Excellent to hear @lewis-winks.bsky.social on the Today programme this morning discussing his research on 'Who owns the River Dart' - and why this shows we need a right of responsible access Listen here (45mins in): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Guardian story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinian children to death. It cannot be sugar coated. It is a fact - an engineered famine - and it’s abhorrent. #Genocide #Gaza

This is bit more obvious. If it’s not obvious enough, it can be refined. The bricks from the old path btw are being stored in a depot for other projects.

In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq. Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes. Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same. The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.

Edward Heath blocked US use of UK bases to defend Israel in 1973. Harold Wilson resisted US pressure to send troops to Vietnam. From the ’50s to early 2000s, the UK imposed full arms embargoes on Israel for breaking international law. We can choose not to be America’s poodle.

Ladies Mile is a totally unnecessary road cutting across Bristol’s biggest public greenspace - The Downs - making it unsafe for kids. It was closed to cars for the day yesterday and what a change! Let’s make this permanent. @edplowden.bsky.social @robbryher.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social

Unspeakably awful. Genocide, in plain sight. Where is the international condemnation from heads of state? Where is Starmer’s? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Given that we’re a nation of nature lovers, whose conservation charities are among the world's biggest membership organisations, Keir Starmer’s repeated attacks on voters who want to protect the living planet, calling us “time-wasting nimbys”, “blockers” and “zealots”, is frankly idiotic.

2025. Mice, Empathy, and the Ethics We Ignore - #AnimalEthics #AnimalWelfare www.scienceadvancement.org/reflections/...

Anyone wondering why arch neoliberal Blair is speaking against the scientific imperative to stop burning fossil fuels this decade? euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...

Another dodgy dossier from Blair. In reality people are being forced to live with crap services (bus cuts anyone?) and wait for huge daily cost savings and jobs in green industries thanks to this kind of visionless hogwash. #GreenNewDeal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government to extend ban on moorland burning - closing loopholes in existing rules Great news for nature, carbon, & people who’ll be spared from acrid smoke & flooding Bad news for dukes & billionaires who own grouse moors 🎻 Here's my quote running on PA newswire: 1/ www.gov.uk/government/n...

An historic moment for Nature recovery in England with a new policy setting out plans for the return of wild Beavers. Licenses will be issued by Natural England so that we can harness the power of these keystone animals for the many benefits they bring. naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...

Terrific resignation letter by Anneliese Dodds, this.

Greenland to ban political donations… but Starmer still doing nothing about the huge loopholes that let foreign money into British politics 🤦

Abysmal news for the River Wye—already close to ecological death from intensive poultry production—& other catchments. Labour came to power promising to heal Britain’s river network; today the Env Sec singles out chicken producers & promises laxer regulation. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Last night I attended a vigil for the women and girls of Sudan, along with our Green Cllr Mohamed Makawi, who gave a powerful speech highlighting the plight of these women. Sexual violence is a weapon of war is a stain on humanity. 🇸🇩💚🕊️

People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

Sad news about Iceland's #whaling plans. Some scientists will be glad: more samples for them. Peter Sand @vassilipapa.bsky.social & I wrote about tacit complicity in the cruel practice of harpooning whales+ incidentally providing scientific credibility to whalers www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🏦 The government should heed our call - launched just last week - to establish a National Commission for Electoral Reform in 2025, tasked with recommending a fair and democratic voting system in which every vote counts 3/3

“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)

Doomed trees of Bristol 😢

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

Huge congratulations and thank you to the campaigners who have fought hard for this ban over many, many years. You did it! 👏👏 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/25/a...

Golden eagle dies in rare collision with wind turbine in south Scotland. A tragedy, but needs to be seen in perspective. Here's what we know about wind farm avoidance tactics by golden eagles in Scotland, based on sat tag data. #raptorresearch #ukbirding raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/25/g...

Ethical standards for research on marine mammal. 2023 #ResearchEthics #AnimalEthics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....