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Mr and Mrs Trellis
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Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health. Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned...
www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fill...
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Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health
Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned across Great Britain.
https://www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fillings-are-taking-a-bite-out-of-river-health.asp
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I met my MP this week to ask them to attend the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature. Please ask yours to attend too.
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Adam Tranter
4 days ago
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts. It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes. So I made it a bit more realistic...
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Guy Shrubsole
5 days ago
Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon: "The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth" So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests? & why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Guy Shrubsole
6 days ago
This is absolutely appalling. "The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the worldās remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit." Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fundās launch at Cop30 ā and an embarrassment to Prince William
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/05/uk-opts-out-of-flagship-fund-to-protect-amazon-and-other-threatened-tropical-forests
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Richard Murphy
7 days ago
Why is it that the rich always seem to win?
youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?...
In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.
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Why is it that the rich always seem to win?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
https://youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?si=5sITMbUOOvwuOe57
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Campaign against Climate Change
12 days ago
MPs have to cover a lot of issues, but if they don't understand the climate crisis that's a big problem - one made worse by the easy access fossil fuel lobbyists have to MPs and government. This event is a chance for MPs to hear from some actual experts. Link below to invite your MP to attend.
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Leana Hosea
12 days ago
98% of fish + mussels in English waters contaminated with mercury over EU safety levels Sources: 1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement 2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really. Watershed's
@rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
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Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
https://share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2VEcutC
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World Resources Institute
about 1 month ago
Globally, 80% of people want their countries to take stronger climate action, and over half think about climate change daily or weekly. Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more. But how can we help move the needle? Find out:
go.wri.org/climate-choi...
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Prof. Ian Walker
14 days ago
āItās so endemic, itās so pervasive, itās so ubiquitous, that people donāt recognize just how much it is all around themā I've been talking motonormativity with
@grist.org
. Also features
@sgoodyear.bsky.social
and
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
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What we lost when cars won
Americans once feared cars. Now we canāt imagine life without them.
https://grist.org/culture/cars-crashes-books-culture/
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Ed Maibach
16 days ago
Tough love conclusion published recently in
@nature.com
: āMitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.ā Our only options for saving our climate & our childrenās future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
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Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change ā hereās why | Nature
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03313-z.epdf?sharing_token=XRTPHSWhRbmkh_WYZ5QJTtRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MT8GCqBXnTzeOMumXcpJ7YuS8G5Ei3ihy0061PiukFhBI8L0-Js4IP37rhkPgrXTkU06wAc3vpSHIJen1bEAENvDKmRHHRIiFQ6zSxalaB-H3qXaOIx0OSDHfzNn9InX4%3D
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Healthy Air Coalition UK
19 days ago
We're disappointed to read the government response to the OEP this week. How can it be possible for EU to work towards the lower pollution levels recommended by
@who.int
, but not the UK? ā° Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an
#AirPollution
health crisis.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Doug Parr
22 days ago
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
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Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
https://www.ft.com/content/ced8375b-70c8-47a4-958a-61241c824f8f
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Mums for Lungs
22 days ago
Interesting read on the
#Health
impacts of
#WoodBurning
and cooking with gas. "For London...
#AirPollution
from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".
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Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds
Experts suggest replacing gas hobs with electric ones, saying it is a wināwin for health and the climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/17/wood-burning-and-gas-cooking-hugely-costly-to-healthcare-systems-new-zealand-study-finds
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Neil Tangri
25 days ago
After 30+ years of failure, consensus opinion on
#carbonmarkets
is that there is no path to success. But policymakers still keep creating and relying on them. It's critical we avoid repeating this same mistake with
#plasticcredits
.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change ā hereās why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03313-z
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Stop Rosebank
28 days ago
BREAKINGšØ: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank. In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project. Equinor hasnāt given up, and neither will we. Weāre stepping things up.
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Brent Toderian
about 1 month ago
How microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds. āThe particles are in our blood, brains and guts ā and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.ā Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.
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The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
The particles are in our blood, brains and guts ā and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/12/plastic-inside-us-microplastics-reshaping-bodies-minds
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Ketan Joshi
about 1 month ago
We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
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Mark Carneyās climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate changeās existential threat
Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.
https://theconversation.com/mark-carneys-climate-inaction-is-at-odds-with-his-awareness-of-climate-changes-existential-threat-266526
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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai
about 1 month ago
Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions
->
The BMJ
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#PublicHealth
#PlasticPollution
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More from Lil' Dr Glen
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BigEarthData.ai
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Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions
We need to put humans and the environment before corporate profits, writes Bethanie Carney Almroth Plastics have become a concern at the forefront of public environmental awareness campaigns and in political discussions. Nations of the world convened in Geneva, Switzerland,...
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2104
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)
about 1 month ago
Until people in the climate movement very publicly stop eating meat and flying, we're not going to seem trustworthy. I will die on this hill.
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Owler Nook
about 1 month ago
What Greater Manchester could have had with a little bit of political bravery.
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David Ho
about 1 month ago
When it comes to road deaths, we often put the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
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IPEN: toxics-free
about 2 months ago
Researchers have found nanoplastics inside the edible tissues of vegetables for the first time. Sanjana Gajbhiye from Earth .com explains how the University of Plymouth study showed that radishes absorbed plastic particles into their roots, leaves, and flesh:
www.earth.com/news/plastic...
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Plastics found inside vegetable tissues for the first time, raising new food safety concerns
Nanoplastics from plastic pollution can enter vegetables, raising new concerns about food safety, human health, and environmental impacts.
https://www.earth.com/news/plastics-found-inside-vegetable-tissues-for-the-first-time/
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The walls of this old mill are being reclaimed by the forest. The beautifully dressed stones now provide a substrate for moss, ferns, and tree roots
about 2 months ago
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Jon Burkeš
about 2 months ago
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities: ā Fewer ā Smaller ā Slower ā Cleaner This can be achieved with: ā Parking controls ā LTNs ā Road User Pricing ā Pedestrianisation ā Default 20mph roads ā Improved public transport ā Segregated cycling
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Transport Action Network
about 2 months ago
Every time it rains a toxic brew of oil, particulate matter, and microplastics from tyre and brake wear is washed off the roads, causing widespread pollution. National Highways need to do more to ensure as little pollution as possible gets into our rivers.
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop National Highwaysā toxic water pollution!
We all know our rivers are polluted. However, itās not just from sewage, or due to the inaction of failing water companies. What is less talked about, but in many ways worse than sewage and even more ...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-national-highways-toxic-water-pollution
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Transport Action Network
2 months ago
The richest fifth of households have benefited twice as much from the fuel duty freeze as the poorest fifth. How does that make you feel? Surprised?
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A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott
Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/14/fuel-duty-rachel-reeves-uk-chancellor-motorists
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Wildlife and Countryside Link
2 months ago
The UK has a target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030šļø But progress isnāt adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to goš„ New findings are launched as we prepare for
#WildSummitUK
tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action š±
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Walk Ride GM
2 months ago
Fed up with pavement parking? We're supporting
@livingstreets.bsky.social
to show where pavements are used as car parks to the detriment of all who walk/wheel. Go & take photos (make sure you cover over reg numbers) & upload them to the Living Streets map:
lnkd.in/ekEmPn3q
Contribute by 22 Nov
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Duncan Poundcake
2 months ago
#Starmer
#Palestine
Another dangerous 'terrorist' nicked. What a shitty little country the great human rights barrister has created...
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Say no to AI powered by burning trees. Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
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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...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/say-no-to-new-ai-data-centre-powered-by-drax?source=direct_link&
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Jane
2 months ago
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Transport Action Network
2 months ago
Carcinogens entering waterways from 25,000 road outflows are not monitored or regulated by Environment Agency, committee hears @NationalHways trashing our environment again
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Englandās toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told
Carcinogens entering waterways from 25,000 road outflows are not monitored or regulated by Environment Agency, committee hears
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/04/englands-road-runoff-pollution-problem-being-ignored-mps-told
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Clean Cities
2 months ago
ā New car bonnets are becoming 0.5cm higher every year ā These supersized cars occupy more space in cities AND are more dangerous in a crash.
cleancitiescampaign.org/rese...
#carspreading
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David Ho
2 months ago
How to hasten the AMOC collapse and make Britain uninhabitable (or at least really miserable).
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Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp890n51684o
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You have to look *really* hard to find out, but this product is 10% plastic. Recycled plastic, but not renewable and not biodegradable.
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2 months ago
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Brian McHugh
3 months ago
Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban Pfas Exclusive: Analysis of responses shows firms are urging parliamentarians to limit regulation of āforever chemicalsā
#PFAS
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban Pfas
Exclusive: Analysis of responses shows firms are urging parliamentarians to limit regulation of āforever chemicalsā
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/chemical-companies-lobbying-mps-not-to-ban-pfas-forever-chemicals
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Mums for Lungs
3 months ago
"Thereās no such thing as an eco-friendly log burner...Even if you plant more trees, they wonāt reach maturity for at least 10 years, and usually 40 or more ā and until they do, theyāll barely absorb any CO2 from the atmosphere." Thanks
@joshjackman.bsky.social
.
#WoodBurning
#AirPollution
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Are log burners bad for the environment?
Here's how log burners increase CO2 levels and produce high levels of toxic air pollution ā with immediate health risks.
https://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/news/log-burners-environment
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Marina Purkiss
3 months ago
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh⦠Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population) Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK Immigration isnāt draining us Inequality is.
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IPEN: toxics-free
3 months ago
The
#PlasticsTreaty
is really a Global Fossil Fuels Treaty, as global controls on plastics, are global controls on
#FossilFuels
. Watch Exposing Problems From Toxic Chemicals in Plastics:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6GH...
#toxicplastics
#keepitintheground
#climatechange
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Exposing Problems From Toxic Chemicals in Plastics
YouTube video by IPEN Toxics Free Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6GHVXVK4_s
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Jonathan Hinder, MP for Pendle and Clitheroe, is here alluding to the
@echa.europa.eu
universal PFAS restriction proposal, although he doesn't say that. He will ask the government to weaken regulations on PFAS in order to benefit one local business.
@fidrango.bsky.social
@chemtrust.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Make Votes Matter
3 months ago
šØCOMING UP: Important debate in Parliament On 2nd September, MPs will debate scrapping FPTP for Mayoral elections. The tide is turning. More and more people are starting to recognise that this voting system is not fit for purpose. Ask your MP to attend and speak outš
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Email your MP about scrapping First Past The Post (FPTP) for Mayoral elections
On the 2nd of September, MPs will debate abolishing First Past the Post for Mayoral and PPC elections. Since the system was introduced, it has resulted in Mayors being elected on as little as 25% of t...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/devolution-bill?source=direct_link&-
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Ketan Joshi
3 months ago
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)? Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts! NEW POST -->>>
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Big techās selective disclosure masks AIās real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: Iāve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old poā¦
https://ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/big-techs-selective-disclosure-masks-ais-real-climate-impact/
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Lewis Goodall absolutely on the money here
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Lewis Goodall vs Iain Dale: Twitter in meltdown over inheritance tax idea
YouTube video by LBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9VITp0x5lM
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Biofuelwatch
3 months ago
Forest clearcutting ongoing in Croatia: The area shown was a mature oak and beech forest near the village of Poznanovec, owned by the county. Now fast-growing acacia is growing, so no chance of the forest regenerating. More similar clearcuts planned in the area. š¢
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Transport Action Network
3 months ago
āItās ripping off the customer, driving people off the trains and on to our congested road network, which is in no oneās interest.ā - Bruce Williamson
@railfuture.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
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Rail fares in England could rise by āoutrageousā 5.6% next year
Campaigners say passengers may be priced off trains as July inflation figure is likely to push up ticket prices
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/aug/18/rail-fares-england-rise-trains-inflation-ticket-prices
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Umoja Kwa Haki Ya Tabianch
8 months ago
"Less plastic,more life" emphasizes reducing plastic use and waste to preserve ecosystems,protect wildlife, and promote human well-being. Minimizing plastic fosters a healthier planet,conserves natural resources,supports a sustainable future,ultimately enhancing life on Earth š
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IPEN: toxics-free
3 months ago
Watch: IPEN Executive Director Bjƶrn Beeler speaks with CBS News to discuss the end of the Geneva session of the Plastics Treaty negotiations (INC-5.2) and the need for a meaningful, global agreement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSur...
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The Plastics Treaty: What's Next
YouTube video by IPEN Toxics Free Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSurAQvU9yg
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Transport Action Network
3 months ago
The richest fifth of households have benefited twice as much from the fuel duty freeze as the poorest fifth
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it's long past time to end the fuel duty freeze | Larry Elliott
Successive chancellors have steered clear of increasing taxes for motorists for 15 years, but this should be a no-brainer for cash-strapped Rachel Reeves, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/14/fuel-duty-rachel-reeves-uk-chancellor-motorists
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Rob Ralston
3 months ago
to absolutely nobodyās surprise, the US is defending the interests of the petrochemical bloc
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Exclusive: Trump administration memo urges countries to reject plastic production caps in UN Treaty
The United States has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of U.N. plastic treaty talks in Geneva, according to a memo and communications seen by Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-administration-memo-urges-countries-reject-plastic-production-caps-un-2025-08-06/
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