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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 1d

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

a closeup of bivalve shells. text overlaid in a bold white font: Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’. New Uni of Exeter study finds evidence of "stability loss"

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Extinction Rebellion Oxford @xroxford.org · 10h

Destabilising impact of climate & nature crises on national security is:

“one of the biggest risks facing Britain”

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“food import supply chains are coming under pressure”

“prices of commodities increasing”

@xrglobal.bsky.social

@scientistsforxr.earth

@ecioxford.bsky.social

Tina Leonard 🧡💙 @leonard3tina.bsky.social · 10h

‼️‼️Seminal report ‼️‼️

-on THREATS TO UK SECURITY- ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

-of the COLLAPSE of critically important ECOSYSTEMS -

-being swept under carpet-

-by government-

-embarrassed by its failure-

-to provide any leadership on the issue 😡😡😡😡

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@zero-hour.bsky.social
@juststopoil.bsky.social

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 1d

The planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, but we’ve run out of time to discuss that I’m afraid.

#bbcqt @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 1d

This is environmental vandalism dressed in greenwash.

📣 JOIN US. SPEAK UP. FIGHT BACK.
We demand clean rivers, protected wildlife and polluters held accountable.

#Wimborne #WessexWater #EndSewagePollution

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 1d

Now they want to hike our water bills, backed by the regulator.

Meanwhile they hand out token donations to local groups to distract from their sewage scandal. PR over protection.

🐟 Wildlife is dying
🚫 Coastline under threat
💔 Rivers paying the price

#EndSewagePollution

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 1d

💩 WESSEX WATER: DUMPING SEWAGE, RAISING BILLS, PAYING DIVIDENDS 🚨

In 2024:
43,931 sewage spills
404,880 hours = 47 years of pollution
🤑 £4.25 BILLION to shareholders since privatisation
£69.9M in 2023 - £188 per hour of sewage

#WaterBills
#WessexWater

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

www.theguardian.com

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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 2d

How much longer will the BBC, ITV, Sky, C4 and C5 hide AMOC collapse from the British people?

Campaigners were at City Hall today to demand London Assembly members start planning for the UK being plunged into a far colder, drier climate which would decimate agriculture. 🧵

AMOC campaigners with the AMOC bomb outside London's City Hall

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Rebelión Científica España @esrebelcientif.bsky.social · 2d

ACÉRCATE A CONVERSAR CON NUESTRAS CIENTÍFICAS EN REBELDÍA 🥼🤍

Queremos tender puentes entre la academia, las vecinas y la comunidad que nos rodea, conversaremos sobre cómo comunicar la urgencia de la crisis climática juntas.

Te esperamos el 17/10 a las 19:15, en la calle San Celedonio, 35.

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 2d

“A12 blockade - October 28th! They try to shut us up, but we grow through the cracks of their rotten system. Those in power know that the majority wants climate justice — an end to fossil subsidies, and a future where life is more important than profit” 👏

Extinction Rebellion Nederland @xrnl.bsky.social · 2d

A12 blokkade - 28 oktober! Ze proberen ons de mond te snoeren, maar wij groeien door de scheuren van hun verrotte systeem. De machthebbers weten dat de meerderheid klimaatrechtvaardigheid wil — een einde aan fossiele subsidies, en een toekomst waarin leven belangrijker is dan winst. [1/3]

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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 2d

Activism is the real impact factor! 📈

To researchers, PhD students, and all working in the academic sector wanting to learn about how civil disobedience can advance climate justice: Our next induction meeting is 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬 (online)!

Link & calendar here: scientistrebellion.de/induction-me...

SR Germany Welcome Meeting
To researchers, scientists, PhD students, and all working in the academic sector: we can advance climate justice
Thursday - October 9th 20:00 CEST
Next Meeting: 21.10
Full calendar on our website
Online meeting
Register at the link provided
A good opportunity for newcomers to think about how to get
involved in different solidarity initiatives!

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XR Salisbury @xrsalisbury.bsky.social · 2d

So the CMA has decided let five water companies – Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East – collectively charge customers an extra £556m over the next five years for polluting our waterways and over-extracting rather than fixing pipes. That’s 3% more on an average bill. Shameful…. 😡😡

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 2d

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan subject of toadying interview on BBC Radio 4 Today despite JPM’s climate wrecking record.

Instead of wedging themselves up Dimon’s fundament, Amol Rajan why not tell the truth?

JPM is the largest fossil fuel funder, $192 billion in last 4 years

#r4today

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Extinction Rebellion Oxford @xroxford.org · 2d

Help JSO Stonehenge activists with out of court costs chuffed.org/project/1519...

Help JSO Stonehenge activists with out of court costs

Our world urgently needs a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and there's one under negotiation. This is a proper, bottom-up initiative - 42 Cities and Subnational Governments across 6 Continents ...

chuffed.org

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 3d

UK national #security is severely threatened the #climatecrisis and the looming collapse of natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster just years away warn defence chiefs. But their report has been delayed, and may not now be published.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 3d

UK exposed and vulnerable to cascading risks of climate tipping points and collapse of food supply and social order

Q: OMG 😳 what’s government policy on this?
A: Sorry, can’t help you there
Q: Why not?
A: Well, the thing is, there isn’t one

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

UK has glaring national security blind spot for climate threats, new report finds

An assessment of climate threats to UK national security has highlighted climate tipping points as a severely overlooked danger, according to a new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research ...

https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/uk-has-glaring-national-security-blind-spot-for-climate-threats-new-report-finds/#:~:text=Professor%20Tim%20Lenton%2C%20from%20the,to%20act%20to%20get%20prepared.”

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XR Salisbury @xrsalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you BBC Wiltshire for supporting our bid for a clean water site in Salisbury! 👏

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ben Prater - Bathing water bid aims to improve quality of the River Avon - BBC Sounds

Official Bathing Water Status at Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury asked for by locals

www.bbc.co.uk

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 3d

A little snail, casually and ignorantly written off as unimportant - one of the rarest creatures in Britain.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Extinction Rebellion Almere @xralmere.bsky.social · 3d

Stop Tata

Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 3d

Tata Steel bezuinigt op alles, om miljoenenverliezen op te vangen. Zelfs op kerstpakketten voor de werknemers. Maar de top blijft buiten schot. Het gemiddelde jaarsalaris van een directielid ligt inmiddels boven de miljoen euro, ruim twee keer zoveel als vier jaar geleden.

Salaris van Tata-directie verdubbeld, terwijl medewerkers geen kerstpakket meer krijgen

Het jaarsalaris van een directielid van Tata Steel bedraagt gemiddeld een miljoen euro. Dat is ruim het dubbele van vier jaar geleden. Ondertussen stagneerden de salarissen van werknemers en is vanweg...

www.ftm.nl

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 3d

They delivered dossiers of evidence accusing CEOs of being personally liable for damaging the public's right to clean water under the Public Nuisance Act.

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 3d

Wessex Water CEO held personally liable 💩

A group of women entered the HQs of Wessex Water, Severn Trent Water, Southern Water & Anglian Water to make citizens arrests.

www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press/2025/1...

BREAKING: Police called to arrest Water Company CEOs at Headquarters Across England - CAN - Citizen’s Arrest Network

www.citizensarrestnetwork.org

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 3d

We cheered him and supported him in his brave fight against HS2, let’s now help Larch Maxey pay HS2 court costs before they take his home from him. Donate today!

gofund.me/35bffd0ed

Donate to Save Larch’s home from HS2 AND HELP His NEXT GREAT PROJECT, organized by Merlin Matthews

Dr. Larch Maxey has dedicated 40 years to sustainability and … Merlin Matthews needs your support for Save Larch’s home from HS2 AND HELP His NEXT GREAT PROJECT

gofund.me

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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ShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 6d

💯 recommend the heartwarming film #PowerStation, about a London couple who galvanise their neighbours to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse by all putting solar panels on their roofs - an inspiring illustration of transformative community led #ClimateAction
#energysky power.film

Power Station

power.film

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Extinction Rebellion Almere @xralmere.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! Now phase-out fossils asap!

Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 4d

Renewables have overtaken coal in the global electricity mix for the first time, @ember-energy.org has found
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...

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Extinction Rebellion Wimborne @xrwimborne.bsky.social · 4d

“Indigenous and affected communities from the Global South are moving to COP30 in a caravan to make their voices heard: against the destruction of their livelihoods, against exploitation - for climate justice and the colonial protection of our earth.”

Extinction Rebellion Deutschland @extinctionrebelsde.bsky.social · 5d

youtu.be/WT_xLzY783Y?...

Indigene und betroffene Gemeinschaften aus dem Globalen Süden ziehen in einer Karawane zur COP30, um ihre Stimmen hörbar zu machen: Gegen Zerstörung ihrer Lebensgrundlagen, gegen koloniale Ausbeutung – für Klimagerechtigkeit und den Schutz unserer Erde.

4.10.25 Bündnisdemo in Köln wegen der „Mesoamerikanischen Karawane für Klima und Leben

YouTube video by Der Pilger

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