Monty Larkin
@montylarkin.bsky.social
42yrs working for nature and landscape and elms; now retired. Founder of former Sussex Pony Grazing & Conservation Trust. Postings mainly about countryside, environmental, climate, politics, etc. Author and countryside writer. I now live in Pembrokeshire.
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that
Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that www.theguardian.com/environment/...
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Clearing the huge amount of seaborne storm/s debris off the beach at Torre del Mar. Mainly sugar cane brought down by the rivers.
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Clearing the huge amount of seaborne storm/s debris off the beach at Torre del Mar. Mainly sugar cane brought down by the rivers.
Pics of the huge amount of debris deposited along the beach at Torre del Mar.
Hundreds of tonnes - mainly of naturalised sugar cane which thrives along the seasonal(!) watercourses. Also, the town's improvised flood defences.
Hundreds of tonnes - mainly of naturalised sugar cane which thrives along the seasonal(!) watercourses. Also, the town's improvised flood defences.
February 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Pics of the huge amount of debris deposited along the beach at Torre del Mar.
Hundreds of tonnes - mainly of naturalised sugar cane which thrives along the seasonal(!) watercourses. Also, the town's improvised flood defences.
Hundreds of tonnes - mainly of naturalised sugar cane which thrives along the seasonal(!) watercourses. Also, the town's improvised flood defences.
BBC News - Spain and Portugal reel from the impact of Storm Leonardo - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Spain and Portugal reel from the impact of Storm Leonardo
A blocked weather pattern has been bringing persistent heavy rain to the Iberian Peninsula. As Darren Bett explains, that's not the only type of extreme weather affecting Europe at the moment.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
BBC News - Spain and Portugal reel from the impact of Storm Leonardo - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
BBC News - UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall
Anyone thinking it had been a particularly drab and wet January, that has been confirmed by the Met Office's latest monthly figures, as Chris Fawkes explains.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BBC News - UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For those interested in consuming so-called posh, artisan or sourdough breads, as opposed to mass-produced/supermarket breads.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley...
Chorleywood bread process - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
For those interested in consuming so-called posh, artisan or sourdough breads, as opposed to mass-produced/supermarket breads.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorley...
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Here is what I wrote a few weeks back on strengthening UK food system resilience: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts
Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Here is what I wrote a few weeks back on strengthening UK food system resilience: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Read our digest 👉 tinyurl.com/53tmhcaa
Digest: National Security Assessment - AFN Network+
Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse - read our...
tinyurl.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Defra has quietly published what should be one of the most significant reports on UK food security in years: a national security assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse. Read our digest 👉 tinyurl.com/53tmhcaa
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Faster breakdown of nitrous oxide (GHG that helps destroy the ozone layer): "a feedback loop that adds another layer of complexity to climate projections."
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
Climate change is accelerating the breakdown of atmospheric nitrous oxide, introducing uncertainty into future climate and ozone projections comparable to differences between major emissions scenarios. doi.org/hbnjrz
Global warming is speeding breakdown of major greenhouse gas, research shows
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, to break down in the atmosphere more quickly than previously thought, introducing significant uncertainty into climate projections for the rest of the 21st century.
phys.org
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Faster breakdown of nitrous oxide (GHG that helps destroy the ozone layer): "a feedback loop that adds another layer of complexity to climate projections."
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
[Seen elsewhere: the breakdown of methane (GHG that helps produce air-polluting ground-level ozone) is taking longer: bsky.app/profile/anni...
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Latest score ...
Offshore wind 5 - 0 Trump Administration
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Offshore wind 5 - 0 Trump Administration
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Trump to proceed
Ruling clears Denmark’s Ørsted to resume construction on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Latest score ...
Offshore wind 5 - 0 Trump Administration
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Offshore wind 5 - 0 Trump Administration
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by Monty Larkin
The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Winter sport needs snow-not fossil fuels
Eni, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas corporations, is using the Winter Olympics to greenwash its fossil-fuelled destruction
If you agree that polluters shouldn’t get a podium at the Games, share the video
(Proudly human-made. No AI)
#WinterOlympics
Eni, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas corporations, is using the Winter Olympics to greenwash its fossil-fuelled destruction
If you agree that polluters shouldn’t get a podium at the Games, share the video
(Proudly human-made. No AI)
#WinterOlympics
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Winter sport needs snow-not fossil fuels
Eni, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas corporations, is using the Winter Olympics to greenwash its fossil-fuelled destruction
If you agree that polluters shouldn’t get a podium at the Games, share the video
(Proudly human-made. No AI)
#WinterOlympics
Eni, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas corporations, is using the Winter Olympics to greenwash its fossil-fuelled destruction
If you agree that polluters shouldn’t get a podium at the Games, share the video
(Proudly human-made. No AI)
#WinterOlympics
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Buy organic, plant an apple tree.
cheap food has hidden costs....
cheap food has hidden costs....
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with the growing toxic cocktail with major #PublicHealth implications
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Pesticide cocktails’ polluting apples across Europe, study finds
Pan Europe found several pesticide residues in 85% of apples, with some showing traces of up to seven chemicals
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Buy organic, plant an apple tree.
cheap food has hidden costs....
cheap food has hidden costs....
Reposted by Monty Larkin
Fifty new houses going up on a greenfield site near my tiny village, not a solar panel in sight. No infrastructure, almost no public transport. Pig ugly to boot. Why are we allowing this?
January 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Fifty new houses going up on a greenfield site near my tiny village, not a solar panel in sight. No infrastructure, almost no public transport. Pig ugly to boot. Why are we allowing this?