Farmers need help to plant trees with their crops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61916154
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Farmers need help to plant trees with their crops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61916154
Partial ban on single-use plastics in Canada
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/20/canada-ban-single-use-plastics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
London wildlife update - with job vacancies (at the end)
https://mailchi.mp/0dab2eab9c81/your-may-newsletter-from-london-wildlife-trust-417306?e=b79eada136
UK gave airlines 4.4m free pollution permits in 2021, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/24/uk-gave-airlines-44m-free-pollution-permits-in-2021-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Britain ranks bottom in Europe for nature connectedness (Edited)
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
EU plan to halve use of pesticides
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/22/eu-legislation-restoration-ecosystems-biodiversity-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
How to move a tree (Edited)
I was able to watch this without a Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/agirasoles97/videos/777312832922611
This looks like an interesting resource
https://climateactiontracker.org/?
https://youtu.be/JViTvtm9XRc
Circular Economy Week 22 in London.
Celebrating the circular economy with the 5th annual event.
https://ceweek.london/event-2022/?
Petition to demand better protection for ancient and veteran trees
https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/99702/petition/1?utm_source=twitter_medium=social_campaign=tp22_advocacy
Government pulls plug on its remaining UK electric car subsidies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/14/government-pulls-plug-on-its-remaining-uk-electric-car-subsidies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Plan to scrap Natural England being considered
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/13/plan-to-scrap-natural-england-will-disrupt-net-zero-targets-experts-say?utm_source=facebook_medium=news_tab=IwAR2TkGu2vbWq7431wzraQYBgwCqozae5YTe0Ds7lTkFfB-oI-Joonpc9rhU=e=cl
https://www.mcsuk.org/what-you-can-do/campaigns/stop-ocean-threads/
Boris’s rewilding obsession could backfire
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-boris-johnson-really-care-about-food-security-
Ministers quietly abandon ‘green crap’ as focus shifts to food security
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ministers-quietly-abandon-green-crap-as-focus-shifts-to-food-security-pzxlggm7p?utm_medium=Social_source=Twitter#Echobox=1654968518-1
Critical shortage of tree surgeons
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/11/macho-lumberjacks-need-not-apply-young-people-wanted-in-uk-forestry
What to do with old EV batteries- a solution?
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/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01525-1
Eroding coastlines expose toxic waste
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
Activists take water regulator to court
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
Plastic grass adverts are greenwash
The ASA agrees.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/08/adverts-claiming-evergreens-plastic-grass-eco-friendly-asa
Council overruled on Surrey Hills gas drilling
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/08/fury-government-council-overruled-surrey-hills-gas-drilling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://e360.yale.edu/features/insect_numbers_declining_why_it_matters
https://twitter.com/TRF_Climate/status/1534104806347915264
44% of world’s land surface needs increased protection
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/nearly-half-of-planets-land-in-need-of-conservation-attention-to-halt-biodiversity-crisis
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
Stop the government failing on plastic and screwing up nature
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/
Toxic sediment poisoning crustaceans?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/dead-shellfish-beaches-safety-secrecy-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://jmdean1982.medium.com/time-to-get-angry-beyond-the-cosy-consensus-in-british-nature-conservation-a833ee0fd7ec
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
The Queen planting trees through the decades
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7737279/The-Queen-planting-trees-decades.html
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
The guide lists reasons to plant trees. It missed out noise reduction.
Save OurTrees campaign in Haringey
https://twitter.com/RealMediaGB/status/1531932918322499586
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
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/54040/busted-5-tricks-the-aviation-industry-plays-on-us-to-appear-green/
Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-61509744
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
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
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
The Indian rhino's return from the brink
More positive news.
https://www.animaljournal.co.uk/article/conservation/indian-rhino-return-brink
Unexpected reasons for nest failures
https://twitter.com/PCairnsPhoto/status/1531188953549885441
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_medium=email_campaign=daily-nwletter
Wall Street financing deforestation
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/bidens-executive-order-on-forests-can-help-stop-wall-street-from-financing-deforestation/
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