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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 1d

New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Well...it's ironic that when Natural England tried to protect the best wildlife areas of an Actual Forest (Bernwood) between Oxford and Cambridge, the Govt intervened and stopped them.

New set of forest towns to be built between Oxford and Cambridge

Communities in the middle of new national forest to show how housebuilding can be delivered alongside nature

www.theguardian.com

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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 2d

Male mice exposed to PFAS (an environmental contaminant) have reduced sperm production but normal sperm viability & motility. Embryos created by IVF with PFAS-treated sperm have disrupted transcriptomes suggesting possible transgenerational effects.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Exposure of mice to environmentally relevant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) alters the sperm epigenome - Communications Biology

Male mice exposed to PFAS (a group of environmental contaminants) have reduced sperm production but normal sperm viability & motility. Embryos created by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with PFA...

www.nature.com

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 2d

"I walked in the North Holland dunes on Sunday, outside the contours. It was a constant racket from a steady stream of low-flying aircraft. Not being able to experience more relative silence anywhere else is a greatly underestimated problem, on top of the noise pollution in and around the house."

Oudeis @oudeisoudeis.bsky.social · 3d

Zondag gewandeld in de NH duinen, buiten de contouren. Eén en al takkeherrie van een gestage stroom laagvliegende toestellen, zoals meestal. Nergens in je omgeving meer relatieve stilte kunnen ervaren is zeer onderschat probleem, bovenop de geluidsoverlast in en om de woning.

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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 2d

Green power across London

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 2d

Germany seems worried about PFAS-4 levels in drinking water above 12ng/l. Almost getting frequent in my bit of London ?
www.presseportal.de/pm/7666/6150...

Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder what it was and where it went ! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Sabotage or a technical fault? BA planes covered in five tons of foam

The Boeing 777 and 787 will be out of action for months after the incident at London's Heathrow on Sunday, which has led to claims of 'sabotage'. But British Airways have said it is due to a technical...

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 3d

WHO’s One Health Day reminds us our health and nature’s health are inseparable.
PFAS “forever chemicals” in our water prove the point.

#OneHealthDay #ProtectOurWater

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 3d

It was last week when I got this www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pfas...

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 3d

Whether it's PFAS, pollution from fracking or purging for LNG, we seem to be expected to sit back and meekly accept the poisoning of our drinking water sources as an unfortunate side effect of industry making limitless profits

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 4d

"Major Pfas pollution sources include airports, military sites,....."
Heathrow contribution :

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 5d

Despite what I thought, Wikipedia on Hampton Water Treatment Works tells me that water is abstracted from the Thames and www.sheetpilinguk.com/hampton-wtw-... tells me about protecting the eel screens.
So Portlane Brook ( ?draining PFAS from west/south of Heathrow) does enter upstream of the inlet !

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 5d

The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked.

And we can ill afford to lose these trees on these under-forested islands

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus

Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 7d

Meanwhile Thames Water have provided analyses of PFAS in the supply to my area. www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pfas... Some results are rather higher than Jersey is trying to aspire to. PFOS 7ng/l ; PFOA 3ng/l

Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 11d

Not sure if this location was sampled in the study to identify PFAS hotspots.

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 11d

For London drinking water PFAS levels I am waiting for the ITAPS study to be peer-reviewed and published. www.envirotech-online.com/news/drinkin... seems reassuring but the UK Drinking Water Inspectorate guidance is pretty lax compared with the US EPA ideas !

PFAS levels detected in London drinking water within safe range, new study finds

Is PFAS under control in London?Per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – a diverse family of fluorinated molecules used to make products heat‑, water‑ and grease‑resistant – are...

www.envirotech-online.com

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 11d

www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/heat...

Heathrow Airport - Ground Investigation Survey for PFAS - a Freedom of Information request to Environment Agency

At the 2024 Open Forum meeting of the Council for the Independent Scrutiny of Heathrow Airport (CISHA) it was stated ."The 2023 ground investigation survey to understand the level of the "forever chem...

www.whatdotheyknow.com

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 11d

The Environment Agency have released an earlier presentation on a survey for PFOS on the Heathrow airfield and in the River Crane. It also includes a more complete analysis of the other PFAS compounds discharged on two dates. The southern and western catchments drain into Thames via Portlane Brook.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 20d

A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21d

British.

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · 21d

I guess they don't have to replace the trees on the site they trashed ?

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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 21d

Rare Earths refinery at Saltend, Hull is over (nobody really surprised, environmental questions rehearsed by me endlessly on Twitter were never answered)

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · Oct 2

There is no more conservative position that wanting to conserve the planetary conditions which have allowed humanity (and our economies) to thrive

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · Oct 2

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plays the same role in aviation as CCS/BECCS/DACCS play for other fossil-fuelled sectors: more a stalling tactic than solution. Good engineers work on SAF, but CEOs/politicians/etc deliberately mis-sell their role in mitigation.
climateuncensored.com/gatwick-expa...

Gatwick Expansion: A Direct Assault on Climate Commitments - Climate Uncensored

Comment on UK Government announcement of Gatwick Airport expansion by Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr. Lois Pennington, of Tyndall Centre, University of

climateuncensored.com

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · Oct 1

And NOx (as NO2) annual mean :

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Tim Henderson @syonist.bsky.social · Oct 1

2024 modelling for mean annual NO2 :

uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-map...

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