Responding to the DEFRA wood burning consultation β Mums for Lungs
Read our guidance on how to respond to DEFRAβs wood burning consultation - deadline 19th March. This is a critical moment to get your voice heard by the government.
π₯ Did you know that #WoodBurning releases tiny particles that get into our lungs & bloodstream, affecting families inside as well as neighbours outside?
The government is consulting on cutting emissions from domestic burning. Please respond by 19th March, and share far and wide! #CleanAirCrowd
27.02.2026 17:04 β π 15 π 10 π¬ 0 π 2
Close-up of a dolphin's head emerging from water with text about phone chemicals found in dolphin brains.
Chemicals used in smartphone screens have been found in deceased dolphins π
Scientists detected synthetic liquid crystal monomers in their blubber, muscles and brains.
Our marine pollution lead, Sonja, spoke to The Telegraph about what this means for our oceans π
https://ow.ly/6bMS50YmPnq
27.02.2026 09:01 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"πππ
27.02.2026 09:19 β π 3287 π 1056 π¬ 211 π 221
π₯ Prof. @hughmontgomery.bsky.socialβIntensive Care Medicine, @ucl.ac.uk: βThe climate emergency is a health emergency and it's about time we started treating it as one.β
π₯ π¬ Will you meet with you MP to discuss the @nebriefing.bsky.social and the #CANBill?
π action.zerohour.uk/meeting
26.02.2026 16:16 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Sir Oink A-Lot, Official Monster Raving Looney Party
Gonna have to watch the Gorton and Denton results live purely to hear this name read out:
26.02.2026 18:29 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1
Demand better transport in new development!
Launched with a pledge to βgo further than ever beforeβ to meet housing targets, the Government is consulting on the biggest shake-up of planning rules since 2012. A few welcome words on transport, li...
The Government is consulting on the biggest shake-up of planning rules since 2012.
But it remains weaker than what was in place between 1994 and 2012! That previous policy rightly identified traffic growth as damaging our towns, countryside and planet.
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
16.02.2026 10:38 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned βforever chemicalβ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
14.02.2026 07:36 β π 213 π 115 π¬ 6 π 6
Its a very sad situation when some people only care when it impacts the health of their own children, not others. Our neighbours were free to cause PM2.5 pollution nearly 100x normal levels in our children's bedrooms because the stove industry in the UK is self regulating and completely lawless.
06.02.2026 13:09 β π 9 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
My house has a wood burning stove and I used to use it regularly. I thought It was cheap and climate-friendly. It is neither. It took me the best part of a year to fully change my mind on wood burning but the evidence is irrefutable. I would never use it again.
22.01.2026 16:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Warning from a geologist in 1979 that burning fossil fuels risks "famine and social & political upheaval" π
Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later.
But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know.
It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025
21.01.2026 09:35 β π 66 π 32 π¬ 2 π 1
Facts and stats on air pollution
Poor air quality is bad for our health, planet and economies. Here are alarming statistics and facts about air pollution.
The case for action on dirty air has never been clearer:
π Nearly 8m premature deaths each year
π« 99% of people breathe unsafe air
π #1 environmental health threat globally
We outline the key facts & stats on #AirPollution π½
https://bit.ly/3vJvSBz
20.01.2026 08:02 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Thereβs no such thing as climate-friendly beefβdespite a growing number of "carbon neutral" and "net zero" beef labels entering the marketplace.
New WRI research reveals why: itβs about the land.
Learn more: go.wri.org/beef-emissio...
15.01.2026 14:29 β π 31 π 15 π¬ 2 π 2
UK biodiversity continues to decline, 2025 bioindicators show
Wallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends.
π UK biodiversity remains in serious declineβa worrying confirmation of what many suspected. We need an urgent rethink of our approach to protecting ecosystems, safeguarding species, and restoring habitats. Itβs time for new, science-led legislation. #CANBill
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
16.01.2026 10:57 β π 11 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social unfortunately couldnβt make the National Emergency Briefing.
Would they consider having @mikebernerslee.bsky.social on #Leading?π
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity.
#NEB2025
12.01.2026 07:45 β π 62 π 51 π¬ 12 π 10
Civil society groups condemn βdangerousβ plans for more anti-protest powers
Dozens including TUC join force to oppose βwide-rangingβ move to increase police powers in England and Wales
βNo protest movement has ever brought about change through a one-off demonstrationβ
Civil society groups condemn Labourβs plans to restrict the βcumulative impactβ of protests
Labour ought to be repealing the last govtβs anti-protest laws, not adding to them:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
12.01.2026 05:36 β π 79 π 36 π¬ 1 π 2
Hey!! Here's a new piece for @thepointau.bsky.social - the first of what will be many little updates on the current state of carbon capture and storage.
Both failure-prone and eternally immune to the consequences of failure: there is absolutely nothing like it -->>
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
08.01.2026 22:01 β π 112 π 54 π¬ 8 π 7
Our Watershed Pollution Map filtered to show nitrogen oxide pollution - lighter colour = higher levels. You can pick out the road network in nitrogen oxide emissions. Diesel engines produce particularly high levels of this gas, linked to heart + breathing conditions.
share.google/q2DtdbvoUxtZ...
07.01.2026 18:23 β π 52 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1
In 2026, we will:
- See the extent of the governmentβs ambition for active travel when it publishes its next 5 year strategy.
- Know if the government is putting its money where its mouth is on prioritising road maintenance over building new roads when RIS3 is published.
30.12.2025 16:15 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
2025 likely to be UK's hottest year ever recorded β Met Office
Scientists could not be clearer that human-caused climate change is driving the UK's warming trend.
What was normal 10 or 20 years ago, will become relatively cool in the future.
People are going to experience more wildfires, more droughts, and more heatwaves.
Itβs vital that MPs listen to the National Emergency Briefing.
@nebriefing.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
23.12.2025 07:17 β π 14 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naΓ―ve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
15.12.2025 16:52 β π 25539 π 5554 π¬ 45 π 135
a kermit the frog is sitting on a table with his arms in the air and the words last day !!!
ALT: a kermit the frog is sitting on a table with his arms in the air and the words last day !!!
Want to give your views on the next active travel strategy? Today is the last day of the consultation!
Take a few minutes and respond - our template is quick and easy to edit and send actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
15.12.2025 10:10 β π 6 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the worldβs carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australiaβs entire carbon footprint.
βDutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.β @euronews.com
13.12.2025 22:01 β π 1349 π 493 π¬ 47 π 58
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Working with communities to create healthier rivers, thriving wildlife, and better places for people.
WCRT is an award-winning environmental charity dedicated to protecting, restoring and improving the region's blue spaces for people and wildlife.
We're here to establish thriving #nature for people and planet by building partnerships for natureβs recovery.
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