Tory staff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Unbelievably short sighted move from a government presiding over a chronic teacher recruitment crisis. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Ah, it’s begun. The people who for years denied reality and criticised scientists and activists, costing us vital decades, have begun to understand the anger they will soon face for putting us all in unimaginable danger.

Unearthed @ue wanted to find out who was behind all the Facebook groups springing up demanding an end to ULEZ and what was going on them...

They found Tory staff running a network of groups riddled with racism, climate conspiracies and abuse ( 1/6)

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EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, leading scientists say Patrick Greenfield theguardian.com/environment/20…

Labour says UK nature under threat and pledges to halt decline | Green politics | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Steve Reed writes for ⁦The Guardian⁩ on what Labour will do for UK’s natural environment theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Is it possible some of this risk is owing to the human-caused climate crisis that Jeremy Clarkson spent so long telling us he didn’t believe in?

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Please share widely - the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. We’re thrilled to have the wonderful Philip Pullman as a judge - Martha was such a fan of his books

Great interview with climate protestor Trudi Warner on a year being pursued by government lawyers determined to prosecute her over a jurors’ rights protest - by Sandra Laville theguardian.com/environment/20…

UK govt under pressure to set up green levy on UK imports theguardian.com/environment/20…

Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog theguardian.com/environment/20…

So what if every one of those countries made the same 1% argument to justify inaction or slowing down? Lo and behold, they do!

See these headlines below from France, Australia, Canada, Spain, Argentina, all making exactly the same argument...

MPs are seeking to understand how structural relationships between farmers, food producers and manufacturers, handlers and distributors, retailers and consumers could be improved. Committee can accept anonymous written submissions. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evide…

Amazing to see Laura Kuenssberg allowing Luke Johnson to suggest unchallenged in response to Chris Packham that there is no link between record rainfall, record temperatures and record carbon in atmosphere. What scientific qualifications does Johnson have? #notbalance

Could not agree more with this. Disgraceful that cynical marketing to children was not just allowed but encouraged by this govt. Was it not obvious to them that ice cream flavour vapes were geared to children, not hardened smokers? Was there really no clue there?

Vaping, faux recyclable or not, has set us on course for the next public health crisis, with children and teenagers heavily targeted and now addicted. Deregulation has allowed the tobacco industry to cynically exploit young people who were not smokers.
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Latest from me: A radical politics rooted in nature is spreading – and the establishment doesn’t like it theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Guy Shrubsole Lewis Winks

I had a very enjoyable day on Friday receiving my MBE for services to climate science from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace. It was a great honour to receive royal congratulations and wonderful to be among such inspiring company.