Patrick Harvie

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

Good news is still possible. #Brazil #Serbia

This year's @scottishgreens.org conference gets under way in Inverness, with our co-leaders in discussion with Uplift, in the wake of the UK's reckless approval of new fossil fuel extraction.

The message it sends is completely accurate.

Companies like Amazon profited from our communities while giving far too little back. Scottish Greens would tax billionaire online retailers and use the money raised to support small businesses on our high streets.

Join the movement fighting to redistribute wealth in Scotland. greens.scot/join

Join us to fight back for the climate 🌎🔥 greens.scot/join

Rent Control assessment guidance is *finally* published 🎉 Greens have been pushing to get this for months so we can get Rent Controls done. We want to see them implemented across all of Glasgow, & will keep advocating for that to happen 💚 www.gov.scot/publications...

Jackdaw won't bring down bills or create many jobs. But it will leave us even more dependent on volatile global gas markets, and worsen the climate chaos we already see around us. It's shocking that no other party is willing to stand up for our planet against the greed of oil and gas companies.

This is chilling. Direct links between the so-called "mainstream" of the political right, and the most depraved far right, willing to arrange murder for hire. This reminder of the importance of courageous investigative journalism comes in the same week as yet more cuts were announced by the BBC.

Fantastic news from Aotearoa New Zealand - trans healthcare professionals have won their court case against the government, overturning the country's ban on puberty blockers. Huge respect and congratulations to everyone involved in this fight.

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Labour's approval of the Jackdaw gas field won't cut household energy bills or improve energy security. We need investment in cheap, green renewables to create jobs and cut our bills.

Won’t lower energy bills. Won’t boost energy security And creates just 27 jobs. Compared to all the benefits of investing in renewables and insulating our homes. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...

Flashback to just 15 months ago... Andy Burnham endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty www.carbonbrief.org/28-quotes-fr...

If this was being done by a climate-denying Tory or Reform government, the condemnation would be resounding. It's beyond dismaying that a Labour Government can approve this decision and an SNP one can cheer it on. Neither is doing what it takes to make a sustainable future possible.

The net zero transition has the potential to create up to 40,000 more energy jobs than will be lost, but leaving it to market forces will fail workers. We need a proactive green industrial strategy backed by effective labour market planning. www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...

Doubling down on an approach of continued exploration and production in an ultra mature basin that’s haemorrhaging jobs - despite licences being issued - under the guise of long term job security is fundamentally disingenuous and will fail workers and communities.

Some early morning reading for the Energy Minister #Jackdaw #Rosebank👇

🚨 BREAKING: The UK Labour Government have approved the Jackdaw gas field. This a devastating betrayal of future generations. Jackdaw will make the UK even more dependent on the global gas market. This will do nothing to lower household energy bills and it is dishonest to pretend that it will.

Reform is a party of the super-rich, for the super-rich, and funded by the super-rich. We won't let them win. Join the movement. greens.scot/join

The first Reform MSP has fallen. Amanda Bland has resigned from Reform to sit as an independent. There are just 16 Reform MSPs remaining. May the odds be ever in your favour.

New research from E3G out today once again showing that getting off fossil fuels lowers bills and improves quality of life www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We need to redistribute wealth away from billionaire corporations and put it back into the hands of our communities.

Today’s #realLivingWage rate rise to means a vital pay rise for tens of thousands of workers in Scotland. The rate is now £14.10. Everyone deserves a decent standard of living. For many workers this is a financial lifeline. Find out more on our website scottishlivingwage.org #fairwork

We seem to be in an era of unprecedented stupidity, but this may be the single stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.

Glasgow is seeing a dramatic rise in racist incidents, from physical attacks to racist patrols in streets. The rise of emboldened racists needs to be taken seriously, but protests like this show that the majority of Glaswegians will still not accept racism in their city. Keep fighting back ✊🏾

The UN Human Rights system is being hollowed out by fascists and “gender-critical” transphobes so it can be captured by groups who want to destroy the human rights of everyone.

This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off

Cutting heat pump subsidies to fund the military Digging for new oil and gas in the North Sea Labour’s greenward turn didn’t last long did it? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2662604...

The BBC has sparked a backlash after censoring a pro-trans message which appeared on a Strictly Come Dancing star’s T-shirt

FACTCHECK: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder The Tory "Right Way" booklet makes an erroneous claim about the cost of cutting emissions, possibly taken from a Jan26 thinktank report, and deffo the most idiotic error I've seen for a while 🧵

Investigative journalists found that the Scottish Government was lobbied by industry to use the phrase ‘green data centre’. The government must ensure the views of communities are listened to, not just lobbyists. #FMQs

The typical household gas bill has gone up by 33% since April. Clean renewable energy generation is Scotland's best path to energy security and lower bills.

“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏

Most of the UK’s neighbours have conversion therapy bans France Spain Belgium The Netherlands Germany Norway Portugal & around 30 others incl; Vietnam Argentina Canada Samoa Conversion practices are psychological & physical torture most often targeting trans children. Sonia Sodha disgusts me.