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WorthingCAN campaigns for #ClimateJustice and a #JustTransition We need a #FossilFuelTreaty.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...
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Chemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rules
European Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"We see the same tendency at the individual level, with greater faith in technological solutions going hand in hand with less engagement in climate action. Yet technology cannot substitute for the broader societal changes and large-scale shifts in consumption that are also needed"
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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‼️GREAT NEWS ‼️ Drax AI Data Centre Scrapped Last year, Drax announced a bid to build an AI Growth Zone, powered by burning trees, in partnership with the North Yorkshire Combined Authority and the University of York. Over the last year SBT has been fighting to stop this bid from going ahead.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Outrageous 😡 Drax’s planned datacentre could produce nearly double the emissions of all flights out of Gatwick airport each year by burning 4.9m tonnes of wood annually, an analysis has shown. Campaigners say this would make it “one of the dirtiest datacentres out there.” #axedrax #climatebreakdown
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A #stoprosebank protest in #Worthing three years ago. Still waiting for the government to say no to Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields. @stopcambo.bsky.social #nonewoilandgas #climatecrisis
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Europe saw a powerful heatwave which boggled climate scientists in late May, and the high heat continued. Recurring heatwaves, made hotter and more common by #climatebreakdown, killed tens of thousands of people across the continent while ruining harvests and shutting power plants. #extremeheat
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May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Think there’s only one so far but i’d say the info is relevant to Australia too.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It has already been shown in Australia as I know someone who screened it. You can apply to screen it here www.nebriefing.org/host-the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from nine leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news from Scotland!
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 02/10/2026
The signal is clear: we're heading for a future warmer than the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C. What does this mean in practice? We break down "overshoot" into five key things to understand: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 30/09/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis 🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date 🏭 gas down ~10% 🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 01/10/2026
[1/3🧵] 🚨The Trump administration wants to green light deep sea mining after receiving the first-ever application to commercially mine the international seabed from The Metals Company USA.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza
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NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza
Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to more than 100 sources with knowledge of the military systems used in the war. The disclosure came in response to an Israel Defense Forces statement seeking to discredit the documentary. Continue reading...
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Badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Ministry for the Climate Emergency presents the A-Z of Badvertising, a new public information campaign that reveals the dirty tricks used by the ad industry to promote highly polluting products and lifestyles.🤥🛢️ 👉Learn more at www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time to join the Pheasants’ Revolt… DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry. If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how: wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...
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Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird releases; what exactly is it asking for? – Wild Justice
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Three days to go for @northwildlife.bsky.social to raise £30M to buy the Rothbury Estate. Impressively, they've secured over £27M in donations & pledges. But that still leaves a shortfall. I can only hope they're given more time by the seller. Or that he waives the difference. You can chip in here:
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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please join this day of action if you can. 4-6pm #Worthing Hospital #peoplevspalantir
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva, said 110,000 homes had been built in flood areas in the past 10 years, and if that continued, a further 115,000 new homes would be built in flood areas in the next decade. “That doesn’t seem to me to make sense. We need to think about where those homes are being built.”
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New UK homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
Amanda Blanc says flooding threat is ‘absolutely increasing’, as she also warns ministers over ‘kite flying’ before budget
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Make your voice heard on the issue of pesticides! Help us get the dangerous herbicide glyphosate out of our gardens, parks, playgrounds and public spaces... www.gardenorganic.org.uk/get-involved...
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Garden Organic | Sign our Growers Against Glyphosate petition!
Garden Organic promotes organic growing and composting, citizen science and research, and seed conservation through our Heritage Seed Library. We want to…
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another terrible tragedy in the Channel. 😢 A 10-year-old child and two women died ⁠attempting ​to cross the Channel on Monday. Their deaths and the injuries of dozens of others in a large dinghy were probably caused by crushing, according to a French official. #safepassage #refugeeswelcome
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Three people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UK
Official says deaths – and dozens of injuries – were probably caused by crushing on boat carrying 105 people
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shocking. Huge #aidatacentre planned in Devon - 850 acres with buildings ranging in height from 50 to 130 feet. Elizabeth Humphreys of US campaign Not in My Valley: “We’re fighting the largest companies that have ever existed in the world, and that is scary but we are all fighting this together.”
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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've written Joe Harkness's obituary for the Guardian. I hope it pays good tribute to a wonderful man who was brave, honest and made the world a better place. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Joe Harkness obituary
Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Amazing! A small uncrewed vessel has embarked on a lap around Antarctica and may not return for months. Its mission is to collect data on carbon dioxide in the ocean and atmosphere, to help scientists better understand the role of ocean sinks. Data is gathered without burning fuel. #climatescience
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‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science
Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In powerful remarks today at the opening of the #UNGA81, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for international cooperation for a just transition away from fossil fuels, aligned with the 1.5 climate goal, equitable timelines, and the protection of affected workers and communities.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇹🇻 Tuvalu and 🇮🇪 Ireland have announced the next chapter of the Santa Marta Process: the 2nd International Conference on a Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, coming to the Pacific in July 2027. 🌊
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 23/09/2026
Our wildfire petition has reached 100,000 signatures in four weeks - that’s 100,000 people urging the Government to take action on climate change.
An Fire and Rescue Service vehicle is parked on a passage between charred remains of heathland
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 25/09/2026
How hot & dry was your UK summer? Excellent interactive tool to explore how hot this summer was: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it was
Most of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK’s spy chiefs set out stark warnings of the catastrophic risks to the UK from the collapse of vital ecosystems around the world, driven by the climate crisis and our failures to protect nature. These impacts, for instance on the UK’s food supply, could be expected as soon as 2030. #climatecrisis
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. The far-right agitator and anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been arrested on suspicion of “criminal damage with intent to endanger life”, after he filmed himself appearing to slash the side of a dinghy in the middle of the Channel, while a rescuer was onboard. #stopthefarright
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after ‘dinghy slashed in Channel’
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody on suspicion of crimes including criminal damage with intent to endanger life
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this looks great and EXTREMELY USEFUL
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Horrific. In footage livestreamed to 100,000 viewers, Thomas filmed himself stabbing a knife into the inflatable dinghy several times and slashing its side. The noise of escaping air was audible, and Thomas shouted: “This is England. This is not France any more.” #stopthefarright #refugeeswelcome
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seven years ago school students from Birmingham Youth Strike For Climate organised a protest that brought thousands of people, mainly students and young people, onto the streets of Birmingham. It was one of the largest protests held in the city in recent times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKBa...
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Birmingham Youth Strike for Climate, September 2019
YouTube video by BrumCJC
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño in the next six months. The toll is on top of the early deaths resulting from temperatures already driven up by the climate crisis. #elnino #extremeheat #climatecrisis
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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Make Polluters Pay International @makepolluterpayint.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is huge! The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has just used his final General Assembly speech to world leaders to pay tribute to our #MakePollutersPay movement. “You are on the right side of history – keep going.” This movement is powerful. We are changing politics. Get involved!
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deeply 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 world
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Sir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for government
A consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
The world has made real progress in steering away from some of the darkest climate futures where global emissions doubled (or more) this century. But as David Wallace-Wells and I note in today's NYT, we are not out of the woods yet, and climate uncertainty is not our friend: www.nytimes.com/2026...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My new piece with @katharinehayhoe.com is out a TIME, which highlights what we all need to learn from climate communicators: “This summer of disasters has shown us that climate impacts are not political, and it is past time we stopped talking about them as if they were.” time.com/article/2026...
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We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to #AntonioGuterres for speaking out. #climatecrisis “The secretary general of the UN has not much power…. But there is one thing that I have: a voice. It’s my duty to use that voice without any compromise, to tell the truth and to alert the international community to the dangers it faces.”
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‘It’s my duty to tell the truth’: UN chief on the climate crisis, capitalism and reasons to be hopeful
Before his final general assembly, António Guterres speaks about why he put climate at the centre of his UN tenure
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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not good. 😢 The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists. #climatecrisis #naturecrisis #planetaryboundaries 🔥🌍🔥🌳🔥
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🧵 NEW REPORT: Between 1 May and 31 August 2026, we recorded 166 far-right protests. That's an average of 10 per week. What have we learnt from them? Here’s three key takeaways 👇 hopenothate.org.uk/2026/09/17/s...
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Summer 2026: Anti-migrant trends in the Far Right
From 1 May - 31 Aug, we recorded 166 far-right protests. That’s an average of 10 per week. What have we learnt from that?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans
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Data centers are swapping water for forever chemicals to keep AI cool | Fortune
A new ChemSec report finds most of the world's largest PFAS producers are expanding output to meet demand from AI data centers.
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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey! I just called on the UK government to scrap anti-protest laws which attack our hard won democratic freedoms. Please can you defend the right to protest too by signing the petition? action.greenpeace.org.uk/protect-the-...
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If you agree the govt should not strip away our right to protest, add your name
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just 12 days to go to support the match funded Rothbury Estate Appeal (The Wildlife Trusts).. www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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Rothbury Estate Match Appeal | The Wildlife Trusts
The Rothbury Estate is more than a beautiful place. It's 3,800 hectares of rivers, woodlands, grasslands, peatlands and open moorland, where wildlife still has the chance to thrive at a scale rarely s...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’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: 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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