https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/17/uk-green-economy-has-failed-to-grow-since-2014-official-figures-show?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60348947

I have just seen this. It's not doing very well.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/604318

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/52326/greenpeace-argentina-saved-argentine-sea-oil-companies/?utm_campaign=oil&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=post

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/15/mp-eagles-not-welcome-constituency-received-funds-shooting-estate-chris-loder

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60380298

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/flourishing-plants-show-warming-antarctica-undergoing-major-change-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/more-than-100-nations-take-action-save-oceans-from-human-harm?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/02/energy-crisis-bills-public-ownership-cost-of-living

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/10/my-heart-is-broken-death-of-marine-life-is-devastating-englands-fishing-industry?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A net zero target was always an excuse to do nothing.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/campaigners-fear-net-zero-could-be-a-casualty-of-boris-johnsons-weakness?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-beef-industry-fueling-amazon-rainforest-destruction-deforestation/?srnd=green

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/29/how-the-fossil-fuel-industry-is-pushing-plastics-on-the-world-.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/07/greenpeace-rocks-sea-bottom-trawling-marine-management-organisation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

This is from Wickedleeks, Riverford’s magazine. It has some helpful links in it.

https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/cities-eating-drinking-community-climate-change/ultimate-guide-sustainable-food-city?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60198433

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/05/shock-in-france-after-giant-trawler-sheds-100000-dead-fish-off-coast

This may not surprise you.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/04/carbon-footprint-gap-between-rich-poor-expanding-study?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

I keep seeing articles (and comments on SL) suggesting that in the light of the current energy price hike the UK should have a rethink about fracking.
I thought this article was good on the pros and cons.
https://eciu.net/analysis/briefings/uk-energy-policies-and-prices/fracking-in-the-uk

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ghost-forests-are-sprouting-up-along-the-atlantic-coast?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

https://flipboard.com/@food/how-to-reduce-food-waste-3si1rsojp17rp1f3?

I found this interesting- not something I’ve ever given much thought to.

https://www.archdaily.com/976015/strategies-to-reduce-embodied-carbon-in-the-built-environment?

And the award goes to…
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/25/riba-best-building-award-friendship-hospital-bangladesh-kashef-chowdhury-david-chipperfield-wilkinson-eyre?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/26/carbon-offsetting-environmental-collapse-carbon-land-grab?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

This is a new venture for the Restart Project, which has hitherto only organised pop-up fixing sessions. I could wish that the two sites weren't both in NW London but it's a start, at least. If this works, maybe our failing high streets could provide space for more local fixing factories, in due course.
Read all about the venture - and the job opportunities it's offering - at https://therestartproject.org/news/fixing-factories/ .
Do share this news around sustainably-minded friends and your other networks, too.

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/pesticides-released-into-brazils-amazon-to-degrade-rainforest-and-facilitate-deforestation/

This message has been sent to everyone who signed the petition “Ban the use of peat in horticulture and all growing media by 2023.”:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562054

The Government is asking for people's views on proposed measures to end the retail sale of peat in England and Wales. It wants to hear your views on measures it is proposing to end the use of peat and peat containing products in retail horticulture, and the impact these measures could have on professional horticulture and wider sectors.

Read a summary of the proposals, and share your views:
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/soils-and-peatlands/endingtheretailsaleofpeatinhorticulture/

The survey closes on Friday 18 March.

Who is running the consultation?
The consultation is being run by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), which is responsible for improving and protecting the environment. The Department also supports the food, farming and fishing industries.

Find out more about DEFRA:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

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Thanks,
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UK Government and Parliament

Be prepared it`s quite long.It covers,wipes,sachets,single use bottles & cups and possibly other things I`ve forgotten.I didn`t give `evidence` every time,which is asked for,(!!) though I did try to provide links to either real evidence or at least articles from respected organisations laying out the problems.
I suggested biodegradables-easily obtainable materials available and `return-clean and take another full one` systems for bottles-like Milk deliveries. I did that because there are sytems to copy(milkmen) and sytems are already half there in some supermarkets anyway. I`ve also suggested Loyalty points can be consumer incentives! It`s very easy to find links to items that fit the bill on biodegradables and since they are sellers they provide costings too.
Worth doing IMHO


https://consult.defra.gov.uk/environmental-quality/call-for-evidence-on-commonly-littered-and-problem/consultation/intro/?fbclid=IwAR1lsdV7nIw00Lzd6b5HmobvjOsozyzx7zNRryPYIVFxPfRplHiLjEJlPxo

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/20/environment-agency-cuts-staff-blow-whistle?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/17/perspectives/planet-climate-pandemics/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0uHvPaj_KkG3gDrvybb6YvtZ4tKaaWK8jfnHq2jNS-mjEHD7i_KV26AkM

The latest World Economic Forum's annual Global Risks Report reveals that world leaders now rank biodiversity loss as one of the most severe risks facing humanity in the coming decade, alongside climate action failure and extreme weather events. More than half of global GDP coming from industries that rely on nature, such as construction and food, businesses are also calling for action to protect and restore nature, which is essential for a resilient global economy.

An article from Positive News on greenest trends in 2022

https://www.positive.news/society/living-life-to-the-greenest-sustainability-trends-that-will-dominate-in-2022/?

https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/one-of-the-world-s-wealthiest-oil-exporting-nations-is-becoming-unliveable-122011601067_1.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/19/dumped-fishing-gear-killing-marine-life-governments-care-scottish-trawlerman-nets?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/government-puts-bees-risk

Something else we already knew.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/18/chemical-pollution-has-passed-safe-limit-for-humanity-say-scientists?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Something we already knew. Now its official.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60026378

Something a bit more positive.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/11/meet-mr-trash-wheel-and-the-other-ingenious-tools-that-eat-river-plastic?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/17/cutting-red-tape-rivers-polluted-england-water-regulators?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Scroll down for:
* Brands encouraging the destruction of rainforest by using deforestation palm oil in their products (and indirectly supporting illegal indigenous landgrabbing, human rights abuses, slavery and violence on palm oil plantations).
* List of palm oil free alternatives.
* Parliament petition to "Prohibit the sale and use in the UK of palm oil and its derivatives in foods." The petition claims a link to cancer supported by an article.

https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/07/10/these-are-the-forgotten-animals-of-the-secretly-destroyed-forests/

https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/01/06/almost-2-years-into-the-pandemic-empty-flights-are-still-frying-the-planet

I'm used to seeing green beans grown in Kenya and asparagus from Peru.
Other items I didn't buy during a recent visit to Asda included:
* Organic garlic from China
* A bag of watercress grown in the USA
A bonus last time was apples from Kent.

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/indonesian-proposal-could-redefine-palm-oil-driven-deforestation-as-reforestation/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/heat-records-broken-all-around-the-world-in-2021-says-climatologist?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35496350

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/05/fossil-fuel-firms-among-biggest-spenders-on-google-ads-that-look-like-search-results

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/03/great-green-reset-10-things-britain-save-planet-cop26?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/27/climate-change-cost-of-extreme-weather-events-increased-in-2021-says-ngo

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/29/climate-scientist-dont-look-up-madness

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/03/law-change-allows-wild-birds-killed-protect-game-birds-england?fbclid=IwAR2kgIyD66CS-05QACMdM3ZPZEA0naNUEiTNAk-61hceQ19ksM-FQzrVevI

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/future-energy-solution