If your city leaders see something AMAZING that another city is doing but claim “we could never do THAT in OUR city,” don’t believe them. Leadership doesn’t make excuses. It takes action. #UrbanTruth

“Even as the cost of infrastructure for active transportation is being used as a reason for inaction, evidence is accumulating that when the full economic cost is considered, driving costs society more, while cycling and other forms of active transportation save society money.”— @sflkirk.bsky.social

So now the strait is open all of the fossil fuel subsidies, fossil tax cuts and weakening of environmental regulations wil be set back to normal, right?

An interactive map to help you find a screening near you of our new film hosted by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social… The People’s Emergency Briefing, launching tomorrow. www.nebriefing.org/screening-map #PEBuk #NationalEmergencyBriefing

Food security timebomb from Gulf fertiliser blockade 1/3 of global fertiliser raw materials pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with conflict threatening global food supplies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/...

Another major screening of the People's Emergency Briefing now confirmed - in the 800 capacity Great Hall at @lancasteruni.bsky.social. It will be chaired by Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social who chaired the event in Westminster. Tickets: www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite... #PEBuk

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Robotaxis: Silicon Valley's found another way to endanger children! A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses. It Didn’t Work www.wired.com/story/a-scho...

Politicians surrendering to oil-industry lobbyists, political opportunists and #denialists "flooding the zone" with lies should remember that, once they've given in to the #DenialistScam, they'll always have to give in to such campaigns in future. tinyurl.com/mr35jtcr

BLOG It's the 25 year Silver Jubilee of the launch of the Treasury plan to degrade and destroy our planning system. Is it time planning students emulated economics students and demanded a profession that meets 21st century challenges? tinyurl.com/47drfd7x

The latest (2024) greenhouse gas statistics show domestic transport now represents 30% of UK emissions. Around 90% of these emissions are from road transport and represent a failure of current policies.

Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social poses some questions we should all consider in his powerful summing up at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing in Westminster Central Hall. #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

More than 60 years since the infamous Beeching Report led to the closure of large parts of the rail network, this blog looks at whether the current rail reforms provide an opportunity to embed reopening rail lines and railway stations in law. 👉 bettertransport.org.uk/blog/the-bee...

New UKCEH-led study warns of closing 20-year window in which decisions on climate & land use will determine fate of 200+ species of native #birds, #butterflies & #plants across Britain. But sustainable climate & land policies would save many of the species. www.ceh.ac.uk/press/we-hav... 🧪 1/

Commenting on news that Badenoch is to launch a campaign calling for Britain to maximise oil and gas reserves, Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin, @eciu.net said: “Experts are clear that more North Sea drilling would have little if any impact on gas prices in the UK" eciu.net/media/press...

Never forget, for many years Uber insisted it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. Now boosters lie about driverless cars. Don’t believe them either.

“I was expecting an attack on climate science,” @drkatemarvel.bsky.social said. “But actually, who they went after 1st was pediatric cancer & Parkinson’s research, and childhood vaccines. I was completely unprepared for an attack on science, because it’s a means of finding out & telling the truth.”

Commenting on coverage of a Government report which warns that Britain's food supply is “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure”, @tommlancaster.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "The report’s findings are incredibly stark, including for our ability to feed ourselves" eciu.net/media/press...

In Busan, South Korea, the signing ceremony for our cooperation agreement. I’m delighted to see this innovative urban policy being rolled out across the city. The ‘15-minute city’ concept is at the heart of these wonderful urban transformations for a livable city, and I’m very proud. Follow the ‘15´

On the anniversary of the disastrous Beeching Report, our blog makes the case for more lines to be reopened. #ReverseBeeching "Time and again, government forecasts underestimate how many people will use rail services once they return." Read the blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/the-bee...

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi. The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

ANNOUNCING OUR FIRST STARTER PACK! These are accounts with unusually effective communications or marketing/branding of issues and ideas for better city-building. Sharing the truth more persausively, and calling out disinformation & lies! Please follow & SHARE WIDELY! #UrbanTruth go.bsky.app/47w5jKk

The 1.5C dangerous climate breakdown limit is about to be shattered, as will the 2C threshold as soon as the late 2030s or even earlier Yet idiots like this want us to increase the amount of carbon we are adding to the atmosphere Pure insanity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The global food system is systemically fragile in the same way that the global financial system was before the 2008 crash. If it goes it down, we’re looking, as complex societies, at a potential termination event. This week's column. Please read it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"It is outrageous that people will be buying homes that are expensively heated with gas when we have perfectly good technology – heat pumps – that can be installed instead." My comments @theguardian.com new homes in the UK still using gas heating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cities will soon be inundated with autonomous vehicles that will create even more traffic congestion. Are we prepared? usa.streetsblog.org/2026/03/23/m...

Nice to see @mhclg has accepted most of our recommendations for new towns. Sadly they undermined that by also approving the two most destructive at Tempsford & MK (what has Central Beds done to deserve this level of destruction?) 🧵 1/⬇️ tinyurl.com/yf27fdvh

Rightwing narrative fuelling false belief UK public oppose net zero, study finds Political elites are out of step with public appetite for net zero, with rightwing media driving a false sense of backlash. www.theguardian.com/environment...

That this even needs saying in 2026 after decades of climate warnings is testament to the power of #motornormativity and oil industry lobbying.

Today's reminder to protect and enhance the rural landscape.

A great moment to impose a new National Planning Policy Framework and Land Use Framework which make it easier to destroy productive farmland for sprawl housing or distribution sheds.

9️⃣3️⃣% of North Sea oil and gas likely to ever be produced has 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 been extracted - new analysis Over next 25 years, of the remaining 7% of the culmulative total just 1-2% of gas (381 TWh) and oil (74M tonnes) would come from new drilling. eciu.net/media/press...

We def. Need to burn more fossil fuels.

Marvellous news 👍 Let's see every city and region taking back control of their transport www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

NEW ANALYSIS: North Sea “drill baby drill” would cut bills by just £16–£82 per year, and only if tax revenues are redistributed. A fully renewable UK could save households up to £441 says @smithschool.ox.ac.uk. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/drill-b...

So, 18 months of intensifying the previous government's attack on planning (a huge NPPF reform, a planning act + more NPPF changes en route) has failed to: - get more homes built; - generate the economic growth HM Treasury expected from it. It's nothing to do with #planning. tinyurl.com/2p5n8zut

No farming without water, soil & nature💧🌱 Farmers, civil society & environmental groups urge @ec.europa.eu to protect and implement environmental laws like that protect water and prevent pollution. Stable rules support farmers’ livelihoods and resilient food systems! Joint letter below ⬇️

Lifting zoning restrictions may not help housing affordability as much as some hope. But if we must bring some change to established neighborhoods, let’s at least do it with human scale and respect for the things people love about their communities. My latest: bit.ly/4tr2eKE

Oil and gas prices are set on international markets beyond UK control North Sea is not credible solution: ❌ output too small to make any difference ❌ will decline irrespective of new licences Renewable generation and net zero tech 🔑 to bring energy independence eciu.net/media/press...

🚨NEW: The impact of climate change on our economic stability is being hugely underestimated. Our latest analysis shows climate damage could drive the EU’s debt-to-GDP ratio 58 percentage points higher than official projections by 2050.

Facing the climate and nature crisis head on is the first step in rising to the challenge. It's time to restore hope. More testimonials here: www.nebriefing.org/testimonials #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

A possilbly hypothetical question: If, for any reason, it became evident it would be impossible to secure economic growth in the foreseable future, would it be more damaging to continue with policies to boost growth than with alternatives? Eh @economist.com ?

Forget oil – the real threat from a Hormuz closure is a global food crisis The global food system has far thinner buffers than energy markets. buff.ly/L03iYVV

The Government New Towns Taskforce recommended 12 sites for new towns. - Six would be blobs of greenfield sprawl on farmland - One would be a huge urban extension on farmland - Five are urban regeneration schemes which wouldn't be "new towns" Read our new report. tinyurl.com/mvtn94va

The 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment is approved! As Stephen Polasky, Co-Chair, notes, a key focus of the Report is on accelerating collaborative action across governments, financial actors, business, civil society, and IPLCs. 🌍 🧪 Full Media kit: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

The Office for Environmental Protection is not an adequate substitute for this approach, is it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The Labour government has not published any long-term transport strategies nearly two years after being elected. Radical ambition is now needed to turn around what has become the biggest source of UK emissions. transportactionnetwork.org.uk/will-transpo...

There’s a nature-loving majority in this country. Those in power must listen and stop trashing our environment. There are far more of us than there are developer lobbyists. They have the millionaires. We are the millions. We need a bold campaign to get our nature back.

23 town and parish councils have already registered to host screenings of the People's Emergency Briefing - the new film featuring footage from the National Emergency Briefing along with reactions from the public. To register interest in a hosting a screening and find out more...