Bosses at six water firms had £4m bonus blocked, Ofwat says. Ban applied only to the CEO & CFOs, not all execs Companies circumvent rules by branding bonus as incentive payments, higher basic pay, giving execs multiple directorships. Must publish exec pay contacts. Let customers vote on exec pay.

We need renewable energy, so we need windfarms. But wind turbine generators and electrical infrastructure have a significant impact on their local environment. So, what is the balance?.... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/w...

Lights out: can we stop glow-worms and fireflies fading away?

How we’re killing our internal ecosystem – and what we can do to reverse it

Meanwhile Norway has committed $3 billion. And remember, this is an investment, not a grant. Norway will get a return on this. UK will get nothing, except shame www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Very concerning – deep-sea mining could be doing untold damage to the ocean's ability to support life

Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study

Roughly 75 percent of the drop in rainfall can be directly linked to deforestation And a drier Amazon is burning like never before They have killed the Amazon - one of the lungs of the Earth www.conservation.org/news/news-sp...

How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle climate change?

Defra says H5N1 virus confirmed at large turkey premises near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Most likely the result of exposure to Second Generation Anti-coagulant Rodenticide (SGARs), which are known to be causing widespread harm to UK raptors & mammals ☠️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/p...

Good summary of what illegal raptor persecution looks like in the UK, for anyone who missed the launch of @friendsofthedales.bsky.social new campaign last month. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/e...

Merrick was shot & killed as she slept, over two years ago. NatureScot has had all the evidence on its desk for over 18 months. Now we're being asked to wait "a few weeks" more. It's pathetic. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/n...

‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

Experts call for new taxes on worst polluters to help poorer nations with climate crisis

Really ?! Oh come on... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s most endangered orchid brought back from the brink of extinction... www.channel4.com/news/britain...

Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇

Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption

Magic beans: the protein-rich superfood in a potful of top chefs’ recipes

Call on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir... www.parliament.scot/get-involved...

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets. Please sign and Repost. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

Global move towards plant-based diets could reshape farming jobs and reduce labour costs worldwide.. www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/global-...

This was the last chance to secure Swift bricks in the Planning Bill itself. We’ll keep pushing for other ways to make it happen. Nature shouldn’t be optional in the places we live. 🍃

Last night, Peers voted against Swift bricks: rejecting a simple, proven way to help one of our fastest declining birds recover. ❌ We share @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social's disappointment & frustration. The vote came late, but with government refusing to back it, its fate was already sealed.

Shot Buzzard found in Herefordshire. A young Buzzard was found in a field in Leominster, Herefordshire last week, unable to fly... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

Totally scandalous @ofwat.bsky.social allowed our bills to go up meaning privatised water firms now charging us TWICE over according to @riveractionuk.bsky.social Say NO to all water company requests, bring into public ownership when they collapse www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new analysis shows an Africa-continentwide collapse in the animal “power” that drives nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and other life-support functions. This collapse raises risks for biodiversity and the people who depend on it.... www.earth.com/news/africas...

- "Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target" from @unep.org - latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement only slightly lower global temperature rise to 2100, leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages #climatecrisis www.unep.org/resources/em...

EU finance ministers may be about to maintain full tax exemptions for fossil fuels used in aviation and shipping until 2035, says bloomassociation.org - that's €45bn a year

Not doing presents this year? Show your loved ones you're thinking about them with a donation to Butterfly Conservation in their name 🦋💚 They will receive a beautiful postcard letting them know how their gift is helping to save butterflies and moths 👉 shop.butterfly-conservation.org/products/don...

1/2 Hounds in the garden just now, on the trail of some poor fox. This is still the reality of "trail hunting" in North Dorset in 2025. I put so much effort into making this place a sanctuary for wildlife. @angelaeagle1.bsky.social @parliamentarygoose.bsky.social

Another victim of a criminal with a shotgun. Hopefully this one will make it. #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

The world has reached its first climate tipping point as global warming causes widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs, scientists have warned.... theecologist.org/2025/oct/13/...

Coral reefs are being bleached out of existence for good.

RSPB Scotland Director 'cautiously hopeful' that proposed amendment will provide a meaningful deterrent to stop the illegal killing of birds of prey on Scotland's grouse moors. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America..... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

He has been captive for thirty-three years: for more than twenty he has lived entirely alone.

If the rapid retreat of glacier Hektoria is the first modern example of a process where the front of a glacier resting on the seabed rapidly destabilises, this could lead to much faster sea-level rise if it happened elsewhere in Antarctica... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scottish govt commits to closing loophole on sabotaged grouse moor licences..... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/b...

Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers. Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced

A Pine Ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus) in the garden today....

More grim news, whichever way you look at it But no surprise www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MPs are due to vote on 14th November. They need to know how vitally important it is that they agree to the Lords amendments. Please email now 🙏💚

www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-....

👉 Last chance to influence the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Yes, I know, you may be sick of reading about this or feel you’ve already written to your MP several times or are running out of energy on this long running saga - BUT - please, for nature’s sake, write one more time. 1/3

World Health Organisation classified, external PFOA as carcinogenic, and PFOS as possibly carcinogenic - increasing the risk of thyroid, testicular and kidney cancers, external.... www.iarc.who.int/news-events/...