Andy Collins

Wow! Tracking a butterfly with motus!

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

We are nature. Its best interests are our best interests. So it's pretty dim of our chancellor to again pit wildlife against people, boasting of 20,000 homes built despite "some snails" that "are a protected species or something". www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unsavoury lobbying here too.

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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Andy Street is spot on. Birmingham is a brilliant city. Vibrant, diverse, wonderful.

There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

What can the UK learn from Spain breaking of the 'ruinous link' between gas and power prices? Wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive gas and coal on Spain’s electricity prices by 75 per cent since 2019, new analysis finds

On the same day the Conservatives blame net zero and renewables for high energy costs, a detailed new study explains how Spain's net zero and renewables have given it some of the lowest power prices in Europe. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges

"China is tying its economic future to the clean-energy sector. Last year solar power, electric vehicles (evs) and batteries were responsible for 10% of its gdp" - meanwhile America is tying its future to fossil-energy with inevitably bad economic prospects
www.economist.com/china/2025/0...

Climate action can't wait NYC Climate Week: The world leans in, the U.S. checks out, and how to SHIFT into action

At Climate Week NYC, the message was clear: progress is underway. While none of us can do this alone, the number of people who are committed to tackling climate together is growing every day.

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A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

Nothing has changed. They just don't realise that the end is indeed nigh...

Reeves: "The protection of bats and newts has interfered with the UK’s ability to complete major infrastructure projects....pursuing economic growth must trump Labour’s net zero commitments."

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.

Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

A 14-point list from Umberto Eco's Ur-Fascism essay - it's too long to replicate here so go find it online at https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html

How to recognise fascism when you see it, by the the Italian humanist and author Umberto Eco. This 14-point guide is taken from Eco's 1995 essay 'Ur-Fascism' – informed by his own experiences of Nazism in the 20th century.

The degree to which those comments can undermine public health, do harm to women who are pregnant, create anxiety for parents who do have children who are autistic – is violence against the truth.

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

More great coverage of a brilliant initiative. Great to see @norfolkponds.bsky.social getting the coverage it deserves.
£2000 per pond, what a bargain!
@patrickbarkham.bsky.social

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'They’re eating our swans in Royal Parks': Farage sparks backlash after false claims about foreigners | LBC The Reform UK leader was pressed by Nick Ferrari at Breakfast to condemn some of the US president's outrageous comments - the latest seeing him link paracetamol to autism

After his incoherent evidence-free rant at the UN yesterday, we all know Trump is certifiably insane

But the Farage isn't far behind 😆

www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...

Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...

Christian nationalism would roll back the hard-won progress of decades that has been made in pursuit of greater freedom of thought, expression, and choice in our country. We cannot let that happen. Read more on our website. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’

Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

Fossil fuels are ending They would end faster if we stopped being complete suckers

See also this excellent piece by @jamesgdyke.info: www.technosphere.earth/fossil-fuels...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

"the world will produce more than double the quantity of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with holding global temperature rises to 1.5C"

Very clear that we have passed peak climate action and are going rapidly backwards to hothouse hell

www.theguardian.com/environment/...