Quentin Given
@quentinclimate.bsky.social
Activist on climate and nature with Friends of the Earth in Tottenham, live by the River Lea in with partner. Love wildlife.
@heidialexander.bsky.social can you sort out the EV charging on the M4? We are EV users with 9 year old car, Type 2 connector which most cars can use. But service stations have hardly any such connectors. All motorway stations should have at least 4 22kV Type 2s. V close to your constituency!
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
@heidialexander.bsky.social can you sort out the EV charging on the M4? We are EV users with 9 year old car, Type 2 connector which most cars can use. But service stations have hardly any such connectors. All motorway stations should have at least 4 22kV Type 2s. V close to your constituency!
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Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
- “A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies ... and accelerated the breakdown of our planet”
#davos
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- “A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies ... and accelerated the breakdown of our planet”
#davos
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich
- “A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies ... and accelerated the breakdown of our planet”
#davos
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- “A handful of global oligarchs with extreme wealth have bought up our democracies ... and accelerated the breakdown of our planet”
#davos
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
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After 3+ years of campaigning from Friends of the Earth, the government has now published its #WarmHomesPlan. This is a significant step towards making our homes greener and cheaper to heat.
The plan shows good progress, but we must see more funding and ambition. Breakdown 👇
The plan shows good progress, but we must see more funding and ambition. Breakdown 👇
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
After 3+ years of campaigning from Friends of the Earth, the government has now published its #WarmHomesPlan. This is a significant step towards making our homes greener and cheaper to heat.
The plan shows good progress, but we must see more funding and ambition. Breakdown 👇
The plan shows good progress, but we must see more funding and ambition. Breakdown 👇
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An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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I see Tom Skinner is Reform’s latest ‘star signing’.
✅ Grew up loaded with Lamborghinis in the garage, but cosplays as working class.
✅ Privately-educated.
✅ Convicted criminal.
✅ Failed to pay back £50,000 Covid loan.
✅ Betrayed his Mrs.
He’ll fit right in.
✅ Grew up loaded with Lamborghinis in the garage, but cosplays as working class.
✅ Privately-educated.
✅ Convicted criminal.
✅ Failed to pay back £50,000 Covid loan.
✅ Betrayed his Mrs.
He’ll fit right in.
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I see Tom Skinner is Reform’s latest ‘star signing’.
✅ Grew up loaded with Lamborghinis in the garage, but cosplays as working class.
✅ Privately-educated.
✅ Convicted criminal.
✅ Failed to pay back £50,000 Covid loan.
✅ Betrayed his Mrs.
He’ll fit right in.
✅ Grew up loaded with Lamborghinis in the garage, but cosplays as working class.
✅ Privately-educated.
✅ Convicted criminal.
✅ Failed to pay back £50,000 Covid loan.
✅ Betrayed his Mrs.
He’ll fit right in.
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I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.
January 18, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.
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The High Seas Treaty came into force today following ratification by over 60 countries. Multilateralism is not quite dead yet.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524322...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524322...
'The biggest win for nature in a generation': High Seas Treaty enters into force
Landmark ocean protections enter into force - but green groups slam 'glacial' UK progress in writing treaty into law
www.businessgreen.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The High Seas Treaty came into force today following ratification by over 60 countries. Multilateralism is not quite dead yet.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524322...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524322...
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People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280
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I always knew the British right was full of collaborators who would stab their country in the back at the first opportunity.
I just didn’t think they’d be collaborating against us with the United States.
I just didn’t think they’d be collaborating against us with the United States.
January 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I always knew the British right was full of collaborators who would stab their country in the back at the first opportunity.
I just didn’t think they’d be collaborating against us with the United States.
I just didn’t think they’d be collaborating against us with the United States.
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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“The Conservatives’ plan to roll back the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars is reckless and short-sighted. 30,000 people in the UK die every year from air pollution, with much of this coming from transport.” - Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars
Party would also abolish zero-emission vehicle mandate, cutting legal requirement on carmakers to sell EVs
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“The Conservatives’ plan to roll back the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars is reckless and short-sighted. 30,000 people in the UK die every year from air pollution, with much of this coming from transport.” - Mike Childs, Friends of the Earth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yesterday, wind produced 59.6% of Britain’s electricity - almost five times more than gas.
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, every unit of clean renewable energy we produce is delivering U.K jobs, energy security, and a brighter future of our children.
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, every unit of clean renewable energy we produce is delivering U.K jobs, energy security, and a brighter future of our children.
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Yesterday, wind produced 59.6% of Britain’s electricity - almost five times more than gas.
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, every unit of clean renewable energy we produce is delivering U.K jobs, energy security, and a brighter future of our children.
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, every unit of clean renewable energy we produce is delivering U.K jobs, energy security, and a brighter future of our children.
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💔How are the devastating floods in Asia linked to gold mines, hydropower plants and palm oil plantations invading Indonesian forests?
Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia explains: www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia explains: www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
How deforestation turbocharged Indonesia's deadly floods
The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.
www.rfi.fr
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
💔How are the devastating floods in Asia linked to gold mines, hydropower plants and palm oil plantations invading Indonesian forests?
Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia explains: www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
Walhi/Friends of the Earth Indonesia explains: www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
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No way expansion of #Heathrow can meet Labour's "key tests .... on the environment", especially as it's "already the single largest polluter in the UK". @thecccuk.bsky.social & @commonseac.parliament.uk say a 3rd runway "risks torpedoing the UK's climate goals."
richmond.nub.news/news/local-n...
richmond.nub.news/news/local-n...
Government backs Heathrow’s £49bn third runway plan as Twickenham MP renews opposition
Heathrow's third runway advances as UK Transport Secretary backs Heathrow Airport Limited's proposal, with plans aiming for a 2035 completion.
richmond.nub.news
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
No way expansion of #Heathrow can meet Labour's "key tests .... on the environment", especially as it's "already the single largest polluter in the UK". @thecccuk.bsky.social & @commonseac.parliament.uk say a 3rd runway "risks torpedoing the UK's climate goals."
richmond.nub.news/news/local-n...
richmond.nub.news/news/local-n...
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The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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At #COP30, countries have come together to agree a new process (the Belém Action Mechanism) – that would see everyone benefit from the transition away from #FossilFuels. But the UK delegation aren’t getting on board action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/urge-ed-miliband-unblock-un-climate-talks
Urge Ed Miliband to unblock UN climate talks
Plans to protect people and the environment are on a knife edge at the UN climate talks. The UK government must act now to back a fairer, more just future before it’s too late. The climate crisis is r...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
At #COP30, countries have come together to agree a new process (the Belém Action Mechanism) – that would see everyone benefit from the transition away from #FossilFuels. But the UK delegation aren’t getting on board action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/urge-ed-miliband-unblock-un-climate-talks
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We’re taking part in the Global Day of Action for climate justice, mobilising with allies across the country to stand up for a brighter future.
We’re in the decisive decade for climate and nature, so choices governments make now will shape our collective future. Continues 👇
We’re in the decisive decade for climate and nature, so choices governments make now will shape our collective future. Continues 👇
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We’re taking part in the Global Day of Action for climate justice, mobilising with allies across the country to stand up for a brighter future.
We’re in the decisive decade for climate and nature, so choices governments make now will shape our collective future. Continues 👇
We’re in the decisive decade for climate and nature, so choices governments make now will shape our collective future. Continues 👇
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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, an inquiry by MPs has found, in direct conflict with claims made by ministers.
Toby Perkins, the Labour chair of the environmental audit committee, said nature was being scapegoated, and that rather than being a block to growth, it was necessary for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
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And another one!
These common sense decisions are making me hopeful the UK government will say NO to Rosebank... the decision is back in their hands at the end of this week.
There's still time to have your say - but be quick, the consultation closes on Thursday actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
These common sense decisions are making me hopeful the UK government will say NO to Rosebank... the decision is back in their hands at the end of this week.
There's still time to have your say - but be quick, the consultation closes on Thursday actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
💥GOOD NEWS from Denmark💥
Oil and gas permit REVOKED.
The Danish Energy Board ruled that consent for new fossil fuel production at Hejre field was unlawful, upholding a complaint by Greenpeace Nordic.
The full climate impact of oil extraction and burning - on people and planet - cannot be ignored!
Oil and gas permit REVOKED.
The Danish Energy Board ruled that consent for new fossil fuel production at Hejre field was unlawful, upholding a complaint by Greenpeace Nordic.
The full climate impact of oil extraction and burning - on people and planet - cannot be ignored!
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
And another one!
These common sense decisions are making me hopeful the UK government will say NO to Rosebank... the decision is back in their hands at the end of this week.
There's still time to have your say - but be quick, the consultation closes on Thursday actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
These common sense decisions are making me hopeful the UK government will say NO to Rosebank... the decision is back in their hands at the end of this week.
There's still time to have your say - but be quick, the consultation closes on Thursday actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
FoE meeting up before joining COP rally at Downing Street.
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
FoE meeting up before joining COP rally at Downing Street.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...