Currently in the US but could come to the UK
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/revolutionary-electric-car-charging-technology-tesla

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-29-nature-degradation-could-cause-12-loss-uk-gdp

Although this article is old it has popped up again after a Lego octopus was found by a family

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/04/monopoly-houses-toy-soldiers-lego-museum-of-plastic-lost-at-sea

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68610073

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/dirty-secret-insiders-say-uk-water-firms-knowingly-breaking-sewage-laws

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/nature-silent-bernie-krause-recording-sound-californian-state-park-aoe

https://rescuehoadswood.org/about/

https://theconversation.com/pet-flea-and-tick-treatments-contain-pesticides-that-end-up-washing-into-the-environment-heres-how-226685#

European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68768598

https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/130179/petition/1

A lazy headline, but an interesting article.
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cicada-broods-maps-2024-b2505683.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/just-57-companies-linked-to-80-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-since-2016

Sounds like good news

https://www.aol.co.uk/uk-records-highest-ever-share-142110430.html

Anyone up for this? See what your use of plastic amounts to.

https://thebigplasticcount.com/?

"The Government has so far supported the industry with £22 billion ..."
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/government-cannot-prove-biomass-sustainably-sourced-says-national-audit-office-b1134480.html?twclid=2-42o24txdpfnsyj5npijbovmzs

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/seventeen-landfills-in-england-make-toxic-liquid-hazardous-to-drinking-water

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/more-than-100000-trees-to-be-planted-in-devon-to-boost-celtic-rainforest
The article doesn't mention it, but another reason for the decline is overgrazing, particularly by sheep.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qGHlEfm9QoeX4r4HeJxpbA#/registration

https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/grey-squirrels-sapping-efforts-to-combat-climate-change-parliament-told-X32RCZCQ3BIPHCJNYJDN23UL4A/?utm_source=All%20Contacts&utm_campaign=cdf77e46c2-Morning%20Briefing%20190124&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dd843c5cb6-cdf77e46c2-23165075&mc_cid=cdf77e46c2

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23952808.pear-trees-cut-bid-stop-wasp-danger/?ref=twtrec

Sadly it was only to be expected

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/01/england-swimming-rivers-poor-water-quality-status

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-to-boost-britains-access-to-nature-ahead-of-cop28

This week's edition covers a flying electric ferry, food waste in India, and old wind turbine blades going to landfill.

https://bit.ly/3uAEUQY

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/revealed-huge-climate-impact-of-the-middle-classes-carbon-divide
Lonicera posted in `Anything` but maybe the comments here will be different? Share widely. It puts a few figures on that uneasy feeling that the rich/poor divide is not right.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/plastic-waste-spiralling-out-of-control-across-africa-analysis-shows

https://www.change.org/p/save-the-darwin-oak?recruiter=30832536&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=petition_dashboard&recruited_by_id=c6e9f030-f349-012f-aa66-40401fa5e37a&share_bandit_exp=initial-37717284-en-GB

https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/trees-for-healthy-bees

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/02/government-should-target-tree-aftercare-rather-than-planting-say-uk-experts

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/30/more-than-4000-english-flood-defences-almost-useless-analysis-finds?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/26/ancient-pear-tree-comes-back-to-life-after-being-felled-to-make-way-for-hs2?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66985595

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/06/ive-gone-through-bereavement-hs2-bought-edward-cavenagh-mainwaring-land-for-what

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66943731

Full report here. https://stateofnature.org.uk/

On a brighter note - last week I saw evidence of dormice in an area where the Residents' Association planted a mixture of native trees in 2012. We need to add a few more hazel trees.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/26/give-britons-right-plant-green-public-spaces-gove-thinktank?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66927242

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23804868.burnley-councillors-back-woodland-every-ward-scheme/?ref=twtrec

For those who like petitions.

The impact is a little unclear. "Modelling shows that if the whole of Europe switched to an organic or agroecological food and farming system, we would see a 40% drop in emissions. .." 40% drop in which emissions?

This is another aspect that does not appear to have been considered in the Government's Net Zero policy.

There are plenty of other reasons not to use artificial fertilisers.

https://act.soilassociation.org/fix-fertiliser?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_campaign=fix_fertiliser&utm_content=oslaunch#

Yesterday I received a package I had ordered from a company called Grüum ( https://www.gruum.com/our-commitment-to-the-planet/
). They are a new(ish) company from Manchester producing and selling skin products.

When the package arrived it had a sticker on it telling me about the filling material inside the box. I'd not heard of it before so searched the Internet. I have no idea which company manufacture the filling, there were a few, but using the details on the label as my search criteria I found some similar products to what I was holding. I found out that if you soak the peanut it will biodegrade, so I tried it and had a sticky mess on my fingers, particularly after squeezing the water out.

I then wondered where to put it to get rid of it. It wasn't plastic so recycling waa a no, no.
It wasn't from the garden, so garden waste was out.
It certainly wasn't paper based so that was out.
It was made from cornstarch. Hmm! How about the food recycling?

At that point I decided to ring the council, that's a long haul job! It was answered pretty quickly and I worked my way through all the option buttons until I was told I had reached destination.
Good news!
Then I was told how many others had reached it before me - and they were still waiting to be answered as well. Bad news!

I stuck to it and eventually I was spoken to by a young sounding lady who actually listened when I explained that I didn't want to put them in land fill, nor any of the recycling options I had rejected. I told her about my search of the Internet and I was surprised she actually looked for the products. We had a good conversation about what she was looking at, after which she agreed that my conclusion was correct.

I thanked her for confirming it and she said "No thank you for teaching me something new".
She said the product had been news to her, but told me she would let the staff in Waste Management know that biodegradable peanuts were safe to put in the food bin.

I just wish they had been real peanuts!

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/restore-our-rivers-and-freshwaters-to-health-by-2030

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230308-how-light-pollution-disrupts-plants-senses

So lets start talking about them…https://www.positive.news/environment/12-ways-to-reduce-emissions-that-nobody-is-talking-about/

I thought this was an interesting article.

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?

A little bit of good news

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/29/prehistoric-bird-once-thought-extinct-returns-to-new-zealand-wild

Before you celebrate, consider this - UU charge £1.988 per 1,000 litres of water supplied and £1.325 per 1,000 litres of water removed. That amounts to nearly £73m in additional income. Admittedly, they will have incurred some additional costs, but the fine looks like a bargain.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/united-utilities-water-limited-fined-800000-for-taking-too-much-water-from-the-environment

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/new-evidence-impact-hs2s-devastation-27397342?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Trees don't always need to be cut down because they are damaging a wall.
(Photo: Sandy De Born - Twitter, with permission)

At least they have to debate them...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636542?fbclid=IwAR2BiVYT0wLvFoDdamldNdKsYyLyFCxvkFtlFz-Em0IBpBujLcSV9TSzwuU