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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 1d

#FarnboroughAirportProtest A group of XR Waverley and Borders rebels were at Farnborough Airport on Sunday to protest against proposed expansion of the airport. Find out how to join them www.xrwaverley.org/.../09/29/fo...

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 6d

"It is very easy to feel powerless and anxious with everything going on in the world... There is so much power in creativity, power in community, power in collective action, power in love and compassion"
Press Release:
www.hastingscontemporary.org/wp-content/u...

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 6d

"I had mixed feelings about the end of the world"

"Things Fall Apart, The Centre Cannot Hold", a new exhibition by prizewinning artist Isabel Rock at #Hastings Contemporary portrays a surreal post-human future shaped by the forces of #climatecollapse

www.hastingscontemporary.org/wp-content/u...

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Image copyright : Isabel Rock, End of Everything, 2024, 250 x 150cm, woodblock collage, acrylic ink, acrylic paint.

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 9d

On Friday Dirty Scrubbers South Coast 🤟🏾disrupted 5 Dirty Banks in Eastbourne. This video shows them cleaning up at Santander.

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 15d

Outside Reading AXA early this morning on the last day of the global Insure Our Survival campaign

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Worthing Climate Action Network @worthingcan.bsky.social · 16d

Outrageous decision proving yet again that this Labour Govt has no intention of seriously addressing the #climateemergency

#Cagne a community and environment group for Sussex, Surrey and Kent, said it stood ready to serve a judicial review.

#nosecondrunway

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan

Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year

www.theguardian.com

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XR Horsham @xrhorsham.bsky.social · 17d

Images from the #MakeThemPay march in London yesterday.

Today we must tell stories that name the real causes of inequality…before it’s too late.

@makethempay.bsky.social @makepolluterspay.bsky.social

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 16d

GATWICK 2nd RUNWAY APPROVED!
Gatwick is already the second busiest airport in the UK.
More flights, more noise and air pollution…
#FlyingToExtinction ✈️

news.sky.com/story/gatwic...

Gatwick second runway given green light by government

The northern runway already exists parallel to the main one, but cannot be used at the same time as it is too close. The £2.2bn expansion project will bring it 12 metres further away to facilitate 100...

news.sky.com

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 17d

Those who’ve made trillions from destroying the climate must foot the bill for the damage they’ve caused.
The economy should work for the people who keep the country running, not corporations and billionaires.
#MakeThemPay #SystemChangeNotClimateChange
#ExtinctionRebellion
@makethempay.bsky.social

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 17d

Make Them Pay march yesterday through central London. Some great speakers including Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party, and Asad Rehman of Friends of the Earth.

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 20d

Trump's policies are accelerating the #ClimateCrisis and endangering public health by rolling back environmental regulations and promoting the use of fossil fuels. #StopTrump
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 21d

In solidarity @pscupdates.bsky.social @standuptoracismuk.bsky.social

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XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 21d

LIVESTREAM : #StopTrumpProtest on Real Media
A spokesperson from stoptrump.org.uk said: "..This protest isn’t just about Trump it’s about what kind of country we want to be.. It’s people coming together to build bridges across communities" @ukstoptrump.bsky.social

▶️ www.youtube.com/live/Y8tr5_7...

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 22d

They built a wall 🤦‍♀️

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 23d

Trump touches down in Windsor TOMORROW

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 23d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity

www.theguardian.com

xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 24d

www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-bi...

Save Billi Oaks! Stop Axa axing them!

We are a group of Billingshurst residents who want to save two magnificent oak trees from being cut down by Axa.

www.crowdjustice.com

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · 27d

Join MAKE THEM PAY on Sat 20th September with XR South East.
actionnetwork.org/forms/make-t...

Last year UK billionaires’ wealth grew by £35 million a day, while most of us struggled to afford the basics. Society should work for the people who keep it running, not the rich and powerful.

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · Sep 4

✊🏽 JOIN THE PROTESTS ✊🏽

On 17 September, join the national demonstration organised by @ukstoptrump.bsky.social, against Trump's unprecedented second state visit.

We are standing up, shoulder to shoulder against the evil of far-right Trump-led politics!

www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/trump-...

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez

From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world

www.theguardian.com

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drillordrop.bsky.social @drillordrop.bsky.social · Sep 3

Nine environmental campaign organisations have urged the government today to end planning policies that favour fossil fuels.

drillordrop.com/2025/09/03/s...

Scrap planning rules that favour onshore oil and gas, environmentalists demand

Nine environmental campaign organisations have urged the government today to end planning policies that favour fossil fuels.

drillordrop.com

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · Sep 5

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@zarahsultana.bsky.social will join us Wed 17th September

To tell Donald Trump he is NOT WELCOME in the UK!

We won't stay silent while our government bows to the Trump regime!💪

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 Tomorrow we hit the streets to #StopRosebank!
We can still stop this climate wrecking project, and it’s up to the UK government to make the right call. Join us in your community. Show them we won’t let Big Oil win.
Find an action near you👉 actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sure is - see you there!

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xrsoutheast.bsky.social @xrsoutheast.bsky.social · Aug 27

It is a disgrace that Starmer’s Labour government has invited Donald Trump for a second state visit. He has scrapped climate and environmental protections, trampled on democratic norms and far more. #StopTrump

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-sta...

Trump not Welcome : London 17th September 2025

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