Sam Cook

Insect behavioural ecologist @rothamsted tweets own views on ecological approaches to integrated pest management, sustainable farming & environment

[Rothamsted Research @Rothamsted]

Yesterday Prof Martin Broadley contributed to discussions on how UK can strengthen the impact and social value of ag research in light of the newly launched SARI report.
Find out how we’re addressing the issues: https://t.co/QR4Ok39Y4P
Read full report: https://t.co/GqRYPwg7Di

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

UK govt mooted new nuclear 20yrs ago- has splurged £bns of public ££s on it Yet to date ZERO electricity generated. Sizewell C has devastated vast areas of Suffolk countryside, much in the National Landscape- 1000s of trees felled, miles of hedging ripped up & wildlife eradicated

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

Nuclear's revolving doors exposed by @PrivateEyeNews "...Austin is now working for the company she was previously negotiating with as a civil servant. Those negotiations went rather well for Sizewell C's private shareholders...the taxpayer who will pick up the bill if costs grow"

[Sam Cook @SamCook_IPM]

📢 Farmers, Crop Consultants & Advisors! How was #CSFB damage this year? Was it easy to estimate damage for thresholds? Can you beat the accuracy of researchers? Please fill in this survey being done by our @Rothamsted @sheffielduni PhD student 🙏 link: https://t.co/yrcg3Tilyp

[Sam Cook @SamCook_IPM]

A great @IOBC_WPRS meeting on Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops at #SLU! #AlbinGunnarson #GCIRC demonstrated yellow water trapping for #CSFB & I presented our @Rothamsted work on #CoverCrops as trap crops for #CSFB @AHDB_Cereals @UnitedOilseeds #OSRReboot

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

...the licence to supply 219 million litres/yr & extend the expiry from 31/03/27 to 31/03/30, putting SSSI, SPA, SAC & Ramsar sites at risk! Where is the temporary desalination plant that was supposed to be supplying water for construction? Tell EA your concerns by 21/10/26. 2/2

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

E Anglia is still in drought- likely to continue into 2027. Despite this, Sizewell C plan a huge increase in extraction of groundwater from a borehole previously licenced to supply 49 million litres/yr for agricultural purposes. SZC want to increase...1/2
https://t.co/Rda313Pe9I

[Sam Cook @SamCook_IPM]

Great to be here at the #IOBC Integrated Control in Oilseeds meeting at #SLU 🇸🇪 👌 with the @Rothamsted contingent! I will be presenting work on #IPM of #CSFB in #OSR funded by @AHDB_Cereals @UnitedOilseeds 🌱 🌻

[Sam Cook @SamCook_IPM]

I hope this work buys some time for British #OSR growers to control #CSFB until more environmentally friendly options come to market! Great collaboration with @Rothamsted @Beetlepatry ApresLabs @RothamstedCRE

[Rothamsted Research @Rothamsted]

New research from Rothamsted and ApresLabs points to a breakthrough in oilseed rape management. A natural olive‑derived compound, SYN‑A, is showing remarkable power in restoring pyrethroid efficacy against cabbage stem flea beetle.

Find out more here: https://t.co/BbXSeYGkb9

[dan barker @danbarker]

A woman called Michelle Farnham is now 17 days into a 3 week protest, living in a cage, at Trafalgar Square, to try and save a pig called Luna (who lives in an identical cage). She stays there day and night.

It has not had any big coverage, as far as I can see. I think it's a bit of a shame that violent and disruptive protest gets so much coverage, while quiet sort of self-sacrificing things like this, that do not harm anybody or any property, get less attention.

Whether you or I agree with her, or what she's trying to do, what an impressive commitment, eh?

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Your trolley is helping fund an extinction crisis.

Palm oil is in countless everyday products, from Nutella and biscuits to chocolate, instant noodles, soap and cosmetics. Forests are cleared and deliberately burned to make way for plantations, destroying habitats and leaving wildlife with nowhere to go.

Orangutans • Sumatran elephants • Bornean pygmy elephants • Tigers • Sumatran rhinos • Sun bears • Gibbons • Proboscis monkeys • Pangolins • Hornbills • Clouded leopards • Malayan tapirs • Slow lorises • Leopard cats • Tarsiers • Flying squirrels • Civets • Frogs • Reptiles and insects to name but a few.

The IUCN says at least 193 threatened species are affected by palm oil production.

Every palm oil purchase has a body count. Read the ingredients. Stop the funding.

[Sam Cook @SamCook_IPM]

Sampling @Rothamsted for #CSFB R+ project started before drilling. Photo from 2 weeks ago. Crop now germinating well... So far few beetles caught & damage levels low... But no #parasitoids! Let's see how this season goes! @AHDB_Cereals @UnitedOilseeds @defra

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

Sizewell C seek a licence to extract & discharge to sea, up to 4.238 billion litres per year of groundwater from below the reactor site - in an area of inter-connected designated wetland/wildlife sites
Let the Env Agency know your concerns by 11/09/26
See https://t.co/Lbx74cKjwh

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

Excellent EADT letter "...The toll of destruction is shocking. Sizewell C bosses admit they cut down more than 20,000 trees last year. Local lanes have been turned into rat-runs, with the grass verges destroyed by over-sized lorries. We have miles of hideous Heras fencing &..."

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

Are we really just going to watch Indonesia turn into nothing but concrete and palm oil?
Just absolutely devastating 😭

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

"It is heartbreaking that Sizewell C Ltd is being allowed to dig up part of this very special beach for a landing facility & cooling system [for] the new nuclear power station, together with rock armour defences to cope with worsening storms & rising seas"
https://t.co/5w4Ogz1Iqo

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

Companies stole the world’s most biodiverse forests from us. 😡
Millions of years of evolution just destroyed in 40 years for ‘profits’ for a few! They should never be forgiven.

[Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) @SayNo2SizewellC]

Forever Chemicals: “Crucial for Nuclear Power Plants” say the Nuclear Industry Association
"Where is the Outcry? Why Does the UK Government, Councils, MPs and “Leaders” continue the lie of “Clean Energy”?" https://t.co/DuRzMeNewO

[National Farmers' Union @NFUtweets]

"If you don't clear it up, the council has a duty to prosecute you... I am a victim of crime. I then become a criminal."

📺 Following the announcement of new government measures to tackle illegal waste dumping, @nfueast member Will Dickinson spoke to @GMB about the devastating and unfair impact this crime has on farmers.

[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

What have we done to this world… 😭
We had ONE chance to co-exist with this beautiful planet we were given - and we’ve destroyed it for greed.