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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · 2d

Important 🙌

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · 7d

At the Green Party conference today!

The buzz and energy that Zack Polanski has brought to the party is already palpable, but interestingly there are far fewer events on climate policy/the environment than expected.

If you’re around please do say hi 👋

Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · 11d

Energy minister Michael Shanks has just described this Labour conference as an “energy Conference with some Labour fringe events” — and that feels very much the case!

I’ve found less water events than last year, still looking for some events on chemicals policy too. If you’re around, do say hi! 💚

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is definitely one to tune in to! ⚠️

ENDS has teamed up with the same duo that brought you the BBC's Buried podcast ⬇️

ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Sep 10

A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week.

Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Sep 10

A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week.

Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Whatever side of the political spectrum you're on, trying to limit climate change should be something we can all agree on. Renewables are the way forward - they're cheaper in the long-run too.

It's absolutely unethical to weaponise misinformation and get people to act against their own interests.

Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Years and years of work is going to be undone if we go back on net zero, at a time when the biggest push is needed to meet our climate and nature targets.

These targets aren't just to protect the planet, its to ensure our survival & the future generations survival. Plus they're the bare minimum!

ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Sep 8

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to scrap “ridiculous, harmful, wasteful” net zero policies, as leading figures from a US climate denial group with close links to Donald Trump addressed the party’s annual conference in Birmingham ⬇️

‘Scam’ net zero attacked on Reform UK conference fringe as members vote to axe DESNZ

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to scrap “ridiculous, harmful, wasteful” net zero policies, as leading figures from a US climate denial group with close links to Donald Trump addressed the p...

www.endsreport.com

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Sep 5

🚨BREAKING 🚨

Steve Reed, former DEFRA secretary, has been appointed as housing secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner today ⬇️

BREAKING: DEFRA secretary Steve Reed named as new housing secretary

Steve Reed, former DEFRA secretary, has been appointed as housing secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner today.

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Sep 4

@chemtrust.bsky.social & other campaigners have called on water minister Hardy to use the revised Environmental Improvement Plan to close the UK-EU “regulatory gap” on chemicals.

This follows the news that a long promised chemicals strategy has been shelved 💡

Letter seen by @endsreport.com ⬇️

Use EIP to close UK-EU chemicals ‘regulatory gap’ or risk ‘harmful’ impacts, minister warned

UPDATED: Campaigners have called on water minister Emma Hardy to use the revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to close the UK-EU “regulatory gap” on chemicals, following news that a lon...

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thrilled & honoured to have made the #PPANextGen list of 30 rising stars for 2025 🙏

Extremely grateful to my editors @pippaneill.bsky.social and @jamiecarpenter.bsky.social for putting me forward - plus the hugely @endsreport.com team 💚

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 19

Overall, 45 organisations have been allocated a total £10.4m, with funds to go to 51 projects.

60% of the successful applicants were charities, with a handful of local authorities, companies, and other groups also making the cut.

More @endsreport.com ⬇️

REVEALED: How £11m in water company fines will be spent – and the organisations awarded the cash

Exclusive: One charity will receive £1.2m from the government’s Water Restoration Fund, ENDS can reveal, along with the full breakdown of the £11m funding pot ringfenced from water co...

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨EXCLUSIVE 🚨

Who has been granted a slice of the £11m in water company fines ring-fenced for river restoration by the Tories all that time ago?

This is now public, after an EIR request I made in response to the uncertainty over the fate of the fund ⬇️

REVEALED: How £11m in water company fines will be spent – and the organisations awarded the cash

Exclusive: One charity will receive £1.2m from the government’s Water Restoration Fund, ENDS can reveal, along with the full breakdown of the £11m funding pot ringfenced from water co...

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 19

The dossier proposes a ban on the placing on the market and use of all PFAS in firefighting foams 💡

@chemtrust.bsky.social's Dr Sharma said: “The EU has already agreed to banning PFAS in firefighting foams and the UK must ensure that its restriction is put in place quickly and without any delays."

Ban on all PFAS in firefighting foams proposed by regulator in long-awaited report

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has proposed a ban on the placing on the market and use of PFAS in firefighting foams in its highly anticipated restriction dossier, with some sectors to be given...

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 18

Finally!

HSE has published its restriction dossier on PFAS in firefighting foams, which will now see a six month consultation 🚨

consultations.hse.gov.uk/crd-reach/pf...

PFAS in firefighting foam (FFF) restriction proposal - Health and Safety Executive - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Health and Safety Executive

consultations.hse.gov.uk

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Faced with political gridlock, businesses increasingly represent an effective lever to move the environmental agenda forward...”

I explore how NGOs are weathering the current geopolitical storm for @endsreport.com, featuring insights from a press trip I recently went on with Novotel x WWF ⬇️

‘Big risks’: The dividends – and the dangers – of privately-funded alliances for nature as state support dries up

A tide of populism is slowing government funding for green groups around the world. Is corporate money the solution? Following a visit to Nice for the UN Ocean Summit, Shosha Adie surveys a WWF partne...

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Particularly concerning as there are thousands of unmonitored highway outfalls across the UK, channeling road run-off with chemical contaminants from tyres into rivers, estuaries and the sea ⚠️

We need to get a grip on this!

ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Aug 5

The growth of an organism relied on by the entire ocean ecosystem is significantly slowed down by exposure to chemicals commonly found in road run-off, a study has found.

Researchers say that this issue should be at the ‘forefront of environmental regulation’ ⬇️

‘Real warning sign’: Chemical cocktails from road run-off impacting marine food web, study finds

The growth of an organism relied on by the entire ocean ecosystem is significantly slowed down by exposure to chemicals commonly found in road run-off, a study has found, with researchers stating that...

www.endsreport.com

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Jul 28

🌊The government has been advised to review the current water legislative framework, including reforming the Water Framework Directive. But what is proposed, and why are some proposals controversial?

@shoshaadie.bsky.social reports ⬇️

‘Delicate balance’: Why proposals to reform EU-era water regulations have sparked concern

The government has been advised to review the current water legislative framework, including reforming the Water Framework Directive (WFD). But what is proposed, and why are some proposals controversi...

www.endsreport.com

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Jul 18

“Farmers are being deceived by the water companies” - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Have you read the sludge files yet? 💡

ENDS revealed 22 tonnes of microplastics are dumped on farms PER DAY via sewage sludge - and that the government has sat on warnings for years ⚠️

Find out more ⬇️

22 tonnes of microplastics spread on farms every day via sewage sludge, investigation reveals

The Sludge Files: Twenty-two tonnes of microplastics per day are estimated to be spread on English and Welsh farmland through contaminated sewage sludge fertiliser sold by water companies, with...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · Jul 23

Vegetables grown in an allotment near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to contain elevated levels of PFOA, a carcinogenic forever chemical ⚠️

Soil samples in nearby residential gardens were also confirmed to contain elevated levels of the chemical.

@pippaneill.bsky.social reports ⬇️

Vegetables grown near chemical plant found to contain carcinogenic ‘forever chemical’

Vegetables grown in an allotment near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to contain elevated levels of PFOA, a carcinogenic forever chemical, with the soil samples in residential gardens also...

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Jun 20

David Attenborough’s call to end damaging fishing practices in a recent documentary has seen marine protections soar up the public agenda 🌊

But did policymakers manage to ride this wave at the UN Oceans conference last week? Here's my take for @endsreport.com ! ⬇️

Marine protections are having a ‘moment’ but did policymakers at the UN Oceans Conference seize it?

David Attenborough’s call to end damaging fishing practices in a recent documentary has seen marine protections soar up the public agenda. Did policymakers manage to ride this wave at the UN Oceans co...

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Jun 11

"The government has protected funding for England’s post-Brexit nature-friendly farming schemes to the end of this parliament, in a move welcomed by campaigners following rumours that significant cuts were likely" ⬇️

Spending Review: ‘Crucial win’ as green farming budget dodges cut but fear over regulator funding remains

The government has protected funding for England’s post-Brexit nature-friendly farming schemes to the end of this parliament, in a move welcomed by campaigners following rumours that significant cuts ...

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Jun 11

What you need to know⬇️

BREAKING: DEFRA handed one of biggest real-term resource budget cuts across government

DEFRA’s day-to-day resource budget is set to fall by 2.7% in real-terms over the next four years, the Treasury has confirmed.

www.endsreport.com

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Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Jun 11

DEFRA's overall settlement provides total funding of £7.4 billion in 2028-29. This is a -0.7% cut in terms of the annual average real terms growth rate (calculated from 2023-24).

Day-to-day spending has seen the biggest cut at 2.7%, but capital funding saw an increase of 2.5% for this period.

Shosha Adie @shoshaadie.bsky.social · Jun 11

The spending review document outlines that the government will invest more than £2.7bn per year in sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026-27 until 2028-29 ⚠️

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