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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 01/10/2026
When 87-year-old Maricarmen was evicted from the Madrid home she had lived in for 70 years, people came together to demand housing for all. The housing crisis & climate crisis are connected. A just, liveable future means defending homes, communities and the right to a good life. via @greenpeace.es
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Got to work with some incredibly talented filmmakers to turn End Times Fascism into a ten minute video essay. Check it out below. There’s nothing like hearing the derangement directly from the doom profiteers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"What’s striking is that Quakerism hasn’t had to remake itself for the present day - its long-held values of flexibility, doubt and social justice already resonate with younger generations." @thebristolcable.bsky.social ky.social / thebristolcable.org/2026/08/quak...
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Quakerism's quiet youth turn?
A 400-year-old faith, with an average member age of 66, may be finding new life among a younger generations of Bristolians
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Views of China have improved in recent years while opinions of the U.S. have worsened, to the point where China is now seen more positively than the U.S. in most of 36 countries surveyed." www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/...
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People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S.
Views of China have improved recently while views of the U.S. have worsened, to the point where China is now seen more positively than the U.S. in most countries surveyed.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is actually worse.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Bus drivers in London are balloting for strike action against extreme working temperatures notesfrombelow.org/article/too-...
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Too Hot to Drive, Just Right To Fight
by An anonymous bus driver // Bus drivers in London are balloting for strike action against extreme working temperatures
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Incredible map of London's public realm trees: apps.london.gov.uk/public-realm...
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London’s Public Realm Trees
Explore a collection of over 1.1 million Public Realm Trees in London by Species, Location and Climate Suitability.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We have just witnessed France’s hottest day in recorded history. The severity of this heatwave is truly hard to comprehend. Over 50 millions people will be under red-level extreme heat warnings tomorrow. Sadly, what’s going on there is a foreshadowing of our future. Data: DWD/Météo France
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday" "The German Lifesaving Association said there were six fatal swimming incidents Friday-Sunday with men in particular overestimating their abilities in the water. " www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Europe heatwave: Drowning deaths soar in France as Europe buckles in record June heat
Forty people have drowned in heatwave-related deaths in France since last Thursday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/06/2026
The US–Israel war on Iran is driving up fuel, food and transport costs, exposing how dangerously dependent we still are on oil and gas. Here are six radical, practical ideas to protect people from the Iran energy shock and finally break that dependence 👇 act.gp/4vFuEkC #fossilflation
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Six radical ideas we need right now to end fossil fuel dependence and protect people from the war on Iran price shock - Greenpeace International
One hundred days after the US and Israel attacked Iran, tens of millions of people are still paying for a crisis they did not choose through higher fuel, food and transport costs. This chaos is the pr...
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Sangita Myska: Over 2000 British Citizens Have Served in the IDF during the Gaza War. Our Government Doesn't Want To Know www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...
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Sangita Myska: Over 2000 British citizens have served in the IDF during the Gaza war. Our government doesn't want to know
A cross-party open letter demands the UK government upholds its obligations to screen returning dual-nationals for their links to potential war crimes
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Map: Oil tankers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz maps.greenpeace.org/maps/gpde/ho... @greenpeace.org
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Oil tankers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz
An interactive map by Greenpeace
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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Nick Robinson on the Today programme this morning was quick to repeat a misleading line about why we should support new North Sea oil & gas extraction in the UK on the grounds that it's MUCH (4x) cleaner than importing LNG. It's incorrect on several grounds: 🧵
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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How is your government responding to the war on Iran and the oil price shock? - Greenpeace International
We analysed 37 government responses introduced since 28 February 2026 to the Iran war oil shock. Many risk deepening the fossil fuel dependence that caused the crisis in the first place.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
'FUND LITERALLY ANYTHING BUT THIS. Real-time estimated U.S. taxpayer cost of Operation Epic Fury' fundliterallyanythingbutthis.netlify.app
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Fund Literally Anything But This
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Achieving climate targets is possible while limiting "critical minerals" rush. But responsible political leadership is crucial, says new report www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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Achieving climate targets is possible while limiting “critical minerals” rush. But responsible political leadership is crucial, says new report - Greenpeace International
"[It] is incumbent upon our governments who regulate the extractive industry to power an ambitious energy transition without mining critical ecosystems on land or at sea."
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Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
How can we talk to people about climate solutions when faced with rising anti “net zero” narratives & climate denial? 🗣️ Join our next National Meeting with comms advisor Ralph Underhill – to learn practical skills with real world examples. Sign up: act.foe.scot/nat_meeting_...
Cartoon with one person shouting loudly into a green megaphone, and another person being blasted by the sound of their voice. The second person has a large frown and their hair is standing on end from the sound. Text reads: When far right voice are loud, how do we talk about climate? Tag of @cartoonralph
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 10/03/2026
The EU Parliament's vote on housing today failed to back enshrining housing as a human right, and also left the door open to cutting housing standards and nature protections to benefit developers and speculators Housing policy must prioritise homes for people, not property as an investment
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EU must back homes for people, not profit - Greenpeace European Unit
The European Parliament’s plan to tackle the housing crisis risks loosening rules for property developers and speculators, at the expense of housing standards and nature, Greenpeace has warned.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states. The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Great podcast ep from New Books In African Studies: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... "from the Vault, we revisit Nadine Gordimer’s James Lecture on the political landscape of South Africa, presented at the New York Institute for the Humanities on October 14, 1982." @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Nadine Gordimer: “Living in South Africa’s Interregnum” James Lecture, October 14, 1982
Podcast Episode · New Books in African Studies · February 15 · 1h 9m
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
BREAKING - WE HAVE WON! Following a successful Judicial Review brought by Huda Ammori, and a sustained campaign of defiance by defend our juries leading to almost 3,000 ‘terror’ arrests, the ban on Palestine Action has been ruled unlawful in the courts.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’
The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some sc...
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Dewi 🔻👑 @unrelentingego.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Catch me on today's episode of @overunderpod.bsky.social w/ @carysafoko.bsky.social! Discussing Trump/Maduro/Venezuela, Keir Starmer, Shamima Begun & the AI bubble. open.spotify.com/episode/0OGx...
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Disabled charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Tressa Burke said: "The political choices made in the UK Budget have supercharged the inequalities and unfairness disabled people face."
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Disabled charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE
Tressa Burke, chief executive officer of the Glasgow Disability Alliance, says the situation facing disabled people in the UK is
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Job post: @foescot.bsky.social are hiring a Senior Transport Campaigner. foe.scot/jobs/
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Jobs
If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Best thing I've read on football in a while. @rorysmith.bsky.social on Ultras at Falkirk, football post-covid, and masculinity. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
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‘It is an identity’: The march of the Scottish ultras | The Observer
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including US + EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels."
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 02/09/2025
In times of such extremes, hope remains as one of the important possibilities for change, a declaration that all is not lost. www.greenpeace.org/internationa... #WellbeingEconomy #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate
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We found hope in worrisome times - Greenpeace International
In times of such extremes, hope remains as one of the important possibilities for change, a declaration that all is not lost.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Map of 100 poems that mention, address, or center on Patrice Lumumba, written in the long aftermath of his assassination. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b6fa... < Fascinating project by Maya Charlton
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I'll be on this 👇
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Interesting-looking new study from the UK finding that being hit by an SUV (as compared to a regular car) "considerably" increases the risk of death for children, and even more so for young children doi.org/10.32866/001...
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Oregon transport bill includes luxury car tax: bikeportland.org/2025/06/17/e... "Oregon’s vehicle privilege tax was set at 0.5% in 2017. This amendment would raise it 1% for vehicles that sell for less than $75,000 and up to 4% for vehicles over that price."
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E-bike rebate and path funding return to transportation bill with luxury car tax
A promise kept by Milwaukie House Rep Mark Gamba.
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Global Energy Embargo For Palestine @palenergyembargo.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
📢🚫Disrupt the fossil fuels powering ongoing genocide and daily military violence in Palestine!
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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New president, same planet: A young Korean’s perspective on the climate crisis - Greenpeace International
To make these ideas real, the power of citizens will become more important than ever. Great solutions have always been born out of great crises.
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Poems on the Underground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Look out for the new set of Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from June 2nd with poems by Dr. Gboyega Odubanjo, Jeongrye Choi , Po Chu-i, Mosab Abu Toha, William Shakespeare and Anna Gilmore Heezen ! Poem of the Day: Daughter by Mosab Abu Toha
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"Belgium, Finland, France, Portugal and Sweden have all publicly backed the initiative put forward by Dutch Foreign Minister – whose government is considered a firm ally of Israel – in a letter to the EU’s foreign policy chief last week." www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Support grows for Dutch call to review EU-Israel ties over Gaza aid
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the prospect of suspending cooperation with Israel is an “open question” for the EU. #EuropeNews
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New wind, solar and nuclear capacity meant China’s CO2 emissions fell by 1% in the 12 months to March. China’s emissions have dipped before, but those reductions were driven by falling demand such as strict Covid lockdowns in 2022. www.bangkokpost.com/sustainabili...
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China first quarter emissions fell despite rising power demand
BEIJING - Surging renewable energy meant China's carbon emissions fell in the first quarter of 2025 despite rapidly rising power demands, a key milestone in the country's energy transition, analysis f...
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
An Israeli legal order on 'Area C' will consume two-thirds of the occupied West Bank. www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
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Israel is set to consume two-thirds of the occupied West Bank
Since the launch of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank has been subjected to organised settler attacks.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 22/04/2025
This #EarthDay it's time to stand up for the world we want to see. Billionaires, oligarchs, and corporations are using their wealth to silence dissent and roll back social and environmental progress, leaving the rest of us to face the consequences of the damage they are causing. Enough is enough.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Salzburg protests against plans for a private tunnel through Kapuzinerberg hill (€40,000 for the use). www.salzburg24.at/news/salzbur...
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Erste Protest-Aktion gegen Porsche-Tunnel im Kapuzinerberg
Der geplante Porsche-Tunnel im Salzburger Kapuzinerberg stößt Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten sauer auf. Im Rahmen einer Protestaktion wurden nun Plakate gegen das umstrittene Vorhaben gehisst.
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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Greenpeace UK co-director Will McCallum explains why they turned the US embassy pond red. The UK and US must STOP all arm sales to Israel.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 02/04/2025
Did you know? A tax on the super-rich could be a game changer in funding the transition to sustainable heating and cooling for homes. 🏠🌍💡 Let’s dive into how this could unlock a green future for all. 👇 #TaxTheSuperRich Read more: greenpeace.at/uploads/2025...
graphic of elon musk superimposed on a photo of somone in orange overalls and a hard hat installing solar panels on roof

title says: taxing the super-rich and their polluting lifestyles could help finance the shift to green housing for all

there's an emoji of a little house with a tree, a greenpeace logo and the hashtag  #taxthesuperrich
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Jules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Very early days but looks like the policy of doubling council tax on second homes in Cornwall is working www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Demand for second homes in Cornwall has 'fallen off a cliff'
Estate agents say interest from buyers has been affected by new council tax rules.
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"If you brought in a wealth tax of just 2% on people with assets of over £10m that would raise £24 billion a year" – @hackneyabbott.bsky.social We couldn't agree more.
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Gavin Thomson @gavinthomson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... Really good on the environmental disaster of increasing SUV sales. But misses the danger to other road users, esp children, the higher fatality rate, the entitlement to ever more public space.
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With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
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SLOCAT Partnership @slocat.net · 13/03/2025
Affordable fares alone aren't enough. @gavinthomson.bsky.social reminds us that sustainable public transport requires safe networks, expanded routes, and greener vehicles. 🚍🌱 In addition, of their article on SLOCAT's Website, dive in & listen to their podcast🎧👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pML0...
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Buses are Free for Women in Delhi: What Can the World Learn From That?
YouTube video by Greenpeace International
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