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Just 14% of rivers in the UK of a good ecological standard with raw sewage repeatedly discharged into our waterways. Calling out @RobertJenrick for his voting record on this issue #dirtywater @XRNottm @XRMidlands @CanalRiverTrust @ChrisGPackham @Feargal_Sharkey @open_nottingham
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Who will blow the whistle on the scandalous suppression of the facts about public money creation? The definitive truth is staring us in the face but neither economists, civil servants, politicians nor media (@BenChu_?) will acknowledge it
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Why do we seem to find it so hard to have a rational conversation about how MUCH we pay in tax and HOW we pay it?
I'm exploring that in a new 3 part series for @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds.
Episode 1 of The Tax Conundrum available here
🎧👇...
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l3…
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UNPREPARED ⚠️
The UK is not prepared for the impacts of climate change, say Fire Chiefs.
“…it is impossible not to be concerned about the very real and immediate threat climate change poses to our planet and what that will mean for our communities in the future”
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ALT A volunteer from Northamptonshire Search and Rescue wades through waist deep flood water at night. Image was taken during flooding in Northamptonshire resulting from Storm Bert in November 2024. Credit: Northamptonshire Search and Rescue and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service.
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WATCH! City of London insurance conference noisily disrupted by #ExtinctionRebellion & students from @insuretomorrow
Sinking into the floods of #ClimateChaos a bright green “Shambourghini” / karaoke booth opens to inform &entertain delegates
#CarSoup #InsureOurSurvival
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“Climate breakdown is deadly serious. And so too is the British government's crackdown on climate action.”
Surely it can’t be that bad?
- yes it is, read this, all of this.
theecologist.org/2025/jan/28…
ALT Text reads: “Surely it can’t be that bad!” is the most frequent response to my reports to family and friends of the existential dangers of climate tipping points but also of the extent to which our increasingly authoritarian government is intent on using the law as a tool to ensure inaction on behalf of the interests of the fossil fuel industries” Screenshot from article in The Ecologist by Tom Hardy.
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On Thurs 30th Jan, I’ll be joining @DefendourJuries at The Royal Courts of Justice to show support for the political prisoners, handed extreme sentences for peaceful protest. Please join us - The Royal Courts of Justice on 29th and 30th Jan from 9am
defendourjuries.org/wp-conte…
Campaigners want to spark debate on pesticide use: Free Talk from @PAN_UK at Newark Library 22/01/25 starts 7.30 newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/…
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And so, for all those who hope to get back to traditional car-dependency and urban sprawl, please mark the Secretary-General's wise words:-
"This is climate breakdown in real time."
Dreams of 1980s-style growth are now just that - dreams.
"I want to Tell you that I'm Sorry, that I Tried" | Benedict Cumberbatch... youtu.be/OePbsWVW8nY?si=Z3qW… via @YouTube
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oi…
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Yes! What better start to 2025 could @howdenlocaluk make than to stop insuring fossil fuels and #InsureOurSurvival 👍🏻
In Loughborough today calling on Howden group to stop insuring new fossil fuel projects @howdenlocaluk @XRMidlands @XRNottm @GreenpeaceNotts @XRUK_Actions
How do we fund the Green New Deal? And centre our economy around the public good? Watch FINDING THE MONEY | Full Documentary from @FindingMoneyDoc findingthemoney.vhx.tv/packa…
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Three Nottingham MPs @NadiaWhittomeMP @LilianGreenwood and @AlexJJNorris on the day the original Climate and Nature Bill was proposed to Parliament.
Will you all be there for the 2nd reading on 24th January 2025 ?
@zerohour_uk #CANBill @DrRozSavageMP zerohour.uk
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"We all want less floods" we call on the insurance industry to Insure Our Survival not #FossilFuels
youtube.com/watch?v=EAK9Y7rS…
#InsureOurSurvival #Floods #ClimateCatastrophe
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Today we are in #Manchester visiting insurance companies as only fools insure fossil fuels #insureoursurvival #ExtinctionRebellion
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#ExtinctionRebellion #Scotland protested outside the #Glasgow offices of insurance companies Howden Group, AIG & AXA that enable new fossil fuel projects
Activists dressed as zombies danced a Killer Driller routine - there’s no insurance on an undead planet!
#InsureOurSurvival
ALT Extinction Rebellion Scotland hold a Halloween themed protest at insurance offices in Glasgow. Photo: S.Chalmers
XRNewark&Sherwood retweeted
🚨BREAKING: 3 XR protestors have scaled London’s iconic Walkie Talkie building, home to major insurers Ascot, Talbot & @TMKiln
Police have sealed off the area; activists remain in position
👀STAY TUNED
💸SUPPORT PEOPLE IN ACTION:
xrb.link/WI9D9KZ3nXm
#InsureOurSurvival
XRNewark&Sherwood retweeted
GOOD NEWS 🗞️
Unlawful oil production at #HorseHill in #Surrey the site at the centre of a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court. has been suspended.
Full story at Drill or Drop
➡️drillordrop.com/2024/10/28/u…
#NoMoreOil #EndFossilFuels
ALT Archive photo of Horse Hill oil drilling site in Surrey.
