Jemma
@wildlifejemma.bsky.social
Love wild life and wild places. #RestoreNatureNow. Ban driven grouse shooting. Support @WildJustice_org 💚
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Jemma
@wildlifejemma.bsky.social
· Jan 20
This poor golden eagle was one of many victims of driven grouse shooting which relies on illegal raptor persecution and (still) legal killing of 1000s of mammals, and drainage & burning of upland peatland causing flooding & contributing to global heating. Pls sign to ban it tinyurl.com/3zwzb7t8
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On COP30 Biodiversity day, Glyn Evans writes of his concern when the Chancellor dismissed a protected snail as "microscopic," missing a vital point: Every organism is crucial to the environment, just as every cell is crucial to the human body.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On COP30 Biodiversity day, Glyn Evans writes of his concern when the Chancellor dismissed a protected snail as "microscopic," missing a vital point: Every organism is crucial to the environment, just as every cell is crucial to the human body.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
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“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
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WTF are NatureScot doing letting this take place?! SIGN THE PETITION: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WTF are NatureScot doing letting this take place?! SIGN THE PETITION: protectthewild.org.uk/gannet-petit...
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Excited to be writing for the brilliant @bylinetimes.bsky.social - this month’s column covers a new book from @rory-stewart.bsky.social celebrating people & place in Cumbria, a new film #PowerStation about the power of community energy, & Keir Starmer’s weird obsession with flags
That's True Too - In Pursuit of Pluralism - Politics with a Difference – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Rory Stewart was almost completely invisible behind hundreds of copies of his latest book, piled high on the table in front of him, when I walked into the green room at Friends House in Euston, centra...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Excited to be writing for the brilliant @bylinetimes.bsky.social - this month’s column covers a new book from @rory-stewart.bsky.social celebrating people & place in Cumbria, a new film #PowerStation about the power of community energy, & Keir Starmer’s weird obsession with flags
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Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with:
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Do please join me on World Soil Day, 5 December, 2pm GMT, for the global launch of the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with:
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Earth Rover Program, developing a new scientific approach which will massively enhance our understanding of #soil.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We need your help to get the Government to respond to our petition calling for a National Resilience Plan to protect communities from climate change impacts. Sign now (and share with your family, friends and colleagues).
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
We need your help to get the Government to respond to our petition calling for a National Resilience Plan to protect communities from climate change impacts. Sign now (and share with your family, friends and colleagues).
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Vogtle’s two new #nuclear reactors in Georgia is a cautionary tale written in soaring electric bills and a growing political fallout. The people of Georgia are paying the price, literally, as their utility bills have skyrocketed by over 40%'
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
Finally Some Accountability for Georgia’s Costly Nuclear Power Mistake – Nuclear Costs
nuclearcosts.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
'Vogtle’s two new #nuclear reactors in Georgia is a cautionary tale written in soaring electric bills and a growing political fallout. The people of Georgia are paying the price, literally, as their utility bills have skyrocketed by over 40%'
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
nuclearcosts.org/finally-some...
BBC Radio 4 PM Programme - discussing increase in fast food chicken. No-one talking about quality of life for these animals, or impact on climate of feed & animal sheds. Eat Quorn, or, soon, precision fermented bacteria #FutureFood @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BBC Radio 4 PM Programme - discussing increase in fast food chicken. No-one talking about quality of life for these animals, or impact on climate of feed & animal sheds. Eat Quorn, or, soon, precision fermented bacteria #FutureFood @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk
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Rare Earth is back on air🎉 & today's episode is available here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... We started by discussing the new sea anemone that spends its life as a crab's hat (see below), but the focus was COP30... what has COP ever done for us, what's happening now in Brazil, and what comes next?
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Rare Earth is back on air🎉 & today's episode is available here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... We started by discussing the new sea anemone that spends its life as a crab's hat (see below), but the focus was COP30... what has COP ever done for us, what's happening now in Brazil, and what comes next?
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@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social New #NuclearPower at #Wylfa would be nothing but an expensive distraction from the clean, fast and cheap #renewables already available to us
And there is still no answer to the safe disposal of #NuclearWaste
#NoNewNukes
greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/13/w...
And there is still no answer to the safe disposal of #NuclearWaste
#NoNewNukes
greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/13/w...
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
@anthonyslaughter.bsky.social New #NuclearPower at #Wylfa would be nothing but an expensive distraction from the clean, fast and cheap #renewables already available to us
And there is still no answer to the safe disposal of #NuclearWaste
#NoNewNukes
greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/13/w...
And there is still no answer to the safe disposal of #NuclearWaste
#NoNewNukes
greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/13/w...
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The UK does need a chunk of grid upgrade, but £80bn is a lot when there’s such a challenge with energy bills
Surely we need a clear justification for every major transmission project
If these justifications are essentially secret, it’s a huge governance fail
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Surely we need a clear justification for every major transmission project
If these justifications are essentially secret, it’s a huge governance fail
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
SSE is a winner in the great grid upgrade. Who is looking out for consumers and small businesses? | Nils Pratley
Nobody doubts chunky spending is necessary to improve the grid. But how much of that money will be funded through consumer bills?
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The UK does need a chunk of grid upgrade, but £80bn is a lot when there’s such a challenge with energy bills
Surely we need a clear justification for every major transmission project
If these justifications are essentially secret, it’s a huge governance fail
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
Surely we need a clear justification for every major transmission project
If these justifications are essentially secret, it’s a huge governance fail
www.theguardian.com/business/nil...
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Cheap meat has a cost.
Huge mega factory farms have been found to conceal their pollution & climate emissions.
DeSmog reports
Huge mega factory farms have been found to conceal their pollution & climate emissions.
DeSmog reports
Emissions scandal: factory farms fail to declare climate impacts
Applications for giant UK livestock factory farms are ignoring climate emissions, despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Cheap meat has a cost.
Huge mega factory farms have been found to conceal their pollution & climate emissions.
DeSmog reports
Huge mega factory farms have been found to conceal their pollution & climate emissions.
DeSmog reports
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Guardian editorial on Land Reform (Scotland) Bill www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scale | Editorial
Editorial: Half of the country’s privately owned countryside is held by just 421 owners. New legislation suggests democrats still fear powerful interests
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Guardian editorial on Land Reform (Scotland) Bill www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.change.org/p/save-jane-...
20,000 new homes will crush Roman, Saxon and Domesday Book settlements, Jane Austen’s home village of Chawton, and destroy two iconic chalk streams, the upper Wey and the River Itchen
20,000 new homes will crush Roman, Saxon and Domesday Book settlements, Jane Austen’s home village of Chawton, and destroy two iconic chalk streams, the upper Wey and the River Itchen
Sign the Petition
Save Jane Austen Country
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November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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20,000 new homes will crush Roman, Saxon and Domesday Book settlements, Jane Austen’s home village of Chawton, and destroy two iconic chalk streams, the upper Wey and the River Itchen
20,000 new homes will crush Roman, Saxon and Domesday Book settlements, Jane Austen’s home village of Chawton, and destroy two iconic chalk streams, the upper Wey and the River Itchen
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I said yesterday that the chancellor was laying the ground for her budget as hard choices for everyone but the wealthiest.
And now the chancellor is reportedly going to cut vital funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills.
And now the chancellor is reportedly going to cut vital funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I said yesterday that the chancellor was laying the ground for her budget as hard choices for everyone but the wealthiest.
And now the chancellor is reportedly going to cut vital funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills.
And now the chancellor is reportedly going to cut vital funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills.
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"I’m pleased Keir Starmer is going to COP — but Rosebank’s emissions are equivalent to 28 of the lowest-income countries combined, and this government still won’t rule it out.”
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"I’m pleased Keir Starmer is going to COP — but Rosebank’s emissions are equivalent to 28 of the lowest-income countries combined, and this government still won’t rule it out.”
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
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David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social speaking in #raunds #northants 20 November (tickets £12 by 12 November).
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
David Lindo @theurbanbirder.bsky.social speaking in #raunds #northants 20 November (tickets £12 by 12 November).
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
50th anniversary of Mid-Nene RSPB Local Group.
@rspbengland.bsky.social #northantsbirds @wildlifebcn.org @northantstelegraph.bsky.social #urban #birder
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Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social gains important legal victory over harmful dredging.
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
Blog: markavery.info/2025/11/07/6...
I just love the word 'quashed'.
Well done SWT! I hope other WTs will take similar challenges.
#marine #judicialreview #sussex #dredging #brighton #wildlife
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Suffolk Coastal, a jewel in the crown with its beautiful landscapes & great biodiversity interests, but now consigned to major industrialisation from the horrific onslaught of numerous energy projects illustrated in the map below- includes ESW's proposal for Sizewell C's water
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Suffolk Coastal, a jewel in the crown with its beautiful landscapes & great biodiversity interests, but now consigned to major industrialisation from the horrific onslaught of numerous energy projects illustrated in the map below- includes ESW's proposal for Sizewell C's water
#SayNo2SizewellC
#SayNo2SizewellC
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Save the date – Tues 9th Dec 2025 has been set for TASC’s permission hearing at the High Court, London
Sizewell C now admit they may need to recharge the beach before the plant has even been built! - see the update on our Crowd Justice page
Please donate &/or RT www.crowdjustice.com/case/sizewel...
Sizewell C now admit they may need to recharge the beach before the plant has even been built! - see the update on our Crowd Justice page
Please donate &/or RT www.crowdjustice.com/case/sizewel...
TASC’s new legal challenge against Sizewell C’s secret flood defences
Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) is a community-based group of like-minded individuals who have been actively campaigning on a voluntary basis, since 2013, to stop the Sizewell C project.
www.crowdjustice.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Save the date – Tues 9th Dec 2025 has been set for TASC’s permission hearing at the High Court, London
Sizewell C now admit they may need to recharge the beach before the plant has even been built! - see the update on our Crowd Justice page
Please donate &/or RT www.crowdjustice.com/case/sizewel...
Sizewell C now admit they may need to recharge the beach before the plant has even been built! - see the update on our Crowd Justice page
Please donate &/or RT www.crowdjustice.com/case/sizewel...