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LBC’s James O’Brien speaks to Carol, a volunteer gardener at Morden Hall who breaks down in tears as she talks about her fears over the excessive heat & her request to the National Trust to screen the People’s Emergency Briefing for staff & visitors. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=286...

85K views · 2.4K reactions | An incredible woman, Carol, phoned into James O'Brien about the climate crisis. Understandably she was upset and afraid, as many of us are by the extreme weather this summer, and she has asked Morden Hall National Trust Park to screen the People's Emergency Briefing film about the climate and nature crisis. As ever, James dealt with this so graciously. Like Carol, James thinks it is vital that the Government levels with us all about the scale and urgency of the environmental crisis we face and called for a live, prime time televised briefing - building on the work of the #NationalEmergencyBriefing Thanks so much Carol 🙏 For those wanting to find a screening of the film near you: https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map The film also outlines how genuine emergency action will make us better off, and most people leave feeling more hopeful: https://www.nebriefing.org/testimonials Please sign the petition for a televised briefing: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767687 #PEBuk | National Emergency Briefing

An incredible woman, Carol, phoned into James O'Brien about the climate crisis. Understandably she was upset and afraid, as many of us are by the extreme weather this summer, and she has asked Morden...

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🚨Stop #ThamesWaterCreditors 🚨 Creditors are closing in on a deal, want to dodge fines, dump sewage freely The deal would reward Thames Water abysmal failure, setting tragic new low for every single water company We've got to stop them. Email your MP now. weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...

The Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop them

An action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030

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🌍 This film featuring Chris Packham & leading experts is launching today and showing across the country over the next few months... 🌏 Check out the interactive map to find a venue & time to suit 🌎 Watch the trailer in the link and see what you think. Please share! 🙏 www.nebriefing.org/the-film

National Emergency Briefing

A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...

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If you still believe that drilling in the North Sea will save us, read on. “A month’s worth of gas from 14 years of licensing by the last government shows the complete folly of pursuing this policy." Lunacy, and tons of our money in oil companies' pockets. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

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✨LOCAL GROUPS ROUND UP Time to close the door on 2025 & celebrate everything we achieved this year 2026 will bring new opportunities to get together, build communities & spread our love for our beautiful planet and all living beings 💚 WE HAVE THREE DEMANDS: Tell The Truth|Act Now|Decide Together

7 years after XR first called for urgent climate action, a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and citizen-led decision-making, none of those demands has been met. While we’ve been failed by this in power who’ve approving new fossil fuel projects while restricting climate protest.

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Is there no end to the welfare sponging of filthy rich oil giants? Shell & Equinor's joint venture is to let Shell write off profit against Equinor's losses,costing the UK £1.3B in taxes Ask Rachel Reeves to investigate this illegal "loss buying" #StopRosebank actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...

Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab

Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...

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Drax continues to source its fuel from old growth forests and whole trees despite fines and claiming it's stopped both of these practices. Stop the £ million per day taxpayer subsidies until Drax can demonstrably keep its promises. #AxeDrax www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say

Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites

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This article makes a horrifying read (but is recommended nonetheless). The headline is followed by a list of millions more deaths attributable to fossil fuel use, and an accounting of the vast annual subsidies to fossil fuels. We're mad. #NoMoreFossilFuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

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“We all know what the lobbyists want,” Guterres said. “It’s to increase their profits, with the price being paid by humankind." The Truth! COP30 Climate Justice marches around the UK and the world on 15th November. Be there. climatejustice.uk/cop30/global... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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This could be a tipping point for decision makers across the UK: we're holding a National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature crisis for national leaders at Westminster Central Hall, and you can help!...🧵

Carbon capture as it's being proposed and implemented will *add* CO2 to the atmosphere - how can that help achieve Net Zero? (Even if 90% of CO2 from a fossil fuel source were captured (actual results are more like 50%) 10% is emitted. We need green solutions, not blue, grey, whatever) #Hynot

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We all got that scary phone alert yesterday. Wildfires. Floods. Extreme weather. The UK govt knows the climate 💩 is about to hit the fan. So do the billionaires — who are quietly building bunkers. 🧵

Image of the Government life-threatening emergency alert sent to millions of phones in the UK