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I am on Threads

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

On Threads now... goodbye

[Farrell Perks @ImFarrellPerks]

I'll be voting for @Dennis4PCC from @Plaid_Cymru in the upcoming PCC election.

#SouthWales deserves a strong and independent voice for policing, Plaid is offering that with Dennis.

Don't forget to get out and vote! (2nd May) 🗳️

[CIWM @CIWM]

NEWS | “Largest ever” deployment of AI in waste sector announced

Greyparrot has entered into a strategic partnership with Bollegraaf with the aim of retrofitting thousands of MRFs and PRFs with advanced AI capabilities.

https://t.co/cXh2VfkUB9

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

A short video from Cardiff University's WISERD research institute.

#expertise #citizenscience #civilsociety #community #planning #airquality #engagement #biomass #incineration #Aviva #barry #wales #cymru

https://t.co/FPupvFhPbW

[CIWM @CIWM]

Circular Online uncovers the 10 biggest waste management news stories of 2023.

From Simpler Recycling replacing Consistent Collections to the collapse of Scotland’s DRS and Defra’s EPR delay, 2023 has been a huge year in the resources and waste industry. https://t.co/Xw6Fa0BgYB

[CIWM @CIWM]

NEWS | Wales beats recycling target as rates rise to 65.7%

Wales has beat its landfill reduction target and exceeded its statutory recycling targets, according to new figures released yesterday (7 December).

https://t.co/nHEo4vPXEb

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

After water quality comes Brexit's impact on air quality regulations in the UK...

#neoliberal #environmental #governance #airquality

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Revealed: UK ministers ‘misled public’ when scrapping air quality regulations https://t.co/2QEDUXHUob

[Welsh Government Climate Change @WGClimateChange]

We are creating a National Forest and ancient woodlands are being restored to create a network across Wales. They will provide space for nature, capture and store carbon, and support timber production and tourism.

Find out what else Wales is doing here: https://t.co/VtJEwdP0GR

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Did somebody say rattled?

@IEA "unjustly vilifies the [oil and gas] industry as being behind the climate crisis", says @OPECSecretariat

[LaurenA @LRNA11]

Being forced to breathe in some of these lovely toxins yesterday evening, and again this afternoon. Life in C21st UK.

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

'These haunting underwater photos portray climate change in a new way, via CNN'

- recognition that in terms of #science #communication emotional narratives are more effective than passing on the facts

https://t.co/aJwHY92Fbq

[leanahosea @leanahosea]

The oil industry is increasingly focused on plastics manufacturing as a revenue stream - with plastics production set to rise 40% over the next decade - so they really don't want pesky scientists speaking up about health risks. Our new podcast 👇

https://t.co/AFJPGHwE4t

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

@Anna_K_speaking Yes!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Oh gosh, the number of people who believe that if a house is well-insulated it must be hotter in summer! Good insulation makes it *cooler* in summer.
Also, some big misconceptions about ventilation. With an MVHR system you get loads of airflow, without the usual heat loss.

[CIWM @CIWM]

NEWS | EU to ban exports of plastic waste to non-OECD countries

The European Commission and European Council have agreed to ban exports of plastic waste to non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries.

https://t.co/GWrgQNxP1D

[nh @dr_nick_hacking]

Another acquisition...

#urbandesign #planning #architecture

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

Soils in Paris so contaminated with dioxins & PFAS, people have been warned not to eat eggs from chicken coops in their backyards, as toxins have accumulated in them.

https://t.co/RYObpoxz9Y

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

Salmon populations in the River Wye have fallen to their lowest ever level &, within 6 years, could disappear entirely in a toxic sludge of run-off from intensive farming.

https://t.co/W84BL5Ltp2

[David Ullrich @DavidUllrich202]

We are killing species at 1000 times the natural rate

The new estimate of the global rate of extinction comes from Stuart Pimm of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina ... It updates a calculation Pimm’s team released in 1995, that human activities were driving species out of existence at 100 to 1000 times the background rate (Science, https://t.co/2pVDJ3gPp2).

It turns out that Pimm’s earlier calculations both underestimated the rate at which species are now disappearing, and overestimated the background rate over the past 10 to 20 million years.

https://t.co/KnBlWAiAE2

https://t.co/42JBVn7huw

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

This is such a vital point by Chris Whitty. The only rational strategy for achieving herd immunity is by vaccination. NOT infection.

When I caught wind of the herd-immunity-by-infection strategy, early in 2020, it sent shivers down my spine. Because it meant people would be sacrificed - and unknowingly.