Paul de Zylva
@pauldezylva.bsky.social
Nature - Climate - Rivers - Cities - Greenwash Spotter variously with Quaggy Waterways Action Group, London National Park City, London Sustainable Development Commission, Friends of the Earth, Wildlife and Countryside Link. FRSA
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We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
“I was fined for pouring away a small splash of coffee, yet Co’s that release harmful chemicals into our rivers often face no consequences. If we’re serious about protecting the environment, responsibility has to start at the top” www.rsc.org/news/burcu-yesilyurt-coffee-polluter-pays-partnership
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“I was fined for pouring away a small splash of coffee, yet Co’s that release harmful chemicals into our rivers often face no consequences. If we’re serious about protecting the environment, responsibility has to start at the top” www.rsc.org/news/burcu-yesilyurt-coffee-polluter-pays-partnership
How’s #Labour doing on its environment claims?
A view of the first year + a bit in power: Tues 4 Νov to #Bromley Friends of the Earth.
#aviation #biodiversity #climate #energy #planning #housing #planningandinfrastructurebill
#biodiversitynetgain #bng #rights #justice #transport #democracy
A view of the first year + a bit in power: Tues 4 Νov to #Bromley Friends of the Earth.
#aviation #biodiversity #climate #energy #planning #housing #planningandinfrastructurebill
#biodiversitynetgain #bng #rights #justice #transport #democracy
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How’s #Labour doing on its environment claims?
A view of the first year + a bit in power: Tues 4 Νov to #Bromley Friends of the Earth.
#aviation #biodiversity #climate #energy #planning #housing #planningandinfrastructurebill
#biodiversitynetgain #bng #rights #justice #transport #democracy
A view of the first year + a bit in power: Tues 4 Νov to #Bromley Friends of the Earth.
#aviation #biodiversity #climate #energy #planning #housing #planningandinfrastructurebill
#biodiversitynetgain #bng #rights #justice #transport #democracy
Rosebank's emissions revealed:
Equinor and Ithaca Energy say nearly 250 million tonnes of emissions would be released from using oil products from the Rosebank oil field, if it starts operating.
That compares with the UK's emissions of 371 million tonnes in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equinor and Ithaca Energy say nearly 250 million tonnes of emissions would be released from using oil products from the Rosebank oil field, if it starts operating.
That compares with the UK's emissions of 371 million tonnes in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved
The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Rosebank's emissions revealed:
Equinor and Ithaca Energy say nearly 250 million tonnes of emissions would be released from using oil products from the Rosebank oil field, if it starts operating.
That compares with the UK's emissions of 371 million tonnes in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equinor and Ithaca Energy say nearly 250 million tonnes of emissions would be released from using oil products from the Rosebank oil field, if it starts operating.
That compares with the UK's emissions of 371 million tonnes in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nothing to do with us, guv!
Intensive livestock firm denies it has a role in the decline of the supposedly ‘protected’ River Wye that’s seen pollution rise as intensive rearing units have proliferated.
Largest UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution www.bbc.com/news/article...
Intensive livestock firm denies it has a role in the decline of the supposedly ‘protected’ River Wye that’s seen pollution rise as intensive rearing units have proliferated.
Largest UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution www.bbc.com/news/article...
River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit
Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.
www.bbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Nothing to do with us, guv!
Intensive livestock firm denies it has a role in the decline of the supposedly ‘protected’ River Wye that’s seen pollution rise as intensive rearing units have proliferated.
Largest UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution www.bbc.com/news/article...
Intensive livestock firm denies it has a role in the decline of the supposedly ‘protected’ River Wye that’s seen pollution rise as intensive rearing units have proliferated.
Largest UK environmental lawsuit over river pollution www.bbc.com/news/article...
No surprise. Root cause is govt cuts to Environment Agency - and ministers directing it to go easy on polluters.
That led to less monitoring of water pollution, and less responsiveness to reports of pollution - whether sewage or the other pollutants damaging our rivers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That led to less monitoring of water pollution, and less responsiveness to reports of pollution - whether sewage or the other pollutants damaging our rivers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Environment Agency failed to visit serious pollution incidents, leaked files show
Data from inside England's environment watchdog show an agency struggling to monitor serious pollution.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
No surprise. Root cause is govt cuts to Environment Agency - and ministers directing it to go easy on polluters.
That led to less monitoring of water pollution, and less responsiveness to reports of pollution - whether sewage or the other pollutants damaging our rivers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
That led to less monitoring of water pollution, and less responsiveness to reports of pollution - whether sewage or the other pollutants damaging our rivers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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" #Defra should swiftly legislate to stop the digging up of horticultural #peat for #garden #compost..."
New blog from Green Alliance calling for legislation on peat sales in #horticulture as part of Emma Reynold's to-do list:
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
New blog from Green Alliance calling for legislation on peat sales in #horticulture as part of Emma Reynold's to-do list:
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
New Defra secretary Emma Reynolds has a big ‘to do’ list but a chance to make some publicly popular moves
Emma Reynolds has become the tenth UK environment secretary in a decade, joining the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) at a critical time for environmental protection. She …
greenallianceblog.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
" #Defra should swiftly legislate to stop the digging up of horticultural #peat for #garden #compost..."
New blog from Green Alliance calling for legislation on peat sales in #horticulture as part of Emma Reynold's to-do list:
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
New blog from Green Alliance calling for legislation on peat sales in #horticulture as part of Emma Reynold's to-do list:
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
The government is not only undermining its 2024 manifesto pledges to protect nature – it is sliding into Trumpian, post-truth politics.
Me in The Big Issue
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Me in The Big Issue
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Blaming nature for the housing problem is straight from the Trump playbook
The government is not only undermining its 2024 manifesto pledges to protect nature – it is sliding into Trumpian, post-truth politics.
www.bigissue.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The government is not only undermining its 2024 manifesto pledges to protect nature – it is sliding into Trumpian, post-truth politics.
Me in The Big Issue
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mini...
Me in The Big Issue
www.bigissue.com/opinion/mini...
The penny’s dropped - sewage is not - and never was - the only pollutant harming our rivers, freshwaters + coastal seas.
Govt now needs to end austerity funding of Environment Agency + Natural Natural and assure their independence from more political meddling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Govt now needs to end austerity funding of Environment Agency + Natural Natural and assure their independence from more political meddling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers vow to tackle all forms of water pollution in England and Wales
Exclusive: Commitment comes as data shows serious pollution events involving water firms up by 60%
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The penny’s dropped - sewage is not - and never was - the only pollutant harming our rivers, freshwaters + coastal seas.
Govt now needs to end austerity funding of Environment Agency + Natural Natural and assure their independence from more political meddling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Govt now needs to end austerity funding of Environment Agency + Natural Natural and assure their independence from more political meddling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour’s first year: the verdict of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace:
- Climate and Energy: Reasons to be cheerful
- Nature and Environment: Cause for concern
- Homes and Transport: Glimmers of hope, perhaps
- Justice and Democracy: Poor
friendsoftheearth.uk/system-chang...
- Climate and Energy: Reasons to be cheerful
- Nature and Environment: Cause for concern
- Homes and Transport: Glimmers of hope, perhaps
- Justice and Democracy: Poor
friendsoftheearth.uk/system-chang...
The Labour government – our assessment 1 year on | Friends of the Earth
One year after the last general election, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace assess how the Labour government has performed on climate and nature action.
friendsoftheearth.uk
July 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Labour’s first year: the verdict of Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace:
- Climate and Energy: Reasons to be cheerful
- Nature and Environment: Cause for concern
- Homes and Transport: Glimmers of hope, perhaps
- Justice and Democracy: Poor
friendsoftheearth.uk/system-chang...
- Climate and Energy: Reasons to be cheerful
- Nature and Environment: Cause for concern
- Homes and Transport: Glimmers of hope, perhaps
- Justice and Democracy: Poor
friendsoftheearth.uk/system-chang...
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says “there is no safe level” of air pollution and that 99 per cent of the public in the UK are breathing “toxic air”.
RCP reports the health costs - “30,000 deaths per year” - and the costs to the UK economy of £27-50 billion a year
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c....
RCP reports the health costs - “30,000 deaths per year” - and the costs to the UK economy of £27-50 billion a year
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c....
A breath of fresh air: responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution
www.rcp.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says “there is no safe level” of air pollution and that 99 per cent of the public in the UK are breathing “toxic air”.
RCP reports the health costs - “30,000 deaths per year” - and the costs to the UK economy of £27-50 billion a year
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c....
RCP reports the health costs - “30,000 deaths per year” - and the costs to the UK economy of £27-50 billion a year
www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c....
Rachel Reeves fails to mention in her #SpendingReview (SR) speech the UK’s poor state of nature.
That’s reflected in the modest (at best) SR funding for nature restoration, nature-friendly farmers.
Spun as historic investment when it’s a 2.3% budget cut for Defra on top of 45% cuts 2010-19. Fail.
That’s reflected in the modest (at best) SR funding for nature restoration, nature-friendly farmers.
Spun as historic investment when it’s a 2.3% budget cut for Defra on top of 45% cuts 2010-19. Fail.
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Rachel Reeves fails to mention in her #SpendingReview (SR) speech the UK’s poor state of nature.
That’s reflected in the modest (at best) SR funding for nature restoration, nature-friendly farmers.
Spun as historic investment when it’s a 2.3% budget cut for Defra on top of 45% cuts 2010-19. Fail.
That’s reflected in the modest (at best) SR funding for nature restoration, nature-friendly farmers.
Spun as historic investment when it’s a 2.3% budget cut for Defra on top of 45% cuts 2010-19. Fail.
UK Govt says the cost to public purse of #Sizewell is £17.8 bn.
I make it £24bn.
The latest £14.2bn adds to £5.5bn given in Sept ’24 = £19.7bn
Add £4.3bn given by the last govt:
£1.3bn in Jan 24; £511m in Sept 23; £100m in Jan 22; £700m in Nov 22; £1.7bn in Oct 21.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
I make it £24bn.
The latest £14.2bn adds to £5.5bn given in Sept ’24 = £19.7bn
Add £4.3bn given by the last govt:
£1.3bn in Jan 24; £511m in Sept 23; £100m in Jan 22; £700m in Nov 22; £1.7bn in Oct 21.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Sizewell C nuclear plant gets go-ahead with £14.2bn of government funding
The government says the plant, which will take at least a decade to build, will deliver a
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
UK Govt says the cost to public purse of #Sizewell is £17.8 bn.
I make it £24bn.
The latest £14.2bn adds to £5.5bn given in Sept ’24 = £19.7bn
Add £4.3bn given by the last govt:
£1.3bn in Jan 24; £511m in Sept 23; £100m in Jan 22; £700m in Nov 22; £1.7bn in Oct 21.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
I make it £24bn.
The latest £14.2bn adds to £5.5bn given in Sept ’24 = £19.7bn
Add £4.3bn given by the last govt:
£1.3bn in Jan 24; £511m in Sept 23; £100m in Jan 22; £700m in Nov 22; £1.7bn in Oct 21.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
The UK government is going ‘further and faster’ in allowing UK nature to be destroyed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The UK government is going ‘further and faster’ in allowing UK nature to be destroyed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Integrity, always integrity.
The ‘integrity’ buzzword abounds in UKgov’s new consultation on how Voluntary #Carbon & #Nature Markets #VCNM can be high integrity, transparent, trustworthy etc and not just another dodgy deal on the way to #climate chaos and nature’s demise
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The ‘integrity’ buzzword abounds in UKgov’s new consultation on how Voluntary #Carbon & #Nature Markets #VCNM can be high integrity, transparent, trustworthy etc and not just another dodgy deal on the way to #climate chaos and nature’s demise
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK backs businesses to trade carbon credits and unlock finance
British businesses and organisations better supported to trade carbon credits as part of new work to establish the UK as the global hub for green finance.
www.gov.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Integrity, always integrity.
The ‘integrity’ buzzword abounds in UKgov’s new consultation on how Voluntary #Carbon & #Nature Markets #VCNM can be high integrity, transparent, trustworthy etc and not just another dodgy deal on the way to #climate chaos and nature’s demise
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The ‘integrity’ buzzword abounds in UKgov’s new consultation on how Voluntary #Carbon & #Nature Markets #VCNM can be high integrity, transparent, trustworthy etc and not just another dodgy deal on the way to #climate chaos and nature’s demise
www.gov.uk/government/n...
‘Anthropocene Illusion' - Zed Nelson’s shot of a bored-looking chimp in Shanghai wins the Sony World Photo Award.
Nelson explores humanity’s fractured relationship with nature, from safari parks to synthetic green spaces, and reveal a world where the wild is staged and the natural is anything but.
Nelson explores humanity’s fractured relationship with nature, from safari parks to synthetic green spaces, and reveal a world where the wild is staged and the natural is anything but.
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
‘Anthropocene Illusion' - Zed Nelson’s shot of a bored-looking chimp in Shanghai wins the Sony World Photo Award.
Nelson explores humanity’s fractured relationship with nature, from safari parks to synthetic green spaces, and reveal a world where the wild is staged and the natural is anything but.
Nelson explores humanity’s fractured relationship with nature, from safari parks to synthetic green spaces, and reveal a world where the wild is staged and the natural is anything but.
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Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.
April 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.
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Congratulations to our friends in Chattanooga, Tennessee which has been recognised as North America’s 1st National Park City. From the most polluted city in the USA in the 70s to an unrivalled outdoor destination and biodiversity hotspot. Full announcement buff.ly/Zpg0HRD
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Congratulations to our friends in Chattanooga, Tennessee which has been recognised as North America’s 1st National Park City. From the most polluted city in the USA in the 70s to an unrivalled outdoor destination and biodiversity hotspot. Full announcement buff.ly/Zpg0HRD
Me in The Telegraph: “We can only imagine how bad sewage pollution was before real-time monitoring… Water customers – who are about to be hit with even higher water bills – will wonder what happened to their money which should have been used to prevent pollution long before now”
March 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Me in The Telegraph: “We can only imagine how bad sewage pollution was before real-time monitoring… Water customers – who are about to be hit with even higher water bills – will wonder what happened to their money which should have been used to prevent pollution long before now”
Confirms what we knew.
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Confirms what we knew.
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Paris votes for more “greening” of streets.
Parisians vote by 66 per cent for 500 more city streets to be calmed of road traffic, with 34 per cent against
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Parisians vote by 66 per cent for 500 more city streets to be calmed of road traffic, with 34 per cent against
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Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Paris votes for more “greening” of streets.
Parisians vote by 66 per cent for 500 more city streets to be calmed of road traffic, with 34 per cent against
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Parisians vote by 66 per cent for 500 more city streets to be calmed of road traffic, with 34 per cent against
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
PM Starmer challenged over his “I’m not making this up” claims about Jumping Spiders blocking housing sprawl.
Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Charities accuse Keir Starmer of misleading jumping spider claims
Charities say rare spiders did not block "an entire new town", as the prime minister suggested.
www.bbc.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
PM Starmer challenged over his “I’m not making this up” claims about Jumping Spiders blocking housing sprawl.
Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another way to view the cost to taxpayers + water bill payers (ie everyone) of Thames Water collapsing is that EVERYONE already pays through the nose for decades of a) mismanagement + financial chicanery by Thames Water’s owners b) lax regulation by govt + ‘regulators’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning Thames Water collapse could hit taxpayers and pensions
Ofwat says placing Thames under government control could end up costing taxpayers billions of pounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Another way to view the cost to taxpayers + water bill payers (ie everyone) of Thames Water collapsing is that EVERYONE already pays through the nose for decades of a) mismanagement + financial chicanery by Thames Water’s owners b) lax regulation by govt + ‘regulators’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You couldn't make it up - Amazon forest destroyed by four lane highway to climate summit conference site.
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You couldn't make it up - Amazon forest destroyed by four lane highway to climate summit conference site.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Windermere - “only rainwater” to enter “national treasure”
Sounds great, but as sewage is only part of the problem this pledge only works if govt also addresses pollution run-off from land, farms, and roads, and airborne acidic pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Sounds great, but as sewage is only part of the problem this pledge only works if govt also addresses pollution run-off from land, farms, and roads, and airborne acidic pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government pledges to clean up Windermere in Lake District - BBC News
Environment Secretary Steve Reed pledges "only rainwater" will enter Windermere as part of its plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Windermere - “only rainwater” to enter “national treasure”
Sounds great, but as sewage is only part of the problem this pledge only works if govt also addresses pollution run-off from land, farms, and roads, and airborne acidic pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Sounds great, but as sewage is only part of the problem this pledge only works if govt also addresses pollution run-off from land, farms, and roads, and airborne acidic pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.gov.uk/government/n...