Danny Chivers

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Photo of Steve Reed with text saying "Steve Reed Come Clean on the true cost of publicly owned water. Take Action". Behind is a screenshot of a newspaper headline saying "Public Ownership of England's water companies could cost close to zero, says think tank."

Steve Reed told Parliament his dep't provided the figure of £100bn to buy back water.
The DEFRA Under-Secretary and civil servants are on record saying the figure came from a report funded by water companies.
So...who's telling the truth? Time to #ComeCleanSteve
Sign our petition! vist.ly/3yyng

A lovely water vole. Jonathan Ridley at unsplash.com

A citizens' assembly is recommending an advocate for nature at council meetings, equitable access to green spaces, and stronger protections for waterways. The Citizens' Jury met in February to answer the question “How can we make Oxford a city where people and nature thrive together?”

Hong Kong giant CKI demands to rejoin auction of stricken Thames Water CK Infrastructure, which already owns Northumbrian Water, wrote to Thames Water's chairman on Monday demanding to be allowed to rejoin the ailing utility's financial rescue process, Sky News can exclu...

NO NO NO

The public doesn't want any of this

Thames Water has failed in private hands for 35 years

TAKE IT BACK and make the shareholders and creditors pay for their mess

news.sky.com/story/hong-k...

You can always rely on the Clarion for quality analysis like this. If you live in Oxfordshire and aren’t signed up to their weekly email newsletter, you’re missing out.

A photo of Emma Garnett and Emily Kerr after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.

Incredibly proud to have played a small role in getting these two wonderful people elected in East Oxford.

@greenpartyemma.bsky.social and @emilykerr36.bsky.social will now be part of the largest ever group of Greens on Oxfordshire County Council.

An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils:

Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats
Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats
Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats
Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats
Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats

Lots of very high profile UK biologists sign a letter saying that biological sex isn't binary or immutable and that the Supreme Court's ruling is scientifically wrong!

We really need to hammer home how the anti-trans side is anti-science

(you can add your name still if you are in a relevant field)

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities Privatisation has failed.

Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy

PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online

“In the weeks following publication, the document [seen by @desmog.bsky.social] states that nearly half of the 1,315 articles about the Eat-Lancet report included [PR firm] Red Flag’s “campaign messages and quotes”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Government's worst case scenario for nationalising water still leaves households better off | We Own It If the government took water into public ownership, it could save customers £3 billion a year. Research shows that debt and dividends is crippling the industry’s ability to fix the sewage crisis.

Almost everyone agrees water privatisation has failed

But the government tells us they can't afford nationalisation

UNTRUE

*Even if you compensate shareholders at full market value* new research from Greenwich university shows public ownership saves money

👇 👇👇

weownit.org.uk/news/governm...

EXPOSED: Fake water nationalisation tag would still save £3 billion a year.

University of Greenwich research shows how taking back control of our water delivers a better deal for the public.

Sign our petition to bring water into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/lets...

We've launched our first campaign. Here's why it matters. - Low Carbon Hub Low Carbon Hub isn’t a campaigning organisation. Except – we are, just this once. We’ve launched Make Botley West Solar Farm Fair, a petition calling for a much stronger community benefits package fro...

Low Carbon Hub isn’t a campaigning organisation.

Except – we are, just this once.

We’ve launched a petition calling for a much stronger community benefits package from the developers of the proposed Botley West Solar Farm in Oxfordshire.

Sign the petition here👉 tinyurl.com/5n7mermf

Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK

I wrote about why they were arrested at the time - for planning a family-friendly protest camp to challenge the disastrous use of wood fuel at Drax power station: newint.org/forests/2024...

New Internationalist will be digger deeper into this topic live today at 4pm on their Instagram page (just search for newinternationalist over on there).

In the face of fascism, climate activists tell a better story Climate activists are taking a direct stand against the far right, writes Danny Chivers.

How can the climate movement challenge the far right? For my latest New Internationalist @newint.bsky.social article, I interviewed climate activists who are already taking on the populist right and trying to tell a better story about the future:

Citizens’ Assembly votes for “a car-free city centre” An assembly of Oxfordshire citizens has overwhelmingly supported making the city centre car-free and turning some existing roads over to buses, cyclists and Blue Badge holders. Together with housing ...

A Citizens’ Assembly of Oxfordshire residents has called for “making the city centre car-free”, turning other existing roads over to buses, cyclists and Blue Badge holders, and housing developments with major facilities in walking distance—each topping 85% support. oxfordclarion.uk/citizens-ass...

I really hope this TV programme breaks through to the public, and piles some more pressure on the Undercover Policing Inquiry to do its job properly and actually uncover the truth.

Get Involved CALL TO ACTION We want to make sure the abuse we experienced from undercover police officers never happens to other women again. The law needs to change. Help us make this happen by SIGNING OUR PET...

If you want to support the women's ongoing fight to get the full story out and hold the police and state accountable, here's a link where you can find out more, a petition (coming soon), ways to donate and union motion to affiliate to the campaign:

policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/campaigns/act-now/

I can barely believe it all actually happened, even though some of it happened to me (you might spot me briefly in the second episode).

It's extraordinary the lengths the UK state went to in order to spy on protest movements, and the callous way that these women - and many others - were treated as disposable, in order to gather intelligence on eco-campaigners, anti-fascist activists, trade unionists and family justice groups.

The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed review – what sort of country would let the police do this? This powerful telling of the shocking ‘spy cops’ story does what only TV can: shows you the astonishing women at its heart. You’ll be engrossed for three hours

Amazing work by everyone involved in this programme. I can’t imagine what it was like for the five women to have to go through those stories again, but what a timely reminder of their incredible work to get the truth out. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Looking forward to speaking at this event!

Governments launch largest review of sector since privatisation The UK and Welsh Governments have introduced major legislation with new powers to bring criminal charges against water executives and a ban on bonuses.

Today the largest review of the water industry since privatisation will launch its call for evidence

But the government has taken the option of PUBLIC OWNERSHIP off the table ⁉️

Absolutely irrational not to *consider* how 90% of the world delivers water

www.gov.uk/government/n...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTB...

Coal power vs people power: Why the climate victories of the past may win us a better future Danny Chivers celebrates the end of UK coal, and explores what can be learned for the future.

Thanks for the reminder from @newint.bsky.social of how activism made a difference in a situation that easily could have gone the other way (continued or even growing coal power stations).

At a time that seems increasingly hopeless we need to focus our 'people power'

newint.org/mining/2025/...

Should forests be fuel? The pre-emptive arrest of 25 climate campaigners in the UK highlights a dirty secret. Danny Chivers reports.

Absolutely. The use of biomass for large-scale electricity generation is an absolute scandal. I wrote about this too, in a previous article! newint.org/forests/2024...

Coal power vs people power: Why the climate victories of the past may win us a better future Danny Chivers celebrates the end of UK coal, and explores what can be learned for the future.

UK electricity is now coal-free. This wouldn't have happened without huge amounts of activism, especially the movement that stopped new coal power stations in 2008/09. My latest article for @newint.bsky.social celebrates that victory & asks what future doors it might open: newint.org/mining/2025/...