‘Footage of industrial fishing vessels ripping up seagrass cut from Attenborough film Ocean.. deemed too harsh for the public’ Make sure to see Ocean because it’s amazing. But most because the industrial fishing lobby doesn’t want you to. thetimes.com/article/1adc8b…

June 2025 was the third warmest June on record after 2024 and 2023 in the ERA5 dataset. It was approximately 1.3C above preindustrial (1850-1900) levels.

"Electric cars sales account for a quarter of UK registrations" EV sales in June 25 up 46% on June 24, while petrol sales are down 11% thetimes.com/business-money…

UK flower growers supplying weddings have faced a punishing year because of the dry and hot conditions, prompting farmers to warn that they are battling increasingly unpredictable weather. thetimes.com/uk/environment… (Photo: stunning UK flower arrangement at #Groundswell2025)

NEW Nigel Topping chosen as new chair of Climate Change Committee, pending formalities Will bring experience from business world & UN climate talks to the role Follows years-long delay after former Tory minister Lord Deben quit as chair Piers Forster steered ship in interim capacity

A mass lobbying exercise of UK MPs on climate change and nature is taking place on Wednesday at 9.30am theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-change… Will it get as much coverage as the NFU's mass lobby over IHT on 19 November? I doubt it, unless Tanya Steele rides into Westminster on a bison...

Yorkshire Water becomes first big water company this year to impose a hosepipe ban due to dry conditions - starts 11 July As first revealed by The Times a week ago thetimes.com/uk/environment…

A veteran water company boss has said the amount of money paid out by water firms in dividends was “bloody criminal”. Colin Skellett, who was CEO of Wessex Water for 36 years, said regulator Ofwat had turned a blind eye to excessive dividends. 👇 thetimes.com/uk/environment…

At least half of the bestselling car brands in Britain are being investigated by the government for suspected #dieselgate “defeat devices” that dupe official tests to make models appear less polluting thetimes.com/uk/environment…

“It took from the invention of the photovoltaic solar cell, in 1954, until 2022 for the world to install a terawatt of solar power; the second terawatt came just two years later, and the third will arrive either later this year or early next.” newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

The UK is experiencing an extraordinary year for wildfires. 🔥 more call-outs for firefighters in the first six months than any year to date 🔥 larger area burnt by wildfires than any EU country bar Romania 🔥 "It’s a warning sign," says Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏 thetimes.com/uk/environment…

🐞Some good news for a change. It’s been a bumper year for ladybirds, with a loveliness of the insects stopping playing at the cricket this week. linkedin.com/pulse/easier-s…

Labour goes on the offensive on net zero • Steve Reed MP says Reform stance "unpatriotic" • Ed Miliband says action to slow climate change "betrayal • While Met Office report finds record-breaking heat now the norm The Times and The Sunday Times story 👇 thetimes.com/uk/environment…

Urgh, the grimness of this! "White storks used plastic and human debris as nesting material in 91% of nests." New study on birds in Portugal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Three regions of England are already in drought. Up to five more could tip into drought later this year in a worst case scenario, the Environment Agency fears. Comes as Thames Water imposes a hosepipe ban next week. At that point circa 7.5 million people will be under a ban.

Labour and the Tories have traded blows about Britain’s carbon emissions goal, with energy and net zero secretary, Ed Miliband, accusing the Conservatives of being “anti-science and anti-jobs”. linkedin.com/pulse/uk-energ…