The Wildlife Trusts are calling for a complete ban on 5 dangerous chemicals “Two sugar cubes of the concentrated active ingredient imidacloprid would be enough to exceed the predicted no-effect concentration in about 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment

Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways

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One in seven units of electricity used in Britain in July came from solar power As @solarenergyuk.bsky.social say: “15 years ago solar was a footnote in the electricity mix - now it’s a major player” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July

Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations

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One in seven units of electricity used in Britain in July came from solar power As @solarenergyuk.bsky.social say: “15 years ago solar was a footnote in the electricity mix - now it’s a major player” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July

Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations

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Into climate change denial? Go on, knock yourself out trying to explain this www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

No way is Britain's natural heritage safe with Reform UK For centuries, Kent people have travelled through the Seven Wents, from East Malling to Barming, from Ditton to Teston, for church, commerce & friends Reform's Kent Council have voted for it to be quarried www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland

Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council

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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has doubled down on hostility to climate targets @e3g.bsky.social say: “She doesn’t want to admit she is actually calling for less action to tackle climate change because that’s an absurd thing to call for in the middle of this extreme heatwave" www.ft.com/content/4932...

Britain’s climate divide widens amid fires and heat deaths

Against a backdrop of burning horizons, the mainstream parties are increasingly at odds over pursuing net zero

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Level of dangerous twaddle and nonsense on @telegraph.co.uk is reaching epic proportions In case their columnists haven't noticed, lots of the Med region is on fire In Britain the heat is *already* killing lots of people and farmers are struggling to grow food www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...

New Heathrow runway would take 20,000 jobs from other airports, centralising them at Heathrow - the exact opposite of what current UK govt wants to achieve, say DfT stats Comes on top of official assessment showing new runway would deliver only 0.05% GDP growth www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper shows

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"Ready to go" oil field off Shetland Islands is ready to-go no longer Hope this will stop industry hyperventilating about security benefits of immediate drilling 80% of Rosebank's oil will need to be exported in any case so its security benefit will be minimal www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK’s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licence

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Top story on @thetimes.com Only new info is: "industry sources had received indications the PM wanted to ensure new supplies could help drive down the cost of living this winter" Rosebank & Jackdaw won't do that So it's not actually great news for the drillers www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Andy Burnham ready to scale up oil and gas drilling in North Sea

Industry sources expect swift rulings on Rosebank and Jackdaw as the prime minister seeks to ease cost-of-living pressures this winter

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Owner of Facebook & Instagram effectively ousted from the RE100 group of companies, run by @climategroup.bsky.social , who seek to deliver all their power use through renewables Building 5GW of gas capacity for its largest data centre was too much to bear www.rechargenews.com/corporate-po...

EXCLUSIVE: Meta thrown off key global clean energy scheme over gas spree

Facebook and Instagram giant has left influential RE100 corporate green power list after turning to gas for data centres, scheme officials confirm to Recharge

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The internal combustion engine lobby is still there, trying to hold back the tide of electric vehicles, which are now a similar cost but much cheaper to run If Ford, BWM, Toyota et al focused on producing better EVs that compete, instead of holding up change,,,, www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035

BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, plus parts maker Bosch, wrote joint letter to ministers in April

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Allowing Saudi to do nuclear enrichment is not just about nuclear power but a platform for weapons capability Israel already has a nuclear weapon and Iran may have been aiming for one This deal has full potential to spark a nuclear arms race around the Gulf www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Saudis and US strike deal for kingdom to enrich uranium, reports say

Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme

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So along with turds floating down rivers, peoples' water getting cut off, inadequate preparation for climate change, now - allegedly - outright fraud at water companies That privatisation of the water industry back in 1989 is not looking at all clever right now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ex-Southern Water boss charged over alleged plan to manipulate water tests

Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of trying to save the firm millions in penalties.

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Sharp increase in long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’, including collapse of ice sheets, suggests up to 13 million people in UK face long-term risk of coastal flooding, say researchers at Univ Bristol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...

European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates

France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat

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57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...

Poll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature action

More in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough

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UK Govt & Envt Agency water forecasts exclude datacentre usage About 125 datacentres are proposed/under construction in one region which is already subject to a hosepipe ban Current water deficits are being met by “accepting a greater risk of environmental harm" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

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Ahead of any UK govt change in policy on oil & gas in North Sea... Controversial possible new field, Jackdaw, would produce much less employment than a new supermarket, according to developer's own analysis Sharp contrast to bonanza suggested by oil industry www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show

Campaigners say field will bring minimal benefit for UK economy, as industry lobbies Burnham for go-ahead

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Water shortage looms again in England & Wales - the first move for water companies is the 'hosepipe ban' Yet a nationwide hosepipe ban would save 5x less than is leaked through pipes in the water supply system Water security in England isn't tomorrow's problem www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’

Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through network

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Issue of the public mandate for Net Zero and climate action is beautifully captured by 3 headlines in the Guardian today Exhibit A: climate change impacts getting real. University of Exeter Wildfire Lab says Climate change is making wildfires more likely 1/4🧵🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

UK in ‘firewave’ as extreme heat provides ideal conditions for wildfires, experts warn

National Fire Chiefs Council say emergency services dealing with 19 wildfires across Britain, many near urban areas

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Summer heatwaves are not just getting 'a bit hot' they're deadly - over 2,700 people died in UK in the 2 in May & June Over 40% of people affected would not have died without the 1.4C of human-caused global heating, say Imperial College and the Met Office www.theguardian.com/environment/...

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C

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MPs say UK govt failing to “join the dots” between national security threat from climate crisis & collapse of species, with ongoing cuts to overseas aid & climate finance Astonishing a lot of report on national security threat from nature collapse still secret www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security

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The way EU Commission is pretending that methane emissions from livestock herds don't impact climate warming is "a kind of wishful thinking” EU Comm says emissions cuts can come through tech fixes, not numbers reduction Its own climate advisers say that won't work www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...

The EU’s paradigm shift on cows

Europe’s plan to support livestock farmers recasts a climate problem as a strategic asset.

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Important marine habitats like seagrasses and kelp forests are suited to cooler waters Heatwaves reduce their growth or even lead to mass mortality, with knock-on effects for species that rely on such habitats Cool-adapted species incl cod are moving further north www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Extreme' marine heatwave expected for parts of UK with risk to sea life

Scientists fear that high sea temperatures could have wide-ranging consequences for marine life.

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Recent heatwave would have been impossible without fossil fuel burning driving climate crisis A poll shows effects global heating is already having 86% of people in UK said their homes were too hot & 1/4 said someone in their house had felt physically unwell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Large oil companies are expanding oil & gas production Plans are much worse than IEA’s gloomy business-as-usual scenario - 5.9% increase in oil & gas production this decade, leading to 2.9C global temp increase by 2100 The current heatwaves are with 1.4C warming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2024 - UK bans crop-based biofuels from sustainable aviation fuel cos of worries over displacing food production October 2025 - civil servants tour US biofuel production Dec 2025 - govt re-opens question of ban It could "open the floodgates to cheap & dirty US imports" www.ft.com/content/d4b5...

UK ministers changed stance on biofuels after officials’ US lobbying tour

Revelation raises concerns that US commercial pressure could weaken Britain’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions

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How many of the Big Tech promises n renewables and clean energy are going to remain undelivered? Reality is that in grid-constrained parts places there will need to be a choice between datacentres and e.g. housing, because of power availability & grid connection www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise

Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’

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Finally.... been obvious for a couple of years that UK Govt continuing to use X as major social media output made no sense The guy who runs it - you may have heard of him - has literally been asking for there to be a coup Yet X/Grok/Elon were indulged www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy quits X in protest at 'misinformation'

Lisa Nandy says her department is also leaving Elon Musk's platform, which she claims "isn't healthy for our democracy".

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