Reading Against the Incinerator (RATI)
@incineratorrati.bsky.social
Reading, Reading West & Mid Berkshire, Earley & Woodley, Wokingham communities taking action to stop the build-out and subsequent operation of now approved Incinerator.
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Getting incinerators included in the EU ETS was and is a massive win 💪 But… because, there is always a but...
The proposal allows certain types of plants – specifically, combined heat-and-power (roughly 60% of EU incinerators) – to get a carbon cost discount in the first part of the phase-in 💸
The proposal allows certain types of plants – specifically, combined heat-and-power (roughly 60% of EU incinerators) – to get a carbon cost discount in the first part of the phase-in 💸
September 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Getting incinerators included in the EU ETS was and is a massive win 💪 But… because, there is always a but...
The proposal allows certain types of plants – specifically, combined heat-and-power (roughly 60% of EU incinerators) – to get a carbon cost discount in the first part of the phase-in 💸
The proposal allows certain types of plants – specifically, combined heat-and-power (roughly 60% of EU incinerators) – to get a carbon cost discount in the first part of the phase-in 💸
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📢✍♻ WRITE TO YOUR MP TO SUPPORT RECYCLING by asking them to support the call from 40 environmental groups urging the Government to move the UK away from harmful incineration and towards reduction, re-use and recycling. ukwin.eaction.org.uk/incineration
August 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
📢✍♻ WRITE TO YOUR MP TO SUPPORT RECYCLING by asking them to support the call from 40 environmental groups urging the Government to move the UK away from harmful incineration and towards reduction, re-use and recycling. ukwin.eaction.org.uk/incineration
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The UK Hydrological Summary for July looks back at an unprecedented month. It was the driest July in both England and Wales, and third driest of any month for England (in records from 1890).
Low flows in many catchments, reservoir stocks decline, dry soils...
Full summary tinyurl.com/53ejhrpd
Low flows in many catchments, reservoir stocks decline, dry soils...
Full summary tinyurl.com/53ejhrpd
August 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The UK Hydrological Summary for July looks back at an unprecedented month. It was the driest July in both England and Wales, and third driest of any month for England (in records from 1890).
Low flows in many catchments, reservoir stocks decline, dry soils...
Full summary tinyurl.com/53ejhrpd
Low flows in many catchments, reservoir stocks decline, dry soils...
Full summary tinyurl.com/53ejhrpd
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39 environmental groups have written to the new Circular Economy Minister, urging the Government to take stronger action to move away from incineration and towards recycling. Ask your MP to join this call: ukwin.eaction.org.uk/incineration
August 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
39 environmental groups have written to the new Circular Economy Minister, urging the Government to take stronger action to move away from incineration and towards recycling. Ask your MP to join this call: ukwin.eaction.org.uk/incineration
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Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@https://post.parliament.uk/rights-of-nature-ethical-frameworks/
Rights of nature: Ethical frameworks
Rights of nature raise questions about the ethical basis of environmental protection and the implications of extending rights beyond humans.
post.parliament.uk
July 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
@https://post.parliament.uk/rights-of-nature-ethical-frameworks/
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Debate on #NaturesRights Bill starting shortly in #HouseofLords.
You can watch live here
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
You can watch live here
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
www.parliamentlive.tv
July 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Debate on #NaturesRights Bill starting shortly in #HouseofLords.
You can watch live here
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
You can watch live here
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Comparing the UK heatwaves of June 1976 and June 2026...
Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026.
Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.
Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026.
Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.
July 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Comparing the UK heatwaves of June 1976 and June 2026...
Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026.
Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.
Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026.
Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.
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Diagnosis? Toxic air.
Prescribed? A new Clean Air Act.
We were in Parliament Square this morning, with the @healthyairuk.bsky.social, to highlight the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Clean Air Act.
#CleanAirAct #AirPollution
Prescribed? A new Clean Air Act.
We were in Parliament Square this morning, with the @healthyairuk.bsky.social, to highlight the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Clean Air Act.
#CleanAirAct #AirPollution
July 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Diagnosis? Toxic air.
Prescribed? A new Clean Air Act.
We were in Parliament Square this morning, with the @healthyairuk.bsky.social, to highlight the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Clean Air Act.
#CleanAirAct #AirPollution
Prescribed? A new Clean Air Act.
We were in Parliament Square this morning, with the @healthyairuk.bsky.social, to highlight the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Clean Air Act.
#CleanAirAct #AirPollution
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Not a big ask - let's get rid of plastic-wrapped fruit & veg by 2030: supermarkets profit and the rest of us pay to clean up the #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution (and #FoodWaste)
July 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Not a big ask - let's get rid of plastic-wrapped fruit & veg by 2030: supermarkets profit and the rest of us pay to clean up the #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution (and #FoodWaste)
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Plastic pollution is the predictable result of a decades-long industry disinformation campaign.
New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵
New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵
June 23, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Plastic pollution is the predictable result of a decades-long industry disinformation campaign.
New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵
New brief: The Plastics Plot maps the nine frames the plastics industry uses to delay action and shape the terms of debate. 🧵
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Every stripe tells a story.
Of changing seasons.
Of rising temperatures.
Of a warming world that is already affecting our landscapes, our food & our future.
But this story isn't finished.
The choices we make today will shape the world inherited by the next generations.
#ShowYourStripes
Of changing seasons.
Of rising temperatures.
Of a warming world that is already affecting our landscapes, our food & our future.
But this story isn't finished.
The choices we make today will shape the world inherited by the next generations.
#ShowYourStripes
June 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Every stripe tells a story.
Of changing seasons.
Of rising temperatures.
Of a warming world that is already affecting our landscapes, our food & our future.
But this story isn't finished.
The choices we make today will shape the world inherited by the next generations.
#ShowYourStripes
Of changing seasons.
Of rising temperatures.
Of a warming world that is already affecting our landscapes, our food & our future.
But this story isn't finished.
The choices we make today will shape the world inherited by the next generations.
#ShowYourStripes
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Survey:
What would a plausible UK peak temperature be in a 2050s heatwave (assuming relatively high future emissions)?
Answer will be announced on Tuesday… coincidentally during a record-breaking heatwave…
What would a plausible UK peak temperature be in a 2050s heatwave (assuming relatively high future emissions)?
Answer will be announced on Tuesday… coincidentally during a record-breaking heatwave…
June 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Survey:
What would a plausible UK peak temperature be in a 2050s heatwave (assuming relatively high future emissions)?
Answer will be announced on Tuesday… coincidentally during a record-breaking heatwave…
What would a plausible UK peak temperature be in a 2050s heatwave (assuming relatively high future emissions)?
Answer will be announced on Tuesday… coincidentally during a record-breaking heatwave…
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The complete loss of cold years in the Arctic since the 1980s is astounding. The last "blue" stripe was 1992, following the Pinatubo Volcano eruption in the summer of 1991. #ShowYourStripes #Climate #Arctic
June 21, 2026 at 12:52 AM
The complete loss of cold years in the Arctic since the 1980s is astounding. The last "blue" stripe was 1992, following the Pinatubo Volcano eruption in the summer of 1991. #ShowYourStripes #Climate #Arctic
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What is #zerowaste?
In this blog, GAIA’s Global Zero Waste Cities Director Cecilia Allen urges everyone to “honor zero waste’s true spirit that drives systems change.”
Reject harmful WTEs & false solutions, #GoForZeroWaste! READ: https://www.no-burn.org/defending-the-real-spirit-of-zero-waste/
In this blog, GAIA’s Global Zero Waste Cities Director Cecilia Allen urges everyone to “honor zero waste’s true spirit that drives systems change.”
Reject harmful WTEs & false solutions, #GoForZeroWaste! READ: https://www.no-burn.org/defending-the-real-spirit-of-zero-waste/
June 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
What is #zerowaste?
In this blog, GAIA’s Global Zero Waste Cities Director Cecilia Allen urges everyone to “honor zero waste’s true spirit that drives systems change.”
Reject harmful WTEs & false solutions, #GoForZeroWaste! READ: https://www.no-burn.org/defending-the-real-spirit-of-zero-waste/
In this blog, GAIA’s Global Zero Waste Cities Director Cecilia Allen urges everyone to “honor zero waste’s true spirit that drives systems change.”
Reject harmful WTEs & false solutions, #GoForZeroWaste! READ: https://www.no-burn.org/defending-the-real-spirit-of-zero-waste/
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Great news - my private members' bill to introduce Nature's Rights into UK law is being introduced to the House of Lords on June 1, with Second Reading set for July 3
nataliebennett.org/2026/05/18/m...
nataliebennett.org/2026/05/18/m...
My Private Member's Bill on Nature's Rights - Natalie Bennett Green Party Peer #NatalieGreenPeer
In politics, luck is an important, if often under-rated, factor. And that's what you need to bring forward a private member's bill in the House of Lords with a chance for it to proceed through all sta...
nataliebennett.org
May 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Great news - my private members' bill to introduce Nature's Rights into UK law is being introduced to the House of Lords on June 1, with Second Reading set for July 3
nataliebennett.org/2026/05/18/m...
nataliebennett.org/2026/05/18/m...
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The Government needs take a stronger approach to regulating ‘forever chemicals’.
Read the Environmental Audit Committee’s new report on PFAS ⬇️
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmenvaud/852/report.html
Read the Environmental Audit Committee’s new report on PFAS ⬇️
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmenvaud/852/report.html
April 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The Government needs take a stronger approach to regulating ‘forever chemicals’.
Read the Environmental Audit Committee’s new report on PFAS ⬇️
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmenvaud/852/report.html
Read the Environmental Audit Committee’s new report on PFAS ⬇️
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmenvaud/852/report.html
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What is the true scale of the threat from air pollution?
Tomorrow at 2.30, the Environmental Audit Committee is questioning experts about how air pollution affects the health of our population and the environment.
Find out more ⬇️
Tomorrow at 2.30, the Environmental Audit Committee is questioning experts about how air pollution affects the health of our population and the environment.
Find out more ⬇️
April 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
What is the true scale of the threat from air pollution?
Tomorrow at 2.30, the Environmental Audit Committee is questioning experts about how air pollution affects the health of our population and the environment.
Find out more ⬇️
Tomorrow at 2.30, the Environmental Audit Committee is questioning experts about how air pollution affects the health of our population and the environment.
Find out more ⬇️
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It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.
April 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.