XR London
@xrlondon.bsky.social
In resistance against the corporate state, and the extractivist economy that is killing us. We act in love, for people and planet.
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
#EndFossilFuels #StopArmingIsrael
Join the rebellion at https://joinxr.uk/london
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionNow
#EndFossilFuels #StopArmingIsrael
Join the rebellion at https://joinxr.uk/london
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"Mist gathers over a chalk stream at first light, the surface broken by rising mayflies"
One in six UK species is at risk of extinction and
70% of UK adults want more environmental protection, but will they see through the populist rhetoric?
#ExtinctionIsForever
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
One in six UK species is at risk of extinction and
70% of UK adults want more environmental protection, but will they see through the populist rhetoric?
#ExtinctionIsForever
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Mist gathers over a chalk stream at first light, the surface broken by rising mayflies"
One in six UK species is at risk of extinction and
70% of UK adults want more environmental protection, but will they see through the populist rhetoric?
#ExtinctionIsForever
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
One in six UK species is at risk of extinction and
70% of UK adults want more environmental protection, but will they see through the populist rhetoric?
#ExtinctionIsForever
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
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While so many still bury their heads in the sand about climate change, we’re out on the streets taking action - protesting, raising awareness and getting climate justice into the newspapers
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2564795...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2564795...
Extinction Rebellion group takes protest to Wimborne
Shirley Belwood, a local XR member, said: "Our placards said it plainly: Those who did the least suffer the most."
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
While so many still bury their heads in the sand about climate change, we’re out on the streets taking action - protesting, raising awareness and getting climate justice into the newspapers
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2564795...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2564795...
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The National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
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Question from @zackpolanski.bsky.social about individual action
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social says we should challenge politicians about what we don’t believe
Tim Lenton says reducing red meat consumption is one of most impactful things an individual can do
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social says we should challenge politicians about what we don’t believe
Tim Lenton says reducing red meat consumption is one of most impactful things an individual can do
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Question from @zackpolanski.bsky.social about individual action
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social says we should challenge politicians about what we don’t believe
Tim Lenton says reducing red meat consumption is one of most impactful things an individual can do
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social says we should challenge politicians about what we don’t believe
Tim Lenton says reducing red meat consumption is one of most impactful things an individual can do
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Celebrities like Mark Rylance is pushing for film and TV to tell fewer stories about greed and revenge and more about community, climate, and inspiration.
We are in a crisis of imagination and Film and TV need to show us some light.
We are in a crisis of imagination and Film and TV need to show us some light.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Celebrities like Mark Rylance is pushing for film and TV to tell fewer stories about greed and revenge and more about community, climate, and inspiration.
We are in a crisis of imagination and Film and TV need to show us some light.
We are in a crisis of imagination and Film and TV need to show us some light.
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Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk
👉 Temps are warming 0.21°C per century faster than in the lowlands
👉 Precipitation and snow are more unpredictable, with a significant change from snow to rain
phys.org/news/2025-11...
👉 Temps are warming 0.21°C per century faster than in the lowlands
👉 Precipitation and snow are more unpredictable, with a significant change from snow to rain
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk
Mountains worldwide are experiencing climate change more intensely than lowland areas, with potentially devastating consequences for billions of people who live in and/or depend on these regions, acco...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk
👉 Temps are warming 0.21°C per century faster than in the lowlands
👉 Precipitation and snow are more unpredictable, with a significant change from snow to rain
phys.org/news/2025-11...
👉 Temps are warming 0.21°C per century faster than in the lowlands
👉 Precipitation and snow are more unpredictable, with a significant change from snow to rain
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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🔴BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge ‘Dark Money’ Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🔴BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge ‘Dark Money’ Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford ‘fell below usual standards’
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Big Oil does not want you to know
It looks like plastic - feels like plastic but its not plastic
Silicone made from naturally occurring silica stone, water, and natural gas-derived methanol
It does not create microplastic particles or leach harmful chemicals
www.simpleecology.com/blog/why-swi...
It looks like plastic - feels like plastic but its not plastic
Silicone made from naturally occurring silica stone, water, and natural gas-derived methanol
It does not create microplastic particles or leach harmful chemicals
www.simpleecology.com/blog/why-swi...
Why Switch to Silicone? — Simple Ecology
An introduction to what Silicone is and how it impacts our bodies and the planet as a safer, more eco-friendly alternative to plastic.
www.simpleecology.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Big Oil does not want you to know
It looks like plastic - feels like plastic but its not plastic
Silicone made from naturally occurring silica stone, water, and natural gas-derived methanol
It does not create microplastic particles or leach harmful chemicals
www.simpleecology.com/blog/why-swi...
It looks like plastic - feels like plastic but its not plastic
Silicone made from naturally occurring silica stone, water, and natural gas-derived methanol
It does not create microplastic particles or leach harmful chemicals
www.simpleecology.com/blog/why-swi...
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Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
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Lula, Ramaphosa and Sánchez: We face an inequality emergency
The needs of ordinary people must be placed at the centre of the world’s agenda
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
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BREAKING: We're outside Parliament with cross-party MPs ahead of #Budget2026 to ask - Rachel Reeves, why won't you tax their wealth?
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
BREAKING: We're outside Parliament with cross-party MPs ahead of #Budget2026 to ask - Rachel Reeves, why won't you tax their wealth?
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
If this govt refuses to tax the super-rich tomorrow they are making a huge mistake.
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XR Waverley and Borders protesting against the proposed expansion of Farnborough Airport last Thursday
www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...
www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
XR Waverley and Borders protesting against the proposed expansion of Farnborough Airport last Thursday
www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...
www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
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"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"People drove 1.8 million fewer miles on city streets....City Council voted this summer to extend it [free transit] another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling most public parking rates to $2 from $1"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Q. So what are the chances of a multiple-breadbasket failure in about 5 yrs time ?
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Q. So what are the chances of a multiple-breadbasket failure in about 5 yrs time ?
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
A. 18%
Q. And what would the impacts be ?
A. Massive
(image from @doctorvive.bsky.social book, “The Language of Climate Politics”)
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Last week, six French scientists stood trial in Munich for a peaceful protest action in 2022.
While companies continue to profit off the destruction of our planet, scientists are prosecuted for alerting the public to the truth.
Watch here the statement by Scientist Rebellion member Hugo Raguet:
While companies continue to profit off the destruction of our planet, scientists are prosecuted for alerting the public to the truth.
Watch here the statement by Scientist Rebellion member Hugo Raguet:
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last week, six French scientists stood trial in Munich for a peaceful protest action in 2022.
While companies continue to profit off the destruction of our planet, scientists are prosecuted for alerting the public to the truth.
Watch here the statement by Scientist Rebellion member Hugo Raguet:
While companies continue to profit off the destruction of our planet, scientists are prosecuted for alerting the public to the truth.
Watch here the statement by Scientist Rebellion member Hugo Raguet:
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Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP #NEB2025
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Hooray!! It's good to hear that not every MP thinks we have to ride roughshod over nature in order to build more homes: www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/nature-... Hope #Reeves and #Starmer are listening.
Nature not an ‘enemy’ or ‘blocker’ to housebuilding, MPs find
Nature should not be viewed as an “inconvenience” to development and most housebuilding delays are for other reasons, a parliamentary committee has found.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hooray!! It's good to hear that not every MP thinks we have to ride roughshod over nature in order to build more homes: www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/nature-... Hope #Reeves and #Starmer are listening.
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We know where the dangerous junctions are, but we don't understand why #TfL, @london.gov.uk and councils are so slow to act on them. Take @londoncycling.bsky.social's 1-minute action calling for more action on London's most dangerous junctions. action.lcc.org.uk/junctions
Fix London’s dangerous junctions faster
Take 1-minute today to ask the Mayor of London for more, better and safer junctions faster – stop the flow of people being killed just because they’re walking, wheeling & cycling.
action.lcc.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We know where the dangerous junctions are, but we don't understand why #TfL, @london.gov.uk and councils are so slow to act on them. Take @londoncycling.bsky.social's 1-minute action calling for more action on London's most dangerous junctions. action.lcc.org.uk/junctions
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Community energy doesn't just produce clean, green energy but can also bring many economic & social benefits too.
People must remain at the heart of the conversation around community energy so these projects can be used to deliver wider local benefits.⚡
People must remain at the heart of the conversation around community energy so these projects can be used to deliver wider local benefits.⚡
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Community energy doesn't just produce clean, green energy but can also bring many economic & social benefits too.
People must remain at the heart of the conversation around community energy so these projects can be used to deliver wider local benefits.⚡
People must remain at the heart of the conversation around community energy so these projects can be used to deliver wider local benefits.⚡
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The Global South is paying the price for a crisis they didn’t create. Today we brought their voices to the heart of Wimborne. As COP30 sidelines them, we refuse to let their truths go unheard
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
#ThisWorldIsOurs
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
#ThisWorldIsOurs
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Global South is paying the price for a crisis they didn’t create. Today we brought their voices to the heart of Wimborne. As COP30 sidelines them, we refuse to let their truths go unheard
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
#ThisWorldIsOurs
#COP30
#ClimateJustice
#ThisWorldIsOurs
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This cause is close to home for us in Merseyside and Teeside - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
This is £21B of corporate subsidy / welfare. And let's not forget that this CCS *adds* CO2 to the atmosphere - what is the point of that?
#HyNot #BlueHydrogenIsNotGreen
This is £21B of corporate subsidy / welfare. And let's not forget that this CCS *adds* CO2 to the atmosphere - what is the point of that?
#HyNot #BlueHydrogenIsNotGreen
Tell chancellor Rachel Reeves to stop funding carbon capture and storage
Dear Rachel Reeves,
In your statement to the House of Commons in July last year, you announced a £22billion black hole in public finances. Three months later, the government pledged £22billion of pub...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This cause is close to home for us in Merseyside and Teeside - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
This is £21B of corporate subsidy / welfare. And let's not forget that this CCS *adds* CO2 to the atmosphere - what is the point of that?
#HyNot #BlueHydrogenIsNotGreen
This is £21B of corporate subsidy / welfare. And let's not forget that this CCS *adds* CO2 to the atmosphere - what is the point of that?
#HyNot #BlueHydrogenIsNotGreen
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What is our responsibility as scientists when our findings are ignored and our warnings disregarded?
At the Public Forum, after several talks and discussion, we concluded: Given the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, „science as usual“ is not an option.
At the Public Forum, after several talks and discussion, we concluded: Given the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, „science as usual“ is not an option.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
What is our responsibility as scientists when our findings are ignored and our warnings disregarded?
At the Public Forum, after several talks and discussion, we concluded: Given the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, „science as usual“ is not an option.
At the Public Forum, after several talks and discussion, we concluded: Given the scale and urgency of the climate crisis, „science as usual“ is not an option.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.