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The government’s new Planning Bill is nothing short of a death sentence for badgers.

👉 If this Bill passes, developers will have the legal power to kill badgers if they’re seen as an obstacle to building projects.

📢 Use our quick tool to email your MP:
protectthewild.org.uk/stop-the-pla...
September 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The horrors of a sanctuary turned into total hell for those very beings it's supposed to protect!
Magistrale exposition de Brent Stirton sur le parc des Virunga, à l’est de la RDC, présentée à Visa pour l'image 2025. Une arche de préservation d’une faune unique, devenue l’un des endroits les plus dangereux au monde pour la conservation. À voir absolument ⬇
Visa pour l'image : Brent Stirton dans le parc des Virunga - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Le parc des Virunga est le plus ancien parc national d’Afrique. Une biosphère unique, plus vaste que l’État d’Israël. Une arche unique et fragile, constamment menacée. Le parc est peuplé de gorilles, ...
www.arte.tv
September 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease.

The opposite of a mere 'luxury', nature is our life support system. It is our *everything*.
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‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease
Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has found
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September 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor.

I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor.

People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics.
September 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When some can't stand the truth of their own acts and decisions...
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
#ItsOurNature
#ItsOurNature
www.wwf.eu
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Don't let them destroy our last wild forests.

Did you know that the Trump administration is threatening protections for nearly 60 million acres of our wildest forests?
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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In addition, all the big box stores start stocking plants even in areas that are still freezing at night. I usually go in before a freeze to rescue some of the doomed flowers and vegetables.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Frustrated Home Depot employee shares photo of countless carts full of gardening products wasted for no good reason: 'Not our call'
"I just think what could have happened if we donated it..."
www.yahoo.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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"Before it dies, a 500-yr old Douglas-fir will send its storehouse of chemicals down into roots & thru fungal partners, donating its riches to the community in a last will & testament. We might well call these ancient benefactors giving trees."
~Richard Powers #ThickTrunkTuesday
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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#VegetationManagement plan for 39,300 acres of Marin County coastline will kill thousands of trees & tens of thousands of shrubs, leaving forests less healthy & more wildfire prone. Instead, spend $$ on home hardening @MarinWildfire

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Wild Animals Are In Immediate Danger: Stop Marin County’s 39,000-Acre Plan to Destroy Forests!
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August 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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"...the remaining parcel contains coastal marsh habitat used by several endangered or threatened bird species...Development would not only destroy these habitats, but also introduce new stressors such as lighting, chemical runoff..."

www.chron.com/life/wildlif...
Texas bird sanctuary faces development unless $3M is raised
The sanctuary supports more than 300 bird species from around the world.
www.chron.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We need leaders who understand that when fascism comes knocking, you don't politely ask it to leave. You bar the door. You sound the alarm. You fight with everything you have. - Christopher Bouzy www.newsweek.com/house-fire-d...
The House Is on Fire and Democrats Are Debating Paint Colors | Opinion
The house is on fire, and Democratic leadership is debating what color to paint the kitchen. Either grab a hose or get out of the way because if we lose this fight, there won't be a democracy left to ...
www.newsweek.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No seat uncontested.
What can we do to get ready to go into midterms? Make sure we have a candidate on every ballot in every race in every district in every state…

No seat uncontested.
August 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km using celestial navigation and the Earth's magnetic field

phys.org/news/2025-08... via @physorg_com
Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km using celestial navigation and the Earth's magnetic field
Imagine traveling to a new and distant place using only your senses to guide you.
phys.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour.

Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life. - Frances Perkins

FP had recognized America was built on care for one another, not on mythical rugged individualism.
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Every new home without a nest brick is a death sentence for swifts. Sign our petition to mandate swift bricks in every new home 👇
protectthewild.org.uk/swift-bricks...
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This life is after all a miracle and we ought to pay fierce attention every moment, as much as possible. - Brian Doyle
www.themarginalian.org/2024/11/24/b...
How to Live a Miraculous Life: Brian Doyle on Love, Humility, and the Quiet Grace of the Possible
Suppose we agree that we are here to love anyway — to love even though the work is almost unbearably difficult, even though we know that everything alive is dying, that everything beautiful i…
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August 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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« Nous sommes beaucoup trop pressés de confier à l’IA la gestion du monde au lieu de mesurer ses limites »
« Nous sommes beaucoup trop pressés de confier à l’IA la gestion du monde au lieu de mesurer ses limites »
L’historien des médias Jérôme Bourdon rappelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », que l’intelligence artificielle s’inscrit dans une longue histoire humaine et se demande si cette révolution technologique n’est pas en passe de devenir une nouvelle religion.
www.lemonde.fr
August 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"Yours may be the voice that is needed; no action is considered small when it is offered in kindness, humility and genuine desire to better the lives of others."
“POTUS also uses such base level culture as a smoke screen for his criminality and money laundering. I saw this up close working on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ - where Russian mobsters and Hells Angels mingled freely with B-list celebrities and NBC executives.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'The Numbers'
Donald Trump has always had a problem with numbers, especially those that do not suit his narrative, sense of grandiosity and entitlement.
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The angels of the deep are falling silent... 🐋
Blue whales are falling silent from hunger. The krill are gone. The sea is too warm. Their songs fade away.
This is no anomaly. Humanity is deaf to a symphony of grief and warnings.

Blue whales are going eerily silent—& scientists say it’s a warning sign
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign
A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
July 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop
July 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Protect America's Wild Spaces
July 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM