Reposted by Henry GentAviation Environment Federation (AEF) @theaef.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Why should aviation get a bigger share of the carbon budget? Other sectors are decarbonising, but aviation is projected to become the UK’s largest emitting sector by 2040. Is this fair? 233
Reposted by Henry GentCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So let’s see practical steps to rejoin asap. As global insecurity grows, anything less simply won’t do 14351106
Reposted by Henry GentCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏theguardian.comAndy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plansExclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation 26704138
Reposted by Henry GentCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sadly there was a climate & nature shaped hole at the heart of Burnham’s speech. Nothing on the benefits of nature restoration & same old words on a “pragmatic” approach to N Sea drilling. There’s nothing pragmatic about pouring fuel on a scorching earth - he should rule out Rosebank & Jackdaw now 11463143
Reposted by Henry GentThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 29/09/2026"Miliband was right to highlight the threat that climate breakdown poses to our national security – though the full extent of these threats, highlighted by UK intelligence agencies in a report last year, have never been fully released." Adrian Ramsay asks: where does Labour stand on climate? 311949
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Many people can't - or won't - believe that eating livestock produce is inefficient. This explains it. And those calories have a cost in terms of CO2e. 000
Reposted by Henry GentPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 22506220
Reposted by Henry GentCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Thames Water's hedge fund creditors are from the US where water is 87% publicly owned (and sewage systems 97% publicly owned) They are ripping off 16 million so-called "customers" with no choice because they've been allowed to do so JUST TAKE IT BACK (5/6) 22310
Reposted by Henry GentCat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Comment in the Guardian today refers to British Leyland - hasn't existed since 1986 - as a reason not to bring Thames Water into public ownership Meanwhile in 2026, PUBLICLY OWNED Ordnance Survey is just quietly getting on with the job 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOrdnance Survey mapping data helps identify future wildfire riskBritain's mapping service provides data that could help predict the risk of future wildfires. 36523
Reposted by Henry GentThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/09/2026🚨 GREEN WIN 🚨 🔴➡️🟢 LABOUR WARD GOES GREEN Massive congratulations to Brighton and Hove Green Party for electing Cllr Mark Strong in Queen's Park ward - on a huge swing from Labour 💚 1232693
Reposted by Henry GentCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the worldnews.sky.comSir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for governmentA consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision. 36563189
Reposted by Henry GentCaroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Summer of terrifying drought and wildfire, bus drivers sweltering in shocking temperatures, everyone losing sleep unable to get cool at night and *this* is the policy they come up with? Just makes things worse and does nothing to address inequality or enable people to walk, cycle or catch a bus. 🤷♀️ 713944
Reposted by Henry GentThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21/09/2026Putting climate firmly back at the centre of the UK’s political conversation. Zack Polanski tops the Politics & Government section of The Independent’s Climate 100 list. 1026179
Reposted by Henry GentZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thank you to the Independent for including me in Climate List of Worlds Top 100. The UK Labour Govt are due to approve new oil & gas licences in the north sea. They've delayed the decision post October 8th. We can invest in renewables instead. Vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras 16779235
Reposted by Henry GentKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lowering fuel taxes when supply is tight is stupid policy: it keeps demand and prices artificially high, most of it ends up with those who don't need support, and in the end, it's a money transfer from people who use little or no fuel to people who use a lot, e.g. SUV owners. 513241
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, Greens would not advocate reducing tax on fossil fuels. Vote Green. 000
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026No. There are many ways to cut taxes and to stimulate the economy, that would be more effective, and more equitable, than cutting fuel duty. Cutting fuel duty encourages greenhouse gas emissions more damagingly than any other fiscal stimulus. # jointhegreenpartybbc.co.ukEd Davey calls for immediate 10p cut to fuel dutySir Ed blamed Donald Trump's war with Iran for damaging the UK economy and pushing fuel prices up. 001
Reposted by Henry GentAnnie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ed Davey wants new gas from the North Sea "if it passes the climate test". But it clearly doesn't. As climate expert @kevinclimate.bsky.social has confirmed: "Just no!" 1157
Reposted by Henry GentTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From a @robertshrimsley.bsky.social column on how mega-donors obscure the wider threats to British democracy www.ft.com/content/f270... 05725
Reposted by Henry GentThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026British democracy should never be for sale to the highest bidder. Who is in favour of state funding for political parties? 🙋♀️🙋♂️💚 #BCCQT 4330107
Reposted by Henry GentSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s extraordinary that as we breach 1.5° - which only in 2018, the IPCC said wouldn’t be reached until 2040 - that the PM is still holding up net zero by 2050 as an adequate response! The threat level has changed dramatically since the UK adopted its NZ by 2050 aim. Just a few examples: 🧵 127748
Reposted by Henry GentThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026“A real test of this government will be torule out new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The reason they have decided not to announce that before the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is incredibly telling.” Caroline Lucas on the government’s refusal to rule out new oil and gas on #BBCQT. 10442169
Reposted by Henry GentKevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The CCC @thecccuk.bsky.social offers Heathrow a thumbs up, conditional on the massive deployment of “snake oil” technologies (SAF & GGR). Report by Tyndall researchers, building on UK Govt commitments, science & maths, reaches a very different conclusion. See: climateuncensored.com/heathrow-exp...climateuncensored.comHeathrow Expansion: The Physics Does Not Negotiate - Climate UncensoredBelow is the foreword I wrote for my Tyndall colleagues’ detailed and rigorous report examining whether further expansion of Heathrow can be reconciled with 14329
Reposted by Henry GentJames Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 16/09/2026If 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 32412
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It's taken me 20 years to face up to this, but I have spent a lifetime working with cattle. The planet is running out of time. Please don't waste time like I did. Reduce consumption of livestock produce - especially beef - and do it now. 020
Reposted by Henry GentMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin... 328973
Reposted by Henry GentGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026For 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...carbonbrief.orgCCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon BriefAviation 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). 54848392
Reposted by Henry GentSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026No amount of fudge can make airport expansion compatible with our climate commitments. It is disgraceful to see this government twist its own promises into knots simply to try to make bigger profits for the bosses of one private company in spite of the ever-growing costs of climate breakdown. 421475
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Back Zack! Back Zack! Back Zack! Back Zack! Back Zack! Back Zack! 000
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I recommend this if you haven't seen it. I'm going (again). 120
Reposted by Henry GentZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras on October 8th. 💚 5639177
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Where is the government of the USA in all this?bbc.co.ukAnthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence. 010
Reposted by Henry GentJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It wasn't that long ago we were told that batteries would never succeed in big trucks. This is some very good news for everyone not in the business of selling diesel. 512845
Reposted by Henry GentPeter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 03/09/2026GREEN WIN 💚 🗳 Frome West Somerset Council by-election tonight! Congratulations Dominic Ellison and the hard working @fromeareagreens.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk 4827
Reposted by Henry GentGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’ve noticed a disturbing credulity amongst some anti-development activists, who seem to think that Reform UK would want to protect the environment (yes, really). The party’s proposals today to rip up environmental duties on developers ought to slay that idea: www.reformparty.uk/policies/pla... 39342
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is a firm response from @kevinclimate.bsky.social : to prevent dangerous interference with the climate emissions need to fall year after year, by 8% per year, starting now. No Jackdaw. No Rosebank. 0104
Reposted by Henry GentMolly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The minor changes offered by Meta following the US court case will not apply in the UK Why are our politicians so fearful of challenging the tech oligarchs who enable racism, fascism, and glorification of violence? They should grow a pair and protect us leftfootforward.org/2026/08/why-...leftfootforward.orgWhy isn’t the government using its power to stop social media causing so much damage?As dangerous driving videos spread online, former MEP Molly Scott Cato asks why the government is pretending it is powerless to hold big tech to account 33719
Reposted by Henry GentJames McAsh @jamesmcash.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Our local MP, Miatta Fahnbulleh, faces a choice: protect the planet and the people of Peckham or prioritise the profits of polluters. Help her make the right one. Tell her: No New Oil & Gas. Sign the petition 📝 www.southwarkgreenparty.org.uk/nonewoilandgas 710046
Reposted by Henry GentZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat. 1272585823
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 000
Henry Gent @greenhfg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/... Yet most Defra grants to farms support livestock and animal feed production NOT fruit and veg.theguardian.comUK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – reportFood Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported 000
Reposted by Henry GentZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Burning fossil fuels makes wildfires more frequent and more intense. Of course those who have made record profits causing the problem should pick up the bill. 261006285
Reposted by Henry GentZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026We need to act now. 25631184
Reposted by Henry GentDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Why the climate-denying right-wing politicians and press hate Ed Miliband so much 👇 Great piece by @fionaharvey.bsky.social 122288