Felicity Rice

Independent councillor and former cabinet member for BCP council, Dorset. Acting for human health, wildlife and climate (especially when linked to transport).

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

🚨BREAKING🚨: #Paris🇫🇷 votes for people oriented streets.

🗳️ Referendum to pedestrianize another 500 streets.
🤸Turning another 10.000 🚗 parking spots into spaces for green🌳, play🛝 and leisure🏖️.
🙋 66% in favour, 34% against.
ℹ️ Low turnout of 4% indicates low resistance.

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

🚨IMPORTANT: Russia has sentenced 16 PEACEFUL climate activists to a whopping 41 YEARS.

Oh wait, did we say Russia? We meant the UK.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The world’s richest man @elonmusk is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a @Tesla.
Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin.
(In collaboration with @politicalbeauty)

[Felicity Rice @CllrFizz]

@NeilForPoole Dear Neil, please see the below - peaceful protestors should not be recalled to prison because the private tagging company can't fit a tag

[Just Stop Oil @JustStop_Oil]

🚨 GAIE DELAP UPDATE

⛓️ As of today an arrest warrant for Gaie’s remains in place. @carla_denyer's office has been told they will hear from the Ministry of Justice ‘by the end of the week'.

✍️ Read the full story: https://t.co/W5lWEhQpWU

[Just Stop Oil @JustStop_Oil]

Don't mention the fact that burning oil and gas is making these storms more dangerous and frequent.

Definitely don't mention that people will die as a result.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Remember the outrage at @JustStop_Oil throwing soup over a protective covering of a painting in a desperate attempt to draw attention to climate breakdown?
This is The National Library of Spain, flooded again. All the world’s art, galleries, artefacts, museums, treasures etc are at risk from the overheating of the planet - just like all of the people, animals, all life is.
‘The collapse of civilisation is on the horizon’ Sir David Attenborough

[Just Stop Oil @JustStop_Oil]

"I apologise, this is just horrific...and you know what's driving this, I don't need to tell you. Global warming, climate change."

@JohnMoralesTV giving a sobering update about Hurricane Milton on NBC. When meteorologists start crying on TV, you know things are bad.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

More than 200 Spanish trade unions have announced a general strike in Spain to protest the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.

“The message we want to send to the Spanish government, the EU, and the world is to end all relations with Israel.”

🇪🇸 🇵🇸

[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

🎥 Watch my speech in Parliament on the deeply concerning Winter Fuel Payment cuts.

I fully recognise the financial crisis the previous Conservative government has created, leaving the country with a £22 billion black hole...
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[Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) @KCCAUG]

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Please take note of the streets that will not be accessed by vehicular traffic tomorrow for the 2nd edition of the #KampalaCarFreeDay.

This is a free event aimed at creating awareness on the effects of climate change, the healthy benefits of reduced vehicle reliance. This will foster the adoption of more sustainable modes of transport, advocate for active mobility and tackle the air quality challenge in the city #ForABetterCity.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Thread on the passing of time

1. Pedersen Glacier

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

It is unacceptable that activists and land defenders are being criminalised and faced with ever increasing repression.
I stand in solidarity with my friends in Mother Nature Cambodia and demand their immediate release, along with all political prisoners.
#ActivismIsNotACrime

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

📽️ Mob rule and the Conservative Party.

Thanks to @gavinesler for narration.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

“Thames Water boss says bills need to rise by 40%.” Here’s why 👇

[Plan B Earth @PlanB_earth]

1. BREAKING: Dr Sarah Benn suspended for 5 months following @gmcuk Tribunal 🧵

Hear Sarah in her own words @TheBMA

Credit:
@notguiltyorguk

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Feargal Sharkey: "Every single river is polluted... water companies have exploited us as customers, they've ram-raided £72b in cash from our pockets & destroyed almost every river in the country... we should all remember that the next time we're at a ballot box."

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Israel has killed over 11,500 Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th, when 36 Israeli children were killed.

It’s impossible to imagine that number. This is what it looks like. A line 5km long.

(Location: Bournemouth Beach)

[Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot]

When King's Landing meets the true enemy...
#ImWithScience

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Here's another view of craziness of 2023, showing the monthly average global surface temperature for each year, 1940-2023.

December's record 1.78°C above the baseline may mark the largest monthly anomaly in more than 125,000 years.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!

I just had to extend the y-axis to accommodate yesterday's record breaking global sea surface temperature anomaly of 0.76°C above the 1991-2020 mean.