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🤨 Investing £22billion of public money in a technology with a track record of failure is NOT going to help the UK achieve its climate goals, or create good green jobs. Here’s why (thread):

🎬 *Ours ~ againn* will tour Scotland to spark vital conversations about ownership, justice and our collective power in our energy system. We’re hiring an Impact Coordinator to help us reach dozens of communities across Scotland. ⚡️Join us! Apply by 1 Feb 2026 platformlondon.org/vacancies/

Thanks for highlighting this. It’s worth also flagging that beyond the immediate £22bn allocated, the Gov expects the total cost of #CCS to 2050 to run to many hundreds of billions. Partly public, partly private - but all paid by us. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...

The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions. At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies. Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃

NEW 🚨: Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...

📣 Tonight! Join us and this brill panel to learn about the damage caused by oily lobbying and how we can overpower its influence to shape climate & energy policy for public good! 🎟️ bit.ly/powered-poll... 🌟 @graceblakeley.substack.com @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @influencemap.bsky.social

📢 Join our team! We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change. platformlondon.org/vacancies

More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.

🚨 Hunger in the UK ISN’T about a lack of food. People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high. It’s so wrong🧵

Working class communities have a long history of anti racist solidarity. Billionaires poison everything. Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred. It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society. inews.co.uk/news/racism-...

⚡☀️ Behind the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat lies a troubling story: Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat. A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊

We're really excited to see @cescotland.bsky.social's manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! 👏 Scotland deserves an energy system that serves and benefits local communities - not just corporations' profits. 🌱 👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...

Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030. That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable. @rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”

📣We’ve published our manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system. 👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...

World news 🌍🤩 PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌 🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🆕 Excited to announce the 9 blocs representing the breadth of our movement! If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/ See you on the streets on 20 September ✊

The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine. Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide. ✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/

⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰ The stakes couldn’t be clearer: 🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer 🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year 🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer

Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine. We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer

National siege on Labour TODAY. We demand: 👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel 👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights 👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza 👉David Lammy resign @palyouthmvmt.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DM6KYNl...

Protest outside Wes Streeting's office on Monday

📢 TOMORROW! Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP on the government's Pensions Review so we can upscale our #divestment campaigns to win fossil free #pensions for all! 👉 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...

"A local entrepreneur spoke about the need to remember ‘the heart’ instead of just appealing to ‘the head’ in narratives of climate action." Wonderful to see this paper exploring the importance of dedicated climate spaces like Climate Action Leeds in Leeds 💚 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...

With the Pension Schemes Bill making its way through Parliament, now is a key moment to push the government to make our pensions fossil free. Join UK Divest and Hope for the Future to learn how to effectively engage your MP and win better pensions for all! Register:

🗳️ Join UK Divest for a workshop with Hope for the Future and @thefinancelab.bsky.social about engaging our MPs during the government's landmark Pensions Review, so we can win fossil free pensions for all. 🌱 ⏰ 4 August at 6.30pm 📍 Online 🔗 Register here: www.hftf.org.uk/event/how-to...

🚨 The clock is ticking... It’s 100 days before the UK government must deliver a new climate plan. With the Met Office saying that extreme weather is now the UK’s new normal, we can’t afford any more weak promises from those in power. And we’re not the only ones who agree...

Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank It's time for Keir Starmer make the right choice 👀

Fossil fuel companies have invested more than £4 billion across 200 sponsorship deals in sport. Chris Packham lays out why the government needs to pan fossil fuel advertising in sport. @Chrisgpackham.bsky.social

⏰ LAST CALL: Tomorrow, MPs will attend the second reading of the Pensions Schemes Bill. Our MPs must take this chance to support fossil fuel divestment as part of the UK's pensions reform. We can't retire in a world on fire! 👉 Please ask your MP to attend the second reading now:

📢 TOMORROW: MPs will debate a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, for the first time in UK history. 💌 Take 2 minutes to ask your MP to attend the debate and support a ban on fossil fuel ads & sponsorship now:

📣 URGENT: The Pensions Schemes Bill has its second reading on Monday. This is a vital moment to call on our MPs to support fossil fuel divestment as part of the UK's pensions reform. 💌 Please take 2 minutes to ask your MP to attend the second reading: