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"The report, led by @kevinclimate.bsky.social from the @tyndallcentre.bsky.social, found that wealthy countries such as the #UK, #US and #Australia had until 2034 *to stop all oil and gas production* to give the world a 50% chance of preventing devastating climate breakdown"

I'd call this MoD corporate capture by Palantir / corruption...

This is real wallet-inspector stuff. The MoD asked *Palantir* to tell them how to buy tech. And Palantir, which has done very well out of non-competitive procurement, said: ‘yes, more of that please’.

While we were discussing how to end perverse polluter advertising that fuels climate chaos, the UK's Energy Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh was on BBC News promoting Shell and the Jackdaw gasfield approval by wearing a jacket adorned with a Shell logo h/t @lindaaspey.bsky.social

To save the British High Street – we must break the banking monopoly For the current government, this is a golden opportunity to fund the public sector by fixing the private one northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...

Fixed it for them

Carbon Brief looked into this last year and it turns out the the four times fewer emissions claim only refers to the emissions that come from the process of extracting and delivering the gas, which are much smaller than those from burning it. www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-no...

📢 The UK Govt has approved the Jackdaw gasfield. This shows how hard the fossil fuel lobby is pushing. We must urge the Govt not to approve Rosebank oilfield, which could release 7-10x more CO2 than Jackdaw. 🚨Take action and contact your MP now: act.clientearth.org/page/202922/...

📌 ICYMI — The Media ‘Manufactured’ Millionaire Exodus From UK, Campaigners Tell IPSO in Open Letter — BylineTimes Eleven campaign groups write to the official regulator demanding an investigation, saying eight newspapers misrepresented a discredited study in their reporting

Jackdaw will not bring down bills or protect jobs. This is an irresponsible decision from a government that seems to care more about the profits of fossil fuel companies than the money in your pocket or the safety of our planet.

Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

What advice for Burnham? “Renationalise water. Invest in the NHS... Some form of rent controls. The proud history of council houses reimagined as models for affordable, climate-friendly living. The affordable food basket. Make public transportation very cheap, free even, in overcrowded cities.”

REVEALED: British diplomats help oil giants drill new fields despite UK ban: abolishwestminster.com/british-dipl... (also, check out our shiny new site)

@andyburnham.bsky.social This makes a complete nonsense of opening up Jackdaw and Rosebank There is simply not one single reason why this would be a good thing NO MORE NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Allowing this dead-company-walking to be bailed out again, instead of taking it into Special Administration and then permanent public ownership, would be a disgrace and a betrayal by the Andy Burnham government Enough is enough.

I just signed a petition calling on the EU to defend the International Criminal Court against sanctions. The EU has a powerful tool that could protect it. Join me and add your name now: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...

Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/18/heat-pumps-insulation-warm-homes-plan-beat-new-oilfields-cutting-uk-cost-of-living-study

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Ministers are refusing to publish vital briefings which contain significant material related to Palantir’s NHS software. As the deadline looms to renew the spy-tech firm’s £330m contract, they’re keeping us in the dark. We can't let them 👇 https://goodlaw.social/t8tf

£150bn is on the table. EU membership is a no-brainer. https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/rejoining-eu-boost-growth-6-per-cent-goldman-sachs-zz3tlc8hn

US sources have confirmed the order to throttle Starshield to hobble Ukraine's ability to defend itself came from within the White House. The security implications for the UK are huge. Along with other European nations, we MUST decouple our defence capabilities from the US. bsky.app/profile/reut...

The NHS's revised guidance on single-sex wards is cruel, unworkable and LGBTIQA+ Greens calls on Labour to withdraw it and reform the Equality Act.

OK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/

UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.

1 College 4 High Schools 13 Primary Schools are within 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 of the Royal Navy's first-ever test of nuclear-powered submarine dismantling by direct removal of the pressure vessel. Described by the British government as a "complex world first" operation. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

A 23-country study reveals that a majority of people worldwide embraces both nuclear deterrence and disarmament. The studies authors argue that this exposes a pragmatic flexibility that gives policymakers rare leeway for creative diplomacy. buff.ly/rPUzgSn

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Amid the controversy of Palantir infiltrating & running our public services, in an excellent Green Isles piece James Baker of @openrightsgroup.org sets out an ecology of digital sovereignty, what a community-owned domestic tech infrastructure might look like. www.greenisles.uk/ecological-d...

💥BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a historic moment. The era of First Past the Post is coming to an end. It's time to transform politics and make all votes count. It's time for Proportional Representation.

Cross party support. Seen as fair. Good for the economy. And long, long overdue! 💚

If you're sick of Labour's hypocrisy; if you're disgusted by Labour Friends of Israel; if you want to send a message to Burnham to lift the ban; if you want sincere representatives; if you want MPs who don't take bribes; if you're against genocide... #VoteGreen! #IOpposeGenocide #PalestineAction

What the headlines don’t tell us about Gaza Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear

Nearly 2,000 people are backing the call for Ikea to pull their ads from Murdoch's Talk Radio - you can add your voice here: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik...

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

In just four days, on Sunday 27th September, hundreds more will gather together in Liverpool to oppose this unjust attack on our freedoms. Will you join them? wedonotcomply.org

Great piece by @owenjones.bsky.social Looking forward to the book 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW PIECE: Football said it couldn’t afford to lose gambling sponsors. Then twenty Premier League clubs started this season without a front shirt betting sponsor Football did not collapse. So why do many view high-carbon industries so differently? 🧵

Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social

"So every year you failed to deliver what's necessary, the following year is harder... if the problem gets harder every single year, I don't call that progress. Progress is only when that you make you're either delivering what you need to or you're going over & above that"-@kevinclimate.bsky.social

Of all the blueprints I have read on how to redress the long-term damage austerity and financialisation have inflicted upon Britain's society, this one is the most impressive - and hope inspiring. A must read.

I've been quietly working on this all summer. It started with a question I couldn't shake: why does a country with this much money keep saying it can't afford anything? And what can we actually build? See what you think. HostageNation.com

@privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...

#Russia deliberately sabotaging electricity supply lines at #Zaporizhzhia #nuclear power plant (ZNPP) . No evidence of claimed Ukrainian strikes. www.greenpeace.org/ukraine/en/n...

"How can regular folks evaluate which information to trust, when so many messengers sound credible?" @sammyroth.bsky.social asks @drilledmedia.bsky.social's @amywestervelt.bsky.social: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/artificial... #ClimateSky

Definitely go read “Brought to You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy.” But here's the TL;DR version. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/artificial...

"We are still debating whether Rosebank, Jackdaw, Horse Hill, and expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester... are compatible with our climate commitments... ...Just no! ...The atmosphere does not respond to ministerial announcements. CO₂ molecules are unmoved by accounting fiddles."