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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 1d

Business as usual….
#DrillBabyDrill
#ClimateCrisis

Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 1d

What an incredibly dangerous & untrue thing to say!
Please don’t listen to this man.
Poor America.
Why is your government allowing this #HealthMisinformation?

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 3d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

Farage frequently criticised Western sanctions on Russia & NATO’s “provocations,” while portraying Putin as a strong nationalist leader defending his country’s interests.
Where is the Russia report?

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

We need to BAN single use plastic.
We need to ban its export. Now.
UK’s exports of #pPasticPollution to developing countries soared by 84% compared to last year. EU have brought in a law to ban it.
Campaigners described it as “unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism”.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

The answer, of course, is NO.
Medpro is in receivership with assets of only £666,000.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

Leave the leaves!
#leaves provide crucial habitat for overwintering wildlife, enrich the soil as they decompose, & protect it from erosion and extreme temperatures

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

We know #microplastics are harming us, but we don’t care enough to change.
I’m more worried about #bees. Those we need to live.
Microplastics ⬇️bees learning & foraging, ⬇️ability to learn & remember, ⬇️responsiveness to sucrose, ⬇️ body weight, ⬇️feeding frequency, & change detoxification & immunity

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

Environmental benefits of oyster farming:
Irish #oyster farms remove 228% more #pollution from the water than they produce while providing £3m worth of coastal cleanup.
They store carbon in their shells, so one of the most climate-friendly protein sources.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

Cities light up the sky & that confuses birds. They fly toward the glow, circle in disoriented loops, & crash into glass buildings.
It’s estimated that up to 1 billion birds die this way every year across the U.S.
Night lights for safety…yes
The rest…#LightsOut
#LightPollution

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

A new molten salt energy storage system may help solve one of renewable energy’s biggest problems. The technology can store power from solar panels & wind turbines for days or even weeks, then release it when needed.
#EnergyStorage

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

‘The greying of Europe’
What are we doing to ourselves???

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a #Scotland supporter, don’t read this.
Bias or wot?
Ps our NHS waiting times are a lot better than elsewhere in UK. Might have been fair to mention this.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

Muirburn, burning of grouse moors, kills our #biodiversity, #pollutes our air.
Why?
So people can kill birds.
@scotgov, you should be ashamed.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

So please @JohnSwinney, will you ask the energy suppliers why they are ripping us off when we provide most of the Uk’s energy?
And tell us what they say?
Then help us fight to change it.
#FuelPoverty

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

Well done @mumsforlungs.bsky.social

#AirPollution emitted from these cars has killed ~16,000 people in UK & caused 30,000 cases of childhood asthma.
>1m of dirty diesels still on the road. Unlike other countries, UK govt has yet to fine any manufacturer, or force repairs

Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 3d

Action on #Dieselgate is taking an “outrageous” amount of time, leaving more than a million dirty diesels still on the road today. This isn't just a corporate scandal, but a #Health scandal as well. It's time the car manufacturers paid. #AirPollution

‘Little lungs are paying’: why the Dieselgate scandal is still running hot

Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.8m motorists is about to begin

www.theguardian.com

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

But don’t worry about #Covid, healthcare workers.… it’s only far worse than flu, but we aren’t vaccinating you…..
Tough….

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

Yes @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social, we should be.
And if you did your job properly and told the stark truth about the #ClimateCrisis, everybody would be.
Then maybe we would do something about it….

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

Wear a mask instead of vaccinating our health care professionals against #Covid.
Yup, that makes sense.
Cost of 1 person vaccine £25
Cost of 1 person n95 mask 1/day for one month only £36, double for 2 a day.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 3d

UK vaccine restriction of #RSV vaccine, only 75–79y & pregnant women, based on cost for hospitalisation/death.
Unlike other countries ignores functional decline, new frailty, ⬇️independence are major health costs
& NHS use (GP visits, exacerbations COPD/heart failure) huge cost UK models undervalue.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 5d

The destabilising impact of the #climate & #nature crises on national security is one of the biggest risks facing Britain, the joint intelligence committee report is understood to say.
Already, food import supply chains are coming under pressure.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 5d

What. Are. You. Thinking ⁦ @labourpartyuk.bsky.social?
Plans to water down protections for national parks such as Dartmoor & Lake District in a “kneejerk bid for growth” will be devastating for #nature
#WrongDecision

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 6d

Hopefully Scotland will say #NoToNucleae in future.
Three different radioactive substances – alpha-emitting Radionuclides, alpha-emitting Radionuclides and Caesium-137 – were all released, according to the Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) data.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 6d

To me something like a revamp could wait until we don’t need food banks. I believe the contract was signed by the tories.

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry to hear that. That’s a risk but now a days there are successful funds which are not fossil fuel. And to be honest if world does wake up, FF shared will be worthless unless the companies have invested in renewables