Containerised fox #FoxOfTheDay

I used to love playing on these as a child, whenever we went to Poole. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories doubling down on hating the planet (promising to scrap climate legislation) and the people. Is this really going to make them more electable? What next ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well BCP Council, isn't this a good reason to push back on the ludicrous housing targets for our area ? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is a promising advance ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lovely to see quite a few patches of this unusual parasitic plant on Canford Heath yesterday. Dodder - Cuscuta epithymum.

Another absolutely obvious and predictable Brexit outcome : increased carbon emissions where the UK imports more goods from further away.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pleased to see BBC coverage for the concerns of Dorset residents about this proposal to build over 3000 homes. By contrast, I am amazed at the indifference of BCP residents, (south-east Dorset), where it is planned to build 24,000 homes when there is no space! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds

Some good news! My town, BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole), has just won some National Lottery Heritage Funding to become a Nature Town. Wahoo! I do hope that will help stop the current plan to build a gazillion houses over every remaining blade of grass .... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This seems a better way to deal with excess waste than incinerating it to produce energy. Yet we really need to focus on the problem of generating too much waste! Regulation is required, as well as changing shopping habits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Never forget that while this government is prepared to ruin the lives of disabled people for the sake of £5bn, it is simultaneously lavishing far greater sums on pointless and destructive white elephants, of which this is just one.

This should be in top media headlines everywhere. Humanity clearly moves in the wrong direction: adding more and more thermal insulation around the planet, which is already too warm! It is urgent to decarbonise our economies and ways of life. #ClimateEmergency

Why has this taken so long to become politically acceptable? Personally, I think all new homes should have solar and that the roofs need to be oriented to make the maximum gain. 🌞 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grounded Community are having a summer BBQ on Sunday 15th June 12 - 3pm. Everyone's invited! If you can, please bring some food to add to the cold buffet to share. No worries if you can't, there is always enough food to go around! www.tickettailor.com/events/groun...

Natural England is attempting to increase our costs should we lose this legal challenge. We perceive this as an attempt to intimidate us from bringing the case. They've underestimated us. #TeamStripey £48k raised so far, £3.8k needed to reach our target. www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...

Utah legislators commissioned a study to go with their 2023 ban on gender-affirming pediatric care. Now they're trying to ignore the results.

Sea level rises linked to climate change will be catastrophic. All coastal areas are going to be under threat, and a lot of our major cities are coastal. It's time for everyone to take all the actions they can, including lobbying governments to do more. #climatechange www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At least £64bn of property in England and Wales is hidden behind opaque trusts

She's an amazing fox. Despite having lost an eye a few years ago, she continues to be a great mum. This is a bumper year for her - she has 5 cubs. No wonder she needs a snooze!

BREAKING🔥 As 100+ lives are lost in catastrophic floods in DR Congo, oil execs sip cocktails at the Africa Energies Summit in London, sealing new fossil fuel deals THE INJUSTICE IS STAGGERING We demand an end to fossil fuel colonialism This isn’t a future crisis. It’s NOW! #StopOil #DRCongoFloods

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

This may sound grim, but it is a colossal underestimate of the impact of 4C heating Forget 40% poorer - this will leave billions dead and society and economy will have collapsed long before the 4C mark is reached www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thousands of playing fields ‘may be lost’ if Sport England stripped of planning role

The fox family that live in our garden having something to eat.

We all recognise smoking kills , that's why tobacco ads were banned in 2002 . Fossil fuels kill too & according to a study in BMJ , cause 5.1 million deaths per year . Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024

These factoids from the IPCC's Sixth Assessment were all drawn from research published before 2023. It's remarkable just how much all of these indicators have accelerated over just the last two years.

65% of Brits want these fossil fuel execs held personally responsible for the harm they cause , as per a Survation poll released yesterday by @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social . . . I’m calling on the UK Govt to reign them in and BAN fossil fuel ads – please sign my petition now govpetition.uk/700024

PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows

Here's some good news for a change - the rising tide of green energy! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@privateeyenews.bsky.social bowing to outside pressure and cancelling conservationist adverts? Wot? Anyone got the phone number for Street of Shame?

Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release

So lovely to see this accolade for the Parks Foundation's 10th anniversary, and so proud to have been part of the team at the start. #parksfoundation #urbanwilding naturetownsandcities.org.uk/meet-the-nat...

In the face of recent ridiculous Tory rhetoric that the UK can't afford to meet it's climate obligations (when really we can't afford not to!!!), it is heartening to see this : www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Politics affects everyone.

Happy Sunday lovely phone family. How's everyone doing? I never expected to read a statement like this and relate it to the world right now. You'd expect it to be a lesson from the history books, yet here we are. We can't keep repeating past mistakes. Have a peaceful day 😘 #HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Exclusive: NHS England has dramatically increased recruitment of workers from states with critical medical staff shortages Brexit has left the NHS increasingly dependent on doctors and nurses from poor “red list” countries, from which the World Health Organization says it is wrong to recruit. The…

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

Benefits cuts now? What’s the point of a Labour MP who votes for something so cruel, tin-eared and short-sighted? | John McDonnell

The US government's war on anyone who isn't white and male is so dystopian! It is really scary. #notofascism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Billions of people will lose their livelihoods and economic output reduced by up to 34% if the Earth is allowed to warm by 3 degrees Celsius this century, but investing less than 2% of GDP now could eliminate most of those losses, a groundbreaking new report found” www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...

Alarming decision to halt Sustainable Farming Incentives - we’re worried for all farmers & wildlife "This damaging move by government seriously risks the viability of the organic sector & threatens the supply of sustainable British food” says our CEO Helen Browning 🔗 fwi.co.uk/news/farm-po...

Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember: In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal. Since 1 October 2024 it is zero. This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal. HT @neso-energy.bsky.social

2024 was the hottest year on record 📈 TV news coverage of climate change decreased by 25% 📉 #EndClimateSilence

✂️ Cuts to the farming budget are bad news for farmers and bad news for nature With 70% of the UK farmed, working with farmers is the best chance we have of seeing our wildlife recover 👉 Sign the RSPB’s petition: tell the Government that nature can’t afford a pay cut soilassociation.co/43jEX2R

I remember the start of this project - it is great to see it finally up and running. Hopefully it will help Dorset embrace a greener future! #renewables #Dorset #Infinergy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

I had a lovely cycle along the miles and miles of Bournemouth Bay yesterday, but when I stopped to do a bit of beachcombing, I noticed that there were hardly any sea shells. Such a difference from when I was a child! Dredging, fishing, pollution and climate change are taking their toll on our seas.

“We used to think that changes in the deep ocean could only occur over centuries. But these key observations from the Weddell Sea show that changes in the dark abyss can take place over just a few decades.” #FasterThanExpected www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2023/06...