Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

‘Our hearts ache’: the fight for survival in Gaza amid Israel’s new offensive and no aid Ceasefire rumours of little interest, say the bereaved who face starvation after one of Beit Lahiya’s ‘hardest nights’

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11. We’re paying twice for this madness. There would be no sheep on the moor if it were not for lavish subsidies, as they are highly unproductive and loss-making. Our taxes pay both for the ecological destruction and for the feeble remedy. Round and round the money goes. Pop goes the ecosystem.

And re-wet the vast areas of peat that cover the high moor, which have been badly degraded by drainage, swaling & overgrazing - and become dominated by fire-prone molinia (purple moor grass) as a result

‘Make Dartmoor Wet Again’

Photo of Wistman's Wood, a tiny remaining fragment of rainforest on Dartmoor, by Neil Burnell.

The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.

And re-wet the vast areas of peat that cover the high moor, which have been badly degraded by drainage, swaling & overgrazing - and become dominated by fire-prone molinia (purple moor grass) as a result

‘Make Dartmoor Wet Again’

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Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice

DEFRA endorses Natural England’s recommendations for a presumption AGAINST the issuing of licences for taking wild birds of prey for falconry Some good news for birds of prey! DEFRA has endorsed Natural England’s recommendations for a presumption AGAINST the issuing of licences for taking birds of prey from the wild for falconry an…

DEFRA endorses Natural England's recommendations for a presumption AGAINST the issuing of licences for taking wild birds of prey for falconry raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/07/d...

FINALLY.

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‘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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Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully For the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes, now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still…

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik

Flea and deworming treatment for pets is not just poisoning our rivers but also our birds.

To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement:
Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect?
Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse?
Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has come under fire after making back-to-back hand gestures resembling the Nazi salute during a speech celebrating the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump aje.io/uggc7j

Hard to overstate how catastrophic this is for global public health. The WHO has helped saved literally millions of lives, particularly those of children, from malnutrition, malaria, TB, HIV etc. Pure callous disregard for vulnerable humanity from Trump - as expected.

Interesting visualization of how vulnerable the US is to climate change. Mind blowing that 49% of the US voters accept that there will be more of this in the years to come.

🚨 🚀🌍 Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ
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Let’s do it

I'm very sceptical that Phil Stocker, head of the National Sheep Association, can tackle Dartmoor's nature crisis. But I'm encouraged he's now stated that "we have to start with [Dartmoor's] SSSIs" & accepts there's an overgrazing problem on the moor.

Words we'll be holding him to!

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but…

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What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers | Devi Sridhar New research challenges us to look beyond the initial event to the devastating long-term impacts. Governments must take note, says public health expert Devi Sridhar

What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers | Devi Sridhar
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Perhaps not staggering that natural (& human made) disasters' effects are felt disproportionately more by women & girls, by the global south, & by the poor.

Why is the government not capable wiping the floor with Nigel Farage every single day like this? Alastair Campbell effortlessly destroys him over his Brexit legacy which by almost every economic and financial measure has been disastrous for the country

Can Keir Starmer’s six targets turn the tide? What the PM said – and what it all means They might have sounded a tad familiar, but the prime minister is hoping these pledges will win back trust Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Thursday mentioned the word “milestone” eight times and “missions” 13 times. There were also three “promises” and a…

Can Keir Starmer’s six targets turn the tide? What the PM said – and what it all means

Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...

Good morning!

This @wildjustice.bsky.social petition on driven grouse shooting is 2nd most-signed petition in last hour.

We approach 6k signatures. I'd love to reach 10k before 3:30pm (ie first 24hrs). It'll be tough but let's send a strong message to Defra.
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

The Guardian view on taxing farmers: big landowners must pay their share | Editorial Tax rises were needed, but Labour must not dismiss the difficulties faced by farming families No tax change is perfect. Systems can never be customised to take in every set of circumstances. There are always edge cases – people who are outliers in the…

The Guardian view on taxing farmers: big landowners must pay their share | Editorial

Here's one of the worst, blatant, dangerous climate deniers in the US, now on BlueSky. Please welcome him with a block.