You can’t see it, but there’s a filthy stench of diesel emanating from this train at Shrewsbury station. Did someone forget to tell them to turn off the engine?

Economists and govts are in denial over the true costs of climate crisis which will destroy economies, warns climate summit chief. World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says theguardian.com/environment/20…

Farmers have generally resisted reform to subsidies. This picture in May shows the combination of drought plus overstocking of sheep on the uplands munching the grass back to the soil, which will create erosion and reduce soil quality.

Apple launches self-service repair option for iPads businessgreen.com/4414224/ via BusinessGreen A small but significant move away from the throw-away economy

This 4 mm insect has been touring the perimeter of our garden table for an age. What is he looking for? What is he doing? Who is he?

It is precisely because Reform and the conservative Right want to destroy the BBC that the corporation’s liberals feel doubly obliged to promote them. It’s a sort of altruistic masochism. And the Right know it. Meantime the radical Left - eg George Monbiot - are denied airtime

Understandable that Greta Thunberg is appalled by #Gaza. But her protest gives weight to the idea that climate change is just one of the suite of woke issues.

Brilliant Report. Well worth a read. Seaweed conservation ‘inadequate’ to fight alarming loss, report finds via Financial Times on.ft.com/4mRIYTl

There isn't a single scientist left who thinks we won't exceed horrific global warming of 1.75-2.25°C in the coming years.

Scary data from NASA on weather extremes. Ed Hawkins Richard Betts Met Office Michael Mann Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ ://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events

Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says. Roger Harrabin eciu.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

💥Massive legal win for RiverActionUK💥 Judge rules that livestock mega farms must take account of cumulative environmental impact Had this ruling been there 10 years ago the desecration of the River Wye by intensive 🐓production would never have happened shropshirestar.com/news/2025/06/1…

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Yes, another problem we hadn’t anticipated. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

I’m at #Glastonbury at #GreenFutures. glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/areas/the-gree… Discussing #Trump on Sat 5pm with MetOffice’s Prof Richard Betts and consumerism on Sunday 11am with TV's green dragon Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 . Join us. And rejoice that the tent is big and shady.

We might get lucky & survive the extreme heat, the fires, the floods. We’re not going to survive running out of food.

I remember being told by Elliot Morley, enviro minister, in 2005 that govt did not know who was abstracting what water, as system was so poor. He was trying to fix it then. Nothing has been done since.

This is insane 😐 Get ready for the most widespread and severe heatwave so far this summer by the end of June into July, Europe…

Tree planters in urban areas face a difficult choice. They may want to plant native species for wildlife, but the temperature in Cities is likely to favour more exotic species. Maybe some species can fulfil both needs?

Just imagine what global temperatures will be like in the next 20 to 30 to 40 years. It doesn’t bear thinking about. And politicians approving that by ignoring it.