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Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed

“Both reports say that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 were watershed moments, criminalising large amounts of previously lawful protest” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...

The climate crisis is accelerating - 2025 looks set to become UK’s hottest year on record. Good to see focus on importance of resilience on #r4today- pls take a moment to sign petition calling on Govt to introduce a fully funded national climate adaptation plan petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

There is a groundswell of anger in Hethersett, NORFOLK, over the environmental impacts of the rampant housing development the village has experienced over the last decade. Many now say enough is enough.

Hundreds have joined a community action FB page: www.facebook.com/share/g/1BYp...

Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.

Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...

Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes

“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.

How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...

New delay in finding alternatives to Norwich Western Link The county council is hoping for government money to look at other options for the Western Link.

Perhaps if the council hadn’t squandered £56m on a vanity project that was clearly doomed from the outset, then new money for alternatives might be forthcoming.

New delay in finding alternatives to Norwich Western Link - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.

🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct.

First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments.

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Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government

This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways.

This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK!

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This poem, my goodness.

“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods”

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Why is the Aarhus convention important?

It guarantees the public three fundamental rights:

- to know (access to environmental information),

- to participate (a voice in decision-making),

- to challenge (the ability to hold government to account in court).

The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.

Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century - Carbon Brief India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its power sector fell by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025 and by 2% over the past 12 months

A rare piece of positive climate news!

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...

“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods”

www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social 's #progrowth agenda is clearly pro emissions growth and anti future. And anti nature. This cannot be allowed to happen or we will end with US levels of industrial despoiling and desolation.

🚨 Legal win 🚨

UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy

Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas

#ClimateJustice
Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

“the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Early ripening of berries in UK shows nature is under stress, say experts Hot summer also causing trees to shed their leaves as concerns raised over ‘food gap’ for wildlife in autumn

“It’s very hard to predict what the exact impacts are going to be for different species, but it is very worrying, because the seasonal cycle is completely out of whack at the moment and our wildlife is not adapted to that”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.

“If global CO2 emissions stay at their current highs of about 40 billion tonnes a year, 130 billion tonnes gives the world roughly three years until that carbon budget is exhausted.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

London Pensions Fund Authority sets 5% goal for climate solutions investment LPFA will continue to revise its targets as more guidance is issued and as climate solutions market evolves

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London Pensions Fund Authority sets 5% goal for climate solutions investment

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Announcing: 'Root and Branch Nature Writing Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.

"Through a carefully designed series of practical exercises you will learn to sharpen your observational skills and get noticing the nature around you. "

Announcing:
‘Root and
Branch Nature
Writing’

Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing.

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‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

“If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Planning and Infrastructure Bill | Norfolk Wildlife Trust Norfolk Wildlife Trust believes that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill represents the biggest threat to our nature laws for over a generation. As currently drafted, the bill represents a loss for n...

Please email your MP about the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Really easy to do in the link.

And please share.

www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/planning-and...

Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds

“Sea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to “catastrophic inland migration”, the scientists behind a new study have warned.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: European ‘green’ investments hold billions in fossil fuel majors Exclusive: Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters

“European “green” funds holding more than $33bn of investments in major oil and gas companies have been revealed by an investigation, despite fossil fuels being the root cause of the climate crisis.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢📢NEW CAMPAIGN 👉SCRAP CARBON CAPTURE

✅series of short films to educate MPs & public - watch first with @sioldridge.bsky.social below
❌why fossil fuel Carbon Capture must be scrapped in Climate Plan
📜 write to your MP now scrapcc.org/CCS-ACTION-BS1

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