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I vote for bats and newts. Economic and environmental justice are indivisible.
Zack Polanski, "If we decarbonise by 2050, that would cost less than a single (fossil-fuel) energy shock" "We've now had two energy shocks in just a few years" "We cannot keep waiting, we cannot keep hoping for magic technologies - it already exists, what is lacking is the political will"
Former soldier and engineer, @carlbenfield.bsky.social joins @zackpolanski.bsky.social "We need an immediate COBRA-level response. We need climate change reinstated at the top of our defence and security agenda. And we need the bold leadership of Zack Polanski for our nation. Thank you."
Why no COBRA meeting. Fast track renewables and housing retrofit. Address misinformation and disinformation.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h agoMy urgent message to the Prime Minister with a Q&A with journalists on our plans. Joined by a medic, a former soldier, a firefighter and Chris Packham. 👇🏽 www.youtube.com/live/bsTXZ2V...
THIS is the leadership we need to start to tackle climate and biodiversity breakdown - our most pressing crisis. Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for your #ClimateLeadership This is what #Hope looks like. Where is @andyburnham.bsky.social ? Excellent speakers and Q&A, too. Well worth watching.
Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3h agoHeat & drought records keep falling. Reform promote denial. The Tories want to ditch our targets. The new PM still hasn't said a word. Such a relief to hear a politician actually name it. Should be ordinary. End the #climate hushing! Thanks for your #ClimateLeadership @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A sentence I would rather never hear, yet here we are: "Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly". #ClimateChange 🧪 Link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL118804
People have been DELIBERATELY fuelling the flames of a wildfire which began in Llanwonno on Saturday afternoon. An area the size of 200 football pitches has been burnt, and on Tuesday, firefighters stated: "There were reports of deliberate fire-setting on the mountain last night."
There is a danger that by arguing the amount, we end up conceding the framing. Britain's welfare is ungenerous, the spend in total is mid-to-low table, and below past peaks. Benefits need reforming because they're unfit for purpose and trap, instead of enabling people. Not to make fantasy savings.
"Climate-smart rewilding should be treated as national resilience infrastructure: restoring bogs, rivers, woodlands and wild animals, so fires are less likely to become landscape-scale disasters." Excellent read. Restore bogs, wetlands and native woodlands.
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 22h agoDone properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
Monsoon downpours cause floods and landslides as climate change and El Nino disrupt rainfall patterns.
India's severe monsoon season causes more than 100 deaths since July
Monsoon downpours cause floods and landslides as climate change and El Nino disrupt rainfall patterns.
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They've been so busy figuring out how to remove Starmer and install Burnham, that they haven't noticed the world is literally burning. Hopefully they notice things have changed when they leave the darkened back rooms for their summer holiday.
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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@nebriefing.bsky.social We need a televised National Emergency Briefing across all main channels with @andyburnham.bsky.social presenting the government's plan for future generations now.
Dr Andrew Boswell #CarbonReckoning@drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 7h agoHugely important letter to PM Andy Burnham from @kevinclimate.bsky.social Rapidly shrinking global carbon budgets were ignored when Govt set the recent Seventh Carbon Budget - now a key ground in #CarbonReckoning legal case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... (see below) @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Palantir has supplied military technology to Israel’s military during its genocidal war in Gaza. Its data mining tools have helped Trump’s ICE gangs round up migrants in the US. Please join our call on the UK to end all public contracts with Palantir. act.globaljustice.org.uk/get-palantir...
Get Palantir out of UK public services
The UK has handed Palantir dozens of public contracts, including with the NHS, even as the dangers of empowering a class of big tech oligarchs become clear. Palantir has supplied military technology t...
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National Emergency Briefing screenings are taking place around the country now. @nebriefing.bsky.social
The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 6h agoZack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
New Health secretary Yvette Cooper has accepted almost £500,000 in the last decade from Peter Hearn, who held a significant stake in NHS & private healthcare recruitment. She has declined to rule out taking further donations from donors or companies linked to private healthcare! #CooperOutNow 😤
A record-breaking heatwave stretching across East Asia is straining animals, health systems and people.
Tokyo lion deaths show heat wave gripping East Asia
A record-breaking heatwave stretching across East Asia is straining animals, health systems and people.
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Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-ra...
Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit
As devastating wildfires continue to burn across swaths of Canada, the United States, and Europe, oil major Shell posted $9.8 billion in second quarter profits, more than double its earnings from this...
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At @roundourwayuk.bsky.social we'd like to see a dedicated cross-departmental Minister for Climate Impacts and Climate Risk to show that this govt is taking leadership on protecting people and communities both now and in the future. We need to see climate change taken head on across all govt dpts.
For GOD'S SAKE. Massive landowners call for ban on disposable BBQs, but at the same time call for "a lifting of the ban on controlled burning" 'You oiks shouldn't burn moorland - that's OUR job' Entitled double standards. Ban both. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk
Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition
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This shouldn't be about finger-pointing. The path forward is about coming together to make informed decisions about our long-term resilience: preventing fires through public awareness, resourcing our fire and rescue services, and letting a restored, vibrant landscape help keep us all safe. 🧵9/9
Healthy peatlands and beaver wetlands act as living, moisture-rich shields against fire. By restoring a rich mosaic of native woodlands, free flowing river systems, and wetlands we allow our soils to soak up water and create natural firebreaks that slow the spread of flames. 🧵8/9
And yet, while preventing and fighting fires on the front lines is crucial, true resilience requires investing in the natural systems that protect us before a spark ever lands. Far from increasing risk, well-managed rewilding creates multi-layered defenses across our countryside. 🧵79
But as the smoke clears, the public debate over how to protect our countryside must be guided by evidence, not misinformation. Britain’s growing wildfire risk is being driven by climate breakdown and the degradation of our living systems - not by efforts to restore nature. 🧵3/9
As prolonged heatwaves and rising global temperatures make Britain’s weather increasingly volatile, we are witnessing a dramatic escalation in wildfire activity both here and across Europe. 🧵1/9
