Nick Balmer

Landscape & EIC historian, environmental campaigner & former civil engineering contractor @[email protected]

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

"It’s almost a death sentence for these chicks"

- in some shearwater chicks, plastic made up 5-10% of their body weight
-microplastic exposure linked to similar patterns of damage to brain as are seen in Alzheimer's
- harm to liver, kidney & stomach

https://t.co/YcosOSK3lC

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Press release.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

President Trump keeps declaring that he wants to take over our beloved country, Greenland – and most recently, he repeated it yesterday, on March 12.

As a people in Greenland , we must stand together and send a clear message to Trump that we will in no way accept his threats. Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people.

On Saturday at 13:00, we will meet in Amisut and carry out a peaceful protest, marching together to the U.S. consulate.

When we reach the U.S. consulate, we will sing our national anthem, “Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit.”

If possible, we would greatly appreciate it if you bring the Greenlandic flag.

It is emphasized that the protest must remain peaceful.

- END-

Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱
March 13, 2025

[Nick Balmer @07DeMorgan]

@johnmbrampton @markrwilliamson @BBC years later the council still continues to try to avoid responsibility for their decisions by trying divert attention to others.

[Nick Balmer @07DeMorgan]

@johnmbrampton @markrwilliamson @BBC council decided that they did not want to pay for the additional works. At the time we thought this a very short sighted decision, and so it has been. Once it was obvious to the travelling public the council started to try to blame the contractor. I get annoyed when even 14

[Nick Balmer @07DeMorgan]

@johnmbrampton @markrwilliamson @BBC contractor developed a design for a all weather cycle way, but to do this it was necessary to import a considerable amount of fill to raise the embankment above the water table. A price for this additional work was submitted to the council. After a great deal of discussion the

[Nick Balmer @07DeMorgan]

@johnmbrampton @markrwilliamson @BBC vehicles. Very quickly after the haul road was opened it was clear that cyclists (who were trespassing inside the works areas) wanted a cycleway. They pressurized the council to have the haul road converted into a permanent all weather track. The contractor

[Nick Balmer @07DeMorgan]

@johnmbrampton @markrwilliamson @BBC There was no cycleway in the original project outline design. Therefore the successful contractor did not price for constructing a cycleway.
The contractor did however require a haul road for temporary access to the works, which was built. Puddles are not an issue for site

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Ah yes, the absolutely hapless and hopeless @WaterREast. I wonder how many of the eNOGs involved in all of that would now like to admit they got played.

Apparently we're now going to save East Anglian's chalk streams by fixing all the leaks and getting customers to use less water. Something WCs haven't even come close to achieving in the last 35 years. 🤔

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Donald Trump has told Putin to sign a peace deal or he'll ruin Russia's finances, and if you think he's joking just look at what he's done to the American economy

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So let me see how this works then.

Local campaigner Steve Lavelle asks @NorthumbrianH2O for details of how much sewage they dump into the sea at Whitburn. @NorthumbrianH2O says get stuffed.

Steve Lavelle takes @NorthumbrianH2O to the first-tier tribunal (High Court) which orders @NorthumbrianH2O to release the data, turns out to be 1 million tonnes in 2023.

Yesterday @NorthumbrianH2O CEO tells Parliament the data is "not necessarily accurate".

So who's being mislead then, is it the High Court or Parliament? 🤔

https://t.co/yBiovzJXca

[Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 @ClaudetteGGibs1]

This is fascism…this is Becky Burke she was on a back packing tour of North America and crashed into Trumps immigration pogroms.

Her father writes
“Our daughter Becky, a 28-year-old British tourist, has been caught up in the recent immigration crackdown in the US. What was meant to be a life-changing four-month backpacking trip across North America has turned into a nightmare.

Despite being a tourist with no criminal record, she was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.

Becky’s current conditions are deeply concerning. She is sharing a cell, surviving on a diet of cold rice, potatoes, and beans (she is vegan), and has limited access to phone calls. Visitors are restricted to speaking through a glass screen via telephone.

All her possessions have been confiscated, and she feels isolated and desperate to come home.

We are doing everything we can. We are in touch with the British Consulate in London and San Francisco. An American friend is helping by sending funds to her inmate account so she can buy basic necessities like tea. But progress has been slow, and we urgently need more support.

We are asking for your help. Please share Becky’s story widely through your networks. We hope to connect with experts, legal professionals, or anyone who can offer advice or assistance. Becky is a kind, adventurous young woman who simply wants to return home to her family.”

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells
New recycling method environmentally friendly way to deal with e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars

https://t.co/haxJJUZOMo

[Simon Evans @bettwsresident]

This is seriously disappointing and will seriously impact the work of @wyeuskfoundation and farmers in herefordshire to balance river restoration with food Production. I really feel for the #farmers trying to do the right thing right now.
https://t.co/lHNT4DIDs3]

[RiverActionUK @RiverActionUK]

INTRODUCING.. the River Rescue Kit!🌊🧪

Britain’s rivers are in crisis. Sewage, agricultural runoff & water scarcity are pushing our waterways to the brink.

But across the country, communities are fighting back - and now, you can too.

Take action today! https://t.co/03lxMbmRWp

[Wendy Blythe @greenarteries]

Re progress of Oxford Chancellor to do list & East of England & Cambridge. Li Ka Shing has sold Felixstowe to BlackRock. Might it be relevant that Trinity College (who own Felixstowe freehold) senior bursar Richard Turnill is BlackRock’s former Global Chief Investment Strategist?

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

@sandralaville Let me see if I've got this right, don't swim in our rivers as they're not clean enough for humans but hey, tough luck the fish and other wild life that are dependent on them?

Hmm. 🤔

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

Note the threat to disallow challenges in the courts to nuclear planning decisions...
https://t.co/ZHVlxGi4Zx

[Naomi Bennett @Murielschild]

Ms Bennett, who worked as an accountant for 30 years before becoming a councillor, said: “Millions are being spent on consultants alone. This is not how council tax should be spent. Public money should be a sacred trust but I don’t think it is to these councillors.”

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Remember those new environmental schemes govt launched to replace EU farm subsidies?
Well ⁦@DefraGovUK⁩ just unexpectedly shut the main scheme to new applicants leaving many farms in the lurch.
Thought farmers couldn't get any angrier? Think again... https://t.co/Ra0ENZxIg6

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

Sizewell C: When you look at the scale of the destruction, length of construction, complexity, cost & long-term unsolvable radioactive waste problems & it's just to boil water!
Yet, we have 200 degrees C beneath our feet - we should use it.
#SayNo2SizewellC #StopSizewellC