The Wensum Valley is an incredibly special area of biodiversity and any major road route across it is going to run into the same insurmountable problems faced by the previous plans. Let's hope that common sense sees a less disruptive set of solutions.

Talk about flogging a dead horse! Norfolk C Council threw £50m down the drain pursuing a project that was doomed from the outset. Now they seem doomed to repeat their mistakes. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2597231...

From ITN — the government report that views nature loss as an existential security threat. | We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you ... youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?si…

“The report warns that multiple ecosystem collapses are now likely, not merely hypothetical. These failures, it states, will have “dire implications” for national security and will require serious strategic adaptation merely to limit the damage.” eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/a-su...

👏 Great to see Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus Vice-Chair @pippaheylings.bsky.social introduce a Bill to protect chalk streams today in Parliament. We urge the Government to support her plan before we irreversibly harm these globally rare habitats. 👇 Hear more about Pippa's Bill below.

What the betting that this does not get roundly condemned by the British government? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

My son had been tasked with writing a poem for school, so we had sat down and written together. It is a poem against cynicism and the mess we are in. It is about love (and doughnuts in ice cream).

Written by an actual adult in politics. I wonder what Trump’s reading age is? Going by this I doubt he’s even middle grade.

Sonic booms over Norwich just now?

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.

“The survey, involving 20,000 people from more than 27 leading democracies, including the US and Europe, suggests that Britons are the most pessimistic about their nation’s future. And the UK’s disillusioned Gen Z are losing faith in democracy.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Sheringham Bus Shelter sit-in delivers results

🧵 /1 Hi @tessakhan.bsky.social - You and Uplift have succeeded here - you deserve huge credit 🙏🙏 However, there is a dark side to this new North Sea plan in which the fossil fuel industry &lobbyists win - lock-in to gas based carbon capture 🧵 Thread continues here: bsky.app/profile/dran...

A wonderful, insightful piece by @iainrobinson.bsky.social in latest issue of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social. “GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳

I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law. How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge? www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...

“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wow, New York—hope at last!

Can somebody please start hanging EU flags off lampposts?

Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour. Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...

“Mr Jassy said in June that the increase in AI tools will likely lead to job cuts as machines take over routine tasks.” As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.

In case you missed the announcement in our newsletter, we are open for non-fiction submissions, both full-length and flash, until the end of October. You can read our submission guidelines and submit via hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com Subscribers can submit for free as usual, any time!

As well as failing to stop funding fossil fuel projects, many banks are also not funding climate solutions and the green transition.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“The report painted a grim picture of the world’s chances of avoiding increasingly severe impacts from the climate crisis.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nature action: email STEVE REED m: [email protected] simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at [email protected] for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!

Can you actually believe this? A swift brick costs £35 But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits Totally inexcusable www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️ Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system. It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed. (1/3)

The crisis is only deepening and the recent announcement of means-tested grants funded by a tax on international students will likely choke a vital source of HE income. This is Labour fiddling around the edges rather than taking bold action @bengoldsborough.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism. 🧵

This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways. This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK! Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct. First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @dalevince.com 👇👇

Very pleased to find the proof copy of Hinterland Issue 17 dropping through our letterbox this morning - it looks fab! Full print run due next week, so you’ve still got time to order a copy via our webstore: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17

“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods” www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.

A rare piece of positive climate news! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...

🚨 Legal win 🚨 UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas #ClimateJustice Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS @dalevince.com @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

“Part of the problem is that the party is paralysed by institutional pressures and geopolitical alignments. Of course, balancing these forces is what makes for great governments and leaders. But Starmer has shown no such inclination.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge * Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better" * Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30% * Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW

I’m delighted to have some new writing in this issue.

The government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could give businesses the green light to trash habitats and threaten wildlife. Say no to attacks on nature! If you agree – join me and add your name @friends_earth 👇 action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/sto...

This is a really useful and nuanced brief on the carbon impacts of AI data centres. So much is uncertain, the solutions AI might bring to the climate crisis included. www.carbonbrief.org/ai-five-char...

For data centres like this to be operated in an environmentally sustainable manner we need to be tripling efforts towards renewables. | Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year | Google | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Shame on @washingtonpost.com

Where are @euflagmafia.bsky.social these days? It would be good to see some blue flags hanging from our bridges and flyovers again!

"I’m trying to tell to hallucination Marcel Proust that I get that it, that it’s not a big deal, but I’m stuck in it, so fuck, what am I supposed to do here, big man? ..." Tim MacGabhann talks to @monalisavitti.bsky.social minorliteratures.com/2025/09/10/i...

2026 will see a major expansion of Salt's list – including four new poetry collections, a new volume of short stories and, of course, the sixteenth edition of Best British Short Stories.

I'm not sure what to make about the lurch towards an eco-populist leadership in the Green Party. It might pay off, but I dread seeing the sort of polarising tribalism that divided labour during the momentum years. Hard won in rural constituencies might be turned off by this.

🚗 550+ people in South Norfolk have already taken part in my Rural Road Survey. It only takes a few minutes & will help me press for changes with the Norfolk County Council, Norfolk's PCC & Roads Minister. Still time to add your voice: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SouthNorfo...

I feel myself flagging every time I see a Union Jack