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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.

Research by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit found 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change - 87% have experienced reduced productivity due to heatwaves, floods or other climate change-induced extreme weather. theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...

COP30 in sight: 5 things you need to know about COPs - Greenpeace International COP30 in Belém will be historic. Discover what COPs are, what they have achieved, why they matter, and why this year’s summit is critical for the Amazon and climate.

COP30 in sight: 5 things you need to know about COPs www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Stop the Puy du Fou UK theme park Puy du Fou wants to build a theme park in the tiny village of Bucknell near Bicester, Oxfordshire. The proposed park would occupy an area of productive farmland bigger than Hyde Park, destroying green...

North Oxfordshire needs its wildlife and green fields not a theme park. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

This gift to housebuilders from Labour is shameful | Letters

They seem to have slowed now but this has definitely been an excellent year for Boletes. I’ve seen many species for the first time this year, including Devil’s Bolete, Bilious Bolete, Inkstain Bolete, Oak Bolete, a white Penny Bun & more! #Fungi #Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

Stop the Puy du Fou UK theme park Puy du Fou wants to build a theme park in the tiny village of Bucknell near Bicester, Oxfordshire. The proposed park would occupy an area of productive farmland bigger than Hyde Park, destroying green...

North Oxfordshire needs its wildlife and green fields not a theme park. This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

Somehow we need to stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 in order to protect nature. Please sign and share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We get left with the worst of both worlds. Nature is trashed in the name of building the homes that the underhoused people of England desperately need. But they are not actually built. Instead, the big corporations get to destroy our wild places for more lucrative but socially useless projects.

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fade to grey: as forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

As we continue to obliterate the natural world, it is responding by swapping dazzling colours for drab greys and browns

Yet one more grim outcome of humanity's never-ending campaign of destruction

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Stop the Puy du Fou UK theme park Puy du Fou wants to build a theme park in the tiny village of Bucknell near Bicester, Oxfordshire. The proposed park would occupy an area of productive farmland bigger than Hyde Park, destroying green...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them In praise of digging for potatoes.

Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them …
theconversation.com/allotments-a...

Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside Atlantic rainforests once lined the island’s west coast – and could one day return.

Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside. Survivors from earlier landscapes are found across the countryside. Finding these patches could unlock future woodlands rich in currently rare species.
theconversation.com/finding-brit...

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters Our modelling of European fish species shows a patchwork of winners and losers as sea temperatures rise.

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters
theconversation.com/how-climate-...

Adorable Elephant feel all loved with cuddles.. 🥰

Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside Atlantic rainforests once lined the island’s west coast – and could one day return.

Finding Britain’s ‘shadow woods’ offers the fastest way to reforest the countryside. Survivors from earlier landscapes are found across the countryside. Finding these patches could unlock future woodlands rich in currently rare species.
theconversation.com/finding-brit...

Blackbirds.
Less than 8 wks before the survey closes.
Many Blackbirds are moulting at the moment (as here) & as a result they may be hiding in cover more.
Are your birds out and about?
It would be great to get as much data entered as possible.
@ianparsons.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social

Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them In praise of digging for potatoes.

Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them …
theconversation.com/allotments-a...

Another day at the green oasis - slowed down to half speed for a better appreciation of the wild pond and all who sail in her.
To attract Greenfinches plant a Field Maple tree. They are easy to grow and will proliferate in the local hedgerows, as their seeds spread.
#ukbirds #rewild #wildlifegardens

Ox eye daisies and buttercups growing in long grass

Dear councils, 97% of meadows are gone. So please, value our wildflowers. If you are lucky enough to have them growing in verges and public spaces, don't poison or over-mow them. Let them grow as a lifeline for bees, butterflies and hoverflies 🐝

Raynor Winn has published all of Moth’s medical diagnoses and countered every single attack on her by the Observer on her website.

www.raynorwinn.co.uk

Surviving the 21st Century | Julian Cribb | Substack A blog by science author Julian Cribb on the existential emergency facing all humanity, the ten catastrophic threats that comprise it and what we can do about them. Click to read Surviving the 21st Ce...

Surviving the 21st Century
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Society needs a systems update to cope with climate crisis – my new film explains why Earth systems expert James Dyke discusses his documentary, System Update: Rebooting Our Future.

Earth systems expert James Dyke discusses his documentary, System Update: Rebooting Our Future.

Climate change is really, really bad for farmers

Plantwatch: Why dandelions should be left to grow in spring These simple flowers, which bloom earlier than many others, are a rich source of nectar and pollen for insects

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime. Good article from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime. Good article from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Swedish hedgehogs found to contain pesticides, plastics and lead Researchers have found hedgehog bodies are full of environmental pollutants, including some of the most hazardous to human health.

www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...