Chris Sherrington

YouTube video by A Different Bias Who Really Funds Reform UK? Not the People

Great video by @philmoorhouse.bsky.social ocial drawing on crucial investigative work by the team @desmog.com

" #Reform UK are not against net zero because they think it's bad, but because fossil fuels pay them more money"

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Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea! Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”

Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.

Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...

Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined.

We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.

Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵

EU must defend its car safety standards

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Here’s a list of the enforcement offerings to local authorities from Kingdom

The way some behaviours such as littering are considered a ‘fair target’ for private enforcement services (i.e. where firms make a profit from enforcement) while drivers are said to be unfairly targeted to raise revenue.

Road gritting, snow and ice clearance | Merton Council

Prioritisation of gritting. Here’s an example. The maps are interesting. For roads it’s a network that is gritted. For pavements it seems more piecemeal. www.merton.gov.uk/streets-park...

Of course if you’re lucky enough to have a driveway you may be able to put the skip there and park your car on road at no extra charge

Skip applications - Swansea To place a skip on the highway you must apply for a permit. This should be done at least 24 hours before you intend to place it on the highway.

Skip licence for on road skip - £58 for 28 days www.swansea.gov.uk/skips

Useful Parking Information - West Berkshire Council Information about different types of parking in West Berkshire.

If a vehicle is blocking your driveway and you are unable to get in and out of your own property, you will need to contact the police.

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By contrast:

Civil Enforcement Officers cannot deal with obstructions of the highway or parking on the pavement (unless the vehicle is parked adjacent to yellow lines). You will need to contact the police on the non-emergency number 101 to report these offences.

Don't let your hedge be a hazard - West Berkshire Council Guidance for residents on managing hedges and trees that overhang the road or pavement.

www.westberks.gov.uk/article/4344...

The Council will, after an initial informal request, serve a 21 Day Notice on you, the occupier, to cut back the offending vegetation. If you do not comply with the Notice, the Council may carry out the work itself and recover its costs in doing so from you, through the courts if necessary.

Pavement blocking - harder on hedges than on cars?

West Berks (chosen at random): It is an offence under the Highways Act 1980 to allow trees, hedges, shrubs and so on to obstruct the highway.

Volkswagen to pay out £193m in 'dieselgate' settlement More than 90,000 people will get payouts over the installation of emissions cheating devices.

@ianwalker.bsky.social the fact that drivers were awarded compensation for emissions cheating rather than society as a whole has always struck me as rather odd - or at least only a partial answer www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...

This should be interesting.
New "study confirms that Glyphosate and Glyphosate-based herbicides cause multiple types of cancer, even at exposure levels deemed to be “safe” by the EU" Register at: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The higher the bonnet, the bigger the blind spot. Diagram showing how drivers can't see children in high fronted cars.

NEW RESEARCH: new car bonnets are trending higher every year and drivers of high fronted cars unable to see children as old as nine 😱🚙🚸❗

#Carspreading is out of control. What’s the latest? 🧵1/8

@transenv.bsky.social @cleancitiescampaign.org

UKGOV has today approved £200 million on a couple of new roads (in yellow in pic) added to an already hideous Norwich junction; a junction that clearly generated traffic. The new roads will also generate traffic so more roads will be added here. Rinse, repeat. Lunacy. www.gov.uk/government/n...

The world did not end when the bridge was closed for two years between 2015 & 17.
Twenty-four thousand pedestrians and cyclists use it daily; those numbers will only increase if motor vehicles are excluded.
Bonus: the bridge will need a lot less maintenance!

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.