Caroline Rance
@carorance.bsky.social
head of campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland
keeping fossil fuels in the ground
#ClimateJustice #JustTransition| she/her
On here sporadically at best
(Views here my own and may not represent my employer etc)
keeping fossil fuels in the ground
#ClimateJustice #JustTransition| she/her
On here sporadically at best
(Views here my own and may not represent my employer etc)
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🚨BREAKING 🚨
Huge Climate March underway in Glasgow!
People coming together across movements and groups to demand a better world!
#ScotlandsClimateMarch #COP30
Huge Climate March underway in Glasgow!
People coming together across movements and groups to demand a better world!
#ScotlandsClimateMarch #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🚨BREAKING 🚨
Huge Climate March underway in Glasgow!
People coming together across movements and groups to demand a better world!
#ScotlandsClimateMarch #COP30
Huge Climate March underway in Glasgow!
People coming together across movements and groups to demand a better world!
#ScotlandsClimateMarch #COP30
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We come together across our movements – from Palestine solidarity, migrant justice,
nature protection and for a transition that creates jobs and fights poverty.
We are stronger when we connect our issues and demand justice alongside each other.
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
nature protection and for a transition that creates jobs and fights poverty.
We are stronger when we connect our issues and demand justice alongside each other.
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We come together across our movements – from Palestine solidarity, migrant justice,
nature protection and for a transition that creates jobs and fights poverty.
We are stronger when we connect our issues and demand justice alongside each other.
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
nature protection and for a transition that creates jobs and fights poverty.
We are stronger when we connect our issues and demand justice alongside each other.
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
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People and waters converge in Belém do Pará 🌊✊🏾
A flotilla of more than 200 boats opened the Peoples' Summit organised by social movements from around the world, sailing in a river mobilization for the defence of territories, climate justice and in solidarity with Palestine.
#COP30 #PeoplesSummit
A flotilla of more than 200 boats opened the Peoples' Summit organised by social movements from around the world, sailing in a river mobilization for the defence of territories, climate justice and in solidarity with Palestine.
#COP30 #PeoplesSummit
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
People and waters converge in Belém do Pará 🌊✊🏾
A flotilla of more than 200 boats opened the Peoples' Summit organised by social movements from around the world, sailing in a river mobilization for the defence of territories, climate justice and in solidarity with Palestine.
#COP30 #PeoplesSummit
A flotilla of more than 200 boats opened the Peoples' Summit organised by social movements from around the world, sailing in a river mobilization for the defence of territories, climate justice and in solidarity with Palestine.
#COP30 #PeoplesSummit
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Today is the anniversary of the 9 Ogoni leaders executed for having stood up against Shell
Shell is a #CorporateClimateCriminal and symbol of a fossil fuel economy built on violence and extraction. It's part of a system that we're resisting as we build a future that centres life
#ShellMustFall
Shell is a #CorporateClimateCriminal and symbol of a fossil fuel economy built on violence and extraction. It's part of a system that we're resisting as we build a future that centres life
#ShellMustFall
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today is the anniversary of the 9 Ogoni leaders executed for having stood up against Shell
Shell is a #CorporateClimateCriminal and symbol of a fossil fuel economy built on violence and extraction. It's part of a system that we're resisting as we build a future that centres life
#ShellMustFall
Shell is a #CorporateClimateCriminal and symbol of a fossil fuel economy built on violence and extraction. It's part of a system that we're resisting as we build a future that centres life
#ShellMustFall
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Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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TEN DAYS until Scotland's climate march - are you coming?
Saturday 15th November
Glasgow Green
11am
#scotlandsclimatemarch #climatejustice #justtransition #COP30
Saturday 15th November
Glasgow Green
11am
#scotlandsclimatemarch #climatejustice #justtransition #COP30
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
TEN DAYS until Scotland's climate march - are you coming?
Saturday 15th November
Glasgow Green
11am
#scotlandsclimatemarch #climatejustice #justtransition #COP30
Saturday 15th November
Glasgow Green
11am
#scotlandsclimatemarch #climatejustice #justtransition #COP30
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Britain is being SUED - all because the High Court rightly ruled that the Cumbria coal mine must not go ahead over its climate impacts.
Corporations should not be allowed to sue us for taking climate action! #EndISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain is being SUED - all because the High Court rightly ruled that the Cumbria coal mine must not go ahead over its climate impacts.
Corporations should not be allowed to sue us for taking climate action! #EndISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain sued in ‘corporate court’ over quashing of coal mine in Cumbria - Global Justice Now
Claimants are being represented by Conservative MP and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox Lawsuit is the first known case under Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) against the UK since 2006 […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
August 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Britain is being SUED - all because the High Court rightly ruled that the Cumbria coal mine must not go ahead over its climate impacts.
Corporations should not be allowed to sue us for taking climate action! #EndISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/britain...
Britain is being SUED - all because the High Court rightly ruled that the Cumbria coal mine must not go ahead over its climate impacts.
Corporations should not be allowed to sue us for taking climate action! #EndISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/britain...
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"A strong global plastics treaty isn't just about reducing pollution — it’s our opportunity to end the injustice of waste trade, ensuring that no community becomes a dumping ground for another’s excess."
- Mageswari Sangaralingam, Sahabat Alam Malaysia / FoE Malaysia
bit.ly/45gcom8
- Mageswari Sangaralingam, Sahabat Alam Malaysia / FoE Malaysia
bit.ly/45gcom8
Strong Treaty Now! Civil Society Rallies Ahead of Final Plastics Treaty Talks in Geneva | Break Free From Plastic
August 4th, 2025 Geneva, Switzerland – A day before the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty starts, hundreds of citizens and civil
bit.ly
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"A strong global plastics treaty isn't just about reducing pollution — it’s our opportunity to end the injustice of waste trade, ensuring that no community becomes a dumping ground for another’s excess."
- Mageswari Sangaralingam, Sahabat Alam Malaysia / FoE Malaysia
bit.ly/45gcom8
- Mageswari Sangaralingam, Sahabat Alam Malaysia / FoE Malaysia
bit.ly/45gcom8
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Day 1️⃣ at the UN negotiations for a global #PlasticsTreaty have kicked off!
We're here to demand action at every stage of the plastics lifecycle and plastic production reduction, block corporate interests from influencing #INC52 and to call for an end to the neocolonial plastics waste trade
We're here to demand action at every stage of the plastics lifecycle and plastic production reduction, block corporate interests from influencing #INC52 and to call for an end to the neocolonial plastics waste trade
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Day 1️⃣ at the UN negotiations for a global #PlasticsTreaty have kicked off!
We're here to demand action at every stage of the plastics lifecycle and plastic production reduction, block corporate interests from influencing #INC52 and to call for an end to the neocolonial plastics waste trade
We're here to demand action at every stage of the plastics lifecycle and plastic production reduction, block corporate interests from influencing #INC52 and to call for an end to the neocolonial plastics waste trade
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Energy giant SSE may keep Scotland’s dirtiest power station open until 2040 – 10 years longer than planned – which critics fear could 'blow an enormous hole' in the Scottish Government’s climate strategy
Read the latest investigation from The Ferret ⬇️
Read the latest investigation from The Ferret ⬇️
Plans to keep gas plant open could ‘blow hole’ in Scotland's climate targets
www.thenational.scot
July 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Energy giant SSE may keep Scotland’s dirtiest power station open until 2040 – 10 years longer than planned – which critics fear could 'blow an enormous hole' in the Scottish Government’s climate strategy
Read the latest investigation from The Ferret ⬇️
Read the latest investigation from The Ferret ⬇️
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
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Say goodbye to 1.5°C. But remember, the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Earth set to exhaust ‘carbon budget’ within 3 years as Paris hopes fade
Goal of limiting warming to 1.5C looks increasingly out of reach, study finds
on.ft.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Say goodbye to 1.5°C. But remember, the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
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🚨 BREAKING UPDATE
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Government 'quietly drops' fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest climate activist Greta Thunberg
LBC can reveal the government has backed down in its legal fight for tougher anti-protest laws, used to arrest hundreds of protesters including climate activist Greta Thunberg.
www.lbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in our legal challenge of anti-protest powers
We won this case in court twice - under both Conservative and Labour leadership
Gov must now commit to reviewing ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers
www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusi...
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The Scottish Government now doesn't have a Climate Minister.
John Swinney has removed 'climate' and 'just transition' from Ministerial titles since he became First Minister a year ago.
His Gov't has also scrapped annual targets & ditched key climate policies - making clear his priorities.
John Swinney has removed 'climate' and 'just transition' from Ministerial titles since he became First Minister a year ago.
His Gov't has also scrapped annual targets & ditched key climate policies - making clear his priorities.
June 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Scottish Government now doesn't have a Climate Minister.
John Swinney has removed 'climate' and 'just transition' from Ministerial titles since he became First Minister a year ago.
His Gov't has also scrapped annual targets & ditched key climate policies - making clear his priorities.
John Swinney has removed 'climate' and 'just transition' from Ministerial titles since he became First Minister a year ago.
His Gov't has also scrapped annual targets & ditched key climate policies - making clear his priorities.
Nor if you wanted to cut emissions as fairly as possible, and support people rather than fossil fuel bosses
I’ve got to say it: cutting the Warm Homes Plan but funding nuclear and carbon capture is not how you’d prioritise if you were trying to reduce carbon emissions as quickly as possible
June 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Nor if you wanted to cut emissions as fairly as possible, and support people rather than fossil fuel bosses
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Just a reminder that the Scottish Government could raise up to £30m a year to invest in climate action that'd benefit us all if it landed a no-brainer tax on pollution-spewing private jets.
The First Minister says he backs the idea, but so far the idea remains stuck on the runway...
The First Minister says he backs the idea, but so far the idea remains stuck on the runway...
EXC: Nigel Farage has travelled to Scotland by private jet as part of his campaign ahead of a key by-election
Nigel Farage splashes 'unimaginable cash' on private jet jaunt to Scotland
www.thenational.scot
June 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Just a reminder that the Scottish Government could raise up to £30m a year to invest in climate action that'd benefit us all if it landed a no-brainer tax on pollution-spewing private jets.
The First Minister says he backs the idea, but so far the idea remains stuck on the runway...
The First Minister says he backs the idea, but so far the idea remains stuck on the runway...
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The results of a historic climate case #SaulvsRWE will be heard tomorrow in Germany.
Accountability for big polluters is coming - this ruling could become a global precedent, transforming how big emitters are held accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis
Accountability for big polluters is coming - this ruling could become a global precedent, transforming how big emitters are held accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis
Why is a Peruvian farmer taking Germany’s RWE to court over climate change?
A Peruvian farmer is getting his day in court in a landmark climate case against German energy giant RWE that could shake up how the effects of companies' emissions are litigated.
www.reuters.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The results of a historic climate case #SaulvsRWE will be heard tomorrow in Germany.
Accountability for big polluters is coming - this ruling could become a global precedent, transforming how big emitters are held accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis
Accountability for big polluters is coming - this ruling could become a global precedent, transforming how big emitters are held accountable for their role in the #climatecrisis
"excess pollution as a result of Dieselgate has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children.. A further 6,000 premature deaths will occur in coming years without action"
The heartbeaking, infuriating impact of politicians putting polluters profit before people
The heartbeaking, infuriating impact of politicians putting polluters profit before people
Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates
- Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur
#airpollution
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur
#airpollution
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates
Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
"excess pollution as a result of Dieselgate has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children.. A further 6,000 premature deaths will occur in coming years without action"
The heartbeaking, infuriating impact of politicians putting polluters profit before people
The heartbeaking, infuriating impact of politicians putting polluters profit before people
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All reports on this need to say that ‘small modular bucket reactors’ are *exactly* what Tony Blair’s patron, Ellison, is invested in!! Journalists can’t just transcribe this guff as if it’s on any way independent & credible. It is not.
April 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
All reports on this need to say that ‘small modular bucket reactors’ are *exactly* what Tony Blair’s patron, Ellison, is invested in!! Journalists can’t just transcribe this guff as if it’s on any way independent & credible. It is not.
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Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live
‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PM
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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The top 5 reasons people didn't vote Labour.
Immigration isn't any of them.
Immigration isn't any of them.
May 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The top 5 reasons people didn't vote Labour.
Immigration isn't any of them.
Immigration isn't any of them.
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Brilliant piece from @carorance.bsky.social on the public support for ending new oil and gas and supporting workers "One million people is an enormous show of strength and shows the public appetite for a fast, fair transition away from fossil fuels." www.thenational.scot/politics/251...
A million-strong demand for just transition away from oil and gas
LAST week, I was at 10
www.thenational.scot
April 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Brilliant piece from @carorance.bsky.social on the public support for ending new oil and gas and supporting workers "One million people is an enormous show of strength and shows the public appetite for a fast, fair transition away from fossil fuels." www.thenational.scot/politics/251...
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💚The climate movement is powerful!
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
April 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💚The climate movement is powerful!
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.
💪We were at 10 Downing Street with the support of over 1️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people demanding a fair & fast transition away from oil & gas.
👀 Politicians must act now to end oil drilling & deliver a greener future for workers & communities.