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Mark Elliott
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Cymro. Trydar personol. Raging Urbanist. www.cieh.org President #cycling #carfreecities #annibyniaeth 🚴 fighting climate change
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Our regulator @ofcom is failing us. We are in the grip of a new raging epidemic: misinformation and disinformation being spread by disseminators and influencers. It will not end well. Wake up before it is too late. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
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"far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together."

Our article in today's Guardian on the fierce campaign of lobbying, misrepresentation & industry influence to prevent safety regulation on PFAS forever chemicals.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
www.theguardian.com
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Free speech is, of course, one of the bastions of liberty, but the blatant misuse of the concept by the likes of Donald Trump and Elon Musk is causing the world serious problems ✍️Martin Shipton
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How times have changed sine The Casablanca Club. #Caerdydd
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A good reminder that, while people fight to get the occasional few metres of active travel infrastructure, there's always money for more driving
"It can only be that National Highways is hiding the true cost of its schemes in order to get them approved, or is incredibly bad at its job. Either way it is a damning indictment of National Highways and illustrates why it should be scrapped."

www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/M3-scheme-es...
Highways Magazine - M3 scheme escapes Labour's VFM review as cost soars
Ministers have claimed credit for backing a longstanding road scheme that Labour froze under its Transport Infrastructure Review, whose costs rose by around half in the meantime.
www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk