🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8

As nations convene in Belém, many have withdrawn from funds for climate mitigation and biodiversity protection, leaving species at risk of extinction observer.co.uk/news/interna...

In the Southern Ocean industrial trawlers are vacuuming up krill by the hundreds of thousands of tonnes/year, transforming this vital food into feed for farmed salmon and supplements for human consumption. Krill should be vital food for whales etc paulwatsonfoundation.donorsupport.co/page/KrillWa...

Support the Stop Burning Trees Coalition chuffed.org/project/1175... It is crazy, and very wrong,that we are cutting down trees and burning them in power stations, and claiming it is green and environmentally friendly - when probably it causes more carbon per unit of energy than burning fossil fuel

Agree fireworks should be banned? www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ba...

The Bat Conservation trust is asking people to write to their MP. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons next week (week commencing 10 Nov) for a crucial vote. The hope is to limit the damage the Bill will have act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...

The level of atmospheric CO2 has fluctuated wildly over the past 600 million years or so. It has been massively higher than now, but then there were the carbon stores and the global means of slowly removing atmospheric CO2. We are now losing those. www.researchgate.net/figure/Globa...

Really interesting article by Lyle Lewis, in the reasons why higher CO2 levels now are NOT good news, and will NOT cause more crops to grow etc. The history of the levels of atmospheric CO2 over millennia, pre-humanity, is fascinating. substack.com/inbox/post/1... @race2extinct.bsky.social

We really are living in the most bizarre times. It's hard to keep up with the bonkersness of it. Not only hugely unnecessary AI and high energy demand tech (and no intention to limit its range & scope) but now putting it into space. It is out of control. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Ban the sale of fireworks. Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

I keep thinking about the guy who's been recording insect population in a remote area of Costa Rica for 40 years, documenting their collapse. The jungle still looks lush, but he points out that little is getting pollinated. Once the plants die it will become a desert. But we still haven't realised.

The planet isn’t “greening.” It’s photosynthetically busier but biologically poorer—more leaves, fewer living systems. New mini-essay with images: The Illusion of Greening ⤵︎ open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...

Interesting information from the RSPB on the proposed Fen Reservoir, to provide more water for the Cambridge area. Possibly having some environmental benefits by reducing abstraction of water from chalk streams and also avoiding some flooding on the Ouse www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

A vegan can spare the lives of up to 200 animals /year. People are invited to go #vegan and join #PETAUK's #WorldVeganMonth challenge this November petauk.org/49s An easy way to start is to change from cows' milk to a plant-based milk, many sparing cows much cruelty

Racing the Clock to Pull a Baby Elephant to Safety | Sheldrick Wildlife youtu.be/75eTnR2yk6Q?... via @YouTube Lovely video. So brilliant that the Sheldrick staff were able to get the little elephant out of the water trough, back to his distraught mother. Sheldrick are wonderful

Shame on StubHub International! It’s profiting from the resale of bullfighting tickets – where bulls are stabbed to death for entertainment. Urge it to stop cashing in on cruelty. #StubHubInternationalSupportsCruelty petauk.org/4a5

Thousands of dead migrating cranes litter cherished European birdwatching spot near Berlin www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e... such a severe impact from bird flu hasn't previously been seen in cranes on this migration route, though there was an outbreak among cranes in Hungary two years ago.

Please sign it! - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Children using catapults to kill and torture animals before sharing 'sick' images on WhatsApp news.sky.com/story/childr... Words fail Sign the petition to UK government against catapults. Make it an offence to carry a catapult in public without lawful defence petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

🚨A decisive judgment for wildlife laws🌿 Today’s Supreme Court ruling in C G Fry & Son Ltd v SSCLG confirms that developers must assess environmental impacts of developments that affect protected habitats at all stages of the planning process – not just the start. 🔗 www.wcl.org.uk/decisive-sup...

“As well as being the world’s biggest form of animal cruelty, fuelling climate change and killing nature, factory farming wastes food on a colossal scale, undermining global food security.” - Peter Stevenson, our Chief Policy Advisor.

Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected] Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...

3. No, local food production, while it might have other virtues, does not translate into lower environmental impact. Food miles are a tiny proportion of overall impact. WHAT you eat is far more important than WHERE it comes from.

4. And what exactly does “local” chicken or “local” pork mean? The local bit is the factory or field through which the feed is channelled. But where does the feed come from? On average, there is more soy (in the UK it’s all imported, mostly from Brazil or the US) in chicken than there is tofu.

6. No, “grass-fed” meat production does not “avoid chemicals”. It still relies on veterinary medicine and large amounts of supplemental feeding. Hill farmers now use heavy applications of NPK. And the ecological opportunity cost is off the scale: vast amounts of land for tiny amounts of food.

1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵

People are invited, through "My Death, My Decision" to send a quick, easy postcard to one of the Lords, to encourage them to vote for the assisted dying bill. It's disgraceful that so many people in the UK have horrible deaths, which could be avoided houseoflords.mydeath-mydecision.postbug.app

@dan710ths.bsky.social Thank you, Dan, for the screening of the film, "Food for Thought" in Epsom today. It is so helpful when well known people can make this sort of film, reaching an audience that might otherwise be hard to get to, and for whom more information and encouragement is needed.

Petition: Change the ‘grey belt’ definition in the National Planning Policy Framework CPRE are asking people to sign this petition, to get it up to 100,000 signatures, so there is a debate in Parliament. Otherwise bits of Green Belt are devalued petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Book "Ten Years of Remembering Wildlife", is being published alongside original & altered images of animals including polar bears, cheetahs and pangolins living in, and then scrubbed out of, their natural habitats. So much wildlife is being decimated www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pine martens became locally extinct in Exmoor National Park during the late 19th century, around 1870-1880. They were wiped out due to several factors, including the clearing of woodlands, and persecution by gamekeepers who hunted them for their fur and for preying on poultry.

19 pine martens from Scottish Highlands populations were introduced at secret locations on Exmoor by the Two Moors Pine Marten Project last month. Each has been fitted with a radio collar so researchers can follow their fortunes in coming months www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really interesting article, on bird migration, following the details of a few birds on their specific journeys. Well worth reading. www.theguardian.com/environment/... By Phoebe Weston, @phoebeweston.bsky.social and others.

Urge Spain's Prime Minister to end the bloody torture of bulls: petauk.org/bullfighting... It is beyond belief that any country can allow this horror. What is wrong with people, who go to watch it? How can they have so little understanding or compassion for a living creature. Vile

Decline in wild bees, including bumble bees; in butterflies; in hoverflies, across Europe and the UK. Largely caused by habitat loss and what we have done for agriculture, producing crops and rearing animals. What can be done, quickly, to reverse this? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at #Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. Say NO! Sign and share! #AxeDrax #StopBurningTrees actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

A lovely rescue of a young elephant, who had become trapped in a steep sided well. Using a helicopter, @sheldricktrust.bsky.social staff managed to push/pull the baby out and reunite him/her with Mum, who had been kept away safely by helicopter www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates...

Nyambeni has discovered that partitions are merely suggestions, not boundaries! Our budding mini-matriarch scales the low fence with determination, desperate to reach the other side where her precious charges await. No barrier is too tall when there are babies to protect and comfort.

Across Kenya, wild animals face countless threats – from snares to human-wildlife conflict. That’s where our Veterinary initiatives step in; on the ground every day, delivering life-saving treatment where it’s needed, supported by our Aerial, Canine, and Anti-Poaching teams.

The world has gone completely mad. Now (the horrible, unnecessary) AI is able to make fake videos of long-dead celebrities, and people on Tik Tok actually watch them www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/art... It is probably already impossible to know if any video is real, or artificially generated

From Barcelona to Hawaii, from Iceland to the Okavango Delta, locals are fed up with too many people. Ironically, both humans and animals sense there are too many of us, yet we refuse to call overpopulation what it is: a problem. apple.news/ASENAfZY0Tli...

Anyone who buys more clothes than they actually need (need, not fancy) should be aware that their old clothes do not somehow magically disappear. As well as human health problems, there are immense environmental problems from clothing. Think before buying clothes www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

You have to read this carefully, to see the actual numbers - and not be carried away with enthusiasm. The growth in renewables is trying (succeeding in some countries, not in others) to keep pace with the GROWTH in electricity demand. It's a start ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate researchers from the Uni of East Anglia surveyed British MPs – most don’t know how urgent climate action is. The IPCC has stressed that global GHG emissions had to peak this year, to avoid a global temperature rise over 1.5C. Most MPs are unaware of that theconversation.com/we-surveyed-...

Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Help stop plans for a monstrous chicken farm in Ellough that would imprison and send over a million sensitive birds to slaughter every year. Sign here: petauk.org/49t

Blue Marine’s brilliant campaign film ‘The Bottom Line’ is a finalist in 2 categories for the Lovie awards. But it needs your votes, so please vote here by 16 October: -Public Service and Activism bit.ly/blue-marine-... - News and Politics bit.ly/news-and-pol... Thank you ! @bluemarinefoundation

Jane Goodall was, if not the very first, the most effective communicator to show the world that non-human animals are very similar to us, not merely "animals" with no sentience, feelings, intelligence, culture. Due to her, we started to understand, a little, how other animals deserve our compassion

RIP Queen

Nature & farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete & bricks and mortar in the UK between 2018 and 2023. And 12 sq km of the most protected and special natural areas known as national landscapes, was destroyed www.theguardian.com/environment/...