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Fossil Free WYPF

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The Fossil Free West Yorkshire campaign is calling for the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) to divest from fossil fuel investments as climate action and to protect pensions.

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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 23h
Vigil 251 25.9.26 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying stop investing in fossil fuel companies, these are the cause of climate destruction. We're close to societal collapse, we need honesty to keep us safe. Divestment from these killer companies is prudent and honest www.facebook.com/.../the-uk.....
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always liked Gary x
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Katie @rebelrouser1962.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"New long-term fossil fuel investments risk pulling in the opposite direction. We want African govts to build on the continent’s #RenewableEnergy potential rather than lock future generations into another cycle of dirty energy dependence,” Ajra Mohamed, Climate Action Network Africa #EndFossilFuels
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports - Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔍Companies making green claims should be paying attention. Poland’s consumer watchdog, UOKiK, has formally weighed in on our case against Nestlé Poland, just weeks before its first court hearing.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Vigil 250 18.9.26 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying 'Divest from fossil fuels!' in #EndFossilFuels #GlobalWeek. Simon Pilcher USS "We see a hot world as being a profoundly damaging world for our scheme. We think climate risk is a huge financial factor.. the risks..are risks to all assets."
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌍 Bradford Green councillors have arranged a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis at City Hall, Bradford. 📅 Wed 30 Sept, 7pm 🎟️ Free places, limited availability. 🔗 Book now ⬇️
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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 13/09/2026
4 billion dead: there are no words, meaning there are no words. I am speaking at the next international online call. The last one had nearly 2000 registrations. This thing is only going to grow. Here are the details... Monday 21 September, 7pm BST actionnetwork.org/events/the-4...
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why climate movements struggle to talk about class www.resilience.org/stories/2026...
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Why climate movements struggle to talk about class
Environmental movements often frame injustice through race and gender while overlooking the ways class shapes power, exclusion, and whose voices are heard. The result is a climate politics that can al...
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vigil 24 11.9.26. At West Yorkshire Pension Fund to say stop investing in fossil fuels because they are killing us fast! And @andyburnham.bsky.social #StopRosebank! BP new chair 'will refocus on fossil fuel extraction and ditch renewable energy investments'. www.theguardian.com/.../bp-appoi....
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Vigil 249 11.9.26. At West Yorkshire Pension Fund to say stop investing in fossil fuels because they are killing us fast! And @andyburnham.bsky.social #StopRosebank! BP's new chair 'will refocus on fossil fuel extraction and ditch renewable energy investments'. www.theguardian.com/.../bp-appoi....
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Sustaining All Life @sustainingalllife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The climate crisis and racism are inextricably intertwined. The exploitation of the majority of the world’s people and the planet for the benefit of a small minority has led us to the existential crisis our species is now facing.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Vigil 248 on 4.9.26 with Global Justice Bradford outside West Yorkshire Pension Fund saying STOP INVESTING IN FOSSIL FUELS! www.oxfam.org.uk/.../un-warns... - and climate breakdown does not just affect the most vulnerable, it will affect us all. Fossil fuels are suicide and murder.
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📣 Following last week’s nature loss and national security debate in Parliament, it was clear that MPs, and the public, want the government to release the security services full report. It’s great that @zackpolanski.bsky.social has joined the call and urged them at the #WildSummit. Will they listen?
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🧵 below 👇👇 1️⃣ Govt lawyers have refused to answer basic questions about the Govt set carbon budget levels for many years (16) ahead 2️⃣ Read more and please repost 3️⃣ We are filing a legal case later this month. Please support @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I didn't mean to turn this into a thread, but the issue has got me properly triggered (again). Read on for how this approach has been embedded in every aspect of government, who has driven the process and how it works.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
actionnetwork.org/events/the-4...
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The 4 Billion Dead September International Public Call
You felt this summer. Across the world it was felt. The heat that didn’t break. The grass that turned to straw then dust. The rivers running low. Heatwaves killing thousands of people. It wil...
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 28/08/2026
About bloody time. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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‘Green’ UK pensions are bankrolling US fossil fuels
Public sector pensions have ploughed billions into opaque investment funds which are financing ruinous gas projects on the US Gulf Coast
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
London Science Museum has dropped fossil fuel giant BP as sponsor. Big thx Extinction Rebellion & Culture Unstained for campaigning to end this greenwashing👏 Under CEO Murray Auchincloss #BP abandoned its previous goal to cut #OilAndGas production 25% by 2030, then totally scrapped reduction targets
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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Allowing Rosebank/Jackdaw with promises of CCS later is a trap, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social points out: - CCS is unproven at anything like the required scale. - We should invest in cutting fossil fuel use, not prolonging it. - Every year of delay makes the required emissions cuts steeper.
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Response to Open Letter to DESNZ about Rosebank & Jackdaw - Climate Uncensored
Response to a letter from Stephanie Loo, Myles Allen & colleagues to the DESNZ Secretary of State about offsetting continued fossil fuel production with
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Vigil 247, 28.8.26 @WestYorkshirePensionFund. We feel for those affected by the Nepal floods. This is why we've been demanding the fund #DivestFromFossilFuels which drive #ClimateBreakdown incl severe weather eg flooding. Council pension funds can stop investing in the cause of death & destruction
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's too late for non-radical futures. A slide from a recent talk by @kevinclimate.bsky.social on the stark choice that faces us. You can view the whole talk here: youtu.be/ABptBPMWitU
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Vigil 246. Global Justice Bradford outside West Yorkshire Pension Fund saying divest from fossil fuels for financial prudence and climate safety. Go see a screening of the @nebriefing.bsky.social #ThePeople'sEmergencyBriefing to find out more. bd25climatefacts.net 4 dates & venues
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Vigil 245 Never a single one missed We need 2 face that climate breakdown is caused by fossil fuels & we need to move off fossil fuels asap! #DivestFromFossilFuels #WestYorkshirePensionFund! Pls sign petition asking govt for briefing on climate & nature risks: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Despair is not just wrong. It's irrational. Things can change, at astonishing speed. In fact, the flip might be happening already. My article for the Guardian's climate support campaign. www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Scientists are growing more alarmed, with climate impacts running as much as 25 years ahead of what models predicted even a few years ago. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis? #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp
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Check here to see if your MP has signed
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Vigil 244 on 7.8.26 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying STOP investing in fossil fuels! & #StopRosebank @nazshahbfd.bsky.social @annadixonmp.bsky.social @imranhussainmp.bsky.social @judithcummins.bsky.social
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... Fab that all these MPs have signed up! Has yours signed yet? Click on link to check and then please ask them! Thank you
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Check here to see if your MP has signed
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social @nazshahbfd.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The convergence is no coincidence. These “arguments” are the same self-serving, disingenuous twaddle, coming from the same place: hacks who serve capital. It's time we recognised them for what they are. Politics is downstream from profit.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
2. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, we will hand an advantage to our commercial rivals, who are bound to continue (because foreigners are perfidious). 3. The slaves / planet will then be worse off, because foreign slave traders / fossil fuel producers are dirtier than ours.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The arguments trotted out against leaving fossil fuels in the ground are strikingly similar to the arguments trotted out against ending the slave trade, 230 years ago. 1. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, Britain’s economy will collapse 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.
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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
No excuses at all not to make the banks pay more - a lot more These parasites use our hard-earned cash to make themselves richer, and to shower obscene amounts of money on their CEOs and shareholders www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Levy could raise £19bn to help pay for Andy Burnham’s support for those struggling with bills, say campaigners
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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 04/08/2026
The 4 Billion Dead August International Public Call TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 7PM BST ONLINE What does it mean to live a life of integrity, in a world where so much harm is caused? How does it feel to embody the resilience necessary to face the challenges ahead? actionnetwork.org/events/the-4...
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Vigil 243 on 31.7.26 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund calling on them to STOP investing in fossil fuels. @globaljusticenow.bsky.social Bradford also says #StopRosebank for future's sake @andyburnham.bsky.social @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @nazshahbfd.bsky.social
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Analysis of Shell’s oil spills found that in 1980s & early '90s, 40% of spills from global operations were in Nigeria. Internal documents show failure to properly maintain wells & pipelines by subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company, which #Shell exempted from key health & safety standards
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
ICYMI, my Substack yesterday on gas. The fossil giants have always minimised the harm to respiratory health done by “natural” gas. Now they pitch it as the perfect “transition fuel”, when their real purpose is to tie us to fossil fuels. Free to read simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/gaslightin...
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Gaslighting with gas
What made the NZ government fall for the great gas scam?
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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Right wing, pro-fossil fuels media has been particularly virulent in attacking Ed Miliband & #NetZero targets.“It’s no surprise that an agenda which challenges the profits of big oil has made him the target of coordinated smears by the industry & its allies," Ami McCarthy @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social @nazshahbfd.bsky.social
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Tipping Point UK @tippingpointuk.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As wildfires continue to burn, Shell today announced £7.4 billion in obscene profits. So we delivered your open letter to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social calling on her to #StopRosebank the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field. The reality of new oil & gas= our communities pay, Big oil profits.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026... @josephinemoulds.bsky.social @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social
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The war on Iran could send UK pensions up in smoke
Local government pensions have been ploughed into risky fossil fuel assets that are now in the line of fire
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Please sign and share! Really powerful action! If we can get the petition for a televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis to 100,000 signatures before 20 Nov, that triggers a debate in Parliament. Currently stands at 39,175. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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