Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Organising well under way for the @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social rally in Leeds on Nov 15.
Join us and be heard.
Demand a #LiveableFuture.
@galba.uk @stopburningtrees.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

AND... you can still grow some crops under the solar panels! Corn for ethanol is zero food.

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

More gloom. More #ecocide and #ClimateBreakdown. More #neoliberalism. Less #community and #grassroots. Why bother?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Byline Times journalists are now blacklisted by Putin and the Tories. A double badge of honour that shows that it is not afraid to expose the hypocrisy of authoritarian bullies

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

The past five years have seen 3 of the 5 worst harvests ever recorded in England, due to extreme rainfall in the preceding winters in 2020 and 2024, and drought this year.

"This is what farming with climate change looks like."

(article paywalled but free to read for first 24 hours if you register)

Surely this can be fixed easily? @marycreagh.bsky.social are you still minister for the #CircularEconomy?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

TBH... is this a terrible thing? #IMF and #BankOfEngland says #AIBubble is at risk of bursting, it probably needs a #RealityCheck! It should pay for its own #GreenEnergyInfrastructure as well as our #IntellectualRights!

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

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Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

The salmon population of the Wye is in collapse, and Atlantic salmon are now endangered in the UK. Those bringing the court case argue the needs of intensive farming cannot be permitted to outweigh the needs of fish, wildlife + river users.

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UK intelligence chiefs warn that the climate & nature crisis poses a severe threat to UK national security.

Food shortages and economic turmoil around the corner.

That’s why national security is central to the National Emergency Briefing, 27 Nov.
👉 nebriefing.org
Forewarned is forearmed

Third, we thought that from the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social conference, the aim was to face down #Reform and make the case for positive action on things like #ClimateChange. Why is #KeirStarmer still not committing to attend #COP30??
Some days we despair!

Second, how can local and mayoral authorities plan for #ClimateResilience and #FoodSecurity if the report is withheld? Can this be challenged in the courts? @goodlawproject.bsky.social @local.gov.uk

There is so much in this story!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Firstly, we have already asked when #FoodInflation becomes #FoodShortages as our overseas suppliers suffer even greater #ClimateImpacts than we do. To not publish is to deny the public the right to read strategically important info

Yet again @teamlabouruk.bsky.social #KeirStarmer and #RachelReeves are sacrificing #nature for a few pence profit. There is no profit on a dead planet. They are determined to embed the UK's position as the most #NatureDepleted country in the world. #ecocide
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Absolute solidarity with these brave people.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you #LeighDay.

Insists Tories would spell out all their savings, which now apparently total £47bn, including £23bn from welfare. It's truly fantastical stuff.

Interestingly framed as not burdening future generations - something that does not apply to Tory plans on climate.

Oh dear, Rachel - what have you said now?
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There is a reason why species are protected. To risk the extinction of a species for a few houses is #uncivilised, #ignorant, #AntiScience and shows no respect for life-forms considered more lowly than herself. Who's next?