A forest that took centuries to build, destroyed in days. For profit. This isn't development. It's the liquidation of our planet's natural capital. #Ecocide #Deforestation
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A forest that took centuries to build, destroyed in days. For profit. This isn't development. It's the liquidation of our planet's natural capital. #Ecocide #Deforestation
Trees are more than carbon sinks. They are Earth's shield, protecting the ozone layer & stabilizing our climate. Deforestation weakens this shield. Planting & restoring forests is urgent planetary healthcare. #ForestRestoration #SaveNature
Right. Time to get Beavers, Wild Cats and Lynx put on banknotes:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
CCC: UK’s net-zero transition can cost less than managing one energy price crisis.
www.edie.net/ccc-uks-net-...
Methane venting is not some avoidable mistake. It's a baked in part of gas extraction + processing.
If we continue to extract gas & oil, no way round it, we will be releasing vast amounts of this incredibly potent greenhouse gas.
We have to stop extracting fossil fuels, now.
There is one …
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
A new report from wildlife charity Buglife reveals that pesticides from common flea and tick treatments are now widespread in rivers across Britain and may be contributing to major declines in freshwater invertebrates bit.ly/4b1Pu50
Fracking waste has a mix of chemicals from fracking fluid + others leached from underground.
Arsenic, lead, cancer-causing benzenes, radioactive radium can all be present.
It's being dumped in Pennsylvania landfills.
Mounting evidence says it's getting into rivers:
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Whoever is behind Watershed Investigations is brilliant. Excellent investigative journalism that is sorely needed. Highly recommend following them.
Have we not learned from the disastrous privatisation of our water companies?!
139 police officers over four decades were asked to infiltrate left-wing and anti-fascist groups by the met. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels.
www.positive.news/environment/...
Great!!
Sheep are a *top* cause of nature loss.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thrupp (Stroud) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 67.5% (+3.1)
➡️ RFM: 16.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 7.3% (-10.3)
🌹 LAB: 5.8% (-12.3)
🔶 LDM: 2.8% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.3% (New)
Green HOLD.
Changes w/ 2024.
Ban them
The 218 cruise ships operating in Europe in 2022 emitted more sulphur oxides (SOx) than one billion cars, or 4.4 times more than all the continent's cars
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
“We're working to reveal the bloody fingerprints Big Oil are leaving on our ocean wildlife”
Big Oil’s rampant pollution is well documented. We want to know how much of this poison is ending up in marine animals.
We cannot turn a blind eye. Act now: https://bit.ly/490ZLPq
Noise pollution is affecting birds’ reproduction, stress levels and more. The good news is we can fix it.
Since 1970, bird populations have declined at a staggering rate, with 3 billion breeding adults lost in North America alone.
news.umich.edu/noise-pollut...
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.” — Carl Sagan
China brings online 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming energy storage facility in Inner Mongolia, integrating lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery technologies.
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/27/v...
“Public control of the water industry has always been popular, with a 2024 poll indicating support from 82% of people.”
The corporate asset strippers are still in charge, making huge profits for their shareholders while shit gets dumped in our rivers and beaches. No wonder people are angry.
“Examples across the world show nationalised water systems running more efficiently. In Paris, France, water is 100% municipally owned and the customer satisfaction rate of the publicly owned Eau de Paris ranges from 90-96%.”
Privatisation is pure ideology.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
We are an island of neighbours.
A brilliantly put together programme and a must-watch.
A lot of UK oil extraction is done out at sea, out of sight, out of mind. @oceanauk.bsky.social works to raise awareness of the harm oil pollution is causing to wildlife in our waters.
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Can't say this often enough!
An acre of solar produces 50-300 times more energy than an acre of biofuels.
Stop using food for fuel.
Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.
The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...
(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)
