“These riots are not a cry of pain from the most deprived. They are perpetrated by people who find a sense of belonging by attacking others on the basis of ethnicity, and who believe their own frustrations will diminish if other people are having it worse” lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

Californian fires destroy trees used in carbon credit scheme (again) ft.com/content/a3eb4c…

“Cannot run a livestream” has such Clueless venom

Great day yesterday exploring Worth Forest with the legend that is ‘trespassing botanist’ Dave Bangs. Check out the size of this ancient coppiced small-leaved lime! We reckoned over 5 metres circumference, so what’s that in terms of age?!

I've called on the newly elected UK Government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to #StopSendingArms to Israel. This is crucial to help secure a permanent and lasting ceasefire. Please take action too: oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/c…

It's real!! Very excited to hold in my hands a hardback copy of my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND - an expose of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain. Published 12th September - pre-order yours here: lnkfi.re/dsHR7n

In which I break down why joy is a strategy in the best but even more in the worst of times. And take a side swipe at the endless advice to tack to the middle. What's not to love?

Greenpeace expedition finds sperm whales, orcas, dolphins in Arctic areas targeted for deep sea mining “Norway's push for deep sea mining is anti-science, irresponsible and the opposite of what we need in the midst of an ongoing climate crisis" independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Kamala Harris Anat Shenker-Osorio 🟧 What the shifting approach amounts to is a more fearless and less risk-averse, more emotionally attuned and less wonky, more human and less data-driven, more pugnacious and less high-minded Democratic Party. If so, it's about time. FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/new-democrat…

There are many reasons why #DeepSeaMining is a terrible idea. Here are three more. act.gp/3yBbCUF

And then 2023 was massive - both wind and solar installs smashed all previous records, setting up 2024 to hit the 2030 target 6 years early. Capex has slid so much that there's no discussion about whether subsidies are necessary to maintain growth. The projects just make money.

NEW deep-sea drama: The Brazilian oceanographer poised to helm the world's seabed mining agency (ISA) is planning to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement surrounding her predecessor, Michael Lodge. In E&E News: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

BREAKING: The UK gov't has rightly recognised that approving the Rosebank oil field without taking into account the full extent of its climate impacts was unlawful. It has conceded that argument in our & Greenpeace's legal challenge against the field. So what does that mean? 🧵

Ever heard of a FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER? Bubblegum coral? Or Casper the ghost octopus? 👻🐙 Scientists have found incredible marine life around a newly discovered MASSIVE underwater mountain! edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/sci…

The world installed 76% more solar last year than the year before Solar. Can't stop, won't stop 😎

REVEALED: just 16% of nature reserves owned by water companies are in favourable condition - from official data I FOI’d Major landowners must be made accountable for how they treat land - the central theme of my book The Lie of the Land, out 12th Sept 1/ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Exclusive: England landowners given £9bn in environment payments despite decline in nature - new detail from Guy Shrubsole upcoming book! theguardian.com/environment/ar…

REVEALED: Landowners in England have been paid £9billion in 'stewardship' payments over past 30yrs - yet nature continues to decline Large landowners should be required to publish reports showing how they are stewarding land for nature and carbon 1/ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

REVEALED: Tory Environment Secretary Steve Barclay rejected expert advice for review of climate impacts on soil fertility Officials warned him govt's Agricultural Land Classification system is 'decades old' & will be obsolete by 2030 Story in today's Times; FOI'd docs below 1/

“National parks in Britain are not, in fact, owned by the nation. The majority of land within them is privately owned, much of it by large aristocratic estates.” 🖊️ Guy Shrubsole newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…