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‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory

🟢 Grn: 41% (+27)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 25% (-25)
🔵 Con: 2% (-6)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-2)

Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024)

‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Come together against the far right in #Southampton this Sunday #Together

🎵Fundraising gig for Greenpeace! 🎵 Get your tickets on Eventbrite and donate £6 on the door 💚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gigging-fo...

@southamptoncc.bsky.social our volunteers went litter picking on Friday! V successful and the area is much tidier now (Oakmount Avenue) #litterpicking #greenpeace #Southampton

Tell Keir Starmer to make the fracking ban permanent Nigel Farage's Reform party has declared it wants to “drill baby drill” if it wins the next general election. There’s a temporary pause on fracking in England, but it’s not even written into law. So i...

Tell Kier Starmer to make the fracking ban permanent

action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...

Make 2026 the year polluters clean up their act Last year, the government promised to crack down on water pollution. But without public pressure, its plans could once again let big polluters off the hook. We should all be able to enjoy clean lakes,...

I just signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to make 2026 the year big water polluters are finally made to clean up their act. Will you add your name too? foe.uk/eb6h3

How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia | CNN Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disas...

Mix three tropical storms and man-made climate crisis and you get catastrophic floods that submerged a whole region.

COP30: two weeks of climate chaos - Greenpeace International The 30th annual UN climate talks have ended, with a last minute grasp at forest action and fumble on a fossil fuel phaseout.

The 30th annual UN climate talks have ended with a last minute grasp at forest action and fumble on a fossil fuel phaseout.

More on what actually happened at the climate summit in the Amazon👇
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

#Taxtherich 💰

📢 COP30 day of action! 📢 join us, @foesouthampton.bsky.social and others across the world in calling on governments to act now and #Stopfailingus on tackling the climate crisis 🌍
#Southampton #ClimateJustice #COP30

Graphic heart around the State of Palestine flag (in red, black, white and green). Text: the State of Palestine just ratified the Global Ocean Treaty

Our heartfelt congratulations to the State of Palestine on ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty. ⁣
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In the face of genocide, famine and suffering, this decision to stand for our shared planet and ocean is a powerful act of courage & solidarity. ⁣
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#ProtectTheOceans #StopDeepSeaMining #StopTheGenocide

💩 Wall Street just got a whiff of reality.

JBS’ inclusion in major US stock indexes means our money is linked to deforestation and climate chaos. The world needs to know what JBS really stands for: Just. Bull. Sh*t.
#RespectTheAmazon #StopBigAg

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Do you want billionaires and oligarchs to own your country?

It's simple, really. We need to tax the super-rich.

Join us and @garyseconomics.bsky.social on the Make Them Pay demonstration in central London on Saturday 20 September.

👉 makethempay.org.uk/march-with-us

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect workers, not billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

Ban Octopus Farming Now – Pass this Groundbreaking Bill Seafood companies are racing to build octopus factory farms in the U.S., trapping intelligent, sensitive animals into tiny tanks, only to slaughter them for profit.But we have a real shot to stop this

Ban Octopus Farming Now: Pass this Groundbreaking Bill actions.eko.org/a/ban-octopu...

💚 We organised a meeting with @laboursatvir as part of a mass lobby calling on MPs to demand the government act now for climate and nature. 🐝

🌍#ActNowChangeForever

We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.

Big oil and gas companies are responsible for the climate crisis. We need to break their power. No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/44jSYw5
#StopFossilGas

Dire warning on 1.5°C goal must spark urgent climate action - Greenpeace International New data indicating there may be just three years left to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, Greenpeace comment

"The answer is simple: end the production and burning of coal, oil and gas and defend our future.”

New data indicates there may be just three years left to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal alive.

Greenpeace response >> act.gp/44ljoyO

The 2025 #CouncilClimateScorecards results are in! 📊 🚀
🌟 Top Scorers: @islington-council.bsky.social (Single Tier), Belfast City Council (Northern Ireland), @winchester.gov.uk‬ (District), @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social‬
Check your local council's score at:
councilclimatescorecards.uk
@mySociety.org

Did you know the Amazon rainforest is larger than the European Union?

She is home to over 27 million people, and one of the most biodiverse places in the world, with over 400 BILLION trees, and millions of species, many that haven’t even been discovered yet.

We had a blast at #urbanwild yesterday held at the common in #Southampton 🦊🌲☀️ great to see so many environmental charities and causes come together 🙌

there were wonderful floats and it was great to see the community come together to show their love of all things nature 🩵💙🩵

What a great day at the nature themed #StDenysCarnival 💚 Our wonderful volunteers carried banners and wore home made headdesses symbolising the sea whilst walking through the streets of St Denys to spread our message to #ProtectTheOceans 🌊🐟🐳
#StDenys #Southampton #oceans #environment

We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on fossil-fuel bullies like Putin and Trump.

We need to stop using fossil fuels. Gas, coal, and oil are the past. Renewables are the future! Join the call: act.gp/3YUtL9Y
#StopFossilGas

🌿 Steve Reed MP on Climate and Nature Bill | Environmental Audit Committee, 24 March 2025 YouTube video by Zero Hour: Climate and Nature Bill

🌍 Steve Reed wanted the Climate & Nature Bill to proceed. Ed Miliband promised to work on the #CANBill's objectives. Mary Creagh pledged to deliver “binding nature commitments”.

🚨 Labour Ministers are speaking out.

⏳ What’s the delay for new, joined-up, science-led climate and nature legislation?