Big Oil Breaks Everything The planet, our democracy, our courts...

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An essential article by the great @billmckibben.bsky.social
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“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political,

I must listen to the birds.

And in order to hear the birds,

the warplanes must be silent”

- Marwan Makhoul

*there are reports that other parties' posters have been sighted but I've still yet to see one while cycling/canvassing across East Oxford

Please consider voting for the Green Party in the local elections on the May 7th - for fairer and greener towns and cities.

Across Oxford the Green Party garden stakes and posters have been going up as our movement grows*

Join us

join.greenparty.org.uk

I suspect Brenda the civil disobedience penguin votes Green...and so should you

join.greenparty.org.uk

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The @nationaltrust.org.uk only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, it’s seismic.

Please take the NT’s action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030: campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/...

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Nearly 1 in 6 UK species are threatened with extinction.

We've lost 97% of our wildflower meadows since the 1930s.

We have 73 million fewer birds than in the 1970s - a decline of almost a third.

And yet some politicians still just see wildlife as a blocker to progress.

- Increases and prolongs reliance on fossil (so next crisis hurts even more)

- Often doesn't pass through to consumers (fossil co's just pocket it)

- Benefits enjoyed more by the rich (who drive bigger cars longer distances)

- Decreases gov't revenue so you end up paying for it in different ways

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.

There’s a lot of noise around North Sea oil and gas, but how much of it is actually true?

One of the clearest explainers I’ve seen for the UK debate.

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

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SUVs are making Britain’s potholes worse, say scientists Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfaces

"The typical SUV exerts around five times more force on the road than the typical passenger car -... shift to SUVs in the past 20 years – from 3% of cars on the road in England to over 30% – is expected to have played some role in increasing wear and tear damage"

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The Greens won against Reform *in Kent*

It's all up for grabs folks.

The myth of Reform's inevitability is just that, a myth. They can be defeated.

So brave

Every single article covering Israel should start by mentioning that they dubbed yesterday's operations in Lebanon "eternal darkness."

You know that so much has already been normalised when this isn't even a cause for outrage.

303 people, at least, were murdered yesterday by Israel.

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

It definitely feels pretty fucking worrying that Trump openly threatened to enact a massive, potentially nuclear genocide and erase an entire civilisation and there hasn't been a loud, unending and universal chorus of unequivocal condemnation and resistance from western leaders

we cannot live this way.

Chevron's CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran America's oil executives have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, a new investigation shows. Emily Atkin Apr 08, 2026

" In the first three months of this year, oil CEOs sold $1.4 billion worth of their own stock—the fastest pace of selling in 15 years. At a dozen companies, the selling broke all-time records"

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At least 254 killed in Israel’s devastating attacks across Lebanon Israel carries out 100 strikes across Lebanon in 10 minutes, health minister says hospitals overwhelmed with victims.

Where to find the words anymore?

What to say when Israel continues to behave like this?

And no condemnation at all from the UK Government. They carry on business as usual as if Israel aren't carrying out genocides in both Gaza and Lebanon.

aje.news/jf7llm

Beautiful poem of our current moment

"today we know the names
of every coward who claims power
but cannot seem to shift a tide
to save a life
i’d rather worship a rock in the vastness
i’d rather cry with astronauts"

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

In Jan 2024, Die „Letzte Generation“ staged a climate protest in Leipzig where they sat on toy tractors so they'd be treated the same as these other protestors

The police were not fooled

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early. When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

The impact of climate change is often experienced through #water (too little or too much). Here's an excellent local journalism article that clearly explains drought risk in S Texas where industrial water demand outpaces a fall in water availability.

www.texasobserver.org/corpus-chris...

The first national poll putting @greenparty.org.uk in first place (just) is an utterly extraordinary moment in British politics.

The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines democracy - Greenpeace International The AI boom is not progress if it deepens extraction, environmental harm and attacks on democracy. From Ireland to New Jersey, people are resisting a model of AI development that concentrates profit a...

Pretty persistently frustrating that enviro opposition to data centres get clumsily dismissed as "NIMBY" when, as you can see here, it's well-evidenced and packed to the brim with real-world examples of material harm.

And GP goes further than most in pointing out the end-goals of the system:

In which @madisoncondon.bsky.social and I expand on our argument that "extreme" climate scenarios, such as RCP 8.5, are actually useful and we should use them as part of climate risk analyses.

Thanks to @progressivereform.bsky.social for encouraging us and giving us space!

RCP 8.5 Is Fine, Actually - Center for Progressive Reform While the high levels of fossil fuel emissions mapped in the RCP 8.5 scenario are unlikely, it remains an important scenario for modeling future climate impacts, particularly at local scales.

This excellent piece from @madisoncondon.bsky.social shows why (nerd alert!)—even if the scenario underlying RCP 8.5 is implausible, RCP 8.5 serves an important role in our understanding of and planning for climate change, and is therefore not misleading.

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I've long supported the #StopRosebank campaign and that doesn't change now. We need evidence based leadership now more than ever.

On residential roads yes but unfortunately above a certain speed it's tyre (rolling) noise that dominates. And that can be worse with heavier EVs.

I maintain that "This chatbot can make mistakes; check outputs before using" = "please recycle this container and keep our environment clean"