Jason Scott-Warren
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Professor of Early Modern Literature, University of Cambridge, and climate activist with XR/IB/JSO. Coordinator of royalsocietyletter.uk.
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https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Jason.Scott-Warren/ 07-09-2022 08:00:40
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Well said Ellie Chowns - this is a real litmus test to see whether Labour will stand up for civil liberties & human rights & repeal these draconian laws
NYPD arrests scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ at Citibank: โIโm a biologist, Iโve been studying climate change since 1982 and no one is listening to the data. So today theyโre going to have to listen to my body blocking the doors of the worldโs largest funder of new fossil fuel
Just some of the 1,150 scientists calling for UK Gov to pass the ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ & ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น to drive the science-led action needed to protect us from environmental collapse. Hard to see why any MP wouldn't support it. zerohour.uk/climate-and-naโฆ #CANBill Zero Hour
The only sane response to this would be for Keir Starmer to end the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. The only sane response for ordinary people would be to step into nonviolent civil resistance until the government does what's necessary. bbc.co.uk/weather/articlโฆ
๐จA recent leader column in The Sun claimed that the Government wanted to get all petrol & diesel cars off the road in 2030 Sensational stuff, but completely wrong We complained to IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation), and the Sun has been forced to issue a correction A thread ๐งต
Three years since #DontLookUp. Has anything changed? Not judging by the BBC News (UK) yesterday.