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Bristol's radical rebellion for climate justice. Rising up against climate breakdown and ecological collapse as part of a global movement. #ExtinctionRebellion
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"With every new or expanded coalmine they approve, the Albanese government is burning our future'
Dr Claire Gronow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian officials wiping out koalas and greater gliders and releasing extra CO2 ~ about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint.
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Dr Claire Gronow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian officials wiping out koalas and greater gliders and releasing extra CO2 ~ about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint.
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Qld coalmine expansion approved by Albanese government will clear habitat and fuel climate crisis, scientists say
Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:43 PM
"With every new or expanded coalmine they approve, the Albanese government is burning our future'
Dr Claire Gronow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian officials wiping out koalas and greater gliders and releasing extra CO2 ~ about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint.
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Dr Claire Gronow
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian officials wiping out koalas and greater gliders and releasing extra CO2 ~ about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint.
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Online screening of the film Rave On The Avon that focuses on the campaign for clean water in the Bristol area. 7.30pm on Thurs 19th February 2026.
Tickets range from £4.50 + optional donation (early bird) to 6 + optional donation to £25+ (supporter ticket) Profits to Surfers Against Sewage.
Tickets range from £4.50 + optional donation (early bird) to 6 + optional donation to £25+ (supporter ticket) Profits to Surfers Against Sewage.
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Online screening of the film Rave On The Avon that focuses on the campaign for clean water in the Bristol area. 7.30pm on Thurs 19th February 2026.
Tickets range from £4.50 + optional donation (early bird) to 6 + optional donation to £25+ (supporter ticket) Profits to Surfers Against Sewage.
Tickets range from £4.50 + optional donation (early bird) to 6 + optional donation to £25+ (supporter ticket) Profits to Surfers Against Sewage.
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Regen Walk Sat 28 Feb 2026 Suffragettes in Bristol. Learn about the women who lived and demonstrated around Clifton, the Centre and Temple Meads station. Approx 3 miles. Meet at Cafe of Royal West of England Academy of Art at 11.00am. Bring food or buy something on way.
Regen Walk Sat 28 Feb 2026 Suffragettes in Bristol. Learn about the women who lived and demonstrated around Clifton, the Centre and Temple Meads station. Approx 3 miles. Meet at Cafe of Royal West of England Academy of Art at 11.00am. Bring food or buy something on way.
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Regen Walk Sat 28 Feb 2026 Suffragettes in Bristol. Learn about the women who lived and demonstrated around Clifton, the Centre and Temple Meads station. Approx 3 miles. Meet at Cafe of Royal West of England Academy of Art at 11.00am. Bring food or buy something on way.
Regen Walk Sat 28 Feb 2026 Suffragettes in Bristol. Learn about the women who lived and demonstrated around Clifton, the Centre and Temple Meads station. Approx 3 miles. Meet at Cafe of Royal West of England Academy of Art at 11.00am. Bring food or buy something on way.
Happy Valentine's day Bristol 🌹
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February 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Happy Valentine's day Bristol 🌹
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Headlines in New York Times… “Trump Orders the Pentagon to Buy More Coal-Fired Electricity”.
Burning coal releases toxic pollution & climate-heating gases that threaten most life on Earth, humans included. Expanding coal use suggests US leaders care little.
Burning coal releases toxic pollution & climate-heating gases that threaten most life on Earth, humans included. Expanding coal use suggests US leaders care little.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Headlines in New York Times… “Trump Orders the Pentagon to Buy More Coal-Fired Electricity”.
Burning coal releases toxic pollution & climate-heating gases that threaten most life on Earth, humans included. Expanding coal use suggests US leaders care little.
Burning coal releases toxic pollution & climate-heating gases that threaten most life on Earth, humans included. Expanding coal use suggests US leaders care little.
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UK farmers lose £800m after #heat and #drought cause one of the worst harvests on record. Many are now concerned about ability to make a living in a fast-changing climate after one of the worst grain harvests recorded.
#ClimateCrisis
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#ClimateCrisis
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UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
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December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
UK farmers lose £800m after #heat and #drought cause one of the worst harvests on record. Many are now concerned about ability to make a living in a fast-changing climate after one of the worst grain harvests recorded.
#ClimateCrisis
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#ClimateCrisis
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This is happening now, and the window for acting is closing.
Please ask your MP to add their name to the Parliamentary Call for Government to stage a multi-channel, prime-time televised emergency briefing to the nation.
We can rise to this challenge, but first we must face it.
#NEB2025
Please ask your MP to add their name to the Parliamentary Call for Government to stage a multi-channel, prime-time televised emergency briefing to the nation.
We can rise to this challenge, but first we must face it.
#NEB2025
Check here to see if your MP has signed
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
www.nebriefing.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM
This is happening now, and the window for acting is closing.
Please ask your MP to add their name to the Parliamentary Call for Government to stage a multi-channel, prime-time televised emergency briefing to the nation.
We can rise to this challenge, but first we must face it.
#NEB2025
Please ask your MP to add their name to the Parliamentary Call for Government to stage a multi-channel, prime-time televised emergency briefing to the nation.
We can rise to this challenge, but first we must face it.
#NEB2025
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Insurance industry experts are warning of a 1 in 20 chance of almost 2 metres of sea level rise by 2100, with 0.3 to 1 metre assessed as highly likely.
It’s really rough on the local communities there but there seems no choice but to retreat.
axa-research.org/get-research...
It’s really rough on the local communities there but there seems no choice but to retreat.
axa-research.org/get-research...
Sea-Level Rise: a New Method to Estimate the Probability of Different Outcomes – Including a Worst Case
As we look to the future, one undeniable fact looms: sea level rise will increasingly threaten our coastal ecosystems, communities, and cities. However, decision-makers face a significant challenge i...
axa-research.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Insurance industry experts are warning of a 1 in 20 chance of almost 2 metres of sea level rise by 2100, with 0.3 to 1 metre assessed as highly likely.
It’s really rough on the local communities there but there seems no choice but to retreat.
axa-research.org/get-research...
It’s really rough on the local communities there but there seems no choice but to retreat.
axa-research.org/get-research...
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"There is much to be concerned about from a review that threatens to entrench already evident inequalities and to restrict the rights of some to preserve the comfort of others."
Britons' right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan
Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse, says Imran Khan KC
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"There is much to be concerned about from a review that threatens to entrench already evident inequalities and to restrict the rights of some to preserve the comfort of others."
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“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.”
#DoughnutEconomics
#ChangeNeeded
#DoughnutEconomics
#ChangeNeeded
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
“We must place true value on the environment and go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing. Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.”
#DoughnutEconomics
#ChangeNeeded
#DoughnutEconomics
#ChangeNeeded
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Send a postcard to your MP or MSP now 👇
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Send a postcard to your MP/MSP to #StopRosebank
Every MP and MSP needs to hear directly from their constituents that the government must stop Rosebank. Take 2 minutes: send a physical postcard directly to your MP or MSP’s office.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Send a postcard to your MP or MSP now 👇
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XR BRISTOL NEWSLETTER
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Including a sign-up so you can be assured to get a regular copy every Sunday.
Love & Power
Your hard working M & M team
XR BRISTOL NEWSLETTER
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Including a sign-up so you can be assured to get a regular copy every Sunday.
Love & Power
Your hard working M & M team
Send us your ideas. We will post them (anonymously)
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February 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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XR BRISTOL NEWSLETTER
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Including a sign-up so you can be assured to get a regular copy every Sunday.
Love & Power
Your hard working M & M team
XR BRISTOL NEWSLETTER
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Including a sign-up so you can be assured to get a regular copy every Sunday.
Love & Power
Your hard working M & M team
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XR Bristol Meeting, Tues 10 Feb 2026
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The fun and serious work takes place at Cotham Parish Church Hall BS6 6D.
Use the side entrance.
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XR Bristol Meeting, Tues 10 Feb 2026
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The fun and serious work takes place at Cotham Parish Church Hall BS6 6D.
Use the side entrance.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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XR Bristol Meeting, Tues 10 Feb 2026
🐝🌎🐸🌼🐟📆📣🕊🐨
The fun and serious work takes place at Cotham Parish Church Hall BS6 6D.
Use the side entrance.
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XR Bristol Meeting, Tues 10 Feb 2026
🐝🌎🐸🌼🐟📆📣🕊🐨
The fun and serious work takes place at Cotham Parish Church Hall BS6 6D.
Use the side entrance.
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France banned all pesticide use in towns and cities almost a decade ago, while countries across the EU have stopped pesticides being used in urban areas. This year the UK Govt finally only banned the emergency use of bee-killing pesticides in UK farming.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
ACTION: Sign the petition and tell the UK government to protect our pollinators.
The UK’s pollinator numbers are dropping heavily - we need the UK government to step in and protect them.
action.greenpeace.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
France banned all pesticide use in towns and cities almost a decade ago, while countries across the EU have stopped pesticides being used in urban areas. This year the UK Govt finally only banned the emergency use of bee-killing pesticides in UK farming.
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
action.greenpeace.org.uk/save-the-bees
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Stop toxic pipeline
Stop toxic pipeline
Stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
We have one final chance to stop one of the worst oil pipelines on Earth. Snaking through Uganda and Tanzania, the pipeline would pump up to a quarter million barrels of oil every single day. It'll ca...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Stop toxic pipeline
Stop toxic pipeline
How can we best support and make links with the Iranian working-class on the ground opposing the brutal clerical fascist regime? How do Iranians best avoid a reinstatement of the monarchy and US intervention in the country?
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February 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
How can we best support and make links with the Iranian working-class on the ground opposing the brutal clerical fascist regime? How do Iranians best avoid a reinstatement of the monarchy and US intervention in the country?
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Bristol friends — I’ll be in town for the Suicide book launch at Bookhaus.
🗓 Tue 17 Feb | 6–8pm
A conversation about truth-telling, prison, and what it really takes to start a revolution in 2026.
£7 incl. a drink. Come if you can.
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e146...
🗓 Tue 17 Feb | 6–8pm
A conversation about truth-telling, prison, and what it really takes to start a revolution in 2026.
£7 incl. a drink. Come if you can.
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e146...
Bookhaus Bristol – Author Talks, Readings & More
Discover upcoming events at Bookhaus Bristol, including author talks, book readings, and literary discussions.
www.bookhausbristol.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Bristol friends — I’ll be in town for the Suicide book launch at Bookhaus.
🗓 Tue 17 Feb | 6–8pm
A conversation about truth-telling, prison, and what it really takes to start a revolution in 2026.
£7 incl. a drink. Come if you can.
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e146...
🗓 Tue 17 Feb | 6–8pm
A conversation about truth-telling, prison, and what it really takes to start a revolution in 2026.
£7 incl. a drink. Come if you can.
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e146...
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"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
If Epstein is Trending, Why Isn’t +1.7°C?
The news cycle has become a hall of mirrors: Epstein, Trumpism, war, outrage, retribution. A thousand scandals designed to keep us anxious, tribal, and tired. We have to hold multiple truths at once: ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
Local land choices will offer immediate protection. Keeping forests, restoring vegetation & using climate-smart farming (animals & crops are farmed with trees) are environmental actions & public health defences that weaken intensity & duration of heatwaves
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa
By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.
theconversation.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Local land choices will offer immediate protection. Keeping forests, restoring vegetation & using climate-smart farming (animals & crops are farmed with trees) are environmental actions & public health defences that weaken intensity & duration of heatwaves
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...
"report says: “Critical ecosystems that support major food production areas and impact global climate, water and weather cycles” are already under stress and represent a national security risk."
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
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A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
theconversation.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"report says: “Critical ecosystems that support major food production areas and impact global climate, water and weather cycles” are already under stress and represent a national security risk."
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
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Battery Electric Vehicles made up 95.9% of new-car sales in Norway during 2025, the result of high carbon taxes, generous EV subsidies and the lack of a powerful lobby to oppose the transition.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Only seven new petrol-powered cars sold in Norway in January
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Battery Electric Vehicles made up 95.9% of new-car sales in Norway during 2025, the result of high carbon taxes, generous EV subsidies and the lack of a powerful lobby to oppose the transition.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Some believe extreme cold now in eg Canada, Poland & Ukraine disproves overall global warming from human fossil-fuel burning. But Climate = long-term trends, not single weather events. Local cold spells can still occur in a warming world.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Some believe extreme cold now in eg Canada, Poland & Ukraine disproves overall global warming from human fossil-fuel burning. But Climate = long-term trends, not single weather events. Local cold spells can still occur in a warming world.
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A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
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"We're here in 2026, & we're not making any progress. We continue to increase emissions."
Prof. Johan Rockström, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social on the disconnect between climate goals & the reality of our rising global emissions. Stagnation is a risk we can't afford to stay within planetary boundaries. 🚨
Prof. Johan Rockström, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social on the disconnect between climate goals & the reality of our rising global emissions. Stagnation is a risk we can't afford to stay within planetary boundaries. 🚨
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"We're here in 2026, & we're not making any progress. We continue to increase emissions."
Prof. Johan Rockström, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social on the disconnect between climate goals & the reality of our rising global emissions. Stagnation is a risk we can't afford to stay within planetary boundaries. 🚨
Prof. Johan Rockström, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social on the disconnect between climate goals & the reality of our rising global emissions. Stagnation is a risk we can't afford to stay within planetary boundaries. 🚨