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supportinglife.bsky.social @supportinglife.bsky.social · 3h

Check out this from We Own It.

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Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 5d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 1d

#flooding will make a growing number of homes in the UK uninsurable and whole towns may need to be abandoned as the #climate breaks down.

#climatecrisis
#InsureOurSurvival

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding.

Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance.

Inadequate flood defences.

Yet houses being built in flood prone areas, planning deregulated

Farage/Trump deny climate change.

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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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

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supportinglife.bsky.social @supportinglife.bsky.social · 2d

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 2d

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Earth has reached its first catastrophic #tippingpoint linked to greenhouse gas #emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people,

#climatecrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

supportinglife.bsky.social @supportinglife.bsky.social · 3d

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20! action.eko.org/a/president-...

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20!

Right now, the world stands at a crossroads: billionaires are hoarding obscene wealth while millions struggle just to survive.But for the first time ever, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 3d

I just supported a campaign that’s really important. Larch is in a tough spot and needs help to save his home from being taken. Please consider donating or sharing this. Every bit counts. gofund.me/9f6919344

Donate to Save Larch’s home from HS2 AND HELP His NEXT GREAT PROJECT, organized by Merlin Matthews

Dr. Larch Maxey has dedicated 40 years to sustainability and … Merlin Matthews needs your support for Save Larch’s home from HS2 AND HELP His NEXT GREAT PROJECT

gofund.me

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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supportinglife.bsky.social @supportinglife.bsky.social · 3d

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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Extinction Rebellion UK @extinctionrebellion.uk · 4d

💚 A massive thank you to the ART FACTORY. They created so much, not only for XR, but for others in the ecology of movements too.

Their generosity, skills and #imagination helped others too - they were always willing to reach out, helping many groups to achieve #socialchange.

#Artivism

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 5d

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

a closeup of bivalve shells. text overlaid in a bold white font: Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’. New Uni of Exeter study finds evidence of "stability loss"

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Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · 4d

‼️‼️Seminal report ‼️‼️

-on THREATS TO UK SECURITY- ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

-of the COLLAPSE of critically important ECOSYSTEMS -

-being swept under carpet-

-by government-

-embarrassed by its failure-

-to provide any leadership on the issue 😡😡😡😡

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@zero-hour.bsky.social
@juststopoil.bsky.social

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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Extinction Rebellion Oxford @xroxford.org · 4d

Destabilising impact of climate & nature crises on national security is:

“one of the biggest risks facing Britain”

☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

“food import supply chains are coming under pressure”

“prices of commodities increasing”

@xrglobal.bsky.social

@scientistsforxr.earth

@ecioxford.bsky.social

Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · 4d

‼️‼️Seminal report ‼️‼️

-on THREATS TO UK SECURITY- ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

-of the COLLAPSE of critically important ECOSYSTEMS -

-being swept under carpet-

-by government-

-embarrassed by its failure-

-to provide any leadership on the issue 😡😡😡😡

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

@zero-hour.bsky.social
@juststopoil.bsky.social

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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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 5d

The planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, but we’ve run out of time to discuss that I’m afraid.

#bbcqt @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 5d

Zack Polanski became leader of the Green Party just a month ago but has already taken British politics by storm.

Tonight he appears on Question Time alongside a rogues’ gallery of right-wingers.

So where did he come from - and what does he believe? 🧵

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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 6d

How much longer will the BBC, ITV, Sky, C4 and C5 hide AMOC collapse from the British people?

Campaigners were at City Hall today to demand London Assembly members start planning for the UK being plunged into a far colder, drier climate which would decimate agriculture. 🧵

AMOC campaigners with the AMOC bomb outside London's City Hall

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 6d

UK national #security is severely threatened the #climatecrisis and the looming collapse of natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster just years away warn defence chiefs. But their report has been delayed, and may not now be published.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence 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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Professor Brandon Hamber @brandonhamber.bsky.social · 7d

A forgotten conflict, at least in the West. More than 20 people killed in central #Myanmar after the military launched motorised paraglider attacks during a candlelight vigil

Dozens killed in Myanmar after armed paraglider attack: Reports

Amnesty International says the military launched a paraglider attack on a nighttime civilian gathering.

www.aljazeera.com

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 6d

Might be better to use the North Sea for this not yet more #fossilfuel extraction

#solar
#renewables
#climatecrisis

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

The floating solar panels that track the Sun

Many countries are looking to floating solar power to save valuable space. The Netherlands is taking this one step further, with water-based arrays that follow the Sun.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 6d

"The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years 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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supportinglife.bsky.social @supportinglife.bsky.social · 6d

Help JSO Stonehenge activists with out of court costs chuffed.org/project/1519...

Help JSO Stonehenge activists with out of court costs

Our world urgently needs a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and there's one under negotiation. This is a proper, bottom-up initiative - 42 Cities and Subnational Governments across 6 Continents ...

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 8d

Developing countries especially China led the clean energy charge but richer nations including EU and US relied more on #fossilfuels

We need a rapid shift to #renewableenergy across the globe. Especially in Western nations.

#ClimateCrisis

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 8d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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