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Fancy 240,000 particles of nanoplasitc with your litre of bottled water?
Bottled water has been found to contain hundreds of thousands of tiny particles of plastic that have not previously been counted, raising questions over the impact on human health
thetimes.co.uk/article/bottl…
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Your regular reminder that the UK's North Sea gas production has dropped by two-thirds since 2000 and is set to fall by another 97% by 2050 – or by 95% with new licensing
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More oil and gas licenses won't help to lower energy bills
& won't help reduce gas demand, which is how to get energy independence from Qatar etc
Insulation WOULD reduce gas demand so boost security & help with bills. But Govt confirm scrapping private rented insulation regs🤷♀️
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There's more misleading information about the noise heat pumps make in today's newspapers, so we're resharing this video.
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Environment Agency chair Alan Lovell admits the watchdog didn't do enough to regulate water pollution from farming in the past #CleanItUp
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BREAKING: We’re supporting legal action against Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone for misleading claims about recycling.
With @ecos_standard, we’re supporting @BEUC in filing an external alert to the EU Commission. #deplastify
clientearth.org/latest/lates… 🧵(1/4)
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The energy world will look very different by 2030, even under today's policy settings
🚗 Nearly 10 times as many electric cars
☀️ Renewables = 80% of new power
⚡️ Electric heating outselling gas boilers
🏭 Fossil fuel demand has peaked
➡️ iea.li/46Ye8jd
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📣 We’ve connected the world’s LARGEST offshore wind farm to our electricity transmission network – and it’s just produced power for the first time! ⚡
Learn more about @SSERenewables' #DoggerBank, and how it will power homes and businesses around Britain when it completes 💡
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New @kewgardens State of Plants and Fungi report
• 77% of undescribed plants predicted to be facing extinction
• 45% of described plants at extinction risk, up from circa 40% in 2020
• Estimated 2.5m fungi species worldwide
thetimes.co.uk/article/major…
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All life on Earth depends on #biodiversity
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🌱 For 10 years, the Australian PlantBank has been providing a vital insurance policy against the extinction of our #nativeflora
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Read @kewgardens latest 'State of the World’s' report published today: bit.ly/SOTWPF #SOTWPF
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.@DefraGovUK claims to be on track for delivering on Government target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030☑️
We asked to see their evidence to back up this claim. How much do you think they had to share?
Absolutely NONE 0⃣
Read more👇
standard.co.uk/news/politics…
ALT Image of a wildflower meadow, with a hill and forest in the background. Text reads "time to walk the walk for nature" and the Nature 2030 logo is in the bottom right corner. An image credit for Matt Pitts & Plantlife is in the bottom left
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Some good news: Dogger bank, the world's largest offshore windfarm, has been plugged into the grid. 3.6GW when finished sserenewables.com/news-and-v…
(Can't believe it's 13MW turbines. I remember getting excited seeing the first 8MW turbines up close: theguardian.com/environment/…)
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✉ We have today published a letter sent to the Prime Minister @RishiSunak, raising questions arising from recent announcements on net zero measures.
🔎Click below to read the letter👇
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A Tufton St guide to "honest debate" on net-zero
(aka how Civitas got embarrassingly wrong numbers into Sun, Mail, Times & Express)
1⃣Send to lobby journos, not specialists
2⃣Get Tufton St chums to write supportive comment
3⃣Trust editors to take crazy numbers at face value
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Seven water companies ranked as “lagging” in performance over the last financial year by Ofwat
Anglian Water, Dŵr Cymru, Southern Water, Thames Water, Yorkshire Water, Bristol Water and South East Water
Ten ranked “average”
Zero “leading”
£114m to be returned to customers
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Today, we've announced that water companies in England and Wales will need to return £114m to customers next year for under performance.
Read a summary of our announcement here ofwat.gov.uk/publication/add…
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Today the European Parliament voted in favour of a law that supports people's right to breathe healthy air and to hold Govs to account, seeking compensation if their health has been damaged by air pollution.
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Just released: "Zero draft" of #PlasticsTreaty.
@AndersenInger called it a crucial moment to #BeatPlasticPollution and encouraged negotiators to pursue a highly ambitious agreement that paves the way to a pollution-free planet.
unep.org/inc-plastic-polluti…
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Net Zero is the future.
The UK should be committing to phasing out fossil fuels, we do not need:
❌new oil and gas fields
❌new oil and gas exploration
- @ClimateAPPG Vice Chair @CSkidmoreUK MP
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🏡 From #Retrofit to resilience 💪 our response to the government's heating our homes consultation calls for a 10 yr retrofit plan with consistent, long-term policy signals that transcend election cycles.
✅Success = Incentives + Regulations
Read more👉 cse.org.uk/news/from-retrofi…