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To help amplify the voices of good people who care about people and the planet.
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
theguardian.com
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Our planet burns, yet fossil fuel companies knew and still continued their drive for new drilling licences. Now they scale back climate commitments for greater profit, supported by politicians they've bought. #ClimateAction
DB Maggi@dbmaggi.bsky.social · 6d ago“Civilization could prove to be a fragile thing,” — Shell Oil internal memo, 1989. They knew. They lied. They lobbied for more and more fossil fuel contracts.
So much good news with so many new projects to reintroduce #wildlife into our countryside❤️
Protect the Wild@protectthewild.bsky.social · yesterdayThe young white-tailed eagles have returned to Exmoor for the first time in 200 years, with up to 20 more to follow over the next three years to help rebuild the area's wildlife.
1/2 With the Danube's flow collapsing to 1,700m³/s against its 4,700m³/s average and halting nuclear cooling, Europe's low river levels prove that climate breakdown is no longer a future threat but an active economic emergency. Are our supply chains ready for dry summers? 🚢 #ClimateCrisis
Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias
Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London
theguardian.com
Badenoch playing dress up to promote her policy of 1,000 new police officers. I wonder if the police like me feel conned, when under the Tories they cut thousands of police, still the right wing press ignore the facts to promote a lie.
Whilst thousands die and the planet suffers because of #climatechange, the huge fossil fuel companies get rich from our suffering. #ClimateAction
GroovyShelly@groovyshelly.bsky.social · 2d agoSnake oil and oily snakes.
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
protectthewild.substack.com/p/the-guga-h... These guys are champions of nature. They don't do it to get rich or for likes, in fact they get slot of flack for putting their heads above tithe parapet. Support them if you can. @protectthewild.bsky.social
The Guga hunt isn't over yet.. I need your help
I hate having to write this email but the headline is true. The Guga hunt may have been stopped for 2026 but there is nothing stopping the hunters from applying again year after year.
protectthewild.substack.com
Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
I have a lot of respect for Gordon Brown, he is right we must not forget Afghan women and girls, we need to support them in their fight for education and freedom.
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
theguardian.com
$5.7bn. Approximately £4.28bn. Simple maths says, with a global population of 8.2bn, that's about 52 pence, stolen from every human being on this planet! IN 3 MONTHS Tell me @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk are wrong when they call this profiteering? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d agoBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Our prisons are overcrowded because the system is broken. The answer isn't endless emergency releases. It's investing in prevention, rehabilitation and giving people the support they need to rebuild their lives.
A reminder to all NHS staff: you are loved, wanted and appreciated by millions of Londoners, and we collectively condemn the vile racism you continue to experience.
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff
theguardian.com
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
MY LATEST: One of the lessons of 2020 was this: When Donald Trump's lies start to unravel, don't pay attention to what his cronies say in the parking lot; pay attention to what they say in the courtroom. newsletters.democracydocket.com/from-four-se...
From Four Seasons Landscaping to the Reflecting Pool: A pattern of lies
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Thank you to Green Gathering - such a wonderful weekend! I'll be at lots of other festivals this summer - we're building our movement and creating an alternative to the old party politics. Join.greenparty.org.uk
"I wasn't in politics." Then why does the timeline tell a different story? 🤔
Works for today’s GOP just fine!
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
May one impolitely interject a ‘Fuck!’ here?
hiksmash@hiksmash.blacksky.app · 2d agoWhat is PBS Kids doing telling 3rd graders to use Ai to write a poem???
⚠️ It's been the driest July on record. ❓️ But have you heard Andy Burnham say anything about the #ClimateCrisis? 🛢 Instead, he says he is "open-minded" about new North Sea oil and gas. 🟢 Only the Green Party will tackle the climate crisis with the urgency it demands.
There is a real possibility that if he didn’t just snarl at the reporter, he would defame E. Jean Carroll again, and incur further damages. Also, the larger damage award is still pending.
Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d agoJust a reminder that the president of the United States recently had to pay almost $6 million to the woman he sexually abused and defamed, and not one reporter has asked him about it.
If Trump fires Pirro over the reflecting pool I will be unable to avoid hysterical laughter.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2d agotime to reup this classic
