"The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic".

I'm old enough to remember the days when spring landscape outside the train windows was dominated by the red of poppies.

Now it's replaced by the sickly orange of glifosated fields.

#biodiversity #farming #pesticides

Baggio: cronaca di un bosco sacrificato da una burocrazia arrogante - Milano Post Una riflessione amara sull'incapacità della burocrazia milanese di correggere i propri errori, tutelando il verde esistente

Milan: an ordinary story of public greenery sacrificed by bureaucracy:

www.milanopost.info/2026/04/07/b...

UK Butterfly Emergency Declared Big Butterfly Count 2024 results reveal lowest numbers on recordWildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has today declared a national ‘Butterfly Emergency’, with results of this summer’s Big Butterfly...

Following the appalling results of last year's #ButterflyCount we really must stop mowing lawns, verges and large sections of our parks this May-August...

#NoMow #LetItBee 🐝 🦋

butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

Ornis Committee caves to political pressure, ignores science as Turtle-dove decline worsens BirdLife Malta strongly condemns the outcome of yesterday’s Ornis Committee meeting, where the majority once again chose to align with political pressure rather than base decisions on scientific…

BirdLife Malta condemns the decision to open a spring hunting season for Turtle-dove, despite clear scientific evidence showing continued population decline.

Decisions on wildlife must be guided by science - not political pressure.

#StopSpringHunting

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New warnings from Maltese environmentalists. Let's remember: the massacre of migratory birds in Malta (and Sicily) is not a local issue.

Inchiesta urbanistica Milano, tutte le accuse nel processo sui grattacieli - LaPresse La 'Torre Milano' di via Stresa è uno 'scempio territoriale' che 'è intollerabile', realizzato in violazione dei 'doveri di solidarietà sociale' sanciti dalla

Miracolo a Milano.
Ovvero come far passare un grattacielo di 24 piani al posto di due palazzine di 2 e 3 piani per "ristrutturazione edilizia" (la c. d. "super Scia").
Dalla requisitoria della pm Petruzzella:
www.lapresse.it/cronaca/2026...

Rewilding linked to dramatic increases in birds across Scotland New research across Scotland's Northwoods Rewilding Network has revealed striking biodiversity gains on rewilded land, with bird diversity increasing by more than 260% and pollinating insects rising m...

Quite impressive impact of #RestoreNature in Scotland

Biodiversity loss can be reversed. If we choose to.

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Pitchfork politics and sausage-making: how the farmers ‘crisis’ rewrote EU green rules behind closed doors Legal experts call it undemocratic; the official watchdog calls it a failure of integrity. After a wave of farm protests rocked the continent, Brussels gutted its green protections at record speed, le...

"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭." The origin story of deregulation 📣 🚜

🔎 New investigation by @natashafoote.bsky.social @euobserver.com shows how #FarmerProtests were hijacked to roll back rules that protect people and nature – all to favour big business. euobserver.com/208082/pitch...

Beavers bring biodiversity to wetlands, study shows Beavers should be embraced as key allies in the fight against biodiversity loss according to scientists at the University of Stirling, after new research revealed the significant ecological benefits…

Beaver-created #wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland. Strengthening #biodiversity in areas where they can build dams.

The EP’s envi committee just voted to maintain a standalone LIFE asking for €6.4 billion

Well done

Now the EC should cissue an emended MFF proposal that preserves this crucial tool, both for adressing the biodiversity crisis and to enable local level constructive cooperation between stakehonders

European justice is slow, but it still works.

Portugal fined 10 million euro plus running fine for not complying with 2019 judgement on failing to properly designate and protect #Natura2000 sites.

Important precedent. Hope PT gov will now do the decent thing and start complying.

EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products Lawmakers will ban use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets

While the world burns, our politicians adopt an idiotic law that tries to make it burn faster.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This week, EU lawmakers will resume discussions on whether to censor how to talk about plant-based food... we’d rather they stop spreading confusion.

There’s #NoConfusion.
#YesVeggieBurger

So EU Commissioner Hansen is back drumming up #biofuels as a solution to expensive oil. An idea that failed 20 years ago.

Reminder:
- we dont have the land
-when fossil fuel goes up, against commodities follow
-further linking oil and food markets is going to starve the most vumerable.

BirdLife Malta condemns the Government’s decision to reopen new trapping licences BirdLife Malta strongly condemns the Government’s decision, announced through the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), to reopen applications for new General Trapping Licences. This move represents a...

Beyond commenting really.

Maltese gov reauthorises finch trapping in defiance of the EU law and ECJ judgements.

@jessikaroswall.ec.europe.eu needs to take immediate action.

birdlifemalta.org/2026/03/bird...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

Should be the top story everyday.

Hotter European summers put migratory birds at risk - Durham University

Research from our Biosciences Department and the British Trust for Ornithology shows that hotter European summers are reducing migratory birds’ ability to fuel up for their long journeys. These changes could have serious consequences for bird populations across Europe & Africa.
👉 bit.ly/46eofTf

🙅 People across Europe are demanding a lead-free future.

7 in 10 European citizens support a strong EU ban. Yet the latest draft weakens the restriction by excluding bullets.

Lead puts human, wildlife and nature health at risk. Ignoring science and public demand is not leadership.

#BanLeadNow

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis? Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Urbanistica: a ogni milanese sottratti 6,58 mq di verde Uno studio dimostra come la quota di verde pro-capite (prevista per legge) non è rispettata. Ma il Comune afferma di non poter fare i calcoli

Green spaces in Milan: the values ​​required by law are not being respected

www.lanotiziagiornale.it/urbanistica-...

The Guardian view on Merz and Meloni: an emerging Berlin-Rome axis is threatening the EU’s green deal The deregulation agenda being pushed by Germany’s chancellor and Italy’s prime minister is economically and ethically flawed

Current attack on environmental legislation goes much further than stopping the green deal. It tries to reverse 40 years of env lawmaking.

It will kill nature and people, harm most European companies & destroy the EU which is based on a common rules based market.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fancy a meeting in a castle to decide the future of 450 million Europeans? This is what 27 EU leaders are doing today, without you even knowing it 🤷

Find out more in our video & join 170,000+ people who signed the petition to defend nature laws: birdlifemalta.org/handsoffnatu...

#HandsOffNature

More hunting damage in Malta

Le Olimpiadi fanno bene all’economia? Cosa non dicono le analisi di impatto dei Giochi I Giochi invernali sono spesso poco ambiti: per il 2026 c’erano solo due concorrenti. L’effetto economico dei grandi eventi è controverso, a volte si tratta solo di prestigio che fa felice gli elettor...

Major works for major events, or major events for major works? Their environmental impact alone would be enough to declare them dangerous. Here (the Cortina Olympics) it is demonstrated that they are also a deception from an economic standpoint.

www.editorialedomani.it/sport/olimpi...

Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets

The livestock industry bangs on bout not interfering with people's choices. But from grossly distorted subsidies to anti consumer legislation it keeps rigging the system.

To be clear, the vast majority of support does not go to support biodiversity rich grazing

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ozone pollution kills 75,000 Europeans a year, and costs €80bn. So why is methane being ignored? Treating methane as an afterthought in air quality policy is no longer a technical oversight but a political choice, with measurable consequences for citizens’ health, farmers’ livelihoods and environ...

🔴 Ozone pollution costs Europe 775,000 life-years and €80bn a year – yet methane, a main driver, is still ignored!

Our new #MethaneMatters study featured in today's @euobserver.com shows why EU action on methane is urgent and essential.

👀 Read more: euobserver.com/202963/ozone...

Not that many good news at the moment so take this one into the WE.

DK gov got EC state aid greenlight for a 1bn euro investment in farms buy out for nature restoration. Partbof the deal negotiated with farm unions and NGOs to meet climate and nitrogen targets.

In French updates, ex minister Duplomb resurrects its pesticides liberalisation bill which was killed by the supreme court. A doctored version will be added to the big farm lobby pleading bill of the new gov, alonside wolf killing, water theft, and other goodies.

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

Please support our petition: EU environmental laws have worked for decades but now they're getting dismantled for corporate profit. We need as many signatures as possible to defend people and nature 🤝#HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...