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LawyersAreResponsible

@lawyersareresp

SOME lawyers are responsible as they enable new fossil fuel projects. OTHERS (like us) take responsibility to combat #climatedisaster

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Land Rights Now (@landrightsnow) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kenya's Maasai community blocks major tourist road in protest against forced evictions from their ancestral lands for a wildlife conservancy, claiming it infringes on their rights and traditional land use. #IndigenousRights #Maasai news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

Yellow Dot Studios (@weareyellowdot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Oil and gas companies in particular are finding it difficult to attract new talent, in part because they have been losing credibility amid the growing climate crisis.” Everyone deserves a job that doesn’t advance ecological collapse. #LaborDay theconversation.com/why-young-work…

grist (@grist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How do a town’s politics shift after climate disasters displace residents? This Louisiana town is finding out. grist.org/extreme-weathe…

Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The chiefs of both the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have issued a joint-statement criticizing my arrest, the seizure of my equipment, and the use of anti-terror legislation against journalists. They have written to New

The chiefs of both the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have issued a joint-statement criticizing my arrest, the seizure of my equipment, and the use of anti-terror legislation against journalists. They have written to New
Jenny Jones (@greenjennyjones) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just over a year ago I tried to stop the whole debate on the Tory repressive legislation. At the time LabourLordsUK were whipped to oppose my fatal motion. And now this Labour Govt is fighting Liberty so they can keep those measures to use on protests. Chris Packham

Arnaud Bertrand (@rnaudbertrand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Your regular reminder that legal slavery still exists in the US: the 13th amendment of the constitution abolished slavery "except as a punishment for crime". "Land of the free", with by far the largest prison population anywhere on earth, who are legally considered slaves...

Peter Apps (@peteapps) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Grenfell Inquiry report 🚨 - "Complacent" govt "well aware" of risk of cladding disaster but failed to act - "Systematic dishonesty" by product manufacturers "very significant reason" for fire - "Chronic and systemic" fire safety failures by tower's social landlords

Peter Apps (@peteapps) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The dark heart of this catastrophe lies in this simple, depressing narrative: the state stepped back, corporate greed stepped in and innocent people died. Bit by me for The Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From flooded British farms to the desertification of Sicily, the climate crisis requires careful water management. It's existential: water must be brought into public ownership.

Greenpeace UK (@greenpeaceuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨BREAKING: Greenpeace UK have SHUT DOWN Unilever HQ in London. Activists have locked themselves to all building entrances. We're bringing Dove's toxic business to a grinding halt because pretty ads can't hide ugly truths. Dove's plastic pollution ENDS NOW.

🚨BREAKING: <a href="/GreenpeaceUK/">Greenpeace UK</a> have SHUT DOWN <a href="/Unilever/">Unilever</a> HQ in London. Activists have locked themselves to all building entrances.

We're bringing Dove's toxic business to a grinding halt because pretty ads can't hide ugly truths. Dove's plastic pollution ENDS NOW.
Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs (@marylawlorhrds) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'll be closely following the court hearing in the case against climate activists and human rights defenders John Mark Rozendaal & Alec Connon in New York, #USA tomorrow. I express my strong concern at the charges brought against them U.S. Mission Geneva

I'll be closely following the court hearing in the case against climate activists and human rights defenders John Mark Rozendaal &amp; Alec Connon in New York, #USA tomorrow. I express my strong concern at the charges brought against them <a href="/usmissiongeneva/">U.S. Mission Geneva</a>
Pacific Feminist Community of Practice (@pacfemcop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pacific feminist activist and writer Mary Rokonadravu during the "Love in a Time of Ecocide" freeskool session last year. Sign on here to Endorse, Join, and Support the Campaign: tinyurl.com/2dsp7kc7 #PacificFeministDefendingTheLivingPlanet #FeministsForTheLivingPlanet

Pacific feminist activist and writer Mary Rokonadravu during the "Love in a Time of Ecocide" freeskool session last year. 

Sign on here to Endorse, Join, and Support the Campaign:  tinyurl.com/2dsp7kc7

#PacificFeministDefendingTheLivingPlanet #FeministsForTheLivingPlanet
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International - IPRI (@iprightsintl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇵🇪The Peruvian State has the responsibility to protect Indigenous peoples in isolation and initial contact Illegal loggers are invading Mashco Piro territories and threatening their existence Read more: reuters.com/world/americas…

LawyersAreResponsible (@lawyersareresp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Deteriorating Environment Is a Public Concern, but Americans Misunderstand Their Contribution to the Problem insideclimatenews.org/news/05092024/…

Corina Heri (@cohelongo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We need to talk about Switzerland, more specifically about how using the ECHR as a punching bag for political gain is dangerous and stupid.

Adam Wagner (@adamwagner1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This point was missed on Radio 4 Today - the interviewer asked Angela Eagle DBE about the German scheme "processing" applications - and the next point should have been: that wasn't the UK plan. It was to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda before they were processed, and leaving them