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[The Scottish Rewilding Alliance @ScotRewilding]

Scotland is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth, but it doesn't have to be this way.

Sign the Rewilding Nation Charter and urge @scotgov to commit 30% of our land and seas to rewilding, for the future of nature, climate and people. https://t.co/bOU2iMs4oj

[gill tysoe @gill_tysoe]

@dunnjons @ShetIslandsCll @BSBIbotany @wildflower_hour @PlantlifeScot @NatureInShet @shetlandnature @ShetlandLibrary @LeifBersweden Just returned from the Shetland isles last week and the road verges are stunning ! Such a diversity of flora and the moss carder bees were so bright in colour as well . How all Road verges should look!

[Nathalie Pettorelli @Pettorelli]

400 scientists just wrote to all parties urging ambitious action on climate - last week, 180 wrote to them urging ambitious action on nature. The scientific community could not be clearer on how important addressing the entwined nature & climate crisis is https://t.co/HuGCWpbTGy

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

Iran Attack: Israel Drags Everyone to World War 3 @davidahearst https://t.co/lm0mRciSkV

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

A ban would:

👉 Deliver on UK Gov's commitment

👉 Reduce harmful emissions from peat extraction

👉 Protect important wildlife habitat

@RishiSunak, please take this chance to #DefendNature and to help nature’s recovery.

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[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

PEAT IN PARLIAMENT 📣

Next week, a bill that seeks to ban peat sales will be introduced to parliament.

Despite @GovUK’s 2022 consultation showing overwhelming support for a ban, their promise to ban peat sales "by 2024" has not been met.

https://t.co/ssHPTbECbJ (1/2)

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

Artificial Grass - should be banned
It contains materials that release harmful toxins into the environment during manufacturing and disposal. These chemicals can cause respiratory problems and skin irritation.
https://t.co/QkGly7ssjX https://t.co/B1ZnL4vs08

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

They have a legal duty to do it, you've paid them to do it, but they've done a runner with your cash. Now they want you to pay again.

@unitedutilities, the biggest sewage dumper in England claim their environment permit is "fully compliant"

What a joke!

https://t.co/MkpZWAu0eZ

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

PLEASE DON'T.... flick your cigarette butts into a drain. This pollutes the drinking water, and runs into a river, washes up in the sea, and often ends up inside a fish - and onto someone's plate....🤮🐟

[Kent Wildlife Trust @KentWildlife]

The @rescuehoadswood petition needs you! Unlike many of our campaigns this area does not have the luxury of a large local population to support it, so your help means everything.

This is a NATIONAL problem and you can make a real difference by putting your name to the campaign👇

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

The scene at Moscow’s Borisovskoye cemetery this morning. Russians continue to place flowers on the grave of Alexei Navalny. There’s now a mountain of floral tributes to the late opposition leader. @BBCNews #Navalny

[Jason Endfield @JasonEndfield]

Isn't it time to give moles more legal protection?
Should 'molecatchers' be a thing of the past?
The killing of this much loved native mammal is shockingly inhumane and unnecessary.
Retweet if you agree.

#loveformoles #moles #ecosystem #biodiversity

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

A little Friday musing...

I recently had the good fortune to be able to spend a couple of months in Tokyo (a place where I'd previously lived for 15 years).

People talk about Japan's stagnating economy. What few acknowledge (or maybe even realise?) is that it has stagnated at a very high level, one which the UK is nowhere near reaching, and probably never will now.

Japan's naysayers point to its stagnation as a sign of failure, of weakness. But that's like mocking Usain Bolt for not being able to run any faster than he can.

Everything just works. The place is spotless. Food is cheap, and almost universally excellent. Public toilets are abundant and clean. Transport is punctual and cheap (albeit with a spectacular crush during rush hour). Bullet trains are FAST! There's mobile reception even in the deepest tunnels. Gigabit ethernet is commonplace. Tradespeople are available at the drop of a hat. Convenience stores offer an almost magical range and breadth of products and services. Healthcare is superb. And so on, and so on.

It's not all roses. Japan has its problems too, and plenty of them.

But it also offers a quality of life for the average person (as opposed to the wealthy) that we couldn't even dare to dream of in Britain.

[Trevor parsons photography (Google) @sonsrap10]

@IoloWilliams2 @AmazonUK @East_Riding Hello Amazon can you please explain how chopping down a tree and your pledge co-exists please because i can’t work it out.

[@[email protected] Green Env soc #degrowth @michaelkerton]

@IoloWilliams2 @AmazonUK @East_Riding If that majestic oak were in Japan, then it would be carefully lifted and placed elsewhere, or work would go around it. But #capitalism cares only about profit. Externalities are not important in that world.

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

Again and again and again…. Come on @AmazonUK, @East_Riding , surely there must be a way of avoiding the destruction of such a majestic tree?!

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

The removal of a colony of Swallows nesting at an ambulance station in Shropshire has been delayed following lobbying by local conservationists: https://t.co/zCzuZBS0A7

[Irish Wildlife Sounds (Seán Ronayne) @SoundsIrish]

We need to stop cutting vegetation just for something to do or to make things look 'pretty'. STOP IT! We are such an ecologically impoverished nation and many of the reasons for this are completely unnecessary. This is a prime example.

[Endangered Species Coalition @endangered]

Endangered sharks need protecting—but the federal government works hand in hand with the fishing industry to facilitate their death. https://t.co/82H1tHYNi9 @Unpop_Science @thenation #SharkWeek

[Carey Davies @carey_davies]

Hiking outside the UK can be one of the most powerful ways of understanding how naturally impoverished the British landscape is, particularly the high places and uplands.

A thread following a trip to the Alps which vividly reminded me of what we're missing. 🧵