@friendsofthecam.bsky.social looking forward to presenting our objection at this public inquiry Tuesday 30th identifying the nonsense of development in the Fens. We need to start valuing what we truly need, such as our collective and planetary health and well being.

Please Pay Attention, Else Next Spring Falls Silent fb.watch/BZgdwzvzj3/?

🔴‘Racists Started Hurling Rocks and Abuse at My Family’: New Deputy Green Leader On His Own Experience of Far Right Hate Mothin Ali, co-deputy leader of the Greens, on being on the receiving end of racist abuse and his ‘disappointment’ in Jeremy Corbyn’s new project bylinetimes.com/2025/09/08/r...

Science is crystal clear that we need to reduce emissions rapidly in order to prevent severe climate impacts, including potential tipping points. This news today reminds us though that some governments and people on boards of large companies don't give a damn. www.ft.com/content/1c82...

🏊‍♀️🏊🏿Earlier today, Thames21 joined local communities in Teddington to continue to support all the swimmers who swam the length of the River Thames to raise awareness of the UK’s sewage challenge.⬇️🧵🌊

Friends of the Cam pleased to announce publication of a book on Feminist Climate Policy by FotC co-founder Susan Buckingham. Contains interviews with feminist climate leaders - we need these more than ever. @wen-uk.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social

Last summer’s Northern Hemisphere heatwaves had catastrophic consequences on the Arctic’s Svalbard islands, where ice melt was off the charts and contributed significantly to sea level rise.

Great that 'wet wipe island' (around 180 tonnes of wet wipes on the Thames foreshore by Hammersmith Bridge) is being removed from today. A positive step forward that will reduce the introduction of microplastics into the River Thames and protect its wildlife.⬇️

Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream. Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks. No new reservoirs built since 1989. Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers. Customer bills up 47% this year. End fleecing. Nationalise water.

Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance. They all support Trumpism and chase profits whilst humanity and planet earth face crisis. Can't expect banks to voluntarily accept social responsibility, it must be imposed by law.

The business case is for East West Rail is so weak they won't let taxpayers see it despite the fact that it's taxpayers paying for the whole gravy train www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/departm...

I was born into a world which had warmed by just 0.35°C since pre-industrial times. If I live to a ripe old age and the current warming trend continues, I'll experience a world 2°C warmer than pre-industrial. As a scientist I'm horrified by the prospect of what that will be like.

Happy Wednesday! 🛀As Plastic Free July wraps up, we're exploring an often overlooked area of our homes that’s packed with hidden plastics: our bathrooms.

We are very sad to hear about this recent river pollution incident in Oxfordshire. Around 30 fish are believed to have been killed in the River Thame - a tributary of the River Thames. Great to feature in the @theoxfordmail.bsky.social‬ story about this. www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2535008...

UK Minister ‘furious’ about England & Wales water bills. Ministers talking PR gimmicks. Public ownership is necessary but ruled out. Since 1989 shareholders extracted £85bn in dividends which should have been invested. Nationalise without compensation.

What do you do with a £3 billion bailout if you're Thames Water? Hand out £117,000+ average per boss! TAKE BACK THAMES WATER to take back the bonuses www.youtube.com/shorts/ldzSO...

Want to continue the Thames Water rip off? Carry on investigating half baked ideas for private shareholders and creditors to take advantage of 16 million captive people Want to end the Thames Water rip off? Bring it into PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.ft.com/content/a799...

How can the strategy to expand Cambridge, based party on its biomedical campus, then advocate for the cutting of jobs on which the hospital depends? Trickle down economics is a myth. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Public service cuts are destructive. Former US federal officials and outside experts warned for months that Trump’s deep staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives. Then came the Texas floods. Tax cuts for the rich cost lives.

🌊The UK River Summit and Festival is back for its third year in South London in Morden Hall Park today. We are looking forward to attending this event later today.

This is so exciting! Water in Paris is publicly owned - what a success story! 🎉💧🎉💧🎉💧

So pleased that the River Goddess has had another outing!

Astonishing: Thames Water was fined £18.2m on 19 Dec 2024 by OFWAT for violating dividend payment rules. It hasn't paid the fine. The Minister says TW "has until 20 August 2025 to pay the fine.". TW has over 187 criminal convictions, allowed to negotiate fines.

"We can have clean water or privatised water but we can’t have both" "The British public is right, the evidence supports them" The new people's commission report is crystal clear that PUBLIC OWNERSHIP is the answer after 35 years of failed privatisation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A wonderful film, and great to see an alliance building in Cambridge against rampant, destructive development.

A one in ten year chance to elect a chancellor who stands up for nature, peace and justice for Cambridge University. @willdalrymple.bsky.social @polarrobs.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social @peaceandjustice.bsky.social @crispinflintoff.bsky.social

We are pround to be supporting @tonybooth1.bsky.social for Chancellor of Cambridge University @watershed-i.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @riverrights.bsky.social @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @cambridgegreens.bsky.social

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNIVERSITIES AT A TIME OF ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE: Monday 30th , Cambridge

A good day @ Cambridge Planning Committee - an application to fell three 125 year old trees on St Matthew's Piece, which a newish house alleged was causing subsidence, was REFUSED unanimously. This is the 4th time the application has come forwards. Curious that none of the 19C houses are affected.

Thank you 💚

A busy day of protest in Cambridge: Magdalene College occupation ends in the morning, 'All Out for Palestine' in the evening www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/magdale...

Still buzzing from this weekend’s festival on Amsterdam’s closed ring road, part of the city’s 750th birthday celebrations. A unique chance to share our science and all about the birds 🪶 moving in and above the city. It's not every day you get to do #scicomm 🧪 at a festival w/ 250,000 attendees!

Amidst hyperbole there is a good point in this: successive Governments have prioritised big, risky infrastructure projects over simple maintenance, 10,000 miles of cycle and bus lanes - which would have significantly improved health, the environment and growth. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Friends of the Cam were at the preliminary meeting of the Public Inquiry today. We're objecting, along with Coton Orchard, Coton Parish Council, local residents' groups, Clare Hall, @cppf.bsky.social ... even the new Tory metro mayor (not one of our usual allies!).

Cambs CC didn’t listen—not to Wildlife Trusts, PTES, 12 NGOs, experts, Lords, Chris Packham, Sir David or 23,000+ petitioners. Today, we hope the inspectors will listen. Battle lines are drawn for Sept’s Public Inquiry. Pls sign & share. Help #SaveCotonOrchard 🌳🚌❌ ✏️ www.change.org/p/save-the-g...

By the Cam this evening with @friendsofthecam.bsky.social, we stood for what still flows and still grows. When asked to accept the felling of orchards or the fouling of rivers, we will say no 🌳💧🚌❌ #Save✏️ www.change.org/p/save-the-g...

A wonderful day on the Cam declaring the rights of our precious chalk river system, under increasing threat from pollution and over-abstraction which gets worse with every new oversized development (none of which makes housing any more affordable for those who need it). @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

Great to hear @bonkersbusway.bsky.social on the threat to Coton Orchard, as well as singing, music and other talks.

Incredibly concerned to see the forcible interception of the Madleen in international waters, and thinking of all those who were on board and have been detained. UK must condemn this breach of international law and immediately demand their release.

A very orange tint to the #moon over South Cambridgeshire tonight as the #smoke plume from the Canadian #wildfires drifts across England. Taken with 400 mm lens on micro 4/3 camera (equivalent to 800 mm on 35 mm camera), ISO 3200, f7.1, 1/125 s #nofilter

Labour is lying about the costs of nationalizing the water industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Extraordinary: Thames Water private bidders demand immunity over environmental crimes It's never been cheaper to take Thames Water into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, normal in 9 out of 10 countries Halve the debt Reinvest the profits Protect households + environment www.theguardian.com/business/202...

On display at the Forest of Dean District Council offices in Coleford, Gloucestershire until 30 June. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Exhibition shines light on River Wye pollution - BBC News

Govt wants to appear to be tough on England's water companies. It will ban executive bonuses. But companies can circumvent. Increase exec base pay Award share options Perks Lucrative pensions Multiple directorships. Govt could let customers vote on exec pay, but won't democratise industry.

The cost of bringing Thames Water into public ownership? @ewanmg.bsky.social explains for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social that - the law says about £0 - the private shareholders should actually be paying US to be brought into public ownership, after all the damage they've done 👏👏👏

A new survey finds many UK adults are worried about the impact of #HarmfulChemicals on the environment 🧪🌱 Read more about the findings in @chemtrust.bsky.social latest news story and briefing ➡️ chemtrust.org/news/harmful...

Despite damning evidence the govt clinging on to private ownership of water in England; people fleeced for 36 years. Prospect is sewage dumping, health hazards, lack of investment, higher domestic/business costs, tax dodges, asset-stripping. Public ownership is the only way out.