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Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.

From @monicapiccinini.bsky.social

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The breast cancer blind spot
Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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The breast cancer blind spot

Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.

theecologist.org/2025/dec/19/...
The breast cancer blind spot
Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.
theecologist.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
We are capable of miracles - why are we investing in carnage?
Why are we still promoting destruction?
We Can, a new comic‑book and animation series, asks bluntly: if we can achieve miracles, why are we still promoting destruction?
theecologist.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A strategy to make Britain less reliant on foreign imports would require importing 25% of global lithium
Britain 'seeking a quarter of global lithium'
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Jane Goodall’s most enduring contribution to the ecological movement may be her conviction that hope is not a feeling, but a tool.
The good in us all
'Jane Goodall modelled a civic practice that the world urgently needs to scale: persistent, emotionally intelligent engagement with both science and society.'
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December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
UK protections for human rights defenders are being weakened, campaigners say
UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A fundamental lack of democracy in the formation of trade policy in Britain lets oil companies sue governments across the world if they take action on climate change, according to a new report.

Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A cautionary tale from the climate wrecks of 1930s America
People getting mad in similar ways
Migration and mutual aid in The Grapes of Wrath.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Will activist voices be integrated meaningfully into the COP31 in Turkey next year, or are will they just be tokenised?
'A hubristic, colossal wreck'
How tolerant will Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey will be towards activists during COP31 next year?
theecologist.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Oil companies can sue governments across the world if they take action on climate change
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Millions of tonnes of Christmas impulse buys, including t-shirts, end up in landfill every year
'You spin me right round'
A British clothing brand tackling the environmental cost of Christmas launches a new collection made from waste.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Corruption affects everything that could be done through politics or law."
Resistance is a river
Corruption, illegal mining, and lack of action threaten Peru’s mountain communities as glaciers disappear.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Recycled polyester pumps more microplastic into our soil, our waterways, our bodies
Recycling 'worsens microplastics problem'
Changing Markets Foundation reveals recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Migration and mutual aid in The Grapes of Wrath.

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People getting mad in similar ways
Migration and mutual aid in The Grapes of Wrath.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A new strategy on lithium economically 'fails on its own terms', and leaves trade justice by the wayside.
Britain 'seeking a quarter of global lithium'
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The UK government is planning to weaken guidance to its embassies on how they support human rights defenders around the world
UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Goodall modelled a civic practice that the world urgently needs to scale: persistent, emotionally intelligent engagement with both science and society."
The good in us all
'Jane Goodall modelled a civic practice that the world urgently needs to scale: persistent, emotionally intelligent engagement with both science and society.'
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"These efforts aren’t just adaptation. They’re acts of resistance."
Mountain communities in Peru on the frontlines of climate breakdown fight back.
Resistance is a river
Corruption, illegal mining, and lack of action threaten Peru’s mountain communities as glaciers disappear.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fast fashion's green claims don't stand up to scrutiny
Recycling 'worsens microplastics problem'
Changing Markets Foundation reveals recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The race for rare earth minerals ramps up
Britain 'seeking a quarter of global lithium'
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“Embassies prioritise trade over human rights”
UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.
theecologist.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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The UK's Critical Minerals Strategy has failed to seize the moment.

That means it’s now up to all of us to push for meaningful transformation – and win.

Our trade campaign manager @cleodierickard.bsky.social for @theecologist.org
Britain 'seeking a quarter of global lithium'
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.
theecologist.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.

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UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.
theecologist.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.

Latest analysis from @globaljusticenow.bsky.social

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Britain 'seeking a quarter of global lithium'
Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.
theecologist.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM