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The oil giants made billions wrecking our climate and driving up bills. It’s time they paid to fix it - here and abroad. We're holding them to account!

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🚨 New GigaPoll.co.uk: 75% say big business πŸ’Ό should pay for emissions cuts 🌍 + environmental protection 🌱 (just 6% disagree ❌).

Echoes our @MakePollutersPay polls: 8 in 10 back making oil & gas πŸ›’οΈ pay.

πŸ‘‰ Over to you, Rachel Reeves.
πŸ™ Thanks
@dalevince.com

29.09.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump says "global warming is a hoax" 🌍❌. "Drill baby drill!" πŸ›’οΈβ›½

Stinging rebuke from UN Secretary General:
πŸ”¬ The science demands action.
βš–οΈ The law commands it.
πŸ’° The economics compel it.
πŸ—£οΈπŸ‘₯ The people are calling for it.

πŸ”₯🌊⚑

24.09.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we’re at the #MakeThemPay demonstration in London to demand that those responsible for climate breakdown and rising inequality pay up.

While polluting corporations and billionaires are allowed to destroy our planet, ordinary people are made to live with the consequences.

20.09.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're on the streets today to tell the Government #MakePollutersPay!

Oil and gas giants have made billions for the super-rich - driving up our bills and wrecking our climate. It’s time they paid to fix it! 🌍πŸ”₯πŸ’°

Our movement is growing fast and we're not going away!
@makethempay.bsky.social

20.09.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join the Climate Bloc on the 20th of September and #MakePollutersPay

20.08.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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With its massive profits, the oil and gas industry has a chance to lead the energy transition.

Instead, it is driving its business into a dead end and leaving everyday people to pay the price of climate catastrophe. #ClimateAction

www.un.org/en/climatech...

23.07.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you registered for this evenings training session??

Last chance!! Register now!!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mass-lobby...

07.07.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quakers urge government to tax polluters before global climate talks Quakers in Britain have joined faith and civil society leaders in urging the UK government to tax fossil fuel companies and the very wealthy to fund climate action ahead of COP30.

We are proud to join almost 30 ✝️β˜ͺοΈβœ‘οΈπŸ•‰οΈπŸ•β›ͺ faith leaders leaders urging the government to raise public funds by taxing polluters and extreme wealth in the run up to COP30. πŸ™πŸ’š@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social‬ @makepolluterspay.bsky.social‬ @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social‬ www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

27.06.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 REGISTER NOW FOR OUR MPP TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF THE MASS LOBBY!

Are you heading to the Mass Lobby on 9th July?

Join our friendly online training with top tips, talking points, and Q&A:

Monday 7 July at 6:30pm on Zoom

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mass-lobby...

03.07.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨BREAKING: 8 out of 10 surveyed around the world think that polluters - not the people - should pay for climate damages.
That’s an OVERWHELMING majority saying - it’s time to make polluters pay.

Sign the Polluters Pay Pact today πŸ‘‡

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

20.06.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

βœ… Tax the super-rich
βœ… Protect workers, not billionaires
βœ… Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

19.06.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
A text-based graphic reading 'National Demonstration. Make Them Pay. Central London. 20 September.'

A text-based graphic reading 'National Demonstration. Make Them Pay. Central London. 20 September.'

Our NHS is crumbling, energy bills keep rising and the climate crisis is a bigger threat than ever. But billionaires keep getting richer.

It’s time to tax the super-rich and #MakeThemPay.

20 September, central London. Join the National Demonstration.

19.06.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ”₯ 50+ MPs joined the #MakePollutersPay event in Parliament - a big step forward!

But we need more.

Will you email your MP? It takes 3 mins.
Tell them: it's time oil giants + the super-rich paid up for the climate crisis. πŸ’₯ shorturl.at/bFulv

#ClimateJusticeNow

06.06.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Taxing polluters for a fairer, greener society: our new policy platform Proposing a new β€˜polluter pays’ approach to tackling the climate crisis: introducing our joint new policy platform.

Make polluters pay! We're proud to stand alongside more than 35 orgs in supporting this joint policy platform, calling for the biggest polluters to pay their fair share in tackling the climate and cost of living crises taxjustice.uk/blog/new-pol...

23.04.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daily Briefing | Extended heatwave in India, Pakistan to test survivability limits, with temperatures reaching Death Valley levels

➑️ Read today's full briefing here: buff.ly/6KDBu4M

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16.04.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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DeBriefed | India and Pakistan heat β€˜tests human limits’; UK steel crisis sparks net-zero attack; Why Nigerian households are turning to solar

✍️ Written by @solomon.elusoji.carbonbrief.org
πŸ“ Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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17.04.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
New polling from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Media finds that voters believe that oil and gas companies misled the public about the climate damages their products would cause and should be on the hook for some of the costs. Moreover, voters oppose providing oil and gas companies legal immunity from lawsuits and legislation seeking to recover climate-related damages.

New polling from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Media finds that voters believe that oil and gas companies misled the public about the climate damages their products would cause and should be on the hook for some of the costs. Moreover, voters oppose providing oil and gas companies legal immunity from lawsuits and legislation seeking to recover climate-related damages.

Trump is trying to ban states from holding oil and gas companies accountable for climate costs, and make working people clean up polluters' mess.

@makepolluterspay.bsky.social's new poll finds it's wildly unpopular. 71% of voters, including 55% of Republicans want polluters to pay their fair share.

09.04.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
An image of a stack of newspapers. A headline from The Mirror reads "Energy giants rake half a trillion in profits while househoulds' bills go through the roof"

A caption reads "This isn't a headline - it's a national crisis"

An image of a stack of newspapers. A headline from The Mirror reads "Energy giants rake half a trillion in profits while househoulds' bills go through the roof" A caption reads "This isn't a headline - it's a national crisis"

πŸ”₯ Energy industry profits hit Β£500 BILLION β€” while households freeze.

Since the energy crisis began in 2020, just 20 energy firms have made over half a trillion pounds in profit.

➑️ www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/energy-indus...

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01.04.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Inequality is soaring, public services are crumbling & the climate is collapsing. We need investment to fix these crises.

πŸ“’ Join the spring budget rally & tell the Chancellor: tax the super-rich, don't cut public services!
πŸ“… Tues 25, 5pm, Westminster

secure.waronwant.org/page/167449/...

21.03.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨BREAKING🚨

The trial verdict is in. A jury in the Morton County courthouse found Greenpeace International and two Greenpeace entities in the United States liable for over US$ 660 million combined in Energy Transfer’s meritless SLAPP lawsuit.

#WeWillNotBeSilenced

19.03.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 221    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 52
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Greenpeace ordered to pay Dakota Access Pipeline operatorΒ hundreds of millions in defamation suit A North Dakota jury awarded damages to Energy Transfer, the company that runs the Dakota Access Pipeline, after finding Greenpeace liable in a high-stakes defamation case.

The decision regarding Energy Transfer v Greenpeace about the activism against the Dakota Access Pipeline is out. Not only will the decision likely bankrupt Greenpeace US, but it will set a precedent that could limit free speech by climate groups & other NGOs.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

19.03.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 24
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Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at β€˜destroying the right to peaceful protest’ A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy…

Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury

19.03.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 49
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1/ πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈπŸ”₯ Key moment for climate accountability: A German court will rule whether #FossilFuels companies can be held liable for climate harms they knowingly caused.
πŸ“πŸ¦ Live from HammπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺβ€”I’ll report in real-time from the courtroom here
#SaulvsRWE #ClimateLitigation #KlimaKlage
πŸ”½πŸ§΅

16.03.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Fair, Fast, Funded and Feminist: A pathway to a just and transformative climate transition within and beyond the UK - Oxfam Policy & Practice The world is in the grip of a climate emergency. Urgent and equitable action is essential to prevent yet further escalating climate impacts that are devastating communities worldwide and to safeguard ...

Read the full paper: Fair, Fast, Funded and Feminist: A pathway to a just and transformative climate transition within and beyond the UK policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/fa...

10.03.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one should be left behind in the shift to a greener future. As the world transitions to renewable energy, we risk simply swapping one unjust system for another. Natalie Shortall on a new Oxfam paper that calls on the UK to get behind a β€œjust transition”. views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/03/no-o...

10.03.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯ BREAKING: The Government plans to axe the windfall tax on oil & gas super-profits by 2030β€”while energy bills rise & climate disasters worsen. It's consulting on an alternative.

It's time polluters paid more, not less!

Sign the petition now: shorturl.at/sthMx

06.03.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🏘️ Britain’s poorest are spending almost as much on council tax as income tax β€” @resfoundation.bsky.social
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β€œIt’s an incredibly regressive tax ... a band H property in Hartlepool is paying almost twice as much as a band H property in Westminster”
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Eleanor Shearer on BBC #PoliticsLive ⬇️

17.02.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
TAKE BACK CONTROL OF WATER
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. TAKE BACK CONTROL OF WATER Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Thames Water have been allowed to add another Β£3 billion to their existing Β£19 billion of debt.

They've run up this bill by paying out huge amounts to bosses and shareholders instead of investing in our water infrastructure.

It's time for water to be run for people, not profit.

18.02.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 429    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6

Another corporate bailout at the expense of ordinary taxpayers.

This Β£3bn loan will ultimately be met through higher bills β€” but it won't fix the underlying problem:

Reckless mismanagement which has, again, put shareholders above the public.

18.02.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

🚨Breaking🚨

βš–οΈThe High Court has approved #Thames Water’s Β£3bn bailout loan.

This is just a stay of execution. Thames will limp on for a few months like a profit-thirsty zombie. The privatised business model is rotten and must be condemned.

Public ownership NOW!

18.02.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

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