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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Longdendale Reservoirs are at an all time low whilst Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK leadership has abolished it's climate change committee.

The Manchester Greenpeace Group has been out to film the dry Woodhead Reservoir.

This is what a climate crisis looks like in England.

Greenpeace Manchester @mancgreenpeace.bsky.social · Jul 28

Derbyshire's reservoirs are at record low levels, so we went out to film them. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

This is what a climate crisis looks like.

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jul 28

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in the UK. Filmed for @mancgreenpeace.bsky.social last weekend at #WoodheadReservoir in #Derbyshire. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social @desmog.com @mcrfoe.bsky.social

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jul 9

I am looking forward to discussing why the UK is so crap at looking after #biodiversity at the Byline Festival with Alexa Culver, @kitstoner.bsky.social, @malcolmtait.bsky.social and @carexnigra.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Visit the website to find out more: lnkd.in/eXfAnf3k

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

👏 📮 In Cambridge, South West Norfolk, Derby South and Wells and Mendip Hills, campaigners posted their constituency’s open letter to Keir Starmer—calling on him to give the Climate and Nature Bill an emergency debate and vote!

🐝 action.zerohour.uk #CANBill @scientistsforxr.earth

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jul 3

Electronic billboards in #Manchester have been taken over by @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social, highlighting the threats to our right to protest.

Today Manchester was also visited by www.theherds.org

@mancgreenpeace.bsky.social @mcrfoe.bsky.social

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Nick Oldridge @nickoldridge.bsky.social · Jun 16

We spent decades combatting fake climate science, now we are battling fake climate solutions - at a time when we simply cant afford to make mistakes (last roll of the dice).

Oligarchs should not be advising government ⚠️

Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
‪@drandrewboswell.bsky.social‬ @sioldridge.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social
#CCS

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jun 12

Apropos of nothing in particular, just resharing this chart showing why North Sea gas is drying up (we burned it all already)

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔴BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output

The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering the BBC's “story selection” in order to secure the “trust” of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output

The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

bylinetimes.com

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · Jun 11

And #ThinkAgainRachel didn't. ..
Think - about how CCS at Peterhead and on Humberside will make climate change worse

Another £9.4 billion blown to continue burning fossil fuels

This is a terrible government which has just thrown away our children's' future

Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
‪@drandrewboswell.bsky.social‬ @sioldridge.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social
#CCS

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reeves talks about investing in industries of the future. This MUST include an Energy Jobs Plan to guarantee a livelihood for oil & gas workers as they transition into green jobs and turn Britain into a clean energy superpower #Spendingreview

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · Jun 11

#ThinkAgainRachel
#Chancellor
#SpendingReview

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @bylinetimes.bsky.social

“a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”.

Read more 👉 scrapcc.org/BYLINE

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scrapcc.org

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Dr Andrew Boswell #ClimateLitigation @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · Jun 11

#ThinkAgainRachel
#Chancellor
#SpendingReview

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy - @bylinetimes.bsky.social

“a colossal waste of money that actively worsens the climate crisis even with carbon capture”.

Read more 👉 scrapcc.org/BYLINE

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨Shocking scandal exposed in this excellent article👇

UK stumbling towards wasting a staggering amount of money on a 'climate solution' that isn't just fake, it'll actually worsen global heating—paid for by the state, and by consumers on energy bills.

Webinar tonight—more info in reply.

Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

The £264 billion price tag of the UK’s unproven carbon capture strategy.

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

@drandrewboswell.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy

Critics argue the technology is a "dangerous distraction" to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change

bylinetimes.com

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · Jun 11

Please help by raising this with your MP🙏

We'll help you prepare.

Please join the free webinar tonight at 7pm where @drandrewboswell.bsky.social, Jessica Townsend of @mpwatch.bsky.social, Ellen Robottom and I will outline the problems with #CCS and answer all your questions.

Not a solution to pollution: campaign to Scrap Carbon Capture

Online panel with MP Watch, Campaign against Climate Change and Zero Hour discussing false solution of Carbon Capture and Storage.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · Jun 11

Al Gore said in 2023 "the UK Government is seemingly in the pocket of the fossil fuel companies"

www.youtube.com/shorts/NkDMU...

I hate to say it—as I had hoped for better with Labour—but this new @bylinetimes.bsky.social article shows that Big Oil's grip on the UK Gov remains as strong as ever👇👇

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @foescot.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org @thecccuk.bsky.social

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

The £264 billion price tag of the UK’s unproven carbon capture strategy.

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

@drandrewboswell.bsky.social @sioldridge.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy

Critics argue the technology is a "dangerous distraction" to the real measures required to tackle catastrophic man-made climate change

bylinetimes.com

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 11

Revealed: The £264 billion Price Tag of the UK’s Carbon Capture Strategy
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
‪@drandrewboswell.bsky.social‬ @sioldridge.bsky.social @adrianramsay.bsky.social
#CCS

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jun 10

🔴A Toxic ‘Sewage Sludge’ is Covering Britain’s Crops in Microplastics – Then Flowing Into Our Rivers

Campaigners including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Caroline Lucas warn that decades-old testing rules need to be urgently updated

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/a...

A Toxic ‘Sewage Sludge’ is Covering Britain's Crops in Microplastics – Then Flowing Into Our Rivers

Campaigners including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Caroline Lucas warn that decades-old testing rules need to be urgently updated

bylinetimes.com

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Fighting Dirty @fightingdirty.bsky.social · Jun 10

Write up of our open statement: "Fighting Dirty says that while it contains useful nutrients, as a result of “shocking regulatory failure”, it also contains a cocktail of highly toxic chemicals..." bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/a... via @bylinetimes.bsky.social / @josiah.writes.news

A Toxic ‘Sewage Sludge’ is Covering Britain's Crops in Microplastics – Then Flowing Into Our Rivers

Campaigners including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Caroline Lucas warn that decades-old testing rules need to be urgently updated

bylinetimes.com

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DeSmog @desmog.com · Jun 10

🟡 NEW 🟡

Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy - New Report

📝 @stellalevantesi.bsky.social 👇

www.desmog.com/2025/06/10/o...

Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds

The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today,...

www.desmog.com

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Stuart Spray @stuartspray.bsky.social · Jun 8

"…99% of the world population lives in areas where air pollution levels exceed WHO guideline limits" – Ganfeng Luo: Doctor of Public Health. Postdoctoral Scientist at International Agency for Research on Cancer

Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Outdoor air pollution is the second leading cause of all lung cancer cases after smoking, writes @theresluethi.bsky.social

Studies have revealed that people who live in highly polluted areas are more likely to die of lung cancer than those who do not.

Important piece:

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers

The number of lung cancer cases in people who have never smoked is increasing. The disease is different from lung cancer caused by smoking, so what causes it?

www.bbc.com

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Outdoor air pollution is the second leading cause of all lung cancer cases after smoking, writes @theresluethi.bsky.social

Studies have revealed that people who live in highly polluted areas are more likely to die of lung cancer than those who do not.

Important piece:

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers

The number of lung cancer cases in people who have never smoked is increasing. The disease is different from lung cancer caused by smoking, so what causes it?

www.bbc.com

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Greenpeace Manchester @mancgreenpeace.bsky.social · Apr 14

We spent Saturday at New Islington Marina, where the constituents of @lucympowell.bsky.social MP want her to get ocean protection done by allowing parliament to ratify the Global Oceans Treaty. Send your own message to the government here:

docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

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