Donna Rainey
@donnarainey4.bsky.social
Lover of nature; fungi,native wildflower meadows, native woodlands, and all that depends on them.
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It's an interesting question! Some colourful pigments have functions like being antibiotics, so in some cases it might be an unintended effect of a useful chemical www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Frontiers | The unresolved ecological and evolutionary role of fungal fruit body coloration
Fruit body-forming fungi are hyperdiverse and of central importance for the functioning of ecosystems worldwide. They provide habitat and resources for other...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It's an interesting question! Some colourful pigments have functions like being antibiotics, so in some cases it might be an unintended effect of a useful chemical www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
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A big mystery of autumn. Why are certain #fungi fruiting bodies spectacular colours? Yes a lot are white buff /brown, but bright yellow, red, green, blue -just why? L -Parrot waxcaps here from @rowantnnr.bsky.social. Green (look hard) & yellow, go pink later. R- Orange cup Melastiza cornubiensis
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A big mystery of autumn. Why are certain #fungi fruiting bodies spectacular colours? Yes a lot are white buff /brown, but bright yellow, red, green, blue -just why? L -Parrot waxcaps here from @rowantnnr.bsky.social. Green (look hard) & yellow, go pink later. R- Orange cup Melastiza cornubiensis
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The Trump administration plans a major expansion of offshore oil and gas sales. Trump is targeting public waters that have never been touched or untouched for decades, including in California and all over Alaska. This threatens communities and marine ecosystems that depend on undisturbed oceans.
Trump’s Ocean Drilling Order Puts Coastal Communities at Risk. Again.
15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, we're suing the Trump administration for attempting to reopen protected areas of the Gulf coastline for oil and gas drilling.
earthjustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Trump administration plans a major expansion of offshore oil and gas sales. Trump is targeting public waters that have never been touched or untouched for decades, including in California and all over Alaska. This threatens communities and marine ecosystems that depend on undisturbed oceans.
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
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Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
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🦫 Read: Beaver-created wetlands increase pollinator numbers, boosting biodiversity, according to new research by the University of Stirling.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Beavers provide a boost for declining pollinators, study reveals
Beaver-created wetlands increase pollinator numbers, boosting biodiversity, according to new research by the University of Stirling.
phys.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🦫 Read: Beaver-created wetlands increase pollinator numbers, boosting biodiversity, according to new research by the University of Stirling.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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EU governments have proposed a watered-down climate target, that won't cut carbon pollution fast enough and is full of loopholes to weaken it more
The EU Parliament's environment committee is about to approve a basically unchanged target
Even the EU's own advisers say this is a major risk
#COP30
The EU Parliament's environment committee is about to approve a basically unchanged target
Even the EU's own advisers say this is a major risk
#COP30
EU’s weakened climate target raises risk of missing net-zero, top adviser warns
Chair of bloc’s science advisory board also dismissed industry calls to scrap carbon pricing.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
EU governments have proposed a watered-down climate target, that won't cut carbon pollution fast enough and is full of loopholes to weaken it more
The EU Parliament's environment committee is about to approve a basically unchanged target
Even the EU's own advisers say this is a major risk
#COP30
The EU Parliament's environment committee is about to approve a basically unchanged target
Even the EU's own advisers say this is a major risk
#COP30
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Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
UN warns of millions displaced by climate change as COP30 opens in Brazil
Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Weather-related disasters have forced a quarter of a billion people to flee in the last decade, says UNHCR.
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“There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers,” I have written about his,
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social
#RemembranceDay
@philippullmanreal.bsky.social
@pricklesandpaws.bsky.social
#hedgehogs and much more!
hughwarwick.substack.com/p/planning-a...
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social
#RemembranceDay
@philippullmanreal.bsky.social
@pricklesandpaws.bsky.social
#hedgehogs and much more!
hughwarwick.substack.com/p/planning-a...
Planning ... a disaster?
“There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers,” said Sally Hayns, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, in the Guardian yesterday.
hughwarwick.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers,” I have written about his,
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social
#RemembranceDay
@philippullmanreal.bsky.social
@pricklesandpaws.bsky.social
#hedgehogs and much more!
hughwarwick.substack.com/p/planning-a...
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social
#RemembranceDay
@philippullmanreal.bsky.social
@pricklesandpaws.bsky.social
#hedgehogs and much more!
hughwarwick.substack.com/p/planning-a...
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2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
Dandelion, Daisy, Bush vetch & Ragwort, all in flower today. #wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dandelion, Daisy, Bush vetch & Ragwort, all in flower today. #wildflowerhour
Honeysuckle & Cow parsley.#wildflowerhour
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Honeysuckle & Cow parsley.#wildflowerhour
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We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
Banagher glen, I love this place.
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Banagher glen, I love this place.
Everywhere you look in Banagher glen, trees enhancing the view.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Everywhere you look in Banagher glen, trees enhancing the view.
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Our trawl of methane data found the area near Drax has the UK's second highest levels:
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UK’s methane hotspots include landfills and last coalmine
Greenpeace urges Labour to ‘fulfil international obligations’ as critics question accuracy of official data
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November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our trawl of methane data found the area near Drax has the UK's second highest levels:
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Claims of felling 250 year-old trees + shipping them thousands of miles to burn in a power station, releasing fine particulate pollution linked to breathing + heart conditions.
Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Claims of felling 250 year-old trees + shipping them thousands of miles to burn in a power station, releasing fine particulate pollution linked to breathing + heart conditions.
Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?
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Whispy clouds on my morning walk.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Whispy clouds on my morning walk.
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With a return to the Pliocene locked-in, the only meaningful question is, will we stop there or maintain BAU until a return to the Middle Miocene becomes inevitable or - ultimately - the early Eocene?
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
With a return to the Pliocene locked-in, the only meaningful question is, will we stop there or maintain BAU until a return to the Middle Miocene becomes inevitable or - ultimately - the early Eocene?
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
If the latter, this is what the UK will eventually look like
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'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.
Very encouraging to see small-scale fishermen demand better protections from bottom trawling
thefishingdaily.com/eu-fishing-i...
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Small-Scale Fishermen Demand EU Ban On Bottom Trawling In MPAs - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
Small-scale fishermen urge Commissioner Kadis to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas under the proposed EU Ocean Act
thefishingdaily.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.
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Fossil fuel companies attending U.N. climate talks in last four years responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production in 2024
New research from Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New research from Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Fossil fuel companies attending U.N. climate talks in last four years responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production in 2024
New research from Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New research from Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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