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Happy 95th Birthday to GENE HACKMAN

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BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK. The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned. This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

submitted 28 days ago • 87 comments

UK devotes a smaller % of its GDP to state pension, pensioner benefits than most developed countries.. 2024-25: Govt spending £137.5bn on the state pension,pensioner benefits, 5.2% of GDP. France spends, 13.5%. Italy, 16.3%. Poverty is a political choice. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...

submitted 29 days ago • 17 comments

Five years ago, Keir Starmer understood the #climate emergency, supported protesters & voted against Heathrow expansion. Now, after his political lobotomy, he’s all in on 3rd runway & persecuting protesters.

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

submitted 29 days ago • 73 comments

What would Heathrow third runway mean for carbon emissions, air pollution, and noise? More, more, more ... Analysis by me #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The UK chancellor is either deeply dishonest or not too bright if she thinks Heathrow expansion can be reconciled with the UK's Paris 1.5-2°C & equity commitments. Either way, such traits make her ill-equipped for the job at hand. If she want's out of Paris, then join Trump & be honest about it.

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To everyone at The Atlantic, at the New York Times, at the BBC, I hope you're happy. I hope you love the world you've made. I will hate you until my last breath. You are beyond forgiveness. Scum of the earth.

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If the British public couldn't be brainwashed by the BBC into accepting genocide, then they would have to be frightened off the streets. Starmer has swapped the velvet glove of the BBC for the Met’s iron first. My latest article: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...

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Thames Water credit rating slashed to negative, administration looms. £23bn assets in urgent need of repair. Uses obsolete technology. £15bn+ debt, money borrowed to pay dividends, no new reservoir since 1989, dumps sewage in rivers. Must be no public bailout www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 34 days ago • 43 comments

Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill. Some dark arts being used to silence people. Threats of discipline/expulsion, filibustering i.e. talk to ensure that the Bill debate runs out of time. Dhould be a free vote on all green issues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 34 days ago • 22 comments

Reeves to back Heathrow third runway. Madness. London is congested and polluted. Towns near airport choking. Bound to lead to environmental degradation, protests. It is a vote loser. Won't deliver assumed growth for years. Will leave other regions behind. archive.ph/jGamW

submitted 38 days ago • 45 comments

New UK pensions minister has called to scrap ‘rubbish’ triple lock on state pension. Labour/Tories gunning for pensioners, condemning them to poverty. The issue isn't Young v Old. It is justice, equity, humanity. Young will get old too & face premature death. Fight for rights. archive.ph/NmDpE

submitted 42 days ago • 79 comments

UK median wage is £29,664. Real wage lower than in 2008. 17.8m adults have income below £12,570; rely upon benefits/charity. 3.12m people use foodbanks. PM Starmer says he will "ruthlessly" cut public spending; Can't get economic growth without redistribution leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...

submitted 39 days ago • 32 comments

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: I’ve got the balls to take an axe to Britain’s benefits bill – we’ll be RUTHLESS with cuts if needed. How brave of him to impoverish the old, sick, poor, disabled, public sector workers; not curbing profiteering, corporate tax abuses. www.thesun.co.uk/news/politic...

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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

submitted 51 days ago • 121 comments

First vid on Bluesky, an Armageddon-contemplating run on the cliff tops….

submitted 104 days ago • 23 comments

Global climate diplomacy by consensus failed. What now? “It is now abundantly clear that we need additional negotiation formats for the global fight against the climate crisis” but "even the biggest critics can’t seem to fathom giving up on the U.N. process entirely." ht @davelevitan.bsky.social

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Hello! I’m not sure how many people who care about the NHS are here yet- but the non-profit campaign org I run (EveryDoctor) is running a massive campaign involving 99 MPs so far, and I need to connect with as many lovely folk as possible. If you follow me, share+like this I’ll follow you back!Ju☺️💙

submitted 103 days ago • 52 comments

In November 1934, an iconic British organisation was born that grew to become the most revered horror studio in the world…Happy 90th anniversary to our beloved Hammer Films, today! 🎂🖤

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THREAD My deep dive on @IEA #WEO24 🌄Solar up 4x by 2030, top ⚡️ source by 2033 🥇Clean energy +44% by 2030, top energy source by "mid-30s" 🛢️EVs displace 6mb/d by 2030 (⏫4mb/d last yr) ⛰️Fossil fuels peak by 2030 🌡️Warming 2.4C(🔽 2.6C 2021 ⏬ 3.5C 2015) www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/13

submitted 132 days ago • 14 comments

ICYMI: turns out that Drax, the UK's biggest biomass plant and the country's single largest source of CO2 emissions, and which has denied burning old-growth forests, has indeed been burning old-growth forests.

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UK police raid home, seize devices of EI's Asa Winstanley Attack on journalist part of broad crackdown on Palestine reporting, activism. Highly sinister electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...

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Prof Kevin Anderson on the role of scientists in communicating a sense of the size of the climate problems we face. #lowcarbonbirding youtu.be/5TBH6r-P-1w?...

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Nice piece from @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social on the importance of including local and community energy in any sensible clean power strategy.

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IPCC meeting in Sofia fails to agree timeline for seventh assessment report | @ayeshatandon.bsky.social @rtmcswee.bsky.social w/ comment from @frediotto.bsky.social David Lapola @hannahhughes.bsky.social Aromar Revi @lisaschipper.bsky.social @zlabe.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/4dN1sip

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I’m sorry to say that our crowd-funded case against contaminated sewage sludge has been thrown out by the High Court, thanks to a Catch-22 situation: government inaction permits further inaction. But we fight on. 🧵 fightingdirty.org/2024/08/21/t...

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"“Dying on the job is just simply out of the question, and it should never be a part of anyone’s routine. Yet employers are failing to act, and in doing so, they are failing to protect workers’ lives and their health,” said [April] Verrett." grist.org/extreme-heat...

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Very interesting read 👌

submitted 191 days ago • 1 comment

"Climate change is already making life shittier. Wetter winters are flooding farms, cancelling football matches, overflowing sewage systems and [making] groceries more expensive" @frediotto.bsky.social telling it how it is earlier this year...

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In a resounding victory for the BDS movement, Palestine activists have forced French multinational insurance company AXA to divest from all major Israeli banks and the weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. https://buff.ly/3AAq8g0 #Pal…

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