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🙌Win for UK nature🙌
The Bristol River Avon has had its rights formally recognised, in a public signing of the Avon bioregional charter of river rights. 1/3
These include the right to:
💚Exist
💚Thrive
💚Evolve naturally
💚Flow sustainably
💚Not be polluted
💚Preserve its biodiversity
💚Aim for regeneration and restoration
💚Build cultural and community connection
💚Represent and advocate for the rights of the river 2/3
Roughly 40 river charters have happened since the first - that of Sussex River Ouse, which became the first river in England to have its rights recognised by a local authority in Feb 2025.
More here: theguardian.com/environment/…
#CleanWaterNow 3/3
🩸People living near a chemical plant in the UK have high levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in their blood🩸
Residents of Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire live near the AGC Chemicals factory. Now the villagers have been told they have high levels of PFAS in their blood 1/4
PFAS have been linked to many negative health impacts, including cancers & impaired foetal development.
What's been found in Thornton-Cleveleys is the tip of iceberg of UK PFAS pollution. People are slowly realising the damage done to them over years of exposure 3/4
🐬📢 We're taking action against destructive bottom trawling in Italy📢🐬
With our partners @Legambiente & the support of @Bluemarinef, we’re urging authorities to take steps to avoid the destruction of MPAs and protect their vitally important marine habitats and species. 1/5
We aim to:
👉 Highlight that authorities in charge of these MPAs are obliged to effectively protect them
👉 Ensure they complete mapping & adopt effective management measures to comply with EU nature laws
👉 Require them to do risk assessments & adopt protective measures 4/5
⛔We're saying NO to new oil and gas projects in the North Sea⛔
And an incredible 30,000 of you are saying it with us, having made your voices heard by signing an open letter to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh.
Thank you ❤️
You shouldn’t need to own a house or have your own solar panels to benefit from clean, affordable energy. People living in apartment blocks, tenants, local businesses and public services should be able to benefit too 🧵
Yet in some countries, people have to fight through confusing rules to make this happen. Five years after the EU deadline, Poland and Hungary still make energy communities very difficult to set up. 3/4
That’s why we’ve filed complaints with the European Commission. Clean, affordable energy shouldn’t be only for those with the right home or income. The law already exists. Now it needs to work for people.
👉 clientearth.org/our-work/cle… 4/4
🌎Today is 2026's official #EarthOvershootDay🌎
❓But what does that really mean?
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. 1/5
Because climate change disproportionately affects lower-income people and countries, those who find themselves on the front lines of climate change’s catastrophic effects are often the ones who overshoot much later in the year, or not at all. 4/5