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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Toby Perkins, MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, was on Radio 4 last night to discuss our findings about PFAS in people's blood in Lancashire. Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾

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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🚨 STOP PRESS ⚖️ Filing this week 🙏 Please support this cutting edge climate litigation case here www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... ⚡ 7️⃣ reasons to support the #CarbonReckoning legal case

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...

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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief

Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Asking for tax handouts while turning record [unearned war] profits during a #climateemergency takes staggering audacity – even by the fossil fuel industry’s standards" 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

UK is on track to install around 300,000 solar rooftops this year That'll break records and on its own add at least 1GW of solar to UK generation For scale, UK maximum demand is around 50GW www.businessgreen.com/news/4535700...

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'Unprecedented numbers': Solar industry on track to smash rooftop record

MCS tracker reveals number of small-scale solar installations completed this year has already surpassed long-standing 2011 record

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Barbara McFarlane @barbaramcfarlane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sustainable Hackney Films for Action screen excellent film ‘The Conspiracists’ Fri 18 Sept, 7pm St Paul’s West Hackney. Plus Liz Pendleton in conversation with director Liz Smith @lizpendleton.bsky.social @sustainhackney.bsky.social @p75investigates.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-conspi...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BBC News: Mass trespass staged in PM Andy Burnham's constituency "They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for a change in the law to bring in a Scottish-style right of responsible access to land and water that is privately owned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mass trespass staged in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Makerfield constituency

Protestors walked on to a private estate in Wigan as part of their calls for the right to roam.

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Generation Rent @generationrent.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: The government has published the timetable to implement the new online landlord database, a key part of the Renters' Rights Act. All landlords will be required to sign up by late 2027.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Buried in this article is a key quote from Prof Chris Bakal, at the Institute of Cancer Research - about applying AI to medical challenges: "It does not need a giant data centre to run. The future of medical AI will not belong to whoever builds the biggest computer… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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AI will cure cancer in our lifetime, claims boss of UK chip giant

Arm Holding's chief executive Rene Haas says artificial intelligence will find a solution to the disease.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

nepalitimes.com/what-is-lost... As Nepal's government requests climate damages from UN COP27 Loss &Damage Fund, rich nations must take responsibility. Countries like UK capable of much more ambition in emissions reductions. Click below for🧵on fair share legal case nepalitimes.com/what-is-lost...

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More sad news... Puffin population drops sharply at key UK colony amid climate change concerns www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Puffin population drops sharply amid climate change concerns

Experts said the drop in numbers is ‘disappointing’

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Now, in response to alerts from the UN's #Methane Alert and Response System, Turkmenistan has started plugging the leaks There's much more to do, but it's an "incredible first step" The 2nd biggest mega-leaker, the US, is doing nothing @unep.org 3/3 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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Rob Edwards @robedwards5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is a fascinating exposé by @danielshailer.bsky.social.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 29/08/2026

Witness History: St Kilda Currently on BBC Sounds: In August 1930 the last inhabitants left their homes on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda. Simon Watts has been listening to some of their stories, as recorded in the BBC archives www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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BBC World Service - Witness History, St Kilda

The remote Scottish islands whose last inhabitants were evacuated in August 1930

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

F-gases, used in data centre cooling systems, degrade to form forever chemicals TFA - classed as likely to harm fertility & child development by the EU - & PFPrA - linked to liver toxicity. Data centres are not only water hungry, they're a vast water pollution risk: www.nrdc.org/media/chemou...

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Chemours and Data Centers: A Love Story

Recently, Chemours has seen tremendous growth in the “product groups” responsible for manufacturing forever chemicals for use at data centers.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

NEB food expert Prof Paul Behrens interviewed by @owenjones.bsky.social. Why Britain is heading towards a food crisis unless we change direction urgently. To find out more, watch the People's Emergency Briefing film: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp #PEBuk

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Britain Is on a “Pathway to Collapse”, Expert Warns

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 08/07/2026

Protecting bats isn’t just the right thing to do. It’s also, as it happens, the cheap thing to do. Saving bats is just… very good economics. Need more convincing? Here are 6 more reasons protecting nature is the smartest investment we can make: nature.ly/4ga9HcU 🎨 Mikhaila Markham/TNC

A comic strip featuring a bat and the night sky. In the first panel, the bat flies at dusk, thinking, "Midnight snack or was that lunch?" The second panel shows silhouettes sitting with a musical note and the bat above. The person says, "Strange... not a single mosquito all night," with a figure responding, "I know! It's magical." The third panel depicts the bat thinking, "Magic? Hah. Magic. Right." The fourth panel highlights the bat proclaiming "because of meeee!" at the onlookers who are unaware. The bottom credits The Nature Conservancy and Mikhaila Markham.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Pathetic": I told the Guardian what I think about the Starmer government's plan for nature It's more of the failed politics of the past 40yrs: failing to take public control of the nature crisis & contracting it out to private landowners. Burnham must do better www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’

Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarily

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Barbara McFarlane @barbaramcfarlane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@alastairis.bsky.social #Woodberrydownregeneration . Consultations in next week. Phase 5! woodberrydownconsultation.com/stage-3/ See Fly over visual! Too high too close, will seriously impact East Reservoir . -9% Loss of biodiversity & nature😡. @sustainhackney.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Amazon and Congo basin forests aren't just trees; they are Earth's life-support systems. If you believe protecting them is non-negotiable for climate action and environmental sustainability, be the first to like, comment, and repost. Say NO to deforestation & ecocide! 🛑👇

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The lack of urban trees across the UK is a public health emergency. We need vastly more green shade (and we need to nurture it through ever more brutal summers).

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Heatwave: UK's overheating towns and cities rank way below European…

Only Hastings and Guildford rank above European average for urban tree cover, with Manchester leading large cities in England

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Barbara McFarlane @barbaramcfarlane.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is very sad, just when we need to be eating more plant based food.😢 #nationalemergencybriefing @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hazardous sodium cyanide, heavy metals, oil, radioactive waste, benzenes, toluene - a labyrinth of caves beneath a golf course in Cheshire brim with "chemical soup". The former leaseholder says the Council failed to warn him. My latest article, out now: share.google/pBTpx6J5O6s3...

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Toxic for 100 years: the UK golf course built on chemical waste

Despite contamination at Malkins Bank in Cheshire, it is deemed suitable for golf … and now a children’s play area

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

An enormous release of methane, highly potent greenhouse gas. Estimated at 130 tonnes, the equivalent in warming impact to the annual emissions from 2,300 cars. The UK's emissions reporting vastly underestimates this sort of venting. Time to take this seriously. 🙏 @drandrewboswell.bsky.social

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Methane vented over Scotland as Lords debate how to stop it

Carbon Mapper satellite uncovers first UK methane plume, a venting incident during London Climate Action Week

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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Exactly. There will be no new normal. The weather will keep becoming more extreme until the world decarbonises. We might have the odd calmer year but the trend will be more extreme. So today’s UK weather is the least extreme we can ever expect. Time to finally WAKE UP.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Last year, leading scientists briefed MPs in Westminster on the risks facing the UK. Now, the film version is spreading nationwide as communities & workplaces host screenings of The People’s Emergency Briefing. Seen our FT ad? Find a screening near you or host one: Link in bio.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Utterly heartrending and enraging to read this piece. This is where 'pure, cold rage' gets you: pogroms on the streets and care workers cowering in their homes. Arrest the rioting racists, ban X, cap political donations, turn the screws on the fascists. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell of being trapped at home by Belfast mob

Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The absolute absence of political leadership against the far right in Britain is genuinely shocking, and will make things worse The only politician I heard really speaking out - and leading - in last 24 hours was independent councillor in Belfast

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Absolutely fantastic protest with Feargal Sharkey, Ash Smith and Peter Hammond @windrushwasp.bsky.social the Dirty Business campaigners 🤩 Government must regulate water companies until they're unprofitable, then PUBLIC OWNERSHIP Otherwise privatisation will waste £44 BILLION in next 10 years

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Then consider plans to drill for oil directly through the precious chalk aquifer beneath the Yorkshire Wolds - drinking water source for 900,000 people: @davideddy.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/who-i...

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Who is protecting England’s drinking water?

A plan to drill through a key Yorkshire aquifer exposes gaps in regulation and raises risks to drinking water and long term water security

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Kate de Selincourt @katedes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Very interesting listen - I like a bit of historical context!

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Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP @drrosena.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My position on Netanyahu's outrageous Gaza land grab.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Last week, @thenerve.news published #TheHarborneReceipts, a forensic examination in cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne’s donations…& how closely they tracked Farage & Johnson’s pro-crypto policy statements. Yesterday, the FT published an editorial making this exact point about Reform. 1/

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I really feel we've lost many of the environmental gains we had made even a decade ago

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

4/ If AMOC collapses: arable farming in Britain ends. London winters average -19.3°C. Global wheat and maize area could halve. Yet the AMOC tipping point isn't in the National Risk Register. Iceland has declared it a National Security threat. The UK hasn't... yet.

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Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming - Carbon Brief

A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern Europe, overriding the warming driven by human activity.

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Barbara McFarlane @barbaramcfarlane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@righttoroam.bsky.social lovely to see all enjoying #peakdistrict bankhol on Over Owler Tor/Millstone Grit Edge but signs ignored & many dogs off leads, a few spoilt for all, collected up wet wipes, dog poo bags & sanitary pad @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 1 curlew spotted 😢

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The world is threatened by a “suicidal” model of capitalism which is leading to war, fascism, and the potential extinction of humanity, warns Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro at 57-country summit in San Marta, Colombia @jonathan-watts.bsky.social @fionaharvey.bsky.social in San Marta

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‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told

Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The UK does not have national food stockpiles or plans to create these! 🤦‍♀️

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

For those who want a sense of how People’s Emergency Briefing screenings are being received by audiences across the UK, we’ve gathered together some testimonials. #PEBuk #TimeToStepUp lnkd.in/ehyycvew

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Three Acres And A Cow @threeacresacow.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🐮 our shows are a-moo-sing! threeacresandacow.co.uk/shows/

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A wildlife disaster unfolds alongside the human tragedy in the Strait of Hormuz @greenpeace.org reports Iranian vessel Shahid Bagheri, stuck by a US warplane in early March, is still leaking oil near the Strait, with nearby wetlands at risk: www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s... 🧵 1/5

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The stunning underwater world that’s at risk as the Iran war drags on | CNN

Not far from the vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf is a one-of-a-kind marine ecosystem that’s home to dolphins, sea turtles and coral. How do oil slicks affect them?

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