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Data centre could 'threaten bumblebee and one of Britain's rarest plants'
Plans to build a new data centre could threaten the habitat of one of Britain's rarest and most endangered plants and a type of bumblebee, a wildlife trust said.
A Google Data Centre could come to the former Arena Essex Raceway Local Wildlife Site in Thurrock, Essex, if plans are approved.
The site is home to broad-leaved cudweed, and experts have claimed that this might be the best site for the rare plant in the country.
It is also home to 687 invertebrates and 439 plant species, and Emily Buttress, from Essex Wildlife Trust, said if plans went ahead: "Incredibly rare wildlife and habitats would be destroyed."
Global Infrastructure UK Ltd, which is a private company used by Google to develop data centres in the UK, submitted plans to Thurrock Council last year.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24j…
TooManyHouses retweeted
The UK has dug up many of its orchards, & imports around 60% of its apples – often from far away. Planting apple trees in our gardens & communities (& protecting those we have) can cut food miles, boost biodiversity, soak up CO2, & improve food security.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/feat…
ALT Red apple growing on a tree
TooManyHouses retweeted
Britain faces summers of extreme heat, drought and wildfires. The solution to help us adapt is more nature - not less.
Blog by @CraigBennett3 @WildlifeTrusts
wildlifetrusts.org/blog/crai…
TooManyHouses retweeted
This is just unbelievable. It cannot be allowed to happen How could anyone vote to include ancient woodland - 40 hectares and f it - in a Minerals Plan?
@ReformUKKent
@LeaderofKCC
theguardian.com/environment/…
@CommunityPlann1
TooManyHouses retweeted
I’ve been told by Partners that due to redundancies &the state of yr business that customers shouldn’t expect the past level of service John Lewis prided itself on. My fridge freezer has now been found, & despite being only 30mins from address, I still can’t have it till Tuesday
TooManyHouses retweeted
@JohnLewisRetail absolutely shocking service. 10 mins before a fridge freezer is due to be delivered you ring to say that you have lost it in transit. No attempt to resolve issue. Tell me to have a refund or put in a new order. Do you think that is acceptable customer service?
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Ten years on from the UK voting to leave the European Union, The Wildlife Trusts have released a report highlighting the damning impact of Brexit on wildlife: bit.ly/3SyBE4o
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Still no campaign for home water harvesting
This is big in countries like Germany, and can make a significant difference to demand for mains water
Why the silence from Ofwat, the water companies and the government?
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Utterly disgusted to see Croudace Homes wilfully clearing mature trees and hedgerows in Shenfield during the height of the breeding season. Century old oaks hosting nesting birds and other wildlife have been felled. We need to place more value on our natural environment.
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This is horrific. According to the Natural History Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index, the UK ranks 189th out of 240 countries and territories for how intact its nature and biodiversity remain.
policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/…
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The UK government's war on nature continues, as @HomesEngland plans to build beside one of our most important nightingale sites.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74d…
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“Your #lawn is one of the easiest ways to help #nature”, says Plantlife. Observe No Mow May and help repair the country’s disastrous loss of #wildflower meadows.
theguardian.com/environment/…
TooManyHouses retweeted
Need a fence? What you actually need is a dead hedge.
A dead hedge is exactly what it sounds like: branches, logs, and woody cuttings stacked between upright stakes to form a natural fence.
It looks rustic, it costs nothing, and unlike a fence, it's full of insects and wildlife.
Birds nest in it, hedgehogs shelter in it, beetles, bees, and spiders colonize the rotting wood. As it breaks down it feeds the soil and you just keep adding to it.
Medieval farmers used dead hedges for centuries. We replaced them with vinyl fencing that doesn't break down or help wildlife.
Time to go back.
TooManyHouses retweeted
@HfdsCouncil would not like you to know that the orchids and adder's tongue ferns in ancient Grafton Wood cannot be moved successfully and cannot be mitigated for by planting saplings on compacted construction depot soils. BNG just won't happen, but you won't know till too late
In answers to public questions @HfdsCouncil are not committing to 10%Biodiversity Net Gain for the Hereford "Bypass" Phase 1, in line with council policy. Claim exemption on the basis they granted planning permission for this highly destructive road before the policy came in 🤔
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Great news for nature 💚
In a bid to add a tad more biodiversity to some ofLondon’s less leafy locations, a rather impressive 14-mile ‘nature corridor’ is currently in the pipeline.
Led by conservation charity, Wild Cities, the project would see four London boroughs transformed by the horticultural highway, which is set to stretch from Lee Valley Regional Park all the way to the River Thames via the likes of Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Haringey, and Newham.
Wild Cities aims to bring ‘unlikely allies together’ for the occasion, utilising cross-sector partnerships to deliver the verdant corridor.
Working alongside ecologists, local authorities, residents, civil society partners, and cultural institutions; Wild Cities aims to link isolated areas of wildlife (including community gardens, canals, parks, football grounds, and streets) to create....
secretldn.com/nature-corrido…
TooManyHouses retweeted
He's right. A deposit/return scheme for all the bottles, plastic bottles and aluminium cans in UK is long overdue.
Re: increasing rubbish in Britain. @sunny_hundal
Supermarkets MUST start taking some responsibility and introduce a deposit/return scheme for all the bottles, plastic bottles and aluminium cans that litter our urban environment.
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Rare “habitat specialist” butterflies, tied to places like wetlands, woods & flower-rich grasslands, are in steep decline. The white-letter hairstreak is down 80%. Still found in Coton, for now. All the more reason to protect the habitats we have left. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Why, why, why @BucksCouncil ? This #nature reserve will be significantly harmed..all for more unaffordable homes that aren’t needed. share.google/0f2NwE7Qmdy4Av5…
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“A report due to be published on Monday by the Local Councils Network found that only about half of homes granted planning permission since 2012-13 had been built.”
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
