Jenny Rhodes
@jennyrhodes42.bsky.social
Peace, nature, equality. From East Anglia, but love travelling, especially in Europe. Writer and editor on the East Anglia Bylines team. 🇪🇺
Reason enough. “Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London… …lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Reason enough. “Children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London… …lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
theguardian.com
Pecksniff casts a beady eye over alleged voter intimidation by Reform activists in Clacton, plus * Farage ‘misspeaks’ over his election-night no-show * Rupert Lowe takes an axe to 25 years of legislation * Zia Yusuf gets another slap-down from Farage.... & more..
Pecksniff: Alleged strong-arm tactics at the polls as Farage wins Clacton
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Burnham: “This summer has shown beyond doubt that climate change is not a far-off prospect but with us today… I know people are deeply worried about the climate crisis… This govt will rise to the moment & build a better, fairer, greener & more resilient Britain” www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
I will send in as many troops as are needed to fight tinderbox Britain
The country is a tinderbox right now, and we must take extraordinary steps to protect ourselves, says prime minister Andy Burnham
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Wildfires have devastated Dunwich Heath and Middlewick this summer. But as temperatures rise, there’s an uncomfortable question we need to ask: are we protecting our precious wild spaces and habitats – or does our sense of entitlement to access them freely put them at greater risk?
Wildfires: do we love our wild spaces too much?
As a scorching summer fuels wildfires, our unlimited access to wild spaces raises uncomfortable questions about protecting them
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“Exam factory” is not a metaphor – it’s the UK system today. Over two decades, academisation turned schools into marketised engines generating human capital, not curious citizens. Norwich educators want to buck the trend. It's time to rethink education writes Cllr Gary Champion.
Beyond the test: let’s reclaim education for the next generation
How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for young people How we can reclaim educational practice to make education more meaningful and worthwhile for y...
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🌳 🌺 🦇 A 12-year study by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Solar Farm showed renewable energy generation improving biodiversity, with e.g. meadow pipit numbers doubling. Over time, 41% biodiversity net gain was recorded under the solar panels. www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/new-rep...
New report of Suffolk solar farm showcases ecological best practice | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Pioneering 12-year study carried out by Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Broxted Estate & Solar Farm Suffolk demonstrates how renewable energy generation and biodiversity restoration can be achieved together...
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I’ve seen this in France too.
@alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 3w agoIn Amsterdam, residents can apply for the city to remove the pavement stones and prepare a narrow planting bed helping Dutch streets become greener, cooler and better prepared for heavy rain. #ActOnClimate #Smartcities #ClimateActionNow
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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It’s not just the heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and flooding… “Climate action makes economic sense. A million British livelihoods now depend on the net zero economy.” Essex CC cancelling net zero policies is very concerning. We can’t go backwards now… eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
‘We will not be closing’
Reform cancels “net stupid zero” but the work of the climate commission won't be stopping
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While fires rage in large parts of Europe incl UK, farmers face crop failure and livestock loss, every RefUK or Tory politician on the news must be challenged on their "let's do away with costly net zero nonsense" stance, side-by-side with live images of the cost of inaction. Expose the charlatans.
"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I wont stop him." <stop stop he's dead gif>
Innovative thinking.
Pascal Jacquemain@jacquep.bsky.social · 2mo agoSwitzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys share.google/nw0ojKKXnID1...
Ever climbed into a car that's been baking in the sun and wondered why our biggest car parks don't have shade? The Government was considering exactly that. It has now quietly parked the idea. Here's why it matters. eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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A clear message from the National Emergency Briefing is that extreme weather is not a future threat, it’s happening NOW, as we can see this week. The film lays out the problems and solutions. Screenings are all over East Anglia soon. See the map for one near you. Link in article. By Mark Popay
New emergency briefing warns UK climate risks are accelerating
The National Emergency Briefing warns the UK is facing climate impacts far sooner and more severely than expected
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This is not fake news. Reform MP Sarah Pochin really does argue the answer to the domestic abuse associated with football is to hope the team keeps winning. Reform are part of the problem, not the way we achieve a safer and more equal future for all.
Nigel Farage. A proper football fan who hasn't moved an inch in almost two years.
To mark National Volunteers Week, we highlight again the Norfolk asylum seekers who do great work as volunteers helping to improve their communities. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...
New Norfolk partnership helps asylum seekers volunteer
In a win-win process, asylum seekers in Norfolk do great work as volunteers to help make their communities better
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This will upset the oil lobby and their pocket politicians. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Big win for wetlands! Thanks to habitat restoration at Blue House Farm, the black-headed gull has soared to the top of our survey list, with numbers also rising for Mediterranean gulls and shovelers. Proof that restoration works. Report by Jenny Rhodes
New survey provides snapshot of the Essex bird populations
Findings in Essex survey show a resurgence for some species and several others to keep a concerned eye on
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Reform UK’s Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket branch has deleted its social media accounts after a series of inflammatory posts. But the explanation now being offered is raising almost as many questions as the posts themselves.
James O’Brien baffled by Reform’s response about ‘vile’ Facebook posts
A Suffolk Reform local group says its social media accounts were ‘hijacked by agitators’
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