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Letters: Readers respond to Sam Dumitriu’s article on protecting Britain’s environment
My letter in the Guardian countering an article by a pro-growth lobbyist from Britain Remade attacking environmental legislation
“Ecologists & conservationists would be surprised by his claim that the UK doesn’t & never will build enough to drive nature loss”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
13.03.2026 18:08
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Tommy Greene: Who decides the future of Lough Neagh?
A rare interview from the Earl of Shaftesbury has reopened questions about who holds power over the future of Ireland’s largest lake
Earl of Shaftesbury’s ownership of Lough Neagh is a relic of a shameful colonial past.
Sand dredging continues, damaging the lake while profits flow to his Wimborne St Giles estate.
Now it seems his “solutions” may come via old boy networks.
#SaveLoughNeagh
www.thedetail.tv/articles/com...
13.03.2026 15:35
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Burn, baby, burn
Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.
Stop Canford Incinerator‼️
Carbon capture is a fairytale reason to burn, baby, burn, unproven at scale and used to justify more polluting infrastructure.
Incinerators lock councils into burning waste that could be reduced, reused, recycled
#StopCanfordIncinerator
theecologist.org/2026/mar/05/...
13.03.2026 13:44
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A billion reasons why we urgently need transition from #FossilFuels to renewable energy. Here's another one! Pay of #Shell Chief Exec Wael Sawan rose 60% to £13.8m in 2025 despite 22% drop in annual profits & 4 workers died in workplace accidents. Now Shell Board wants to raise max CEO pay by 50%🤑🤯
13.03.2026 09:21
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Stop scanning us all with facial recognition!
I just signed a petition to stop the massive rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The government and shops are starting to scan us without clear laws in place, effectively turning our...
I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK.
The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes.
It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
12.03.2026 16:56
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New @thecccuk.bsky.social report finds in all scenarios achieving #NetZero is more cost-effective for the UK economy than ongoing reliance on fossil fuels. Hitting UK net zero target by 2050 would be cheaper than a single oil crisis & would bring health, economic & security benefits #StraitOfHormuz
11.03.2026 18:18
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Please support this open letter calling for a televised National Emergency Briefing for the UK public, & a comprehensive public engagement campaign
Target: Prime Minister + UK National Media
📝 Sign for a televised Emergency Briefing:
xrb.link/t8ZYI2m75gx
11.03.2026 15:26
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Chaotic scenes have erupted at Macquarie's today when their own Vampire Kangaroo was arrested.
Macquarie's known in the industry as the 'Vampire Kangaroo' for loading companies with debt and sucking out money for shareholders were notably furious.
20.01.2026 14:39
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Cut The Ties To Fossil Fuels has joined the Together Alliance and will be marching alongside thousands as we Unite Together.
Sign up and join us on March 28th in Central London -togetheralliance.org.uk
💚🖤 Stronger together, we will march in Love and Hope
See you on the streets
#together
15.02.2026 14:23
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@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social please support this amendment
10.03.2026 13:17
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Devastating impacts of #ClimateCrisis - failed rains from Oct to Dec in #EastAfrica have pushed almost 26 million people into extreme hunger. 58m don't have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastates grazing lands & water sources, threatening livelihoods
09.03.2026 12:57
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Chart showing the exponential collapse of the lag, extrapolated to 2.0C. Reference points show 10, 20 and 30 year lag scenarios projecting 2033, 2043 and 2053 respectively.
1/🌡️ Global warming passed a milestone on 17th Nov 2023 that barely made the news
For the first time ever, the world's daily average temperature was 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels
Here's what the data says about when that becomes the annual norm, & whether it's coming sooner than anyone expects🧵
08.03.2026 10:05
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“The Met's own statement shows that they were aware that the meeting was for training in nonviolent direct action, so this raid and the indiscriminate arrest of everyone present is shocking overreach."
07.03.2026 22:38
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📝OUT NOW
In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.
Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.
#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem
05.03.2026 10:02
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I’m really disappointed in @theguardian.com for posting this misinformation and failing to disclose who funds Britain Remade. It’s bad journalism to publish a pro deregulation article from an EDF-funded PR company-created lobby group without that context @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
07.03.2026 13:59
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Pro growth rhetoric claiming to care about our suffering natural world 🦔 Britain Remade is a Tufton Street adjacent think tank that promotes building unfettered by environmental legislation
07.03.2026 11:49
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UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns
Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable
🚨 URGENT 🚨
Experts warn UK must start stockpiling food to prepare for climate shocks or war.
UK is only 54% self-sufficient - much, much lower than eg France, Spain, Netherlands, US, Australia.
We are dangerously reliant on fragile global supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
07.03.2026 10:14
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Ask your MP to meet with ‘Dirty Business’ activists!
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health.
Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership.
I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March...
#DirtyBusiness exposed the human cost of profit before public health.
Our water system won’t be fixed with tinkering. It needs public ownership.
I’ve asked my MP to attend the MP drop-in on 17th March & hear that message directly from sewage campaigners: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
06.03.2026 18:46
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"Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals.
But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels.
Investing in new fossil fuels infrastructure is moral and economic madness."
This is a call for the resignation of Octopus Energy CEO
@gjuk.bsky.social.
And also a complete rethink of the climate movement in the UK.
Greg, the world's top diplomat Antonio Guterres says "Investing in new fossil fuels infrastructure is moral and economic madness". Are you mad? 🧵
06.03.2026 11:59
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🎶🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Oxford Climate Choir will perform in Oxford city centre on Saturday, March 7 in collaboration with youth-led banking campaign SWITCHED!
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11.45- 1pm outside city centre banks
"It is a grim reality that many of our banks continue to invest in fossil fuels, while the planet overheats”
06.03.2026 09:30
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Rising #SeaLevels due to #ClimateChange threatens tens of millions more people than previously thought. New research found about 90% of 385 scientific studies underestimated baseline coastal water height by average of 30cm with some discrepancies up to 550-760cm
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
06.03.2026 10:28
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17 March Prince Charles Cinema.
London premiere of documentary film on the environmental impact of US military. Exempt from international #climate agreements the Pentagon is the world’s single largest institutional polluter—spewing carbon, poisoning water, and scarring landscapes across the globe.
05.03.2026 22:44
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@andrewdessler.com on huge govt subsidies for #FossilFuels. US spends over $81bn every yr to protect oil supply🛢! Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) calculates about 1/5 of US Dept of Defense base budget exists at least partly to keep oil flowing via vulnerable choke points like #StraitOfHormuz
05.03.2026 20:36
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Are you interested in climate & environmental action?
Come to our next meeting!
💚All Rebels Meeting💚
Thursday 19 March
7-9pm
New Rd Baptist Church
Bonn Square
OXFORD
05.03.2026 19:39
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11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close
Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more
📌 ICYMI — 11 Loopholes in Labour’s Elections Bill which MPs are Pushing to Close
Labour MPs break ranks to demand ‘Representation of the People’ law is tightened up to tackle crypto donations, AI deepfakes and more
04.03.2026 22:02
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