A local group working to protect the beauty and wildlife of this area of the Surrey Hills from the threat of development - please RT and follow

Guildford, Surrey Hills NL
Joined December 2022
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Pleased to sign this cross-party letter opposing Rosebank and Jackdaw licences. The long term costs of new drilling far outweigh any short-term gain. We cannot credibly urge other countries to leave fossil fuels in the ground while greenlighting new oil and gas projects.
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Privatisation has failed This Thursday 29th Oct shady Thames Water execs will meet dodgy US hedge funds to agree a £2.4 BILLION bailout that *households will pay for through increased bills* @andyburnham has 3 DAYS to step in and STOP THE BAILOUT, take back Thames Water
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Excellent and disturbing new report from @EndCorruptionUK based on over 40 FOI requests. Spotlight has found that UK govt ministers have held 137 meetings about Data Centres and AI growth zones between June 2024 and June 2026... but they didn't meet a single environmental group. Government met only two community groups - but only AFTER the government had approved growth zones in their communities. At the same time, Spotlight found that 38 government officials had left to take positions at AI and tech firms. Spotlight is (correctly) calling for a halt on the approval of new AI and Data Centre Development zones until there has been a proper national consultation on community and environmental impacts. In other countries, these consultations have led to important new regulations to enforce environmental protections.
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Thames Water spent £2bn on fees in 18 months to stay private. Now it's asking its creditors for £2.4bn more. But it's customers who will pay the price via their water bills. If the deal goes ahead the average Thames Water bill will have risen from £488 to £672 while Labour has been in government. vist.ly/5pzts
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Exclusive from @breeallegretti Ministers have been secretly warned that some English reservoirs are at risk of running dry, hitting water supplies to homes in the run-up to Christmas The government’s emergency committee, known as Cobra, is meeting up to twice a week to discuss the situation in the southwest of England and Sussex A secret “reasonable worst-case scenario” was drawn up, anticipating that several reservoirs’ water stocks could fall to 0 per cent — dubbed “day zero” — within weeks Officials warned that without action, supplies to some homes could be affected, along with disruption to the construction of a nuclear power station and operations at a prison Wimbleball reservoir, which supplies more than 400,000 people in Somerset, has 13 per cent of its capacity, while Ardingly, which serves 280,000 customers across West Sussex, is at 17 per cent Ministers battling to avoid reservoirs running dry by Christmas thetimes.com/article/7812e10…
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The people of Brazil chose to save the Amazon Rainforest—The lungs of our planet. Brazil and Serbia have once again proven that the power is in the people, and the people united will never be defeated. Congratulations, Brazil. The Whole World should thank Brazilians.
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Lula’s victory will be greeted with horror in Silicon Valley. Outside the EU, Brazil has been the biggest holders to account of US tech firms. And Facebook’s actions before the election deserve proper scrutiny
Lula victory speech: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results."
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I've been revisiting @UKLabour's 2024 manifesto, and some of the commitments are extraordinary given where we are today... - Defend the international rule of law. - Uphold international law in Gaza. - Recognise Palestinian statehood as an inalienable right. - Reject new oil and gas exploration because it worsens the climate crisis. These weren't demands from protesters. THEY WERE LABOUR'S OWN PROMISES! The government shouldn't need reminding what the principles are. It already wrote them down and commited to them! The question is why those principles become negotiable the moment defending them carries a political cost. @andyburnham @ZackPolanski
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What a relief! Lula’s unexpected victory gives hope for the Amazon. He has dramatically cut felling, while Bolsonaro’s plans would doubtless have taken it past its tipping point, ensuring total eventual destruction with huge global consequences. euronews.com/2026/10/19/amaz…
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4 DAYS TO GO until Thames Water creditors meet to agree *another* bailout at our expense Voters will not forgive @andyburnham if he lets a bunch of US hedge funds get away with this Take back Thames Water, slash the debt, bring it into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP weownit.org.uk/act-now/thame…
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Today, The Scottish Government announced that they have REFUSED plans to develop a golf course at Coul Links in Sutherland. This fragile landscape is home to some of our rarest and most threatened wildlife, so this a huge win for nature!
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"This is our chance. We need to generate enough energy before the 29th to demand Andy Burnham step in and block the Thames Water bailout and take Thames Water into Special Admin." Our Outreach Lead @NwogboJohnbosco spoke at @arise_festival. This is his speech vist.ly/5pqpy
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How about this government stops the obscenely excessive housing targets and the hundreds of AI data centres to be built so there’ll be enough water for everyone, the environment and our firefighters? Or is that too simple @andyburnham ? theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…?
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Nuclear power. The costs are staggering. Absolutely staggering. Read this and prepare to weep: 'From HS2 to Hinkley, Britain's most staggeringly expensive construction projects rated'. "Somerset’s Hinkley Point C...is overdue and over budget, but may come online by 2030 at a cost of £31–34bn." "Meanwhile, Suffolk’s Sizewell C is due to set the UK back at least £40bn." "Contracts entered into by previous governments mean the power stations will produce electricity that is much more expensive than from wind or solar." Too slow. Too costly. #EnergyTransition #Boondoggle #WhiteElephant @ScotNational countryfile.com/round-ups/ex…
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Passenger charges are currently £28 . They'll rise up to £65 after expansion. At what is already the world’s most expensive airport. Every airline says it’s unaffordable. Listen to them. #NoThirdRunway #Heathrow
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A green light for the Jackdaw gas field isn't the end of the matter Far from it Now we must make sure that the much worse Rosebank oil field doesn't see the light of day Please listen to my @StopCambo call to @andyburnham to leave the Rosebank oil in the ground
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