Peter Orr

Morecambe, by Bradford-born Fred Cecil Jones, 1891-1966 (private collection). #NorthernArt

EPA eliminates its scientific research arm The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.

World leading environmental science research and staff don't align with US politics (I'm sad for the people affected) www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees? - Legal Planet While many of us prepared to celebrate Independence Day last week, a group of employees from the Environmental Protection Agency were bravely speaking out about what they see as their boss “recklessly...

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Can’t take it with you I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.

My good friend @helendecruz.net is currently in hospice after a long battle with cancer, and has written this beautiful piece reflecting on what is truly of value in life.
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The energy at the edges The system is dying from the middle, but there’s vitality at the periphery

The energy at the edges - a new post with some thoughts on the vitality at the edges of the system.

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Excellent piece by Daniel - of course we fear an outcome called fascism (perhaps inevitable due to historical conditions) but the new outcome of the far right is more likely something else we can't yet name or describe because it's not yet been created

The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite different, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

EPA Budget Would See Deep Cuts Under Trump’s Spending Plan (1) The EPA’s budget would be cut by more than half under President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, released Friday.

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Last year's (temporary) budget increase of 20% for EPA expected to go but the request looks to reduce the budget by a further 34%

Hi! We are Futureproof Cumbria. You may have known us as Cumbria Action for Sustainability- but today we launched our new name and brand. Our mission is to help people communities and organisations tackle climate change by promoting action and supporting change. futureproofcumbria.org.uk

Perry Anderson · Regime Change in the West? Where amid this turmoil does neoliberalism stand? In emergency conditions it has been forced to take measures –...

Regime Change in the West? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... excellent summary of where we are and the absence of alternatives - sobering and realistic

An open letter from EPA staff to the American public “We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

An open letter setting out the important environment justice work done by the #usepa and suggested actions to correct the damage caused by their abrupt cancellation open.substack.com/pub/environm...

Important to take notice

Eden Project Morecambe hits major milestone with appointment of first class project director and design team The Eden Project has announced John Pye as its project director for Eden Project Morecambe and the start of work by an external design team.

Exciting times ahead for Morecambe #edenproject www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/business/ede...

YouTube video by LSE Peak injustice: solving Britain's inequality crisis | LSE Event

Next was an important panel on Britain's inequality crisis with Danny Dorling, Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Kitty Stewart, and Poly Toynbee at the LSE www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWll... (12/13)

Britain is now following a developing country economic model – and we know where that leads | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah Selling off assets to foreign owners, deregulating markets, and liberalising financial services only leads to inequality and instability, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation

Britain is now following a developing country economic model – and we know where that leads | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

NEW: David Miliband joins the growing backlash to Keir Starmer's decision to cut the aid budget to boost defence spending.

He says: "The global consequences of this decision will be far reaching and devastating for people who need more help not less."

"Day of shame for Britain", campaigners say as aid spend cuts announced - Global Justice Now Responding to today’s announced cuts to aid spending, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Starmer’s announcement today is politics at its most base. To appease Trump, he will […]

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The 0.7% aid target In 2013, the UK first hit the UN target of spending 0.7% of GNI on aid. This briefing looks at the target’s history in the UK and the current reduction to 0.5%.

Shameful day for the UK as it announces cut to the aid budget to an historic low of 0.3% - background here commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

James Meek | An Enemy to Its Friends In a wiser and more competent – to say nothing of a better – world, the initial approach to Putin would have been...

its obvious a negotiated settlement is needed but all this appears to be a novel art of diplomacy www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

The government's narrative on planning is basically the same as the last government's. That's because it has the same intellectual progenitors, the ultra free market think tanks. I'm afraid it's likely to end in the same failure. My new blog -
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Colm Tóibín · Seagulls as Playmates: Where the Islanders Went The remote ​west of Ireland, so used to being left alone, seems to come alive for outsiders in search of something...

An excellent piece of writing www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land

Curlews, hen harriers, black grouse, GPS collars for cattle and no moorland burning: excellent to hear that the RSPB’s Geltsdale reserve will be expanding in size

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Environmental governance in the UK: a post-Brexit assessment » Green Alliance Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment

Useful input from green alliance -recomendations are modest and fine tuning - do we need a more fundamental review green-alliance.org.uk/publication/...

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Mind the gap: cutting UK transport’s climate impact

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NatureScot capitulated on grouse moor licensing after legal threats by game-shooting industry Regular blog readers will know that I’ve been trying to uncover the reasoning and process behind NatureScot’s sudden decision last autumn to change its approach and amend the brand new …

Documents released under FoI reveal a very cosy relationship between NatureScot, the statutory nature conservation agency, & the grouse shooting industry it's supposedly regulating.

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Unusually warm day in Northumberland yesterday and lots of shoreline birds enjoying the afternoon sunshine

Report available here www.theoep.org.uk/report/gover...

Progress up to March 2024

Borrowdale Morning - David Pott Art Size: 24x17 inches Media: Acrylic on panel Unframed Signed on the front Location: Borrowdale, Lake District

New painting! I've been working on this one for months, and finally nailed it so I've added it to my website. If you like it, please repost. Thanks!

#art #lakedistrict #borrowdale

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Read my review in @resurgencetrust.bsky.social and @theecologist.bsky.social's magazine: www.resurgence.org/magazine/

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