Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Holy shit Pete! That looks terrifying Glad you’re ok x 010
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 26/05/2026On behalf of the elderly people dying in their homes today The baby birds dying in their nests And the insect larvae dying in drying ponds A massive, heartfelt fuck you to the oil industry and its enablerstheguardian.comUK records highest ever May temperature for second day in a rowTemperature reaches 35C at Heathrow on Tuesday after 34.8C high at Kew Gardens in London on Monday 210141
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Abi Perrin @abiperrin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026True to all stereotypes, I'm here to ruin the heatwave. But, more seriously, this heat is a taste of much worse to come... but together we have a choice about how fast, how bad and how unjust we allow this to continue. 021
Reposted by Emma SmartEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/05/2026News presenters talking delightedly about the current record-breaking heat wave feels like a scene straight out of Don't Look Up. The asteroid is well on course for a direct hit. 818041
Reposted by Emma SmartExtinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Dorset Wildlife Trust‼️Attend the Planning Appeal from 2 June to speak up for Dorset wildlife You’ve filed no detailed submission, only criticism of MVV’s survey Nottinghamshire WT helped defeat an incinerator near Sherwood Forest Take a stand @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #StopCanfordincinerator 043
Reposted by Emma SmartNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Thank you to the MPs who have joined the Parliamentary Call this week for a government-led televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis. The public deserves to know. Find out if your MP has joined the call by entering your postcode here: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #PEBuk 0187
Reposted by Emma SmartLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026Immigration make Britain brilliant 510139204210
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026This is a perceptive and beautifully written piece on why scientists hold back from acting on climate Hard to disgree with its conclusions: much of the responsibility lies with the research institutions that employ themmedium.comWhy Do Some Scientists Stay Silent on Climate?The science is settled. The scientists are not. 0226
Reposted by Emma SmartDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This is an extraordinary finding. “Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered. It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study findsLouisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say 39442
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The state of our planet and humanity in two news stories this week A super El Niño on the way Shoppers riot & become unwell camping for a week outside stores to buy a £335 pocket watch The irony of clocks ticking have never been louder We are so beyond f*cked #ClimateBreakdown #Consumerism 032
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Voted 🗳️ First time in Wales 🏴 Excited to be part of this shift toward a fairer, proportional voting system Outfit colour not a coincidence 💚 @greenparty.org.uk 170
Reposted by Emma SmartNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 05/05/2026With food price inflation in the news, here is a warning everyone should hear - #NEB food systems expert @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social speaking at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing. Full talks here: www.nebriefing.org/expert-brief... #PEBuk #FoodSecurity 03022
Reposted by Emma SmartGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This case highlights the extreme inequality of the law and its enforcement. "Property" rights - in a lobster - pursued all the way to a police raid & strip searches. But we can do whatever the hell we want to marine wildlife. Take one step back and it all looks mad. theecologist.org/2026/apr/28/...theecologist.orgI liberated a lobster and got crushedHow common wildlife myths were weaponised to crush a small act of resistance. 19457131
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Criminal damage? Crustacean liberation! 🦞 A marine biologist vs a restaurateur whose tantrum cost taxpayers ~£13k over one morsel in a £95 tasting menu A micro-example of wealthy men weaponising the state The real crime is killing our oceans for profit 🌊 www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...thecanary.coMarine biologist shares why she returned a restaurant crustacean to the seaEmma Smart was sentenced for criminal damage, after releasing a lobster from a seafood restaurant. She tells the Canary what motivated her 041
Reposted by Emma SmartThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Emma Smart was sentenced for criminal damage, after releasing a lobster from a seafood restaurant. She tells the Canary what motivated herthecanary.coMarine biologist shares why she returned a restaurant crustacean to the seaEmma Smart was sentenced for criminal damage, after releasing a lobster from a seafood restaurant. She tells the Canary what motivated her 32515
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Abi Perrin @abiperrin.bsky.social · 25/04/2026My first foray into journalism is an 'educational lobster' tale. 🦞 It's about animal welfare but also about the priorities of the criminal justice system in an increasingly unstable world. 073
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Is it a sensible use of state resources to be prosecuting activists for... releasing a lobster? Sorry you had to go through this @smartyfish.bsky.social!thecanary.coMarine biologist shares why she returned a restaurant crustacean to the seaEmma Smart was sentenced for criminal damage, after releasing a lobster from a seafood restaurant. She tells the Canary what motivated her 1197
Reposted by Emma SmartBirmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 20639240
Reposted by Emma SmartDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy. 211872443
Reposted by Emma SmartEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Great!! Sheep are a *top* cause of nature loss. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comSheep are disappearing from our hills and our dinner platesHave we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK? 1426449
Reposted by Emma SmartRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 10/12/2025More on the hunger strikers - when those against genocide are the “terrorists” we are in a dark dark place 015362
Reposted by Emma SmartThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Tomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die' 9409285
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Why have we seen such repression of climate activists around the world? Because activists were so successful in changing the narrative around fossil fuels 114474
Reposted by Emma SmartCitizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Breaking: CEO of Southern Water citizen’s arrested for public nuisance after spilling millions of bio beads on Camber Sands earlier this month. City of London police arrived promptly and took our evidence of the CEOs crimes. Read our release for more: www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press/2025/1...citizensarrestnetwork.orgBREAKING NEWS: Citizen’s Arrest for “disaster” water CEO Lawrence Gosden at industry conference in London - CAN - Citizen’s Arrest Network 13521
Reposted by Emma SmartCitizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Breaking: Enquest’s CEO, Amjad Bseisu, citizen’s arrested in central London. The group surrounded the suspect and called the police, saying they have evidence he is committing crimes of public nuisance. Updates to follow. 0124
Reposted by Emma SmartSam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The big problem with the “serious people should be left to do serious politics” thing is that the serious people doing serious politics have repeatedly fucked up for the past 40 years 1615347
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025This puts the "solar farm is spoiling the view where I walk my dogs" complaints into perspectivetheguardian.comFossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – reportExclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure 510651
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 10/11/2025One glance at the top articles & I gave up reading about #COP30 before I’d even started (and that’s @theguardian.com) 🌎 🥩 10 years ago I felt hope with Paris 5 years ago I felt angry but motivated with the rise in climate activism Today I feel numbness, apathy… & warm 130
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The planning and infrastructure bill is a "full-spectrum assault on nature protection" So where are the conservation charities? Where is the resistance? Where is our 'nation of nature lovers'?theguardian.comWage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George MonbiotThe government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1267
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The nature NGO’s @rspb.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk should be mobilising an army! Instead they are cowering in trenches with their millions (pounds & members) We need something new. A radical, grassroots movement that actually fights for nature. 59923
Reposted by Emma SmartCitizen’s Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Breaking: Group of women place CEO of Anglian Water under Citizen’s Arrest for one hour outside Coulsdon South Station this morning with evidence the CEO may be committing crimes of public nuisance. When British Transport Police finally turned up they escorted Thurston away, but did not arrest him. 23025
Reposted by Emma SmartGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2025To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHere’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George MonbiotThe rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 441088474
Reposted by Emma SmartNicola Cutcher @nicolacutcher.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Huge news! Red Tractor = false advertising. I broke this original story in The Times over 2 years ago…. And River Action took it to the Advertising Standards Authority 26227
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 15/10/2025YES! 👏 When govt & regulators continue to allow water bosses to pollute our rivers & seas, threaten our health & hike our bills (all while receiving huge bonuses)… … the people bring justice to those responsible ✊ @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press/2025/1...citizensarrestnetwork.orgBREAKING NEWS: Citizens arrest of Anglian Water CEO, Mark Thurston, made in London for Public Nuisance - CAN - Citizen’s Arrest Network 010
Reposted by Emma SmartAdam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The UK should start planning for high levels of global warming — at least 2C above pre-industrial levels by 2050 and 4C by 2100. "We believe that can’t be ruled out,” said Baroness Brown of @thecccuk.bsky.social, on the risk of 4C by the end of the century. Story: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...thetimes.comSoaring classroom temperatures harm exam results, climate board warnsCommittee calls on the government to plan for rises in global warming that far exceed those in the Paris agreement 0164
Reposted by Emma SmartMark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane! www.euroveg.eu/european-par...euroveg.euEuropean Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian UnionBrussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E... 5528586
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Someone please reassure me that the apple blossom I saw this morning is perfectly normal & not another sign we’re hurtling faster towards climate & biodiversity collapse Please? (Blackberries in June gave me nightmares) 130
Reposted by Emma SmartNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The age of warnings is over. The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security. On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️ #TimeToStepUp www.nebriefing.org 25751
Reposted by Emma SmartDr Abi Perrin @abiperrin.bsky.social · 18/08/2025📣 New post and article on Scientists and Emergency Action 📣 🥼 On the many ways we can take action... and why we're powerful when we do: abiperrin.com/p/scientists... 💬 On how we can support the movements that drive transformation, via @theconversation.com: theconversation.com/how-scientis... 1147
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Direct Action Works ✊ Which is exactly why our government are so keen to proscribe peaceful protesters as terrorists My very own ‘terrorist’ husband in the photo ❤️🔥 #LiftTheBan #PalestineAction www.middleeasteye.net/news/elbit-s...middleeasteye.netElbit Systems factory apparently shuttered following Palestine Action campaignThe defence company's plant in Bristol is reportedly empty in the wake of a direct action campaign by the now-proscribed group 030
Reposted by Emma SmartAnimal Rising @animalrising.org · 06/09/2025"I feel really emotional right now cause I've got people from Animal Rising behind me, literally sitting on the ground holding signs, knowing that they're about to get arrested" - Rose Patterson, live from Lift the Ban at Parliament Square right now 🚨 #lifttheban #democracy 071
Emma Smart @smartyfish.bsky.social · 06/09/2025@metpolice.bsky.social Pick a Side Justice or Genocide? #LiftTheBan @shabanamahmood.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Emma SmartDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 03/08/2025The audio book version of "Scientists on Survival" is now available. It's produced by @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social and you can get a preview including the foward by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social as well as introductory chapters by @abiperrin.bsky.social & @stucap.bsky.social youtu.be/Sc5yQoigxS4youtu.beScientists on Survival: Personal Stories of… by Scientists for Extinction… · Audiobook previewYouTube video by Google Play Books 14433
Reposted by Emma SmartDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 07/08/2025It’s going to take more than that. www.defendourjuries.net 13813
Reposted by Emma SmartGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide. Because that's the real threat to society. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comPrison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across EnglandExclusive: Possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisons 531139390
Reposted by Emma SmartDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/08/2025BREAKING Defend Our Juries website taken down as attack on freedom of speech worsens - blocking access to important legal info for protestors. This is what happens when the Government uses anti-terror law to silence dissent. www.wedonotcomply.org <— legal info here instead! 19162192
Reposted by Emma SmartZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/07/2025⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st. 25641131627
Reposted by Emma SmartDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23/07/2025LIFT THE BAN www.wedonotcomply.org Watch as this young man explains in 30seconds why the de-proscribing of Palestine Action is a democratic and moral imperative. This is the reason hundreds are willing to risk absurd “terrorism” charges for holding simple truthful signs. 47741