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The plague of Bath Corgis. I just found a useful public information booklet. Presumably made by the government in the 10 year olds room.

This report makes it crystal clear that every time a minister (wrongly) complains about newts or bats holding up development what they’re really doing is undermining our security. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/biodiversity-collapse-threatens-uk-security-intelligence-chiefs-war

The IUCN has been quietly behind many of the conservation success stories of the last 77 years — US withdrawal is a worrying sign both of that country’s increasing insularity, and its disregard of the natural world

Read this if you want to feel really good about the bravery and decency of regular Americans slate.com/news-and-pol...

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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement. Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven. Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025. Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️

They’re gonna do to Chat GPT what they did to google search and bury the content that seem useful to people (regardless of its actual accuracy) under ad content. The familiar cycle of “oh cool we built something that might have broad public benefit. Now let’s undermine it so we can monetise it”.

The fact that most sales seem to start sometime mid December now must play apart in this.

Ugh, imagine how excited an illustrator would’ve been to work on this (especially one with some kind of person connection to the topic), and it wouldn’t have been expensive, instead a BBC producer just typed prompts about an enslaved woman hiding in the woods, looking sad in a ship, etc

lol. I usually try and avoid commenting on all the nonsense but this is genuinely funny.

I assume WI and Girlguides are making these decisions because they fear legal action. It just makes me so deeply sad to see these outcomes for trans women who are only seeking belonging and community.

Don't miss the latest edition of @batconservation.bsky.social fantastic podcast #BatChat and find out about hidden roosts and 50 Years of VWT.

Whammed by my builders before December even arrives 😔

Someone in the OBR web team is having one hell of a bad day

One of the most impactful conservation charities you've never heard of. Their handprints are all over huge UK nature successes such as otter recovery, pine marten reintroduction to England and Wales, and recovery of rare bat species. I'm so proud to be a trustee for this brilliant organisation.

NEW – Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’ | @hausfath.bsky.social @pfriedling.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/F4rY1GP

📢 I'm hiring! I genuinely think these are some of the best policy jobs in the charity sector. Be part of a brilliant team having huge impact, working on some of the most important issues for nature, climate and heritage. Shout if you'd like a chat. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

📢 I'm hiring! I genuinely think these are some of the best policy jobs in the charity sector. Be part of a brilliant team having huge impact, working on some of the most important issues for nature, climate and heritage. Shout if you'd like a chat. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

If you haven’t already: ✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk 📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks 💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women. 5/5

If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight. Use the Quick Vote option. Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.

Tampons are less regulated than candles. Despite pesticides found at 40x safe drinking water limits and cross-party support for change, period products remain underregulated as health products. @wildcardenviro.bsky.social from @wen-uk.bsky.social on why the UK must act now.

Leaf blower induced Saturday morning rage is a known condition. I fully support this war and do not find it bizarre. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Really pleased to see NT stepping in to help ensure these places continue to thrive in future. Ironbridge Gorge was the destination for my school's iconic big Year 6 residential school trip and I have very fond memories of places like Blists Hill.

The Government deserves credit for seeking expert advice on how the UK can adapt to climate change by 2050. With increasingly frequent and severe weather events driven by climate change, the need for urgent action is undeniable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Fab opportunity to lead VWT's Board of Trustees and help to continue its wonderful work. It's a brilliant organisation that quietly works in background to do huge things - like bringing pine martens back to England and Wales. Please share and let me know if you'd like a chat (I'm a current Trustee).

Most of you need to bump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.

Fab opportunity to lead VWT's Board of Trustees and help to continue its wonderful work. It's a brilliant organisation that quietly works in background to do huge things - like bringing pine martens back to England and Wales. Please share and let me know if you'd like a chat (I'm a current Trustee).

This is the official return of a native species lost for over a century.

"They better look after the National Parks & the Protected Landscapes because it's going to be precious, not just for us but, 150, 200 years time people will regret it if those things start getting traded off" @rory-stewart.bsky.social puts it best 👇 (27:06) www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Climate change is already damaging the nature, beauty and heritage we care for. Without deep and sustained cuts to emissions, nature faces an even more perilous future and the places people love will continue to suffer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

⚡Is Labour about to put its historic link with National Parks at risk? I hope not but it seems this is not an academic question. 👀 All eyes will be on the government amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill, expected mid October. greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/30/i...

A classic of following the letter of the manifesto not the spirit of the commitment. No wonder Labour voters feel let down. If fossil fuels are so great for growth why do the companies producing them need so much subsidy and incentive to get them out of the ground?

Response from @campaign4parks.bsky.social to weakening of National Park & AONB protections: www.cnp.org.uk/news/respons...

Oh yes we should definitely build baby build all over our most precious National Parks and landscapes. That's definitely going to help us all have a brighter more prosperous future. Also if you insist on paying attention to detail, this isnt a duty that has a binding effect on planning decisions.

If you're at Labour conference, @archhfund.org.uk is joining @moreincommonuk.bsky.social & @nationaltrust.org.uk to discuss how heritage & community driven regeneration should be central to reviving places & civic pride. Looking forward to it! @patrickhurley.bsky.social @anooshc.bsky.social

I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Are these numbers based on literally anything but pure vibes?

The problem is that no one in their social or media sphere is directly telling them "no, those views are in fact racist".

90% of the UK newspaper market is controlled by three companies: DMG (Daily Mail et al), News UK (Murdoch), and Reach (the Mirror, Express). This also translates to a huge share (~40%) of online reach.

Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems. Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.

Why what is happening in the United States shows the need for the United Kingdom to repair its own constitution Our polity is there for the taking Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-pointl... Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-...

I do think maybe we should be making a bigger deal of the world’s richest man calling for the violent overthrow of British democracy.

I’d like to think that maybe we could collectively learn something for how politicising the civil service is going from the States tbh.

Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!

One of the signs, looking back, of my ADHD in childhood was a total inability to “track the text” and stick with the class in class reading sessions. I compulsively read ahead to the point where one teacher stopped calling on me to read. I would have found this requirement almost impossible.