A Lovely Lump of False Equivalence Everything we use is dug up or grown

Just had a little rant about false equivalence.
And electric diggers,
And trucks,
And trains,
That go downhill, and generate electricity.

David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!

“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”

Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry

#SecretGarden

Woman who won legal case over greenhouse emissions awarded top environmental prize Sarah Finch is among six recipients of the Goldman Environmental prize, awarded to honour grassroots activists around the world

Congratulations Sarah, brilliant @sarahfinch.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Speckled wood basking on the path beside a wood we planted 20 years ago. Build it and they will come .. #butterflyconservation

Excited to share our new paper in @britishbirds.bsky.social! We present the first confirmed evidence of farmland ground-nesting bird nests on a solar park in the UK. We also conducted focal watches to understand how Corn Buntings were using Westmill Solar Park during the breeding season. 1/4

And got the t shirt

Hand painted sign attached to a fence at the side of the road in Shetland ahead of the visit of Nogel Farage which reads, "Frog-Mouthed Wanker"

Popular as ever 🐸

(From Reddit)

Please support Patrick as he runs the London Marathon (with an injury) to raise funds for Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

At least Trump/Vance have achieved one regime change.

A screenshot from National Grid Live which gives the latests stastics about the electricity grid.

We are current;ly 77.5% powered by renewables, a pitiful 5% powered by burning imported methane gas, and yet the effing price is set by the effing cost of effing gas, I am effing fuming!
Thanks grid.iamkate.com

Film poster for the 1986 animated film When the Wind Blows which shows an elderly British cartoon couple standing in front of a mushroom cloud

Just sitting around waiting for our 1980s childhood trauma to manifest

Cowslips have been appearing everywhere over the last few days. #cowslipchallenge #wildflowerhour

My Garden of a Thousand Bees Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

The best B movie ever made: My Garden of a Thousand Bees www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002t686 via @bbciplayer

The dark side of the balloon boom – is it time they were banned? From balloon arches at parties to mass balloon releases at funerals, these bits of floating rubber and plastic can have disastrous effects on wildlife. As some retailers are refusing to sell them, her...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It never ceases to both amaze, and disgust, me just how many deflated balloons we pick up on the farm here in our little corner of Suffolk

"Boldly going where no man has gone before..."

Imagine how much money we’ve wasted. Imagine how much could have gone into the NHS, public services, tackling poverty…
Will anyone be held responsible though? For the lies that were told, the false promises made?
Perhaps a brexit tax on all the corporations that cashed in?
I’M SO CROSS!

Lawyers flag risk of anti-competitive conduct to block UK heat pump uptake | ClientEarth Companies in the UK gas industry may have breached competition law by acting together to undermine the uptake of heat pumps in the UK, lawyers at environmental charity ClientEarth are warning.

Lawyers @clientearth.bsky.social suspect that UK gas companies have "collectively spread misinformation about heat pumps"

www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

Most honest reporting in the past few weeks.

Brimstone feeding in a suitable hiding place #butterfly #primroses

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Excellent explanation for high UK electricity prices (and fossil fuel propagandists) by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.

And here's the clip, thanks to James: bsky.app/profile/jame...

Starmer not prepared to join a war ‘without lawful basis and viable plan’, he tells PMQs – UK politics live PM says country must act ‘with clarity, with purpose and with a cool head’ amid Middle East crisis and Trump criticism

"The sprint to clean energy is the only way to get off the volatile international fossil fuels markets, cut bills & deliver energy security"

Fair play to Starmer - this is exactly right. Meanwhile, Badenoch & Farage would have us hooked on more fossil fuels

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Can't say this often enough!

An acre of solar produces 50-300 times more energy than an acre of biofuels.

Stop using food for fuel.

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Prompted me to donate

A great day for cheap power enthusiasts as 5GW of solar comes in at £65/MWh and 1.3GW of onshore wind comes in at £72.24/MWh. Both prices are in £2024 and are below the wholesale price, meaning that these projects will cut costs.
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Blue Peter badge,

I'm happy to award President Trump my Blue Peter badge, as long as he agrees to stop killing Americans and doesn't invade a NATO country.

I hope that might be of some help.

Christmas snowdrop

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