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@orlandojopling

Conductor, cellist, founder of Wild Arts Opera

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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

11.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

11.03.2026 10:11 πŸ‘ 165 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
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Wildlife to replace historical figures on banknotes The public will help choose which animals and birds will appear on the Bank of England's new notes.

Right. Time to get Beavers, Wild Cats and Lynx put on banknotes:

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

11.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4
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CCC: UK’s net-zero transition can cost less than managing one energy price crisis - edie The UK Government can deliver its long-term net-zero target for less than it spent responding to the energy price crisis resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war, its official climate advisors have concl...

CCC: UK’s net-zero transition can cost less than managing one energy price crisis.

www.edie.net/ccc-uks-net-...

11.03.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

10.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

There is one …

@zackpolanski.bsky.social

10.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Buglife News: Love Your Pet, Not Pesticides: New Report Warns of Flea and Tick Treatment Threat to Rivers Read more of our latest news related to invertebrates, insects and bugs.

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

09.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
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The β€˜Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways - Inside Climate News Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of it radioactive.

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:

share.google/p7PRFqzizPVZ...

09.03.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Whoever is behind Watershed Investigations is brilliant. Excellent investigative journalism that is sorely needed. Highly recommend following them.

09.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Have we not learned from the disastrous privatisation of our water companies?!

09.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Undercover officer deceived women with β€˜grotesque and cruel’ lies, spycops inquiry told Carlo Soracchi admits exploiting empathy of woman who had abusive father by claiming his father abused his sister

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...

09.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Could solar panels help strengthen global food security? - Positive News A Canadian study suggests solar farms could increase global crop yields by hundreds of billions of pounds, thanks to the protective microclimate created beneath their panels

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/...

07.03.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
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Sheep are disappearing from our hills and our dinner plates Have we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK?

Great!!

Sheep are a *top* cause of nature loss.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

Thrupp (Stroud) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 67.5% (+3.1)
➑️ RFM: 16.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 7.3% (-10.3)
🌹 LAB: 5.8% (-12.3)
πŸ”Ά LDM: 2.8% (New)
πŸ’· UKIP: 0.3% (New)

Green HOLD.
Changes w/ 2024.

06.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 17
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After Green victory, the establishment will be out for blood After a stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection, Green activists are preparing for a major establishment backlash

Nits the nail on th head

www.opendemocracy.net/en/the-green...

03.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are 'green' cruise ships good for the climate? Many cruise companies are touting their green credentials. But can cruise ships ever be sustainable?

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...

02.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWe'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

02.03.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Noise pollution is affecting birds' reproduction, stress levels and more. The good news is we can fix it. New research led by the University of Michigan is painting a more comprehensive picture of how noise pollution is impacting birds around the world.

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...

02.03.2026 11:15 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"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

01.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 21385 πŸ” 7249 πŸ’¬ 428 πŸ“Œ 269
β€œThink 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.”

β€” Carl Sagan

β€œThink 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.” β€” Carl Sagan

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 311 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 8
Labour Just Lost One of Their Safest Seats β€” And The Greens Did It | Zack Polanski Interview
Labour Just Lost One of Their Safest Seats β€” And The Greens Did It | Zack Polanski Interview YouTube video by Novara Media

Great interview

youtu.be/vRvGz2Ebpp8

28.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vanadium flow and lithium-ion combine in world’s largest grid-forming hybrid storage plant in China China brings online 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming energy storage facility in Inner Mongolia, integrating lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery technologies.

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...

28.02.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œPublic 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.

28.02.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a β€˜broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worse

β€œExamples 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...

28.02.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We are an island of neighbours.

27.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A brilliantly put together programme and a must-watch.

27.02.2026 08:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oil pollution in UK waters far worse than reported, says conservation group β€˜Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report

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.

share.google/YUtRuZNar5Bv...

25.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

26.02.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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China Starts Sea Trials for Largest Electric-Powered Containership China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further bre...

maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

21.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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?)

13.02.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 1912 πŸ” 624 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 59