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We're in the midst of catastrophic climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. We must take action now.

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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A mighty journey begins with a single step, perhaps. Love & Rage called for publication of this report to UK residents. Keep going @edmilibandmp.bsky.social ! We need these briefings at home too. nebriefing.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nicola Jennings points out an inconvenient truth about the ambition of Andy Burnham's response to wildfires. #NoMoreFossilFuels www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nicola Jennings on Andy Burnham’s disposable barbecue ban – cartoon
The prime minister acted on Friday in the wake of a series of wildfires across the country
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
LBC’s James O’Brien speaks to Carol, a volunteer gardener at Morden Hall who breaks down in tears as she talks about her fears over the excessive heat & her request to the National Trust to screen the People’s Emergency Briefing for staff & visitors. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=286...
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85K views · 2.4K reactions | An incredible woman, Carol, phoned into James O'Brien about the climate crisis. Understandably she was upset and afraid, as many of us are by the extreme weather this summer, and she has asked Morden Hall National Trust Park to screen the People's Emergency Briefing film about the climate and nature crisis. As ever, James dealt with this so graciously. Like Carol, James thinks it is vital that the Government levels with us all about the scale and urgency of the environmental crisis we face and called for a live, prime time televised briefing - building on the work of the #NationalEmergencyBriefing Thanks so much Carol 🙏 For those wanting to find a screening of the film near you: https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map The film also outlines how genuine emergency action will make us better off, and most people leave feeling more hopeful: https://www.nebriefing.org/testimonials Please sign the petition for a televised briefing: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687 #PEBuk | National Emergency Briefing
An incredible woman, Carol, phoned into James O'Brien about the climate crisis. Understandably she was upset and afraid, as many of us are by the extreme weather this summer, and she has asked Morden...
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@andyburnhampm.bsky.social #StopRosebank & no new drilling exploration or drilling. Transition to new technology jobs now - don't wait for the rest of the world - British workers deserve a future (not to mention their kids and grandkids) - don't let it be taken from them by faster moving countries.
Protesters with #StopRosebank banner in front of The Beatles statue in Liverpool.Protester standing in front of The Beatles statue in Liverpool holding a poster asking Andy Burnham to Stop Rosebank because going ahead will do nothing good - not reduce energy prices, not keep more than a handful of jobs, not provide energy security.
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birchian.bsky.social @birchian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@andyburnhampm.bsky.social @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social Reject Rosebank - if not because the economics are daft, or that it doesn't improve our energy security, then because you'll be saying that Nigel Farage is right - and you know he's not. Do the right thing for our children #nomorefossilfuels
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CharmaineScammell 🌱🇬🇧 @charmainescammell.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨Stop #ThamesWaterCreditors 🚨 Creditors are closing in on a deal, want to dodge fines, dump sewage freely The deal would reward Thames Water abysmal failure, setting tragic new low for every single water company We've got to stop them. Email your MP now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...
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The Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop them
An action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🌍 This film featuring Chris Packham & leading experts is launching today and showing across the country over the next few months... 🌏 Check out the interactive map to find a venue & time to suit 🌎 Watch the trailer in the link and see what you think. Please share! 🙏 www.nebriefing.org/the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The People's Emergency Briefing is showing in Merseyside starting in a few days time. It's a must-see short film that's frank about where things are heading and what can be done. See the trailer at youtu.be/JaI-dHgh65Q?... Merseyside showings: actionnetwork.org/forms/nation... #PEBuk
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People's Emergency Briefing - Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
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birchian.bsky.social @birchian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If you still believe that drilling in the North Sea will save us, read on. “A month’s worth of gas from 14 years of licensing by the last government shows the complete folly of pursuing this policy." Lunacy, and tons of our money in oil companies' pockets. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’
Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you're near the Wharfe (Ilkley) on the 22nd come along. Water quality should be dear to all our hearts. thenortherneco.substack.com/p/world-wate...
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World Water Wedding sees vows to the river
Ilkley ceremony invites public to pledge to the River Wharfe on World Water Day
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Extinction Rebellion UK @xrebellionuk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Watch the full 2025 round up HERE: xrb.link/oS7QBt2 💚 Donate: xrb.link/A7LP5z Find Out More: extinctionrebellion.uk Follow our Telegram Broadcast: t.me/rebellionbro... Join the XRUK email list: joinxr.uk/now #ExtinctionRebellion #RebelForLife #ActNow #TellTheTruth #ABetterWorldIsPossible
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Extinction Rebellion UK @xrebellionuk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
✨LOCAL GROUPS ROUND UP Time to close the door on 2025 & celebrate everything we achieved this year 2026 will bring new opportunities to get together, build communities & spread our love for our beautiful planet and all living beings 💚 WE HAVE THREE DEMANDS: Tell The Truth|Act Now|Decide Together
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Extinction Rebellion UK @xrebellionuk.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
7 years after XR first called for urgent climate action, a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and citizen-led decision-making, none of those demands has been met. While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.
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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Rescue Our Rivers! #ExtinctionRebellion #Sheffield toured the city centre adding the spectacle of their giant Angler Fish to 'Light up Sheffield'. Children were thrilled and parents were handed leaflets about the dreadful state of our rivers and what we can do about it. 1/2 youtu.be/Q_Oee98Mvqc?...
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Sheffield Extinction Rebellion Rescue Our Rivers campaign at Light Up Sheffield
YouTube video by Extinction Rebellion Sheffield
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Is there no end to the welfare sponging of filthy rich oil giants? Shell & Equinor's joint venture is to let Shell write off profit against Equinor's losses,costing the UK £1.3B in taxes Ask Rachel Reeves to investigate this illegal "loss buying" #StopRosebank actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
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Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab
Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This cause is close to home for us in Merseyside and Teeside - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te... This is £21B of corporate subsidy / welfare. And let's not forget that this CCS *adds* CO2 to the atmosphere - what is the point of that? #HyNot #BlueHydrogenIsNotGreen
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Tell chancellor Rachel Reeves to stop funding carbon capture and storage
Dear Rachel Reeves, In your statement to the House of Commons in July last year, you announced a £22billion black hole in public finances. Three months later, the government pledged £22billion of pub...
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Extinction Rebellion London Actions MoM (Movement of Movements) @xrlondonactions.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
MEDIA LIBERATION day was 5th November, so Rebels were busy warning the population against billionaire brainwashing and malignant media. MEDIA REVOLUTION.ORG ✊ BE BRAVE. BE A REBEL. 💜 Please like, follow and share on your social media channels. love & rage SEE YOU ON THE STREETS.
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Banks are using money we lend them to profit from destroying the environment. (Attached post) #BetterWithoutBarclays (and Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest) www.switchit.green to deprive them of our support.
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Switch It Green | Green Banking Platform
Find out if your bank funds fossil fuels and maximise your switch to a green bank on our Green Banking Platform. Take effective climate action today.
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Drax continues to source its fuel from old growth forests and whole trees despite fines and claiming it's stopped both of these practices. Stop the £ million per day taxpayer subsidies until Drax can demonstrably keep its promises. #AxeDrax www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Carla Denyer has started a petition to Racel Reeves "End tax breaks for oil and gas giants and support workers instead" The more we support it the better chance it has of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This article makes a horrifying read (but is recommended nonetheless). The headline is followed by a list of millions more deaths attributable to fossil fuel use, and an accounting of the vast annual subsidies to fossil fuels. We're mad. #NoMoreFossilFuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“We all know what the lobbyists want,” Guterres said. “It’s to increase their profits, with the price being paid by humankind." The Truth! COP30 Climate Justice marches around the UK and the world on 15th November. Be there. climatejustice.uk/cop30/global... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This could be a tipping point for decision makers across the UK: we're holding a National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature crisis for national leaders at Westminster Central Hall, and you can help!...🧵
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Short, simple, and to the point. A 1 minute read that says it all. #HyNot #CCSEmitsCO2 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Carbon capture as it's being proposed and implemented will *add* CO2 to the atmosphere - how can that help achieve Net Zero? (Even if 90% of CO2 from a fossil fuel source were captured (actual results are more like 50%) 10% is emitted. We need green solutions, not blue, grey, whatever) #Hynot
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We all got that scary phone alert yesterday. Wildfires. Floods. Extreme weather. The UK govt knows the climate 💩 is about to hit the fan. So do the billionaires — who are quietly building bunkers. 🧵
Image of the Government life-threatening emergency alert sent to millions of phones in the UK
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Insure Our Survival @insureoursurvival.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
💡🔥 AXA & AIG’s offices were lit up across 10 cities worldwide to launch our phase of action 8-22 September. We are exposing the truth: Big Insurance is fuelling climate chaos + genocide. From Manchester to Johannesburg, Paris to Auckland: insurers of destruction can’t hide. #InsureOurSurvival
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 08/09/2025
. Shell submits new climate assessment for Jackdaw gas field after a successful legal challenge by Greenpeace. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles... #ClimateAction
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Shell submits new climate assessment for Jackdaw gas field
Oil giant Shell had to review its assessment after a judge ruled the Jackdaw field was permitted unlawfully.
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills (quite apart from the climate damage). Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently #NoNewFossilFuels #KeepGasInTheGround Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
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Keep fracking out of Britain!
I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...
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Extinction Rebellion Brighton @xrbrighton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Make.them.Pay Boycott Fossil fools Saturday 25 Sept March & Rally Central London With @makepolluterspay.bsky.social Get 🚉 from Brighton with us ✊🏿🌍💚
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Good News! The Economist reports that the green transition is racing ahead in the global south (outstripping Europe). It's driven by economics - renewable energy is cheaper - and it's home grown releasing valuable foreign currency that was used to import oil www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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The green transition has a surprising new home
Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A thoughtful and well researched report on why burning wood for power (and heat) is a poor choice. For instance, - if you think biomass is renewable, maybe you're right, but it takes 60-120 years for the emitted CO2 to be recaptured. In the meantime its an emitter. We can't afford that.
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HyNot @hynotnw.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
We've applied for a judicial review of the government decision to allow fossil fuel giant #Eni to store carbon dioxide in #LiverpoolBay using #CarbonCaptureAndStorage as part of the #HyNet scheme. We're working with @leigh-day.bsky.social on the legal proceedings.
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HyNot takes government to court over carbon storage in Liverpool Bay - HyNot
HyNot, a campaign group opposed to the HyNet scheme, has applied for a judicial review of the government’s decision to grant permission to Italian oil and gas giant Eni to store carbon dioxide in Live...
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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
“Drought in England is no longer a warning. It is a clear signal that climate collapse is unravelling our water, food and natural systems right now." #climatecrisis #drought www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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How can England possibly be running out of water?
While famously rainswept, climate crisis, population growth and profligacy mean the once unthinkable could be possible
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
It's good to know that someone gets it. #TellTheTruth Miliband addresses MPs, telling them the UK is getting hotter and wetter with three times the number of days above 30°C. He says heat waves have led to 10,000 excess deaths in England over past 4 years. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Tories’ energy policy shows they are ‘anti-science, anti-jobs, anti-future’ Miliband tells MPs – UK politics live
Energy secretary says it is not clear if opposition have any net zero policy
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Well done these 5,000 people who met with their MPs yesterday to demand more climate and nature action. They are the tip of the iceberg - almost everyone wants action (see photo). It's OK to talk about it - you are not alone. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action
Mass lobby in Westminster kicked off with giant image on white cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
A great call to replace conifer plantations with native woodlands simply by replanting with native trees in the normal cycle of forest management.
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“you can’t claim to solve an intractable political problem by invoking imaginary scientific solutions.” @jamesgdyke.info
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The climate centre is barking mad
The climate movement will fail if it doesn't respect both political and physical realities
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Creative protest opportunity... The Met Office is currently looking for people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. It would be great if we all suggested the same 5 names: BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell. Met Office page is: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
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Name our Storms
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Climate Crisis hits crop yields even if farmers adapt. Another climate denial myth exploded. "losses of 16% (soy), 7.7% (wheat) & 8.3% (corn) ... by 2100, even accounting for adaptation, rising incomes & the effect of plants growing faster due to extra CO2" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis could hit yields of key crops even if farmers adapt, study finds
Production of staple crops projected to fall by as much as 120 calories per person per day for every 1C of heating
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
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Government 'quietly drops' fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest climate activist Greta Thunberg
LBC can reveal the government has backed down in its legal fight for tougher anti-protest laws, used to arrest hundreds of protesters including climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We call on Herefordshire and Powys County Council to follow today’s High Court judgement. It is time to #SaveTheWye by rolling back the irresponsible & harmful mistakes made in failing to take account of ‘cumulative impact’ of industrial chicken farms on River Wye. riveractionuk.com/news/river-c...
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River Action wins landmark High Court case against Shropshire Council over industrial chicken farm chaos - River Action UK
High Court ruling sets national precedent that marks turning point for polluting factory farming in the UK We have won a major legal victory in the High Court against Shropshire Council today, success...
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We think it's going to be a scorcher this weekend with days of mire than 30°C in London, but not so far away it will be even hotter (40+°C) This is what is coming even to NW England if we don't #StopFossilFuels
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Fascinating insights here from a #Bradford study on #AirPollution & mental #Health. "Policy makers should be considering initiatives to reduce pollution and improve the quality of public realm space in inner-city areas via investment in regeneration, public transport and traffic reduction.”
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How does air pollution affect mental health? New study aimed to find out
Research looked at records of 14,800 people in Bradford to see what happened after they moved to more polluted area
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 18/06/2025
"A lot of people have speculated at what this means. I myself have stated that we need more batteries and grid forming transformers that can stabilize the grid much better than the conventional inertia and voltage control that failed here." - @aukehoekstra.bsky.social 2/2
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Shockingly arrogant! Ghana has become a “fast fashion graveyard” with 15 million items dumped there every week. The worst contributor is the UK! Dumped clothes leach microplastics or toxic fumes if burnt. Join me and sign the petition demanding a strong Global Plastics Treaty act.gp/4iing7G
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Fast Fashion = Plastic Pollution
Sign to stop irresponsible plastic pollution linked to fast fashion giants like M&S, Shein and Primark.
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Is there no end to the damage banks will enable? High Street names are pouring money into fossil fuel projects that we can't afford. You can www.switchit.green to put your money with a bank that doesn’t enable climate and environmental destruction. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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World’s largest banks pledged $869bn to fossil fuel firms in 2024, new report finds
Two-thirds of the biggest 65 banks increased financing by $162bn from 2023 to 2024, walking back climate promises
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 16/06/2025
Liquified gas is a disaster for the climate, will push up households' bills, and is a danger to people living near the drilling, liquification, transport and storage facilities Governments and the EU should ban new fossil fuel infrastructure
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Gas company boss admits he would not live beside LNG facility in case it blew up
The head of an oil and gas company pushing to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Ireland has said he would never want to live beside an LNG facility for fear it would blow up.
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Health for XR @healthxr.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
🚨 Act Now: protest rights are under attack. Next week, Parliament debates the Crime and Policing Bill which contains dangerous new measures that would further restrict our right to protest Write to your MP to demand they oppose this undemocratic bill palestinecampaign.eaction.online/righttoprotest
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Write to your MP: Defend our right to protest
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XR Merseyside @xrmerseyside.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Reform wants expensive ⚡️electricity⚡️Do you? Of course you don't. But that's not stopping them from trying to force it on you. Their opposition to everything net zero means they don't like cheap electricity for you (renewables are cheapest). They want costly power. #ReformHatesCheapElectricity
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