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Grumpy Dad @gatzreborn.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a calmness to Zack Polanski that is so reassuring. The fact that he also makes a LOT of sense is a bonus #Newsnight

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is a great reminder to set Ecosia as your default search engine or browser

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DOGE defunded Jane Goodall’s Tanzania project–we’re pledging $100k

DOGE-driven cuts to USAID funding stalled a conservation project in Tanzania. We’ve partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute to continue reforestation.

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ellie Chow's MP added: “These are irreplaceable habitats, which by their very nature cannot be created anywhere else in some kind of compensation schedule.”

Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 3

“We have a responsibility to protect the most important, the rarest and most in need habitats, like chalk streams, ancient woodlands, peat bogs; these jewels in the crown of our ecological heritage have their protections weakened in this bill".
Ellie Chowns, Green MP for North Herefordshire

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 3

"Ellie Chowns, a Green MP, said there was a serious legal question with the bill because although the secretary of state asserted to MPs there was no reduction in environmental protections, the reality of the legislation was that the bill was in fact a rollback of environmental protections."

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 3

"David Elvin KC, in a third legal opinion, said part three of the bill was regressive and potentially in breach of international law."

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Jun 3

“The only possible reading is that the bill will have the effect of reducing the level of environmental protection provided.”

The areas at risk from Labour’s planning changes include cherished landscapes such as the New Forest, the Surrey heaths, the Peak District moors, and the Forest of Bowland.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jun 3

What did we do to deserve this government? It promised change, and many people voted on that basis, in good faith. But the change is from bad to worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals

Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn

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Dr. Tanya Harrison @tanyaofmars.bsky.social · May 31

The fact that the U.S. is turning inward and potentially set to decimate the science from its own space program while China is offering up its recently returned lunar samples for researchers around the world to analyze speaks volumes as to how the tides of science are going to shift.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · May 28

Sometimes I wonder if Wes Anderson wants most people to like his movies or if he'd prefer an exactly equal number of people on each side.

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findsuperdeals.bsky.social @findsuperdeals.bsky.social · May 16

Thames Water bonuses could be blocked by regulator Ofwat

Karen Hoggan Business Reporter Getty Images Thames Water and other water companies could be prevented by the industry regulator from paying any bonuses, under rules due to come into effect next month. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said…

Thames Water bonuses could be blocked by regulator Ofwat

Karen Hoggan Business Reporter Getty Images Thames Water and other water companies could be prevented by the industry regulator from paying any bonuses, under rules due to come into effect next month. Environment Secretary Steve Reed said new measures would stop water companies dumping a "tidal wave of sewage into our rivers while pocketing millions of pounds of bonuses". Regulator Ofwat has been able to stop firms using customer money to fund bonuses, but the new rules mean they could not use funds from shareholders or lenders either.

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Apr 9

What a delightful publication this was to read. So fascinating.

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Apr 9

PHORCE allows measurement of lytic #phage amplification rates in bacterial populations. @yuvalmulla.bsky.social & co use PHORCE to reveal phenotypic diversity among #Ecoli & #Paeruginosa phages; phage- #antibiotic interactions are mainly determined by the drug @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3G2myhf

A mathematical model of phage infection allows the extraction of key phage amplification parameters (PHORCE). Top and middle: E. coli growth curves measured by bioluminescence in the presence of the phage Bas04 at all combinations of eight different initial bacterial concentrations (1.1 × 104–1.4 × 106 mL−1, orange to blue) and 10 different initial phage concentrations (2.5 × 103–1.3 × 106 mL−1, light to dark). Bottom left: Schematic of minimal model of phage amplification. Bottom right: Comparison of observed collapse times and collapse times from the model.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 16

Making economic growth the overriding purpose, to which all else must be sacrificed, not only trashes ecological and social values. It's also spectacularly bad politics. Governments can't control growth, but when it dips, this government, by its own criteria, fails. A rod for its own back.

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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · Mar 3

Botanic gardens are more than peaceful retreats or collections of catalogued plants - they’re vital in the fight against biodiversity loss.

Great article by Samuel Brockington in The Conversation:
tinyurl.com/4yekcz84

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Botanic gardens are struggling to keep up with the biodiversity crisis – here’s what they can do

Botanic gardens have evolved from medicinal gardens to scientific institutions, Now, they must become conservation leaders on a global scale.

theconversation.com

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Mar 2

Are they?

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · Jan 16

3️⃣ Our domestic targets are 33% too high to meet our non-legally-binding 2030 international commitment—which sends a terrible message to the world.

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Mar 1

Yesterday felt like the first true day of Spring this year

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Project Seagrass @projectseagrass.bsky.social · Feb 21

In our academic response, published in the journal @pnas.org, we outline the risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass: ow.ly/qnSe50V3AxJ

Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass | PNAS

Risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass

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Louie @louieablett.bsky.social · Mar 1

Seagrass provides a unique habitat for marine life, and absorbs CO2 at a ridiculously rapid rate.

We need to keep planting more!

@projectseagrass.bsky.social are doing fantastic work right around the UK, we need to keep supporting them.

European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · Mar 1

🌿 Every 30 min, we lose a seagrass meadow the size of a football field.

These vital ecosystems protect coasts, filter water, store carbon & shelter marine life.

With rising sea temps & heatwaves, Europe’s seagrass is at risk. Protecting it means protecting our future. #WorldSeagrassDay 🌊💙