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Time is Sliding @timeissliding.bsky.social · 4h

How can the UK government be trusted with the environment & animals when it breaks a promise made only 4 months ago? Not banning bottom trawling is just one example of its back-tracking. A charitable explanation might be that the politicians are being swerved off course by their civil servants.

UK Government Declines To Ban Bottom Trawling Four Months After Pledging To Do So

Government ministers say that the UK will not implement an outright ban on bottom trawling, despite pledging to do so earlier this year

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 6h

The Chancellor says she 'fixed' a problem caused by “some snails or something”.

Comments like this pit nature against growth – it’s the wrong target.

Here, the system has worked: protecting one of UK’s rarest species while allowing 20,000 homes to proceed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 23h

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 1d

There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry

But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 1d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Brexit has done nothing to stop the sharp decline in UK fish populations.

Politicians have consistently set catch limits too high and allowed international trawlers to plunder our seas.

So much for putting our coastal communities first.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 23h

We can’t afford to weaken National Park protections ⚠️

But there are rumours that some in Westminster want to remove the Protected Landscapes duty - the only real power to secure action for nature

We can't let 30 years of campaigning go down the drain
www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 23h

This cause is close to our hearts - please sign: community.350.org/petitions/we...

Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil!

Stand with Indigenous People in Brazil as they demand a real seat at the table in the world’s top climate talks. Let’s make sure their voices rise above the fossil fuel lobbyists! Sign the petition no...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 1d

Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️

From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.

A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.

A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 1d

Extreme weather events are impacting our food security. UK wheat production is down and imports are up. #Bread #FoodSecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis #Farming

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 1d

Blaming snails for the housing crisis is misleading and harmful.

The lack of affordable homes stems from a broken market, land-banking and political failure. Not nature protections.

Every time nature is pit against progress, we end up with neither.

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · Sep 9

The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️

#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org

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Kate Jennings @keasdenkate.bsky.social · 1d

Very happy to add my name to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social's and > 200 others calling on @Keir_Starmer to put a stop to rumoured moves within Government to weaken the laws protecting England's #NationalParks and National Landscapes. #NationalParksMatter www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 A vital new report 🚨

Clear evidence of how the UK Govt has been CAPTURED by O&G interests

Time for MPs to challenge this in Parliament
@labourlewis.bsky.social
@mpwatch.bsky.social
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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 1d

Green Screen: “Power Station” & Discussion. Cinema City Norwich, Thursday 30 Oct, 18.00.

How a movement was started in a Walthamstow street to come together to make the street a power station.

Presented by Our Power Community Energy CIC.

www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

Green Screen: Power Station + discussion | Showtimes and Tickets

The Little, Bath - Thurs Oct 30 - Presented by Transition Bath CinemaCity, Norwich - Thurs Oct 30 - Presented by Our Power Community Energy CICFollowing the film, Simon Floyd, creative director o...

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 1d

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 1d

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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 3d

Making community energy work in Norwich.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 3d

Pre-register to ensure a seat at this fascinating, free, public debate. tinyurl.com/5fv65ys8 and more details are here norwichfoe.co.uk/steering-hum....

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Sheffield Friends of the Earth @sheffieldfoe.bsky.social · 4d

Discover more about our new chief executive and his vision for the future.

Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth

Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s

www.theguardian.com

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Zero Hour for the Climate & Nature Bill @zero-hour.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Amy McDonnell—Director, Zero Hour: Badenoch's comments position climate action as "a partisan battleground", marking a shift from previous bipartisan support for the Climate Change Act. The Labour government must "[resist] pressure to dilute ambition".

www.sustainableviews.com/business-and...

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 5d

Hope to see you tomorrow. #PlanetOverProfit

Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 15d

See you there!

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING 🚨: Kemi Badenoch says she’ll repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act if the Tories win.

That means scrapping carbon targets, shutting down the climate watchdog, and locking Britain into fossil fuels right as the world heats up and bills soar.

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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 7d

The Government is talking about leaving the Aarhus Convention - but on Earth is that❓

And what are the implications if we do leave❓

🚨read our new briefing to get on top of the detail
🚨share with your MP

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www.mpwatch.org/blog/the-aar...

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MP Watch | The Aarhus Convention Article

Along with environmental and democratic allies, we aim to address the democratic deficit, by building and realising the potential of grassroots community groups to expose and oppose MPs of bad faith ...

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Zero Hour for the Climate & Nature Bill @zero-hour.bsky.social · 6d

⚡️ BLOG: Why we need a country first approach to Climate and Nature.

“The Conservatives are ignoring the majority of the public who support more climate action. Rather than retreat, we need to go further than the by-now outdated Climate Change Act.”

🌿 Read in full 👉 www.zerohour.uk/climatechang...

Why Kemi Badenoch is wrong on the Climate Change Act

Zero Hour's Allan Gray, responds to Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch's vow to repeal the Climate Change Act.

www.zerohour.uk

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