Chris Butler-Stroud

Chief Executive at Whale and Dolphin Conservation but all comments my own

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Thanks for everything Benjamin. We are taking forward the fight for the whales here at COP28. Sleep well after a life well lived

[Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) @whalesorg]

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Benjamin Zephaniah. We are honoured to have had his support. Activism has lost a powerful voice. 👉 https://t.co/CPF7Iy6Wac

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

@RichardHRBenyon Well, that's great news. Congratulations on the appointment @RichardHRBenyon - the Ocean can only benefit. Look forward to the UK championing Ocean-based nature-based solutions at COP28 and beyond.

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

FT reporting that UK exporters will face increased costs after UK Government weakens climate policies. It appears revenues that would have gone to the exchequer will now go to Brussels as carbon prices diverge. #perverseconsequences

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

FT reporting that the UK government has made it cheaper for industry to pollute in Britain compared with the EU by watering down reforms to the carbon market, in the latest sign that the the UK government is backsliding on its climate agenda.

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 31 July https://t.co/KPfaKkVj1b

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

@johnharris1969 @johnharris1969 it was a lot but I really didn’t appreciate that parties were using mailings that look like newspapers - this tactic undermines local press integrity and there are enough tabloids dedicated to that already

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight

Please take just two seconds to show you care

[Nicky Campbell @NickyAACampbell]

Goodness me this is magnificent. There is magic.

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Whale poo is helping make the world cleaner @whales_org https://t.co/oea2ZUw33L Whales can help the Ocean recover - we just need to give them a chance

[KFSK @KFSK1]

Humpback whales could be growing their own food supply and fighting climate change in a very unusual way — with their poo! @thomasdcopeland Copeland has more on research happening this summer on the “whale pump hypothesis.”
https://t.co/8Zw628BCFF

[Nicola Hodgins @nicola_hodgins]

📣 a huge thank-you to those who have sent us images so far … anyone else been to south west #England in recent years & taken photos of Risso’s #dolphins? #TwitterNaturePhotography

[Games For Waves @GamesForWaves]

We’ve partnered with @SeriousBrothers on their climate crisis simulation game, Imagine Earth. For a whole week you can get 30% off, directly gift it to friends plus, 100% of net revenue will be donated to WDC. Save money, protect whales and dolphins and build a sustainable civilisation!

Read more and buy now 👉 https://t.co/GnNY0SASIG

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

I am sorry, am I watching some fantasy tv programme here - I thought this kind of thinking disappeared when we started to teach science in school

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

David Frost, "Rising temperatures (from climate change) are likely to be beneficial.. We can adjust to the perfectly manageable consequences of slowly rising temperatures."

Frost also says the cost to mitigate climate change is 1-2% of GDP. Brexit now costs the UK 5.5% of GDP. So if we rejoin the EU, we can spend that extra on helping save the planet. Win-win.

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

When politicians and the media start to blame the statutory agencies for trying to implement agreed policy, one has to ask why? @TonyJuniper @NaturalEngland

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

While some media reports today are criticising @NaturalEngland for doing its job, here is some reaction from our Chief Executive @MarianSpain

https://t.co/kRxMnppQIi

[LightAnimal @LightAnimal]

Our new work is now available to the public!!
#AOAOSAPPORO #LightAnimal #orcas #dolphins #Lolita #Tokitae #EndCaptivity
@ErichHoyt @CetaceanSociety @whalesorg @WWF_Whales @GeorgeGroves78

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Put this on your Christmas list and then follow the instructions contained inside - Restore wildlife and wild places now as if your life depends on it... because it does

[Ed Goodall @edgoodall]

Super excited to get my flippers on a copy of @roamnjoe's upcoming book, 'Eat, Poop, Die; How animals make our world' as he explores how restoring wild animal populations is key to healing our planet.

Coming out in the US on Nov 30!

https://t.co/YY7O4MMPGS

[Zac Goldsmith @ZacGoldsmith]

"I've discovered a Sea World with loads of room where the whales and dolphins are happy.
It's called the sea." @RickyGervais

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Congratulations to @philippesands - so very well deserved

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Good luck to all who are supporting this Bill - if adopted it stands a chance of having a significant effect on reducing cruelty internationally

[Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation @ConservativeAWF]

Good luck to Lord Black leading the Second Reading of @AJRichardsonMP's Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill in the House of Lords today. The Bill will ban the domestic advertising and sale of low animal welfare experiences abroad

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

Iceland Foreign Minister admits whaling is damaging Iceland’s economy and international reputation but is she actually willing to put ‘whaling nationalism’ and animal cruelty ahead of economic losses? https://t.co/6MOF4ZMpW1

[Chris Butler-Stroud @WDC_CEO]

The damning evidence that whaling has to end. A Fin whale takes an agonizing two hours to die. Time to consign whaling to the history books once and for all. @whalesorg @hardtoport @svasva (Warning: distressing images) https://t.co/OcC0hzsIRA via @heimildin

[Ed Goodall @edgoodall]

⌛️2 days left of negotiations at #COP15

@whalesorg @mcsuk & @Bluemarinef hosted an #OceanActionDay event in #Montreal. Now we need ministers and attendees who came to be the #OceanInTheRoom and carry through the momentum to secure a strong #GlobalBiodiversityFramework

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