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Marcus Grant

@marcusxgrant.bsky.social

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Just starting out in this place.
Editor-in-Chief of Cities & Health journal. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rcah20

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Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 8d

Heads up, folk!
I have just noticed that my publication 'Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability' has 25% discount for Xmas sale thingy [so-called Black Friday]
Very practical, with evidence-base, conceptual tools and **case studies**
www.routledge.com/Shaping-Neig...

Shaping Neighbourhoods: For Local Health and Global Sustainability

Shaping Neighbourhoods is unique in combining all aspects of the spatial planning of neighbourhoods and towns whilst emphasising positive outcomes for people’s health and global sustainability. This n...

www.routledge.com

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday in Haifa, thousands of us — Palestinians and Jews — gathered for Standing Together’s 10-year convention. (1/3)

Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Climate breakdown is a public health emergency - in slow motion.
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?

Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 1d

In a world destroyed by climate change, future humans will shelter in the husk of abandoned data centers and wonder: "what purpose did this structure once serve?"
www.ajc.com/business/202...

$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest

Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Climate breakdown is a public health emergency - in slow motion.
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?

Jesse Damiani @jessedamiani.bsky.social · 1d

“Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by the Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg, according to U.S. tax records reviewed by DeSmog.”

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

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Jesse Damiani @jessedamiani.bsky.social · 1d

“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.” —Nathalie Seddon

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security

Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster

www.theguardian.com

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Jesse Damiani @jessedamiani.bsky.social · 1d

“Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by the Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg, according to U.S. tax records reviewed by DeSmog.”

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 1d

In a world destroyed by climate change, future humans will shelter in the husk of abandoned data centers and wonder: "what purpose did this structure once serve?"
www.ajc.com/business/202...

$21B data center proposal aims to become one of Georgia’s largest

Trammell Crow Co. is planning a $21 billion technology campus for a 1,632-acre site along I-75 roughly 60 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 2d

I actively support Bristol Friends of Standing Together.

Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 2d

Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.

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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 2d

“Forever chemicals” in our rivers wasn’t enough — now they want them on our food. Trump’s EPA is preparing to approve another PFAS pesticide, knowing full well these toxins cause cancer and contaminate water for generations. This is criminal negligence.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk

www.theguardian.com

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 2d

Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.

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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · 3d

A few of our FPH events ahead!

[01/12] - PFAS ('forever chemicals') Talk

[02/12] - Public Health Consultant Jobs Market - Past, Present and Future

[02/12] - The Role of Enforcement in Tobacco Control

[15/12] - COP30 Rapid Debrief

Register and see more ➡️ www.fph.org.uk/events-courses-exams/

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 3d

MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy.

Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3d

“Approving a £49 billion runway while hoping to meet environmental goals is pure wishful thinking. Particularly hypocritical for this to come just days after UK ministers talked about phasing out fossil fuels at COP30.”
www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/

Greenpeace UK Press Centre

For journalists and media professionals: breaking news, comments, pictures, resources and the Greenpeace press team contact details.

www.greenpeace.org.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.

A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:

A 6–8% hit to GDP

That's £180bn-£240bn a year

It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.

Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.

New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right

Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 4d

Mashhad, a city of 3.5 million, is nearing Day Zero with reservoir levels below 3%. Iran’s president warns that Tehran and other cities may soon face evacuation.

This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports

Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought

www.theguardian.com

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 4d

Just another day with Ben-Gvir's police force, whose goal is to humiliate and oppress Palestinians across the land. This time, the police decided to break into a children's play in East Jerusalem and disperse everyone with threats...

Police raid Palestinian children's play in East Jerusalem theater on Ben-Gvir's orders

The Far-right National Security Minister Ordered Police to Raid the El-Hakawati Theater in East Jerusalem, With Authorities Saying a Musical Show Held in It Was Linked to the Palestinian Authority and...

www.haaretz.com

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 4d

It’s honestly disheartening to see a third runway at Heathrow pushed forward when we desperately need less aviation. Communities, climate scientists, and campaigners keep raising the alarm, and decisions like this show just how much work there’s still to do. #Climate www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heathrow's plan for longer third runway chosen by government

Under the selected plan, the runway would be up to 3.5km long and require a new road tunnel under the airport.

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Garry Stone @garrystone.bsky.social · 5d

"If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear,"

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 5d

It's nearly time for our end-of-year party! Join us online on Monday 15th December to celebrate #FlightFree2025 with our fave travel stories from the year, and test your flight-free knowledge with our legendary quiz.

Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 5d

"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."

~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇

End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters

Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes

www.theguardian.com

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 5d

Apple is anti-union.

Tesla is anti-union.

Amazon is anti-union.

McDonald's is anti-union.

Starbucks is anti-union.

Google is anti-union.

Walmart is anti-union.

These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.

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Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 5d

20 years ago I created the Toronto based non-profit org, Walk & Bike for Life, and spoke about 8 80 Cities.
We changed the name to 8 80 Cities, talk & do about walking and cycling FOR LIFE, equity.
Amazing ride. I've worked in over 350 cities. I hope to have contributed, I've done my very best.

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 6d

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

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Veteran Fighting Fascist @vetsfighfascist.bsky.social · 6d

The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...

Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN

The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.

Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 6d

Is this our future.
Our health and that of the planet blighted in perpituity, while so many fail to act?
We all have some agencyi n this, #ActNow.
#Publichealth

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 8d

Shell forced to reveal true scale of Jackdaw’s climate impacts. Gas field would emit as much as 20 million UK cars driven for a year. 36 million tonnes CO2 equivalent over project’s lifetime.
www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/

Greenpeace UK Press Centre

For journalists and media professionals: breaking news, comments, pictures, resources and the Greenpeace press team contact details.

www.greenpeace.org.uk

Marcus Grant @marcusxgrant.bsky.social · 6d

This is good...

Richard Corbett @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 7d

“Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof”, says Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland

The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Cities & Health @citiesxhealth.bsky.social · 7d

📰 Monitoring slum health through ecological deprivation indexes is a useful strategy to understand health inequalities within a city. The authors developed a socioenvironmental index capable of explaining health outcomes and differentiating areas with varying slum typologies and non-slum spaces.

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Cities & Health @citiesxhealth.bsky.social · 7d

Health inequality quantification research by Mirela Barros Serafim et al.
🔍#CityKnowHows
🔍Developing a socio-environmental deprivation index for monitoring intra-urban health inequalities

www.cityknow-how.com/developing-a...
#Cities4Health

Developing a socio-environmental deprivation index for monitoring intra-urban health inequalities – City Know-how

www.cityknow-how.com

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Evelyne de Leeuw @evdle.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t mind anymore if the Americans under Trump ever more try to kill themselves. They seem to deserve it.

But these new PFASs don’t stick to the USA…

biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks

The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...

biologicaldiversity.org