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Inside every cynic is an idealist struggling to get out. I can't access DMs, won't AV. Pedant. Tech @greennet.org.uk. Here to amplify science and join dots. #KeepItInTheGround #EndFossilFuels 💙💚 🐘 @cedric@greennet.social 🐦was Cedders68

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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 23/09/2026
The letter is a very positive initiative by some impressive names. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We know it's only part of the solution - we need to remove obstacles to electrifying heat and transport and also stop the corporate propaganda by desperate oil and gas.
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Until we end that dependence, we’ll never be able to address the climate emergency and stop fighting these endless oil-soaked wars. That’s why today we are inviting the world to unite around a common cause: repowering the world with cheap, clean energy."
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Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end | Open letter
As the UN gathers, signatories from Bernie Sanders to Yeb Saño issue an open letter calling for clean power for all
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI doesn’t need a decade to start threatening human health and life. It’s hurting us already, with the enthusiastic assistance of Trump and Zeldin’s “EPA” Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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AI Is Already Damaging Human Life. We Gave It a Head Start
The AI-industrial complex is in turmoil after several of its executives and engineers warned the technology could kill some or all humans, possibly before the 2036 election. This could be real cause f...
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 17/09/2026
One of the strangest graphs I've ever seen from the FT. Doesn't include likely scenario of a bubble bursting.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Burnham urged to reject new North Sea drilling days before first Trump meeting
Almost 600 climate scientists, health professionals and conservationists have warned against approving the Rosebank oil field
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 16/09/2026
If you have come to the firm conclusion that civilisation is going to unavoidably collapse then maybe you shouldn't be OK about that. Maybe you shouldn't find peace. Maybe you shouldn't spend time & money on seminars & mentoring that offer the promise of finding peace. 1/6
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 02/09/2026
We continue our journey through the land of make believe. We are departing 'we will avoid dangerous warming with incremental change' & entering 'we will return back to a safe climate'. No shade to the authors who know what the situation demands. 1/2 wedocs.unep.org/items/156d07...
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Limiting Overshoot: Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return
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Scientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
7/ MPs walk back into the Commons today with a choice: serve constituents, or serve oil majors. #Jackdaw & #Rosebank don't bring "energy security". They're bring fire, more floods, more deaths, locked in for decades. 🛑 Stop new extraction 🌱 Protect ecosystems 🔬 Let science lead, not lobbying
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Scientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/ Today Scientists on Survival welcomed MPs back to Parliament. As @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social & @andyburnham.bsky.social weigh opening #Rosebank & #Jackdaw, MPs must face up to the harm that more CO2 means - & not be misled by spurious industry talking points. A thread 🧵 #ClimateEmergency
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
COMING SOON. By dallan_sucks_at_art on IG.
A cartoon that shows a person sitting at a desk and saying "Yeah, It's coming whether you like it or not, we just need you guys to fund it, build it, and use it!" Behind the person is a sign that reads "Coming Soon: Evil machine that makes being alive miserable". By Dallan Madsen, known as dallan_sucks_at_art on Instagram
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 02/09/2026
But beyond: we need a rapid fossil fuel phase out NOW what else is there to say? Well, an unprecedented scale of action around adaptation to protect what we can. Let's deal with these realities rather than 'policy relevant' fantasies of getting back to 1.5°C. 2/2
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 28/08/2026
The climate costs of Rosebank would exceed revenue by many orders of magnitude. Pragmatism would be refusing consent and #justtransition. These are lowball estimates though, Check the #ultimatecostofcarbon. Rosebank would cause £18.5 TRILLION of damage to agriculture. doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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Client Challenge
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"We are spending almost £100m to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to wildfires and extreme weather" £100 million? Don't make me laugh This will not even scratch the surface You clearly have no idea at all of the climate mayhem that is coming www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A Britain of wildfires and flood risks: be sure, the climate crisis is real, and we will deal with it | Angela Eagle
Reform and the Conservatives are willing to mislead the public, but as environment secretary, I believe we must be honest – and act boldly, says Angela Eagle
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 28/08/2026
4/ Governments + fossil fuel companies must provide the finance needed for immediate relief and recovery. Governments must end fossil fuel expansion and accelerate a fair transition away from fossil fuels to prevent more communities from facing deadly climate disasters. oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
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Oil Change International statement on the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet - Oil Change International
Catastrophic flooding has killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, with many more still missing. Entire villages have been destroyed, homes and
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"we project a sharp rise in the number of glaciers disappearing worldwide, peaking between 2041 and 2055 with up to ~4,000 glaciers vanishing annually." #ClimateEmergency
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Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change
Many mountain glaciers will disappear with warming. Here the authors assess how many glaciers will disappear per year under different warming scenarios, finding that a peak in glacier loss will happen...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/ 🚨New piece out co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt on the EU's adaptation framework and the risk of a 3°C world. Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points. Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
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How the EU adaptation framework vastly underplays the risk of a 3°C world
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable - but it makes it seem so
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Hugely important letter to PM Andy Burnham from @kevinclimate.bsky.social &Tyndall colleagues. Rapidly shrinking global carbon budgets were ignored when Govt set the recent Seventh Carbon Budget - now a key ground in #CarbonReckoning legal case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... (see below)
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
One minute you're okay, the next you're not. "bad luck" will happen far more often. This is climate change. June cereal yields were +2%, 18 days later and this. Heat hit at grain fill. As 60% ish of euro cereals goes to feed, this will also impact animal food prices. www.ft.com/content/c528...
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European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates
France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...
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European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates
France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The scientific case against the development of new fossil fuels is crystal clear #AndyDon'tBurn'Em
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An End to Fossil Fuels | Dr. Aaron Thierry | 23 March 2023 | Just Stop Oil
YouTube video by Just Stop Oil
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
1/7 After @georgemonbiot.bsky.social exposed deep flaws in carbon capture &storage—and the extraordinary sums this Govt is committing to it—CCS industry lobbyists and pro-CCS scientists responded. @sioldridge.bsky.social &I answer them here www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵
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Carbon capture is a fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion | Letters
Letters: The predicted £264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out veste...
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HACAN @hacan1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#Heathrow expansion would pose a major risk to the UK’s #Climate targets. A third runway could result in #aviation alone accounting for up to 25% of UK emissions by 2050. There is still no credible plan to make aviation compatible with #NetZero. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #ClimateEmergency #No3rdRunway
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“The Fossil Fuel Treaty is not just a plan—it’s a lifeline,” said Mayor @mayorofgm.bsky.social Burnham, joining Massive Attack to endorse the call just before a sold-out show in Manchester on #WorldEnvironmentDay2025. This is the moment music, activism, and leadership united for climate justice.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/06/2026
"more renewables" does not necessarily result in falling emissions if demand is growing even faster Tech co's might do a handful of deals with clean projects but still add more new demand than new generation, meaning they almost always make emissions worse www.greenpeace.org.au/greenpeace-r...
a graphic showing new demand from data centres a graphic showing new demand from data centres
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 22/06/2026
When looking at the full global picture it becomes obvious that we are now living in a much changed climate. In summer 1976, north-west Europe was a lonely hot spot in a sea of cooler temperatures. In summer 2025, the world is bright red. The climate is unrecognisable compared to 50 years ago.
Average summer temperature anomaly in 1976Average summer temperature anomaly in 2025
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/06/2026
Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.
The summer of 1976 translated into a warmer climate.
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Watching climate activists fall for fossil fuel disinformation about solar in rural areas is disappointing yet not surprising. Yes, we need more parking lots covered in solar canopies, but that doesn’t mean that solar farms in rural areas are inherently bad!
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XR Horsham @xrhorsham.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“They won’t provide any significant quantities of oil and gas for many years to come,” Birol said. “They will not lower the bills, the UK will remain a significant importer and price taker on international markets” The economic case says #StopRosebank
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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 09/06/2026
Please ask your MP to support Early Day Motion 304 to #StopRosebank actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to Stop Rosebank for good.
Rosebank is a disaster that we can still stop, but the oil industry will stop at nothing to get it over the line. I've written to my MP to make sure the Government stands firm and rejects Rosebank on...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Let me also (a) quote @hausfath.bsky.social, @glenpeters.bsky.social & Piers Forster on the new CMIP7 scenarios (www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-dea...) and (b) remind folks what 3C (5.4F) of warming looks like (unclimatesummit.org/comparing-cl...):
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Fuel poverty isn't just about struggling to afford heating in winter - it means being more exposed to dangerous temperatures in summer 🥵 With extreme heat becoming normal, we need to distribute energy fairly so we can all afford to keep cool #EnergyForAll #MakeGreenFair @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social
Breaking: UK records all-time high May temperatures. Everyone should have access to the energy they need to keep cool in summer
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 25/05/2026
We rented a thermal drone to check whether Elon Musk’s AI company was following EPA rules. Here's what the camera picked up.
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We Caught Elon Musk’s AI Company Defying Federal Law
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is fueling its data centers with unpermitted gas turbines, according to a Floodlight visual investigation. Thermal drone footage captured in late…
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 26/05/2026
🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨 The online safety consultation closes TODAY. We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE. Let's take on Big Tech business models instead! Have your say ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/c...
Image: Vector illustration of an eye with a red pupil, white dotted lined circle iris on black with a grey checkerboard for tthe white of the eye. Rotating tapes with red and white stripes stetch out from around the eye. A grided grey background of content boxes, ie image icons, profile icon, video play icon and lines. Text: Have your say – No Online ID Checks! Respond to the consultation.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Bad news: Climate change could triple wildfire’s odds of destroying the carbon stored in U.S. forest offset projects. Good news: This paper has exquisitely designed figures.
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 26/05/2026
The 2026 ballot Private Members’ Bill ballot has taken place. We urgently need an MP to help secure our future and commit to the Nature + National Security Bill. Will you help and email your MP today? #NNSBill www.zerohour.uk/pmbb
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Write to your MP about the Private Members' Bill ballot
Ask your MP to choose the Nature + National Security Bill in the Private Members' Bill ballot.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050. Periods of hot weather will be longer, which could lead to an additional 10,000 heat-related deaths a year. About 9 in 10 homes are likely to overheat. #heatwaves #climatecrisis #endfossilfuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"In worst-case scenarios, a person...may find themselves with only hours before the flesh on one or more extremities starts to bruise, swell and decay" Spreading to a sea near you as global heating ramps up water temperatures Not a nice way to go www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A deadly bacteria is creeping up the US east coast. How worried should we be?
Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Wow. The idea being peddled by some NYT op-ed writers and Democratic strategists that we should “abandon the issue of climate change” is idiotic. If “winning” in politics means abandoning critical realities facing humankind and the planet, it’s not worth winning. Or even voting.
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 01/05/2026
The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels sought to shift the discussion and build momentum for concrete solutions to end fossil fuels’ grip on economies, legal frameworks, and #energy systems ENB Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a... #climate #TAFF1
DaisGustavo Petro, President of ColombiaBreakout session
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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Yesterday, Piers Forster presented Defining National Fossil Fuel Phase Out Roadmaps: A Colombian Case Study at a side event at TAFF in Santa Marta. Key to the roadmap was the work of Priestley researchers Elliott Johnson and Alejandro Romero Prieto. Here's Alejandro's thoughts on the conference.
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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The collective of NGOs gives a clear, united message to the governments meeting at the Santa Marta conference. We need an urgent exit from ISDS and real, meaningful action to address the climate emergency!
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BREAKING - Zarah Sultana MP exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial. UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details. “If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 19/03/2026
Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨 The People’s Emergency Briefing. A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action. Learn more here; nebriefing.org/the-film #PEBuk
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 12/03/2026
Join me and tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves: no more airport expansion while we’re in a climate emergency 🚨🌎 @friends-earth.bsky.social 👇 action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...
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Tell Rachel Reeves: don’t put plane profits before planet
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has backed airport expansion while we're in a climate emergency. Expanding airports like Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick won’t do much, if anything, for the communities that need ...
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 27/02/2026
I’ve written to the Energy Secretary to tell him he must be at the first international conference to phase-out fossil fuels. We have a key opportunity to end the fossil fuel era and make sure it takes corporate courts with it. Write to Ed Miliband here: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-energy-...
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Tell the Energy Secretary: attend the Colombia summit
Governments will meet in Colombia in April for the first ever international conference focused solely on the fossil fuel phase-out. Fossil fuels and the companies that make billions from them are an e...
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Cedric Knight 🌍 @cedric.greennet.social · 21/02/2026
I support this petition to end fossil fuels forever. You should, too! act.350.org/sign/end-fos...
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End Fossil Fuels Forever
Time is running out. Our planet is hitting record temperatures, while coal, oil and gas giants rake in billions, and our energy bills skyrocket. But we finally have a chance to break the cycle. Over 8...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms. He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.
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