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"A single, reusable bottle can replace 20 to 50 single-use bottles"
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world - great way to tackle excessive single-use plastics www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"A single, reusable bottle can replace 20 to 50 single-use bottles"
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
Imagine how much pointless, dreary, polluting junk we could remove from our lives if we had well-structured re-use systems like this 👇🏾
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"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
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Meanwhile at the EU level some neonicotinoids are still in use and lobbies are pushing for even more deregulation in the new Omnibus law : www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science abandoned, industry interests above health and environment
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
www.pan-europe.info
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Meanwhile at the EU level some neonicotinoids are still in use and lobbies are pushing for even more deregulation in the new Omnibus law : www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
I have just signed this petition to the EU commission against the plan to allow companies to sell pesticides in the EU without any assessments of their safety to people and biodiversity. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
No Pesticides Without Safety Tests
SIGN NOW! This issue is urgent and really important. We need your support - please take action now!
action.wemove.eu
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I have just signed this petition to the EU commission against the plan to allow companies to sell pesticides in the EU without any assessments of their safety to people and biodiversity. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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Scientist @hanspeterarp.bsky.social warns, "It’s accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades”. David Behringer adds, “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world"
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Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts
Trifluoroacetic acid found in drinking water and rain is thought to damage fertility and child development
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November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Scientist @hanspeterarp.bsky.social warns, "It’s accumulating in our tap water, the food we’re eating, plants, trees, the sea, + all in the past few decades”. David Behringer adds, “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world"
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In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
Sweden is re-evaluating 38 PFAS pesticides over links to TFA
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊
Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱
swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
PFAS agents in Swedish agriculture are being re-examined | Sweden Herald
The use of plant protection products containing PFAS is now to be re-examined
swedenherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
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#Coral #coralreefs #coralbleaching #oceantemperature #Australia
"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock
Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public pressure for meaningful climate action.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#Coral #coralreefs #coralbleaching #oceantemperature #Australia
"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
share.google/XxpUzkr7A6sx...
"For coral, sustained heat stress is measured using degree heating weeks (DHW). At 4 DHW, coral bleaching is likely....At Ningaloo Reef last summer, more than 20 DHW were recorded."
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"Many chemicals designed to act only on one type of target, say insects or fungi, also affect the human gut microbiome which can lead to adverse health consequences." #RSNA25
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
Research suggests pesticides are harmful to gut microbes - UPI.com
Pesticides used on commercial farms, and even your backyard flower bed, could be harming the healthy bacteria that live in your gut, researchers said.
www.upi.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"Many chemicals designed to act only on one type of target, say insects or fungi, also affect the human gut microbiome which can lead to adverse health consequences." #RSNA25
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
www.upi.com/Health_News/...
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Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
https://www.europesays.com/2596380/
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/ by silence7
https://www.europesays.com/2596380/
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/ by silence7
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use - EUROPE SAYS
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
www.europesays.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use
https://www.europesays.com/2596380/
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/ by silence7
https://www.europesays.com/2596380/
Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/11/solars-growth-in-us-almost-enough-to-offset-rising-energy-use/ by silence7
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1,5 Jahre saß Jens C. wegen Fahrens ohne Ticket im Gefängnis. Heute konnten wir ihn freikaufen. David Bieber vom @nd-aktuell.de hat ihn in Haft besucht.
Ersatzfreiheitsstrafen treffen besonders Arme – und kosten den Staat Millionen. Kritiker fordern, das Geld lieber in den öffentlichen Nahverkehr zu investieren.
Wenn Schwarzfahren ins Gefängnis führt
Ersatzfreiheitsstrafen treffen besonders Arme – und kosten den Staat Millionen. Kritiker fordern, das Geld lieber in den öffentlichen Nahverkehr zu investieren.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
1,5 Jahre saß Jens C. wegen Fahrens ohne Ticket im Gefängnis. Heute konnten wir ihn freikaufen. David Bieber vom @nd-aktuell.de hat ihn in Haft besucht.
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VOC mentaliteit 🙄😒👀😬🫣
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
VOC mentaliteit 🙄😒👀😬🫣
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⚠️ BUT govt will also allow expansion of existing oil fields. That means Big Oil can continue to pollute and damage our seas ❌ Expansions MUST be subject to the same rigorous environmental checks as new licences 🔽
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
⚠️ BUT govt will also allow expansion of existing oil fields. That means Big Oil can continue to pollute and damage our seas ❌ Expansions MUST be subject to the same rigorous environmental checks as new licences 🔽
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🚨 BREAKING: The govt has just confirmed it will enshrine in LAW a ban on new oil and gas licences in the UK. This is a downright WIN for our ocean and climate 🎉
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November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The govt has just confirmed it will enshrine in LAW a ban on new oil and gas licences in the UK. This is a downright WIN for our ocean and climate 🎉
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Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget has already collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. In this video, I explain why tax rises on ordinary people, baseless growth forecasts, and a refusal to tax wealth fairly mean this Budget will fail. youtu.be/xvdFsOT6WPk?...
Why Rachel Reeves just failed the British public
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget has already collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. In this video, I explain why tax rises on ordinary people, baseless growth forecasts, and a refusal to tax wealth fairly mean this Budget will fail. youtu.be/xvdFsOT6WPk?...
One more example while delaying decarbonisation is more expensive than to transition away from fossil fuels. Unfortunately, these costs and their sensitivity to the timeline (the longer we take the more expensive it will be) is ignored by those claiming fast transition is too hard for "the economy"
Our built environment isn't ready for the changes we've made to our natural environment.
VIDEO: 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 Tens of thousands displaced by floods in Thailand and Malaysia
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
One more example while delaying decarbonisation is more expensive than to transition away from fossil fuels. Unfortunately, these costs and their sensitivity to the timeline (the longer we take the more expensive it will be) is ignored by those claiming fast transition is too hard for "the economy"
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New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As Federal Support Withers, California Invests in Cheap Heat Pumps
The state is allocating more than $100 million to create demand for energy-efficient technologies that renters and low-income residents can afford.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hier bin ich Mensch – hier kauf ich NICHT mehr ein:
Der Geschäftsführer von #dm hat die Mitgliedschaft bei „ #DieFamilienunternehmer “ öffentlich bestätigt und verteidigt die Öffnung des Verbands hin zur AfD.
Der Geschäftsführer von #dm hat die Mitgliedschaft bei „ #DieFamilienunternehmer “ öffentlich bestätigt und verteidigt die Öffnung des Verbands hin zur AfD.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hier bin ich Mensch – hier kauf ich NICHT mehr ein:
Der Geschäftsführer von #dm hat die Mitgliedschaft bei „ #DieFamilienunternehmer “ öffentlich bestätigt und verteidigt die Öffnung des Verbands hin zur AfD.
Der Geschäftsführer von #dm hat die Mitgliedschaft bei „ #DieFamilienunternehmer “ öffentlich bestätigt und verteidigt die Öffnung des Verbands hin zur AfD.
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If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
A talk by George Monbiot: Capitalism, Power and Environmental Justice
George Monbiot will discuss some surprising histories of exploitation, and explore what a new radical politics might look like.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...
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Unterzeichnet jetzt unseren Appell für eine wirksame Durchsetzung des Digital Market Act (DMA)
www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...
www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...
Jetzt Appell unterschreiben: DMA wirksam machen!
Google, Meta, Apple & Co. missbrauchen ihre Macht zum eigenen Vorteil. Damit die Regeln für Big Tech im Digitalmarktgesetz DMA wirksam werden, braucht es Geld und Personal!
www.lobbycontrol.de
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Unterzeichnet jetzt unseren Appell für eine wirksame Durchsetzung des Digital Market Act (DMA)
www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...
www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di...
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Labour Govt’s Budget Choices
Tax the rich; end tax abuse; end privatization of essential services; reduce poverty and inequality, and boost investment.
Without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50% govts can't deliver sustained economic growth.
Will the Chancellor rise to the challenge.
Tax the rich; end tax abuse; end privatization of essential services; reduce poverty and inequality, and boost investment.
Without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50% govts can't deliver sustained economic growth.
Will the Chancellor rise to the challenge.
Labour’s Budget Choice — Chartist
Taxing the rich, closing loopholes and ending privatisation can reduce child poverty, inequality and boost investment argues Prem Sikka Sustained economic growth has been the mantra ever since the Lab...
www.chartist.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Labour Govt’s Budget Choices
Tax the rich; end tax abuse; end privatization of essential services; reduce poverty and inequality, and boost investment.
Without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50% govts can't deliver sustained economic growth.
Will the Chancellor rise to the challenge.
Tax the rich; end tax abuse; end privatization of essential services; reduce poverty and inequality, and boost investment.
Without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50% govts can't deliver sustained economic growth.
Will the Chancellor rise to the challenge.
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Wer Interesse hat: Hier die Stellungnahme von Tacheless zur neuen Grundsicherung. Es ist schwer erträglich, das zu lesen - und sich vorzustellen, was es für die Menschen bedeuten wird.
Danke an Tacheless für die Arbeit @sozi-simon.bsky.social
www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/files/Aktuel...
Danke an Tacheless für die Arbeit @sozi-simon.bsky.social
www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/files/Aktuel...
www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wer Interesse hat: Hier die Stellungnahme von Tacheless zur neuen Grundsicherung. Es ist schwer erträglich, das zu lesen - und sich vorzustellen, was es für die Menschen bedeuten wird.
Danke an Tacheless für die Arbeit @sozi-simon.bsky.social
www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/files/Aktuel...
Danke an Tacheless für die Arbeit @sozi-simon.bsky.social
www.tacheles-sozialhilfe.de/files/Aktuel...
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Ecuador: Junge Frauen & Mädchen stellen sich mutig vor ihre Heimat. Ein Gericht gibt ihnen Recht.
Doch die Regierung ignoriert das Urteil. Einschüchterungen sollen sie stoppen. Sie machen unbeirrt weiter.
Unterschreib die Petition, fordere Schutz für die Guerreras por la Amazonía! bit.ly/4ptKHi2
Doch die Regierung ignoriert das Urteil. Einschüchterungen sollen sie stoppen. Sie machen unbeirrt weiter.
Unterschreib die Petition, fordere Schutz für die Guerreras por la Amazonía! bit.ly/4ptKHi2
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ecuador: Junge Frauen & Mädchen stellen sich mutig vor ihre Heimat. Ein Gericht gibt ihnen Recht.
Doch die Regierung ignoriert das Urteil. Einschüchterungen sollen sie stoppen. Sie machen unbeirrt weiter.
Unterschreib die Petition, fordere Schutz für die Guerreras por la Amazonía! bit.ly/4ptKHi2
Doch die Regierung ignoriert das Urteil. Einschüchterungen sollen sie stoppen. Sie machen unbeirrt weiter.
Unterschreib die Petition, fordere Schutz für die Guerreras por la Amazonía! bit.ly/4ptKHi2
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – und gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Spahn spricht explizit von Inlandsflügen, dabei haben Kurzstreckenflüge die grössten Emissionen/km + oft nicht schneller als DB. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...
Flugsteuer muss bleiben – jetzt Appell unterzeichnen
Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – auf Kosten des Klimas. Das müssen wir verhindern!
aktion.campact.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
✈️ Die Koalitionsspitzen wollen die Flugsteuer senken – und gleichzeitig wird das Deutschlandticket teurer. Spahn spricht explizit von Inlandsflügen, dabei haben Kurzstreckenflüge die grössten Emissionen/km + oft nicht schneller als DB. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/flugsteuer...