‘What is the charge? Planting a cactus? A succulent Mexican cactus?!

Oh deary me! Truro and Falmouth MP Cherilyn Mackrory MP repeats industry propaganda dumped sewage is 95% water & the general public are confused.

Challenge Mrs Mackrory: Drink 1 glass of that 95% rainwater from a CSO I choose and I'll donate £1,000 to a charity you choose. (2/4)

British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild theguardian.com/environment/20…

Shocked by the injustices revealed by the The Guardian's stories on carer's allowance? Carers UK has launched an online parliamentary petition calling for a review, and urgent action from DWP to cap and prevent large overpayment debts for unpaid carers.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6604…

Well, that’s a wrap after more than six years at Climate Change Committee. It has been a wonderful privilege.

The handle of this account will change shortly, but please continue to follow. I’ll keep tweeting on climate when I move across to The Carbon Trust from next week.

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VG to see this public commitment to legally binding nature targets and the link to dealing with climate change. But tbh it is all about urgent delivery at scale now. We need all parties to set out credible policy and plans for how they will do this. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My The Guardian story on the DWP whistleblower who was sacked just months after being praised by MPs for bringing to public attention the administrative failures that led to thousands of carers being fined and prosecuted theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Policing Minister Chris Philp has just asked if Congo is a different country from Rwanda while on BBC's Question Time 👀

SO disingenuous when the DFT has been commissioning work on getting people out of their cars and onto public transport. gov.uk/government/pub…

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Helena Horton Steph Spyro I went there recently - the enclosure is tiny.

And even if it was massive, the penguins would still be captive.

Such a weird thing to threaten to sue over. Well done Steph!

Why did Lab back Tories putting 💷growth before people & nature? Polluters should pay!

Healthy rivers enable our economy; without water & wildlife we have no food, health, industry

Jenny Jones Tim Farron Wildlife and Countryside Link RiverActionUK Feargal Sharkey

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Great story by Steph Spyro - the penguins ARE captive express.co.uk/news/uk/187550…

‘Huge disappointment’ as UK delays bottle deposit plan and excludes glass theguardian.com/environment/20…

#Breaking Actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 in damages each to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media, by a High Court judge

Interview with head of UK climate watchdog, Chris Stark:
• Boris Johnson strongest leader on climate in recent yrs
• Sunak net zero speech slowed electric car sales
• Ministers 'running scared' of farmers re CO2 cuts
• Just Stop Oil not helping
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thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…

#BugsMatter #CitizenScience survey shows further decreases in UK insect numbers

🪰The troubling extent of #InsectDeclines in the UK has been highlighted once again by the 2023 Bugs Matter citizen science survey published today.

ℹ️ Read the full story 👇
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Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is about Tommy Nichol, a prisoner who took his life after saying he couldn't cope with the 'psychological torture' of a 99-year-sentence. It's the first in a series, and it feels weird writing it without teaming up with the much missed Eric Allison
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

This is a good question. Why have heat pumps become a bit of a contentious topic in the UK?

I'm late to it, but wanted to have a proper go at answering it...
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Thursday’s The Guardian front page: Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years theguardian.com/politics/2024/…