Sarah Finch

UK MPs “overwhelmingly overestimate the time period humanity has left to bend the temperature curve”, according to new research published this week.

Is your MP one of these? They need to attend the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November

Go to: www.nebriefing.org to send them an invitation

I am overcome with envy. Enjoy!

I've now read the whole article. A good read. One small correction: Leigh Day didn't take on the British state over Horse Hill, they took on Surrey County Council. The British state chose to add itself to the case as an interested party.

I make that just under half for broadly left parties.

It always seemed simple to me!

Also, just while we're talking, I don't like the implication the Horse Hill case was part of a plot by Leigh Day. It was @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social that decided to seek a judicial review and after first talking to a Barrister, we were recommended to go to Leigh Day.

It was a split decision in the Court of Appeal too and a far from confident one. Lord Justice Lewison, who had the casting vote, had reservations: "I have concluded (not without hesitation) that the reasons just about pass muster".

Some journalists don't realise quite how high the bar is to bringing a judicial review case. The vast majority don’t make it past the permission stage.

@leigh-day.bsky.social is doing what lawyers are meant to do – seeing that the law is applied.

In the Weald case, the court ruled that the emissions caused by burning the oil should be included in the environmental impact assessment. A common sense decision which is surely not controversial.

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
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Putin’s communists???

Totally agree. (I had to look up 'Chesterson's Fence' and I'm glad I did.)

Exeter Reform UK councillor quits party and turns independent An Exeter Reform UK councillor has turned independent, after explaining to remain would ‘compromise my own principles’.

Exeter Reform councillors have apparent change of heart on anti-migrant protests on learning that migrant women and kids had a ‘horrendous time getting from where they were to here’

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Hopes at all-time high for Falklands' first offshore development Joint venture partner Rockhopper is optimistic about FID by year end on Sea Lion project

Perhaps plans for the exploitation of the enormous offshore oil reserves?

The Sea Lion oil field holds at least 800m barrels of oil, 2-3 times bigger than Rosebank.

UK govt has an interest as does the Israeli company Navitas.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
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Goodness. A young mum!

Third generation? Do you mean it has a parent born at Blean?

Good to hear such strong words from Ed Miliband on fracking.

I hope he will be as forthright when it comes to the issue of oil production in the North Sea. All the same arguments apply, and more so given the relative scale of the offshore fields vs the onshore ones.

@profbillmcguire.bsky.social tells it like it is:

“Pragmatism is only possible when feasible alternatives are available. Where climate breakdown is concerned, there is no alternative... We either slash emissions now or we are in deep, deep trouble.”

Give Tim Smith the Boot! Given Cranswick's systemic violations towards pigs, Tim Smith must be removed from Government advisory boards.

❗ Give Cranswick Chair Tim Smith the boot: Remove him from Government advisory boards.

@animaljustice.bsky.social footage shows pigs slammed onto concrete, crushed, kicked and denied water and food at Mere Farm in Lincolnshire

Please sign and share

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I'm glad they didn't persuade the majority 🙁

Gosh. Did they make a useful contribution to the debate before walking out?

There is a list of councillors who supported the motion. No Reform names on it. But perhaps the ten who didn't abstain voted against? Bizarre anyway. Hard to see someone who could oppose 'zero tolerance to hate crime'.

Does that also mean 10 of the 16 Reform councillors weren't at the meeting?

Wow! Well done @drandrewboswell.bsky.social

Bad idea! Judicial review is a vital safeguard against the govt ignoring environmental rules and agreements.

Without the Aarhus Convention, @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social and I would not have had our landmark legal win which has changed the whole approach to assessing new oil & gas developments.

There is already a high bar to bringing a judicial review case. Already cases deemed without merit can’t proceed. The vast majority don’t make it past the permission stage.

If the govt wants to avoid legal challenges, they need to make sure their plans are good in the first place.

Bad idea!

The ability to request judicial review is a vital safeguard against the govt making bad decisions and ignoring environmental rules & agreements.

Without the Aarhus Convention, @wealdactiongroup.bsky.social and I would not have been able to bring our case on oil production at Horse Hill

How is the paper carbon balanced? Genuine question.

System Update: Reboot Our Future, Free Screening A bold new documentary film exploring how we can transform our politics, economics and society to meet the climate crisis head-on.

Free screening of climate change documentary System Update, then Q&A with me and director Paul Maple on 12th October. Hope to see you there.
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Salmon Run 2025 was an amazing day full of sunshine and showers and rainbows.🐟🌈

Thank you all who took part. From the start of the ultra at 8am to the arrival of the relay at 6.30pm, it was a joy.

You can find the BBC Spotlight report video on our website.
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