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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 19h

We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax Wealth Now

It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 19h

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Protect Pacific Islands Heritage from Industrial Fishing

A platform for stories, solutions, and community action to protect the ocean, tackle the climate crisis, and help build a more just, equitable planet.

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 19h

Tell Coach, Chanel, Gucci and other luxury brands to stop profiting from Amazon destruction. action.eko.org/a/coach-chan...

Coach, Chanel, Gucci and other luxury brands, stop profiting from the Amazon's destruction.

The Amazon is being chainsawed so Coach, Chanel and other luxury brands can sell $9,000 handbags. A new investigation shows Gucci, Balenciaga and other luxury labels source leather from cattle raised

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 19h

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Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 19h

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Call on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Government to Protect Its Ocean

Aotearoa New Zealand’s ocean territory is one of the largest in the world — yet staggeringly, less than 1% of it is highly protected. Add your name to call on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his ...

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 1d

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Save the Sanctuary: Keep Gulper Shark Fisheries Closed

Urge the Maldivian government to keep gulper shark fishing banned and protect the only shark sanctuary in the Indian Ocean.

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 1d

Fewer flights are a good thing though, even if it is for all the wrong reasons.

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows

Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 1d

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Break The Silence on NatWest climate loopholes

NatWest loves to tell its staff how green it is. It helps keep them happy and working hard for the company, but that story is full of lies. In 2024 NatWest invested $2.4 billion in fossil fuels. It'll...

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 3d

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Do you agree that the water industry needs to be overhauled?

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 5d

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Help me end the breeding of ‘game’ birds in cages

Each year, tens of millions of non-native pheasants and partridges are released across the English and Welsh countryside, damaging habitats, disrupting native wildlife, and threatening biodiversity. I...

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 7d

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Write to your MP: Divest our pensions from risky fossil fuels!

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 7d

This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kick out of the House of Lords. Mone has to go. Agree? Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/lrpq

Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords

This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mo...

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 10d

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Get involved and help stop plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and it’s hurting our environment and our health. Luckily, there’s an answer. The UN is negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty that could set targets to cut plastic produ...

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Ken Roberts @tafodyddraig.bsky.social · 10d

What a shambolic, moronic, self serving, greedy crook Trump aka Fart is. How stupid are the American voters?
Mind you, we had a bunch of self serving, idiotic crooks in power for 14 years and now that dangerous crook Fararse is gaining ground.
I despair, I really do.