Barbara Kiser

Editor, writer, ex-commissioning ed. of Nature Books and Arts. Still in pursuit of joined-up thinking.

[Environmental Voter Project @Enviro_Voter]

Not a breath of fresh air: study finds sewage bacteria in ocean spray https://t.co/1XTDPDkB3c

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

Appalling.

[grist @grist]

A new study found that extreme heat is killing people in prisons across the United States, providing some of the first epidemiological evidence of the link between the climate crisis and prison mortality in the United States. https://t.co/VbWDwYYWug

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Destroyer of environments @SouthernWater, over abstractor of chalk streams to the tune of 131 million litres of water per day, dumper of sewage 358,197 hours in the last 2 years alone, is now trying to brainwash our kids and using primary schools teachers to do it.

Shame on you

[S. Jamal Mustafa @sjmustafa]

Rishi Sunak Refuses to Commit to Releasing his US Tax Returns – Byline Times https://t.co/yj2uJFHLvT

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

We’ve officially reported this to the Welsh environmental regulator @NatResWales - will they act to remove this pile of manure polluting the river and take action against the polluter? Watch this space. 👀

[The Guardian @guardian]

River Ouse may become first in England to gain legal rights https://t.co/kq5o5JhMS6

[dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 @mrdavemacleod]

Stephen Flynn asking Rishi Sunak at #PMQs the question everyone wants an answer to: "if EU single market access is special, exciting and attractive... why is he denying it for the rest of us?" 🔥

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

On Monday "I'm heartbroken".

On Tuesday "Thames Water fined £2m for “foreseeable and avoidable” pollution." Clearly not heartbroken enough then.

I think that's something like the 82nd environment permit breach @thameswater has been found guilty of.

https://t.co/N87kA9G7Sg

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

This is wonderful.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

The Court of Appeal has ruled.

I've won on 2 of 3 important grounds of principle.

Most importantly, the landmark public interest ruling is intact. The judge's findings of fact are intact. The original judgment holds.

The court found in favour of Banks on a single point
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[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

@Seb_Falk @mcleish_t Yes, I knew Tom through my work at Nature and had many lively conversations with him, on Grosseteste et al. RIP.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Rishi Sunak tells #PMConnect that NI is “world’s most exciting economic zone" b/c of access to both GB and EU markets. Earlier he said this "very special position" makes it "incredibly attractive" place to invest. This is, of course, the status *whole* UK had before Brexit 🤔

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

Our research with @theriverstrust reveals a forever chemical toxic timebomb. Sites inc the Mersey Thames & Avon contain 10x proposed EU safe levels.

We must:
🚫#BanPFAS in all but vital uses
🧪Control similar chemicals as a group
👩‍🔬Strictly monitor

https://t.co/mVc9qq9CHD

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

"After seven years of needless political, economic and logistical chaos – directly caused by Brexit – we are now being asked to praise the Prime Minister for clearing up a small part of the mess that he himself has created."
Context is all, and this is spot-on.

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

https://t.co/9Wf9RvPC0D

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

I'm so sorry to hear this. Condolences to Tom's family, friends and colleagues.

[Physics of Life at York @PhysLifeYork]

It is with great sadness that we announce that our dear friend and colleague Tom McLeish died peacefully at home yesterday lunchtime. Tom was very dearly loved and enormously respected. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family at this difficult time. @PhysicsofLifeUK

[Fintan O'Toole @fotoole]

This deal could have been struck in 2021 – but the last thing Brexiters wanted was to get Brexit done | Fintan O'Toole https://t.co/rfG2lVlKPU

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

Why does belatedly righting Johnson's grotesque error - which he supported - burnish his reputation? It's not a moment for triumphalism.

[LBC @LBC]

'I'm going to use the word remarkable...'

@mrjamesob explains why he thinks Rishi Sunak is deserving of a 'round of applause' after settling the amended NI protocol.

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

@PetsatHome I contacted your 'Executive Resolutions' team regarding a failed delivery, and they replied once, then after I sent proof - silence. Is this any way to run a business? The onus is on your firm, not the consumer.
#consumerprotection

[Barbara Kiser @barbkiser]

I'm among the many affected by Evri's failings - the company managed to lose a delivery and was unable to explain why. Evri came in last in this ranking - at number 17. https://t.co/XZlun2SVEr

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

.@ElizKolbert details how phosphorus, a vital nutrient that revolutionized the world’s agriculture, helped save our way of life—and now threatens to end it. https://t.co/yXhyCA1b1X