Simon Pirani

They say projects using non-pipeline transport, such as Cory’s ships, should not be considered. "A government consultation on non-pipeline transport, running until Friday, 1 May 2026, could further frustrate Cory." 3/3 @greenwich.greenparty.org.uk @victoriarance.bsky.social @karinlt.bsky.social

Anyone who wants to take action on this dangerous technofix please note: "officials at the Competition and Markets Authority have, potentially, thrown a spanner in the works with their 2024 report on the Waste Industrial Carbon Capture scheme". 2/3 @drandrewboswell.bsky.social @hynotnw.bsky.social

Burn, baby burn Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.

Thanks to @theecologist.org for using a version of my article about the insane, damaging plan to fit carbon capture technology to waste incinerators at Belvedere. 1/3
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Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion A carbon capture project is being used to greenwash the expansion of one of the UK’s largest waste incinerators, at Belvedere, Kent. Cory Topco, which owns one incinerator and is building another, …

"Cory claims it will generate electricity to power 371,000 homes,but is more likely to put less than half of that into the grid [...] incinerator expansion will encourage local authorities to send waste for burning that could be avoided or recycled". peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/c...

Today, fares for tube, rail and DLR journeys in London will go up by 6% (and so will journeys by River Bus and the cable car across the Thames). Putting public transport fares up in London is a political choice and it’s the wrong one.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

Remind me, when you slaughter 85 young school children, are you the Good Guys?

The United States once again used negotiations as a cover for the attacks it intended to carry out regardless.

It is a declining empire determined to drag the rest of the world down with it — and Western allies are its eager lapdogs, despite all their invocations of international law.

Putting London fares up is the wrong political choice Putting public transport fares up in London is a political choice – and it’s the wrong one, Fare Free London says Press Release 27 February 2026 On Sunday (1st March) fares for tube, rail and DLR journeys in London will go up by 6% (and so will journeys by River Bus and the cable car […]

“This is a political choice. There is nothing inevitable about it”, Pearl Ahrens of Fare Free London said in a press release. Read more here.

Putting public transport fares up in London is a political choice – and it’s the wrong one, Fare Free London says On Sunday 1st March fares for tube, rail and Docklands Light Railway journeys in London will go up by 6% – and so will journeys by River Bus and the cable car across the Thames. Fare Free Lon…

Putting public transport fares up in London is a political choice – and it’s the wrong one, Fare Free London says
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News from Ukraine bulletin 184 (23 Feb) DOWNLOAD THE BULLETIN AS A PDF FILE HERE In this week’s bulletin: French unions’ solidarity call/ “Left” conscription paradox/ Kherson defiant/ Displaced Ukrainians/ Under Russian & Israeli bom…

Our bulletin #184: French unions’ solidarity call/ “Left” conscription paradox/ Kherson defiant/ Displaced Ukrainians/ Under Russian & Israeli bombardment/ Russia tortures & kills Ukrainian POWs: the evidence/ Russia abducts Ukrainian children/ & more
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Free buses for under 18s in Barnsley Good news from Barnsley, as under 18s are offered free bus journeys between 7am and 9pm. The scheme has been running since August 2025 and has already reached 1 million journeys, according to the BBC report, which quoted council leader Steve Houghton who said the scheme not only eased financial pressures on families but opened […]

Good news from Barnsley, as under 18s are offered free bus journeys between 7am and 9pm.

The scheme has been running since August 2025 and has already reached 1 million journeys, according to the BBC report.

Read our thoughts here:

hello from the UK. we who supported the 1984 miners strike told the same joke, featuring Arthur Scargill, the miners' union leader.

the government's despicable, dangerous case is also a monstrous waste of public money

UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful Ministers argued the direct action group engaged in a campaign of criminal damage and violence

... however the ban stays in place, pending a possible appeal giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

The judiciary finds its way to justice, unlike this cruel, vindictive government. UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Free public transport really does strike a blow against social exclusion. it's happening in Barnsley right now

The Greater Manchester transport branch of Unison, the union which is made up of workers in bus depots and offices has passed a motion supporting the principle of free public transport. And they are setting about organising a Fare Free Greater Manchester campaign.

Good news from Transport for London. They have committed to “develop detailed plans” for a publicly-owned bus company, to reverse the trend to privatisation that has made services worse and more expensive. Unite the union has welcomed this – and we do too. www.unitetheunion.or...

@ukrainesol.bsky.social @ensu-resu.bsky.social

Thanks to all who participated in our event, Try Me For Treason, yesterday at Birkbeck. Powerful readings of courtroom speeches by anti-war protesters in Russia. Great discussion with London-based Russians, and Brits, about how to support political prisoners. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Great to see that this banner was out again in London today. From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime. @ukrainesol.bsky.social @ensu-resu.bsky.social

A new study on the Gaza genocide should shock you:
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Let's put some vision, and optimism about the sort of places we want to live in, into political processes. This is a great way to start.

Bunker billionaires on a burning planet Capitalism is driving ecological destruction and social upheaval. Is it a death cult, and can we escape it?

We exist in a machine that is destroying the basis of life on the one planet we have to live on. This is commonly understood. Yet very little is done about it. Why?

Me for @theecologist.org

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Alexander Nesterenko, an associate philosophy professor at the Moscow State Technical University, has been sentenced to three years in prison for Ukrainian songs saved on his social media. Here is his closing statement in court:

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I wrote this pamphlet 35 years ago and I think it stood the test of time. Now a free-to-download PDF.

Free public transport has been in the news a lot this Autumn, with extensions or possible expansions confirmed in three areas: the Balearic islands, Iowa City, and Brazil. Read more here: admin.farefreelondon...

Reflections on using free public transport in Belgrade, Serbia In October this year, one of our organising group had the chance to experience free public transport in Belgrade, Serbia. This article explains what it was like. Thanks to our hosts, Ulice Za Bicikliste (Streets for Cyclists), for being gracious hosts at their conference. First, a bit of background. Public transport in Belgrade has been […]

In October this year, one of our organising group had the chance to experience free public transport in Belgrade, Serbia. This article explains what it was like.

News round-up: Free Fares in the UK There is good news for rural communities, as the MP for Shetland suggests a pilot scheme of free bus travel. Less dense towns and the rural areas that surround them have for decades been the main victims of the profitability logic that rules our transport system. But the best news is from Glasgow, where the […]

New round-up: free fares in the UK (mainly in Scotland)

Caution: high-voltage networks. Polemical cheap shots may cause damage By Simon Pirani Electricity networks matter. Humans depend on economic and technological systems through which they run. We will depend on electricity networks still more heavily if – despite, and …

For the record, this is my response to your response. peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/c...