Chris
@chris4climate.bsky.social
climate, nature, Winchester, politics, books
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"Despite the Council's own 2023 report stating that vehicles were damaging the ecosystem and recommending access be closed off, nothing has been done for more than two years..." - read my latest column in the @hampshirechronicle.bsky.social 👇
Let’s stop the damage to our rivers - Winchester MP Danny Chambers
This month I’ve been focusing on my work with local campaigners to protect our precious countryside and nature. You might have seen the news…
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
"Despite the Council's own 2023 report stating that vehicles were damaging the ecosystem and recommending access be closed off, nothing has been done for more than two years..." - read my latest column in the @hampshirechronicle.bsky.social 👇
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is, one study estimated, 5.5 square miles of London used for on-street car parking. Rather than whinge about the massive popularity of a sustainable, healthy form of transport, boroughs could instead just do more to accommodate it.
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Hammersmith's Tories: "we'll reward dangerous drivers who crash into stationary objects"
... what a manifesto.
(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
... what a manifesto.
(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Hammersmith's Tories: "we'll reward dangerous drivers who crash into stationary objects"
... what a manifesto.
(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
... what a manifesto.
(WBR = Wandsworth Bridge Road")
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Existing wording to “give priority first to pedestrian and cycle movements” sounds nice, until you look at recently built housing estates and realise those words have proved as ineffective in the real world as SLOW markings on thousands of roads.
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
February 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Existing wording to “give priority first to pedestrian and cycle movements” sounds nice, until you look at recently built housing estates and realise those words have proved as ineffective in the real world as SLOW markings on thousands of roads.
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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The promise of more solar farms is a ray of sunshine in a dismal and wet winter that has seen homes and farmers fields flooded across the UK. Solar farms will cut the emissions that are driving climate extremes, lower energy bills and take up less than 1% of land.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More solar farms on the way after record renewables auction
The results have been welcomed by climate and clean energy groups but could face opposition from local communities.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The promise of more solar farms is a ray of sunshine in a dismal and wet winter that has seen homes and farmers fields flooded across the UK. Solar farms will cut the emissions that are driving climate extremes, lower energy bills and take up less than 1% of land.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Modern housing in Amsterdam: apartments on the left, a wide footway with rain-retaining greenery, and a wide bidirectional cycleway with priority over cars entering the development. Trees, bins, cycle parking and furniture collection spots separate it from the road, helping prevent fly-tipping.
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Modern housing in Amsterdam: apartments on the left, a wide footway with rain-retaining greenery, and a wide bidirectional cycleway with priority over cars entering the development. Trees, bins, cycle parking and furniture collection spots separate it from the road, helping prevent fly-tipping.
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Victoria Embankment this morning. Why should hard working cyclists taxes go on these wide car lanes when motorists don't bother using them?
February 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Victoria Embankment this morning. Why should hard working cyclists taxes go on these wide car lanes when motorists don't bother using them?
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Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
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Councils have a unique power to help residents live sustainably & support businesses in adopting low carbon solutions. 🌳
Here's what our 2025 Action Scorecards reveal about council collaboration & engagement: councilclimatescorecards.uk/sections/s6_...
Here's what our 2025 Action Scorecards reveal about council collaboration & engagement: councilclimatescorecards.uk/sections/s6_...
Collaboration & Engagement
Want to know how effective UK councils’ climate plans and strategies are? Check out the Council Climate Scorecards to see your Council’s score and how it compares to others across the UK.
councilclimatescorecards.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Councils have a unique power to help residents live sustainably & support businesses in adopting low carbon solutions. 🌳
Here's what our 2025 Action Scorecards reveal about council collaboration & engagement: councilclimatescorecards.uk/sections/s6_...
Here's what our 2025 Action Scorecards reveal about council collaboration & engagement: councilclimatescorecards.uk/sections/s6_...
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
This acadamic exposes how closely J D Vance is copying the nazis' path, to ethnicly cleanse Ohio open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
This acadamic exposes how closely J D Vance is copying the nazis' path, to ethnicly cleanse Ohio open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Change: Opmerkelijk: Zelfhelend materiaal laat windturbinebladen wel honderden jaren meegaan
www.change.inc/transities/c...
www.change.inc/transities/c...
Nieuw materiaal laat windturbinebladen honderden jaren meegaan
Het materiaal waar windturbinebladen van gemaakt worden is zeer sterk, maar door technische uitdagingen gaat het maar enkele decennia mee.
www.change.inc
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Change: Opmerkelijk: Zelfhelend materiaal laat windturbinebladen wel honderden jaren meegaan
www.change.inc/transities/c...
www.change.inc/transities/c...
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Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
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Me: "My apartment is too small for my grand piano. I'm going to store it on the sidewalk."
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Me: "My apartment is too small for my grand piano. I'm going to store it on the sidewalk."
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping"
Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street."
City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
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More resignations in the DOJ--these from career officials in Minnesota office objecting to DOJ's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and reluctance to investigate the shooter, Ross. A seismic scandal - This is the biggest politicized mess of a case in memory and it's not going away.
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
More resignations in the DOJ--these from career officials in Minnesota office objecting to DOJ's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and reluctance to investigate the shooter, Ross. A seismic scandal - This is the biggest politicized mess of a case in memory and it's not going away.
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🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
New polling: majority of Thames Water customers want Ofwat to reject creditors’ proposal for the utility
New polling has revealed that 54% of Thames Water customers think Ofwat should reject a deal proposed by Thames Water's creditors, and put it into special administration.
weownit.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
🚨Thames Water is on the brink of collapse.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
🙋We asked its customers what should happen next.
54% think the water regulator Ofwat should put it into special administration. And over two thirds (68%) believe that Thames Water should be run in the public sector.
Read the full results here.
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If he was living in Sheringham he’d be BEGGING for a bus shelter.
Man forced to 'physically stop' workmen from installing bus stop outside Essex home
AN Essex homeowner was forced to 'physically stop' workmen who were trying to install a bus stop outside his house.
www.gazette-news.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
If he was living in Sheringham he’d be BEGGING for a bus shelter.
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a small but significant win for nature greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a small but significant win for nature
This post is by the crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown. When the government unveiled the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, it was pitched as the legislation that would fi…
greenallianceblog.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill: a small but significant win for nature greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
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Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
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Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople