StephenHickman

What the world needs now is #courage #leadership and for everyone to #StandTogether #COP26 #ClimateAction

Lush taking the lead

The United Nations has warned that the world's climate is now more out of balance than at any other time in recorded history and said more record-breaking heatwaves are in store later this year.

Return your unwanted Reform UK flyers to this address and it costs them £2.50 a pop. Pop this address on an envelope with the flyer in, and pop it in a post box! The more we return, the less they will send!

None of us can say we weren’t warned

Thames Water is running out of money again and is now asking to borrow another £823 million. And still government won't act. PS And guess who's gonna pay for all of that, yep the customers.

"Thames Water sewage spills set for record high." Hard to believe isn't it, even after all of the outrage, all of the publicity, all of the anger Thames Water is well on course to dump more sewage this year than at any point in the last 10 years. Time for govt to act, time to take back TW. thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

“The Arctic is currently warming at four times the rate experienced by the rest of the planet. But the Antarctic has started to catch up, so that it is already warming twice as quickly as the planet overall.” buff.ly/lXt4VwP No time to waste. #ActOnClimate #climate

The petition is almost at 300,000 do your thing internet.

We’re sick of it. 🤮🤬 We’re sick of the lies. Sick of the greed. Sick of a system that’s rigged against us. Sick of rising bills, sick of sewage spills, and sick of empty promises. ❌ Our privatised water system has failed. ❌ Private companies cannot and will not prioritise public health or the environment over profit. The Government promised us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change this, yet it's pushing through legislation without considering alternatives, trapping us in the privatised current system where pollution pays, and the public gets sick. NOW is the time to rise up against corporate greed and demand our Government put an end to the profit-driven sewage scandal. That’s why we’re demanding that the government end the current privatised water industry and put public health first. Sign the petition to tell Keir Starmer to take back control of water companies, restructure them and remove the profit motive, to ensure they operate for people and the environment. No option, including public ownership, should be off the table. 👉 Sign the petition: sas.org.uk/petition It’s time to put #PeopleBeforePayouts 🎥 Tonight, the dirty truth will be exposed in Channel 4 #DirtyBusiness at 9PM. Make sure you tune in. #EndSewagePollution #SewageScandal #SickOfIt #SickOfSewage #HeatherPreen

If we reach 1.5°C, this is what is going to happen: ‼️Every fraction of a degree matters—beyond 1.5°C, the risks and damages from extreme weather, sea-level rise, and biodiversity loss increase dramatically. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

🚨 BRITISH STUDENT ARRESTED FOR CRITICISING ISRAEL British law student Paddy Friend, 25, faces up to 14 YEARS in prison for simply organizing a protest. His “crime”? Suggesting on Zoom that participants hold placards supporting Palestine Action.

Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important. #Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees....but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know" Damn right we are saying this We are in deep, deep, sh*t theguardian.com/environment/20…

You'll want to be sitting down for this bit. Water companies are currently £82.7 billion in debt, have paid themselves £85 billion in dividends, leak over a trillion of litres of water per year, dump sewage for almost 4 million hours per year, have been convicted of over 1,200 criminal acts since 1989 and an average of 35% of your bill goes on nothing but paying more interest and yet more dividends. And not a single company has ever lost their operating licence. 👇

Bruce Springsteen on Trump: “I couldn't care less what he thinks about me. He's the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for. If Congress had any guts, he'd be consigned to the trash heap of history." RETWEET if you stand with @Springsteen!

Nigel Farage has kindly asked we stop sharing this video of him talking about why we should privatise the NHS 💙 You know what to do!

The ocean floor is slowly turning into a landfill For decades, most concern about ocean pollution has focused on floating plastic and waste washing up on beaches. However, scientists now warn that the largest buildup of debris is happening out of sight, deep beneath the ocean’s surface. A global review led by researchers at the University of Barcelona found that the seafloor is accumulating vast amounts of human-made waste, in some places at levels comparable to landfills. In the Strait of Messina, between Italy and Sicily, researchers documented over one million pieces of debris per square mile (around 400,000 per square kilometer), making it one of the most polluted seafloor regions ever recorded. Debris such as plastic bags, fishing nets, metal, glass, and discarded equipment does not simply sink straight down. Ocean currents, storms, and underwater canyons transport waste from coastlines into deep-sea basins thousands of feet below the surface. Plastics account for about 62% of seafloor litter and can travel long distances before settling. This is a global issue. Plastic has been discovered nearly 36,000 feet deep (about 10,900 meters) in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in the ocean. If current trends continue, scientists estimate the ocean could contain over 3 billion metric tons of waste within the next 30 years. The impact on marine life is severe. Nearly 700 marine species are affected by seafloor debris through entanglement, ingestion, or exposure to toxic chemicals. Abandoned fishing gear can continue trapping animals for decades, a process known as ghost fishing. Because this pollution occurs far from human view, it is often overlooked. But what sinks into the ocean does not vanish — it accumulates, persists, and alters ecosystems long after it disappears from sight. Read the study: “The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects.” Environmental Research Letters, 2021

Over 1,000 lives lost in devastating floods and landslides in Sumatra, Indonesia — and experts say illegal mining & logging made it FAR worse by stripping away the forests that once protected communities. Homes buried in mud, villages wiped out, massive logs turning into deadly battering rams in the raging waters... This wasn't just nature — it was amplified by human greed. We can't look away. Share this to demand accountability and protect our planet! #SumatraFloods #StopDeforestation #ClimateCrisis #Indonesia

Oh look, it rained. Areas of the country where water companies are currently dumped sh*t into rivers and on to beaches. Brown, currently dumping sewage. Red, has been dumping sewage within the last 24 hours.

UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says bbc.in/44Yx8zo