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mikehinford.bsky.social
Wannabe Film Producer. Allergic to lots of stuff. Severe mould allergy. Atheist. Clean Air Campaigner. Universal Basic Income. Bristol, UK
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Talie, it’s been a pleasure getting to know you recently. We’re really excited to have you with us championing #CleanAir & children’s health in #Nottingham. If there's anyone here also worried about pollution in Nottingham, email us at [email protected] to join our new group! #VolunteersWeek

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“The owner of the Drax wood-burning power station should be forced to disclose full details of its tree consumption, campaigners have argued.”

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I am proud to be a (non-celebrity!) signatory to the #TakingThePip letter sent to Starmer and the government. We “demand that the government withdraw its inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits.” This is nothing less than “cruelty by policy.” tinyurl.com/3cmv43a9

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“England’s [prescribed] peatland burning is releasing harmful levels of air pollution that current monitoring fails to capture, and existing regulations struggle to control…”

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Shocking new research by @clientearth.bsky.social & @creacleanair.bsky.social reveals the #Health effects of excess NOx #AirPollution emissions in the UK. Reminder: these emissions come from Euro 5&6 #Diesel cars emitting suspiciously high levels of pollution. Millions are still on our roads.

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More than 100 of the UK’s most high-profile disabled people urge the Prime Minister to abandon the “inhumane and catastrophic plans to cut disability benefits”. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Pumped #hydropower can effectively work as a long-duration battery by using renewable electricity when it is abundant to pump water up into a reservoir & release the water to generate electricity when renewable energy wanes. More efficient & cleaner than gas power stations.

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The 5-day week steals your time, your health, and your joy. The 4-day week gives us a chance to claim it back.

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Net Zero & economic growth can quite happily walk hand in hand "Electric plane tech centre to be built near Glasgow Airport" "Facility to develop & manufacture fuel cells for small electric planes could be in operation by 2028 creating around 350 jobs" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Delighted to be able to support the #UBI for Farmers campaign and organise some useful meetings for them. Important for #FoodSecurity and fixing our broken #FoodSystem, doing such damage to #PublicHealth

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Good to see this - slower speeds are a no-brainer if you want to protect people, reduce noise and pollution and make areas more welcoming. #RoadDanger #VisionZero

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They made £3.2bn profit in the UK. They paid -£12.4m in tax. This is why there is no money.

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Today we shared initial findings from our Burn Alert study, which gave householders real-time information about the air quality implications of their wood-burner use. Really pleased to have @mumsforlungs.bsky.social there given their important work thinking about kids' need for clean air

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An article here on the Scrap Carbon Capture campaign 👉 scrapcc.org/CCS-ACTION-BS1 Poblems.for Govt with: - geological storage - true carbon costs - out of date emissions factors (means methane not properly accounted) - and more See here: archive.ph/FZZk6 With video of @adrianramsay.bsky.social

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We were glad to attend today's Parliamentary reception on the transition from gas to electric cooking. Great to hear a range of sectors incl industry & retail being on board with the transition to electric cooking. #IndoorAirPollution ‪🙏 @clasp-ngo.bsky.social‬ @globalactionplan.bsky.social

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