Not sure how much a new documentary on fragile Earth ecosystems will help Cornwall?

EXC: Thames Water to try to borrow even more money in bid for survival - before it knows what % Ofwat will let it hike bills by

By ⁦Alex Lawson⁩ and ⁦Anna Isaac⁩ theguardian.com/business/2024/…

- water companies in England & Wales paid £2.5bn in dividends and added £8.2bn to net debt in the 2 financial years since 2021, via @ft research

- the 16 water monopolies paid £78bn in dividends in 32 years since 1991 privatisation

ft.com/content/c3cdfe… via @ft

“They talked about ferrets so much that I was not even able to speak”

Another Truss classic.

Londoners when they return from a trip up north

What’s so silly about government policy on beavers (or lack of) is that they are steadily recolonising England by themselves anyway. People overwhelmingly want beavers back in our landscapes, and the Conservatives could have got great political kudos for having helped clear the…

*See this chain & pls RT*

Could not be more relevant to understand that ancient olive groves which have been burned *can re-sprout*, if heat was not to the core.

Preserves critical genetic variation for the future.

oliveoiltimes.com/business/europ…

Too much UK ancient woodland has been lost to development, destroyed or polluted by dirty water, doggy bags or dumping or trampled by visitor pressure.

Here’s what an ancient woodland should look like.
#shiftingbaseline #wildflowerhour #ancientwoodland

Pls RT to remind people

Hugo Tagholm Kevin Brice Surfers Against Sewage RiverActionUK The paradox is that the water industry is one of the most regulated industries in the UK in terms of environment and funding.

Problem is that the funding model created and incentivised this issue.

And
Enforcers have been defunded and weakened.

I'm curious, an example of ‘habitat’ which will be ‘created’ as BNG?

What species are supported here?
What will this ‘habitat’ look like after 12, 24, 36 months?
& to offset loss of irreplaceable habitat? we have to assume the worst in the absence of evidence
Helena Horton

x.com/juliebygraves/…

Mark Avery Major problem is solar being built by powerful interests without looking at existing ecology and land use. Hence solar on grazing marsh, calcareous fen, Cetti’s warbler habitat being pushed through in East Sussex. Floodplain undermined.

Chatsworth Estate is the beneficiary.

The South Downs are home to amazing wildlife & habitats from dragonflies to chalk grassland🌱

But like so many of our landscapes, it's all under threat👎

In our new blog sonicthehedgehog talks through why restoring the South Downs is vitally important👇

wcl.org.uk/restore-the-do…

Contemplations.

Is an art tourism development on public chalk grassland, at public expense, the right project for levelling up? In an ecology and climate emergency?