Exactly 12 years ago, on April 13, 2014, in Zaporizhzhia, a rally of pro-Russian separatists and collaborators was egg-bоmbed.

Celebratory dance in Hungary

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland Shahid Bagheri leaking fuel towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles

Oil from an Iranian ship struck near the Strait of Hormuz threatens to poison one of the region's most important wetlands.

Local fishing communities depend on the mangrove forest for food.

If oil reaches them, it's likely to kill the fish they need to survive.

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A mini 'beast' of the leaf litter the pseudoscorpion Chthonius ischnocheles. This tiny arachnid is just a few millimetres long. It uses its venomous 'pincer palps' to immobilise prey such as mites then covers them with digestive fluid and injests the liquefied remains. They are harmless to humans!

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We have just 20 years to stop spiralling decline in British biodiversity There is a closing 20-year window in which decisions on climate and land use will determine the fate of dozens of native birds, butterflies and plants across Great Britain, says a new study led by the...

The window has already begun to close so we'd better start doing something meaningful pretty sharpish...

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition Nato’s top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway

Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to people briefed on the discussions.

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NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk with his hands in the air Alt: A man sits at a desk and smashes a laptop computer against it.

It's going to be an epic meltdown when old Frosty discovers that this Pope is woke.

UK greenhouse gas emissions are now down 54% since 1990. They fell 2% last year.

It's something the country doesn't boast about enough. Yes, some of it is switch from industry to services. But the biggest reductions are from changes to electricity supply.

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❗️A Russian strike destroyed a whole street in Korosten, Zhytomyr region.

A 70-year-old woman was killed, five more people injured.

1,500 days of this today.

Mother Clanger puppet returned to Canterbury after 50 years The original Mother Clanger from The Clangers is now on display at The Beaney in Canterbury.

That trip to the Moon is paying dividends already

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Did BBC radio 4 #Today programme really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today

Holiday advice: It's pleasant to get a train to Europe. You just have to turn travelling into a core part of the holiday - lunch in Paris, dinner in Bordeaux, trip to Spain, week on beach etc. It's limiting, but very enjoyable & decent alternative to a flight you won't be able to afford by summer.

What's glorious about the review is the inadvertent humour of the reviewer's self-conception colliding with the reality that this stuff is simply not as intelligent as he believes it to be.

The intro to this is incredible. Essentially a shrieking lamentation that the author can't sufficiently intellectualize an opinion only a dullard could have.

Suicide of an author’s credibility | Ben Sixsmith | The Critic Magazine Here is an exceptionally easy argument to make: The first claim is so obviously true that one might as well deny the greenness of the grass. The second is proven by decades of broken promises (see…

Goodwin's new book has even been slammed by The Critic. It must be truly dreadful.

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Earth Is Warming Faster Than Previously Estimated, New Study Shows Researchers found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is accelerating.

It's confirmed: Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years. This is the first statistically significant evidence of an acceleration of global warming that many had been warning about.

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We can all agree that I'd look fantastic on a £5 note

I'm delighted it's going to be wildlife. But then, I'm an ecologist. The Scottish banknotes featuring animals were just beautiful.

We’ve started surveying #Fylingdales Moor to plan restoration after last year’s #Wildfire. It’s a desolate landscape. On the upside, areas with higher plant diversity and more Sphagnum moss seem less affected by the #Fire. I wonder why? 🤔💧 #GreatNorthBog #Water #Peatland @northyorkmoors.org.uk

Norway has fish and puffins on their banknotes, and look at the state of them. When I went there last summer it was a woke hellscape of flowering plants, even in the cities. Sparrows wandering around like they owned the place. Bees everywhere. Absolute menaces.

An actual statement from the one-time natural party of government.

Hedgehogs *are* our national heroes

Politicians in opposition would do well to realise that they don't have to oppose everything and have a negative opinion on everything that happens whilst someone else is in power. It's perfectly acceptable to say nothing. Or even say "Oh we love these the UK has wonderful native wildlife."

Impressed that Kemi Badenoch now seems to be calling for an ... independent British war on Iran?

The money is on crooked as hell, but there are still odds to take that Witkoff is just incredibly stupid.

Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.

🚨🚨Major story of today: Nearly seven months ago, #Ukraine tried to sell the US their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made attack drones but #Trump admin dismissed the Ukrainians, only to reverse course last week because of heavy drone strikes from #Iran.🧵
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