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The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees The felling has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for other trees and drawn attention to wider issues

“There are yew trees in this country that are older than Stonehenge – nobody would ever contemplate not protecting Stonehenge so why would a living thing that's older than Stonehenge not receive some protection?"

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

‘we’re talking about nearly half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime. That is absolutely catastrophic’

Carl Sagan ; Cosmos
"Momentary Masters"

The Shompen face obliteration: they urgently need your support Take action for the Shompen now! The Shompen are one of the most isolated tribes on Earth. They live on Great Nicobar island in India, and most of them refuse all contact with outsiders. Numbering ...

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The war in Gaza has killed or injured 170,000.

Children are starving to death.

Trump is encouraging the ethnic cleansing of 2.2 million people.

Why is there no discussion in the US government about why we are spending billions of taxpayer dollars starving children in Gaza?

Liberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty

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The ever beautiful views from the Centre for Alternative Technology 💚

Mama deserves much better. #EarthDay2025 #EllaCordova #EarthDay

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

Gareth Southagte, "Today, young people are bombarded by information at all times of the day"

"They're targeted with images of the perfect body, the perfect career, and the perfect life"

"ignoring the negative impact of social media on our young people is not an option"

18 maps showing decadal average temperature changes since 1850 to present, getting redder in recent decades

Mapping changes in temperature: every decade from the 1850s to 2020s

Martin Crawford's food forest is a small jewel, a gleaming vision of a hopeful and peace filled future. Its preservation is a gift to the future, its loss would be a notable lament. Please, take a moment to let the land owners, the Dartington Trust, know how important a cultural heirloom this is.

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

Climate change is a crime, and the biggest criminals have names — 36 of them to be exact.

"So this is how liberty dies… " Making sense of Trump's first three weeks Where I categorise 76 Trump administration actions from the last 3 weeks and show how they align with the authoritarian playbook

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Revealing how fungi build planet-altering ‘road’ networks Imaging study reveals how fungal networks are constructed.

Fungi made Earth’s land liveable by building networks that released nutrients locked in primordial rock and supplied those nutrients to plant roots

https://go.nature.com/41lvtBg

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

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