mastodon 4.7.3-stable+ff1The nice thing about science is that it doesn't require belief or positive opinion. Scientific truth is demonstrable. https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/mlo.html Born at 314ppm. #CO2 #climate #ClimateChange #Collapse2040
#Methane (#CH₄) is a also a potent #GreenhouseGas which, in my view, makes so-called 'natural gas' dirtier than coal. The FF industry, and governments, deliberately ignore most of the leakage in production and transmission: https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/
UK oil refinery broke toxic pollution limits dozens of times, documents reveal
One of the UK's biggest #oil refineries spilled #pollution into local #rivers and the Mersey Estuary on dozens of occasions in 2023 and 2024, documents suggest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c64g15v2jqy8o #environment #FossilFuels
The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws that require all adults to show #ID to access to go online. But age gates don't keep children off restricted platforms and do harm #children & adults' rights to #privacy & expression.
Sign here: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-online-access
Send Sainsburys a message demanding accountability for their #plastic #packaging commitments. It only takes a minute & you can do it here: https://everydayplastic.eaction.org.uk/sainsburyssaga
Nigel #Farage ’s #Reform wants to bring back #fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Tell the Prime Minister: make the #FrackingBan permanent.
@friends-earth.bsky.social 👇
https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tell-keir-starmer-make-fracking-ban-permanent?utm_source=bluesky_share&utm_campaign=%5B2534%5D&utm_medium=share #BanFracking #FossilFuels #climate #ClimateChange
Swiss #glaciers have suffered a near-record loss of ice in 2026 as intense summer #heatwaves take their toll on Alpine peaks.
More than 5% of the country's remaining glacier ice has disappeared in the last 12 months, which scientists say is "extraordinary".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9w0ypjwl9o #climate #ClimateChange
Big news from #LabourConference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap #FirstPastThePost.
Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. Add your namehere:
https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=BSshare&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=PR%20-%20Handraiser%20-%20Andy%20Pledge&en_ref=226127710 #PR #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter #Burnham #AndyBurnham
Guy Singh-Watson is the founder of Riverford Organic #Farmers, one of the UK's best-known #organic food businesses. For nearly four decades he has championed farming systems that combine #food production, #biodiversity, #SoilHealth and long-term environmental stewardship.
Democracy For Sale:
BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over #Palantir
Peter Thiel's #surveillance firm is embedded in the #NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-were-taking-the-government-577 #DataSecurity #NHSData
Women leaving the beach, going into a shop, or simply standing outside are being approached by men wearing Meta's Ray-Bans, the company's #SmartGlasses, in order to film the women's responses to casual questions or pick-up lines without their knowledge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o #AI #privacy
UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN #climate chief have said.
In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil energy.
This week the Azerbaijani president told world leaders gathered in his country for #COP29 that natural gas was a “gift from God” and he shouldn’t be blamed for bringing it to market.
In November, Türkiye and Australia will host this year's UN #Climate Talks (COP31). For two weeks, they'll steer the negotiations that decide how fast and how fairly the world moves off coal, oil and gas.
But both countries are among the very few industrialised nations with no deadline to stop burning #coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel there is. And they're still expanding.
Sign this petition telling #COP31 hosts to phase out #FossilFuels and deliver a just transition It takes only 10 seconds to add your name. Sign here: https://act.350.org/s/3233243.1GhPI9 #ClimateChange
The Fight to be Heard is a new documentary by Amnesty International UK that charts the changing landscape of #protest in Britain, from record-breaking prison sentences for peaceful #protesters to fears of #surveillance and criminalisation.
#BigTech 's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our #water.
We need basic rules:
⚡ 100% #CleanPower
💧 Zero water waste
🗣️ Local community consent
Sign the petition to stop #DataCentres harming our #communities and #environment. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-new-data-centres-that-harm-our-communities-or-climate?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast150824&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=378d93a7-858d-40dd-9f08-e6bf7c9ef431
Crackerless #Christmas
All of the joy – none of the waste.
Suits vs. picket lines: Corporations, class politics and #Burnham ’s #LabourConference
A few days at #Labour conference lays bare the vast disparity in how different groups – #BigBusiness and #workers in particular – pursue their political interests
Sign the petition urging the government to tax #FossilFuel giants.
Demand that the government cracks down on #oil and #gas companies and #MakePollutersPay to protect lives, fund emergency response, and build a fairer, safer future.
Sign here:
What the #aviation industry tells you and what they DON’T tell you
What we need to know about #decarbonisation promises and false solutions
https://stay-grounded.org/greenwashing/ #greenwashing
A #NationalCareService needs a #WealthTax – not a regressive #pension reform
#Burnham ’s plan to fund a care system by scrapping the #TripleLock is a bold political vision built on shaky economics
https://www.opendemocracy.net/email/73f58aff-97ad-41d6-b531-a9aee1f25d03/
#Democracy For Sale: How Blair’s institute responded to fresh #CashForAccess questions
We asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at #LabourConference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/tonys-minor-tantrum-how-blairs-institute
Demand business that’s fair to people and planet. ✊🌍 #DoItFair
https://action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=2026-do-it-fair-share-bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=Do%20It%20Fair%20-%20March%202026%20-%20Campaign%20Petition&en_ref=296401477 #FairTrade
Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like #CashForAccess”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-tony-blair-institutes-25000-smells-like-cash-for-access-uber-amazon-bp
Farmers' race for £233m funding like 'scramble for Oasis tickets'
The post-Brexit scheme replaced EU subsidies with payments for farmers to look after nature and provide "public goods"
Spain battles #ClimateChange on several fronts
World Weather Attribution found that the extreme conditions that drove record-breaking fires in Spain and Portugal in 2025 were 40 times more likely to happen due to the warming #climate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwg59g3vz564o #WildFires #drought
