Trying to see how all the threads weave together. A place for the environmental and political ramblings that would clog up my main account @DavidSmithArt
Dorset, UK
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Leaked emails reveal that the tech giant Palantir has hired Topham Guerin to pay influencers to attack Good Law Project.
The same Topham Guerin that received thousands of pounds from the government during the pandemic? And no one knows what they did for the money🤔
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“Keep the brand confidential and [do] not tag Palantir”
Palantir don’t like us criticising them – so they’ve hired an agency that’s secretly recruiting influencers to attack us on their behalf 👀
goodlaw.social/zlof
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Today we teamed up with @LancsHuntSabs and @CumbriaSabs to visit the opening meet of The North Cumberland Hunt.
It was a day of Illegal hunting, despicable policing and a hunt member caught punching his horse.
We’ll be back!
Full report: tinyurl.com/yh3emc5f
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EA cuts number of inspections of how much water is pumped by businesses from aquifers & rivers.
Face-to-face visits are being used less, with more use of 'desk-based inspections', which rely on companies being honest about how much they're taking.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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GRAPHIC: Two companies—@Bayer & @Corteva (Dow/DuPont)—control more than half of the corn, soybean and cotton markets. In 2015, farmers had six companies to choose from to purchase their seeds and pesticides. By 2020, four. Now, just two control the market. investigatemidwest.org/2023/…
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The UK's Shambolic COVID Winter Vaccine Programme Alarms Experts – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2023/10/16/t…
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Now THIS is the sort of news we LOVE to see! RT if you agree that the whole of the UK needs a ban on snares!
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George is absolutely right to stress the risks posed by bucolic fantasies, nostalgia for the past, and unrealistic visions for food and farming rooted in 'peasant aesthetics' rather than cold, hard data.
Good news is, we've crunched the numbers - 🧵
I would love everyone in environmental movements to read this essay. It’s a painful, difficult but really important subject. By avoiding it we give a clear run to those whose proposals would lead, literally, to the deaths of billions. Please RT. Thank you. monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the-c…
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2/ ‘Sea level rise threatens coasts’ is a decades-old story, but flood risk maps show vast inland areas will be under the annual flood level by 2050 - stretching right into the heart of Cambridge and Norwich
coastal.climatecentral.org/m…
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Hundreds of fires will be started on England's peatlands as the grouse moor burning season opens.
It's time this damaging and destructive practice is consigned to history.
That's why we're calling for @DefraGovUK to introduce a complete ban on burning.
wildmoors.org.uk/start-of-gr…
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Another brilliant 🧵 from Peter Powell. Maize can be a significant issue for river health in Britain: ripening at a time of year when there's lots of rain to wash away bare soil between rows.
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Science or industrial lobbying? “If European assessments were based on science, #glyphosate would have been banned decades ago,” says toxicologist & pesticide specialist, Laurence Huc. The EFSA assessment “does not correspond to any principles of science.” mediapart.fr/journal/ecologi…
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"We're in deep, deep trouble and now is the time to act."
@ChrisGPackham warns that the world will end up in "climate breakdown" unless the transition to solar and wind power is made as a matter of urgency.
Latest: trib.al/aWkNMeR
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Today I went to Michael Gove's constituency to see what people think of his plans to rip up sewage pollution rules for housebuilders. I found they are dealing with quite a stink of their own... theguardian.com/politics/202…
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If this is an important site for nature conservation, as claimed, then the #EnvironmentAgency should NOT put hives of honey #bees on it!
All the evidence shows that honey bees out-compete wild insect #pollinators and can pass on diseases to wild bees.
#ecology #biodiversity
We're playing our part in helping pollinators to provide a vital role in our planet's ecosystem at our Lea Marston depot in #Warwickshire.
The site is now important to migratory birds, rare wildflowers and lots of insects - including bees from our own hives.🐝
#BeesNeedsWeek
ALT Environment Agency officer, Adam Harris is tending the bee hives at the Lea Marston depot. He is also a member of the local beekeeping society. Funding for the project was received to help combat the decline in bees and also their habits.
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These traps clearly catch and kill bumblebees - no doubt mistaking the blue top for a flower. I'd bet they trap tons of other pollinators too. These should be banned immediately. Awful. There is nothing "Eco" about "Ecolab Ltd"
Irish bees are a protected species (listed on the NPWS Red list) These traps need to be outlawed! Please help..@the_beeguy @The_BeeGirl #ecocide
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It’s the time of year when people may come across adders. Sadly the adder is extinct in Warwickshire & across much of the Midlands though I would love to be proved wrong. Thank you @HeraldNewspaper for responsible reporting @ChrisGPackham @IoloWilliams2 @ARGroupsUK @ARC_Bytes
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Great blog by the @WildlifeTrusts on the painfully slow assessments of river health in England wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ali-…
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If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight
Please take just two seconds to show you’re right behind NHS staff
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The poster says '100' but it's actually 101 - the grouse-shooting industry is killing hen harriers faster than we can make graphics.
This is what you're enabling, @theresecoffey @RichardHRBenyon @TonyJuniper
Here's the list of the 101 hen harriers ⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023…
