Sarah Finch
@sarahfinch.bsky.social
Writer, editor, climate campaigner. Born at 319 ppm.
Fighting fossil fuels with @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social and championing the Atlantic Salmon with @tidelines.bsky.social.
I was @MadamPratolungo on Twitter.
Fighting fossil fuels with @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social and championing the Atlantic Salmon with @tidelines.bsky.social.
I was @MadamPratolungo on Twitter.
A huge turn out to face off the far right in Exeter (again). #ExeterIsForEveryone #RefugeesWelcome
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A huge turn out to face off the far right in Exeter (again). #ExeterIsForEveryone #RefugeesWelcome
Great article @jamesgdyke.info! We absolutely must turn off the fossil fuels spigot.
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great article @jamesgdyke.info! We absolutely must turn off the fossil fuels spigot.
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
Very proud of Exeter today. Huge turn out to face off the far right. #ExeterIsForEveryone #RefugeesWelcome 🍉🌿🌈💚
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Very proud of Exeter today. Huge turn out to face off the far right. #ExeterIsForEveryone #RefugeesWelcome 🍉🌿🌈💚
Exeter people! This Saturday I'm running activities in the Transit Shed on the Quay as part of the Salmon Run.
Come and make a postcard or badge, learn about salmon, and enjoy music from Tess and the Durbervilles. And of course cheer the runners as they pass through.
We'll be there 10.30–12.30
Come and make a postcard or badge, learn about salmon, and enjoy music from Tess and the Durbervilles. And of course cheer the runners as they pass through.
We'll be there 10.30–12.30
September 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Exeter people! This Saturday I'm running activities in the Transit Shed on the Quay as part of the Salmon Run.
Come and make a postcard or badge, learn about salmon, and enjoy music from Tess and the Durbervilles. And of course cheer the runners as they pass through.
We'll be there 10.30–12.30
Come and make a postcard or badge, learn about salmon, and enjoy music from Tess and the Durbervilles. And of course cheer the runners as they pass through.
We'll be there 10.30–12.30
This will be the government’s first big climate test.
Rejecting Rosebank would demonstrate its seriousness about its climate commitments.
Approving it would seriously undermine the UK’s credibility.
Read the letter here: parentsforfuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Rejecting Rosebank would demonstrate its seriousness about its climate commitments.
Approving it would seriously undermine the UK’s credibility.
Read the letter here: parentsforfuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This will be the government’s first big climate test.
Rejecting Rosebank would demonstrate its seriousness about its climate commitments.
Approving it would seriously undermine the UK’s credibility.
Read the letter here: parentsforfuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Rejecting Rosebank would demonstrate its seriousness about its climate commitments.
Approving it would seriously undermine the UK’s credibility.
Read the letter here: parentsforfuture.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Now the developer, Equinor, has to submit a new Environmental Statement to reapply.
Thanks to my and @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social's landmark legal win, Equinor can no longer hide the enormous harm Rosebank would do the climate.
It would create more than 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Thanks to my and @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social's landmark legal win, Equinor can no longer hide the enormous harm Rosebank would do the climate.
It would create more than 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Now the developer, Equinor, has to submit a new Environmental Statement to reapply.
Thanks to my and @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social's landmark legal win, Equinor can no longer hide the enormous harm Rosebank would do the climate.
It would create more than 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Thanks to my and @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social's landmark legal win, Equinor can no longer hide the enormous harm Rosebank would do the climate.
It would create more than 200 million tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Yesterday I joined Parents For Future campaigners to deliver a letter to the prime minister, asking him not to approve the Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank – the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field – had its permit quashed as it had failed to properly account for its downstream climate impacts.
Rosebank – the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field – had its permit quashed as it had failed to properly account for its downstream climate impacts.
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yesterday I joined Parents For Future campaigners to deliver a letter to the prime minister, asking him not to approve the Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank – the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field – had its permit quashed as it had failed to properly account for its downstream climate impacts.
Rosebank – the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field – had its permit quashed as it had failed to properly account for its downstream climate impacts.
We've already beaten Rosebank once - back in January, the Scottish courts said it had been permitted unlawfully - and quashed its planning consent.
We can do it again!
Join the national Stop Rosebank Day of Action on 6 September 👇
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
We can do it again!
Join the national Stop Rosebank Day of Action on 6 September 👇
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've already beaten Rosebank once - back in January, the Scottish courts said it had been permitted unlawfully - and quashed its planning consent.
We can do it again!
Join the national Stop Rosebank Day of Action on 6 September 👇
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
We can do it again!
Join the national Stop Rosebank Day of Action on 6 September 👇
actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
Rosebank would be a disaster for the climate, producing more CO2 than the 28 poorest countries do in a year.
It would trash any chance of meeting UK climate goals.
Experts are clear: we already have enough oil and gas fields in production to meet our energy demands.
#StopRosebank #ClimateCrisis
It would trash any chance of meeting UK climate goals.
Experts are clear: we already have enough oil and gas fields in production to meet our energy demands.
#StopRosebank #ClimateCrisis
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Rosebank would be a disaster for the climate, producing more CO2 than the 28 poorest countries do in a year.
It would trash any chance of meeting UK climate goals.
Experts are clear: we already have enough oil and gas fields in production to meet our energy demands.
#StopRosebank #ClimateCrisis
It would trash any chance of meeting UK climate goals.
Experts are clear: we already have enough oil and gas fields in production to meet our energy demands.
#StopRosebank #ClimateCrisis
Thank you @richardabetts.bsky.social for letting me plug the #StopRosebank campaign at #BeautifulDays
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you @richardabetts.bsky.social for letting me plug the #StopRosebank campaign at #BeautifulDays
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Any day now, Equinor could reapply to develop Rosebank: the UK's biggest undeveloped oil field. We need to make sure the government says no!
Some reasons below...
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Like almost everyone else, I have been feeling appalled, angry and helpless about the horrific news from Gaza. On Friday I joined my brother on a swim challenge to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. I wrote about it here.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=165
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=165
August 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Like almost everyone else, I have been feeling appalled, angry and helpless about the horrific news from Gaza. On Friday I joined my brother on a swim challenge to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. I wrote about it here.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=165
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=165
Reading it in the Picos de Europa made it extra resonant.
Despite millennia of human occupation, nature is less trashed here than in the UK. It adds a frisson to a forest hike to know there are bears and wolves nearby, even if there's next to no chance of meeting them.
Despite millennia of human occupation, nature is less trashed here than in the UK. It adds a frisson to a forest hike to know there are bears and wolves nearby, even if there's next to no chance of meeting them.
July 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reading it in the Picos de Europa made it extra resonant.
Despite millennia of human occupation, nature is less trashed here than in the UK. It adds a frisson to a forest hike to know there are bears and wolves nearby, even if there's next to no chance of meeting them.
Despite millennia of human occupation, nature is less trashed here than in the UK. It adds a frisson to a forest hike to know there are bears and wolves nearby, even if there's next to no chance of meeting them.
Recommended summer read! Nature's Ghosts by @sophieyeo.bsky.social
Thoughtful book which asks if it's possible to bring back past ecosystems (no…) and how we can learn from the past to support wilder places in the future.
Packed with research but with a gentle tone that makes it a joy to read.
Thoughtful book which asks if it's possible to bring back past ecosystems (no…) and how we can learn from the past to support wilder places in the future.
Packed with research but with a gentle tone that makes it a joy to read.
July 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Recommended summer read! Nature's Ghosts by @sophieyeo.bsky.social
Thoughtful book which asks if it's possible to bring back past ecosystems (no…) and how we can learn from the past to support wilder places in the future.
Packed with research but with a gentle tone that makes it a joy to read.
Thoughtful book which asks if it's possible to bring back past ecosystems (no…) and how we can learn from the past to support wilder places in the future.
Packed with research but with a gentle tone that makes it a joy to read.
💥 That’s a game-changer for every community resisting dirty energy.
This wasn’t just a courtroom win. It was the result of relentless grassroots organising, years of resistance, and the strength of communities who refused to back down.
This wasn’t just a courtroom win. It was the result of relentless grassroots organising, years of resistance, and the strength of communities who refused to back down.
June 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
💥 That’s a game-changer for every community resisting dirty energy.
This wasn’t just a courtroom win. It was the result of relentless grassroots organising, years of resistance, and the strength of communities who refused to back down.
This wasn’t just a courtroom win. It was the result of relentless grassroots organising, years of resistance, and the strength of communities who refused to back down.
A year ago today, I won a legal fight in the Supreme Court, culmination of a five-year battle through the courts. I am overwhelmed by the impacts it has had, which are summarised in this post by the @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A year ago today, I won a legal fight in the Supreme Court, culmination of a five-year battle through the courts. I am overwhelmed by the impacts it has had, which are summarised in this post by the @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social
What a huge honour to be named Campaigner of the Year at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Awards. Recognising the vital role of grassroots climate campaigners
And to follow Doreen Lawrence, who got a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#SMKAwards2025 #LoveCampaigning
And to follow Doreen Lawrence, who got a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#SMKAwards2025 #LoveCampaigning
June 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What a huge honour to be named Campaigner of the Year at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Awards. Recognising the vital role of grassroots climate campaigners
And to follow Doreen Lawrence, who got a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#SMKAwards2025 #LoveCampaigning
And to follow Doreen Lawrence, who got a Lifetime Achievement Award.
#SMKAwards2025 #LoveCampaigning
“The dinosaurs had no agency. We do.”
Some thoughts on an interesting (and not entirely pessimistic) talk by @michaelemann.bsky.social and @gsiexeter.bsky.social on our fragile climate and what can we learn from changes in the past.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=147
Some thoughts on an interesting (and not entirely pessimistic) talk by @michaelemann.bsky.social and @gsiexeter.bsky.social on our fragile climate and what can we learn from changes in the past.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=147
May 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“The dinosaurs had no agency. We do.”
Some thoughts on an interesting (and not entirely pessimistic) talk by @michaelemann.bsky.social and @gsiexeter.bsky.social on our fragile climate and what can we learn from changes in the past.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=147
Some thoughts on an interesting (and not entirely pessimistic) talk by @michaelemann.bsky.social and @gsiexeter.bsky.social on our fragile climate and what can we learn from changes in the past.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=147
Exeter people who like music: I am singing in this.
It's going to be good!
Tickets £15 or £7.50, includes refreshments and programme
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exeter-chora...
It's going to be good!
Tickets £15 or £7.50, includes refreshments and programme
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exeter-chora...
May 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Exeter people who like music: I am singing in this.
It's going to be good!
Tickets £15 or £7.50, includes refreshments and programme
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exeter-chora...
It's going to be good!
Tickets £15 or £7.50, includes refreshments and programme
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exeter-chora...
A blog on the gift of a painting, and how the tanker collision in the North Sea (and the two-plus oil and chemical leaks a week) underline that we need to move away from the fossil fuel industry as fast as possible. The govt is consulting on that now - please have your say.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=135
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=135
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A blog on the gift of a painting, and how the tanker collision in the North Sea (and the two-plus oil and chemical leaks a week) underline that we need to move away from the fossil fuel industry as fast as possible. The govt is consulting on that now - please have your say.
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=135
sarahfinch.co.uk?p=135
And now the transport minister is "minded to approve" a second runway at Gatwick.
The Planning Inspectorate recommended REFUSAL of this in November for various reasons including that the greenhouse gas emissions will affect our ability to meet carbon targets.
@gaccenvironment.bsky.social
The Planning Inspectorate recommended REFUSAL of this in November for various reasons including that the greenhouse gas emissions will affect our ability to meet carbon targets.
@gaccenvironment.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And now the transport minister is "minded to approve" a second runway at Gatwick.
The Planning Inspectorate recommended REFUSAL of this in November for various reasons including that the greenhouse gas emissions will affect our ability to meet carbon targets.
@gaccenvironment.bsky.social
The Planning Inspectorate recommended REFUSAL of this in November for various reasons including that the greenhouse gas emissions will affect our ability to meet carbon targets.
@gaccenvironment.bsky.social
A pretty terrible couple of days for those concerned about aviation and the climate.
First the Committee on Climate Change has dropped its advice that there should be “no net increase” in airport capacity and projects ever more people flying. A 28% increase by 2050! (to 402 million passengers)
First the Committee on Climate Change has dropped its advice that there should be “no net increase” in airport capacity and projects ever more people flying. A 28% increase by 2050! (to 402 million passengers)
February 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A pretty terrible couple of days for those concerned about aviation and the climate.
First the Committee on Climate Change has dropped its advice that there should be “no net increase” in airport capacity and projects ever more people flying. A 28% increase by 2050! (to 402 million passengers)
First the Committee on Climate Change has dropped its advice that there should be “no net increase” in airport capacity and projects ever more people flying. A 28% increase by 2050! (to 402 million passengers)
Looking forward to hearing from Ben Franta, professor of climate litigation, at @gsiexeter.bsky.social seminar starting now.
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Looking forward to hearing from Ben Franta, professor of climate litigation, at @gsiexeter.bsky.social seminar starting now.
I was pleased to receive a review copy of ‘The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive’, a new book by barristers at @39essexchambers.bsky.social But barely qualified to review it. I've shared some thoughts here: sarahfinch.co.uk?p=111
February 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I was pleased to receive a review copy of ‘The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive’, a new book by barristers at @39essexchambers.bsky.social But barely qualified to review it. I've shared some thoughts here: sarahfinch.co.uk?p=111
I'm speaking at a fundraiser for @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social next week.
They are a strong local party, but currently have just two councillors on Surrey County Council. Surrey needs more Greens!
Please come for a delicious dinner & help boost campaign funds.
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
They are a strong local party, but currently have just two councillors on Surrey County Council. Surrey needs more Greens!
Please come for a delicious dinner & help boost campaign funds.
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
February 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I'm speaking at a fundraiser for @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social next week.
They are a strong local party, but currently have just two councillors on Surrey County Council. Surrey needs more Greens!
Please come for a delicious dinner & help boost campaign funds.
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
They are a strong local party, but currently have just two councillors on Surrey County Council. Surrey needs more Greens!
Please come for a delicious dinner & help boost campaign funds.
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Huge win for the climate! The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are ruled unlawful and consent quashed.
Amazing victory for @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and so pleased that my win on Horse Hill contributed to this.
www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/01/rose...
Amazing victory for @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and so pleased that my win on Horse Hill contributed to this.
www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/01/rose...
January 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Huge win for the climate! The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are ruled unlawful and consent quashed.
Amazing victory for @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and so pleased that my win on Horse Hill contributed to this.
www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/01/rose...
Amazing victory for @stopcambo.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social and so pleased that my win on Horse Hill contributed to this.
www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2025/01/rose...