BY ME in yesterday's #DailyExpress #KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Nature-friendly farming support—cut. Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted. Habitat protections—weakened for development. But electoral consequences coming. A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies. @craigbennett3.bsky.social

I had good fun reviewing the papers with @darrenmacca.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Tuesday morning. If you weren't awake and watching at 6.40am, do check out some of our conversation here...

I had good fun reviewing the papers with @darrenmacca.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Tuesday morning. If you weren't awake and watching at 6.40am, do check out some of our conversation here...

BY ME at #HouseMagazine at #PoliticsHome The #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill #PiB is a microcosm of where #Labour is getting it wrong... www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

BY ME at #HouseMagazine at #PoliticsHome The #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill #PiB is a microcosm of where #Labour is getting it wrong... www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Catch up with last night's Wild Live session on blue carbon and seabeds, featuring @sussexkelp.bsky.social's George Short with @craigbennett3.bsky.social and an expert panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2APd... #Nature #Carbon #NetZero

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Very well put Tony The #ClimateCrisis is obviously a huge threat to people, our economy, our security, our food production and our water supply... And also one of the greatest threats to #nature Any party that seeks to deny or dismiss climate science, is not fit for Govt

Very well put Tony The #ClimateCrisis is obviously a huge threat to people, our economy, our security, our food production and our water supply... And also one of the greatest threats to #nature Any party that seeks to deny or dismiss climate science, is not fit for Govt

"We can absolutely win for nature and win for the economy. They are not in competition". Welcome comments from Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at #LabourPartyConference We need to hear this narrative more frequently and consistently from across the Government please, not least from No10 & No11!

Banking on Trumpington Meadows. One of the best sites for butterflies in Cambridgeshire, has just got better. @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social

At long long last... (It really really should not have taken this long) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you see our Chief Executive @craigbennett3.bsky.social on @channel4news.bsky.social speaking about a critical risk facing nature? UK Government promised to protect nature – but new changes to the planning system threaten to do the opposite. More > buff.ly/3jTsoyL

My review in The Evening Standard of #IsARiverAlive, the latest beautiful book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social "Macfarlane has yet again demonstrated his genius as an author in creating a book that is alive, that has personality, that talked to me". www.standard.co.uk/culture/book...

My review in The Evening Standard of #IsARiverAlive, the latest beautiful book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social "Macfarlane has yet again demonstrated his genius as an author in creating a book that is alive, that has personality, that talked to me". www.standard.co.uk/culture/book...

I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action #RIPPopeFrancis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action #RIPPopeFrancis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Looking forward to hosting this #WildLive tonight with a cracking panel: @debbietann.bsky.social, Jojo Mehta from @stopecocide.bsky.social, Jonathon Porritt, and #Ukrainian MP Yullia Ovchynnykova Register via link below & join me online from 7pm UK! www.wildlifetrusts.org/events/2025-...

This👇 is how it should be done We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This👇 is how it should be done We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌳 We have to get this right. Nature should never be an after thought. ✅ We agree with @craigbennett3.bsky.social, CEO of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social: ❌ “This is the biggest dismantling of nature protections we’ve seen in decades. We need to take the time to get the Planning Bill right.”

@theguardian.com is running Invertebrate of the Year , with voting opening soon🦋 But what are the choices of leading nature voices? From grasshoppers to bumblebees, find out what @craigbennett3.bsky.social, @carolinelucas.bsky.social & more have gone for👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws. Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!

Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws. Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!

Analysis estimates that 4% - 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice & maize is being lost due to impact of microplastics Crop losses could be of a similar scale to those caused by the climate crisis in recent decades www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very good piece from @willhutton1.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thanks @bbcradio4.bsky.social Today Programme for inviting me to talk Who Owns the Clyde podcast #RiverRights & our petition to grant River Clyde rights of personood with @craigbennett3.bsky.social we're on at 8.30am www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'll be on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #TodayProgramme just after 8.30am this morning to talk about #RightsForRivers ...perhaps mentioning #beavers once or twice too 😉

Lovin' the story from #Czechia "The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 million” “They built the dams without any project documentation and for free." www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...

Tee hee this is brilliant. And this week Shropshire WT introduced beavers to Shrewsbury again 💚

STOP Splat the Bat! Here is some (serious) international guidance I helped with, on preventing collisions of bats on roads and railways. Step 1 . Avoid woodlands and other places with loads of bats. 🦇🦤 #HS2 #batshed @craigbennett3.bsky.social www.eurobats.org/sites/defaul...

Lovin' the story from #Czechia "The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 million” “They built the dams without any project documentation and for free." www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...

ICYMI - here's a link to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Today this morning about #bats, #newts and #Brexit (At 6.53am, or 53mins 23secs) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

ICYMI - here's a link to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Today this morning about #bats, #newts and #Brexit (At 6.53am, or 53mins 23secs) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Quite right. Important thread from @leeinthelakes.bsky.social 👇

A tale of two headlines based on the same press release. The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”

Yes!! Finally some good news 🗞️ on #wildlife thanks to The Wildlife Trusts @craigbennett3.bsky.social

I believe that one of the hallmarks of human progress is learning to co-exist with other species that our ancestors once feared And sadly, it often feels like we still live in the Dark Ages... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good to see. And as @craigbennett3.bsky.social says here "there is no place in British agriculture for toxic bee-killing pesticides". And no emergency authorisation should be made in January. BBC News - Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The Lie of the Land should be read by anyone with an interest in Britain’s rural environment... powerfully argued & supported by such detailed research" Delighted to get this lovely book review from Prof Christopher Rodgers at Newcastle University: theconversation.com/who-really-c...

Morning all! Just FYI, I'll be on BBC R4 #Today at 8.10am this morning, to discuss #nature, #planning, #brownbelt, #greybelt, #greenbelt and #wildbelt

It is great to be back in the European Environment Agency talking about land monitoring. It's such a pity that I'm not able to represent the UK! Time to rejoin the EEA, at least. #BrexitReality @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk

On Monday next week I'll be doing a 'live in conversation' alongside @craigbennett3.bsky.social to discuss how nature fared at the climate COP #COP29. In the meantime here is my summary of the climate negotiations from last week www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/kathryn...

Quite right!

Any new housing should be built fit for the future, and a big part of that is energy efficiency. The Government must ensure all new social homes are built to the highest standards - to keep homes warm, bring down bills, and reduce emissions.

Great news. Useful link for those wanting to help www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

Protest in Hereford - “Nando’s chicken is killing our rivers” – young campaigners demand Nando’s must take responsibility by demanding cleaner, sustainable practices from its suppliers or ending contracts with those who fail to protect river health. www.herefordtimes.com/news/2476231...

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