Dr. Helena Wright

Consumer backlash grows over cages in Marriott’s egg supply Marriott promised to remove battery cages from its global egg supply by the end of 2025. Advocates fear it may be falling behind.

Consumer backlash grows over cages in Marriott’s egg supply

#Marriott #hotel #backlash #eggs #batteryhens

animalequality.org/news/2025/06...

Fascinating graphic from @bryantresearch.bsky.social

A massive 85% of the UK public are against killing newborn chicks with grinding or gassing.

Yes this has a prevalence of 99% in the UK food sector.

Exclusive: FEMA staff confused after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency's head said during a briefing that he hadn't been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/

New Pope Leo "is outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change", says the College of Cardinals Report

"He aligns closely with Pope Francis’ environmental priorities."

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Interesting research - the UK public underestimate of the percentage of animals which are factory farmed. The average estimate for all animals was 58%. While the reality is over 90%.

bryantresearch.co.uk/insight-item...

When I was at university we did handwritten exams, don't students still do this?

So next time there is a massive hurricane, tsunami or flood in the US, who's going to be responsible for the early warning systems?
#forecasting #disaster

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

"If you take everything, then you over-exploit and the populations collapse. Then what you’ll see in the long term is actually a reduction of catch"

#exploitation #fisheries #sustainability #food #livelihoods

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environmental Finance:

Investors being given 'false confidence' about state of food system

www.environmental-finance.com/content/news...

The recent news of signs of life on a distant planet made me wonder:

What would beings from outer space think if they saw this data about earth? 🤔

#natureloss #biodiversity #wildlife #earthday #animals

End ‘false choice’ between farming and environment, says Natural England chair Conservation agency seeks to reconcile conflicting demands for food production and development

I was delighted to the visit the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, recently acquired by the Wildlife Trusts and now a focal point for Nature recovery at scale. While there I had a chat with the FT’s Madeleine Speed. Her write up here ⬇️

www.ft.com/content/17a3...

Let's hope simplification does not mean a reduced focus on sustainability. Agriculture and food security is reliant on ecosystems and biodiversity, and investors with a long term outlook have called for greener CAP reforms several times www.fairr.org/news-events/...

“Dismantling environmental rules will hinder, not help, farmers: Invest in their resilience” - is the main message to @christophehansen.bsky.social from @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social and other 60 orgs. in the context of the EC "CAP simplification” plans.

More: www.birdlife.org/wp-content/u...

Impacts of degraded pollination ecosystem services on global food security and nutrition Nutrient resource loss in human food due to an ecological shock in terms of the depletion of insect pollination services may become a global concern. …

One study found "the average global crop price will increase by about 187% if pollinators go extinct"

Could biodiversity loss already be an unseen contributor to the global #costofliving crisis?

#foodprices
#FoodSecurity #naturerisks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Globalisation and pollinators: Pollinator declines are an economic threat to global food systems Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Interesting article making a strong economic case for investment in #nature & #biodiversity using #aid

"Our findings highlight the need for richer countries to invest in pollinator conservation beyond their own borders"

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Absolutely devastating study released last week on North American pollinator biodiversity: "We assessed the extinction risk of nearly 1,600 species of vertebrate and insect pollinators and found that more than one in five species is at risk of extinction."

READ: Bottom trawling is devastating ocean ecosystems, like 'marine deforestation.'

Oceana and our allies are calling on governments in the UK, France, and across Europe to ban this destructive practice in marine protected areas! bit.ly/3RnCkWl

@hugotagholm.bsky.social @the-independent.com

The FT View: 'Signalgate' has revealed the sheer amateurism of the Trump White House, writes our editorial board. www.ft.com/content/7d06...

What the Greenpeace Fine Means For the Future of Activism How SLAPP lawsuits like the one by Energy Transfer against Greenpeace for protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline will impact climate action.

"SLAPP lawsuits are a type of strategic civil litigation aimed at silencing speech by burying an organization or private citizen in legal fees"

Seems very undemocratic to stop peaceful protest. Just made a personal donation to @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social #wewillnotbesilenced

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Some actually good news about eggs America’s egg industry is starting to address one of its worst problems.

Each year, ~325 million male chicks are ground up alive because they can't lay eggs and are thus useless to the egg industry. But technology to fix this recently landed in the US and is slowly picking up steam: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The people who produce this Mauna Loa atmospheric CO₂ record have a lab in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, about 50 miles (80 km) from the observatory. By closing the lab, it'll be really difficult to maintain the CO₂ observations.

Congrats Tony, I look forward to reading it!

To learn more on #birdflu please read the latest FAIRR piece by my colleague - the graph shows that egg prices more than doubled in 2024

#birdflu #egg #prices #inflation

www.fairr.org/news-events/...

US turns to Denmark as it hunts for eggs despite Trump’s threat over Greenland Danish Egg Association says US asked if it could export eggs as prices surge despite president’s promise to lower them

Danish Egg Association says US asked if it could export eggs as prices surge

#birdflu #inflation #eggs

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Are You a 'Twitter Quitter?' Over 32 Million People Are Using Bluesky Star Wars star Mark Hamill, author Stephen King and millions of others now are using the social-media site Bluesky.

Nice to know Blue Sky has quadrupled in size over 3 months and also appears to have 5x more users than Truth Social @bsky.app

www.cnet.com/tech/how-and...

Absolutely LOVE this and hope #bloomscrolling becomes a thing

Absolutely LOVE this and hope #bloomscrolling becomes a thing

Close up of purple crocuses on ground w brown leaves

Purple crocuses in sunshine on green and brown ground under a brown tree

Purple crocuses in sunshine w green and brown grass and brown leaves

Brown grass scattered with purple crocuses

Hope

#bloomscrolling

The trouble is this doesn't just impact on the US. This data is used around the world to track the path of cyclones which lead to major loss of life - not just for US citizens.
#forecast #cyclones #disasters #weather

So next time there is a massive hurricane, tsunami or flood in the US, who's going to be responsible for the early warning systems?
#forecasting #disaster