Tim Henderson
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Ultrafine particles can enter the brain through the nose.
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
Heathrow expansion: government is ignoring harms of 'ultrafine' air pollution
Department of Transport assurances on air quality are empty if it fails to monitor the type of air pollution produced by jet engines, which disperses across nearby communities. Ultrafine particles ca...
www.salamandernews.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ultrafine particles can enter the brain through the nose.
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
Government says it will use "four tests" - climate, air quality, noise and economic growth - on Heathrow expansion
It's ignoring dangers of UFPs
@peteknapp.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social
www.salamandernews.org/heathrow-exp...
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A research paper which concluded that the active substance glyphosate does not cause harm to humans has been formally retracted by the journal that originally published it.
www.endseurope.com/article/1942...
www.endseurope.com/article/1942...
www.endseurope.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A research paper which concluded that the active substance glyphosate does not cause harm to humans has been formally retracted by the journal that originally published it.
www.endseurope.com/article/1942...
www.endseurope.com/article/1942...
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What is there to say? Airports are a disaster for wildlife, flying is a disaster for the climate and expanding Europe's busiest airport in a time of ecosystem collapse is madness. Guess it will be a short report.
The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander asks @thecccuk.bsky.social to advise the Government on the shaping of the revised Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) in the wake of the Government’s decision to endorse the building of a third runway at Heathrow.
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
www.transportxtra.com/publications...
Alexander looks to CCC in bid to square airport expansion wi
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is seeking advice from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) on the shaping of the revised Airports National Policy Statement (
www.transportxtra.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
What is there to say? Airports are a disaster for wildlife, flying is a disaster for the climate and expanding Europe's busiest airport in a time of ecosystem collapse is madness. Guess it will be a short report.
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
Keadby Next Generation Power Station
keadbynextgen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
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Why? Because, just like Truss, they will sacrifice anything for a smidgeon of potential ‘growth’. And because there is no care at all for nature in their dna. They will throw anything under the bus for some possible short-term human material benefit.
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Why? Because, just like Truss, they will sacrifice anything for a smidgeon of potential ‘growth’. And because there is no care at all for nature in their dna. They will throw anything under the bus for some possible short-term human material benefit.
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Plant taxonomy starts with learning the names and cultural stories of plants as a child. After that botanic gardens and herbaria are the places to learn. The Kew Herbarium needs to stay at Kew Gardens. The authors of that report want to move it to an industrial estate in Reading. That's the failure.
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Plant taxonomy starts with learning the names and cultural stories of plants as a child. After that botanic gardens and herbaria are the places to learn. The Kew Herbarium needs to stay at Kew Gardens. The authors of that report want to move it to an industrial estate in Reading. That's the failure.
Aviation violating the core principle of classical liberalism (that you have maximum freedom as long as you don't restrict the freedom of others)
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Aviation violating the core principle of classical liberalism (that you have maximum freedom as long as you don't restrict the freedom of others)
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73 years ago today, London's Great Smog began. We've come a very long way, but there's still work to be done to clean up our dirty air. #AirPollution #London
On This Date: London's Killer Smog
It became so dense, at times, that it was challenging for residents to find their way around at night, according to the U.K. Met Office. This stable configuration of relatively warmer air aloft toppi...
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
73 years ago today, London's Great Smog began. We've come a very long way, but there's still work to be done to clean up our dirty air. #AirPollution #London
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PFAS “forever chemicals” have now been found in record levels in whales and dolphins.
Once we create these substances, they stay in our environment indefinitely. We urgently need stronger controls on the chemical industry and a shift to safer alternatives.
#PFAS #Pollution
Once we create these substances, they stay in our environment indefinitely. We urgently need stronger controls on the chemical industry and a shift to safer alternatives.
#PFAS #Pollution
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
PFAS “forever chemicals” have now been found in record levels in whales and dolphins.
Once we create these substances, they stay in our environment indefinitely. We urgently need stronger controls on the chemical industry and a shift to safer alternatives.
#PFAS #Pollution
Once we create these substances, they stay in our environment indefinitely. We urgently need stronger controls on the chemical industry and a shift to safer alternatives.
#PFAS #Pollution
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“They often raise the alarm to councils and the Environment Agency and when no action is taken they stop reporting it, because they lose faith in the system and give up on the expectation that the EA is capable of protecting them and the environment.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“They often raise the alarm to councils and the Environment Agency and when no action is taken they stop reporting it, because they lose faith in the system and give up on the expectation that the EA is capable of protecting them and the environment.”
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I remain opposed to a third runway at Heathrow because of the severe impact it would have on noise, pollution and climate targets.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I remain opposed to a third runway at Heathrow because of the severe impact it would have on noise, pollution and climate targets.
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
"The voles also had liver damage that is suspected to have been caused by PFAS.
"It was partly quite serious liver damage. The veterinarians involved in the study cannot explain them in any other way than that they have been caused by PFAS."
"It was partly quite serious liver damage. The veterinarians involved in the study cannot explain them in any other way than that they have been caused by PFAS."
Höga halter av PFAS i svenska skogssorkar och fåglar
https://www.europesays.com/se/77980/
Nyligen kunde forskare från University of British Columbia för första gången konstatera att PFAS fanns i havsuttrar i…
https://www.europesays.com/se/77980/
Nyligen kunde forskare från University of British Columbia för första gången konstatera att PFAS fanns i havsuttrar i…
Höga halter av PFAS i svenska skogssorkar och fåglar - Sverige
Nyligen kunde forskare från University of British Columbia för första gången konstatera att PFAS fanns i havsuttrar i området och det finns flera studier på
www.europesays.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"The voles also had liver damage that is suspected to have been caused by PFAS.
"It was partly quite serious liver damage. The veterinarians involved in the study cannot explain them in any other way than that they have been caused by PFAS."
"It was partly quite serious liver damage. The veterinarians involved in the study cannot explain them in any other way than that they have been caused by PFAS."
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Today the UN COP climate summit kicked off in Brazil, and @london.gov.uk has been in Rio to promote action on climate change by cities. Back here in London, my @badvertising.bsky.social team mates launched a campaign to ask the Mayor to stop promoting pollution on London’s public transport network
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today the UN COP climate summit kicked off in Brazil, and @london.gov.uk has been in Rio to promote action on climate change by cities. Back here in London, my @badvertising.bsky.social team mates launched a campaign to ask the Mayor to stop promoting pollution on London’s public transport network
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Long overdue Holidaymakers face stealth tax on flights under EU carbon deal #COP30 #GatwickAirport
www.thetimes.com/article/f265...
www.thetimes.com/article/f265...
Holidaymakers face stealth tax on flights under EU carbon deal
Passengers on long-haul flights could pay an extra £21 as the government agrees to align with Brussels on carbon emissions
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Long overdue Holidaymakers face stealth tax on flights under EU carbon deal #COP30 #GatwickAirport
www.thetimes.com/article/f265...
www.thetimes.com/article/f265...
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Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
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With a return to the Pliocene locked-in, the only meaningful question is, will we stop there or maintain BAU until a return to the Middle Miocene becomes inevitable or - ultimately - the early Eocene?
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With a return to the Pliocene locked-in, the only meaningful question is, will we stop there or maintain BAU until a return to the Middle Miocene becomes inevitable or - ultimately - the early Eocene?
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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Govt kills off Northern Powerhouse Rail, promotes Thames motorway tunnel
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Govt kills off Northern Powerhouse Rail, promotes Thames motorway tunnel
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
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New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Well...it's ironic that when Natural England tried to protect the best wildlife areas of an Actual Forest (Bernwood) between Oxford and Cambridge, the Govt intervened and stopped them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Well...it's ironic that when Natural England tried to protect the best wildlife areas of an Actual Forest (Bernwood) between Oxford and Cambridge, the Govt intervened and stopped them.
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Well...it's ironic that when Natural England tried to protect the best wildlife areas of an Actual Forest (Bernwood) between Oxford and Cambridge, the Govt intervened and stopped them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Well...it's ironic that when Natural England tried to protect the best wildlife areas of an Actual Forest (Bernwood) between Oxford and Cambridge, the Govt intervened and stopped them.
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Male mice exposed to PFAS (an environmental contaminant) have reduced sperm production but normal sperm viability & motility. Embryos created by IVF with PFAS-treated sperm have disrupted transcriptomes suggesting possible transgenerational effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Exposure of mice to environmentally relevant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alters the sperm epigenome - Communications Biology
Male mice exposed to PFAS (a group of environmental contaminants) have reduced sperm production but normal sperm viability & motility. Embryos created by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with PFA...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Male mice exposed to PFAS (an environmental contaminant) have reduced sperm production but normal sperm viability & motility. Embryos created by IVF with PFAS-treated sperm have disrupted transcriptomes suggesting possible transgenerational effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
"I walked in the North Holland dunes on Sunday, outside the contours. It was a constant racket from a steady stream of low-flying aircraft. Not being able to experience more relative silence anywhere else is a greatly underestimated problem, on top of the noise pollution in and around the house."
Zondag gewandeld in de NH duinen, buiten de contouren. Eén en al takkeherrie van een gestage stroom laagvliegende toestellen, zoals meestal. Nergens in je omgeving meer relatieve stilte kunnen ervaren is zeer onderschat probleem, bovenop de geluidsoverlast in en om de woning.
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"I walked in the North Holland dunes on Sunday, outside the contours. It was a constant racket from a steady stream of low-flying aircraft. Not being able to experience more relative silence anywhere else is a greatly underestimated problem, on top of the noise pollution in and around the house."
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Green power across London
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Green power across London
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WHO’s One Health Day reminds us our health and nature’s health are inseparable.
PFAS “forever chemicals” in our water prove the point.
#OneHealthDay #ProtectOurWater
PFAS “forever chemicals” in our water prove the point.
#OneHealthDay #ProtectOurWater
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
WHO’s One Health Day reminds us our health and nature’s health are inseparable.
PFAS “forever chemicals” in our water prove the point.
#OneHealthDay #ProtectOurWater
PFAS “forever chemicals” in our water prove the point.
#OneHealthDay #ProtectOurWater
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Whether it's PFAS, pollution from fracking or purging for LNG, we seem to be expected to sit back and meekly accept the poisoning of our drinking water sources as an unfortunate side effect of industry making limitless profits
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Whether it's PFAS, pollution from fracking or purging for LNG, we seem to be expected to sit back and meekly accept the poisoning of our drinking water sources as an unfortunate side effect of industry making limitless profits