Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws.

UK weakens regulations on air pollution, water quality, pesticides, antibiotics and agricultural emissions.

All to enable companies to make bigger profits. They won't bear the social cost.
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I’ll be there - will you?

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should Heineken

Just 6 companies dump 25% of global plastic pollution
1 Coca-Cola 11%
2 PepsiCo 5%
3 Nestle 3%
4 Danone 3%
5 Altria 2%
6 Philip Morris 2%

And just 56 companies dump more than 50% of global plastic, polluting at will with no consequences

THREAD

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

People don't approve of Restore Trust candidates family ignoring wildlife protection rules.
And smashing up the countryside while hunting illegally.

Millions of Glass Eels left stranded in the River Severn again this season
Critically Endangered but still no interest from the authorities involved !
SHAMEFUL

. Camilla Tominey and Tobias Ellwood MP why do you never talk about this? What do you suggest we do - just ignore it? #bbcpolitics

A sad find yesterday; it’s likely this Grass Snake was killed by a pheasant, something I’ve seen before. Juveniles are eaten while adults are readily assassinated on sight.

Tragic

Such an emotional piece. This is my lifetime and it brings a lump to my throat too! ‘More than 70 million birds have disappeared from the UK’s skies since 1970.’ #silentspring

Doing ecological studies during a biodiversity crisis is difficult. In 2002 I began studying Marsh Tits in an ancient woodland to see how a functioning population worked. After 10 yrs I realised I was now documenting their slide towards local extinction:

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Can we get this petition to 10,000 before it closes in an hour today?

dominic dyer

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Hats off to Richard Gadd for writing and starring in #BabyReindeer - a hard watch but thoroughly compulsive. Just had to binge, which is a probably bit ironic! Superb performance also by Jessica Gunning who was way too convincing.

So very depressing Government of Malta 🇲🇹

The deadline is 1700 on 17th April - for May 2nd 2024

Please retweet!

📢 There’s a way around the Govt’s voter-suppression tactics: apply for a postal vote, >no ID needed<. The vote comes to your door, via mail. I just applied successfully; it takes 10 mins all-in (& you’ll save time not having to walk to vote ;)
PleaseRT!
gov.uk/apply-postal-v…

Shocking and depressing. POCA should apply and those involved bankrupted imo. Won’t happen of course…

'7.6 million eligible voters in England and Wales are missing from the electoral roll'

- Electoral Reform Society, quoted in Byline Times, April

#r4today

Thank you Southern Water for a relaxing supper in the local pub with friends for my birthday. Our little Hampshire village. 9pm on a Saturday night. How on earth is this in anyway acceptable?

Marina Purkiss Thank you Marina for posting this. I have been researching SEZs for +5 years.
The article Mike Galsworthy posted was written by the incredible Ann Aubert 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇬🇧 (please follow her), it refers to a meeting I was also a guest speaker at, in Nov 2023. The meeting was titled 'You now live