Barbara McFarlane
Architect, activist, follower of green initiatives, active in local amenity groups / loves sea-kayaking, outdoor swimming, art, exploring wildlandscapes and literature. Strong ties with Northwich.
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlane"Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneWriting with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneRheEnergise use a mineral-rich suspension 2.5 times denser than water which can then operate like a conventional hydro Only needs hills -not mountains - so can be more widely deployed Allows long-duration storage at (they claim) half price of lithium batteries www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Sustainable Hackney screening of the ‘Happy Man Tree' Fri 6 Feb ticket www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail.... Campaign to save a Plane tree. Panel agreed: katymcgahan.com www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social Paul Wood thestreettree.substack.com @sarahwoodberrydown.bsky.social
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneYou may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse. A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!” A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneAramco have acquired a majority stake in chemicals + plastics firm SABIC, + bought into huge Chinese plastics + chemicals projects from Korea to Texas, with the aim that production of plastics 'would drive nearly half of oil-demand growth by mid-century': www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
- The state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, was responsible for emissions of 1.7bn tonnes CO2 in 2024 That's more than the emissions of Japan & Germany combined Exxon, with 610mn tonnes, caused more CO2 emissions than South Korea www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneWhen a licence is refused - and gamebirds are released anyway. Today's news: A Wild Justice supporter helps uncover unlawful release of gamebirds at the Deben Estuary. Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/gamebirdrele...
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneThe government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- Sustainable Hackney screening of the ‘Happy Man Tree' film, on Friday 6 Feb www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail.... Campaign to save a 150 yr old London Plane tree. More info & invitation to reflect & connect www.noticethistree.org @paulpowlesland.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
- @paulpowlesland.bsky.social hi Paul can you contact me? Re the showing of the Happy Man Tree film 6 Feb?
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlane‘A silent majority’: Politicians strongly underestimate support for green policies, study reveals - From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al Story by me #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneOur current agricultural system is choking birds out of existence + farmers out of business. The report identifies a need for: - better agri-environment schemes to protect grass margin + fallow habitats - engagement with farmers to support bird-friendly practices www.birdguides.com/news/farmlan...
- @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social have details of misery caused by defects of ECO4, insulation, ASHP, solar. Various facebook groups eg www.facebook.com/share/g/1Adj.... @martingillie.bsky.social. Data in NAC report unclear. Fabric 1st & renewables & proper oversight of procurement! No silver bullet!
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneThe UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ
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- We have 9 days to buy this song to help it to become Xmas no 1 @linktr.ee/T4Plive www.instagram.com/t4plive?igsh...
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneTomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die'
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- The latest Sustainable Hackney Newsletter here sustainablehackney.org.uk/so/ccPhkWbe9... @sustainhackney.bsky.social @saveleamarshes.bsky.social
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneMISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy. Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
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- www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/post/webinar... Are you inspired by the film power.film Webinars by www.pop.energy/ to learn how street by street approach works. @sustainhackney.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlane"The slaughter. The massacre. The genocide. When will it stop?" As a woman is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign, she asks when will it end? It's on all of us to take action to stop the genocide and resist attempts to label those who do as 'terrorists'.
- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneGood news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- @sustainhackney.bsky.social Films for Action Fri 21 Nov with panel discission after www.sustainablehackney.org.uk/event-detail...
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- Defective work done under ECO4 & damage done should be remediated. The failures give retrofit & renewables a bad name @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social also say “5. The Government's new Warm Homes Plan must include independent checks on all work, proper training, and full protections for residents”
- I think you are papering over truth @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social say “1. The Government must replace Trustmk and reform Ofgem 2. All ECO4 homes must be checked and fixed, funded by ending broken ECO4 scheme now 3. Fine energy firms for wasting £bns of our money and allow’g damage to our homes...
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- Reposted by Barbara McFarlaneUtterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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