Surely #networkrail should have known that swifts are a protected species before they blocked up the colony’s nests. //www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/10/anger-as-swifts-nesting-holes-in-derbyshire-rail-viaduct-blocked-up

The health secretary wants to keep us in the dark about Palantir’s systems for handling sensitive health records. So we’re taking legal action with Democracy for Sale to fight back: https://goodlaw.social/249f

The investigation is out with media partners across Europe and beyond, including @theguardian.com, @lemonde.fr, @elpais.com, Die Zeit and @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Read the whole story here: www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/big-te...

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Conditions whose onset sped up with air pollution include: Parkinson's, Dementia, thyroid conditions, diabetes, asthma, schizophrenia, high blood pressure, dystonia + bone fractures (related to links between air pollution + osteoporosis). share.google/t61ru2BTF1Il... 2/3

People are getting some long term health conditions up to 2 years earlier than they would if we were breathing clean air. That's people losing up to 2 years pain free, 2 years with energy, able to do all the things that matter to them. share.google/t61ru2BTF1Il... 🧵 1/3

Going back to glyphosate is a very retrograde step #cornwallcountycouncil c.org/kNQ9yvjmFy

This is an encouraging step:

UK Consulation to control highly toxic pet flea chemicals, not before time www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yet another huge reason to get off fossil fuels: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

From seahorses to sharks, more than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction -new research They are depleting the ocean of life and if they are not stopped we will soon have a dead lifeless ocean science.ubc.ca/news/2026-04...

"In one scenario at CO₂ concentrations of 450ppm —last experienced by Earth several million years ago, when polar ice was significantly reduced—Antarctic temperatures rise by 6°C while Arctic temperatures drop by 7°C due to #AMOC collapse" We're now at ~430ppm & rising 🙈 #ClimateEmergency

“We allow at least 100,000 trawlers to scrape the ocean floor, w/out even knowing what they are catching. It is important that governments… exclude bottom trawling from large swathes of the ocean, particularly from so-called marine protected areas.” Sign: action.greenpeace.org.uk/ban-destruct...

Besides signing petitions, we need to eat much less or no fish. The magnificent (90-year-old) Sylvia Earle: "When the buying stops, the killing can too. Every fish you choose not to eat could be swimming out there. The ocean says thank you. The kids say thank you." www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyo3...

Could MattGPT face scrutiny under the UK’s ‘proceeds of crime’ law? The British right is awash with money from Orban thinktanks…which Hungary’s new PM says was stolen. Brilliant deep dive into Orban’s vast UK network by @McCoolingtons for @thenerve_news. 👏

The removal will improve access to more than 1,500 miles of tributary spawning and rearing habitat and 214 miles of mainstem spawning habitat in the Yakima River! Check it out: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

'Coal ash is laced with arsenic, lead, radium...linked to health harms, including cancer, heart disease + brain damage... '91% of 265 coal plants across the US contaminate groundwater above levels considered safe.' Trump's EPA wants to loosen regs on storing it: share.google/dNJDeNUrDRZi...

The US war in Iran is a desperate move from an oil empire fighting to hang on to global supremacy

Did anyone in the White House even think that this might happen? Certainly the way to make friends and influence people.

While chemical companies knew of health risks, even to their own staff, for years, they seem to have done little research on treating health harms caused. As a result, agencies have little advice to offer people, beyond 'probably best not eat that veg'. share.google/7Nk9jAXU9P1B... 3/4

Internal documents suggest some PFAS manufacturers became aware of health risks associated with PFAS as early as the 1960s + 70s. In spite of this, they continued making PFAS, apparently without warning the public. share.google/GSz5CMPJDhUI... 2/4

Londoners consistently vote for breathing cleaner air, yet negative online narratives about the clean air zone, have led to the criminal cutting down of cameras in outer London and terrifying use of explosives to blow up a ULEZ camera close to people's homes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another Reform politician shown to be a hypocrite; another Reform bigwig caught with their hands in the cookie jar; another day of the week

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Very sad about this as have always loved (and eaten) the delicious Gentleman’s Relish (Why does everything have to be bought up by Big Food?) www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...

Our burning of fossil fuels is melting sea ice and drowning emperor penguin chicks, putting them in danger of extinction. 😱

A new study of Europe’s largest groundwater reserve found #TFA to be the most common short‑chain #PFAS in 96% of samples💧 The study couldn’t identify a single main source, showing that TFA likely comes from multiple sources Read the full study 🔽 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The real headline: crypto crook (who pleaded guilty to breaking US money laundering rules) plans to try and buy UK politics www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

"In many places, mass transit didn't just die—it was murdered." nissenbaum.tech.cornell.edu/papers/Kwint... #UrbanTruth via @grantennis.bsky.social

Vance said he wants to help Orban “as much as I can” ahead of Hungary’s parliamentary elections on Sunday. The irony klaxon exploded when he then accused Brussels of trying to interfere in the vote, describing it as “one of the worst examples of foreign election interference.”

Likely the worst El Niño in 140 years. Harvests will be bad even without a fertilizer crisis. GOP will head to elections with scorching food inflation. And they will blame Belgium for not opening Hormuz. And 35% of Americans will be very angry at Belgium.

The fact that this went out and Congress hasn’t immediately convened for an emergency session show just how much trouble we’re in.

NEW: "...suppressed reports are coming out so thick and fast that you could be forgiven for thinking you’d already read it..." My latest #Substack on this epochal moment is out now! rupertsreads.substack.com/p/the-cracks...

Who wants to invest in this company? "With expectations for Tesla performance having collapsed for all financial and performance metrics across all time periods through the end of the decade...." Is the cult about to lose a lot of money?

"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project" That could all end if Orbán loses... open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

President Donald Trump mischaracterized core elements of the United States’ economy and its current engagement in Iran. Here is a look at some of his statements.

Looking to speak to people who’ve cut energy use to lower bills from driving less to changing heating, appliances or gadgets. Get in touch if you’d like to contribute. RTs appreciated Email: [email protected] #JournoRequest

How is the ‘climate change is a hoax’ administration reacting to this problem?

More record heat in AUSTRALIA Minimum 25.7C Cardwell ,Queensland Highest Minimum ever recorded in April Australia is moving "slowly" with one record per day,instead the dozens of South Africa.

I think that's what you call a not-so-positive feedback. 🌊

Elon Musk had DOGE defund USAID, the largest humanitarian organization in the world, causing HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of deaths from starvation and disease - and Trump GLEEFULLY approved it. It’s the single most evil act in US history. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich

🥬🍓New guide from @ewgofficial.bsky.social lists the #DirtyDozen fruit and vegetables most contaminated with pesticide residues in the US. Across the samples for these top 12 most contaminated fruit and veg, 63% contained #PFAS pesticides. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/Iy7atuI

"Across Texas and Oklahoma, he says fracking companies have been spreading their potentially radioactive, PFAS-filled solid waste on farmland and near communities, largely without scrutiny, for decades."

Dubai’s top British influencers have been fulsome in their praise for the UAE Government as the Iran war continues. Speaking from jail, one said, “They quite rightly locked me up for tweeting a video of a drone blowing up my apartment.” From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

'The state’s forests will dry out a month earlier than usual...Gleick said, which increases the risk of wildfires. “It could be a very bad fire year...rivers + streams are going to dry out sooner, + that has bad implications for natural ecosystems + our fisheries.”'

Chemically recycling plastic has proven to be a technical and economic challenge. Now, the chemical industry wants the EPA’s help. Environmentalists are raising alarms. insideclimatenews.org/news/0104202...