Marc

Marc

@marcfrance.bsky.social

Retired, 2x Wind Farm and 1x Solar Park Owner, EV Driver, Fossil Fuel Denier, Tree Hugger, Tofu Eater, Cat Owner, Litter Picker, Carer, Vegan.

702 followers377 following4.9K posts

Stop Rosebank@stopcambo.bsky.social

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

The world has a massive welfare crisis in the making, if we don’t tax AI to fund a universal basic income. @andyburnham.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Okay, but why were they there in the first place?

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social

Green MSP Kate Nevens and SNP MP Lara Bird have been kidnapped by Israel for trying to enter Palestine. The Prime Minister should be demanding their immediate release.

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It’s thanks to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme that tens of thousands of homes across the UK have been able to move away from gas. This programme is working, and we must continue to back it.

Time for Kemi to resign, she’s far too close to this to not actually be compromised or believed to be compromised.

Tom Scott@tom--scott.bsky.social

Jack Ross, who offered to broker the services of a contract killer, was adviser to Kemi Badenoch's office. “Jack would come & go in the office & a few people raised their eyebrows, but it was brushed under the carpet because he got the party clicks on socials." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

Signed

Sarah Finch@sarahfinch.bsky.social

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Signed.

George McGavin@georgemcgavin.bsky.social

💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day Claim to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at her £1.2million four-bedroom pad in a five-month period. Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor, unfortunate.

mirror.co.ukSuella Braverman claims huge taxpayer-funded water bill equal to 18 baths a dayEXCLUSIVE: Benefits-bashing Reform UK MP Suella Braverman claimed £45,000 in parliamentary expenses towards her utility bills, newly-emerged files show - leaving the taxpayer on the hook

Not a lot here to disagree with.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Daisy Cooper, "We need to get Britain growing again, and the single biggest lever to grow our economy, is to get a better deal with t he European Union" "Join the EU Single Market, join the Customs Union, get a better defence pack - and that includes Freedom of Movement"

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The gap between the climate we hope for and the climate we're on track for is widened on the one hand by new fossil fuel developments, and on the other by a better understanding of just how much danger we were already in.

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social

1/5 The green & blue pathways very likely have overly optimistic assumptions about: - climate sensitivity - carbon-cycle feedbacks - scaling carbon dioxide removal - methane cuts The four papers in this thread 🧵 explain why we’ve been underestimating how little room is left.

I’ve missed Greta.

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social

Greta Thunberg comes out to support Lula "If Bolsonaro wins, it will be a disaster for the entire planet... Latin America is not for sale. The eyes of the world are on you Brazil, we are counting on you."

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18 days - UK gas storage capacity, measured against average annual demand 106 days - EU average storage capacity, measured the same way Lack of storage means more exposure to price volatility. Why didn't the UK plan better?

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When a worker wears an Amazon vest, drives an Amazon van and delivers on an Amazon-controlled route, but Amazon denies they work for the company — that's exploitation.

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

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#FOTW Daily Post 20 As well as the atmosphere and oceans, a changing climate can wake the solid Earth When ice melted after the last ice age, the pressure release triggered quakes and eruptions. The ground responds to what we do to the sky Pls share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld

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Elon Musk Just what an incredible fall from grace… From innovative, eco-conscious, cool nerd… 
To depraved, entitled, evil, war-mongering, self-radicalised fuckwit.

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Kudos to NBC New York for saying it without equivocation: "The US is to blame for the world falling behind in the fight against climate change."

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Replying to @octopus.energy

On Sky News this week, Greg made the case for speeding up the replacement of gas in Britain. Hundreds of thousands of heat pump households are already set to save money this winter through smarter, cleaner heating. (🧵 2/3)

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Ten years ago, the EV wave was just beginning. Today there are over 2 million on the roads and the cheapest new car is electric. Heat pumps are having the same moment now. (🧵 1/3)

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"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.

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Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

ft.comRolls-Royce nears taxpayer subsidy deal to develop new engine in UKCompany hopes for state backing of up to £200mn to put towards engine for short-haul aircraft

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Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who starred in “Top Gun,” “Picket Fences” and “Alien,” has died. He was 93. #TomSkerritt #TopGun #PicketFences #Alien

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We Own It@weownit.org.uk

🔥🔥🔥🔥15,000 people have already signed. Add your name now: weownit.org.uk/stopthebailout We have until Thursday, 29th Oct, to get Andy Burnham to BLOCK THE THAMES WATER BAILOUT Now's the moment. Please sign and share widely.

Absolutely.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Fiona Bruce, "You're not keen on Trump or NATO in the Greens" Ellie Chowns, "No, the Green Party's policy is to work as part of NATO" "The nuclear bit should be separated off, we shouldn't have nuclear weapons, in the same way we outlaw biological and chemical weapons"

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“We need to make the transition as fast as possible, not least because genuinely, the future of our kids depends on this.” Ellie Chowns makes the case for accelerating the transition to clean, renewable energy following Labour's approval of Jackdaw on #BBCQT.

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In connection to coming climate breakdown I have been warning of the need for this for years But it will take a lot more than advising on personal actions We will need to be on a government-led 'war' footing to even begin to tackle what's coming www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comEvery Briton should stockpile water and food supplies, government advisesBe Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state

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Miatta can clearly see right from wrong but she's rowed into line twice with a Labour government siding with Shell and Donald Trump on climate vandalism, and into line now on cruel immigration reforms. What is the point of Labour if they can't even do the basics to protect people and the planet?

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The last energy crisis cost Britain £40 BILLION 💸 and just a few years later we’re facing another one. Heat pump support like the BUS grant costs exponentially less, and it tackles the real problem: our dependence on gas. (🧵 1/3)

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#FOTW Daily Post 19 1.5°C equates to key tipping points such as the loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet that, once crossed, won't reverse on any human timescale. 1.5°C isn't a slogan. It's a set of one-way doors to a different world And it's now shut behind us Pls share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld

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Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

You can guarantee that the oil companies won’t be making £0.1 billion, they will be making much, much more than that off the British public.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Krishnan Guru-Murthy asks about the receipts from oil and gas going into Labour's Energy Wealth Fund, Tessa Khan, "The OBR made a forecast before the price spikes caused by the Iran war that by 2030, the tax take from the North Sea oil and gas sector, will be £0.1 billion" Labour is gaslighting