Reposted by Bogtrotter
Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health. Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned...
www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fill...
www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fill...
Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health
Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned across Great Britain.
www.wcl.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health. Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned...
www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fill...
www.wcl.org.uk/mercury-fill...
I met my MP this week to ask them to attend the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature. Please ask yours to attend too.
We’re facing an emergency.
We understand how busy MPs are, but we’re asking them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
How can they protect the public if they aren’t across the latest threats and solutions?
More info: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB
We understand how busy MPs are, but we’re asking them to change plans to attend this crucial briefing.
How can they protect the public if they aren’t across the latest threats and solutions?
More info: www.nebriefing.org
#TimeToStepUp #NEB
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I met my MP this week to ask them to attend the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature. Please ask yours to attend too.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Keir Starmer has just told COP30 in the Amazon:
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
"The Amazon rainforest helps to regulate the climate for every person on earth"
So why has the UK Govt refused to invest in Brazil's fund to save tropical rainforests?
& why no mention of Britain's temperate rainforests?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is absolutely appalling.
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit."
Absolutely pathetic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Why is it that the rich always seem to win? youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?... In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.
Why is it that the rich always seem to win?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Why is it that the rich always seem to win? youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?... In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
MPs have to cover a lot of issues, but if they don't understand the climate crisis that's a big problem - one made worse by the easy access fossil fuel lobbyists have to MPs and government.
This event is a chance for MPs to hear from some actual experts. Link below to invite your MP to attend.
This event is a chance for MPs to hear from some actual experts. Link below to invite your MP to attend.
The solutions for stopping global heating will also make us better off, but that’s seriously under-reported, amid a torrent of misinformation.
So we hope all MPs will attend the National Emergency Briefing on the interconnected climate & nature crisis on Thur 27th Nov.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB
So we hope all MPs will attend the National Emergency Briefing on the interconnected climate & nature crisis on Thur 27th Nov.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
MPs have to cover a lot of issues, but if they don't understand the climate crisis that's a big problem - one made worse by the easy access fossil fuel lobbyists have to MPs and government.
This event is a chance for MPs to hear from some actual experts. Link below to invite your MP to attend.
This event is a chance for MPs to hear from some actual experts. Link below to invite your MP to attend.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
98% of fish + mussels in English waters contaminated with mercury over EU safety levels
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
share.google
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
98% of fish + mussels in English waters contaminated with mercury over EU safety levels
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Globally, 80% of people want their countries to take stronger climate action, and over half think about climate change daily or weekly.
Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more.
But how can we help move the needle? Find out: go.wri.org/climate-choi...
Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more.
But how can we help move the needle? Find out: go.wri.org/climate-choi...
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Globally, 80% of people want their countries to take stronger climate action, and over half think about climate change daily or weekly.
Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more.
But how can we help move the needle? Find out: go.wri.org/climate-choi...
Far from being split, humanity is largely united on wanting to do more.
But how can we help move the needle? Find out: go.wri.org/climate-choi...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
What we lost when cars won
Americans once feared cars. Now we can’t imagine life without them.
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“It’s so endemic, it’s so pervasive, it’s so ubiquitous, that people don’t recognize just how much it is all around them”
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
I've been talking motonormativity with @grist.org. Also features @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/cars...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why | Nature
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Reposted by Bogtrotter
We're disappointed to read the government response to the OEP this week. How can it be possible for EU to work towards the lower pollution levels recommended by @who.int, but not the UK?
⏰ Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an #AirPollution health crisis. www.gov.uk/government/p...
⏰ Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an #AirPollution health crisis. www.gov.uk/government/p...
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We're disappointed to read the government response to the OEP this week. How can it be possible for EU to work towards the lower pollution levels recommended by @who.int, but not the UK?
⏰ Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an #AirPollution health crisis. www.gov.uk/government/p...
⏰ Time for the government to stop prevaricating over an #AirPollution health crisis. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation
Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Interesting read on the #Health impacts of #WoodBurning and cooking with gas.
"For London... #AirPollution from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".
"For London... #AirPollution from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds
Experts suggest replacing gas hobs with electric ones, saying it is a win–win for health and the climate
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Interesting read on the #Health impacts of #WoodBurning and cooking with gas.
"For London... #AirPollution from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".
"For London... #AirPollution from the typical wood burner creates a yearly health cost of about £800 in the surrounding community".
Reposted by Bogtrotter
After 30+ years of failure, consensus opinion on #carbonmarkets is that there is no path to success. But policymakers still keep creating and relying on them. It's critical we avoid repeating this same mistake with #plasticcredits. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
After 30+ years of failure, consensus opinion on #carbonmarkets is that there is no path to success. But policymakers still keep creating and relying on them. It's critical we avoid repeating this same mistake with #plasticcredits. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project.
Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
How microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds.
“The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.”
Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.
“The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.”
Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.
The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
How microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds.
“The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.”
Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.
“The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do.”
Microplastics like those from car tires. The bigger and heavier the vehicle, the more microplastics shed.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway
We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat
Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway
We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!
theconversation.com/mark-carneys...
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions
->The BMJ | #PublicHealth #PlasticPollution | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai
->The BMJ | #PublicHealth #PlasticPollution | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai
Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions
We need to put humans and the environment before corporate profits, writes Bethanie Carney Almroth Plastics have become a concern at the forefront of public environmental awareness campaigns and in political discussions. Nations of the world convened in Geneva, Switzerland,...
www.bmj.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Until people in the climate movement very publicly stop eating meat and flying, we're not going to seem trustworthy.
I will die on this hill.
I will die on this hill.
Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.
The climate movement’s biggest weakness
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
www.vox.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Until people in the climate movement very publicly stop eating meat and flying, we're not going to seem trustworthy.
I will die on this hill.
I will die on this hill.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
What Greater Manchester could have had with a little bit of political bravery.
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What Greater Manchester could have had with a little bit of political bravery.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
When it comes to road deaths, we often put the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
When it comes to road deaths, we often put the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Researchers have found nanoplastics inside the edible tissues of vegetables for the first time. Sanjana Gajbhiye from Earth .com explains how the University of Plymouth study showed that radishes absorbed plastic particles into their roots, leaves, and flesh: www.earth.com/news/plastic...
Plastics found inside vegetable tissues for the first time, raising new food safety concerns
Nanoplastics from plastic pollution can enter vegetables, raising new concerns about food safety, human health, and environmental impacts.
www.earth.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Researchers have found nanoplastics inside the edible tissues of vegetables for the first time. Sanjana Gajbhiye from Earth .com explains how the University of Plymouth study showed that radishes absorbed plastic particles into their roots, leaves, and flesh: www.earth.com/news/plastic...
The walls of this old mill are being reclaimed by the forest. The beautifully dressed stones now provide a substrate for moss, ferns, and tree roots
September 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The walls of this old mill are being reclaimed by the forest. The beautifully dressed stones now provide a substrate for moss, ferns, and tree roots
Reposted by Bogtrotter
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner
This can be achieved with:
✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling