Elizabeth Barratt
@izzyb3030.bsky.social
Ecologist 🦇🐋🦡/Concert & festival goer/ Green socialist/ Sale Sharks 🦈 supporter
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SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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May 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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🦇 Have you explored our eLearning platorm yet? We have some amazing webinars and training courses on there for you to explore: learn.bats.org.uk/collections
May 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🦇 Have you explored our eLearning platorm yet? We have some amazing webinars and training courses on there for you to explore: learn.bats.org.uk/collections
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The governments own impact assessment of the planning and infrastructure bill concludes that there is no significant evidence that environmental legislation is a barrier to development www.gov.uk/government/p...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment
Impact assessment relating to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
www.gov.uk
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The governments own impact assessment of the planning and infrastructure bill concludes that there is no significant evidence that environmental legislation is a barrier to development www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🚨Email your MP to back my Bill to ban pesticides from public spaces! 🐝🌱
We’re facing a biodiversity crisis and our urban areas can help reverse this decline.
100 councils have already taken action and with proper legislation and guidance, the rest can too.
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe...
We’re facing a biodiversity crisis and our urban areas can help reverse this decline.
100 councils have already taken action and with proper legislation and guidance, the rest can too.
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe...
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨Email your MP to back my Bill to ban pesticides from public spaces! 🐝🌱
We’re facing a biodiversity crisis and our urban areas can help reverse this decline.
100 councils have already taken action and with proper legislation and guidance, the rest can too.
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe...
We’re facing a biodiversity crisis and our urban areas can help reverse this decline.
100 councils have already taken action and with proper legislation and guidance, the rest can too.
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe...
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How will bats respond to climate change? Our new paper shows that Nathusius's pipistrelles are likely to expand their European range, but most other bats will lose out. Things look particularly bad for the pond bat, which is already declining rapidly. 🌍🦇#bats #climatechange doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
How will bats respond to climate change? Our new paper shows that Nathusius's pipistrelles are likely to expand their European range, but most other bats will lose out. Things look particularly bad for the pond bat, which is already declining rapidly. 🌍🦇#bats #climatechange doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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This lovely piece by BCT is well worth a read. Help debunk the bat tunnel myth when you see it!
www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
Throwing bats under the train: HS2’s bat tunnel and the dangerous spin behind deregulation - News - Bat Conservation Trust
HS2's so-called bat tunnel has become a political scapegoat, used to justify rolling back environmental protections. But the real story is very different. This page breaks down what the bat tunnel is,...
www.bats.org.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This lovely piece by BCT is well worth a read. Help debunk the bat tunnel myth when you see it!
www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
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Here is a petition - Stop Arming Israel - the arms trade is shameful (the only industry Margaret Thatcher was interested in)
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Stop arming Israel: sign our petition now
www.oxfam.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Here is a petition - Stop Arming Israel - the arms trade is shameful (the only industry Margaret Thatcher was interested in)
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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A familiar face to those of a certain age. Fascinating man, great legacy.
As the 50th anniversary of his death approaches, we remember that the bearlike film star James Robertson Justice also left an environmental legacy as a founder of the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at Slimbridge
@radiopricey.bluesky.social
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@radiopricey.bluesky.social
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
Much-loved comedy actor was a Gloucestershire wildlife champion
As the 50th anniversary of his death approaches, we remember that the bearlike film star James Robertson Justice also left an environmental legacy as a founder of the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at Sli...
westenglandbylines.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A familiar face to those of a certain age. Fascinating man, great legacy.
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SAVE THE DATE 📢
On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority.
This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details!
RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.
On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority.
This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details!
RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
SAVE THE DATE 📢
On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority.
This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details!
RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.
On 9th July 2025, we’re heading to Westminster to show MPs that climate & nature must be a priority.
This is your chance to speak directly to your MP & call for urgent action. Stay tuned for details!
RT & spread the word for people, climate & nature.
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“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”
Via @theguardian.com
Via @theguardian.com
The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay
If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“If a car generates more potholes in our roads, takes up more parking space and poses more danger to pedestrians, cyclists and other car occupants compared with smaller vehicles, then it is only fair that its owner pays more for driving that vehicle.”
Via @theguardian.com
Via @theguardian.com
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Very early budburst on pedunculate oaks. Quite widespread in the wood. Any late frosts will clobber them (and the caterpillars hatching on them). The oak phenology is much earlier than the breeding tits, which are nowhere near egg-laying yet.
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Very early budburst on pedunculate oaks. Quite widespread in the wood. Any late frosts will clobber them (and the caterpillars hatching on them). The oak phenology is much earlier than the breeding tits, which are nowhere near egg-laying yet.
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It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
April 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s still a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history.
Please share it as much as you can.
Please share it as much as you can.
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Is it time for the Labour Party to return to its socialist roots? This writer argues that it should have done so long ago. Part 2 of 2 | Colin Tudge
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Why Don’t Starmer and Reeves try socialism? Part 2
Is it time for the Labour Party to return to its socialist roots? This writer argues that it should have done so long ago. Part 2 of 2
westenglandbylines.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Is it time for the Labour Party to return to its socialist roots? This writer argues that it should have done so long ago. Part 2 of 2 | Colin Tudge
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
@westenglandbylines.co.uk
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March 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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🇸🇪 Sweden sets record with 99% clean electricity production in 2024. They also achieved the lowest wholesale electricity prices in the EU in the same year.
🔌💡 www-energiforetagen-se.translate.goog/pressrum/pre...
🔌💡 www-energiforetagen-se.translate.goog/pressrum/pre...
Nytt rekord: Svensk el till 99 procent fossilfri - Energiföretagen Sverige
Sverige har ett av världens bästa elsystem och förra året slog svensk el nytt rekord och var till 99 procent fossilfri samtidigt som den fortsatt är billigast i EU, detta enl...
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March 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🇸🇪 Sweden sets record with 99% clean electricity production in 2024. They also achieved the lowest wholesale electricity prices in the EU in the same year.
🔌💡 www-energiforetagen-se.translate.goog/pressrum/pre...
🔌💡 www-energiforetagen-se.translate.goog/pressrum/pre...
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‘Bridget Phillipson has suggested cutting school spending by £500 million and ending universal free meals for infants.’
Is this the same Labour that campaigned tirelessly for free primary school breakfast clubs, or did I dream that?
Is this the same Labour that campaigned tirelessly for free primary school breakfast clubs, or did I dream that?
March 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
‘Bridget Phillipson has suggested cutting school spending by £500 million and ending universal free meals for infants.’
Is this the same Labour that campaigned tirelessly for free primary school breakfast clubs, or did I dream that?
Is this the same Labour that campaigned tirelessly for free primary school breakfast clubs, or did I dream that?
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Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
March 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Seabirds and shorebirds along the East coast are in trouble.🚨
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
Avian flu, climate change & food shortages have already hit them hard.
Now, plastic pollution threatens the places they'll soon gather to feed, nest & raise their chicks.
They need our help: www.rspb.org.uk/donate/emerg...
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Here's our #PlanningBill Second Reading briefing to go with the blog: wcl.org.uk/docs/Plannin...
We hope Parliamentarians and Government will work across parties to take this chance to make planning work for nature.
We hope Parliamentarians and Government will work across parties to take this chance to make planning work for nature.
March 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's our #PlanningBill Second Reading briefing to go with the blog: wcl.org.uk/docs/Plannin...
We hope Parliamentarians and Government will work across parties to take this chance to make planning work for nature.
We hope Parliamentarians and Government will work across parties to take this chance to make planning work for nature.
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BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
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🔥 And please share this link so everyone see it.
Furthermore - please 'like' the video on YouTube. It all helps!
Furthermore - please 'like' the video on YouTube. It all helps!
Rejoining the EU currently being debated in House of Parliament:
LIVE link --> www.youtube.com/live/yJdFBSA...
LIVE link --> www.youtube.com/live/yJdFBSA...
E-petition debate relating to the UK joining the European Union - Monday 24 March
YouTube video by UK Parliament
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March 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🔥 And please share this link so everyone see it.
Furthermore - please 'like' the video on YouTube. It all helps!
Furthermore - please 'like' the video on YouTube. It all helps!
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UK charities urge ministers to stop scapegoating nature for planning failures
UK charities urge ministers to stop scapegoating nature for planning failures
Exclusive: RSPB and National Trust among groups saying rhetoric from Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer at odds with public sentiment
Nature charities with a combined membership of about 8 million people are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to stop demonising wildlife and to urgently strengthen environmental protections in new planning laws.
Organisations which are household names, such as the RSPB, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, are calling on MPs to back amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill to end what they say is the scapegoating of nature for the failures of the planning system. They say the anti-nature rhetoric employed by Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer, who has labelled environmental objectors as “blockers”, is at odds with public sentiment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
UK charities urge ministers to stop scapegoating nature for planning failures
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“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹
This is brutal. 👇
This is brutal. 👇
The Nasty Party is back
The ‘nasty party’ is back—this time wearing a red rose. Labour’s Wes Streeting claims mental health is ‘overdiagnosed.’
northeastbylines.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹
This is brutal. 👇
This is brutal. 👇
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In Finland they have Universal healthcare
No gun violence
No tuition fees to attend university
No homelessness
You want to know how?
Finland only has 7 billionaires, the richest of which is worth $2.83 Billion
No gun violence
No tuition fees to attend university
No homelessness
You want to know how?
Finland only has 7 billionaires, the richest of which is worth $2.83 Billion
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
In Finland they have Universal healthcare
No gun violence
No tuition fees to attend university
No homelessness
You want to know how?
Finland only has 7 billionaires, the richest of which is worth $2.83 Billion
No gun violence
No tuition fees to attend university
No homelessness
You want to know how?
Finland only has 7 billionaires, the richest of which is worth $2.83 Billion
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"Poverty in Britain exists not because we don't have enough money to satisfy the needs of the poor, but because we don't have enough money to satisfy the greed of the rich."
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
Russell Jones's Week Moment: Billionaires, Miscarriages of Capitalism, and Bin Collections
In the week the Government cut £5 billion in benefit payments, Russell Jones takes the UK's tax-dodging billionaires to task and urges Labour to get on with imposing a wealth tax
www.bylinesupplement.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Poverty in Britain exists not because we don't have enough money to satisfy the needs of the poor, but because we don't have enough money to satisfy the greed of the rich."
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on wealth tax and the new austerity.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...