And with an ecology as rich as the Amazon in its chalk streams, which are also under similar threat from ‘development’ and the gvt’s misguided ‘build baby build’. @greenparty.org.uk @friendsofthecam.bsky.social @watershed-i.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Great article by @terrymacalister.bsky.social about unrealistic expectations of new forests @greenparty.org.uk @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @bonkersbusway.bsky.social @friendsofthecam.bsky.social What about new forests, then? eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

Funny how they tell you the actual cost was HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of pounds more than the price they told the public. Makes you wonder about the true cost of the futile Coton Busway project, surely? www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/why-cam...

Thousands in the UK are accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling asbestos-contaminated baby powder. We urgently need stronger regulation of personal care products & full ingredient transparency. Read our statement: 👉https://www.wen.org.uk/2025/10/16/johnson-johnson-talc-statement/ #Talc #ToxicFree

Corporate Welfare London developers to build fewer affordable homes, but get higher subsidies to build them. Why build unaffordable homes? Why subsidies for highly profitable companies? Subsidies will be swallowed by companies, won't filter down to people. Let councils build affordable homes.

How can not building unaffordable homes be an emergency? There are plenty of these already - many empty. Reducing the number of affordable homes )even though they’re not really that affordable) would be a terrible decision. London developers to be allowed to reduce percentage of affordable homes

A pleasure to be at the Wye River Festival with the Cambridge Climate Choir (dm us for more details).

Looking forward to seeing and hearing Jonathan Porritt in a few weeks in Cambridge. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jonathon-p...

International eyes needed on Ecuador rn, where an organised assault on constitutional integrity, land- & water-defenders, the rights of nature & Indigenous rights is currently in full swing, as directed by the newly elected president Noboa. Excellent piece here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

C2C Inquiry: When you can’t defend the scheme, attack the objectors 🥊 Appalling tactics by Council KC 🔗 m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

Cllr Dave Baigent recently left the Labour Party and sits as an Independent who’s joined Your Party. He’s asking the Lab majority council whether £92m earmarked for refurbishing the city centre could better be spent on council housing. A good question, and one others have been asking for a while.

The antidote to this is not ‘growth, growth, growth’. It’s respect for nature and a major redistribution of wealth. Meanwhile our governments are planning more destruction. Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Today we celebrate #WorldMentalHealthDay🌎🎗️ 📘Studies consistently show that exposure and proximity to blue and green spaces is linked to positive mental health and well-being. 👢We 💙 to connect communities to their local rivers and green spaces to improve them. Join us! #WMHD

Fantastic film. Fantastic work. Please watch below.💦

Water bills for England households to rise even higher. Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns. End the Scam. Nationalise water

Completely infuriating Competition & Markets Authority said requests from 5 private water companies to increase bills AGAIN were "largely unjustified" But your bills will still rise This is all unjustified There is no market, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW news.sky.com/story/custom...

And water is a natural monopoly, we can't have competition, so we need public ownership - normal in 9/10 countries around the world Here's why we can afford it, starting with Thames Water dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...

What Reeves is saying here is not only that a ‘microscopic snail you can’t even see’ should be destroyed in the rush for speculative development, but that clean fresh water it’s an indicator of is of no value. Surprise! Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Sounds like the AI bubble needs to burst. It is environmentally destructive and is already taking people’s livelihoods. If we had caring governments they would be legislating for this. But we don’t. We need to make sure we don’t bail out the greedy investors.

Friends of the Cam has just added its name to naturalistsforpalestine.org#statement @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social @birdgirl09.bsky.social @amyjanebeer.bsky.social Against genocide. Against ecocide.

Thames Water's creditors have put a bailout plan to Ofwat which they say is lawful. But are they right? www.whatthelawdoes.com/p/is-the-tha...

We gave evidence on Tuesday. Felt like we were in a parallel universe; all about new housing (but not for those who really need it), development, & a concrete busway, but never about climate, biodiversity or water emergencies. The County even think that they can relocate 3 100 year old trees!

@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