New on Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Professor Francesco Sindico, where he considers what international law has done for climate change. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
International Law is dead, long live International (Climate Change) Law | University of Strathclyde
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It is absolutely gobsmacking to me that the media and research elite have so disavowed climate change that they cannot see that the Trump regime's both domestic and foreign policy centers on securing American control over the fossil fuel economy, despite accelerating impacts of global heating.
NEW STUDY: “Thanks to the influence of the road lobby, the harms of driving are underestimated & overlooked, while measures that make walking, cycling, & public transport the easiest option are viewed with suspicion. Policy responses to reducing population-level driving…can create positive change.”
Calling for a more coherent policy response to driving harm
Abstract. High rates of population-level driving are associated with multiple adverse health outcomes arising from road crashes, air and noise pollution, p
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If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
Kudos again to @labourstone.bsky.social & Waltham Forest for more & more active travel in outer London. Latest: Chingford Road corridor from north circular to central Walthamstow: talk.walthamforest.gov.uk/chingford-ro... and check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkK7... We love to see it!
Chingford Road corridor proposals
YouTube video by Waltham Forest Council
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Those whose minds are swept away by the pursuit of pleasure and power are incapable of following the supreme goal and will not attain samadhi. [2:44]
So... Remember that guy who took Newport Council to court for £600m because he accidentally threw out the hard drive with his bitcoin private key on it? Judge just summarily dismissed his case. And even if you're not a lawyer, the judgement is a pretty fun read... /1
Musk’s abuse of the Twitter algorithm is increasingly blatant. There is an animal videos site I follow (I know). No sooner had I finished watching a wombat than it automatically moved on to a video of Tommy Robinson ranting about grooming gangs. And this was on the feed I had nominally chosen myself
Registered vehicles on UK roads: 1991: 20 million 2023: 41.2 million Congestion is caused — and air pollution and climate change is made worse — not by cycleways or LTNs, but by too many motor vehicles.
It also warns those firms, backed up by a Counsel’s Opinion, that if their leadership will not stop work on fossil fuel projects, the staff within their walls can exercise their right of conscientious objection. Our Counsel’s Opinion can be read here: www.lar.earth/conscientiou...
Counsel’s opinion on the right of conscientious objection at work - Lawyers Are Responsible
Core documents Our position statement In September 2023, a team of scientists quantified, for the first time, all nine processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system. These n...
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Join me in supporting this case! crowdjustice.com/case/avoid-t... @transportaction.bsky.social making a hugely important challenge to the roads National Policy Statement -designed by the Tories to allow road building without care or consideration of the climate: now adopted by Labour🤑 Vital to win
Avoid the road to climate breakdown!
We support local communities seeking better and more sustainable travel solutions. We also help people campaign against active travel and public transport cuts and oppose damaging road schemes
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In this post, Amelia, Mahzabin and I discuss the Renters' Reform Bill from the perspective of pro bono clinics. probono.bppuniversity.ac.uk/blog/renters...
Renters’ Rights Bill | Pro Bono Centre | BPP University Law School
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Good piece in The Economist on excessive specialisation during secondary education in the UK -- and how this has led to poor numeracy among e.g. civil servants and lawyers. www.economist.com/britain/2024...
The trial of Lucy Letby has shocked British statisticians
And shown that many Britons are woefully ignorant of statistics
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Part 2 of the ‘English homelessness law is awful’ thread. Assuming you have managed to be found by the council to be homeless, eligible, in priority need & not intentionally homeless (hard, see Part 1 bsky.app/profile/near... ), then the council will provide you with permanent accommodation, yes? 1/
Nearly Legal@nearlylegal.co.uk · 2y agoI suppose, thinking about it, I should probably do a quick explainer for new followers as to just how mind-bogglingly awful English homelessness law is (different in Scotland and Wales), because few people outside the sector (unless they've been through it) really have a clue... 1/
Those of us who want Musk to get out of our politics (about which he knows nothing and cares less), and for X to stop facilitating and encouraging murderous racist thugs and vile abuse, need to act. Lots of us have to act or it won’t work. Suggestions: RT if you agree.