Barry Graham

[Craig Bennett @CraigBennett3]

Extraordinary how the same vested interest groups that think it's ok to release 60 million birds of a non-native invasive species into the British countryside every year...

...are very often the same people that go apoplectic at the idea of releasing 2-3 native beavers

[Megan McCubbin @MeganMcCubbin]

HUGE NEWS!! This is THE moment Scotland banned snares, licensed grouse moors and muirburn and implemented restrictions on brutal wildlife traps. By doing so, the government has taken a stand against wildlife crime.

A huge congratulations to all involved. Feeling quite emotional to be honest! 🦅🥹

[Nigel Richardson CBE @DCSLeeds]

National disgrace - how far we’ve fallen since ‘the glory days’ of Every Child Matters which ‘warts n all’ was a coherent attempt to put children 1st - & it was working - instead we’ve had 14years deliberately dismantling it & everything that might just help children & families😡

[Sarah Lambert @SarahLambert01]

@DanWuori @TCPress Lots of debate on ‘childcare’ in the UK at the moment, but early education and the needs of children more of an afterthought. Will look out for it on this side of the pond.

[Bryce Stewart @BD_Stew]

Scorchio! 🔥'World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit' https://t.co/Atf32KATY7 The situation is even more extreme in the ocean. What more do we need for government & and society to take the threat of #ClimateChange more seriously? 🔥

[Wild Moors @wildmoorsuk]

Grouse moors have today been burning on fragile peat moorlands in the @NorthYorkMoors, despite the risk of environmental harm.

We have been monitoring the ongoing situation since the burning season opened on 1 October.

If you spot burning:

📍Note the location
🔥Count the number of fires
📱Report your sighting to us: https://t.co/ervcx6QPID

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

There is understandable outrage about deaths from war and terrorism, but that is largely missing when the ongoing climate disaster kills vast numbers of people.

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

🔴 NEW 🔴

Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho accepted a donation from a funder of the UK's leading climate science denial group.

📝 @DeSmog exclusive 👇

https://t.co/Mrjoc9vKFU

[David Tong @Davidxvx]

This is...not good.

The #COP28 energy package needs to be a package not a menu, but para 39 of the draft is just written as a menu & there are some dead rats on the menu:
- "low carbon fuels" beyond 2050 (gas)
- CCS, abatement, CCUS
- nuclear
- reducing not phasing out fossils

[Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma @AlokSharma_RDG]

It is difficult to see how this text will help to achieve the deep and rapid cut in emissions we need by 2030 to keep 1.5c alive

With so many countries backing clear language on fossil-fuel-phase-out, who does this text actually serve?

#COP28

[Damian Carrington @dpcarrington]

#cop28 draft text reax

Important point via @edking_I - "reducing consumption and production of fossil fuels" is in there - but "no urgency to take any action in this critical decade which is key for 1.5C"

[Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscot]

Sadly, @HighlandCouncil just voted to allow Coul Links' internationally-protected dunes to become an 18-hole golf course.

We believe @scotgov must now launch another Public Inquiry, to show Scotland's beauty spots aren't simply up for sale to the highest bidder.

#SaveCoulLinks

[Barry Graham @bagra99]

@DanWuori UK

[Rewild Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 @RewildScotland]

Stop setting fire to OUR uplands. Particulate matter and gases disastrous for human health not to mention the landscape scale habitat destruction. Pic from earlier this week. @GillianMSP @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan

[Joelle Gergis @joellegergis]

And here we have it folks: “The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C”. This dismisses decades of work by IPCC scientists. Disgraceful https://t.co/lFFGAVAimf

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

UN Secretary General @AntonioGuterres: The COP "president" designated by UAE, oil exec Sultan Al Jaber, is making a complete mockery of the #COP28 climate summit. It would be helpful for you to speak out on this: https://t.co/OcNX8l16zZ

[Callum Roberts @ProfCallum]

What could go wrong with sending in massive machines to scrape away the seabed? Other than dead marine life, destroyed ecosystems, and poisoned water, that is. Join the urgent campaign to stop deep-sea mining! #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep https://t.co/ElAkEROUWD

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

The REAL message going into #COP28 (as reported by @Guardian themselves: e.g. https://t.co/EFn1hj5Biq & https://t.co/WgsMx45wfC) is that our efforts are starting to make a difference. We need an agreement to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible coming out of the summit.

[Donna Rainey @donnarainey4]

What could go wrong with sending in massive machines to scrape away the seabed? Other than dead marine life, destroyed ecosystems, and poisoned water, that is. Join the urgent campaign to stop deep-sea mining! #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep https://t.co/cPfWoMquLU

[Dr. Merritt Turetsky @queenofpeat]

Please share so we can help inform the public why thawing permafrost will dictate our climate future.