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WorthingCAN campaigns for
#ClimateJustice
and a
#JustTransition
We need a
#FossilFuelTreaty
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Colombia will host a first international conference on the phase out of fossil fuels in 2026. They are among a group of 17 nations that have joined the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative which held a press conference on its plans at
#Cop30
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates
As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/17/cop30-belem-brazil-global-warming-latest-news-updates
about 9 hours ago
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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
about 12 hours ago
Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
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Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, an inquiry has found, in direct conflict with claims made by ministers.
#Nature
is being scapegoated, and that rather than being a block to growth, it was necessary for building resilient towns and neighbourhoods.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/nature-not-blocker-housing-growth-inquiry
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Brian McHugh
1 day ago
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark Fantastic piece here
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/16/uk-flood-water-wales-cornwall-rescue
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Scores of countries meeting in Belém for the UN climate summit, want to establish how a global phaseout of fossil fuels could work. They want to build on a historic resolution made at Cop28 in Dubai to transition away from fossil fuels.
#phaseoutfossilfuels
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/16/have-courage-to-create-fossil-fuel-phaseout-roadmap-at-cop30-brazilian-minister-urges
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Damian Carrington
1 day ago
South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at
#COP30
- Minister is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s anti-climate policies: other nations fear retribution
#climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman and
@dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30
Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/16/cop30-tuvalu-trump
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Zack Polanski
1 day ago
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
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The march for
#climatejustice
in Brighton yesterday.
#globaldayofaction
#cop30
#phaseoutfossilfuels
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The Labour Government have no empathy, are veering even further to the right and paving the way for Reform.
#refugeeswelcome
#nooneisillegal
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/15/uk-government-set-to-make-support-for-asylum-seekers-discretionary
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Simon Oldridge
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There are over 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ gas & oil lobbyists at COP30 👇 What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference? There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the
#climate
and
#nature
crisis on 27th November. Is your MP attending?
www.nebriefing.org
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Raquel Wapichana said, “I am here for my people, my land, our rivers and our ancestors. We are constantly threatened by mining, by agribusiness and by land invasions. We must fight for our survival.”
#COP30
#climatecrisis
#greatpeoplesmarch
#indigenousrights
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit
Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of ‘Great People’s March’ calling on governments to step up climate efforts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/15/thousands-hit-streets-of-belem-to-call-for-action-during-crucial-cop30-summit
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Lots of people out in Brighton for the
#globaldayofaction
for climate justice today! Great to see the wonderful
#CoatOfHopes
too.
#climatejustice
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
@xrbrighton.bsky.social
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The
#climatecrisis
is literally on our doorstep Time to
#endfossilfuels
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
#flooding
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Storm Claudia: major incident declared after severe flooding in UK
South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warnings
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/15/maybe-storm-claudia-england-weather-major-incident-flooding
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Prof Bill McGuire
3 days ago
"Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned" Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/14/us-military-plan-divided-gaza-green-zone
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Solidarity with everyone marching today. We need
#climatejustice
#globaldayofaction
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Climate Justice Coalition
3 days ago
At this critical moment for people and the planet, we need to address climate change and migration with care and compassion for all. Read the open letter and full list of signatories:
climatejustice.uk/cop30/climat...
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COP30 Climate & Migrant Justice Open Letter -
COP30 CLIMATE & MIGRANT JUSTICE OPEN LETTER As COP30 takes place in Belém in Brazil, climate and migrant justice groups call on climate negotiators to recognise the links between the climate crisis an...
https://climatejustice.uk/cop30/climate-migrant-justice-open-letter/
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Climate Justice Coalition
3 days ago
Today, we published an open letter to the UK's representatives at COP30 signed by more than 100 organisations from across the climate and migrant justice movements. We joined forces to call for negotiators to defend human rights, racial justice and just immigration policies at the climate summit.
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Leana Hosea
3 days ago
Plastic pellets are often mistaken for fish eggs + eaten by sea creatures. Because plastic is so absorbent, it soaks up pollutants from water which are consumed along with them. These beads were being used at a wastewater treatment plant so who knows what they could have absorbed.
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XR Islington
3 days ago
#flooding
and
#flood
warnings across much of the UK. Major flooding in Wales, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire and Birmingham
#StormClaudia
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3 days ago
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Greenpeace International 🌍
3 days ago
🚨 ONE IN EVERY 25 PEOPLE AT
#COP30
IS A FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYIST 🚨 According to Kick Big Polluters Out, more than 1,600 lobbyists outnumber almost every country and the 10 most climate vulnerable nations combined.
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Channel 4 News
3 days ago
High Court rules Anglo-Australian mining giant liable for Brazil environmental disaster
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High Court rules Anglo-Australian mining giant liable for Brazil environmental disaster
It's been described as Brazil's worst environmental disaster. When the Fundao dam collapsed in south-east Brazil, it killed 19 people and sent vast amounts of toxic waste into the Dose River.
https://www.channel4.com/news/high-court-rules-anglo-australian-mining-giant-liable-for-brazil-environmental-disaster
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
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More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30
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Terrible news. 😢
#SouthernWater
must be held to account. Beads have been found inside Rye Harbour. The nature reserve, an SSSI, is loved by local people, with its big skies and the salt marshes popular with wading birds.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Plastic beads spreading on Sussex coast after ‘catastrophic’ spill, meeting told
Local people describe devastating impact of millions of toxic beads from Southern Water site near Camber Sands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/plastic-beads-spreading-sussex-coast-catastrophic-spill-meeting-told-camber-sands
3 days ago
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Friends of the Earth
4 days ago
November kicks off Disability History Month and marks 30 years since the passing of the landmark UK Disability Discrimination Act. However, astoundingly, despite progress elsewhere disabled people still have no seat at the UN climate talks. Continues 👇
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BBC told Evan Davis to stop making a podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing them meant “treading on areas of public controversy” The Energy & Utilities Association, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/14/climate-crisis-communication-super-rich
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James Murray
4 days ago
It's the hope that kills you, but there are early signs COP30 might just deliver some progress on phasing out fossil fuels.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4521841...
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COP30: Calls grow for countries to develop global fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Coalition of states and regional governments back growing push for UN Climate Summit to commit to a clear timetable for transitioning away from coal, oil, and gas
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4521841/cop30-calls-grow-countries-develop-global-fossil-fuel-phase-roadmap
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Prof Bill McGuire
4 days ago
Climate crisis - what climate crisis? The latest f*ckwit decision from this appalling government
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/13/hundreds-of-thousands-to-lose-heat-pump-subsidies-in-reevess-budget-plan
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Nova Mieszkowska
5 days ago
I am presenting the
#MarClim
project tomorrow (Friday) at 12:30 GMT at
#COP30
in
#Brazil
. Watch at the
#VirtualOceanPavilion
on the online platform
cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
. COP30 supports global engagement at the UN Climate Conference
@thembauk.bsky.social
@livuniresearch.bsky.social
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COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion 2025 (3-21 November)
The COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion is an online space to support global engagement around the UN Climate Conference 2025. The event is scheduled for 3-21 November 2025
https://cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
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Prof Bill McGuire
5 days ago
"Housing secretary Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down an amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction" This dire government continue its assault on British nature
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/13/housing-secretary-tells-labour-mps-to-vote-down-planning-bill-amendment
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
5 days ago
Scientific sources to check yourself: Holocene:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Extremes:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sea level:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Tipping points:
global-tipping-points.org
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Globally resolved surface temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature
Paleoclimate datasets are integrated with a climate model to reconstruct global surface temperature since the Last Glacial Maximum, showing sustained warming until the mid-Holocene.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03984-4
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead. Graph:
ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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Carla Denyer
5 days ago
Did you know the government spends £2.7 billion a year on tax breaks for oil & gas companies? I've written to Rachel Reeves to tell her to end this scandal: stop propping up declining oil & gas companies and back workers instead Join me:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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😡 We’re watching you…🦊🐌🦇🦅🐸🐦⬛🦉🐝🍄🌳 “Housing secretary Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down an amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.”
#defendnature
#restorenature
#planningbill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/13/housing-secretary-tells-labour-mps-to-vote-down-planning-bill-amendment
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Dr Charlie Gardner
5 days ago
Understanding and Accelerating Collective Climate Action Important new report from
@fdabl.bsky.social
,
@jksteinberger.bsky.social
,
@swaziadam.bsky.social
,
@berglundoscar.bsky.social
and other leading thinkers in the climate movement A must read for all climate activists
zenodo.org/records/1758...
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“A world at 2.6C means global disaster. That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity. This is not a good place to be.”
#endfossilfuels
#restorenature
#climatecrisis
🔥🌎🔥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds
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The BBC isn’t perfect but we need to defend it against right wing attackers wanting to destroy it.
38d.gs/bbc_o_eaio
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up
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Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
https://38d.gs/bbc_o_eaio
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“Proximity to drilling wells, processing plants, pipelines and other fossil fuel facilities elevates the risk of cancer, respiratory conditions, heart disease, premature birth & death as well as posing grave threats to water supplies & air quality”
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/12/fossil-fuel-projects-health-research
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Bat Conservation Trust
13 days ago
🦇 Our
#podcast
#BatChat
is back!! Listen to the first episode in your usual platform! We're starting this exciting new collection of interviews with our President, Chris Packham ! Steve Roe and Chris talk bats, Bills and the battle for Britain’s wildlife.
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The Guardian
5 days ago
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
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‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/nov/12/fire-all-around-us-this-is-climate-breakdown?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762951352
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#flightfree
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6 days ago
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6 days ago
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as
#COP30
kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
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Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JzY1NBodDgA
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Knepp Wilding
7 days ago
Tonight! Knepp's lead ecologist Matt Phelps joins a cast of experts, hosted by
@lsepress.bsky.social
, to discuss saving Britain's wildlife. Join online or in person. 🦇🦗🦅
@mostlyscarce.bsky.social
@granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
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Saving Britain's wildlife | Ethics of conservation
6.30pm Tues 11 Nov | Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, Matt Phelps | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/saving-britains-wildlife
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International Rights of Nature Tribunal
20 days ago
📢 The 6th International
#RightsOfNatureTribunal
is coming to Belém, Brazil! 🌿 🌍 One powerful day to confront extractivism & uplift Earth’s legal rights ahead of
#COP30.
📅 Nov 11 🔗 bit.ly/rights-of-nature-tribunal-2025
#RightsofNature
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Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said NHS staff were bearing the brunt of a return of “ugly” racism reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s. A trust CEO said the “springing up of flags everywhere has created another form of intimidation and concern for many”.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/11/nhs-staff-who-visit-patients-at-home-say-st-georges-flags-can-mean-no-go-zones
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Good news! “..this is a huge victory for the climate movement & for the laws protecting peaceful protest in this country as a whole. The judge’s level of confidence in unusually announcing the outcome immediately is a chink of hope in an environment of repression”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Jailed climate activist wins appeal against deportation from UK
Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/jailed-climate-activist-wins-appeal-against-deportation-from-uk
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Annie Leymarie
7 days ago
15-16 November online festival with speakers including
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,
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
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@jamesgdyke.info
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@gailbradbrook.bsky.social
,
@tzeporah.bsky.social
and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
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