Cherry Waters

Retired teacher, DofE leader, grandparent, Green Party, humanitarian, creative knitter (& swearer), bad musician, organic gardener

[Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @LeftieStats]

🗳️ FUN FACT: the Green 10% vote share in Somerton is their best vote share in any by-election.

🟢 10.2% ~ Somerton and Frome (2023)
🟢 9.7% ~ Norwich North (2009)
🟢 7.4% ~ Haltemprice and Howden (2008)*
🟢 5.1% ~ Selby and Ainsty (2023)

*No Labour or Lib Dem candidates

[Selby and District Green Party @SelbyGreenParty]

📈 Last year, #ArnoldWarneken ousted a #Conservative in the #NorthYorkshire Council elections by winning almost 70% of the vote. People wanted change, and they got it.

📣 Residents of #SelbyAndAinsty — together, we can change politics for the good 💚

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[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

#democracy - chance for residents of Selby and Ainsty constituency to get involved in the by-election debate

[Selby and District Green Party @SelbyGreenParty]

💧A staggering 81% of English rivers & lakes are now chemical cocktails harmful to wildlife! 🐟

🚽 Yorkshire Water was behind nearly 55k sewage overflows in 2022 — that's almost 150 times A DAY! 🤢

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[Cherry Waters @CherryH20s]

@SelbyGreenParty @sarahjbaumann @MakeVotesMatter That little person is why we do what we do - we owe it to that generation to do everything within our power to ensure this planet is at least as good when they are Arnold's age as it is now.

[Selby and District Green Party @SelbyGreenParty]

"Health issues exacerbated by poor air quality impact us, our loved ones and our health service. We must act now to alleviate the burden on the #NHS and create a healthier, greener Selby & Ainsty for current and future generations." — Arnold Warneken, Parliamentary Candidate.

[Selby and District Green Party @SelbyGreenParty]

@SelbyGreenParty are delighted to confirm Arnold Warneken as our parliamentary candidate in advance of the 
2023 by-election. 

Arnold is currently a North Yorkshire Councillor in the Selby & Ainsty constituency, beating the conservatives with almost 70% of the vote.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"South West Water fined £2.1m for pollution offences."

That is the 161st time @SouthWestWaterhas been fined over the last 10 years, a total of £4,573,634. Fines don't work, something else needs to done.

@NickFerrariLBC was right, time for jail.

https://t.co/rRBFrsTN7s

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

So many #GetGreensElected victories to savour, like @penny_stables in #Leeds - "Greens take a seat in the Wetherby ward after 48 years of only Conservative councillors"

#LocalElections2023
https://t.co/TH60f1mBMK

[Cherry Waters @CherryH20s]

@CarolineLucas https://t.co/6wPqLcQxP2

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Drax is burning trees, polluting the planet & raking in big profits - yet until now, it’s still been able to call itself ‘carbon-neutral’ & take *£1.7m a day* in Govt subsidies. Now it’s been found out, the greenwash must stop & Govt subsidies must end.

https://t.co/kK0oRiyhA4

[Stop Burning Trees @sbtcoalition]

This morning Drax got denied funding for their BECCS project! This is a big blow for Drax, but unfortunately doesn't mean their BECCS scam is over. Within hours of this announcement, Drax was meeting with the gov to demand billions in subsidies for their unproven tech (mini🧵⤵️)

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

In my reporting on clean energy misinformation I've seen one argument over and over.

Wind turbines kill birds.

While this is true, it misses an important piece of context:

Fossil fuel power plants kill 35x more birds per GWh than wind turbines do.

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[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

Can someone explain to me what was meant by “our carbon emissions are different”? Surely carbon emissions, which we need to reduce to slow global warming, are just carbon emissions (irrespective of whether they come from wood or coal)? @CarbonBrief @GreenAllianceUK

[Wild Card @wildcardrewild]

Are you a member of the National Trust? Please vote by this Friday to protect this organisation from infiltration by a right wing group calling themselves Restore Trust.
The deadline for @nationaltrust’s crucial AGM vote is 28th October

https://t.co/gvOcmzEhFB

Here’s why 🧵

[Manchester for Europe 🇪🇺 @Mcr4EU]

Yorkshire choir in fine song outside Downing Street earlier #rejoinmarch

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Let's take a closer look at the man running Boris Johnson's leadership campaign: Jacob Rees-Mogg https://t.co/ZKvA0dxxex

[Green Sky Thinking @Green_Sky_Think]

This legal case is 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹.
The UK Government's "Jet Zero" strategy for bringing UK aviation to "Net Zero by 2050" is deeply flawed, and its a shame it comes down to (brilliant) citizens to challenge them and hold them to account.
Please support any way you can 🙏👇

[Trend Asia @TrendAsia_Org]

Today, the people of JATAYU & ALBIN participated in the #BigBadBiomass day. Communities around Indramayu Coal Power Plant 1 voiced their rejection of Co-Firing and fossil fuel that has been damaging their crops, harvest, and health since the start of operations.

[Cherry Waters @CherryH20s]

After a bogus trial, Amal was just convicted to death by stoning for adultery. With a massive global outcry we can help save her life, and help halt the rollback of women’s rights in Sudan. Sign & RT: https://t.co/GKfozz1nH0