To be clear, we totally can pretend it's not our war on the simple basis that it isn't.

Very good article.

I’m sick of it. We’re being held back in the interest of drilling for dead dinosaurs leftovers.

For the avoidance of doubt, those who are arguing for “drill baby drill” really don’t get the seriousness of the situation. We should not be falling back on technologies that damage us, our economy and our future, but rather be embracing increasingly cheap and reliable home grown renewable energy.

🔍 10 years ago, the #PanamaPapers exposed the how the rich & powerful hide their money. A decade on, #FinancialSecrecy still protects hidden wealth, weakens fair taxation, & shields power from accountability. The fight for transparency & #TaxJustice is far from over. 👉Learn more at taxjustice.net

Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...

Too right!

This is from a US-UK pharmaceutical pricing arrangement published today: "The Government of the UK will increase the net price paid by the NHS for prospective New Medicines by 25 percent beginning in April 2026" I'm curious how this will be received in the UK public debate. [popcorn emoji]

Drilling for more oil & gas in the North Sea won't lower bills, it won't make us more energy independent and it won't insulate us from price shocks. A Labour backslide on this would be a huge betrayal. Double down on renewables. Insulate every home. Lower bills, permanently.

Take action now - tell health secretary @wesstreeting-mp.bsky.social to stand up to bullying from big pharma and Trump. act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4686

The UK is being sued for potentially BILLIONS by a foreign mining company – and there’s everything at stake. Watch the full film here 👇🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B15Q...

People in Cumbria fought against a coal mine and won. But corporate courts mean that’s not the end of the story. Our new film produced by Planet House Productions in collaboration with us, @tradejusticemov.bsky.social and @friends-earth.bsky.social earth – out now.

The UK Government said the NHS would never be on the table in a trade deal with Trump. But that’s exactly what’s about to happen. It looks like they’re about to agree a deal with the US that will see the NHS forced to pay BILLIONS more for medicines.

"Science shows ecocide accelerates climate collapse, mass extinction, and ecosystem failure. Morality demands we call it what it is: evil. Not 'progress.' Not 'unavoidable.' Evil. The Earth is not a warehouse to plunder — it's our only home. #EcocideIsEvil"

Solar saved Europe €3bn in fossil fuel imports in March: A new analysis found that Europe’s solar capabilities could save the continent €67.5 billion by the end of the year if gas prices remain high. www.euronews.com/2026/04/01/s...

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This seems to cut across ideological lines. I think there's an even wider perception here that we have a two-tiered justice system and that shouldn't be the case in a republic.

the UK is set to change planning rules to make it easier to develop intensive livestock farms across the country following a lobbying campaign by Big Chicken my new investigation for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ireland is a rainforest nation, almost entirely shorn of its fabulous natural habitat. Let's bring some of it back. #Rewilding

𝗜𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁? 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿: 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲⚠️ New Eurostat data paint a trashy picture of Europe: since 2014, municipal waste per person has increased in 20 EU countries. Check it out: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...

Not April Fools. Trump's plan to expand grazing in wild places will mean losing more wildlife like grizzlies and wolves. Cozying up to Big Beef is a stunt that hands Western public lands over at the expense of clean water and our ability to fight extinction. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH

Is there a master list, so to speak, of child sexual abusers in Trump's circle (including all the January 6th guys)?

The entire research arm of the Forest Service being killed, “Because a scientist who says you can’t log that watershed without destroying it is inconvenient. A lab that documents the damage from mining runoff or road-building or clear-cutting is an enemy. And enemies get eliminated.”

Matt Frei, "What Keir Starmer struggled to explain is that this calamity was started by our supposed friend and ally, Donald Trump" "Plenty are feeling the cost of his illegal war with Iran, real enough to create a covid like shock to the economy, without a vaccine" #C4News

I don't care if this makes me a dinosaur. If I found out that a writer had used a solitary line of AI I would never read them again. If I thought someone had used AI in an email to me, I would never respond or indeed respect them again.

Eye-opening thread. I've always disliked these digital ad screens but didn't know just how damaging they are to both lived & natural environment.

In Germany, from July onwards, the conversion of industrial buildings will be eligible for a grant of €30,000 per flat; with improved energy efficiency of course. It is a logical step; the potential is huge in developed countries.

President Trump says that the US can't afford to pay for daycare because they're spending money on military protection Always money for war, never enough money to improve people's quality of life

Proud to announce In These Times won 3rd Place in @sejorg.bsky.social's Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Small, for “The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders,” by @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social, with illustrations by Matt Rota! inthesetimes.com/article/bran...

This is true.

Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It amazes me that people still refuse to accept the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel… It's fucking disgusting. Netanyahu. Is. A. War. Criminal. 😎✨

Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Over 150,000 people have signed my petition. Let's keep this pressure up! We can - and must - win this! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

This government can't be trusted to end the housing crisis because its ministers are bought and paid for by the developers, landlords and corporate interests who profit from it.

Remember everyone flipping out that @zackpolanski.bsky.social suggested we need to start planning for a future without NATO and y’all acted like that was ridiculous. 🙃

Am not an energy analyst but why does seem every interview with a U.K. minister this week included a pointed question about why not drilling more in North Sea and almost none about renewables/net zero as an energy security imperative? It’s bizarre, frankly

“Every year, we unleash this scourge on the countryside. It’s messing with the ecology.” Delighted to see David Attenborough’s new series will tackle pheasants, and how landowners release millions of them each year! (The words are from Attenborough’s producer) www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The big defining test of our time: Do you think Palestinian life has equal worth? Our politicians and media outlets don't even pretend to pass it.

In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.

74% of Americans now say the government isn’t doing enough to regulate AI. They’re right. That’s why I introduced a moratorium bill - to give us time to address the risks and to ensure that this technology works for all of us, not just the billionaires who own it.

Reminiscent of ‘No Deal’ days again. ‘If we don’t get what we want, we’ll make our own electorate suffer’.

Exactly the same story in Ireland, with our Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), whether at sea or on land, no less trashed than anywhere else. The word 'conservation' is meaningless, and an abuse of language.

"#Vanuatu, #Fiji and #Samoa formally asked the ICC to consider #ecocide an international crime"🌏 In September 2024, 3 Pacific Island states submitted a formal proposal to criminalise mass harm to nature - #ecocide. Story🔗 washingtonpost.com/c...#Vanuatu,#Fiji#Samoa#ecocide#ecocide.#StopEcocide

In a joint statement, Berlin, Paris, Rome & London expressed “deep concern” over a proposed law that would allow the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of carrying out attacks that result in the deaths of Israelis. Impose sanctions on Israël now! #israel #europe #UK #france #italy #germany