Mathew Lawrence

@DantonsHead

Founder and Director // 'Planet on Fire" out with in April 2021

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    Apr 20

    Planet on Fire is published today 🌏 🔥 🥳 All these excellent people can’t be wrong (🤞) Pick up a copy from 50% off today! 📚

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    Aug 13

    NEW RESEARCH 🚌 Our briefing, by , Joseph Baines and , shines a light on the impacts of bus privatisation and deregulation, and calls for bus ownership to be reimagined to serve the needs of communities, the environment, and workers.

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  3. Aug 10

    This chart reminds me of a friend of my dad’s who was attacked by a leopard while walking in the bush in Botswana - he was a game ranger - & had the scars/pelt to prove it. But not sure where this falls on the undignified spectrum, or how they’d have fared against a goose/eagle.

    the thing is that it is fundamentally undignified to fight any of the animals you might win against and obviously dangerous to fight the others
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    Aug 9

    Unfortunately feels even more pertinent now than it did a few months back.

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  5. Aug 9

    The climate crisis is a crisis of politics. Securing the change we need is undoubtedly a technical challenge, but it is above above all a question of power: who has it, used for what ends. Exciting to see helping build the power we need to overcome fossil capital.

    The IPCC report has laid bare the scale of the climate crisis. Things are even worse than we thought. But every bit of warming we prevent will save lives - so we have to do everything we can. 🧵(1/8)
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    Aug 5

    “The basic institutional design of the for-profit corporation - when profits are overwhelmingly derived from fossil fuel production - stands in conflict with the demands and time horizons of the climate emergency.” Read on the North Sea. ➡️

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    Aug 8

    The Scottish and UK Governments should be designing a just transition, not deliberating over a license for an 800 million barrel oil field. Me, and spoke with The National about and ’s latest research.

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    Aug 9

    And here's the point: Doing otherwise would require a drastic transformation of property rights, democratic control over finance, reparations for the centuries of colonial extractivism that have shaped the uneven vulnerability to climate breakdown... 9/

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  9. Aug 9

    Good thread. We need a qualitative shift in policy, not just a quantitative increase; intensifying existing market-based strategies will fail to deliver change at the pace and scale required while compounding the relations of power and domination that underpin the crisis.

    The IPCC report is bringing out a deluge of 'we need to take action urgently to limit climate breakdown' arguments. They're not wrong, exactly, but the idea that govts have 'dithered' or have simply lacked the 'will' to do anything about the climate crisis isn't helpful. 1/
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    Aug 6

    This is huge news! After 15 years of struggle have seen off the developers and Haringey council have come out in favour of the campaign’s community plan. This includes a Public-Common Partnership to create the conditions for the democratic development of the area.

    💥 !! ANOTHER CITY IS POSSIBLE !! 💥 We are ecstatic to announce that after 15 years of struggle, Grainger have withdrawn from Wards Corner and have given their full support to the community plan!! This is a huge victory in the fight for a fairer city -
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    Aug 2

    🚨🚨!!!!Common Wealth is hiring!!!!🚨🚨 Come work with us, it's fun I promise. Very happy to chat to anyone who's interested about life in the CW team, feel free to DM me.

    💥Common Wealth is hiring💥 We are excited to announce two job opportunities in our team: 🗞 Press and Digital Communications Lead 📊 Senior Data Analyst Follow the link to find out more about the roles 👉
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  12. Aug 3

    🎈🎈 Come work with us 🎈🎈 Any questions about the two new roles or CW in general, very welcome to DM me!

    💥Common Wealth is hiring💥 We are excited to announce two job opportunities in our team: 🗞 Press and Digital Communications Lead 📊 Senior Data Analyst Follow the link to find out more about the roles 👉
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  13. Retweeted
    Jul 29

    ‘people use washing-up liquid to wash clothes; brushed their teeth without toothpaste; and stayed at home because they didn’t have any period products. Some even removed the contents of a nappy so that it could be reused.’

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    Jul 29

    Who owns the black, black oil?💰 While the likes of BP and Shell historically held a strong grip on North Sea oil and gas, the presence of private equity-backed and state-owned entities is increasing, possibly posing even greater challenges for a just transition.

    'It's Scotland's Oil!' was the call of 1970s nationalism, but the oil majors dominated the early North Sea. This great resource from shows what's changed: asset stripping private equity firms and foreign governments now own our oil and gas.
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    Jul 29

    Very cool stuff from

    NEW🚨 Who owns the North Sea? Explore our interactive map showing who owns oil and gas licenses in the North Sea - and why it matters. 🛢🌊 ➡️
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    Jul 29

    🚨 Stranded asset alert 🚨 Important new work by showing a transition of North Sea ownership from publicly listed to private companies…

    NEW🚨 Who owns the North Sea? Explore our interactive map showing who owns oil and gas licenses in the North Sea - and why it matters. 🛢🌊 ➡️
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    Jul 29

    This is such a fantastic and valuable asset to understand the financial ecosystem extracting and wealth from the North Sea. Check it out, then organise against further licenses, for a , and a rapid managed phase out.

    NEW🚨 Who owns the North Sea? Explore our interactive map showing who owns oil and gas licenses in the North Sea - and why it matters. 🛢🌊 ➡️
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    Jul 29

    this is a hugely important piece of research. who "owns" resources or parts of the planet and those owners relative interests in working for or against a just transition will come to shape much of the next few years and our future.

    NEW🚨 Who owns the North Sea? Explore our interactive map showing who owns oil and gas licenses in the North Sea - and why it matters. 🛢🌊 ➡️
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  19. Jul 29

    For our ‘Who owns the North Sea’ I wrote about ‘Crude Britannia’, the rise of private equity, & how the flow of renewable energy can anchor a democratic economy based on communal stewardship & the abundance of a nurtured commons.

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    Jul 29

    NEW🚨 Who owns the North Sea? Explore our interactive map showing who owns oil and gas licenses in the North Sea - and why it matters. 🛢🌊 ➡️

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    Jul 27

    Is humanity’s make-or-break moment on climate breakdown? Join us as we explore this topic with a panel of experts. 🗣️ Hear from , , and . Register now, it's free ➡️

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