It’s time to act. And when we do we won’t just avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown - but we will lower bills permanently, help our communities thrive - and give a grounded sense of hope for generations to come.

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 7h ago

Zack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast

This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters

The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’

independent.co.uk

Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/writ...

Write to your MP: reject the creditors' last-ditch attempt to keep Thames Water privatised

weownit.org.uk

A tax on banks could bring in £19 billion from Britain's 4 biggest banks alone - enough to cover Andy Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity bills⚡the £2 bus cap🚌 & pub, club & music venue🕺business rate cuts more than 13 times over. Tell new Chancellor John Healey to tax the banks! bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

#TaxTheBanks

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

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I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying no to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Will you join me and tell the government you oppose expansion too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/say-n...

Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runway

Take action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...

action.friendsoftheearth.uk

A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

europeanmovement.co.uk

It happened again! BP just announced staggering. Oil and gas companies should not profit from an energy crisis. Will you sign this petition calling on governments to put in place permanent taxes on oil and gas companies? act.350.org/sign/treaty-...

Sign the petition: The global tax treaty that can make polluters pay

Every time oil and gas prices spike, from war, shortage, or plain market panic, big oil and gas companies cash in. We pay more at the pump and on our energy bills. They pay almost nothing extra in tax...

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Sign the petition - assisted suicide is being brought before parliament again.... citizengo.org/en-gb/lf/18429

"A country that cannot guarantee a hospice bed must never make death available where care is not." Parliament is being asked to legalise assisted suicide; again...

Good morning, Bluesky 🦋… Happy Tuesday ✨ Have a lovely day 🫶 ☕️☀️🌿💛🌱🌳

And 25% of voters would put these ridiculous moneyed fools in charge of the govt and treasury, would they? How many investigations into Reform’s dodgy finances are there now? I’ve lost count. And no, it’s not an ‘establishment’ plot. It’s just what happens when corruption/incompetence meets scrutiny

Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: Parliamentary standards commissioner is now investigating Reform UK’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice (as well as its paused investigation into Nigel Farage). Tice is being investigated for allegedly failing to declare a financial interest.

US: No cyanide bombs on public lands actions.eko.org/a/us-no-cyan...

🔴 NEW Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓

Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told

André Walker denies assault by beating over incident at Republicans Overseas gala dinner during Trump's state visit to the UK

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More pandering to Reform and the right. If you want to stop the small boats, rejoin the EU and reopen safe routes. This from Burnham is just more of the same old crap. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Burnham vows ‘relentless’ fight to halt small boat crossings

PM says he is not ‘complacent’ as he announced a boost to the number of officers deployed to tackle smuggling gangs

independent.co.uk

Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/andy...

Andy Burnham: bring Thames Water into permanent public ownership

weownit.org.uk

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Helicoidal staircase at Palazzo Barberini c.1630, by Francesco Borromini, great Italian Baroque architect, died #OTD 1667. Palazzo Barberini, Rome

The UK’s economic relations with Israel make it complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The impunity must end. Join me and back the call for sanctions on Israel’s war economy: act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-tel...

Petition: Tell the UK to put sanctions on Israel

Israel’s genocide in Gaza and regime of oppression across the occupied Palestinian territory are possible because countries like the UK have allowed it to act with impunity. Targeted economic sanction...

act.globaljustice.org.uk

Pensioners have been forced into debt, bank charges and financial uncertainty by the civil service pension crisis. Despite these failures, Capita has been awarded a £370 million contract. It's time to bring Civil Service pension administration back in-house. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop the Civil Service Pension Crisis: Bring Pension Administration Back In-House

Civil servants deserve a pension service they can trust. Sign this petition to demand action now.

megaphone.org.uk

Write to Yvette Cooper: Help Build the NHS We Need! She [Yvette Cooper] needs to hear this from everyone - please add your voice to ours everydoctor.org.uk/thank-you-fo...

If you're worried about our future - Andy Burnham is very clearly signalling nothing will change. But we can still turn this around with the Green Party getting even bigger. No new oil & gas so we can all have a liveable future. We need your help. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt

Thames Water CEO went unchallenged on the BBC on the claim that public ownership means water investment competes with health and defence. This is a myth! 99% of water investment comes from BILLS. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC vist.ly/5d5xb

Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership

Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record

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I just want to inform people that due to incredibly long time it takes for Climate Change to reverse, that while this year is the warmest ever, it will be the coldest for about the next 50,000 years.