicians for trying to hide it. Suppressing this report doesn’t make the risk go away.

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 4d

River Wye: Thousands join UK’s biggest environmental lawsuit

It's believed to be the UK's biggest ever environmental pollution lawsuit - nearly 4,000 people have joined a claim at the High Court against companies they blame for causing "extensive and widespread...

www.channel4.com

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ChayBristol @chaybristol.bsky.social · 4d

This comes as absolutely no surprise. Except in a few specific hard to abate processes, CCS is a scam, especially LNG/CCS.

What is remarkable is how readily labour and tories alike fell it. Amazing what a few bungs can do.

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 4d

➕🚗🏭 new calculations show that if all new gas plants with CCS currently proposed by industry were to go ahead - even at a 90% capture rate - they could emit 2.4-5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually, the same as adding 1.3-2.6 million petrol cars per year in the UK.

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 4d

📢 🚨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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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5d

'Many, especially women, speak of a sense of suffocation and dread; fearing their bodies won’t cope or that a loved one will collapse' - the brutal reality for people enduring climate-driven extreme heat:

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How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study

Sleeplessness, anxiety and invisible care work show why extreme heat is a public-health emergency.

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