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🤨 Investing £22billion of public money in a technology with a track record of failure is NOT going to help the UK achieve its climate goals, or create good green jobs. Here’s why (thread):

🎬 *Ours ~ againn* will tour Scotland to spark vital conversations about ownership, justice and our collective power in our energy system.

We’re hiring an Impact Coordinator to help us reach dozens of communities across Scotland.

⚡️Join us! Apply by 1 Feb 2026

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Thanks for highlighting this. It’s worth also flagging that beyond the immediate £22bn allocated, the Gov expects the total cost of #CCS to 2050 to run to many hundreds of billions. Partly public, partly private - but all paid by us.

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‘ENI does not plan to be involved in activities in the area in the future’: is the Italian multinational giving up its exploration licences in Palestinian waters? - ReCommon This is real breaking news, reported by the Italian TV show ‘Report’ on its segment ‘Chi prega per la guerra’

This may result in ENI withdrawing from the consortium that was awarded unlawful exploration licenses offshore Gaza in 2023. Let's keep putting pressure on ENI to review its position on its merger agreement with Ithaca Energy, find out more from @recommon.org 👇
www.recommon.org/en/eni-does-...

‘ENI does not plan to be involved in activities in the area in the future’: is the Italian multinational giving up its exploration licences in Palestinian waters? - ReCommon This is real breaking news, reported by the Italian TV show ‘Report’ on its segment ‘Chi prega per la guerra’

Our friends at @recommon.org have shared that national and international pressure on ENI has resulted in the company stating that it "does not plan to be involved in activities in [Palestine] in the future" 🎉🍉
www.recommon.org/en/eni-does-...

The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.

At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.

Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃

Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...

NEW 🚨: Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge.

Shell and Equinor are forming a new joint venture, Adura, which will be the new owner of the Rosebank oil field 👇
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Powered by Polluters? Mobilising against the fossil fuel lobby I've just signed up to attend the Fossil Free Parliament campaign's online event: "Powered by Polluters? Mobilising against the fossil fuel lobby". The campaign has just revealed that the Labour gov...

📣 Tonight! Join us and this brill panel to learn about the damage caused by oily lobbying and how we can overpower its influence to shape climate & energy policy for public good!

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🌟 @graceblakeley.substack.com @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social
@influencemap.bsky.social

Illustration of an oil rig on a bright background with text that says, "Worker Transition Campaigns Manager. 5pm 17 November."

📢 Join our team!

We’re organising for an energy industry that protects workers' rights and creates wealth for communities, especially those impacted by industrial change.

platformlondon.org/vacancies

More than 45 charities, campaigners and trade unions have signed our open letter urging UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband to back an ambitious outcome on just transition at the UN Climate Summit #COP30.

@stopcambo.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @foescot.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social

Transition on Our Terms - Platform What Oil and Gas Workers are Demanding from Governments and Industry

Both the UK and Scottish govts need to start listening to workers, and not just the lobbying of oil and gas bosses.
Workers want a fairer energy system. Governments need to start listening to them.

Read the full survey 👉 www.platformlondon.org/transition

👪 Public and community ownership

Nine in 10 respondents want to see public and community ownership of energy production expanded, as well as the nationalisation of ports.

🤝 A jobs guarantee

92% are in favour of financial support to oil and gas workers who are not able to find equivalent, alternative employment or have left employment to retrain. 89% support mandating companies to provide employment pathways.

🍃 More investment in UK wind manufacturing (85%)

Those surveyed want to see wind manufacturing jobs created in Scotland and the North East of England. 90% also want to see more investment in upgrading ports to enable this to happen.

ℹ️ UK government support

Almost all of those surveyed (95%) said that the UK government isn’t doing enough to support oil and gas workers into new renewable energy jobs. 88% support fully funded retraining.

'North Sea workers urge government to do more on creating good renewable energy jobs' Rosie Hampton is oil and gas campaigns manager at Friends of the Earth Scotland responds to a new study of over 400 North Sea oil and gas workers…

🚨New survey finds oil & gas workers want decisive action from the UK government, Scottish government and industry to support the transition – but they aren’t getting it.

Here’s what workers want: 🧵

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...

🚨 Hunger in the UK ISN’T about a lack of food.

People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high.

It’s so wrong🧵

'Racism comes from poverty,' says new Green Party leader, Zack Polanski The new Green Party leader believes the 'super wealthy' are 'utilising working-class resentment and unhappiness with poverty to whip up hate against migrants'

Working class communities have a long history of anti racist solidarity.

Billionaires poison everything.

Sucking up wealth, hollowing out communities, spreading poverty, division and hatred.

It’s time to tax the rich and repair our society.

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‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without pay

⚡☀️ Behind the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat lies a troubling story:

Migrant workers, drawn by promises of fair pay and decent conditions, report unpaid wages, exhausting hours & dangerous heat.

A green transition can’t come at the cost of worker rights 🌍✊

Manifesto for a Fair Energy Deal for Scottish Communities  - Community Energy Scotland The Scottish Community Coalition on Energy has published its manifesto recommendations for political parties in the run up to the 2026 Scottish Parliament

We're really excited to see @cescotland.bsky.social's manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! 👏 Scotland deserves an energy system that serves and benefits local communities - not just corporations' profits. 🌱

👉 Read the manifesto: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...

Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030.

That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable.
@rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”

Landscape photo with golden colours, with water in the foreground, dark islands with two wind turbines, a low sun shining on the water. White text above says 'Scottish Community Coalition on Energy Manifesto Recommendations'.

📣We’ve published our manifesto recommendations for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections!

It’s clear that our energy system isn’t working for ordinary people. Communities must have more influence, ownership and feel more benefit from our energy system.

👀👉 communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...

Dutch fund PFZW reduces BlackRock ties over clash on sustainability Dutch pension fund PFZW has stopped investing in stock funds managed by BlackRock , in part because of concerns over the U.S. firm's voting record on sustainability issues, its lead asset manager PGGM said on Wednesday.

World news 🌍🤩

PFZW is the first pension fund worldwide to announce its break from asset giant BlackRock. And the decision is capturing international headlines! We're absolutely thrilled to see this coverage, let’s spread the good news 🙌

🗞️ Read the Reuters article: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🆕 Excited to announce the 9 blocs representing the breadth of our movement!

If you're not already coming as part of a group or organisation, we encourage you to get behind any bloc that resonates with you. More info here: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/

See you on the streets on 20 September ✊

Sign the Petition Shipping Companies: Stop Fuelling the Genocide in Gaza

The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine.

Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/

⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰

The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans

Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.

We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer

National siege on Labour TODAY. We demand:

👉 2-way arms embargo on Israel
👉End RAF Gaza surveillance flights
👉UN powers & sanctions to force aid into Gaza
👉David Lammy resign

@palyouthmvmt.bsky.social

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Hey everyone! Queers for Palestine, Trans Kids Deserve Better, The Dyke Project, London Trans Pride, Fag Revolt and RS21 Are calling the entire queer and trans community to join us outside the vile Wes Streeting's constituency office. We are responding to the Palestinian Youth Movement's call for a 'Siege on Labour' on Monday: When: Monday 4th August at 6 PM Where: 12a Highview Parade, Ilford, IG4 5EP (15 minute walk from Gants Hill central line station) ? Why: Wes Streeting and the vicious 'Labour Party' are accomplices in the zionist-made famine in Gaza. Streeting is also responsible for the deaths of many trans kids past and future. We are taking unified action across the country on Monday with these demands: 1. A full two-way arms embargo on Israel 2. An end to British RAF surveillance flights over Gaza 3. For the British government to use all UN and sanctions levers to force Israel to allow aid into Gaza 4. For David Lammy to resign as foreign minister after lying to the public about arms sales to Israel This government is dripping in the blood of our trans siblings and of the Palestinian people. We must act together to force Labour to meet these demands.

Protest outside Wes Streeting's office on Monday