This has always been clear: plant-based meat alternatives are better for the planet and, at least compared to red meat, better for your health. That this is not widely accepted is the product of meat industry disinfo, science illiteracy, and some very stupid journalists. www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/h...

Eating this ultraprocessed food may be good for you and the planet, experts say | CNN

Plant-based meats have been viewed at times as ultraprocessed and possibly unhealthy. But some experts believe they deserve a second look.

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My book for today @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #neoliberalism

Earth’s energy imbalance has more than DOUBLED in 20 years. Earth’s boiling on the stove. The lid’s on the pan. And ‘leaders’ are still cranking the heat higher & higher & higher with $7,000,000,000,000 in yearly fossil fuel subsidies.

Without fungi we will all die. Yet 90% of fungi biodiversity hotspots are unprotected & threatened with destruction. Once again we see there are no sane arguments for continuing with this system that can only be sustained by killing everything on the planet, including us.

Earth’s underground network of fungi needs urgent protection, say researchers

Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas

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Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." --U.S. founding father Thomas Jefferson

Fair enough...BUT 2C will almost certainly be breached well before 2050 According to UK Institute of Actuaries this will = 25% drop in global GDP + 2 billion dead Limits to Growth update - societal collapse starting as soon as 2040 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

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Trying to sleep. It's 28° in my room. It's not great

1954: the fossil fuel industry knows it’s obliterating our futures. 1970 onward: the industry makes $3,000,000,000 in profits EVERY DAY. 2022: world governments gift the same industry $7,000,000,000,000 in subsidies. The people you think are in charge are not really in charge.

‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show

Documents show industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm climate change would wreak

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🚨🚨🚨 IT GETS WORSE 😳 "Kristi Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN." Story: www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...

If Earth’s age was compressed into a single year, modern humans do not arrive until approximately 11:36 pm on December 31st. Only a terrorist could do so much damage in such little time. open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Parents, the most important numbers in your life…

The more we discover, the worse it gets. Now we learn the water companies wrote the guidance ensuring sewage sludge is not tested for the vast majority of contaminants before being spread on farmland. They gave themselves a free licence to dump hazardous waste. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland

Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight

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"To be an environmentalist who happens to eat meat is like being a philanthropist who doesn't happen to give to charity" Howard F Lyman

My second book of the day Every #American should read it. Do you want to know how your food is produced? Are you sure 🤢 #climate #vegan #govegan

My book of the day Hothouse Earth by @profbillmcguire.bsky.social All facts, so much information. #climate

@scottishfirerescue.bsky.social are you happy to put your staff at risk when trying to control the fires that men with guns have lit? What's the difference between that and an arsonist? #climate #raptors #gamekeepers Please watch the clip

Chris Packham@chrisgpackham.bsky.social · last yr.

Anyone remember where I parked my locally sourced organic Land Rover ? The Tragic Comedy of Grouse Shooting Lies: presented to you by your elected representatives , at the @wildjustice.bsky.social driven grouse shooting debate earlier this week – enjoy .

Oh! His support for driven grouse shooting during Monday's debate now makes a lot more sense! FYI, @oliviablakemp.bsky.social raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/03/p...

Pro-grouse shooting Labour MP Sam Rushworth received £10,000 donation from local grouse moor gamekeeper group

Perhaps the most surprising pro-grouse shooting voice at Monday’s Westminster Hall debate on driven grouse shooting was Sam Rushworth MP, the Labour MP for Bishop Auckland. Wild Justice descr…

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I think the raptors may beg to differ . There were many farcical moments in Monday's @wildjustice.bsky.social debate on driven grouse shooting , but this tops them all .

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Over 100 UK ad agencies – worth more than £100 million – have called on MPs to support a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship at next Monday's Parliamentary debate. Here's what's happening. 🧵 1/10 Full story on Badvertising. 👇

UK ad industry calls for ‘tobacco-style’ ban on fossil fuel marketing — Badvertising

In a letter to the UK Government, over 100 leading companies with business worth more than £100 million from across the advertising industry have called for, “a national ban on all advertising and spo...

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‘This pig is trying to release his dear brother 💔 The human is laughing at them Because to him, they are just pieces of meat But they are not meat, they are loving brothers’ #EndSpeciesism

I love the promise of what's to come #sunflower

Cows were not meant to breastfeed humans for their entire lives. 👀 👉 Tell Waterbean Coffee to Drop the Non-Dairy Milk Upcharge! https://drove.com/.2NSZ ☕️ 🎥: VeganFTA x vegan_bea (IG) Clips from thesavemovement and galapagos_marc (IG) #dairy #dairyfarming #dairycow #veganactivist #vegan

'There has been longstanding opposition to the hunting of animals for sport in the humanist movement' Fascinating #HumanistHeritage piece by a researcher digging into the old records of the Ethical Union to chart the story of animal welfare and humanism. heritage.humanists.uk/article/huma...

Humanist Heritage: Into the archives: humanists and animal welfare

Researcher Martin Tucker explores the relationship between humanism and animal welfare, from individual activists to organisational policy.

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Golden-mantled Tree #Kangaroos 🦘🤎 are critically endangered #marsupials of #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 They're on the edge of #extinction from #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Resist for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🤮🙊⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/g...

#animalrights #veganism

A visit to the #Nantybedd wild garden in the Brecon Beacons #bannaubrycheiniog Rubbish photos, sorry

Antivacc is child murder. Get. Your. Kids. Vaccinated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Measles outbreak in Knowsley as vaccine rates drop

Knowsley has recorded 13 probable cases with that number expected to rise.

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I've not seen one of these before #pink #grasshopper