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Save The Planet
This planet is dying and we are all acting too slowly. Thoughts, debates & suggestions on how we can act FAST and attempt to save the planet. No business posts or posts unrelated to saving the planet will be accepted and posters will be removed from the loop.
Open Loop 646
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There is some disagreement about whether fish will swim through the bubbles, but it seems like a good idea.
https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1533954941987049474 -
https://jmdean1982.medium.com/time-to-get-angry-beyond-the-cosy-consensus-in-british-nature-conservation-a833ee0fd7ec
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Toxic sediment poisoning crustaceans?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/dead-shellfish-beaches-safety-secrecy-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Toxic sediment poisoning crustaceans?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/dead-shellfish-beaches-safety-secrecy-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Sorry it`s facebook the post didn`t seem to go to a link with this vid on...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/664910066991956/permalink/2165626910253590/ -
Science doesn’t support HS2’s ancient woodland strategy
https://felixonline.co.uk/issue/1802/environment/science-doesn-t-support-hs2-s-ancient-woodland-strategy
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The Queen planting trees through the decades
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7737279/The-Queen-planting-trees-decades.html
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Dormant bluebells appear on Exmoor after hundreds of years
There is hope, but nature sometimes needs a bit of help.
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/20158413.dormant-bluebells-appear-exmoor-hundreds-years/ -
An Introductory Guide to Young Tree Establishment
Free download from The Arb Association.
https://www.trees.org.uk/Help-Advice/Guide-to-Young-Tree-Establishment
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180 hours community service and £393 costs for killing birds of prey
Is this a deterrent?
https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/investigations/posts/community-order-for-gamekeeper-after-birds-of-prey-found-down-wiltshire-well -
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/june/worlds-largest-plant-australian-seagrass-clone.html
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https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/54040/busted-5-tricks-the-aviation-industry-plays-on-us-to-appear-green/
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The Indian rhino's return from the brink
More positive news.
https://www.animaljournal.co.uk/article/conservation/indian-rhino-return-brink -
You Eat a Credit Card’s Worth of Plastic Every Week
https://nautil.us/you-eat-a-credits-card-worth-of-plastic-every-week-17950/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB
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Susbidies could have insulated 2million homes!!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/31/sunak-uk-oil-subsidy-could-have-insulated-2m-homes-says-thinktank
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G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas (Edited)
Some (partly) good news.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/30/g7-countries-to-stop-funding-fossil-fuel-development-overseas?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
Scientists sound alarm on global pollution
https://phys.org/news/2022-05-polluted-babies-millions-dead-scientists.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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Whales could capture 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2 a year
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/27/restoring-whales-to-their-pre-hunted-numbers-could-capture-1-7-billion-tonnes-of-co2-a-yea
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A short history of environmental action
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/28/beekeepers-and-communists-how-environmentalists-started-a-global-conversation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Plastic pollution from tobacco products
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/may/26/big-tobacco-is-killing-the-planet-with-plastics-no-smokescreen-should-hide-that-acc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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A festival celebrating 70 years of Nature Reserves in England
https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/festival-of-national-nature-reserves/
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A second ‘super’ nature reserve being created.
The first was in Dorset, this is in Somerset. Others are planned for the Peak District, Norfolk and somewhere else that I can’t remember. Seems a good move.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-super-national-nature-reserve-created-to-protect-rare-wildlife -
https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-21-of-2022/
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Good news from an urban garden
https://www.positive.news/society/the-rio-de-janeiro-garden-that-saves-lives/
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Wall Street financing deforestation
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/bidens-executive-order-on-forests-can-help-stop-wall-street-from-financing-deforestation/
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National Farmers Union funding legal challenges to curbs on river pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/27/national-farmers-union-funding-legal-challenges-to-curbs-on-river-pollution?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
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The surprising downside of #NoMowMay
https://www.rewildingmag.com/no-mow-may-downside/?fbclid=IwAR0GQvPs_Te2laV-iBX_RlXfugp5li1RJbprx1ZlQXmFxsETni5-XdYT3kU
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Something more uplifting.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/may/26/it-looks-beautiful-uk-gardeners-leaving-lawns-uncut-no-mow-may- -
Ministry of Defence under fire for ‘inventing rules’ to sell wildlife haven
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/11/ministry-of-defence-under-fire-for-inventing-rules-wildlife-haven-middlewick-ranges?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/20/cuckoo-cheating-by-nature-nick-davies-review
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TfL 10 minute survey on Air Quality,if you`d like to do it.
https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/cleanair?utm_source=ehq_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ehq-Have-your-say-on-our-proposals-to-help-improve-air-quality-tackle-the-climate-emergency-and-reduce-traffic-congestion&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website&utm_source=ehq
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Half of UK’s butterfly species vulnerable to extinction
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/25/butterfly-species-uk-vulnerable-extinction-conservation-red-list?CMP=share_btn_tw
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More Bloody `Recycling` Greenwashing.
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/04/none-of-sainsbury-s-flexible-plastic-recycled-in-the-uk/?fbclid=IwAR1J_8Mp6-kG9xko7q4Jv5276qXgom76RZRxnwUi-PKaTnJqpWPSUBY1bAk
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Growing food on public green space.
https://www.positive.news/environment/what-would-happen-if-unloved-public-spaces-became-community-farms/
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Hard-right Tories push to delay environmental land management scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/20/hard-right-tories-push-delay-environmental-land-management-scheme-brexit
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Search the web and plant trees
By using the Ecosia search engine, you will be helping their project to plant trees. They do not profit from your searches, they donate all the money they make from advertising* to climate action; 80% of this funds tree planting projects. To date they have planted 150 million trees. They do not collect data about you.
* Approx 45 clicks funds a tree.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/13/new-58m-tree-disease-lab-sends-out-sos-for-public-to-report-pests-aoe
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Ethical investing and saving the planet
Haven’t had time to read this yet but thought it might be of interest.
https://www.positive.news/economics/can-ethical-investing-help-save-the-planet/ -
A model for successful eco-tourism
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/24/costa-rica-has-reaped-dividends-protecting-biodiversity-and-making-it-accessible?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB
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HS2 to create 25,000 extra HGV journeys to save money
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-comes-under-fire-for-euston-waste-removal-plan-28-04-2022/
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Business commitment to going green
I was encouraged by a conversation I had this week with someone who had been chatting to a friend of theirs whose job is advising companies on sustainability issues. He is massively overworked because the demand is exceptional at the moment. Moreover these companies are looking for real improvements and not interested in greenwashing. That sounds promising to me. He thinks there’s a lot of negativity out there about business and that makes folks just feel things are hopeless so they give up.
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I found this interesting.
https://www.positive.news/environment/the-best-ways-to-get-cars-out-of-cities/ -
https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-17-of-2022/
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I seem to remember supporting this campaign a very long time ago.
https://www.curlewaction.org/gcse-in-natural-history-confirmed/