Richard Price
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I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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'Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned'
And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.
We need more CERES satellites.
Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social
And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.
We need more CERES satellites.
Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
'Our capability to observe the Earth's energy imbalance and budget terms is threatened as satellites are decommissioned'
And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.
We need more CERES satellites.
Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social
And now it's (temporarily? 🤞) not being updated.
We need more CERES satellites.
Can @esa.int @esaclimate.bsky.social @ecmwf.int and others help?
@carlobuontempo.bsky.social
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Ash dieback playing out like a high impact, low frequency event, like a hurricane, that periodically devastate and re-shape woodlands. The canopy is now all dead here, but look at that dense regeneration of hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple and some oaks.
October 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ash dieback playing out like a high impact, low frequency event, like a hurricane, that periodically devastate and re-shape woodlands. The canopy is now all dead here, but look at that dense regeneration of hawthorn, blackthorn, field maple and some oaks.
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Ian Carter and myself argued this point here www.whittlespublishing.com/Great_Miscon... - species with high dispersal capacity can typically naturally recolonise suitable habitats IF the original drivers of declines have been remediated.
This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern UK grouse moors.
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/16/g...
Good news! Natural England pulls the plug on ‘reintroduction’ of Hen Harriers to southern England
It’s been a long time coming, but today Natural England has announced it is finally pulling the plug on it’s project to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England. It ma…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Ian Carter and myself argued this point here www.whittlespublishing.com/Great_Miscon... - species with high dispersal capacity can typically naturally recolonise suitable habitats IF the original drivers of declines have been remediated.
Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits over social activism row www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield quits over social activism row
His resignation marks the latest development in a dispute with parent company Unilever.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits over social activism row www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Why isn’t THIS the front page story right now? Net migration to the UK halved from 2023 to 2024 (Government data shared by The Guardian). There is no problem with migration in the UK, it is fiction whipped up by the press. BBC News should be the one presenting these facts.
September 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Why isn’t THIS the front page story right now? Net migration to the UK halved from 2023 to 2024 (Government data shared by The Guardian). There is no problem with migration in the UK, it is fiction whipped up by the press. BBC News should be the one presenting these facts.
Went again last night. Still excellent
#DoughBros
#DoughBros
NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/r... #rdguk
Restaurant review: Dough Bros
I moved house last week, and suddenly everything changed. My little slice of Reading, my walks, maps, routes and routines were no more. No more waking up in the Village and mooching into town for lunc...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Went again last night. Still excellent
#DoughBros
#DoughBros
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NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/r... #rdguk
Restaurant review: Dough Bros
I moved house last week, and suddenly everything changed. My little slice of Reading, my walks, maps, routes and routines were no more. No more waking up in the Village and mooching into town for lunc...
ediblereading.com
July 5, 2024 at 11:08 AM
NEW REVIEW! I saved a good one for the first day of this new government - this week, I check out the quite remarkable Dough Bros: ediblereading.com/2024/07/05/r... #rdguk
Banksy mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice www.bbc.com/news/article...
Banksy 'judge' mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice wall
The artwork of a judge hitting a protester with a gavel has been removed from the listed building.
www.bbc.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Banksy mural scrubbed from Royal Courts of Justice www.bbc.com/news/article...
World’s largest deforestation project www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
Douglas Gerrard | The World’s Largest Deforestation Project
In the West Papuan regency of Merauke, close to the border with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia is rapidly clearing land in...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
World’s largest deforestation project www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
@nedboulting.bsky.social Griffon Vultures Ned, not Bearded Vultures
July 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@nedboulting.bsky.social Griffon Vultures Ned, not Bearded Vultures
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We urge the Irish Government to introduce the world’s first national ban on fossil fuel advertising, sponsorship, and lobbying.
#BanFossilAds
#BanFossilAds
UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We urge the Irish Government to introduce the world’s first national ban on fossil fuel advertising, sponsorship, and lobbying.
#BanFossilAds
#BanFossilAds
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More support for natural regen please! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’
Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
More support for natural regen please! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Guy Shrubsole: “Trees are perfectly capable of self-seeding: after all, they’ve been doing so for millions of years. Whilst tree planting certainly has its place, we could have far richer, more natural forests if only we properly supported farmers and landowners to let trees naturally regenerate.”
April 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Guy Shrubsole: “Trees are perfectly capable of self-seeding: after all, they’ve been doing so for millions of years. Whilst tree planting certainly has its place, we could have far richer, more natural forests if only we properly supported farmers and landowners to let trees naturally regenerate.”
Brilliant Plover pic
A good couple of hours on the patch this morning Swifts and Hirundines on the move, 9 species of Warbler including 2 Garden Warblers, a few Whimbrel, Barwit, a Grey Plover, Yellow Wags, Tree Pipits, Wheatears. A Little Ringed PLover was being hostile to one of the few Ringed Plovers moving through.
April 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Brilliant Plover pic
Lovely write-up about a very good evening at Fobney Meadow, Berkshire(SU7071). Great to get the Ringed Plovers pic wp.me/pb1ro4-gA
Waiting for the geese to come in.
A guest post: I go to the marsh to see the Canada geese fly in for the night, squawking and haggling within their pairs when they arrive. This evening I met, by chance, Nigel at the Bench, 2 camera…
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April 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Lovely write-up about a very good evening at Fobney Meadow, Berkshire(SU7071). Great to get the Ringed Plovers pic wp.me/pb1ro4-gA
An neat quick incubation exchange at The Blade, Reading, Berkshire at 12:23pm #Peregrines
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
April 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
An neat quick incubation exchange at The Blade, Reading, Berkshire at 12:23pm #Peregrines
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
A Peregrine nest webcam has recently been made available to the public. The nestbox is on The Blade building in Reading, Berkshire. The pair have 4 eggs
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
The Blade Reading Bird Camera
View the live feed of the bird camera on the roof of The Blade Reading.
www.thebladereading.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A Peregrine nest webcam has recently been made available to the public. The nestbox is on The Blade building in Reading, Berkshire. The pair have 4 eggs
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
www.thebladereading.com/bird-camera
The attached environmental audit committee pdf is a very good concise corralling of George’s knowledge on lots of stuff. Generally he’s bang on
Here, from the parliamentary transcript, is the moment I felt: "it's like the start of a disaster movie, where no one seems prepared to understand the warning they're being given."
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
April 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The attached environmental audit committee pdf is a very good concise corralling of George’s knowledge on lots of stuff. Generally he’s bang on