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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law “And so already broad terrorism law will no doubt become broader, and the home secretary’s broad discretionary power will also no doubt become broader” @davidallengreen.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

“We should be making sure that people who make a living by going out to work aren't paying effectively a higher rate of tax than people who get their income from sitting on assets.” Ellie Chowns responds to reports that John Healey has ruled out equalising capital gains tax ahead of the Budget.

Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine, the latest report from a UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded.

We now see that #plastic we drink, eat, breathe harms the human body. But documents from 20y ago show industry scientists aware that microplastic migrates thro gut landing in important organs. Anyone surprised? Deja vu cigarettes, climate change - harmful data ignored and/or we were misinformed.

The BBC needs to provide an explanation for this.

'There is no plan. The National Grid is already failing to take advantage of renewables. The Grid was designed for the coal age, and has been so badly developed and maintained for our changing modern world, it is now dysfunctional.' John Warren, via Bella Caledonia

It's time to address this!

Don't worry everyone, Andy Burnham's got the cost of living crisis solved: We are getting cheaper gherkins 🥒 You read that right: cheaper gherkins 🙄 🥒 For real action to tackle the cost of living crisis: ✅️ Vote Green ✅️ Join.greenparty.org.uk

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis. They profit from polluting industries, and through the ‘adaptation economy’. Super-rich buy govts, control means of production and think tanks. Victims pay higher prices for food, homes, relocations. Who governs?

Three of the 5 splits in the Burnham cabinet identified by the FT political correspondents are to do with climate policy Rosebank, the electric vehicle mandate, Heathrow airport expansion all pitch traditional industry models against the reality of climate breakdown www.ft.com/content/b04b...

Oh look, it's happened again. The report's author clearly states 'clean energy remains Britain’s future' and the government should 'keep net zero as the destination', and yet here's the headline.

I am now safe after being detained and interrogated by Israeli forces and denied entry to Palestine alongside other activists and elected representatives. I will share a fuller statement tomorrow. The @scottishgreens.org stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Do you like being dominated by American lobbyists? This Thursday they’ll continue trying to lock Europe into decades of dependence on US oil and gas. Find the link to take action and learn more at eucandobetter.com

HSBC quarterly pre-tax profits surge 32% to $9.6bn (£7.14bn). Banks receive bailouts, subsidies, pay measly return to savers, hike charges, rely on the state as lender of the last resort but threaten retaliation if taxed. Must levy windfall tax.

Well, who'd have thought? "the [world's] richest 0.1%...... are heavily invested in disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction – a market that is projected to grow from $70bn to $92bn a year by 2029" Another win - win for the parasitic super-rich www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate emissions resulting from approving drilling at Rosebank, expanding Heathrow airport, watering down UK’s EV targets, cutting heat pump grants would be 402m tonnes of CO2 over the next 25 years Greater than the annual emissions of 106 coal plants www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Fossil f. interests secured a staggering 500 meetings with newly elected Labour ministers in the party's 1st year in power alone… There were 1321 contracts between 386 ff companies & 802 advert. & PR agencies in the last year. The skill with which reality can be distorted is sometimes astounding"

Attempts to shine a light on the situation in Palestine must not be silenced. Palestinians must not be abandoned and left to face ethnic cleansing and genocide in silence. Read @katenevens.bsky.social's full statement 👇

'Champions of life' (geographers, anthropologists, ecologists) are lining up against tech bros & their hubris, understanding we are human animals, part of & dependent on the natural world. With @commondescentpod.bsky.social, in the midst of a storm, I reflect on life's persistence, and power

When I say I love Cheesecake Factory, I mean this cat who was found malnourished and wandering through a Bay Area mall parking lot. Cheesecake Factory has since been rescued and nursed back to health. He's now healthy, vaxxed, & sweet, but still needs a loving home www.petfinder.com/cat/cheeseca...

Six blue tits and two great tits were rushed to South Essex Wildlife Hospital after wooden dowels coated in glue had been left in trees and on the ground to trap birds. The birds were ripping out their feathers as they fought to escape. They are now recovering at the Wildlife Hospital.

The politics of people and planet 💚

Almost 600 scientists, ecologists, health professionals and more have called on Andy Burnham to reject the re-submitted application for drilling Rosebank The science is abundantly clear - we cannot open new oil and gas fields. @profbillmcguire.bsky.social

Have all BBC staff been offered places in climate change proof (😅😂🤣) bunkers, I wonder? "Is it real necessary for the BBC to produce puffpieces promoting climate destruction?" via Councillor Alex Mace "Rosebank: Life on the oil field at the centre of political storm" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why doesn't every parking lot get a #solarpower upgrade? We have so many solutions to this crisis. Stop the delays and vote for a leader that will implement them. #ActOnClimate #vote #ClimateEmergency #Climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

UK energy bills could rise even more. Regulator is considering a Market Stabilization Charge to guarantee corporate profits. This would force energy companies to compensate consumers’ old suppliers for lost profits when people switch away. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply.

@profpaulbehrens.bsky.social on TV this morning explaining how climate change impacts our food choices and how our food choices impact climate change

"Across UK & Europe, tens of thousands of deep vertical coal & mineral mine shafts sit abandoned after the fossil-fuel mining era end — and Scottish engineers at Gravitricity have found a way to turn them into giant mechanical grid batteries .." www.facebook.com/engineeringe... via Engineering Facts

Peter Oborne on the West Bank : “A massive programme of ethnic cleansing… I witnessed it, it was horrifying. This is quite explicit, quite deliberate, nothing secret about it - unless of course you read the British press which does prefer not to report troubling matters like that.”

Scotland must put people and planet before the profits of money-hungry corporations. As the human and economic costs of extreme weather grow, governments need to face reality and begin taking the climate crisis seriously.

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

Why do shareholders get the rewards when workers create the wealth a company generates? Is it time to rethink just what companies are for and to require that the rewards be shared more fairly? youtu.be/15r28WaimP8?...

It’s time to end bird shooting. Is shooting a factory-farmed bird with no survival instincts really that much fun? No. Sign up to help us end it: protectthewild.org.uk/join-end-bir...

Share to spread the truth! The bird shooting industry is very good at curating its image. But behind that carefully polished picture lies the truth: birds raised in barren cages, bred in their millions just to be shot.

We talked about climate's impact on food this morning on BBC One's Sunday Morning Live: imported food that has got more expensive (chocolate, coffee, olive oil), food hit at home (milk, onions & potatoes, lamb & beef), and wine changing flavour. And what we can do about it. Full interview below

Visitors to Eglinton Country Park in Ayrshire have been warned after reports of animal snares being set in woodland and surrounding countryside. Anyone who spots a snare should report it to Police Scotland on 101, providing photos and a location if possible.

Woody Harrelson voices Exxon's latest ad for ... El Niño

I literally spent a year investigating how the government props up Shell, and then they do this!

The budget is just a few days away. Will Labour tax the super-rich? Will they introduce a wealth tax? Watch our wealth tax explainer to find out why it's time for a #WealthTax ⬇️

It seems targeting British school children for the crime of protesting against genocide is far more important to Friend of Israel Andy Burnham than prosecuting a British volunteer in the Israeli army who helped burn down a Gaza school murdering Palestinian children

We know AI data centres hurt wildlife. That's what this research report from the University of Hertfordshire proves. It's about Equinix's Hertfordshire Campus next to South Mimms services, but it applies to every hyperscale facility in the UK.

ICYM A Sunday afternoon read on the government’s looming decision on Rosebank and how if you’re going to phase out fossil fuels - as you need to - then you need to pull every available policy lever to tackle continuing oil and gas demand. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

Beware of finance industry lobbying. It hired PwC (the firm that delivers dud audits) to produce a report, claiming that UK banks face highest rates of tax. The report included taxes not borne by banks. Omitted countries that levy higher rates of taxes. Integrity never gets in the way of profits.

The UK Government’s approval of the Jackdaw gas field is a climate catastrophe. It'll do nothing to lower household bills. It'll have no meaningful impact on the UK’s energy security. It'll only help greedy shareholders rake in obscene profits. greens.scot/news/jackdaw...

Heat-related urban mortality attributable to human-induced climate change in Europe from 2000 to 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

This is what climate change looks like... The evidence is here. We need to make it impossible to ignore. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Severe climate impacts are arriving decades earlier than expected The UK is not prepared. It’s time for government to hold an emergency briefing to the nation. In the meantime you can watch our film: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map It’s #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

A consultation is open until Wednesday 28 October over Cardiff's Llanrumney data centre. Make your voice heard: the neighbouring Rhymney River is home to otters, kingfishers and bats. The data centre could be bad news for them.

"So who is the homicidal maniac in this story? It’s a scarcely examined abstraction we call “the economy”, a monster to whom anything and everything must be sacrificed without question or resistance: farmed animals, wild ones, even, unless we are fortunate, human beings in their millions."

"farming mink for their fur, a cruel and pointless practice, continues in Europe, North America and China. There’s a high chance that the next pandemic, whatever it may be, will emerge in one of these places. .... we need a global treaty to ban mink farming."