Jill Belch
@jillbelch.bsky.social
Citizen. Environmentalist for 1/3 of a century. Researcher #pollution #climate. Doctor. Likes people. Believes in equality, fairness, & truth.
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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September 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
This is a disgrace.
Why should consumers finance expansion of a monopoly’s assets (the #NationalGrid) through higher bills while shareholders simultaneously receive growing dividends & ultimately benefit from the increased value & earnings of that enlarged asset?
Why should consumers finance expansion of a monopoly’s assets (the #NationalGrid) through higher bills while shareholders simultaneously receive growing dividends & ultimately benefit from the increased value & earnings of that enlarged asset?
September 13, 2026 at 7:25 AM
This is a disgrace.
Why should consumers finance expansion of a monopoly’s assets (the #NationalGrid) through higher bills while shareholders simultaneously receive growing dividends & ultimately benefit from the increased value & earnings of that enlarged asset?
Why should consumers finance expansion of a monopoly’s assets (the #NationalGrid) through higher bills while shareholders simultaneously receive growing dividends & ultimately benefit from the increased value & earnings of that enlarged asset?
September 13, 2026 at 7:10 AM
“The gathering raises much bigger questions about UK’s rising anti-abortion movement, the funding behind it, & how it’s converging with the racial politics of population & identity.
“Their vision is for a world where women can’t make choices about our own bodies”
#RIPWomensRights
“Their vision is for a world where women can’t make choices about our own bodies”
#RIPWomensRights
September 13, 2026 at 6:58 AM
“The gathering raises much bigger questions about UK’s rising anti-abortion movement, the funding behind it, & how it’s converging with the racial politics of population & identity.
“Their vision is for a world where women can’t make choices about our own bodies”
#RIPWomensRights
“Their vision is for a world where women can’t make choices about our own bodies”
#RIPWomensRights
Good news
Trump forcing consumers to pay for ageing coal plant saying “cheap energy”
Coal ➡️ x2 CO2 as gas+pollution (PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Mercury)
Company wanted to shut it to save Michigan customers $600m.
Instead, Trump ordered it to remain, costing $295m, which Utility Co is recovering from customers
Trump forcing consumers to pay for ageing coal plant saying “cheap energy”
Coal ➡️ x2 CO2 as gas+pollution (PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Mercury)
Company wanted to shut it to save Michigan customers $600m.
Instead, Trump ordered it to remain, costing $295m, which Utility Co is recovering from customers
September 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Good news
Trump forcing consumers to pay for ageing coal plant saying “cheap energy”
Coal ➡️ x2 CO2 as gas+pollution (PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Mercury)
Company wanted to shut it to save Michigan customers $600m.
Instead, Trump ordered it to remain, costing $295m, which Utility Co is recovering from customers
Trump forcing consumers to pay for ageing coal plant saying “cheap energy”
Coal ➡️ x2 CO2 as gas+pollution (PM2.5, SO2, NOx, Mercury)
Company wanted to shut it to save Michigan customers $600m.
Instead, Trump ordered it to remain, costing $295m, which Utility Co is recovering from customers
“Minor source of #pollution”
I don’t think so, @telegraph.
I don’t think so, @telegraph.
September 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
“Minor source of #pollution”
I don’t think so, @telegraph.
I don’t think so, @telegraph.
And yet @andyburnham just rolled back the limitations on political donations.
Our country will soon be overtly run by the very, very rich.
RIP #Democracy.
Our country will soon be overtly run by the very, very rich.
RIP #Democracy.
September 12, 2026 at 7:56 AM
And yet @andyburnham just rolled back the limitations on political donations.
Our country will soon be overtly run by the very, very rich.
RIP #Democracy.
Our country will soon be overtly run by the very, very rich.
RIP #Democracy.
It doesn’t matter, @BBC, if the science says #guga nos wouldn’t have been ‘materially affected’ by the hunt
It’s just bloody cruel…
Thanks to >106,000 people who signed the petition, baby birds won’t be ripped from the nest by hooks then have their head bashed in for ‘tradition’
It’s just bloody cruel…
Thanks to >106,000 people who signed the petition, baby birds won’t be ripped from the nest by hooks then have their head bashed in for ‘tradition’
September 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It doesn’t matter, @BBC, if the science says #guga nos wouldn’t have been ‘materially affected’ by the hunt
It’s just bloody cruel…
Thanks to >106,000 people who signed the petition, baby birds won’t be ripped from the nest by hooks then have their head bashed in for ‘tradition’
It’s just bloody cruel…
Thanks to >106,000 people who signed the petition, baby birds won’t be ripped from the nest by hooks then have their head bashed in for ‘tradition’
Do the maths folks..
Tackling #AirPollution & climate change together would boost global GDP by 2.8% by 2035.
This compared with more than 2% of GDP spent on subsidies for fossil fuels in 2022, which contribute to harms when burnt, and about 9% added costs on healthcare in 2023.
Tackling #AirPollution & climate change together would boost global GDP by 2.8% by 2035.
This compared with more than 2% of GDP spent on subsidies for fossil fuels in 2022, which contribute to harms when burnt, and about 9% added costs on healthcare in 2023.
September 10, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Do the maths folks..
Tackling #AirPollution & climate change together would boost global GDP by 2.8% by 2035.
This compared with more than 2% of GDP spent on subsidies for fossil fuels in 2022, which contribute to harms when burnt, and about 9% added costs on healthcare in 2023.
Tackling #AirPollution & climate change together would boost global GDP by 2.8% by 2035.
This compared with more than 2% of GDP spent on subsidies for fossil fuels in 2022, which contribute to harms when burnt, and about 9% added costs on healthcare in 2023.
A temporary increase of 2oC with El Niño….
Practice for the real thing estimated by 2040.
Maybe it’ll make folk act???
SSP5-8.5 gives a best estimate of 4.4°C by 2081–2100 if we continue to emit as we are doing.
#Climate
Practice for the real thing estimated by 2040.
Maybe it’ll make folk act???
SSP5-8.5 gives a best estimate of 4.4°C by 2081–2100 if we continue to emit as we are doing.
#Climate
September 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
A temporary increase of 2oC with El Niño….
Practice for the real thing estimated by 2040.
Maybe it’ll make folk act???
SSP5-8.5 gives a best estimate of 4.4°C by 2081–2100 if we continue to emit as we are doing.
#Climate
Practice for the real thing estimated by 2040.
Maybe it’ll make folk act???
SSP5-8.5 gives a best estimate of 4.4°C by 2081–2100 if we continue to emit as we are doing.
#Climate
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 9, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
I just cannot believe the American people tolerate this utterly disgusting post from their President.
September 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I just cannot believe the American people tolerate this utterly disgusting post from their President.
There is something wrong with this man.
Bet some in Iceland wishing they’d voted ‘yes’….
Bet some in Iceland wishing they’d voted ‘yes’….
September 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
There is something wrong with this man.
Bet some in Iceland wishing they’d voted ‘yes’….
Bet some in Iceland wishing they’d voted ‘yes’….
Yes!
Spain wants the EU to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change, after drought and wildfires ravaged western Europe during the region’s hottest summer on record.
Spain wants the EU to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change, after drought and wildfires ravaged western Europe during the region’s hottest summer on record.
September 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Yes!
Spain wants the EU to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change, after drought and wildfires ravaged western Europe during the region’s hottest summer on record.
Spain wants the EU to tax oil and gas company profits to fund measures to adapt to climate change, after drought and wildfires ravaged western Europe during the region’s hottest summer on record.
Anyone else raging….
Lobbying
Lobbying
September 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Anyone else raging….
Lobbying
Lobbying
The UN Environment Programme said in its latest report on Wednesday that the planet would surpass 1.5C of warming above the pre-industrial level “likely within the next few years”.
Tbh we are headed to almost 4oC if we don’t act now.
Unliveable….
#climate
Tbh we are headed to almost 4oC if we don’t act now.
Unliveable….
#climate
September 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The UN Environment Programme said in its latest report on Wednesday that the planet would surpass 1.5C of warming above the pre-industrial level “likely within the next few years”.
Tbh we are headed to almost 4oC if we don’t act now.
Unliveable….
#climate
Tbh we are headed to almost 4oC if we don’t act now.
Unliveable….
#climate
Oh and by the way, says our Govt, stock up on essentials because of…..#ClimateChange
September 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Oh and by the way, says our Govt, stock up on essentials because of…..#ClimateChange
“Tice & Farage claim net zero would be economically ruinous - simply wrong. They say UK is acting alone in cutting emissions - untrue. These are pernicious myths. They have obscured scientific fact - net zero is the description of where you need to get to, to stop the climate crisis getting worse.”
September 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
“Tice & Farage claim net zero would be economically ruinous - simply wrong. They say UK is acting alone in cutting emissions - untrue. These are pernicious myths. They have obscured scientific fact - net zero is the description of where you need to get to, to stop the climate crisis getting worse.”
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🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate.
🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor...
📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on
⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate.
🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor...
📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on
⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
September 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate.
🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor...
📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on
⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate.
🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor...
📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on
⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
#AirPollution will claim so many lives from this #wildfire.
Yet it’s ‘drill baby drill’.
Honestly, the human race are behaving like lemmings….
still burning fossil fuels with the world burning too.
Yet it’s ‘drill baby drill’.
Honestly, the human race are behaving like lemmings….
still burning fossil fuels with the world burning too.
September 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
#AirPollution will claim so many lives from this #wildfire.
Yet it’s ‘drill baby drill’.
Honestly, the human race are behaving like lemmings….
still burning fossil fuels with the world burning too.
Yet it’s ‘drill baby drill’.
Honestly, the human race are behaving like lemmings….
still burning fossil fuels with the world burning too.
Isn’t it awful to watch what the rich will do to hold on to their cash, rather than pay a fair share.
#TaxTheVeryRich
#TaxTheVeryRich
August 30, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Isn’t it awful to watch what the rich will do to hold on to their cash, rather than pay a fair share.
#TaxTheVeryRich
#TaxTheVeryRich
Tasmanian govt assessing 100 dead little penguins on King Island. Then the govt withdrawing researchers from Macquarie Island due to “psychosocial risk” of witnessing mass seal deaths from H5N1 in seal breeding season.
Started with intensive poultry farming.
Started with intensive poultry farming.
August 30, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Tasmanian govt assessing 100 dead little penguins on King Island. Then the govt withdrawing researchers from Macquarie Island due to “psychosocial risk” of witnessing mass seal deaths from H5N1 in seal breeding season.
Started with intensive poultry farming.
Started with intensive poultry farming.
So here is a science based report.
From the UK Government.
It’s frightening.
Seen it in the millionaire owned, fossil fuel linked media?
Nope.
Don’t you find that strange?
#Ecosystems
From the UK Government.
It’s frightening.
Seen it in the millionaire owned, fossil fuel linked media?
Nope.
Don’t you find that strange?
#Ecosystems
August 30, 2026 at 8:02 AM
So here is a science based report.
From the UK Government.
It’s frightening.
Seen it in the millionaire owned, fossil fuel linked media?
Nope.
Don’t you find that strange?
#Ecosystems
From the UK Government.
It’s frightening.
Seen it in the millionaire owned, fossil fuel linked media?
Nope.
Don’t you find that strange?
#Ecosystems
Some suffered months-long lice infestations & misdeclared death tolls, others found to have overused chemicals & deployed unsafe unauthorised equipment. No farms had their 'green tick' accreditations removed, unless voluntarily.
One previous auditor from another area described findings as “the norm”
One previous auditor from another area described findings as “the norm”
August 30, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Some suffered months-long lice infestations & misdeclared death tolls, others found to have overused chemicals & deployed unsafe unauthorised equipment. No farms had their 'green tick' accreditations removed, unless voluntarily.
One previous auditor from another area described findings as “the norm”
One previous auditor from another area described findings as “the norm”