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The Fossil Free West Yorkshire campaign is calling for the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) to divest from fossil fuel investments as climate action and to protect pensions.
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Are you a member of a trade union?

Trade unionists are calling on the Labour government to do the right thing by the planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.

Sign the open letter 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trade unionists say: Stop Rosebank!
If you are a trade union member, please add your name to this open letter to oppose approval of the Rosebank oil field. Signatories will be published. There is no strict cut-off point to sign, but we ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social Thanks for saying you will attend www.nebriefing.org on 27 Nov. Please share your intention to do so and share with all MPs! This is absolutely urgent for all life on earth, including our own families!
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
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 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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@simonlightwood.org.uk @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
1. Read this thread
2. Share this thread with all MPs
3. Attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social on Nov 27
#ListenToTheScience not #CorporateLobbyists
Thank you. This is getting more serious than your government can comprehend. #ClimateActionNow!
“Even for an intermediate emissions scenario [which is our current emissions pathway] the probability of AMOC shutdown is way above 50%”

(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)

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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Vigil 206 14.11.25 'It's literally insane that governments are forcing taxpayers to subsidise the destruction of part of humanity's future' Al Gore #GlobalJusticeBradford: ' #WestYorkshirePensionFund #divest from #fossilfuels while you can'. This is our shared future: we need to end fossilfuels now
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.

It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.

Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Protecting ourselves from a storm of lies."
Thank you George. If you are near #Leeds, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Birmingham, #Glasgow, #Manchester, #London and other places with #COP30 rallies tomorrow, come and hear the truth! @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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A new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report exposes how a powerful few are driving climate breakdown 🌍

#COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet.

#TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheRich
Why COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet
See how the wealthy few are driving the climate crisis, and what leaders at COP30 can do to change course now.
350.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Two of the world’s richest polluters are scheming to pay less tax and drill more oil.

While families across the UK struggle with bills, Shell and Equinor are joining forces on 'Adura', a new venture which will drain the public purse and fuel the climate crisis.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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The utter lunacy at every climate-wrecking step of this scandalous business model is hard to overstate: killing old-growth🌲 in BC, trucking them to plants, turning them into pellets, shipping them half-way around the 🌍, then 🔥 them. All subsidized by 🇬🇧 taxpayers. @stand.earth @tzeporah.bsky.social
New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.

Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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🚨 In 2024, Switzerland's climate policies were ruled to violate human rights. Now @goodlawproject.bsky.social is taking the UK Govt to court to ensure its policies are fit for purpose. Strengthening our targets and integrating our climate and nature plans via the #CANBill would make sure they are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Vigil 205 7.11.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund As #COP30 begins #AntonioGuterres says: Change course now. A transition away from fossil fuels is a matter of economic self-interest. We say this is also about survival. #Divest!
theguardian.com/.../change-c....
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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BREAKING 🚨: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.

Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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🌿 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social: “Let’s make sure Government policy works like a beaver dam—not blocking progress, but shaping the UK in a way that serves life. With Olivia [Blake] as chair, this new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus could be the start of something transformative.”

👉 thecncc.org #CNCC
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?

Join me and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇
foe.uk/lipp6
Make polluters worldwide pay for a greener future
While the cost of living and climate crises rage on and oil and gas companies' profits soar, something is shifting… More and more of us want big polluters to pay for the damage they've caused to our p...
foe.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Vigil 204 31.10.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying: #divest from #fossilfuels. The horror this Halloween is complacency from our leaders. We can still reduce climate harm but urgent action is needed. theguardian.com/environment/...
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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“Heatwaves, floods, drought & disease are no longer distant warnings – they’re here now. As attribution science, climate litigation & grassroots activism grow, accountability for climate impacts is no longer a question of if but when.” - ClientEarth CEO @lauraclarkece.bsky.social

#ClimateChange
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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📢The European Court of Human Rights has said Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil & gas before opening new oil fields.

This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ahead of the Total AGM in May Net Zero Investor sat down with environmental scientist Samuel Okulony to find out more about the human and environmental impact of the EACOP pipeline

www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...
“If you fund destruction, you’re responsible”: Ugandan activist urges investors to drop TotalEnergies
Ahead of the Total AGM in May Net Zero Investor sat down with environmental scientist Samuel Okulony to find out more about the human and environmental impact of the EACOP pipeline
www.netzeroinvestor.net
April 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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15,000 scientists warn of socio-economic collapse. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? #TimeToStepUp #NEB
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
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
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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One of the most dangerous things Bay Street has done is stolen our ability to imagine a world that is functional beyond fossil fuels.

My conversation with @broadviewmedia.bsky.social shied away from nothing: carbon capture fraud to climate anxiety, we tackled it

broadview.org/tzeporah-ber...
Tzeporah Berman on how the fossil fuel industry hijacks climate discussions | Broadview Magazine
The longtime climate activist says ‘the science is very clear’ on how to meet net-zero targets
broadview.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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BREAKING 🚨: Rosebank owner Equinor has just reported £4.7 billion in profit from the past 3 months.

While millions struggle with soaring energy bills, and climate impacts worsen across the globe, oil giants like Equinor continue to profit by keeping us hooked on oil and gas.
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM