Nettlecake
@nettlecake.bsky.social
Lover of nature, trees, animals, friends, food and laughter. Green. Political. Arty and techy in equal measure. Ex-teacher.
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’
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The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
🚨Oil disaster: new satellite imagery indicates oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated, threatening coral reefs and coastal habitats that support endangered sea turtles, migratory seabirds and marine mammals.
Oil disaster unfolds in protected marine area as Russian shadow fleet tanker leak accelerates off Oman - Greenpeace International
New satellite imagery indicates that oil leakage from Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi, grounded in Oman’s Al Hallaniyat archipelago, has accelerated.
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Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (-1) RFM: 24% (=) CON: 22% (=) LDM: 10% (-2) GRN: 9% (+1) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Jul - 27 Aug. Changes w/ 24-27 Jul.
Part of the Count Binface manifesto: “Oil and gas companies to pay for solar panels for everyone. (From Jack, aged 10)” Until carbon capture replaces oil for synthetic materials production (rather than energy generation) the need to drill won’t go away. But the drive to renewables must accelerate
The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a complete ban on 5 dangerous chemicals “Two sugar cubes of the concentrated active ingredient imidacloprid would be enough to exceed the predicted no-effect concentration in about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment
Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways
theguardian.com
Somewhat incredibly Badenoch has just been defending this man on the Today programme
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d agoJoshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... A wrong move. Soon sodium batteries (as sodium is abundant and lithium less so) will replace oil. This will affect the balance of power in the world - currently the countries that have oil have an important asset to bargain with. This will probably change .
BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea
Meg O’Neill says ‘where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue’, as company’s profits more than double
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Make sure the Greater Manchester Basic Income Pilot happens. Whatever happens next the people of GM deserve what they were promised in the 2024 'Leading The Way' manifesto: “To bring forward a Basic Income pilot” ~ Andy Burnham Tell them why it matters to you actionnetwork.org/forms/help-m...
Help make sure the Greater Manchester Basic Income Pilot happens
Let the Greater Manchester Mayor's office know why you think having a Basic Income is important for you and your community. A lot is going on right now. But whatever happens in the coming weeks and m...
actionnetwork.org
The statistics around prostate cancer are ridiculous. Get checked.
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer
Cycling legend tells Donald McRae about the reality of living with stage 4 cancer, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others with similar dia...
theguardian.com
The Rest is Politics (aka Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell, two heavy-weights of political analysis) interview #CountBinface on the #Clacton by-election. Great satire! #binface #politics #election #farage #reform
Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell Interview Count Binface.
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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Has any other political party ever mentioned (excluding the Green Party) mass migration from #ClimateChange in the debate on small boats? I have never heard anyone comment which shows how out of touch with science and reality we really are.
Good Lord! Water leakage losses FAR exceed the water saved even if a hosepipe ban were imposed nationwide. The latter would 377 mill- 572 million litres a day if the restrictions were applied across the whole of 🏴 v the 2.6 BILL litres lost every day through leaks apple.news/AN8mQDIXOTiO...
Water farce as firms lose 2.6bn litres a day… more than hosepipe bans save — The i Paper
Leaky infrastructure means companies imposing hosepipe bans are losing enough water to supply millions of people
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There will be a sign in the heavens on 12th August Vote Count Binface 13th August #votebinface4clacton
“…it only takes a single, solitary summer night next to a woodland pond for the world to feel magical once again.” — Torbjørn Ekelund, A Year in the Woods: 12 Small Journeys into Nature
BP quarterly profits up from $2.5bn to $5.73bn as Iran war sends oil prices soaring. Shell doubled its net profit to almost $10bn. High bills fuelling poverty and misery for households and businesses. Boon for execs and shareholders. Must levy 100% windfall tax on oil, gas, energy companies.
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices soaring
Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on record
theguardian.com
Okay! So hello. My name is Allison Gill. For the last 9 years, you’ve known me as Mueller, She Wrote. I used to have to be anonymous. But not anymore. So, hello world!
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoChanged my name from Mueller, She Wrote to my actual name, Allison Gill. Hoping I can get my blue check back. @joshpetri.bsky.team can you help?
🔴 NEW 🔴 Campaigners are now demanding a parliamentary investigation into Reform MP Sarah Pochin following a donation to her office by food industry millionaires. 📝 @desmog.com & @goodlawproject.org report 👇🏻
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning. According to an investigation ...
desmog.com
🌊Water shouldn't be a commodity. It should be a public good. Over 160,000 people have signed a petition demanding a referendum on public ownership of water - enough to force a debate in Parliament on Monday 14th September. Help me fill the room: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to attend the water debate
People are fed up with privatised water companies letting us down and ripping us off. We deserve a real conversation about public ownership. Can you help build pressure by asking your MP to attend th...
actionnetwork.org
Bees struggle in this weather 🥵 We find a lot of bees running out of fuel when perched on our sunflowers Use a water bottle & fine spray the flowers, fruit, seeds (what ever stage they are at) close to the bee, & they will hoover them up & regain strength
Jess Phillips is asked why, as the minister for violence against women & girls, she voted against an amendment to exclude sexual offenders from early release. "Because there is a prisons crisis" Got to free the rapists to make room for people who oppose genocide, I guess.
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Clacton By-Election Voting Intention: ➡️ RFM: 73% (+27) 🗑️ CBF: 20% (New) 🟥 REC: 2% (New) ⚫ Others: 5% (-49) Via @survation.bsky.social, 16-24 Jul. Changes w/ GE2024.
How come Farage is allowed to hold a press conference, which was broadcast on the BBC?
2/3 Nature is not a luxury. Healthy ecosystems are the foundation of our food security, public health, economic resilience and national wellbeing. As climate and ecological crises deepen, protecting and restoring nature is essential to our collective future.
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Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see
The intelligence services now believe nature collapse is a security threat. For a cabinet determined to sacrifice the environment for growth, was that too uncomfortable a truth, asks the former Green ...
thenerve.news
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 6d agoWhy did the British government suppress a report warning that ecosystem collapse must now be treated as a core national security threat? That’s what Caroline Lucas explores in a column for the Nerve and in her new podcast When Nature Becomes A Security Threat, from The Rest is Politics.