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Countryside access curbs in England ‘cost six times’ Scotland’s right to roam Exclusive: Data shows implementing English countryside legislation cost £69m over five years

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That’s such a wonderful thing to have done on your wedding day. Congratulations on your anniversary

The State of the Planet, Part 2 As the US boils in fascism, the planet and our collective future bakes in radiative imbalance

“As the US boils in fascism, the planet and our collective future bakes in radiative imbalance” climatehuman.substack.com/p/the-state-...

The State of the Planet, Part I We desperately need collective healing

“We desperately need collective healing” climatehuman.substack.com/p/the-state-...

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

The Peak District feels very similar www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White

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Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals

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Same here… been meaning to copy and get something similar made for our house.

Vine Architecture completes curving rooftop apartment Vine Architecture has completed an airspace development in Hackney laid out on a radial grid expressed through its exposed timber structure

Lovely, but why such high heat demand and no air test? www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/vi...

People keep talking in the uk as if heat doesn’t pose a risk. No reasonable efforts are made on adaptation at all.

I don’t know… in the uk we sometimes have a beer fridge in the garage!

It's #ShowYourStripes Day

#sheffield

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How many fridges do you have?

Just stop setting fire to stuff

Amazing to hear how much discussion there is over dangerous "e-bike" riding (usually always electric motorbikes) compared to the amount of discussion over the constant dangerous driving everyone encounters daily.

It's so normalised we don't see it any more.

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem | Charles Watson We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

Small steps, but definite progress. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Close up of cycle disc rotor with spider worn to less than 0.5mm

Scary rotor wear on the commuter. Bike shop installed a too narrow replacement rotor for the pad/caliper 😬

Genuinely shocking how far into outright climate denial Reform and some Tories have now sunk. This level of detachment from basic scientific reality should be disqualifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The quality of parking in Sheffield is astounding. It’s fine, we don’t need pedestrian crossings in the city centre.

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Shell paid no tax in the UK last year, instead receiving a payout from HM Treasury of £12.5m

By contrast, report shows that Shell paid over £2.5bn in taxes and fees to the Norwegian government in 2024

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We’ve retrofit our 1970 semi detached house in the UK to Enerphit (Passivhaus retrofit). It has one radiator and is supremely comfortable all year round. It’s doable, but isn’t something you do for the pay back in reduced energy bills.

Off site construction really should be more commonplace, but probably in panels rather than spaces. Volumetric offsite is incredibly inefficient as you’re transporting lots of air - unless you can build “flying factories” close to demand.

The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
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I’m doing about 2K miles a year on mine in sheffield. Fast approaching 6K - e-bikes are transformational

It’s also positive that I typed in Ukraine and my phone auto suggested invasion. Trump can’t erase that fact so quickly!

Maybe this is one reason why timber prices have settled so well after the initial explosion following the Ukraine invasion.

Sanctioned Russian and Belarusian wood smuggled into UK, study suggests ‘Chemical fingerprint’ shows 46% of wood samples certified as sustainable did not come from labelled country of origin

Bad news for anyone specifying allegedly sustainably sourced timber in UK

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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Just read it. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right. What more can I add? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The role of carbon dioxide in airborne disease transmission: A hidden key to safer indoor spaces We've long known that environmental factors—from humidity and temperature to trace chemical vapors—can influence how pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, behave once released into the air. ...

‘The role of carbon dioxide in airborne disease transmission: A hidden key to safer indoor spaces’

‘..recent research suggests CO₂ levels in indoor air may significantly affect how long viruses survive once airborne—& the implications are profound’ medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04...