https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/council-pledges-action-weedkiller-plastic-24458769?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

This article is three years old, but still current. Reform of business taxes has been mentioned during the race for the new Conservative leader.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49130995

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/12/george-eustice-new-tory-leader-net-zero-rewilding
NB Grant Shapps has pulled out of the Conservative leadership race.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/12/uk-dispose-of-100bn-plastic-packaging-year?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

This could explain inaction on the climate. Ignorance / lack of interest.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/11/fewer-than-10-percent-of-uk-mps-sign-up-for-emergency-climate-briefing?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/opinion-war-in-ukraine-is-no-excuse-to-abandon-green-focus

Read to the end.
https://medium.com/the-mission/we-did-it-to-make-margarine-d51c3d4825ec

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/06/power-wealthy-earth-politics-democracy-plutocracy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4277147/a-cruise-ship-s-emissions-are-the-same-as-1-million-cars-report-1.4277180?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

I haven't read the book, but it's recommended by The Tree Council.
https://septemberpublishing.org/product/fixing-the-planet/

If we switched to renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying fossil fuels.
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-happiest-number-ive-heard-in

Little enough, but at least something was done.
https://www.birdguides.com/news/police-action-against-dog-walker-after-curlew-eggs-destroyed/

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/stella-vita-solar-campervan-netherlands-spc-intl/index.html

This year Earth Overshoot Day lands on 28th July. In less than 7 months, humanity will have used up all the resources that nature can regenerate in a year.

25th December 1971
15th November 1981
13th October 1991
24th September 2001
4th August 2011
1st August 2017
28th July 2018
29th July 2019
22nd August 2020
30th July 2021
28th July 2022

Fruit flies have a nasty tendency to appear at this time of year, flocking to fruit bowls and kitchen waste bins.
So I went looking for ways to get rid of them without using artificial chemicals and found all sorts of ideas. If only I had some wine dregs going to waste, as I'm sure I've used that one in the past ... I might have to use good vinegar instead.
https://www.tipsbulletin.com/homemade-fly-killer/

This ingenious sand battery is a terrific idea. It can't be scaled down for domestic use but helps to minimise the cost of domestic energy supplies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61996520

https://twitter.com/KneppWilding/status/1542818906909425665

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/30/study-suggests-existence-of-up-to-21m-ancient-and-veteran-trees-in-england

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/30/uk-government-scrap-european-law-protecting-special-habitats?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/24/how-to-rewild-a-country-the-story-of-argentina-aoe?utm_source=eml&utm_medium=emlf&utm_campaign=MK_SU_SOINewsletterCanvasHyperlinksTest&utm_term=Email_RC_UKB&

But why does it take a wealthy couple that have probably got rich by plundering resources in other places and creating `unwildness`.Their companies-North Face and Patagonia are not the worst environmental offenders,neither are they the best according to https://goodonyou.eco/

PayPal has become ever more available, so it's becoming a vehicle for charitable giving as we shop. The PayPal Giving Fund offers one the chance to donate at their checkout.
The Restart Project asked me to vote for them to benefit from this scheme but there are various other small charities on the list, so there's some range to choose from.
Do please consider responding to this; there are only a couple of days left to submit our views. (The link should show "One Tap Big Impact UK" but it looks annoyingly anodyne.)
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FHkA-yBgdEOXfiG6xfP0yLpJiqalbJRLvNFodrLa3cxUOElMV1YxTUlKVTZYMENTTEtZNlQ0QjJUTS4u&__s=xvassuzkfxqa4c1jja8a

I know this is preaching to the converted, but this is a useful document to try to educate other people.
http://littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wildflowers-not-weeds.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-legislation-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy-bill?fbclid=IwAR3YvJEVjL880lZhCE8ka9KmzkuyV2dN5t3K_uZNJ56QzBFp4x1kplcmKFk

It does say "The Government is seeking your views" but they doubt they`ll take any notice!
There`s LOADS of reading matter,most of it very repetitive but nothing technical. You reply by email.
I basically said the get-out clause ( called investment incentives) needs to be more specific,that they should be less generous and it should be less easily applied because otherwise companies WILL find ways to wriggle out of it and the Gov then won`t raise very much at all,et alone the £5billion they are expecting! And that these investment incentives should only apply to Alternative forms of Energy Generation because otherwise they`ll be using it to explore for more Oil & Gas and that would make keeping COP26 promises impossible.

I have just been sent this link. A village a few miles away is planning to adopt the scheme and calling for sewing volunteers.
https://finalstrawfoundation.org/get-involved/borrow-bags/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61916154

https://mailchi.mp/0dab2eab9c81/your-may-newsletter-from-london-wildlife-trust-417306?e=b79eada136

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/20/canada-ban-single-use-plastics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/24/uk-gave-airlines-44m-free-pollution-permits-in-2021-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

We know Britain is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. This survey shows how disconnected we are from nature. Each feeds the other.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/23/britain-ranks-bottom-in-europe-for-nature-connectiveness?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

I was able to watch this without a Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/agirasoles97/videos/777312832922611

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/22/eu-legislation-restoration-ecosystems-biodiversity-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://climateactiontracker.org/?

https://youtu.be/JViTvtm9XRc

Celebrating the circular economy with the 5th annual event.

https://ceweek.london/event-2022/?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/14/government-pulls-plug-on-its-remaining-uk-electric-car-subsidies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/plan-to-scrap-natural-england-will-disrupt-net-zero-targets-experts-say?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&fbclid=IwAR2TkGu2vbWq7431wzraQYBgwCqozae5YTe0Ds7lTkFfB-oI-Joonpc9rhU&fs=e&s=cl

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-boris-johnson-really-care-about-food-security-

https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/99702/petition/1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tp22_advocacy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ministers-quietly-abandon-green-crap-as-focus-shifts-to-food-security-pzxlggm7p?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1654968518-1

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/11/macho-lumberjacks-need-not-apply-young-people-wanted-in-uk-forestry

Another innovative idea - oh I do like a bit of positive news.
https://www.positive.news/environment/ev-batteries-are-an-environmental-headache-this-startup-has-a-solution/

This article is three months old, but I don't think it has been posted before.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/17/toxic-waste-revealed-as-eroding-coastlines-expose-old-landfills

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/09/activists-take-water-regulator-ofwat-to-court-over-sewage-in-english-and-welsh-rivers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The ASA agrees.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/08/adverts-claiming-evergreens-plastic-grass-eco-friendly-asa

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/08/fury-government-council-overruled-surrey-hills-gas-drilling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://twitter.com/TRF_Climate/status/1534104806347915264

https://e360.yale.edu/features/insect_numbers_declining_why_it_matters

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01525-1

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/nearly-half-of-planets-land-in-need-of-conservation-attention-to-halt-biodiversity-crisis

https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/stop-plastic-pollution-destroying-nature

Consultation on environmental targets closes 27th June 2022.
Scroll down for documents.
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/natural-environment-policy/consultation-on-environmental-targets/