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UK Labour's ongoing flirtation with oil & gas expansion is laughable in the face of what London did.

If we can slash NO₂ faster than anyone expected, we can do so much more.

Push for clean air, clean transport, clean energy — demand the same courage from all of our leaders.

London's fight back against the pollution killing our young and old proves political will is the key to life-saving change.

Claims it would take centuries were excuses to do nothing.

Opposition evaporates as the public health dividends of clean air for all and savings for NHS become obvious.

A map showing a huge drop in Nitrogen Dioxide levels in London since the introduction of ULEZ.

But their noisy legal and media campaign to keep London's air dirty and dangerous failed.

And between 2016 - 2023 roadside NO₂ in the capital nearly halved.

There were huge drops in the outer boroughs where right wing politicians most ferociously fought the clean air initiatives.

There were shrieks of protest from a toxic brew of billionaire-controlled national press, right wing politicians, and paid lobbyists for the fossil fuel, motoring and road haulage industries.

It was an unfair war on motorists, poorer residents and local businesses, they yelled.

In 2019, Khan and his team decided enough was enough.

An Ultra Low Emission Zone was launched to ban the most polluting trucks, vans and cars from Central London.

In 2023, they expanded ULEZ across the whole city.

What is NO₂? A toxic gas from diesel cars, trucks, and old boilers.

It damages lungs, worsens asthma, increases heart disease & even dementia risk.

In London, it causes up to 4,000 premature deaths a year, chiefly amongst children and the elderly.

Deadly NO2 air pollution levels in London in 2016 before the introduction of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone

Experts feared it would take 193 years to reduce London's deadly levels of NO₂ air pollution to legal levels.

This week Mayor Sadiq Khan announced his team had defied the howls of pro-fossil fuel and motoring lobbyists to achieve the life-saving target in just 9 YEARS.

Here's how they did it 🧵

Another world isn't just possible. It's happening 👇

GOOD NEWS: Renewable energy supplied OVER HALF of the EU's electricity for the first time.

Denmark had a whopping 94% of their electricity coming from renewables in Q2.

This is PROOF: renewables are the future!

There’s still a lot left that’s worth fighting for.

RIP Jane Goodall.

The future doesn’t belong to those who cling to the outdated and planet-wrecking energy sources and systems.

It belongs to those who build new systems.

Uruguay did it — we can too.

So when useless 'leaders' like Trump say we “need” more oil & gas, ask:

Are they building a future for us or protecting the profits of the fossil fuel villains who fund their political campaigns?

Because Uruguay’s example shows what courage + long-term planning look like.

Galain now runs a nonprofit that’s helping other countries replicate his model — across Latin America, Asia, Africa.

Because yes, energy transition can work in many contexts.

It doesn’t have to be Uruguay alone.

Uruguay lacked fossil fuel reserves. But that made its transition an economic benefit, not just an environmental ideal.

Its story torpedoes the myths and lies of the climate deniers and fossil fuel propagandists: that renewables are unstable, expensive and unrealistic.

The payoff? Cheaper energy, more sovereignty, stable supply.

50,000 new jobs — almost 3% of Uruguay’s workforce.

And now the country is exporting clean power to Argentina & Brazil.

His plan: no fossils. Water, wind, solar, even biomass waste pulled weight.

Within 5 years, Uruguay’s grid went from fossil-heavy to 98% renewables.

By last year: 99.1%

Professor Galain wasn’t a corporate magnate — just a little-known university professor.

In 2008, he took on the role of Energy Secretary, facing off against fossil fuel dependence + political inertia.

Wind turbines in Uruguay at sunset

While UK Labour today flirts with expanding North Sea oil & gas, Uruguay shows that with political will, you can ditch fossil fuels fast.

Ramón Méndez Galain turned a whole country’s energy supply nearly 100% renewable

Ramón Méndez Galain, the humble professor who turned little Uruguay into a renewable energy giant

Uruguay proves renewable energy isn’t a dream — it’s a choice.

And it’s entirely doable — if politicians have the guts.

A humble professor called Ramón Méndez Galain showed the so-called leaders of Europe and the US how it can be done. 🧵

2025? They’re still saying this aren’t they?

Assata also loved nature 💚

Rest in power Assata. Legend.

Here’s why TikTok shouldn’t be sold to Trump’s fave billionaires.

The biggest violator of human rights is the USA. 🇺🇸☠️

All our struggles are connected.

Imperialism has to go.

We need to put people before profit. 🏦

Build community. ⛪️

Stop destroying the Earth. 🌍

Another world is possible. 👊

They called her the most dangerous woman in America.

Black Panther.

Tupac’s godmother.

Political prisoner.

Jailbreak while 8 months pregnant.

Obama’s FBI put her on the Most Wanted list but couldn’t get her.

She just passed in exile in Cuba.

This is Assata Shakur in her own words. 🧵

If Uruguay can do it in 5 years, anyone can.