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No one should be left behind in the shift to a greener future. As the world transitions to renewable energy, we risk simply swapping one unjust system for another. Natalie Shortall on a new Oxfam paper that calls on the UK to get behind a “just transition”. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/03/no-o...

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🔥 BREAKING: The Government plans to axe the windfall tax on oil & gas super-profits by 2030—while energy bills rise & climate disasters worsen. It's consulting on an alternative. It's time polluters paid more, not less! Sign the petition now: shorturl.at/sthMx

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🏘️ Britain’s poorest are spending almost as much on council tax as income tax — @resfoundation.bsky.social “It’s an incredibly regressive tax ... a band H property in Hartlepool is paying almost twice as much as a band H property in Westminster” Eleanor Shearer on BBC #PoliticsLive ⬇️

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Thames Water have been allowed to add another £3 billion to their existing £19 billion of debt. They've run up this bill by paying out huge amounts to bosses and shareholders instead of investing in our water infrastructure. It's time for water to be run for people, not profit.

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Another corporate bailout at the expense of ordinary taxpayers. This £3bn loan will ultimately be met through higher bills — but it won't fix the underlying problem: Reckless mismanagement which has, again, put shareholders above the public.

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🚨Breaking🚨 ⚖️The High Court has approved #Thames Water’s £3bn bailout loan. This is just a stay of execution. Thames will limp on for a few months like a profit-thirsty zombie. The privatised business model is rotten and must be condemned. Public ownership NOW!

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The oil and gas industry is trying to dodge responsibility for the massive destruction new fields like Rosebank would cause. This is absolutely scandalous

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📢 NEW: BP and Shell’s profits in 2024 are more than 2x the amount of UK’s climate finance commitments. Shell and BP’s combined 2024 profits are over £26 bn. In contrast, the UK has committed to spending £11.6 bn on international climate finance. www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/bp-and-...

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40,000 people say MAKE POLLUTERS PAY 📢 Big Oil companies rake in profits while our planet burns. Shell raked in profits of £19.1 BILLION in 2024 alone. Thanks to @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @makepolluterspay.bsky.social @britishquakers.bsky.social for coming out to support our petition hand in ✍️🏽

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The biggest & wealthiest climate polluters are being allowed to get even richer while millions of people are pushed deeper into poverty by the climate crisis. We joined @globaljusticenow.bsky.social & @makepolluterspay.bsky.social to tell the Government to #MakePollutersPay ✍️

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Polluting corporations made billions again last year. Rising bills in the UK and climate breakdown globally, while polluters rake it in? We don’t think so. We joined @GlobalJusticeUK at No.10 to tell the government to #MakePollutersPay

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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.

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HUGE NEWS!!!!

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This is some bombshell, scandelous, spy-novel-esque news in the climate space: It’s alledged that a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil engaged in hacking and targeting 128 climate activists and/or environmental organizations involved in climate ligation to discredit those individuals/groups.

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Yes, climate change was a major factor behind the hot, dry weather that gave rise to the devastating LA fires. Extreme weather disasters are driven by fossil-fuel-induced climate chaos. It’s time to make the companies that spent decades burying climate science pay for the damage they’ve caused.

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Last year, Shell made £23.7billion in profit! It was also the hottest year on record for the planet. Fossil fuels are the biggest contributor to the climate crisis that causes communities to push through devastating extreme weather everywhere. Their profit is our loss. #StopDrillingStartPaying

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It's one big club and you're not in it.⁠ It's time to tax the billionaires to save our planet.

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The world’s billionaire wealth surged in 2024. Can you guess how much? – Take our quiz and find out how much you really know about inequality ➡️ bit.ly/3Cbhw0B #Inequality #Davos #WEF25 #Equality #Davos2025

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Wow. 🔥🔥🔥 This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know: Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship… …but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies. Share the truth:

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🚨 NEW ANALYSIS: Privately held company ownership of North Sea oil & gas in 2024 is now 8x higher than it was in 2005. Increasingly, control of North Sea assets lies with a small group of owners with concentrated interests. Why does this matter? 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...

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This is it: we are on the brink of stopping new oil and gas drilling for good. The government has paused approving new fields while it asks the public, what we think should happen. The gov stands on the side of people over oil and gas bosses. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...

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🌍 BREAKING NEWS: The Bahamas 🇧🇸 joined bloc of countries seeking to negotiate a #FossilFuelTreaty, and Pakistan 🇵🇰 committed to discuss an equitable and just transition with the growing group of now 16 nations across 4 continents.

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One in four English properties will be affected by flood risk by mid-century. This is up from between one in five and six under previous estimates. The Environment Agency has updated its models to properly take account of climate change (harder than it sounds…) on.ft.com/3ZIN3OS

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🚨#WithinOurPower, our 2024 Insurance Scorecard Report is out now! Providing in-depth analysis on the fossil fuel insurance industry, the report offers recommendations for both insurers and regulators to act in face of the climate crisis. 🔗Read Here: global.insure-our-future.com/scorecard/

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"All rise" The International Court of Justice's historic #ClimateJustice hearings just started: Inside the Court, the judges are settling in, while outside of the Peace Palace, climate advocates, youth & campaigners demand #ClimateJustice. A thread with key takeaways 🧵👇

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More proof that the rhetoric reflected in some parts of the press and parliament is out of step with public sentiment: This survey of UK business leaders shows strong backing for the transition away from oil & gas and an end to new oil & gas licensing: www.thenational.scot/news/2474695...

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Fantastic to hear @richardburgon.bsky.social calling for polluters to be made to pay up for climate finance in Parliament 👏

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The only way to protect our communities from the climate emergency is through global collective action. Yet COP failed to provide the funding urgently needed. Fossil fuel giants are making vast profits while driving the climate crisis. They should be the ones made to pay.

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The climate crisis is a human rights crisis. Just a few days ahead of ICJ's historic climate hearings, read how: 🎯 The #RightToRemedy applies to #LossAndDamage in the context of escalating climate harms. 🎯 States can deliver meaningful #ClimateReparations. www.ciel.org/reports/clim...

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Exxon knew its fossil fuel products would cause "dramatic environmental effects" — but lied to protect its profits. Now dozens of communities are taking Exxon to court to make the polluter pay for its deception. Learn about their cases here: climateintegrity.org/lawsuits

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Join us December 2 for a training on Bluesky, with lots of tips and guidance for social change groups and activists. The training is free for those who need free access to join. #Bluesky #endX community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...

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#COP29: CIEL's @erikalennon.bsky.social reacts to the latest on Article 6.2 [aka carbon markets]. "Approving the current text would be a gift to polluters and a disaster for people and the planet. It'll be a win for carbon cowboys and a massive blow to ensuring a liveable future." More 👇

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1/2. “All that #CarbonMarkets are is polluters buying credits and the benefits are not reaching communities. The #GlobalSouth is doing all the work and not seeing any benefits." @erikalennon.bsky.social on.bsky.social of @cielorg.bsky.social at #COP29.

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Yesterday at #COP29, new texts dropped. Read our key takeaways & proposals on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange in this thread 🧵👇 But first, check out our briefing note with key demands for this year’s climate talks: climaterights.org/wp-content/u...

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1/2. “There is no shortage of funds, there is a shortage of political will. Every year trillions of dollars are spent on #FossilFuel subsidies and to fund war. The public finance is there.” Nikki Reisch of @cielorg.bsky.social at #COP29 on why we know developed countries can #PayUp under the #NCQG.

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1/2. “We are exhausted by the decades of games being played by developed countries. Their only interest is profits, profits profits. They see the #ClimateCrisis as a money making opportunity.” Harjeet Singh of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation treaty at #COP29.

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1/2. “It's the last day of #COP29 and we have no quantum in the text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG). This is a betrayal. Developed countries are obligated to provided #ClimateFinance.” Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at #COP29.

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Climate finance is "investment against the devastation that unchecked climate chaos will inflict on us all" says António Guterres, UN chief, reading the riot act to wrangling countries at #COP29. "Never forget what is at stake.' #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Favourite climate story of the year? Indian kitchenware co. sells the cop29.com domain to Global Witness despite higher bid from Azerbaijan 🔥🔥🔥 www.ft.com/content/acd0...

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As COP29 Negotiations Near the End, Global Activists Call On Delegates To Make Polluters Pay 👇 📷 Marie Jacquemin #MakePollutersPay (1/4)

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