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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 7m

Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon

Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 11m

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 1h

‘From reef to retail’: experts warn global marine aquarium fish trade relies heavily on wild populations

New research finds 90% of marine fish sold by major US retailers are wild-caught, including threatened or endangered species

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Great Fen @greatfen.org.uk · 4h

The Ramsey Community Bus is running free shuttles between the The Pavilion Community Hub, Ramsey Library and the Ramsey Rural Museum CIO on Sunday. Please share the timetable with anyone who would find this useful. Thank you! @wildlifebcn.org

Timetable for the community bus on Sunday 12th October. Collects from the Pavilion at half past the hour, from the library at quarter to the hour and drops off and leaves the museum on the hour.

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Reader David Toke @davidtoke.bsky.social · 13m

Germany awards just under 500 MW of solar plus storage projects at little more than 5 eurocents per kwh pv-magazine.com/2025/10/08/g...
See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’
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Germany wraps up solar-plus-storage tender with average price of €0.0531/kWh

Germany has concluded a new renewables tender for innovative projects, securing 485 MW of capacity at final prices ranging from €0.0479 ($0.0557)/kWh to €0.0559/kWh

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 2h

‘Gobsmacked at the scale’: blueberry industry’s rapid expansion divides NSW’s mid-north coast

Dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

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Butterfly Conservation Warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social · 1d

You might see the wonderful work we have done for the Small Blue if you click on the links below. Even though the project ran 2009-12 weeks are still actively managing those sites & working hard at ensuring the butterfly continues to thrive in Warwickshire 😀🦋

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 2h

📺 Our rice growing trials on rewetted peat in the Cambridgeshire Fens were featured on ITV Anglia news.

Watch again here:
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#ClimateChange #FoodSecurity

Screengrab of ITV News interview with Nadine Mitschunas from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Nadine is standing among our rice trials on rewetted peatland

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 2h

Another go at some fungi ID (in alt text) spotted in a large cluster in the woodland....

Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the Sulphur Tuft or Clustered Woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, we read. This saprotrophic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps and this particular tree stump in the woods was cover in lots of the sulphur-yellow capped fungi. It was growing among the green mosses and old, brown stump near the woodland floor.

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 6h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 2h

One of three Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) in our wildflower meadow at lunchtime....

We noticed three Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) in our wildflower meadow at lunchtime. These two-tone brown, broad, speckled true bugs are herbivorous. In the image, this particular insect is sat basking on a mottled green leaf, after a drizzly morning.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 4h

With just 5 years remaining to protect 30% of our land for nature, we urgently need to boost nature in our National Parks and National Landscapes.

Any weakening of laws protecting these vital areas for nature recovery would be a serious backwards step.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

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Niels de Winter @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social · 1d

Such a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 4h

EU Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban
Unbelievable we are in a climate crisis where meat production is a huge driver of carbon emissions and deforestation
And instead of promoting meat alternatives - they are trying to ban them

www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 7h

The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye

Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6h

Plans to weaken protections for England's national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

- Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

@campaign4parks.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6h

UK #plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

- Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

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UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 6h

Have you seen our regularly updated job opportunities page?

Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽

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If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details [email protected]

#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs

Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society

Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details [email protected] Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…

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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 6h

We're looking for an ambitious rewilding project with big plans to let nature lead, help people prosper and move up the rewilding spectrum. If that sounds like you, get in touch👇
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/how-to-rewild/funding-for-rewilding/rewilding-challenge-fund

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Rewilding Challenge Fund

A £100,000 funding opportunity awarded by Rewilding Britain to one large-scale rewilding project every year.

www.rewildingbritain.org.uk

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 5h

GWP: a controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming. ..

www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-the-...

Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief

A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.

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National Biodiversity Network Trust @nbntrust.bsky.social · 7h

The NBN Atlas Strategy 2025–2030 outlines how we’ll make the NBN Atlas the cornerstone of the UK’s biodiversity data infrastructure, helping us better understand, protect, and enhance the natural world through data innovation and cutting-edge technology.
bit.ly/NBNAtlasStra...

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 8h

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One to three invertebrate species are going extinct in Australia every week, study suggests

Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived in 1788.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 9h

Huge lawsuit against major poultry producers & a water company over allegations of "extensive & widespread pollution" in three rivers - the Wye, Lugg & Usk ....

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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

It would take the average UK earner 52 years’ worth of earnings to join the richest 10%.

Up from 38 years in 2006-08. Rich buy political influence.

Govts help the rich. Bottom 20% pay higher proportion of income in than the richest 20%.

Inequalities obstruct economic growth, fuel social unrest.

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

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