Craig Bennett

Really good series of climate news reports on AMOC current, a critical N Atlantic current by @channel4news.bsky.social and Alex Thompson. Do watch if u can Well done C4 News for doing it properly @craigbennett3.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @themarshtit.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social

I'll be reviewing the papers on @skynewsrss.bsky.social at 6.45am.

Do join me if you are awake!

Delighted to see that #biobeads have been raised at PMQs. Thank you #HelenaDollimoreMP!
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @richardbenwell.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Thanks Ed!

This year's King’s New Year Honours List for 2026 is out.

A pop star, a policy mandarin and several green leaders like @craigbennett3.bsky.social all got their 🏅 green gongs.

We discuss who's on the list alongside an AI deep-dive on the latest 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast out now.

🎙️ pod.fo/e/373e61

Wild LIVE: Can we afford nature-friendly food? YouTube video by The Wildlife Trusts

Have a watch of this fab discussion
Can We Afford Nature Friendly Food?
with farmer and doctor @thospearson.bsky.social, food activist, Dev sharma and Julia kirby-smith with @craigbennett3.bsky.social at @ORFC www.youtube.com/live/I-Fnn_7...

Keir Starmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas Prime Minister should not break a manifesto pledge to millions of people, writes Wildlife Trusts chief executive Craig Bennett

BY ME in yesterday's #DailyExpress

#KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it

www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Nature-friendly farming support—cut.

Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.

Habitat protections—weakened for development.

But electoral consequences coming.

A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.

@craigbennett3.bsky.social

I had good fun reviewing the papers with @darrenmacca.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Tuesday morning.

If you weren't awake and watching at 6.40am, do check out some of our conversation here...

I had good fun reviewing the papers with @darrenmacca.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social on Tuesday morning.

If you weren't awake and watching at 6.40am, do check out some of our conversation here...

Don't blame the bats, Labour – you're not just damaging nature but your own poll rating too It wasn't meant to be this way. Sixteen months on from winning a massive majority, off the back of a manifesto that promised 'to restore and protec...

BY ME at #HouseMagazine at #PoliticsHome

The #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill #PiB is a microcosm of where #Labour is getting it wrong...

www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Don't blame the bats, Labour – you're not just damaging nature but your own poll rating too It wasn't meant to be this way. Sixteen months on from winning a massive majority, off the back of a manifesto that promised 'to restore and protec...

BY ME at #HouseMagazine at #PoliticsHome

The #PlanningAndInfrastructureBill #PiB is a microcosm of where #Labour is getting it wrong...

www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Wild LIVE: Mud matters - How do we protect our blue carbon stores in UK seabeds? YouTube video by The Wildlife Trusts

Catch up with last night's Wild Live session on blue carbon and seabeds, featuring @sussexkelp.bsky.social's George Short with @craigbennett3.bsky.social and an expert panel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2APd...

#Nature #Carbon #NetZero

Nature groups rebuke Reeves for ‘cynical’ 11th-hour planning bill changes Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people

And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy..

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

Nature groups rebuke Reeves for ‘cynical’ 11th-hour planning bill changes Chancellor accused of removing environmental protections to win short-term growth and save her budget

Make no mistake, this is a centralising Govt taking power&decision making away from people

And these shambolic amendments to #PlanningBill, tabled last minute, build on months of lies from #RachelReeves pathetically scapegoating nature for a struggling economy..

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

Very well put Tony

The #ClimateCrisis is obviously a huge threat to people, our economy, our security, our food production and our water supply...

And also one of the greatest threats to #nature

Any party that seeks to deny or dismiss climate science, is not fit for Govt

Very well put Tony

The #ClimateCrisis is obviously a huge threat to people, our economy, our security, our food production and our water supply...

And also one of the greatest threats to #nature

Any party that seeks to deny or dismiss climate science, is not fit for Govt

"We can absolutely win for nature and win for the economy. They are not in competition".

Welcome comments from Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at
#LabourPartyConference

We need to hear this narrative more frequently and consistently from across the Government please, not least from No10 & No11!

Banking on Trumpington Meadows.

One of the best sites for butterflies in Cambridgeshire, has just got better.

@tonyjuniper.bsky.social @brianecambs.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social

Love it! Have a great time

Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales Exclusive: Restrictions on ammunition containing toxic metal to be phased in over three years from 2026

At long long last...

(It really really should not have taken this long)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you see our Chief Executive @craigbennett3.bsky.social on @channel4news.bsky.social speaking about a critical risk facing nature?

UK Government promised to protect nature – but new changes to the planning system threaten to do the opposite. More > buff.ly/3jTsoyL

Is a River Alive? by Robert Mcfarlane: A beautiful overture for our dying rivers There’s been a lot of noise about the state of our rivers these past few years, and quite right too. An Environment Agency report in 2020 revealed that not a single river, lake or stream in England wa...

My review in The Evening Standard of #IsARiverAlive, the latest beautiful book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

"Macfarlane has yet again demonstrated his genius as an author in creating a book that is alive, that has personality, that talked to me".

www.standard.co.uk/culture/book...

Is a River Alive? by Robert Mcfarlane: A beautiful overture for our dying rivers There’s been a lot of noise about the state of our rivers these past few years, and quite right too. An Environment Agency report in 2020 revealed that not a single river, lake or stream in England wa...

My review in The Evening Standard of #IsARiverAlive, the latest beautiful book from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

"Macfarlane has yet again demonstrated his genius as an author in creating a book that is alive, that has personality, that talked to me".

www.standard.co.uk/culture/book...

Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives The pontiff took on church traditionalists and rightwing populism, making powerful enemies on the way

I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people

With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action

#RIPPopeFrancis

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives The pontiff took on church traditionalists and rightwing populism, making powerful enemies on the way

I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people

With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action

#RIPPopeFrancis

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Wild LIVE: Ecocide - should destroying nature be a crime? | The Wildlife Trusts During Wild LIVE we discuss some of the really important issues of the moment relating to wildlife and the natural world. Each episode we're joined by fantastic guests who share their thoughts and exp...

Looking forward to hosting this #WildLive tonight with a cracking panel: @debbietann.bsky.social, Jojo Mehta from @stopecocide.bsky.social, Jonathon Porritt, and #Ukrainian MP Yullia Ovchynnykova

Register via link below & join me online from 7pm UK!

www.wildlifetrusts.org/events/2025-...

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

This👇 is how it should be done

We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

This👇 is how it should be done

We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌳 We have to get this right. Nature should never be an after thought.

✅ We agree with @craigbennett3.bsky.social, CEO of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social:

❌ “This is the biggest dismantling of nature protections we’ve seen in decades. We need to take the time to get the Planning Bill right.”