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Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism Repair Cafés have silently sprung up around the country, as communities reject ‘replace culture’. I visited my local repair café this weekend in Ripon, Yorkshire and was blown away by the humble sk…

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Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism Repair Cafés have silently sprung up around the country, as communities reject ‘replace culture’. I visited my local repair café this weekend in Ripon, Yorkshire and was blown away by the humble sk…

Growth of repair café culture in the UK, as communities reject consumerism

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Last month's total #Arctic sea ice volume still averaged the 2nd lowest on record for the month of February...

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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 3rd lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 430,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 930,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,320,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,830,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations

More delay causes a lack of action on #PFAS

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Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.

BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife

ICYMI

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Fipronil & Imidacloprid ecocide disaster incoming.

Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife Scientists have found further evidence that pet flea treatments are widespread in rivers across the UK.

BBC News - Toxic pet flea treatment chemicals found in Wales' rivers harming wildlife

ICYMI

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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here

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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

"A perfect storm for the health of Northern Ireland’s people and environment”

Sewage, slurry & antibiotic resistant genes in the lough that supplies drinking water to 40% of NI.

Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports:

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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Denham film studio linked to 'forever chemicals' in water supply The film studio closed in 2014 and is now a multi-million pound housing complex.

Our article about how water-stressed London is losing out on 20 million litres of drinking water a day due to PFAS pollution near Denham, is available to read at BBC online:

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BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Lakes, Lochs and Loughs Plunge into the chilly, much-disputed waters of the lakes of the British Isles.

AMR is one of the biggest public health threats of our time. I found genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs in every water sample I tested from Lough Neagh and talk about this on BBC Rare Earth today. Full report in the Guardian tomorrow www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

The rise of anti-biotic resistant superbugs is here

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nearly three-quarters of England’s woods inaccessible to public, study finds Exclusive: Campaigners call for government to introduce right-to-roam bill that allows people to walk around their local woodlands

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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas'

Fantastic from George Monbiot

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Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now? With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players

Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?
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Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth Gardiner Let’s start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Your…

‘Plastic Inc’ allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.'

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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

'Rightwing politicians, Tufton Street junktanks and the billionaire press tell us our energy security will be enhanced and our bills will fall if we abandon net zero policies, ditch renewables and reinvest in North Sea gas'

Fantastic from George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca Solnit When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the chang…

When Solnit speaks, the world should listen.

‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed.

We are all dreamers.

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Is the Earth warming faster than we expected? New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.

You can catch the whole radio edit here:

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PFAS pollution in a drinking water source near the old Denham Film Studio, so high the source had to be taken out of use.

That's a water source that was providing 20 million litres a day to London, a city where water is already becoming scarce.

From my report on BBC Inside Science, today👇🏾

Congratulations, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social! 💐

THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER THE END is officially a New York Times bestseller in its first week of publication

Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered or picked up a copy this week.

Review of ‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ by Rebecca Solnit When Solnit speaks, the world should listen. Her writing, spanning the years, has echoed with a deep personal voice, rooted in place, as well as optimistic activism. She charts and traces the chang…

When Solnit speaks, the world should listen.

‘The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change’ is the most personal and uplifting book about the power of ideas and about our ability to be transformed.

We are all dreamers.

climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/02/r...

Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth Gardiner Let’s start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Your…

‘Plastic Inc’ allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.'

climatewithbrian.com/2026/03/08/r...

Review of ‘Plastic Inc.’ by Beth Gardiner Let’s start with a visual experiment. Look around the room which you are in and see how many objects you can spot which are made of plastic. The television? The television remote? Your laptop? Your…

‘Plastic Inc’ allows us to see that this plastic pollution of our world has been a concerted and calculated strategy by the fossil fuel industry over decades, intent on profits at all costs.'

Review of 'Plastic Inc' by @bethgardiner.bsky.social

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$115 billion in 2025!