Emily Beament
@emilybeament.bsky.social
Environment correspondent at PA, writing on climate, energy, wildlife & more
New GB wind power record set earlier this month... could the first zero carbon power period come soon?
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British wind power hits new record as operator eyes zero carbon grid milestone
Wind turbines generated a new high of 22,711 megawatts on November 11, providing enough power for 22 million homes.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New GB wind power record set earlier this month... could the first zero carbon power period come soon?
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UK's failure to back EU plan for sustainable mackerel fishing in NE Atlantic to protect collapsing stock condemned as "pitiful".
Government said it backs sustainable management through "correct procedures"
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Government said it backs sustainable management through "correct procedures"
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UK’s failure to back sustainable mackerel fishing condemned as ‘pitiful’
The EU had proposed setting quotas in line with scientific advice, which had called for a 77 cut on current fishing levels.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
UK's failure to back EU plan for sustainable mackerel fishing in NE Atlantic to protect collapsing stock condemned as "pitiful".
Government said it backs sustainable management through "correct procedures"
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Government said it backs sustainable management through "correct procedures"
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Government urged to reverse "political choice" to allow overfishing as @oceanauk.bsky.social report shows many UK fish stocks are in a perilous state.
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Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse
Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.
www.independent.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Government urged to reverse "political choice" to allow overfishing as @oceanauk.bsky.social report shows many UK fish stocks are in a perilous state.
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Heating engineers are being urged to take advantage of a heat pump 'giveaway' to install in their own homes, to help them get more familiar with the clean tech
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Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their homes
Experts said heat pumps were more efficient than gas boilers
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October 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Heating engineers are being urged to take advantage of a heat pump 'giveaway' to install in their own homes, to help them get more familiar with the clean tech
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So the Tories have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act - prompting a widespread backlash from environmental groups, scientists, business and (most) other political parties
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Tories vow to scrap UK’s landmark climate legislation
The Conservatives have announced plans to replace the UK’s world-leading climate legislation with a strategy for “cheap and reliable” energy. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the Climate...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
So the Tories have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act - prompting a widespread backlash from environmental groups, scientists, business and (most) other political parties
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I'm being followed round the internet by heat pump adverts
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'm being followed round the internet by heat pump adverts
This is interesting from @bristoluni.bsky.social - A 'sneaky' reshuffle of canteen menu options can help diners choose healthier, greener meals
sneahttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/reshuffling-canteen-menu-can-help-diners-choose-greener-healthier-meals-study/ar-AA1KiMih
sneahttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/reshuffling-canteen-menu-can-help-diners-choose-greener-healthier-meals-study/ar-AA1KiMih
August 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is interesting from @bristoluni.bsky.social - A 'sneaky' reshuffle of canteen menu options can help diners choose healthier, greener meals
sneahttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/reshuffling-canteen-menu-can-help-diners-choose-greener-healthier-meals-study/ar-AA1KiMih
sneahttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/reshuffling-canteen-menu-can-help-diners-choose-greener-healthier-meals-study/ar-AA1KiMih
More bird of prey good news: England's reintroduced white tailed eagles have hit a new breeding high, with three chicks fledging from two wild nests - including the first bird born in Dorset for 240 years
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Record breeding year for England’s white-tailed eagles as three chicks fledge
Reintroduced birds successfully reared chicks in wild nests in Dorset and Sussex, conservationists said.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
More bird of prey good news: England's reintroduced white tailed eagles have hit a new breeding high, with three chicks fledging from two wild nests - including the first bird born in Dorset for 240 years
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England is now facing 'nationally significant' water shortfalls, officials warn, despite rain in July, with reservoirs and rivers low, pressure on crops and wildlife, wildfires on the increase and another heatwave building www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
England is now facing 'nationally significant' water shortfalls, officials warn, despite rain in July, with reservoirs and rivers low, pressure on crops and wildlife, wildfires on the increase and another heatwave building www.itv.com/news/2025-08...
Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland - and the return of the elusive cat is backed by majority of people in the area where they would roam, research finds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social @lifescape.bsky.social
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Bringing lynx back to Northumberland backed by 72% of locals, consultation finds
Northumberland is the only area of England and Wales with enough woodland to support the cat species.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland - and the return of the elusive cat is backed by majority of people in the area where they would roam, research finds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social @lifescape.bsky.social
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Could white storks return to London? Conservationists are surveying Londoners as part of a project to examine the feasibility of the 'talismanic' species' return to the capital
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August 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Could white storks return to London? Conservationists are surveying Londoners as part of a project to examine the feasibility of the 'talismanic' species' return to the capital
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Record number of heat pumps, solar panels and batteries installed in first half of 2025, figures show
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August 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Record number of heat pumps, solar panels and batteries installed in first half of 2025, figures show
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Need a little good news? Pair of UK's rarest breeding bird, the Montagu's harrier, have successfully reared four chicks to fledging in a secret farmland location, @rspb.bsky.social says
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Conservationists ‘overjoyed’ at successful breeding by rare Montagu’s harriers
A pair of the ‘red listed’ birds of prey reared four chicks to fledging at a secret location, in the first successful breeding in the UK since 2019.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Need a little good news? Pair of UK's rarest breeding bird, the Montagu's harrier, have successfully reared four chicks to fledging in a secret farmland location, @rspb.bsky.social says
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Climate change tripled deaths in recent heatwave across European cities, including London, Paris and Rome, rapid assessment finds www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
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July 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Climate change tripled deaths in recent heatwave across European cities, including London, Paris and Rome, rapid assessment finds www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
A scheme by @nestauk.bsky.social to give heating engineers a free heat pump + training to install in their own homes is to be rolled out to thousands of people after a pilot showed it boosted confidence in the clean technology www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Scheme to give heating engineers free heat pumps ‘boosts confidence’ in the tech
The programme is to be rolled out to thousands of professionals after a small-scale pilot found it boosted technical knowledge and understanding.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A scheme by @nestauk.bsky.social to give heating engineers a free heat pump + training to install in their own homes is to be rolled out to thousands of people after a pilot showed it boosted confidence in the clean technology www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Britain's temperate rainforests are something of a secret, with most people not aware they can be found on our shores, polling for @plantlifeuk.bsky.social suggests
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Most people unaware Britain hosts wildlife-rich rainforests, polling suggests
Nature charity Plantlife is calling for greater protection of Britain’s hidden and threatened temperate rainforest.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Britain's temperate rainforests are something of a secret, with most people not aware they can be found on our shores, polling for @plantlifeuk.bsky.social suggests
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Warning for Government over reports it's planning to cut nature friendly farming, with environmentalists and farmers warning it would be 'devastating' for wildlife and people
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Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be ‘devastating’, Government warned
Environmental and farming groups have reacted with dismay to reports that funding for sustainable agriculture will be cut in the spending review.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Warning for Government over reports it's planning to cut nature friendly farming, with environmentalists and farmers warning it would be 'devastating' for wildlife and people
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'We must stop killing sharks' - @lewispugh.bsky.social urges protection of the world's sharks as he completes 'exhausting' swim around Martha's Vineyard for the 50th anniversary of Jaws www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
Lewis Pugh warns we must protect sharks as he completes swim to mark Jaws’ 50th
The British endurance swimmer has finished a 60-mile swim around Martha’s Vineyard, a shark hotspot where the Hollywood blockbuster was filmed.
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May 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
'We must stop killing sharks' - @lewispugh.bsky.social urges protection of the world's sharks as he completes 'exhausting' swim around Martha's Vineyard for the 50th anniversary of Jaws www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
So I took a trip to Devon's Dart Valley to see one of the UK's rarest and most special habitats - temperate rainforest - and the fight to secure its future in the face of climate change
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‘Scale is so important’ – the fight to revive Britain’s vanishing rainforests
Conservationists are battling to secure the future of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of British habitats as climate change looms.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
So I took a trip to Devon's Dart Valley to see one of the UK's rarest and most special habitats - temperate rainforest - and the fight to secure its future in the face of climate change
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www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...
Government failing to prepare the UK for 'tomorrow's disaster' of floods, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, Climate Change Committee warns in stark report on adaptation
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April 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Government failing to prepare the UK for 'tomorrow's disaster' of floods, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, Climate Change Committee warns in stark report on adaptation
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£2.8m appeal launched to buy and restore more than 100ha of rare temperate rainforest, described as 'final piece of rainforest jigsaw' linking up a swathe of the rare habitat in Devon's Dart valley
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Appeal launched to help buy and restore swathe of rare temperate...
The Woodland Trust is looking for support for the purchase of Buckland Wood - the `final piece of rainforest jigsaw´ in Devon´s Dart Valley.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
£2.8m appeal launched to buy and restore more than 100ha of rare temperate rainforest, described as 'final piece of rainforest jigsaw' linking up a swathe of the rare habitat in Devon's Dart valley
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Boosting UK horticulture to help Britons meet 'five a day' fruit and veg healthy eating guidance could add £2.3bn to economy, create jobs and raise farmer profits, @green-alliance.org.uk report suggests www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2511934...
Expanding UK fruit and veg growing ‘could add £2.3bn to the economy’
Boosting UK fruit and veg production to meet healthy eating guidelines could increase farm profits, create jobs and add £2.3bn to the economy, a…
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April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Boosting UK horticulture to help Britons meet 'five a day' fruit and veg healthy eating guidance could add £2.3bn to economy, create jobs and raise farmer profits, @green-alliance.org.uk report suggests www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2511934...
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Many unaware of negative heat pump ‘myths’ but cost is big issue, polling finds
Many people have not heard some of the common myths and misconceptions about heat pumps, but cost is still a big barrier to their uptake, polling finds.
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Many people have not heard some of the common myths and misconceptions about heat pumps, but cost is still a big barrier to their uptake, polling finds.
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Many unaware of negative heat pump ‘myths’ but cost is big issue, polling finds
A survey showed half of people would likely switch to heat pumps if it meant savings on bills.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Many unaware of negative heat pump ‘myths’ but cost is big issue, polling finds
Many people have not heard some of the common myths and misconceptions about heat pumps, but cost is still a big barrier to their uptake, polling finds.
@emilybeament.bsky.social
Many people have not heard some of the common myths and misconceptions about heat pumps, but cost is still a big barrier to their uptake, polling finds.
@emilybeament.bsky.social
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Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study
Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.
Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.
Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study
Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study
Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.
Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.
Meanwhile, also on peat: Government plans to expand ban on burning peatland
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Heather burning ban on peatland to be expanded under Government plans
Healthy peatlands can help tackle climate change, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife.
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March 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Meanwhile, also on peat: Government plans to expand ban on burning peatland
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