Helen Gray

The Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking (APPGCW) has outlined recommendations to tackle the rise of illegally modified e-bikes, to protect the future for legal, safe e-bike use that benefits so many.

Read their recommendations in full: appgcw.org/resources/in... 2/2

Cover of the Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking report published in June 2025, titled "Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes". The cover image features several pedal cycles which have been modified into e-bikes using conversion kits, including potentially excessively large and unregulated battery packs.

E-bikes help more people travel in a healthy and sustainable way. However, illegally modified e-bikes and unlicensed e-motorbikes pose serious safety risks due to the dangerous speed they can travel at, and risk of fire from unregulated batteries. 1/2

From an emergency management perspective this is the same old story -- it parallels many other types of hazards -- where instead of actually mitigating our risk people are left on their own to try an prepare while other big industries walk away with $$$$.

What we told UK leaders about climate and nature at a national emergency briefing With so many influential people in the room, the hope was to see a tipping point in the engagement of political, faith, business and cultural leaders.

Another great write up of the National
Emergency Briefing by one of the scientists involved. Includes link to the open letter calling for an urgent televised briefing for the public. (Link below: please sign) theconversation.com/what-we-told...

We’ve worked hard to get fairer infant formula prices for all!

Great podcast explaining to Americans how “balcony solar” took off in Europe, with millions in Germany 🇩🇪 alone now harvesting solar power with these panels that you just take home and plug in, and they pay back their price within a few years.

Based on the landmark EAT-Lancet report, surplus nitrogen must be halved – meaning agricultural nitrogen inputs must be cut by 42% by 2050.

And nitrogen fertiliser corporations have flown under the radar for far too long. (4/5)

Ooh I love maps like this!
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Why is Wandsworth left behind? We need safe cycle spaces too! @london.gov.uk @wandsworthcycling.bsky.social

I’d be interested to see what happened to fares and to reliability.
People would respond to those, more than to specific ownership.

I can see they did! However that may be because people just wanted to get somewhere rather than because they liked the idea of privatisation

Well, performance hasn’t exactly been stellar. And rail prices are absolutely outrageous - I don’t really see how improved all that is

The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.

Wow, this is some 🧵

I don’t see how that applies at all - when I need to get somewhere, I get on a train. I’m no more or less likely to travel depending on whether that is publicly or privately owned - I just need to get there.
I am however more likely to choose the train over driving because of the carbon footprint

These results are shocking for Wandsworth 😳 3 of the 10 most dangerous junctions of all London are in Wandsworth. We should not accept this
@london.gov.uk
@drrosena.bsky.social
@fleuranderson.bsky.social
@marshadecordova.bsky.social

The CS7 cycle superhighway, which runs through #Tooting, #Balham and #Clapham, has been named as the most dangerous place in London for cyclists for the third successive year, reports The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Hammersmith Bridge Where did 25,000 vehicles go?

I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough

Please read @fleuranderson.bsky.social

“The 9,000 vanished vehicles weren’t displaced elsewhere, nor did they represent lost economic activity. They were replaced by alternatives that were more efficient in the new system. […] people tried new transport modes and often found they were better.”

I met residents at this junction just last month to see how bad it is for walking and cycling: bsky.app/profile/caro....

They told me that TfL and Wandsworth Council have done nothing for three years to make it safer.

❓ will this junction still be the most dangerous in London in 12 months time.

A thread on public scholarship, accessibility, and citation ethics in my annotated bibliogaphy and a list of some of my fave academic podcasts:

bsky.app/profile/rhig...

We’re proud to support the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on Nov 27 in Westminster.

This event brings together leading scientists, economists & security experts to share the evidence on the climate and nature crisis: www.nebriefing.org

For us, it’s about protecting the places people love.

3. Change the record!
Language matters. Bashing wildlife and those who protect it isn’t helping anyone

2. Defend the long-standing laws that protect our already scarce and most precious species and keep Biodiversity Net Gain, a scheme which requires nature to be improved while homes are built.

At next week's budget, we're calling on the Chancellor to:

1. Recognise that nature - more of it, and better access to it - will boost the economy and could save the NHS billions of pounds

Sunshine filtering between the autumnal leaves. It creates a glow in a woodland space and feels quite magical.

Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.

Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.

Ask the Experts: Can people power drive environmental action? Environmental breakdown can impact our lives in immediate and personal ways, yet many feel powerless to act and find the solutions out of reach. This is your opportunity to put questions to our expert...

If you are free tomorrow night I’m chairing this rather good panel on what we can do to respond to environmental crisis vs the role of government or business. If you are in London you can come in person. If not (or if it’s too cold) you can tune in online
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

Why am I not surprised. #CDoH #Obesity #BabiesBeforeProfit

A photo of my TV with a detectorist on the BBC News.

Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.

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#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News

A slide from my presentations that I often use, showing dozens of faces and reading "To care about climate change you don't have to be a certain type of person, you just have to be human."

If we don’t fix the climate, pollution, and nature crises, we can’t fix anything. They are already actively amplifying poverty, hunger, and division. They are what stand between all of us, regardless of geography or ideology, and the better future we all seek. That's why I'm convinced that ...