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The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis. We are a group of healthcare professionals in support of Extinction Rebellion's key demands. https://t.co/9SYoNtaPWP
Oct 30 7 tweets 3 min read
Breaking: Dr Hart found guilty in Chelmsford Crown Court.
Can property damage ever be an act of care?
Read Dr Patrick Hart's closing statement: tinyurl.com/275uhoyxImage Dr Hart previously supported an action in August 2020: Doctors spark mass fly-postering of petrol pumps with graphic health warnings calling for health labels on fossil fuels at point of sale to protect public health. Image
Oct 27 5 tweets 2 min read
Over 2000 sign an open letter to the @gmcuk objecting to the suspension of climate activist doctors. Dr Benn and Dr Warner were suspended this year following their referral by the GMC to the tribunal service. Dr Hart (pictured) has a tribunal scheduled in 2025. /1 Image The open letter, handed in to the @gmcuk this week, included high profile supporters such as Dr Rowan Williams; the former Archbishop of Canterbury, and Dr. Marina Romanello; executive director of The Lancet Countdown. Sign the letter here: /2 docs.google.com/document/d/1LD…Image
Apr 26 12 tweets 4 min read
📣To those wanting to show solidarity to Dr Sarah Benn who has been suspended by @gmcuk for 5 months after engaging in peaceful climate action- PLEASE do the following quick actions in this 🧵/

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@amateuradam @doctor_oxford @drjanaway @parthaskar @mancunianmedic @GeorgeMonbiot Image 1. ✍️ Sign and share this petition directed to @gmcuk and started by a member of the public to support doctors facing fitness to practice tribunals for their climate action



There has been ++ outrage but only 4K signatures

Please sign now ✍️ and sharechange.org/p/help-medical…
Jan 27, 2023 15 tweets 9 min read
The #Barclays7 were neither imprisoned nor fined, but had to pay court costs of £500 each. They were each given suspended sentences for 2 years today in court. We have this message for the board of @Barclays
🧵1/15 To the board of @Barclays,

We express our bewilderment & dismay that Barclays chose to support the prosecution of these brave women rather than take heed of their warning. 2/15

Jan 26, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
🌊 DIRTY WATER CAMPAIGN 🌊

January 28th 2023 marks the launch of the dirty water campaign!

Join us as we support various campaigns taking place across the country!

See below for the finalised locations and times. Our waterways are the veins of our country, home to an incredible number of species and habitats.

But our clean water and biodiversity are being sacrificed by politicians and water companies who see our rivers and seas as nothing more than a commodity to be exploited.
Jul 17, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
With the UK’s first ever level 4 national emergency heat red alert declared for this week, this morning, healthcare workers carefully cracked the windows at financial services giant and investment bank JP Morgan’s offices in Canary Wharf.

Here’s why: GP Dr David McKelvey says:

“Today we do not lightly engage in breaking a pane of glass in the mighty @JPmorgan glass tower; it is done thoughtfully and carefully. Nothing else seems to have let the light in – hopefully this crack will, for the sake of all our health.”
Jul 17, 2022 12 tweets 10 min read
🚨 IN CASE OF MEDICAL CLIMATE EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS 🚨

This morning, medical professionals have broken the windows of @jpmorgan to protest their continued financing of new fossil fuel developments.

This is a peaceful act of civil disobedience. Why?🧵
doctorsforxr.com/news/doctors-f… The next few days bring unprecedented, deadly heat to the UK and the @metoffice has issued its first ever Extreme Heat Red Warning 🚨

Despite these impacts of continued fossil fuel burning and climate breakdown, @jpmorgan is still funding new fossil fuel developments! 2/12
Jul 6, 2022 4 tweets 4 min read
UPDATE BREAKING NEWS: staff at JPMorgan corporate run wrangle banner from Doctors for XR activists.

🌿The banner may have been taken but the message remains @jpmorgan are charity-washing🌿

1/4 JPM are net-terrible for the children of this world despite donating to @NSPCC because they're the world’s leading financier of fossil fuel expansion. Giving away a tiny % of immorally earnt money does not make you a good corporate citizen. #JPMCC
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Jul 6, 2022 5 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING NEWS : Doctors for XR disrupt the JP Morgan Corporate challenge in London.

Why? Because JP Morgan’s continued investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure will disrupt health + healthcare systems. We must do what we can to turn off the money pipeline #JPMCC
1/5 JP Morgan are the world's dirtiest bank - investing 34% more than any other bank in fossil fuels. They are the biggest investor in fossil fuel expansion which the International Energy Agency say is not needed to power the world. 2/5
Apr 7, 2022 6 tweets 6 min read
This morning, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers blocked HM Treasury, to call on the government to stop financing fossil fuels in the name of public health. #ActNow #ForHealthsSake #WorldHealthDay #PaidToPollute (1/6) ⬇️ Our leading medical institutions have also called for the government to "End subsidies for oil and gas extraction and redirect funds to green industry"
@RCP @BMA @RCPsych @RCPCH and @RCOG
Letter here: bit.ly/3JbKESG (2/6) ⬇️