Richard Beadle
@treasure90.bsky.social
Christ follower & Church minister. Interests include conservation/natural world and Crystal Palace FC.
Think this is happening in tropical countries too. In Malaysia the cooler hill tops like Frasers Hill were seeing bird species from lower hotter climate moving up even a decade ago when I visited.
A study of 177 bird species across four major European mountain ranges, including the Alps and Pyrenees, found that 63% have shifted their habitats to higher elevations over the past two decades.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Birds move higher up mountains as the climate warms
Many bird species have moved toward colder areas in the mountains of Europe as the climate has warmed over the past two decades. Sunny southern slopes attract birds to live at higher elevations than d...
www.eurekalert.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Think this is happening in tropical countries too. In Malaysia the cooler hill tops like Frasers Hill were seeing bird species from lower hotter climate moving up even a decade ago when I visited.
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A study of 177 bird species across four major European mountain ranges, including the Alps and Pyrenees, found that 63% have shifted their habitats to higher elevations over the past two decades.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Birds move higher up mountains as the climate warms
Many bird species have moved toward colder areas in the mountains of Europe as the climate has warmed over the past two decades. Sunny southern slopes attract birds to live at higher elevations than d...
www.eurekalert.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A study of 177 bird species across four major European mountain ranges, including the Alps and Pyrenees, found that 63% have shifted their habitats to higher elevations over the past two decades.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Yes, and this could have been done a long time ago if not for the lobbying of the packaging industry
We don't lack technical solutions, but we lack the power to rein in destructive industries and break their stranglehold over governments and popular narratives
We don't lack technical solutions, but we lack the power to rein in destructive industries and break their stranglehold over governments and popular narratives
Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report
Pew Charitable Trusts finds plastic pollution will more than double globally by 2040 unless action taken
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Yes, and this could have been done a long time ago if not for the lobbying of the packaging industry
We don't lack technical solutions, but we lack the power to rein in destructive industries and break their stranglehold over governments and popular narratives
We don't lack technical solutions, but we lack the power to rein in destructive industries and break their stranglehold over governments and popular narratives
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Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.
The world’s plastic glut is set to get much worse by 2040, study finds
ebx.sh
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.
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More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances
- Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances
Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances
- Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.
Our latest article, out now:
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Our latest article, out now:
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.
Our latest article, out now:
share.google/0eyMBdzbmWkA...
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Our latest article, out now:
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It's no wonder water quality is not improving, derogation farmers are being told to do things that will not stop nitrates from getting into the water — An Taisce's Head of Advocacy Dr Elaine McGoff with Philip Boucher-Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1 CountryWide
#nitratepollution
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
#nitratepollution
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It's no wonder water quality is not improving, derogation farmers are being told to do things that will not stop nitrates from getting into the water — An Taisce's Head of Advocacy Dr Elaine McGoff with Philip Boucher-Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1 CountryWide
#nitratepollution
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
#nitratepollution
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
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In 2014, Swedish artist Karl Jilg visualized how much urban space goes to cars🚗
Public transport deserves protection & investment. We must maintain, expand & improve it - not just replace cars, but rethink how we move. Inclusive, fair, sustainable transport is for everyone.
Public transport deserves protection & investment. We must maintain, expand & improve it - not just replace cars, but rethink how we move. Inclusive, fair, sustainable transport is for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 2014, Swedish artist Karl Jilg visualized how much urban space goes to cars🚗
Public transport deserves protection & investment. We must maintain, expand & improve it - not just replace cars, but rethink how we move. Inclusive, fair, sustainable transport is for everyone.
Public transport deserves protection & investment. We must maintain, expand & improve it - not just replace cars, but rethink how we move. Inclusive, fair, sustainable transport is for everyone.
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Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions
even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them
#COP30
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We're constantly being told that pollution prevention measures are working and more time is needed to show results. But the rivers don't lie.
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
Half of the farms inspected by Cork County Council under the National Agriculture Inspection Programme (NAIP) this year have failed to comply with the government’s Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) reg...
www.independent.ie
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We're constantly being told that pollution prevention measures are working and more time is needed to show results. But the rivers don't lie.
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
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This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is climate change.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
This will keep happening closer and closer to you, until it's you moving.
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This is a story deserving of more media attention 😟
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu kills half of South Atlantic's breeding elephant seals, sparking fears for future of species
Population in South Georgia has plummeted by 47%, researchers found
www.irishexaminer.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is a story deserving of more media attention 😟
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
Bird flu is an ecological disaster with consequences for animals, and people potentially. The way the capitalist system treats chickens and other domesticated foul is abhorrent - we’re asking for trouble.
www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...
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👂 that politicians think swift bricks would UP 🏡 prices so swifts aren’t worth saving. If you don’t want to be the 1st nation to let swifts become ☠️, email both steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk to SAVE OUR SWIFTS. put it in the subject line 🙏
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
👂 that politicians think swift bricks would UP 🏡 prices so swifts aren’t worth saving. If you don’t want to be the 1st nation to let swifts become ☠️, email both steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk to SAVE OUR SWIFTS. put it in the subject line 🙏
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Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link 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 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We're starting a Butterfly Friendly revolution! 🦋
Lancaster City Council have pledged to take action for butterflies and moths over the next 3 years. And Butterfly Conservation need your council to be next!
Read about how we've been working together here: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
Lancaster City Council have pledged to take action for butterflies and moths over the next 3 years. And Butterfly Conservation need your council to be next!
Read about how we've been working together here: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
Council pledges to become Butterfly-Friendly City
Lancaster City Council has announced a pledge to become a Butterfly-Friendly City in partnership with Butterfly Conservation.Councillors have made the announcement following the results of our 2025 Bi...
butterfly-conservation.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We're starting a Butterfly Friendly revolution! 🦋
Lancaster City Council have pledged to take action for butterflies and moths over the next 3 years. And Butterfly Conservation need your council to be next!
Read about how we've been working together here: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
Lancaster City Council have pledged to take action for butterflies and moths over the next 3 years. And Butterfly Conservation need your council to be next!
Read about how we've been working together here: butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
When we can't even do the no brainer small steps that carry obvious public support, heaven help us make necessary difficult decisions to help the environment!
A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. 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 11:23 PM
When we can't even do the no brainer small steps that carry obvious public support, heaven help us make necessary difficult decisions to help the environment!
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Brilliant news! Larger cars are heavier, causing more road runoff + air pollution. Their high fronts increase risk of severe injury if they hit a pedestrian, + make it really difficult to see if small children have stepped in front of the vehicle. Strong move from @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social 💪
📣 Big news for safer, fairer streets in Cardiff! 🚙
Cardiff Council has voted to introduce fairer parking charges for the heaviest vehicles in the city 🙌
#carspreading
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Cardiff Council has voted to introduce fairer parking charges for the heaviest vehicles in the city 🙌
#carspreading
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
City council approves plans to make SUV drivers pay more for parking
Cardiff Council will increase the cost of parking permits for owners of sports utility vehicles or cars weighing more than 2,400kg.
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Brilliant news! Larger cars are heavier, causing more road runoff + air pollution. Their high fronts increase risk of severe injury if they hit a pedestrian, + make it really difficult to see if small children have stepped in front of the vehicle. Strong move from @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social 💪
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I wonder how often they met with climate scientists
Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows
Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wonder how often they met with climate scientists
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The Secretary of State calls this a win-win for development and nature.
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Secretary of State calls this a win-win for development and nature.
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
It’s not. It’s a legislative shambles: no clarity for investors, no confidence for business and no security for nature.
You don’t build growth on chaos.
(2/3)
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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.
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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)
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'As Raworth wrote in Doughnut Economics: “We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive; what we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow.”'
Editorial in Nature - Beyond GDP
Editorial in Nature - Beyond GDP
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
'As Raworth wrote in Doughnut Economics: “We have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive; what we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow.”'
Editorial in Nature - Beyond GDP
Editorial in Nature - Beyond GDP
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While we approve more data centres, expand aviation and long-finger tackling systems solutions in agriculture, construction and transport - we see our ability to decarbonise and reduce emissions decline. Government burying the long-term consequences for people #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Ireland significantly off track on 2030 climate targets
Ireland has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but the rate of reduction remains insufficient to meet the targets established.
www.rte.ie
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
While we approve more data centres, expand aviation and long-finger tackling systems solutions in agriculture, construction and transport - we see our ability to decarbonise and reduce emissions decline. Government burying the long-term consequences for people #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?
Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?
Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
Reposted by Richard Beadle
⚠️𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.⚠️
Once again, this assault on environmental safeguards is being sold as “simplification.” It’s not simplification, it’s dismantling. And it’s a betrayal of both nature and farmers.
Once again, this assault on environmental safeguards is being sold as “simplification.” It’s not simplification, it’s dismantling. And it’s a betrayal of both nature and farmers.
October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
⚠️𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.⚠️
Once again, this assault on environmental safeguards is being sold as “simplification.” It’s not simplification, it’s dismantling. And it’s a betrayal of both nature and farmers.
Once again, this assault on environmental safeguards is being sold as “simplification.” It’s not simplification, it’s dismantling. And it’s a betrayal of both nature and farmers.