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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 7d

Government urged to reverse "political choice" to allow overfishing as @oceanauk.bsky.social report shows many UK fish stocks are in a perilous state.

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Call to end overfishing to save British fish supper as key stocks face collapse

Half of UK’s top commercial fish stocks are either overfished to critically low levels or being overexploited, a report from Oceana UK warns.

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 7d

It comes after a pilot programme found engineers who were given expert help and a free heat pump to install in their own homes boosted their technical knowledge, support for and confidence in the tech
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Scheme to give heating engineers free heat pumps ‘boosts confidence’ in the tech

The programme is to be rolled out to thousands of professionals after a small-scale pilot found it boosted technical knowledge and understanding.

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 7d

Heating engineers are being urged to take advantage of a heat pump 'giveaway' to install in their own homes, to help them get more familiar with the clean tech
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Engineers urged to sign up to heat pump ‘giveaway’ for their homes

Experts said heat pumps were more efficient than gas boilers

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 13d

The Climate Change Act, passed last time Ed Miliband was Energy Secretary back in 2008, is recognised as world-leading legislation, setting legal long-term targets to cut emissions and 'budgets' for how to get there, and has been replicated in other countries since

Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · 13d

So the Tories have pledged to scrap the Climate Change Act - prompting a widespread backlash from environmental groups, scientists, business and (most) other political parties
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Tories vow to scrap UK’s landmark climate legislation

The Conservatives have announced plans to replace the UK’s world-leading climate legislation with a strategy for “cheap and reliable” energy. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to scrap the Climate...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm being followed round the internet by heat pump adverts

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is interesting from @bristoluni.bsky.social - A 'sneaky' reshuffle of canteen menu options can help diners choose healthier, greener meals
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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 12

More bird of prey good news: England's reintroduced white tailed eagles have hit a new breeding high, with three chicks fledging from two wild nests - including the first bird born in Dorset for 240 years
www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...

Record breeding year for England’s white-tailed eagles as three chicks fledge

Reintroduced birds successfully reared chicks in wild nests in Dorset and Sussex, conservationists said.

www.standard.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 12

England is now facing 'nationally significant' water shortfalls, officials warn, despite rain in July, with reservoirs and rivers low, pressure on crops and wildlife, wildfires on the increase and another heatwave building www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 7

Lynx could thrive if released in Northumberland - and the return of the elusive cat is backed by majority of people in the area where they would roam, research finds @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @northwildlife.bsky.social @lifescape.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Bringing lynx back to Northumberland backed by 72% of locals, consultation finds

Northumberland is the only area of England and Wales with enough woodland to support the cat species.

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 6

Could white storks return to London? Conservationists are surveying Londoners as part of a project to examine the feasibility of the 'talismanic' species' return to the capital
www.itv.com/news/london/...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Aug 6

Record number of heat pumps, solar panels and batteries installed in first half of 2025, figures show

www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Jul 30

Need a little good news? Pair of UK's rarest breeding bird, the Montagu's harrier, have successfully reared four chicks to fledging in a secret farmland location, @rspb.bsky.social says
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Conservationists ‘overjoyed’ at successful breeding by rare Montagu’s harriers

A pair of the ‘red listed’ birds of prey reared four chicks to fledging at a secret location, in the first successful breeding in the UK since 2019.

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Jul 9

Climate change tripled deaths in recent heatwave across European cities, including London, Paris and Rome, rapid assessment finds www.itv.com/news/2025-07...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Jun 24

A scheme by @nestauk.bsky.social to give heating engineers a free heat pump + training to install in their own homes is to be rolled out to thousands of people after a pilot showed it boosted confidence in the clean technology www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

Scheme to give heating engineers free heat pumps ‘boosts confidence’ in the tech

The programme is to be rolled out to thousands of professionals after a small-scale pilot found it boosted technical knowledge and understanding.

www.independent.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Jun 19

Britain's temperate rainforests are something of a secret, with most people not aware they can be found on our shores, polling for @plantlifeuk.bsky.social suggests
www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...

Most people unaware Britain hosts wildlife-rich rainforests, polling suggests

Nature charity Plantlife is calling for greater protection of Britain’s hidden and threatened temperate rainforest.

www.thenational.scot

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · May 29

Warning for Government over reports it's planning to cut nature friendly farming, with environmentalists and farmers warning it would be 'devastating' for wildlife and people
www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...

Cutting nature-friendly farming budget would be ‘devastating’, Government warned

Environmental and farming groups have reacted with dismay to reports that funding for sustainable agriculture will be cut in the spending review.

www.the-independent.com

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · May 28

'We must stop killing sharks' - @lewispugh.bsky.social urges protection of the world's sharks as he completes 'exhausting' swim around Martha's Vineyard for the 50th anniversary of Jaws www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...

Lewis Pugh warns we must protect sharks as he completes swim to mark Jaws’ 50th

The British endurance swimmer has finished a 60-mile swim around Martha’s Vineyard, a shark hotspot where the Hollywood blockbuster was filmed.

www.the-independent.com

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks @guyshrubsole.bsky.social and your lichen identification guide!

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · May 6

So I took a trip to Devon's Dart Valley to see one of the UK's rarest and most special habitats - temperate rainforest - and the fight to secure its future in the face of climate change
www.standard.co.uk/news/environ...

‘Scale is so important’ – the fight to revive Britain’s vanishing rainforests

Conservationists are battling to secure the future of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of British habitats as climate change looms.

www.standard.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Apr 30

Government failing to prepare the UK for 'tomorrow's disaster' of floods, heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, Climate Change Committee warns in stark report on adaptation
www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Apr 28

£2.8m appeal launched to buy and restore more than 100ha of rare temperate rainforest, described as 'final piece of rainforest jigsaw' linking up a swathe of the rare habitat in Devon's Dart valley
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Appeal launched to help buy and restore swathe of rare temperate...

The Woodland Trust is looking for support for the purchase of Buckland Wood - the `final piece of rainforest jigsaw´ in Devon´s Dart Valley.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Emily Beament @emilybeament.bsky.social · Apr 28

Boosting UK horticulture to help Britons meet 'five a day' fruit and veg healthy eating guidance could add £2.3bn to economy, create jobs and raise farmer profits, @green-alliance.org.uk report suggests www.northernfarmer.co.uk/news/2511934...

Expanding UK fruit and veg growing ‘could add £2.3bn to the economy’

Boosting UK fruit and veg production to meet healthy eating guidelines could increase farm profits, create jobs and add £2.3bn to the economy, a…

www.northernfarmer.co.uk

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ECIU @eciu.net · Apr 9

Many unaware of negative heat pump ‘myths’ but cost is big issue, polling finds

Many people have not heard some of the common myths and misconceptions about heat pumps, but cost is still a big barrier to their uptake, polling finds.
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Many unaware of negative heat pump ‘myths’ but cost is big issue, polling finds

A survey showed half of people would likely switch to heat pumps if it meant savings on bills.

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ECIU @eciu.net · Apr 2

Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study

Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.

Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study

Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.

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