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Help stop polluters and their political allies from dismantling Europe's environmental laws. Our water, air, and health are literally on the line. As a start, it takes 1 min to sign the petition! 🌍 #HandsOffNature
handsoffnature.eu?mc_cid=6a900...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
October 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Interesting read: What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what...
What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along
www.middleeasteye.net
October 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Why not join ClientEarth's campaign for a ban on toxic forever chemicals in everyday products? Do you want toxic chemicals in everyday products?

act.clientearth.org/page/194938/...
Take a stand against PFAS: Join now.
From tap water to cosmetic products, toxic forever chemicals are everywhere, and our health is paying the price.
act.clientearth.org
October 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Help make a right to food a reality.

Sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

#RightToFood 🍽️
Prime Minister, Make a Right To Food a reality! 🍽️
Write to the PM now and demand a Right To Food 🍽️
actionnetwork.org
October 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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We're proud to have been part of the Right to Food UK Commission, and its findings are clear. It's time for a Right to Food Bill 💛

Sign our petition for a Right to Food Bill 👉 amn.st/63327BGSPqV
September 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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"Obesity and climate change: co-crises with common solutions": www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
September 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission (FFCC) estimates the UK’s health-related costs attributable to unhealthy diets is £298 bn/yr – and the incremental expenditure needed to bring household food budgets up to the cost of achieving the Eatwell Guide is £51 bn/yr! ffcc.co.uk/publications...
The False Economy of Big Food
Fresh thinking and practical action for a food system that works for people, nature and the real economy.
ffcc.co.uk
September 25, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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What an absolutely ridiculous conversation England is having about its extreme ideological experiment with privatisation

It's really not that complicated

9 out of 10 water systems worldwide are in public ownership (1/6)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andy Burnham talks about ‘public control’ of the utilities but it’s a minefield. We can lead him through it | Will Hutton and Andy Haldane
Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit, say journalist and economist Will Hutton and former chief economist of the Ba...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:08 AM
“illegal waste disposal, organised criminality and the failure of agencies to apprehend these issues ... it’s just depressing and extraordinary”

Reportedly, there are at least 8,000 illegal dumping sites in the UK, containing approximately 13m tonnes of rubbish.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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“It’s a race against time for scientists to identify new species before deep sea mining threatens to wipe out fragile ecosystems for ever. Scientists estimate only 0.001% of deep sea floor – where sunlight fades to total darkness – has been observed by humans”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meet Barbie Pig: new documentary reveals the wonders of life on the Pacific seabed
A magical new film captures the secret life of the deep sea in a stretch of the ocean at risk from industrial mining
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Editorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied Oleshky
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia. The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...
kyivindependent.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Senior professionals have sounded the alarm.

Food industry commercial plans are in direct conflict with environmental, health & welfare goals.

Read the Insiders’ Guide to Meat & Dairy here: www.insidetrack.org.uk/meat-and-dairy

#MeatAndDairy

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November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The Plan To End BIG Oil Tyranny | Aaron Bastani Meets Tessa Khan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUBc...
The Plan To End BIG Oil Tyranny | Aaron Bastani Meets Tessa Khan
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Unless governments and regulators insist on a rapid phaseout, we will face a new tidal wave of forever chemicals due to demand from datacentres
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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🦩 After nature protections weakened, developers pushed for a resort in Albania, sparking uproar.

Now the EU is weakening nature and public checks for large “strategic” projects (e.g. giga data centres).

Read why this could become a gift for polluters: substack.com/home/post/p-...

#HandsOffNature
September 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse.

My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth.

Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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📱 Four in five smartphone model records failed our EU repair-information check.⁠
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We reviewed 2,334 records in the EU’s official EPREL database. Only 18% clearly led consumers to the required repair information.⁠
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Almost half left the relevant fields blank.
September 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Free the Zaporizhzhia 15, solidarity with Ukraine’s workers – support the NUM motion to TUC Congress 

Please add your name to this Open Letter supporting the National Union of Mineworkers' motion to the upcoming TUC Congress – see below. We particularly encourage members of TUC-affiliated trade…
Free the Zaporizhzhia 15, solidarity with Ukraine’s workers – support the NUM motion to TUC Congress 
Please add your name to this Open Letter supporting the National Union of Mineworkers' motion to the upcoming TUC Congress – see below. We particularly encourage members of TUC-affiliated trade unions to sign, but it is open to all. You can sign via the form here. Please share widely! We the undersigned, trade unionists and campaigners, encourage unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress to support…
ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
August 31, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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There's still time to kick our deadly addiction to burning fossil fuels
'The climate alarm is blaring'
'Blaring...from every direction'. Europe’s extreme fires will only worsen unless we act with force.
theecologist.org
September 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM