As many of my followers are likely aware, my main issue is Climate Change, and I have a favour to ask. The world has many problems, Canada is no exception, but until we "solve" climate change we won't really have a future. Our kids and grandkids will suffer if we don't make change now. 1/

Frequently Asked Questions about Climate Science

Find answers to common questions about climate science, its impacts, solutions, and the role of faith in environmental action. Explore insights from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe.

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New guidance from the eBird Team - summarising - don't use AI tools to edit your bird photos! ebird.org/news/threat-... link to original paper: rdcu.be/ftx6h #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧪🌎

From Truth to Fake: The Threat of AI to Media Archives - eBird

As AI becomes commonplace, what you see in a photograph may no longer represent reality. Learn about how this impacts eBird and what you can do to help.

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🚨 STOP BIG CHICKEN CHOKING OUR RIVERS you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers

Our rivers can't take any more Big Chicken. Now is the time to act, not plan to make the problem worse. Across the UK, rivers are already paying the price for industrial chicken farming. Every year, o...

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🚨 Horse Hill oil expansion plans are back! Have your say and object to the Horse Hill application today Every objection counts Surrey County Council has another opportunity to make the right decision. Let's show them that opposition remains as strong as ever. Guidance: tinyurl.com/HorseHill-2026

#TheYearInReform Look, it's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along. Reform UK is a party - sorry - a company built around British Patriotism and being frank with the public, and it is led by straight-talking anti-elite Nigel Farage.

Yes! Devon Docherty, Scottish campaigns manager at Protect the Wild, nails it. Refusing a licence is a "victory for compassion, for science and for common sense". More than 106,000 people signed a petition calling for the Scottish government to prohibit the hunt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scottish islanders refused permission to stage annual guga hunt

Each year hundreds of gannet chicks are killed for their meat on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir.

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Rewilding is the best defence against wildfires (and why the Telegraph is unsurprisingly wrong): spectator.com/article/rewi...

Rewilding is the best defence against wildfires

Rewilding is not the cause of Britain's worsening upland wildfires. Increasingly, it looks like one of the most promising solutions.

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Last run of a long weekend. Out along the beach, a 2km stretch of sand.

A walk along the beach, around the headland and through the dunes. So many Brown Argus, Common Blue and Meadow Brown butterflies. But no Chough. #Cornwall #PerranBeach

Sign of the times. Large plume of smoke near Perranporth. Smoke much reduced now so hopefully under control.

Perranporth pootle - 13k out & back along the cliffs. Another run of wonderful views. Another Wheatear and did I hear a Chough? A single call was all I heard. #Running

The largest nature reserve #wollmatingerried at Lake Constance has fallen dry. Home to thousands of birds all year round, there is no more water inside the reserve. Waterbirds need to find space elsewhere, which is difficult due to recreational activities #summer2026 #drought #climatechange

Getting the views. 18k run from Perran Sands along the SW coast path & back inland along paths & lanes. Gorgeous. A couple of Wheatears, Kestrels & Ravens, Rock Pipits, Gannet & Fulmar for company. #Running

End of the day yesterday in Cornwall.

12k run down to Exmouth, train home, back for breakfast. Lovely.

‘Extremely scary findings’ show #climatecrisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather - Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely @wwattribution.bsky.social Story by me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather

Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely

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1/3 Ready to run as a shoal? Laura chats with Olympic Champion Etienne Stott MBE, Goldman Prize winner Sarah Finch & artist Anne-Marie Culhane about restoring Devon's dying rivers. Find The Green Runners Storytime on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. @tidelines.bsky.social @sarahfinch.bsky.social

Salmon Run: Go Hard and Go Home

YouTube video by The Green Runners

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Europe burns: a visual guide to the #wildfires - Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures #climatecrisis Story by me with Guardian colleagues www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures

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Come join us for some cake, conversation and campaign connection 🍰 'Cake at the Gate' at Horndean Well Site on Sunday 6th September - 12:30pm www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/2026/07/cake-at-the-gate-horndean-6-sept-2026 Spread the word!

Humid 10k run around Topsham. Don’t be fooled by the 100% cloud cover, it’s warm out there. The joyful Harry Hill in my ears.

UK and Spanish Governments issue a joint statement “Both parties agreed that tackling the climate crisis was an urgent policy priority for all countries- to tackle the cost of living, protect health and wellbeing, and to ensure European economic and energy security.” www.gov.uk/government/n...

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate Change

The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat...

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River Teign, my own catchment, at Chudleigh, flow rate is now below the lowest recorded.

Calling all SE London Green Runners. Join us for our next London Local Meet Up. 💚 to see you there. ⏰️ 8 August 08:40 📍 Greenwich Peninsula parkrun 🤝 Meet Tide Square 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Jeev to find the group. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️

Noticed a small insect on a cupboard this evening. Looks good for leafhopper Euides speciosa, a reed specialist and a locally common species. #Devon #Insects

Join us for our monthly Nottingham Local Meet Up. Runners welcome, walkers welcome! 💚 to see you there. ⏰️ 8 Aug 08:45 📍 Forest Rec parkrun 🤝 Meet outside Homemade Café. 🚆 Sustainable travel options in alt-text 🟢 Look for Kev & his badges. Post run we plan to litter pick 🗑 followed by ☕️

Sad news today. I grew up with The Goodies in the 1970s and later took inspiration from Bill’s birding books. I read the Little Black Bird Book time and time again. I met him what must be around 30 years ago on a speaking tour when he signed all four of my books. A comedy and birding legend 🫡

Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

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Saddened by the news our friend Bill Oddie has passed away. We spent many happy days birding with Bill on his beloved Fair Isle and here in Shetland and his books in the 1980s inspired us and a generation of young birders. Since then he has inspired millions to appreciate nature. A true legend.

The morning after the party. Nello’s Longest Table, Topsham