Louie
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Louie
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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
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.”
“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
"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."
"David Elvin KC, in a third legal opinion, said part three of the bill was regressive and potentially in breach of international law."
“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.
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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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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.
What a delightful publication this was to read. So fascinating.
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
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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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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.
Yesterday felt like the first true day of Spring this year
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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.
🌿 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 🌊💙
Additionally, the "Prince was accused of hypocrisy by environmental campaigners for secretly making money from an industry that currently contributes to more than 10 per cent of the UK’s total carbon emissions", despite building an extensive brand based on green innovation and environmental reform.
(("Prince William faced further criticism over his property assets after it emerged he was set to cash in to the tune of millions from a housing development on Duchy land near Faversham in Kent."))
("Last year, Prince William received almost £24m from the Duchy.

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However unlike his father, Prince William has chosen not to disclose how much tax he paid last year.")
the government has raised capital gains tax (CGT) on companies from 20 per cent to 24 per cent in October’s budget."

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"The tax is paid by about 350,000 people and raises about £15bn per year."

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[...] "it is likely other property owners would have been subject to a 20 per cent tax on the £16.5m which would equate to £3.3m.

In addition, future tax-free profits made by Prince William, through the Duchy, on property sales are likely to been even higher as

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"Prince William appears to have legally avoided up to £3m in property taxes since taking over from his father the Duchy of Cornwall"

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"An analysis of the Duchy’s financial records since Prince William took over the £1.1bn property portfolio [...] reveals

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How Prince William may have avoided up to £3m in property taxes
The Duchy of Cornwall’s financial affairs have come under increasing scrutiny amid growing calls for more transparency
inews.co.uk