Scotland has the energy. We just need the power. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Still deciding who to vote for? Watch as Peter Capaldi talks us through where the four main UK-wide parties stand on climate and nature ahead of the general election THIS THURSDAY 4th July.

Seats in Scotland are on a knife edge. We have the opportunity to reject Starmer's plans to continue Tory austerity, to retain the two-child limit and continue arms sales to Israel. Your vote really matters. Vote for a Party that will always put Scotland first #VoteSNP

Small incremental change just won’t cut it. The gap between what’s scientifically essential & what’s currently deemed to be politically possible urgently needs to close. And we will need a new generation of Green MPs more than ever. Me for The Guardian👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Tomorrow, put Scotland’s interests first. #VoteSNP #GE2024

I have just delivered my final speech of the election campaign. I am profoundly grateful to all in The SNP team for all your support and hard work during this campaign. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. One more thing - please get the vote out tomorrow. Love John x

When #Climate scientists are terrified by what they see coming we should be too. There is no time to wait. We're in a #climateEmergency. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #rewilding via Peter Kalmus

Big Oil raked in record-breaking profits. The companies that caused the climate crisis are getting rich as they fuel the fire. ExxonMobil: $55.7 billion Shell: $39.87 billion Chevron: $35.5 billion bp: $27.7 billion Time to make the pay for the damage they've caused.

A good way to reduce the number of prisoners is to start by releasing all those sent to jail for taking part in peaceful non-violent protests against climate change etc., and by repealing the draconian anti-protest laws brought in by the last government. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows theguardian.com/environment/ar…

And still the UK licenses arm sales to Israel - what’s our new government waiting for? #CeasefireNow

On Thursday, five Just Stop Oil activists will face sentencing for their peaceful actions. Show your solidarity and join Chris Packham on the day of their sentencing: Thursday, 18th at Southwark Crown Court, 4pm. #ProtectTheRightToProtest

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Manufacturing jobs grew in Scotland by 10,000 in the last 12 months, as shown in the latest Make UK survey. 🇬🇧 In contrast, they fell by 34,000 for the UK as a whole. 🥇 Scotland’s manufacturing productivity is 1st across all UK nations & regions at 116% of the UK average.

A not so gentle reminder

The extreme level of fighting and devastation in Gaza is incomprehensible and inexcusable. Nowhere is safe. Everywhere is a potential killing zone. It is high time for the parties to show the political courage and political will to finally reach a deal.

A powerful and prolonged #heatwave is forecast to continue across the Balkan peninsula and Eastern Europe, with temperatures reaching 42-44 °C. This is more than ten degrees C above the average for the mid-July period. This isn't normal. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is donating $45 million a month to the Trump campaign. If democracy is to survive in the US, we need to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections. We need a government that represents all, not just billionaires.

Deep sea mining is on the cusp of causing irreversible harm to the oceans — this industry is new, highly-destructive, & not yet regulated. But The Metals Company wants to start mining as soon as possible! Let’s #StopDeepSeaMining before it starts > act.gp/3xWkZxP #ISBA29

Today I am tabling an amendment to the King's Speech, calling on our new government to suspend arms sales to Israel and end the UK government's complicity in war crimes. Me for the The Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Czech billionaire who wants to buy Royal Mail promises to keep the universal service obligation to deliver to every UK address, six days a week, for one price bit.ly/3Lt2eVS he doesn’t mention that the price could be £12.95 and still fulfil that promise!