@garethcarson.bsky.social
UK.
Paddler, walker, the future should be better but will it?
“Men argue. Nature acts.” –Voltaire
Paddler, walker, the future should be better but will it?
“Men argue. Nature acts.” –Voltaire
“I believe this will come back to bite them in the local elections,”
@uklabour.bsky.social will lose my vote over their failure to give the environment proper protection.
@uklabour.bsky.social will lose my vote over their failure to give the environment proper protection.
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I believe this will come back to bite them in the local elections,”
@uklabour.bsky.social will lose my vote over their failure to give the environment proper protection.
@uklabour.bsky.social will lose my vote over their failure to give the environment proper protection.
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Perhaps Tim Farron's attention might be drawn to this? www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
New study shows White-tailed Eagles in Scotland do not rely on lambs for food during the breeding season
New study shows White-tailed Eagles in Scotland do not rely on lambs for food during the breeding season
www.rspb.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Perhaps Tim Farron's attention might be drawn to this? www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
The CO2 driven extinction is underway and humans are indifferent, we think it won’t affect us.
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The CO2 driven extinction is underway and humans are indifferent, we think it won’t affect us.
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Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
This isn’t new. We could have been using geothermal 50 years ago if not for politicians being unwilling to think beyond fossil fuels.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Geothermal energy from heat pumps could heat all Cardiff homes
Traffic and people on Cardiff's streets causes what has been called
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This isn’t new. We could have been using geothermal 50 years ago if not for politicians being unwilling to think beyond fossil fuels.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
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The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked.
And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked.
And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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"Marine viruses fulfill critical roles in ecosystems: they regulate microbial populations, recycle nutrients, & can favor transport of carbon to ocean floor, a key process in global climate regulation."
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Unprecedented decline in marine viruses in western Mediterranean linked to climate change
A team led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has described a sustained and unprecedented decrease in the abundance of marine viruses in the northwestern Mediterranean over the last two de...
phys.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"Marine viruses fulfill critical roles in ecosystems: they regulate microbial populations, recycle nutrients, & can favor transport of carbon to ocean floor, a key process in global climate regulation."
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“It found that on average, after 15 years, gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders”
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“It found that on average, after 15 years, gross domestic product per head tends to be 10% lower in countries run by populist leaders”
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The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye theconversation.com/the-pollutio...
The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye
The legal action is being taken on behalf of thousands of claimants.
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye theconversation.com/the-pollutio...
Good result. Reform rejected. A wake up call for @uklabour www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
Caerphilly by-election won by Plaid Cymru as Labour loses seat for first time
Reform UK comes second in the race to represent Caerphilly in the Welsh Parliament - with Labour a distant third.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Good result. Reform rejected. A wake up call for @uklabour www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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Nationalism is a shibboleth. The challenges we face are daunting. But we are not going to overcome them by hunkering down behind of imaginary lines scrawled on a map by medieval warlords. Our problems are transnational, and the solutions are too.
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nationalism is a shibboleth. The challenges we face are daunting. But we are not going to overcome them by hunkering down behind of imaginary lines scrawled on a map by medieval warlords. Our problems are transnational, and the solutions are too.
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This is so exciting - and follows the example of many other countries that already have recognition of nature rights in their constitutions. It’s time to give Nature a voice in law! @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
UK campaigners launch bill to give nature legal rights
Private member’s bill backed by Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett would impose a duty of care on government and business
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is so exciting - and follows the example of many other countries that already have recognition of nature rights in their constitutions. It’s time to give Nature a voice in law! @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
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This may be coloured somewhat by the fact I'm recovering from covid, but in 20 years of writing about climate change I think this may be one of the bleakest reports I've ever covered. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
'All systems are flashing red': How the world is failing in its climate goals
The latest State of Climate Action report reveals that for all the progress sparked by the clean tech boom, the global economy is still badly off track for meeting its net zero goals
www.businessgreen.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This may be coloured somewhat by the fact I'm recovering from covid, but in 20 years of writing about climate change I think this may be one of the bleakest reports I've ever covered. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
Yet water companies, industries and farms regularly pollute our waterways with substances much much worse than coffee.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yet water companies, industries and farms regularly pollute our waterways with substances much much worse than coffee.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Once again: no one told me when I was in grad school that becoming a historian of 20th century Europe would mean I would need to convince people that Nazis were (and are) bad.
I really thought that was a given.
I really thought that was a given.
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Once again: no one told me when I was in grad school that becoming a historian of 20th century Europe would mean I would need to convince people that Nazis were (and are) bad.
I really thought that was a given.
I really thought that was a given.
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IUCN, the world’s largest conservation network, approves strongest multilateral language on fossil fuels in history fossilfueltreaty.org/iucn-reactive
IUCN approves strongest multilateral language on fossil fuels in history — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Today, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, Members made history with the adoption of Motion 42—the first motion across the entire global multilate...
fossilfueltreaty.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
IUCN, the world’s largest conservation network, approves strongest multilateral language on fossil fuels in history fossilfueltreaty.org/iucn-reactive
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This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds
Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember all those movies when the US saved the world. Seems the opposite is actually the truth!
Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure www.bbc.com/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure www.bbc.com/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remember all those movies when the US saved the world. Seems the opposite is actually the truth!
Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure www.bbc.com/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure www.bbc.com/news/article...