Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Zack Polanski: “We absolutely need to stop the boats” The Greens’ Zack Polanski on facing up to Reform

"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*

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Zack Polanski to call for tax on super-rich in speech at Green Party conference | LBC Zack Polanski will say Britain’s economy is “rigged” for the super-rich as he sets out a vision for taxing the wealthy in his first speech to the Green Party’s annual conference as leader.

Friday. 1.30pm. 👇🏼

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski answers questions on BBC local radio stations Polanski is being quizzed on his party's policies ahead of its annual conference, taking place this weekend in Bournemouth.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski answers questions on BBC local radio stations.

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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

The Pope Speaks Out on Climate Change ✝️🌍

Pope Leo XIV has condemned those who downplay the "increasingly evident" impacts of rising temperatures...echoing the words of Pope Francis before him.

He is calling on citizens everywhere to step up and protect the planet for future generations 🌱⚡

HATE YACHTS NOT DINGHIES, by Hyphen from the album Literally Born in Portsmouth

I have a song recommendation to go with "Blame millionaires not migrants. It's called "Hate yachts not dinghies", but the same message
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Lets get this circulating for the Reform voters who may need pictures…😉

Which political parties support public ownership? We Own It have launched a 'Public Ownership Party Scorecard' - ranking each political party on their policies.

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🚨🚨 Sound up loud for our brand new video! 📽️📽️

People riding to the song of the moment - turn it up and enjoy! 🎶

Last Saturday, Haringey Cycling organised a marshalled family ride around local animal murals.

We got an amazing turnout, because People Love Cycling. … /1

If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.

Amazing photo of Windsor Castle taken last night

> @cnbc.com 🇬🇧

Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Astonishingly, I've discovered, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss's agenda are still operating at the heart of government. Remind me what we voted for again ...
This week's column.
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This is what happens when justice serves power instead of people.

Banksy’s latest piece shows a judge beating a protester. They rushed to throw up barriers to hide it.

We need this here because it looks a lot like our own Supreme Court vs. the people.

Former head of EDF says the EPR nuclear reactor - the one EDF is building at Hinkley & Sizewell - is “phenomenally complex”, “almost unbuildable”

Here's how costs of Sizewell compares with other reliable low carbon power

Why did UK govt go ahead with this boondoggle?

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Lead story in The Times: Rachel Reeves' new advisor has links to Thames Water Lobbyists. Above a photo of Jenny Scott, the sub-heading reads "Jenny Scott will work at the Treasury and continue with her role at Apella Advisors — a firm she co-founded — which advocates for the water firm"

😒That's not a good look. Worse, it's a conflict of interest.

Thames Water is in crisis. Why would the Chancellor of the Exchequer appoint someone from a firm who lobbies on their behalf?

Private firms should be nowhere near Thames Water.

If you agree sign our petition:✍️
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Me with copy of Ham and High

My rant about lack of cycle infrastructure on Green Lanes has been printed in an actual NEWSPAPER 🎉🥳📰🗞️

It’s a half page comment piece in the Ham and High, out now.

The online version is also the most read story at the moment.

Cycling issues matter! 🚲🚲 You might … 1/9

Incredibly infuriating to press the button then stand and wait for 30 seconds (or more!) before the lights change. Why? What’s the justification? Why would you leave a pedestrian, exposed to the elements, standing waiting to allow cars to continue on?

Four frame cartoon. frame 1: 3 people one with round head, one a square head one triangular. Text reads "We may look different" frame 2: 3 thought bubbles, one with a red square in it, one a blue drop shape, one a yellow 5 point star. Text reads: "we may think different". frame 3: string of identical linked paper cut people. Text reads, "But inside us, we have one thing in common". frame 4: close up of one of the paper people, text on the person says "microplastics".

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

🧡 BREAKING: Historic win 🧡

The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵

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Even the Tories now admit that our electoral system is toxic. When will Labour have the guts to fix it? | Polly Toynbee Giving 16-year-olds the vote is good, not least to stop the rightward lurch, but real change would mean scrapping first past the post, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections! The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elec...

Please sign below to demand an end to our broken electoral system and for the government to adopt Proportional Representation in our elections — so that every vote counts equally at every election.
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New ‘powerful water regulator to replace failed Ofwat’ in drive to reset sector Environment secretary backs Cunliffe review’s plan to end sewage spills and financial mismanagement in England and Wales

So Ofwat is crap. Now what?

Time to put water companies into special measures, so the investors who’ve creamed off profits can't stick customers with the bill.
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Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth

Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
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Open letter: stop First Group, Arriva and other private firms clinging on to our railway | We Own It Private firms like First Group and Arriva are fighting to cling on to our railway. The government must impose a moratorium on approval of new rail contracts with private firms.

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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

If the water companies were in public ownership, I could protest against this at the ballot box. Instead I have to watch on helplessly as they poison our water and land, and pay out ever increasing bonuses and dividends. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’ Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods

As Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Transport, I delivered the largest number of LTNs in the U.K.

In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020.

It was worth it.

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