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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 · 7h
Vigil 253 9.10.26 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying 'Stop Investing in Fossil Fuels' because they cause climate breakdown. It's Black History Month this month. Climate chaos disproportionately affects black and brown people. The climate crisis is a racist crisis. There's no time to lose. #Divest.
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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 14h
This week Friends of the Earth was part of a coalition of campaigners demanding that the UK government rejects the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields and says no to all new oil and gas. Maxxing out the North Sea won't benefit people, the planet or the economy. 🧵👇 Photo credit: Fossil Free London
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm attending Beyond #StopRosebank: Making Polluters Pay. RSVP to join me here: actionnetwork.org/events/beyon...
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Beyond Rosebank: Making Polluters Pay
Win or lose, what happens after the decision to approve or reject the Rosebank oil field? Join Tipping Point UK to learn more about a new campaign to hold Big Oil accountable and make polluters pay fo...
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hope does not mean saying this is not bad, and it does not mean saying we can defeat it. It just means saying we will keep showing up. That we will not give up. We do not know how it will unfold, and neither do those we oppose. Rebecca Solnit
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social fyi
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Translation: Big oil CEO threatens to throw his toys out of the pram if he doesn't get what he wants. Andy Burnham must ignore the bullying of profiteering oil firms, and put ordinary people first. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jeff Rice @jeffrice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We're watching you @andyburnham.bsky.social and Labour. Will you let us down over climate change? @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a message for @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Fossil Free Football @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ManCity will pay a massive fine for all its illegal behaviour funded by oil money. How about using that money for free solar panels and batteries for UK amateur clubs?
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social fyi. Please add your name to those opposing Rosebank for a safe future for all and for Palestine action@stopcambo.org.uk
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delek Group, an Israeli energy giant known to operate in illegal settlements in the West Bank, is set to receive £200+ million if the Rosebank oil field is approved. So we've sent a letter to Burnham - warning him that approving Rosebank could breach his new sanctions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vigil 252 2.10.26 @ #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying NO FOSSIL FUELS! Legal firm @clientearth.bsky.social has submitted a claim for judicial review vs a local government pension scheme re climate risk assessment - WYPF are also at risk! @carbontracker.bsky.social www.pensionsage.com/.../RBKC-and...
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My solidarity with everyone joining the protests this week to kick Palantir out of our NHS. As I said in Parliament recently: from serious concerns over its handling of patient data to its human rights record, this US tech giant should have no role in our NHS.
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Fossil Free WYPF @fossilfreewypf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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