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The UK feels the pinch of climate change too, in rising prices. Meanwhile, this rotten to the core regime is supporting fossil fuels and the extraction industries. Idiots. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable cropsGrowers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketingwww.theguardian.com
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisisIran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damagewww.theguardian.com
“It’s perverse that people who want to walk and cycle are penalised because the motor traffic is too polluting". National Highways closes cycling and walking routes beside heavily polluted roads lauralaker.substack.com/p/national-h...
National Highways closes walking and cycling routes beside heavily polluted roadsRoads body accused of 'perversely penalising' walkers and cyclists for motor traffic pollutionlauralaker.substack.com
I’ve just responded to the government’s consultation by saying no to Heathrow’s climate-wrecking third runway. Will you join me and tell the government you oppose expansion too? @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/say-n...
Stop Heathrow's climate-wrecking third runwayTake action We're in a climate crisis, with out-of-control wildfires in the UK, France and Spain and an ongoing battle to clean up the air in our cities. So why is Andy Burnham's government backing pl...action.friendsoftheearth.uk
Rosebank is the defining climate test for this Government. New North Sea oil and gas fields are inconsistent with our climate commitments, won't lower bills. Approving it locks us deeper into fossil fuels we can't afford. adura.com/projects/ros...
Rosebank – AduraThe Rosebank field is located around 130 kilometres north-west of Shetland. The Rosebank field will be developed in two phases with subsea wells tied back to a redeployed Floating Production Storage…adura.comIt's deeply irresponsible of Reform-led councils, like the one here in Suffolk, to be taking backward steps on climate and nature. Firefighters are battling extreme heat while Reform councils stick their heads in the sand to please their political donors.
Irresponsible Reform-led councils.It's deeply irresponsible of Reform-led councils, like the one here in Suffolk, to be taking backward steps on climate and nature.
Firefighters are battling extreme heat while Reform councils stick…youtube.comClimate resilience has been, at best, an afterthought for the seven Prime Ministers since the Climate Change Act. Andy Burnham must not repeat this grave mistake. We need a proper investment plan to tackle the impacts of heatwaves, droughts and all the risks ahead, or we will all pay the price.
www.ft.comBritain has entered a new climate reality, and the Government hasn't grasped it. Last week I led a debate on extreme heat and the cross-government action needed to protect us. Here's some of what I said.
It's wrong that creditors have loaded Thames Water with debt while paying themselves billions in dividends. Now they're offering the Govt a "golden share" to avoid full public ownership. Not enough. Water privatisation is a failed experiment. We need Thames Water brought into public ownership.
Thames Water lenders consider offering ‘golden share’ to avert nationalisationLondon & Valley Water said ‘material improvements’ are being made on its previous £10 billion proposal to appease government concerns over the deal.www.independent.co.ukThe astronomical sums paid to water company executives are a perfect illustration of everything that is wrong with treating this essential public resource as a private commodity. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollutionExclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can revealwww.theguardian.comIt is grotesque that Barclays, having pumped billions into coal, oil and gas expansion, is now looking at a global food crisis being deepened by climate breakdown and seeing a trading opportunity. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Barclays spots a chance to profit from extreme weather crisisEurope’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño that could leave millions starvingwww.thebureauinvestigates.comThe NFU is right. This is the new climate reality. It doesn't matter whether people believe it's climate change. It won't care when we run out of water, food costs rocket & wildfires spread. We need a Climate Adaptation Minister to lead cross-govt action www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Half of England in drought as farmers warn food prices could soarProducing crops becoming harder and more expensive and prices could rise, farmers warnwww.independent.co.ukI want to thank our fire and emergency services for their dedicated work in incredibly difficult conditions battling the wildfire at Dunwich. I urge the public to follow the safety advice to stay away from the area and keep doors and windows closed.
Holiday park evacuated as 90 firefighters tackle Suffolk heath wildfireMajor incident declared, Sizewell B power station closely monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve closed to visitorswww.theguardian.com
If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. Out government & its Transport Minister is part of the problem. "Green fuel production" my arse. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airportwww.theguardian.comAs extreme weather causes more events like wildfires & flooding, fire services are getting more stretched. The Government must make sure fire & rescue teams are properly resourced to provide their vital services. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Norfolk fire service faces £1m overspend amid extreme weatherJustine Thomas, a Reform UK councillor, says tighter financial controls are needed.www.bbc.com
Parliamentary Standards are investigating Tice for failing to declare an interest, as is required, prior to speaking in a relevant debate. “ISRAEL SPENT £50,000 LOBBYING REFORM Before deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influence” www.declassifieduk.org/israel-spent...
Israel spent £50,000 lobbying ReformBefore deputy leader Richard Tice told MPs not to talk about Israeli influencewww.declassifieduk.org
"The politicians basically serve the rich, the wealthy, and their self-interest." Listen to this man in Nigel Farage's constituency.
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
Damian CarringtonBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The Guga hunt isn’t over just yet! That’s why I walked / ran 16km in laps around the Scottish Parliament. Because only through amending Section 16 will the hunt end forever! It was a slog today and hopefully the last time I have to put on the iconic costume!