Iain Robinson 🌳
@iainrobinson.bsky.social
Writer, lecturer, and accidental activist. Trees, woods, nature, landscape, environmental matters, guitars, and fictions of all sorts, though I’ll mostly just upload cat pics and undertake academic moaning.
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Iain Robinson 🌳
@iainrobinson.bsky.social
· Oct 29
Gimme Shelter: Refuge, Writing, and Conservation
On the radical potential for recovery and growth offered by a song and the idea of refuge.
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I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law.
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge?
www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wow, New York—hope at last!
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Wow, New York—hope at last!
Can somebody please start hanging EU flags off lampposts?
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Can somebody please start hanging EU flags off lampposts?
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Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
“Mr Jassy said in June that the increase in AI tools will likely lead to job cuts as machines take over routine tasks.”
As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon prepares for major layoffs among office workers - reports
If confirmed, the cuts in Amazon's corporate ranks could mark the company's biggest layoffs in several years.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Mr Jassy said in June that the increase in AI tools will likely lead to job cuts as machines take over routine tasks.”
As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.
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In case you missed the announcement in our newsletter, we are open for non-fiction submissions, both full-length and flash, until the end of October. You can read our submission guidelines and submit via hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com Subscribers can submit for free as usual, any time!
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In case you missed the announcement in our newsletter, we are open for non-fiction submissions, both full-length and flash, until the end of October. You can read our submission guidelines and submit via hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com Subscribers can submit for free as usual, any time!
As well as failing to stop funding fossil fuel projects, many banks are also not funding climate solutions and the green transition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSE
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
As well as failing to stop funding fossil fuel projects, many banks are also not funding climate solutions and the green transition.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The report painted a grim picture of the world’s chances of avoiding increasingly severe impacts from the climate crisis.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“The report painted a grim picture of the world’s chances of avoiding increasingly severe impacts from the climate crisis.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nature action: email STEVE REED m: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Nature action: email STEVE REED m: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!
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Can you actually believe this?
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Can you actually believe this?
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A swift brick costs £35
But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits
Totally inexcusable
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.
It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.
(1/3)
The crisis is only deepening and the recent announcement of means-tested grants funded by a tax on international students will likely choke a vital source of HE income. This is Labour fiddling around the edges rather than taking bold action @bengoldsborough.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The crisis is only deepening and the recent announcement of means-tested grants funded by a tax on international students will likely choke a vital source of HE income. This is Labour fiddling around the edges rather than taking bold action @bengoldsborough.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.
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This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways.
This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK!
Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK!
Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system
Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways.
This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK!
Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK!
Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct.
First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@dalevince.com
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First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@dalevince.com
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October 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct.
First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@dalevince.com
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First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@dalevince.com
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Very pleased to find the proof copy of Hinterland Issue 17 dropping through our letterbox this morning - it looks fab! Full print run due next week, so you’ve still got time to order a copy via our webstore: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Very pleased to find the proof copy of Hinterland Issue 17 dropping through our letterbox this morning - it looks fab! Full print run due next week, so you’ve still got time to order a copy via our webstore: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
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“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods”
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Why environmental deregulation would devastate wildlife and our future
Cutting regulations puts nature and our economy at risk warns RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight.
www.rspb.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods”
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.
September 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.
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🚨 Legal win 🚨
UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy
Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas
#ClimateJustice
Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS
@dalevince.com
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy
Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas
#ClimateJustice
Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS
@dalevince.com
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🚨 Legal win 🚨
UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy
Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas
#ClimateJustice
Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS
@dalevince.com
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy
Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas
#ClimateJustice
Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS
@dalevince.com
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
“Part of the problem is that the party is paralysed by institutional pressures and geopolitical alignments. Of course, balancing these forces is what makes for great governments and leaders. But Starmer has shown no such inclination.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmerism has almost destroyed the Labour party, but I still have hope for renewal | Clive Lewis
As our party conference gets under way this weekend in Liverpool, we must start to work out how we can inspire the country, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Part of the problem is that the party is paralysed by institutional pressures and geopolitical alignments. Of course, balancing these forces is what makes for great governments and leaders. But Starmer has shown no such inclination.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
I’m delighted to have some new writing in this issue.
The seventeenth (17!! How did we get to 17?) issue of Hinterland is up for preorder now, featuring headline acts from Davina Quinlivan and Andrew Cowan, and an interview with Tor Falcon. Cover art by Pippa Robyn.
www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17
September 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’m delighted to have some new writing in this issue.