Richard Halifax Climate
@richardhalifaxuk.bsky.social
Climate concerned retired drainage engineer. Retrofitting own home. Retired from climate campaigns, supporting Just Stop Oil, Proposed Climate and Nature Bill etc
Government is the only way humans will change by legislation and persuasion
Government is the only way humans will change by legislation and persuasion
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC: Give the public a real say
The BBC isn't perfect, but we must come together to make it better and stronger. We must use the upcoming Royal Charter review to protect our BBC for us, the British public.
For too long, the public h...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We can't let the future of the BBC be decided by its enemies and politicians swayed by billionaires. We have to protect its independence. Sign the petition today and make sure the public has its say on the future of our BBC: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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🤑 No bank has committed to fossil fuel divestment. In fact, many have recently weakened their climate policies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💸 If banks won't divest, the government should make them.
✅ Tell Labour to get off the fence and stop ecocide: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💸 If banks won't divest, the government should make them.
✅ Tell Labour to get off the fence and stop ecocide: VoteClimate.uk/register
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSE
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🤑 No bank has committed to fossil fuel divestment. In fact, many have recently weakened their climate policies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💸 If banks won't divest, the government should make them.
✅ Tell Labour to get off the fence and stop ecocide: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
💸 If banks won't divest, the government should make them.
✅ Tell Labour to get off the fence and stop ecocide: VoteClimate.uk/register
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Too right airport expansion threatens climate goals!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tell Labour to stop the ecocide, or lose your vote: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tell Labour to stop the ecocide, or lose your vote: VoteClimate.uk/register
Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say
A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Too right airport expansion threatens climate goals!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tell Labour to stop the ecocide, or lose your vote: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tell Labour to stop the ecocide, or lose your vote: VoteClimate.uk/register
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People power WORKS: the Global Ocean Treaty can finally enter into force after 60 countries sign it into law!
Learn more from a Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner who’s been there since the beginning and on what comes next >> act.gp/478JK8z
Learn more from a Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner who’s been there since the beginning and on what comes next >> act.gp/478JK8z
October 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
People power WORKS: the Global Ocean Treaty can finally enter into force after 60 countries sign it into law!
Learn more from a Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner who’s been there since the beginning and on what comes next >> act.gp/478JK8z
Learn more from a Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner who’s been there since the beginning and on what comes next >> act.gp/478JK8z
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The Global Ocean Treaty is a powerful reminder that even in a divided world, governments can unite for our shared future.
After years of campaigning, this historic ocean win is only the beginning. Governments must now use the Treaty to create vast networks of ocean sanctuaries.👇
After years of campaigning, this historic ocean win is only the beginning. Governments must now use the Treaty to create vast networks of ocean sanctuaries.👇
Let’s Turn the Tide to Protect 30% of the Ocean by 2030 - Greenpeace International
Add your name to call on leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries and protect our blue planet.
act.gp
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Global Ocean Treaty is a powerful reminder that even in a divided world, governments can unite for our shared future.
After years of campaigning, this historic ocean win is only the beginning. Governments must now use the Treaty to create vast networks of ocean sanctuaries.👇
After years of campaigning, this historic ocean win is only the beginning. Governments must now use the Treaty to create vast networks of ocean sanctuaries.👇
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Our heartfelt congratulations to the State of Palestine on ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty.
In the face of genocide, famine and suffering, this decision to stand for our shared planet and ocean is a powerful act of courage & solidarity.
#ProtectTheOceans #StopDeepSeaMining #StopTheGenocide
In the face of genocide, famine and suffering, this decision to stand for our shared planet and ocean is a powerful act of courage & solidarity.
#ProtectTheOceans #StopDeepSeaMining #StopTheGenocide
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our heartfelt congratulations to the State of Palestine on ratifying the Global Ocean Treaty.
In the face of genocide, famine and suffering, this decision to stand for our shared planet and ocean is a powerful act of courage & solidarity.
#ProtectTheOceans #StopDeepSeaMining #StopTheGenocide
In the face of genocide, famine and suffering, this decision to stand for our shared planet and ocean is a powerful act of courage & solidarity.
#ProtectTheOceans #StopDeepSeaMining #StopTheGenocide
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe!
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚
action.wemove.eu
October 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...
This is becoming real.
I called for the Republican party to be declared a terrorist organization from 2009-2017 in inclusive, at which point I realized that there weren't two sides, just team uniforms.
September 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is becoming real.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
Tenerife does not need more theme parks and greenwashing projects; it needs to protect its natural wealth. Sign and join us to stop the Underwater Garden! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-2-...
Stop destroying our coast!
Tenerife does not need more theme parks and greenwashing projects; it needs to protect its natural wealth. Sign and join us to stop the Underwater Garden!
action.wemove.eu
September 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tenerife does not need more theme parks and greenwashing projects; it needs to protect its natural wealth. Sign and join us to stop the Underwater Garden! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-2-...
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla!
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotill...
action.wemove.eu
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
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Fires rage across Europe – and extremists call climate action “madness.” Our leaders meet this month to decide our future. Tell them: lock in the 90% emissions cut and reject climate rollbacks. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
We won’t let climate-deniers rest
Fires rage across Europe – and extremists call climate action “madness.” Our leaders meet this month to decide our future. Tell them: lock in the 90% emissions cut and reject climate rollbacks.
action.wemove.eu
September 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fires rage across Europe – and extremists call climate action “madness.” Our leaders meet this month to decide our future. Tell them: lock in the 90% emissions cut and reject climate rollbacks. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...
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⌛ If you feel like in an age of climate chaos is adding years to your life... you'd be right!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✅ If you want Labour to slash emissions further and faster, pledge to make climate your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✅ If you want Labour to slash emissions further and faster, pledge to make climate your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests
Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warn
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
⌛ If you feel like in an age of climate chaos is adding years to your life... you'd be right!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✅ If you want Labour to slash emissions further and faster, pledge to make climate your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
✅ If you want Labour to slash emissions further and faster, pledge to make climate your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
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🥵 Temps in UK classrooms reached a scorching 36.3C this year!
www.ft.com/content/3bdb...
🏫 Of course the government should make schools safe - but they must also slash emissions to stop the harm.
✅ Agree? Tell Labour climate is your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.ft.com/content/3bdb...
🏫 Of course the government should make schools safe - but they must also slash emissions to stop the harm.
✅ Agree? Tell Labour climate is your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
Too hot for school: global push to keep classrooms cool as heatwaves force closures
Children are missing out on up to 1.5 years of study because of high temperatures, studies show
www.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🥵 Temps in UK classrooms reached a scorching 36.3C this year!
www.ft.com/content/3bdb...
🏫 Of course the government should make schools safe - but they must also slash emissions to stop the harm.
✅ Agree? Tell Labour climate is your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.ft.com/content/3bdb...
🏫 Of course the government should make schools safe - but they must also slash emissions to stop the harm.
✅ Agree? Tell Labour climate is your top election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register
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☀️ Every remaining day in August would need to be 4C BELOW AVERAGE to stop summer 2025 being the hottest on record!
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
✅ Want real climate action from Labour? Pledge to put climate first in elections: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
✅ Want real climate action from Labour? Pledge to put climate first in elections: VoteClimate.uk/register
UK weather: Summer 2025 'almost certainly' the hottest on record
Provisional figures from the Met Office show that the UK is on course for its hottest summer on record with just a few days of the season remaining.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
☀️ Every remaining day in August would need to be 4C BELOW AVERAGE to stop summer 2025 being the hottest on record!
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
✅ Want real climate action from Labour? Pledge to put climate first in elections: VoteClimate.uk/register
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
✅ Want real climate action from Labour? Pledge to put climate first in elections: VoteClimate.uk/register
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👎 2025 is a year of climate U-turns from Labour:
❌ Airport expansion
❌ Gas boiler phaseout shelved
❌ Green levies slashed
theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
🗳️ Make it an election issue. Tell Labour you won't vote for them unless they put climate first: VoteClimate.uk/register
❌ Airport expansion
❌ Gas boiler phaseout shelved
❌ Green levies slashed
theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
🗳️ Make it an election issue. Tell Labour you won't vote for them unless they put climate first: VoteClimate.uk/register
The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure
Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.
theconversation.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
👎 2025 is a year of climate U-turns from Labour:
❌ Airport expansion
❌ Gas boiler phaseout shelved
❌ Green levies slashed
theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
🗳️ Make it an election issue. Tell Labour you won't vote for them unless they put climate first: VoteClimate.uk/register
❌ Airport expansion
❌ Gas boiler phaseout shelved
❌ Green levies slashed
theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
🗳️ Make it an election issue. Tell Labour you won't vote for them unless they put climate first: VoteClimate.uk/register
.@greenpeace.org and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest. I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Jury delivers verdict finding Greenpeace entities liable for more than US$660 million in Energy Transfer SLAPP trial - Greenpeace International
Free speech and right to protest on the line in the United States.
www.greenpeace.org
August 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
.@greenpeace.org and @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social just lost $660M lawsuit from fossil fuel giant Energy Transfer for supporting peaceful protest. I stand in solidarity with Greenpeace against this attack on our right to speak out #ImWithGreenpeace
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Find out more: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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1/ 🚨On Day 5 of #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace was outside the UN along with 🌎civil society, scientists, wastepickers, youth, Frontline and Indigenous voices from around the world, calling out governments for derailing treaty negotiations!
#INC5-2
#INC5-2
August 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
1/ 🚨On Day 5 of #PlasticsTreaty talks, Greenpeace was outside the UN along with 🌎civil society, scientists, wastepickers, youth, Frontline and Indigenous voices from around the world, calling out governments for derailing treaty negotiations!
#INC5-2
#INC5-2
Ordinary people are left unheard when businesses pour big money into shaping government decisions. The Ethics and Integrity Commission to look into 'cash for access' schemes. Sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/175794/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/175794/...
Cash for access
Ordinary people are left unheard when businesses pour big money into shaping government decisions. The Ethics and Integrity Commission to look into 'cash for access' schemes. Sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
August 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ordinary people are left unheard when businesses pour big money into shaping government decisions. The Ethics and Integrity Commission to look into 'cash for access' schemes. Sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/175794/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/175794/...
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#ThisisClimateChange Temperatures this week are forecast to be up to 15°C (27°F) above normal across Portugal, Spain, and France, with Climate Shift Index levels reaching 5 — indicating the heat is at least 5x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
August 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#ThisisClimateChange Temperatures this week are forecast to be up to 15°C (27°F) above normal across Portugal, Spain, and France, with Climate Shift Index levels reaching 5 — indicating the heat is at least 5x more likely due to human-caused climate change.
www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Students Against EACOP Uganda - 2025 chuffed.org/project/stud...
Students Against EACOP Uganda - 2025
Africa's largest proposed crude oil pipeline is an existential threat to people, wildlife and our climate. If left to go ahead, it will displace thousands of families and farmers from their land, risk...
chuffed.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Students Against EACOP Uganda - 2025 chuffed.org/project/stud...
🚨The Green Deal is under attack! Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a sustainable economy! Sign NOW to defend our future! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
Defend the Green Deal from the polluters' lobby!
The Green Deal is under attack! 🚨 Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a...
action.wemove.eu
July 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨The Green Deal is under attack! Polluters’ lobbyists and right-wing forces want to gut Europe’s most ambitious climate plan. We need a stronger Green Deal—one that protects our planet and promotes a sustainable economy! Sign NOW to defend our future! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...
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We are here because we refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. We believe in power, our collective power. And just a few days ago, we used it.
June 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We are here because we refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. We believe in power, our collective power. And just a few days ago, we used it.