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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

“As a Jewish person… I’m very disturbed and appalled and grieving for what’s happened in Manchester yesterday, I’m also grieving for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have been murdered, displaced, and starved in Gaza” - Zoe explained on BBC R4 why she supports DOJ.

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Extinction Rebellion UK @extinctionrebellion.uk · 18d

🚨Thousands joined a coalition of groups for @makethempay.bsky.social yesterday

‼️ The richest 1% produce more than twice the amount of emissions as the poorest 1/2 of the population

Together we demand:
✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect the workers, not the billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay
#TaxtheRich

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 10d

Uruguay proves renewable energy isn’t a dream — it’s a choice.

And it’s entirely doable — if politicians have the guts.

A humble professor called Ramón Méndez Galain showed the so-called leaders of Europe and the US how it can be done. 🧵

Ramón Méndez Galain, the humble professor who turned little Uruguay into a renewable energy giant

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · 11d

“Sustainable aviation” a dangerous illusion.
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...
#NoThirdRunway #StopHeathrowExpansion

Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored

Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of

climateuncensored.com

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · 12d

A short history of climate plus Q&A (1min watch)
youtube.com/shorts/aCG-f... #ClimateScam #GlobalWarmingHoax #NetZeroIsAFail #GreenAgenda

Speedrun the climate skeptic experience

YouTube video by Simon Clark

youtube.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14d

Mind-boggling insanity

Starmer's dreadful regime is now full-on anti-climate as well as anti-nature

They CANNOT be allowed to get away with this

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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

www.theguardian.com

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 18d

Last year UK billionaires’ wealth grew by £35 million every day, while ordinary people struggle to get by - and the planet burns.

In #London, groups joined protests across the world to #DrawTheLine against corporate and billionaire greed.

It’s time to #MakeThemPay
A better world is possible.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 17d

If your pet has fleas - restrict yourself on how much you treat them
As One flea treatment of a medium-sized dog with imidacloprid contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find

Discovery is ‘extremely concerning’ for water insects, and fish and birds that depend on them

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 29d

In trying to remove the Banksy outside the Royal Courts they have made it even more effective as a metaphor for dark forces: A real Nosferatu vibe!

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Insure Our Survival @insureoursurvival.bsky.social · Sep 8

Less than 2% of your global insurance profits come from fossil fuels an arms.
You could easily drop these contracts and still thrive.

‼️BOYCOTT AXA

#Boycott #BDS #Insurance #ClimateAction #FreePalestine

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Isn't art just so wonderful at capturing a moment in history.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice

The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Aug 17

🚨BREAKING🚨

Yvette Cooper becomes first Minister to publicly acknowledge Israel’s crimes against humanity

In this article, Cooper said the proscription did not prevent protests “against the catastrophic humanitarian situation and crimes against humanity in Gaza”.

Full: www.ft.com/content/42eb...

Yvette Cooper mounts fresh defence of UK ban on Palestine Action

Home secretary said group carried out ‘escalating campaign’ of criminal damage before it was proscribed

www.ft.com

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · Aug 14

Petition by @stopburningtrees.bsky.social : Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax

Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...

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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · Aug 8

MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Aug 6

BREAKING

Defend Our Juries website taken down as attack on freedom of speech worsens - blocking access to important legal info for protestors.

This is what happens when the Government uses anti-terror law to silence dissent.

www.wedonotcomply.org <— legal info here instead!

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · Jul 25

Want to know what AMOC is?....
youtu.be/pThcIgJyNME?...

I am Scared for Ireland...

YouTube video by Hank Green

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Scientists for XR @scientistsforxr.earth · Jul 23

BREAKING: Scientists are occupying the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in London. They are demanding capital requirements for fossil fuels to urgently address climate breakdown.

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From the action. Photo credit Denise Laura Baker

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Insure Our Survival @insureoursurvival.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨BREAKING NEWS: die-in at AIG

30 insurers have pulled out of EACOP.
AIG are yet to rule this “carbon bomb” out which would unleash 379 million tons of pollution.

Climate breakdown is:
📈tripling the cost of insurance for ordinary people.
🌡️ making areas uninsurable and unlivable.

#ClimateAction

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · Jul 9

Yes it's a petition - but a local one and backed by a group that know their stuff about swifts. A lot of signatures might help get this on agendas at council committees or in the press, so could be worth signing....
chng.it/THQPWPPNCR

Sign the Petition

Save Swifts: Make Swift brick nests a requirement in Nottingham’s new developments

chng.it

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Fossil Free London @fossilfreeldn.bsky.social · Jul 4

BREAKING: Last night we disrupted @Harrods to demand a wealth tax on the ultra rich, as part of Green New Deal Rising's #PayUp Day of Action.

🕐In just 90 minutes billionaires emit more than we will in a lifetime.

THEY ARE EATING ALL THE CAKE - Bill billionaires to fund climate action!

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · Jul 1

Several #UN special rapporteurs, including those for protecting #humanrights, said they had contacted UK government to say that “acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as terrorism”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Pressure grows on Yvette Cooper to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action

UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorism

www.theguardian.com

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XR Nottingham @xrnottm.bsky.social · Jun 28

Fossil fuel execs, media moguls, bankers and politicians who dance the waltz around glued to their phones making their fossil fuel deals, hoarding their profits, continuing business as usual as the siren sounds until the world burns around them.

#EndFossilFuels #InsureOurSurvival #ClimateEmergency