Chris
@chris4climate.bsky.social
climate, nature, Winchester, politics, books
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Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
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Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and elsewhere, this is where the future lies. Scotland needs to stop arsing about with roads and start building public transport infrastructure for the future.
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Very good news www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2561443...
Former Southampton MP made Energy Minister and handed a peerage
The former MP for Southampton Test has been made Energy Minister and handed a peerage in the House of Lords.
www.dailyecho.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very good news www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2561443...
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Fresh off the frame and I decided to adapt a traditional wedding sampler to reflect a different life event. It took me a year to complete and marked the journey pre and post surgery. Excuse the crinkles, must iron!
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Fresh off the frame and I decided to adapt a traditional wedding sampler to reflect a different life event. It took me a year to complete and marked the journey pre and post surgery. Excuse the crinkles, must iron!
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Something new! 📍 We have always mapped our member co-ops (currently 35) but now we have gone a step further and added each of their individual solar, wind, hydropower and biomass sites - and the picture is very different. Have a look: energy4all.co.uk/coops-map/
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Something new! 📍 We have always mapped our member co-ops (currently 35) but now we have gone a step further and added each of their individual solar, wind, hydropower and biomass sites - and the picture is very different. Have a look: energy4all.co.uk/coops-map/
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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October 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Check out this from We Own It a petition to Ofwat to make sure Thames Water isn't permiited another 15 years of pollution. weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Check out this from We Own It a petition to Ofwat to make sure Thames Water isn't permiited another 15 years of pollution. weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
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Another No Kings sign conveying how she really feels.
June 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Another No Kings sign conveying how she really feels.
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Save the Date: 17th June 🗓️
Alongside the 2025 #CouncilClimateScorecards launch, we're running a *match-funded* Crowdfunder to fund future Scorecards, all donations are doubled 🫰
Support us by liking and sharing our Crowdfunder from 17th June or donate; double your donation & double your impact 🥈
Alongside the 2025 #CouncilClimateScorecards launch, we're running a *match-funded* Crowdfunder to fund future Scorecards, all donations are doubled 🫰
Support us by liking and sharing our Crowdfunder from 17th June or donate; double your donation & double your impact 🥈
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Save the Date: 17th June 🗓️
Alongside the 2025 #CouncilClimateScorecards launch, we're running a *match-funded* Crowdfunder to fund future Scorecards, all donations are doubled 🫰
Support us by liking and sharing our Crowdfunder from 17th June or donate; double your donation & double your impact 🥈
Alongside the 2025 #CouncilClimateScorecards launch, we're running a *match-funded* Crowdfunder to fund future Scorecards, all donations are doubled 🫰
Support us by liking and sharing our Crowdfunder from 17th June or donate; double your donation & double your impact 🥈
Well worth reading - puts Trump's thinking into the American context in a way I found both enlightening and frightening "Trump's civil war" open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Trump's civil war
And our new birth of freedom
open.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Well worth reading - puts Trump's thinking into the American context in a way I found both enlightening and frightening "Trump's civil war" open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Climate Emergency shoud be a statutory duty for all Councils and Mayors. Sign this petiton to government to make the climate emergency a statutory duty for all local authorities. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Join our national campaign to get this duty into the Devolution Bill.
Petition: Make Addressing the Climate Emergency a Statutory duty for Councils
We want the UK government to introduce legislation that makes addressing the climate emergency a statutory duty for all local authorities. By legally requiring councils to prioritise climate action, w...
petition.parliament.uk
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Climate Emergency shoud be a statutory duty for all Councils and Mayors. Sign this petiton to government to make the climate emergency a statutory duty for all local authorities. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... Join our national campaign to get this duty into the Devolution Bill.
New peition to get a statutory duty on local authorities to act on the climate emergency. Please sign to show how important this is to so many of us petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... And share (Re-Bluesky???)
Petition: Make Addressing the Climate Emergency a Statutory duty for Councils
We want the UK government to introduce legislation that makes addressing the climate emergency a statutory duty for all local authorities. By legally requiring councils to prioritise climate action, w...
petition.parliament.uk
June 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New peition to get a statutory duty on local authorities to act on the climate emergency. Please sign to show how important this is to so many of us petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72.... And share (Re-Bluesky???)
I’ve just called on the UK to cancel its £1 billion of funding for a climate and human rights disaster in Mozambique. Add your voice:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4383?ut...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4383?ut...
Tell the UK: Don’t Fund a Total Disaster in Mozambique
In 2020, Liz Truss promised almost £1 billion of UK funding to a gas power plant in northern Mozambique that would be a climate and human rights disaster. French fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies owns t...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’ve just called on the UK to cancel its £1 billion of funding for a climate and human rights disaster in Mozambique. Add your voice:
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4383?ut...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4383?ut...
This is SO BRILLIANT! I have soooo many cables tucked away in case I remember what they were for. This shows you pictures of all the sorts of cables and what each type is for, how to recycle them, with directions to places nearby - and a pink cat! www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/report-and-r...
The Great cable guide
Sorting your cables doesn’t have to be a hassle! Use our easy guide to help you quickly identify, decide and recycle those old cables you no longer need.
www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is SO BRILLIANT! I have soooo many cables tucked away in case I remember what they were for. This shows you pictures of all the sorts of cables and what each type is for, how to recycle them, with directions to places nearby - and a pink cat! www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk/report-and-r...