Bibi van der Zee
@bibivanderzee.bsky.social
Guardian environment desk. Very fond of invertebrates. And corvids.
Captured this beautiful creature in our living room - can anyone identify? The colourings are so beautiful.
June 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Captured this beautiful creature in our living room - can anyone identify? The colourings are so beautiful.
"Seventy-one percent of journalists in our sample came from a privileged background."
(just to be clear, i'm as middle class as they come. but anyone can see that this is wrong and unfair - and also bad for journalism)
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(just to be clear, i'm as middle class as they come. but anyone can see that this is wrong and unfair - and also bad for journalism)
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New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism
Only 9% of journalists working for national and transnational media come from a working class background.
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April 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Seventy-one percent of journalists in our sample came from a privileged background."
(just to be clear, i'm as middle class as they come. but anyone can see that this is wrong and unfair - and also bad for journalism)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
(just to be clear, i'm as middle class as they come. but anyone can see that this is wrong and unfair - and also bad for journalism)
theconversation.com/new-survey-s...
Great environment investigation from @theconversation theconversation.com/toxic-chemic...
Toxic chemical pollution continues on Isle of Man as government defends Unesco conservation status
Biosphere status is ‘not a hallmark of perfection’, says island administration.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great environment investigation from @theconversation theconversation.com/toxic-chemic...
Powerful and important work on deforestation and the Amazon by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social @unearthednews.bsky.social and @reporterbrasil.org.br
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Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle
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April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Powerful and important work on deforestation and the Amazon by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social @unearthednews.bsky.social and @reporterbrasil.org.br
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Our invertebrate of the year competition starts today and excitement is at a FEVER pitch. First dog on the moon joined the frenzy
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Invertebrates! Everyone loves invertebrates! Which is your favourite? | First Dog on the Moon
I love them all even the creepy weird ones
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March 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our invertebrate of the year competition starts today and excitement is at a FEVER pitch. First dog on the moon joined the frenzy
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BLOODY HELL.
“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age” says the head of the US's EPA.
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“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age” says the head of the US's EPA.
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Trump officials reconsider greenhouse gas harm amid slew of climate rollbacks
Activists horrified as EPA reverses pollution laws and reviews landmark finding that greenhouse gases harm public health
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March 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
BLOODY HELL.
“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age” says the head of the US's EPA.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age” says the head of the US's EPA.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a genuinely landmark ruling which could have vast implications:
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Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules
US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court ruling
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March 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is a genuinely landmark ruling which could have vast implications:
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Fantastic, thought provoking piece from the brilliant @vickihird.bsky.social … & a reminder to vote for your favourite invertebrate by Tuesday 4th March!
Does a worm feel pain? Many thanks to the wonderful @vickihird.bsky.social for her meditation on invertebrate sentience - don't forget to vote for your favourite!
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Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestions
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February 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Fantastic, thought provoking piece from the brilliant @vickihird.bsky.social … & a reminder to vote for your favourite invertebrate by Tuesday 4th March!
Does a worm feel pain? Many thanks to the wonderful @vickihird.bsky.social for her meditation on invertebrate sentience - don't forget to vote for your favourite!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Do worms feel pain and are ants happy? Why the science on invertebrate feelings is evolving
For the next few weeks we’re asking readers to nominate their invertebrate of the year: click here to give us your suggestions
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February 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Does a worm feel pain? Many thanks to the wonderful @vickihird.bsky.social for her meditation on invertebrate sentience - don't forget to vote for your favourite!
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The impact of flea treatments - in other words pesticides which are banned for agricultural work - must be properly understood. This is a brilliant piece about what we know now.
Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle
Flea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle
Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternatives, says writer Sophie Pavelle
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February 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The impact of flea treatments - in other words pesticides which are banned for agricultural work - must be properly understood. This is a brilliant piece about what we know now.
Today's amazing invertebrate fact: did you know there is a beetle called the Blue Feigning Death Beetle? Just the existence of such a thing is immensely pleasing I think.
Please nominate your favourite invertebrate!
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Please nominate your favourite invertebrate!
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Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
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February 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today's amazing invertebrate fact: did you know there is a beetle called the Blue Feigning Death Beetle? Just the existence of such a thing is immensely pleasing I think.
Please nominate your favourite invertebrate!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Please nominate your favourite invertebrate!
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It's our Invertebrate of the Year competition yet again! There was such a wonderful response last year that this year we've gone global: please send us your nominations for the world's greatest invertebrate
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Nominate your invertebrate species of the year
We’re asking readers from around the world to nominate their favourite spineless species for our second Invertebrate of the Year competition
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's our Invertebrate of the Year competition yet again! There was such a wonderful response last year that this year we've gone global: please send us your nominations for the world's greatest invertebrate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s a temporary lifeline’: Drax decision is latest test of Labour’s green credentials www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s a temporary lifeline’: Drax decision is latest test of Labour’s green credentials
Mixed reaction from campaigners as ministers impose reduced subsidies and stringent conditions on Yorkshire wood-burning plant
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February 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
‘It’s a temporary lifeline’: Drax decision is latest test of Labour’s green credentials www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Crazily it looks as if the Drax subsidy might actually be renewed: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Green campaigners fear UK to renew subsidies to Drax power station
Billions of pounds from energy bill-payers to run out in 2027 but could be extended as soon as Monday
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February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Crazily it looks as if the Drax subsidy might actually be renewed: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I have been thinking about this piece all weekend (I edited it on friday). It turns out that pet flea treatments are killing birds- the birds line their nests with pet fur which contains pesticides and kills the chicks.
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January 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I have been thinking about this piece all weekend (I edited it on friday). It turns out that pet flea treatments are killing birds- the birds line their nests with pet fur which contains pesticides and kills the chicks.
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Some useful advice here from my colleague @patrickbarkham.bsky.social on how to look after the birdfeeders and the birds that give so many of us such delight
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Nature lovers urged to take part in UK bird count amid fears over climate and disease
Birdwatch survey comes as concerns grow over infection risks posed by garden bird feeders
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January 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Some useful advice here from my colleague @patrickbarkham.bsky.social on how to look after the birdfeeders and the birds that give so many of us such delight
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Every 14-year-old is someone’s baby; a kid who ought to be clattering in from school to raid the fridge and getting nagged to do their homework, worrying about their first kiss."
Beautiful, sad piece from Gabby Hinsliff
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Beautiful, sad piece from Gabby Hinsliff
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Loved ones mourn Kelyan Bokassa, the 14-year-old boy killed on a London bus. And we all have some thinking to do | Gaby Hinsliff
His mother says he was groomed by drug gangsters despite her attempts to get help. Let his death spark fresh debate about how we care for vulnerable people, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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January 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Every 14-year-old is someone’s baby; a kid who ought to be clattering in from school to raid the fridge and getting nagged to do their homework, worrying about their first kiss."
Beautiful, sad piece from Gabby Hinsliff
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Beautiful, sad piece from Gabby Hinsliff
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"Right-leaning outlets such as the Sun and the Daily Mail repeatedly called Miliband an “eco-zealot”, a “madman” and a “hysterical eco-obsessive”, due to his support for net-zero policies."
The vitriol directed at Miliband has always been quite something.
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The vitriol directed at Miliband has always been quite something.
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Analysis: UK newspaper editorials attacked Ed Miliband relentlessly throughout 2024 - Carbon Brief
The UK's right-leaning newspapers unleashed a huge wave of editorials attacking energy secretary Ed Miliband throughout 2024.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Right-leaning outlets such as the Sun and the Daily Mail repeatedly called Miliband an “eco-zealot”, a “madman” and a “hysterical eco-obsessive”, due to his support for net-zero policies."
The vitriol directed at Miliband has always been quite something.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
The vitriol directed at Miliband has always been quite something.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
"Bottlenose dolphins, along with humpback and minke whales, have been spotted in greater numbers in recent years along England’s North Sea coast, monitoring groups say."
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Grey seals, minke whales and bluefin tuna: is the North Sea bouncing back to its glory days?
Hollywood stars once came for the big-game fishing, but the return of a host of species to the depleted waters around Britain’s coast is a cause for quiet optimism
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January 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Bottlenose dolphins, along with humpback and minke whales, have been spotted in greater numbers in recent years along England’s North Sea coast, monitoring groups say."
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seems relevant all the time #flooding
so much to acknowledge and acted on re vulnerabilities in our farming & food system, and as what and how we grow means what we eat too must shift.
and we 100% need nature-based, lasting approaches to ensure ecosystems are still there for food and nature
so much to acknowledge and acted on re vulnerabilities in our farming & food system, and as what and how we grow means what we eat too must shift.
and we 100% need nature-based, lasting approaches to ensure ecosystems are still there for food and nature
Sometimes it looks like flooding is happening everyday somewhere in the world and the UK too.
Blog by me looks at nature-based solutions for water management and wider climate adaptation in farming.
@the-wildifetrusts.bsky.social
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Blog by me looks at nature-based solutions for water management and wider climate adaptation in farming.
@the-wildifetrusts.bsky.social
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Farming, flooding and food - how nature can help | The Wildlife Trusts
Sometimes it looks like flooding is happening everyday somewhere in the world and the UK too. The Wildlife Trusts Strategic lead on Agriculture, Vicki Hird looks at nature-based solutions for water ma...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
seems relevant all the time #flooding
so much to acknowledge and acted on re vulnerabilities in our farming & food system, and as what and how we grow means what we eat too must shift.
and we 100% need nature-based, lasting approaches to ensure ecosystems are still there for food and nature
so much to acknowledge and acted on re vulnerabilities in our farming & food system, and as what and how we grow means what we eat too must shift.
and we 100% need nature-based, lasting approaches to ensure ecosystems are still there for food and nature
Renewables produced 45% of the UK's energy last year. Extremely heartening news.
January 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Renewables produced 45% of the UK's energy last year. Extremely heartening news.
These are beautiful!
Well these are stunning! Insect flight art.. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures
Artist Xavi Bou has created an eye-popping series celebrating fascinating creatures that are too often seen only as a nuisance
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December 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
These are beautiful!
"They are another step towards using the built environment to generate electricity."
We'll smuggle this renewable stuff in everywhere bwahahaha!
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We'll smuggle this renewable stuff in everywhere bwahahaha!
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‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off
Balcony solar panels can save 30% on a typical household’s electricity bill and, with vertical surface area in cities larger than roof space, the appeal is clear
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December 19, 2024 at 6:28 AM
"They are another step towards using the built environment to generate electricity."
We'll smuggle this renewable stuff in everywhere bwahahaha!
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We'll smuggle this renewable stuff in everywhere bwahahaha!
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This hits you in the heart
December 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
This hits you in the heart