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Storm Amy hits UK ‘much harder and more quickly than expected’ after man killed in Ireland – latest updates

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 4d

⛈️ Storm Amy hit harder and faster than expected. Something we will have to get used to.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

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Weather and flood warnings are in place across the UK and Ireland

Starmer should go to COP to counter Trump, says former UK climate minister

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 5d

😡 Starmer is so serious about Britain being a climate leader he's not even planning to turn up at COP this year:
politico.eu/article/star...

✈️ Maybe it's to save emissions on the flights...

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The prime minister is reportedly not planning to attend the COP30 leaders’ summit in Brazil in November.

politico.eu

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 6d

So Kemi wants to repeal the Climate Change Act?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great opportunity for Labour to explain to the public the existential threat of climate catastrophe... and why the Act is essential if we have any hope of tackling it...

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 7d

🤑 Damn right the billionaires are blocking climate action for personal gain.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

📢 So why aren't Labour - the party of the working class - shouting it from the rooftops?

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Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 The ecosystems our entire continent depends on are in jeopardy:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌹 Yet we haven't heard a peep about climate from #LabourPartyConference

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EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

VoteClimate: Labour Party conference: Delegate toolkit

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 9d

If you're at Labour party conference, lobby MPs!

Get them to make specific commitments on climate.

Why is climate not a top issue at the governing party's conference in the year 2025?!

Check out our delegate toolkit:
voteclimate.uk/resources/la...

#LabourPartyConference

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Gas makes a comeback at Climate Week

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 9d

The World Bank is pushing gas, supposedly to help Global South countries through the energy transition.
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

It won't help the Global South, it will drive lethal weather events.

It's climate denialism driven by fossil fuel lobbyists and it must be resisted.

At a number of events in New York on Tuesday, senior officials made a case for gas as essential for energy security and a buttress to renewables.

www.semafor.com

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 12d

🛢️ Anyone who isn't in the pocket of Big Oil can see there is a #ClimateEmergency
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌍 Instead of letting Reform run the show, Labour must shout about the action needed to slash emissions

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Kent County Council rescinds climate change emergency declaration

The motion was proposed by Reform UK after it took control of Kent County Council in May.

www.bbc.co.uk

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 13d

China's new climate pledge is laughable.

But the real question in the West is what our own govs are doing, given their historic responsibility for climate breakdown.

Today, 'climate leading' Labour is planning to drill baby drill in the North Sea.

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

China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions

It is China's first firm goal to reduce emissions but falls well short of what is needed to meet global targets.

www.bbc.co.uk

UK Lib Dems ditch flagship net-zero policy

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 The Lib Dems have ditched their (inadequate) 2045 net zero target and aligned their policy with Labour.

🦜 Parroting the government is not good opposition.

👇 Share this post and let your friends know the Lib Dems are back-sliding on climate!

www.politico.eu/article/lib-...

The U.K.’s third party said the policy, adopted in 2019, is “no longer practically possible”.

www.politico.eu

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 13d

🛢️ Drilling for North Sea oil would be a massive betrayal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

💔 It would be throwing future generations and those on the climate frontlines under a bus.

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Ed Miliband looking into more North Sea drilling despite Labour pledge

Exclusive: Energy secretary examining ways to allow oil and gas exploration without breaking manifesto promise

Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 14d

1.6 billion.

That's almost a fifth of the global population who are breathing in filthy, toxic air.

When politicians say drill baby drill what they mean is they want to wreck your lungs so their rich mates can get even richer.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New interactive map tracking PM2.5 air pollution reveals 900m people in path of ‘super-emitting’ industrial facilities

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 14d

Super Typhoon Ragasa is causing death and destruction across South East Asia. Our thoughts are with all those impacted.

Storms like this will become more frequent & severe thanks to spiralling emissions.

Labour has a particular duty to act given the UK's historic role in climate breakdown.

Monkey's Comics @monkeyscomics.bsky.social · 14d

This is happening to my district 😭 I live at higher level, I am safe. Hope people are ok 🙏

#ragasa #HongKong

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 15d

👍 It's good that the UK is one of the few countries to be reducing fossil fuel production.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

👎 But current UK policy takes us over our carbon budget in the 2030s. The actions of a climate leader?

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New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 16d

Nice one Labour 👏👏👏 A second runway at Gatwick will be an unmitigated disaster for the climate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 17d

🤮 Trump says 'drill baby drill'? Erm, no thanks...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

🤔 In fact, isn't it time Labour banned North Sea oil and gas exploration like they promised?

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Trump urges Starmer to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in the North Sea to cut energy bills

US President Donald Trump encouraged the Prime Minister to exploit the ‘great asset’ of the North Sea.

www.standard.co.uk

Hitting heat pump target a real stretch, says UK climate adviser

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 19d

🔥 Rolling out heat pumps would slash emissions, but the government is way off target.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

🌍 Keeping its climate promises should be a bare minimum for Labour

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Nigel Topping, who is having one installed, wants energy companies and ministers to do more to tempt others into giving up on gas boilers

www.thetimes.com

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 21d

🔥 In this summer's blistering temperatures, 2 out of 3 heat deaths were caused by climate breakdown.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

👎 Labour's tinkering won't stop climate catastrophe.

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Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’

Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

Earth Day 2025: Where do Britons stand on climate change? | YouGov

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 More and more Britons think climate change is exaggerated.
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

This is because of a concerted campaign by climate deniers.

Labour must do more to tell people about the absolute horror unchecked climate change will unleash.

Although just 4% of Britons believe that the climate is not changing, public scepticism towards climate policy is increasing

yougov.co.uk

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VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 24d

🥵 100 oil majors made every heatwave this century worse.
www.carbonbrief.org/study-links-...

🛢️ Labour must stay true to their word and ban oil companies from drilling in the North Sea.

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Study links world's top oil and gas firms to 200 'more intense' heatwaves - Carbon Brief

Global warming linked to the world’s biggest oil and gas companies made all “major” 21st...

www.carbonbrief.org

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 25d

🤬 Trump-aligned climate deniers are advising Farage.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...

🌍 Labour and other parties must stand firm, showing voters that cutting emissions can slash bills and improve lives.

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The U.K. boss of the Heartland Institute said she had been influencing Reform UK “at the highest level.”

www.politico.eu

Sir Keir Starmer to task ‘Blairites’ in new cabinet with growth

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · 29d

❗️ The government is in panic mode, and Net Zero is under threat!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

😡 Labour must not play politics with our lives!

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The prime minister wants reforms on building and welfare, but net-zero regulations are in the firing line

www.thetimes.com

North Sea has ‘much more to do’ to meet emissions targets for 2040 onwards

VoteClimate.uk @voteclimateuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

🔥 'More to do' for companies to cut emissions from oil and gas production?
independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🤔 It's almost as if fossil fuels can't be decarbonised.

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A new report said while emissions from oil and gas had fallen for the fifth year, investment is needed to meet targets for 2040 and 2050.

independent.co.uk