Keith Tyrell

Would be angry activist, but too polite. Director of Pesticide Action Network UK @pan_uk, views my own, retweets not endorsement, etc. etc.

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

@FollowWestwood Really sorry to hear this. She was an icon in so many ways. But I will remember her for her commitment to environmental causes. She was an activist to her core.

[Riverford @Riverford]

Half of bread sold in the UK contains at least two different pesticides, new government data has found.
This is a rise of 50% from last year, & a major increase over the past decade - @PAN_UK

[Riverford @Riverford]

“With the cost of living crisis forcing people to spend less on food, it’s vital that consumers can trust that relatively cheap products like bread won’t expose them to mixtures of chemicals." - @PAN_UK
@theresecoffey we need urgent action on to reduce pesticide use now.

[Vicki Hird MSc FRES 🐝🦋 🍃💚🍃 @vickihird]

Hmmm - new report signed by Bayer, Mars, McCain Foods, McDonald’s, Mondelez, Olam, PepsiCo, Waitrose and others.

Well if these companies changed buying practices, extractive business model, dumped their junk food marketing, etc we might get somewhere..
https://t.co/lcd169YcNp

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

LMAO over 500,000 people have signed this petition calling for an immediate general election and now parliament is going to have to debate it on 17 October. https://t.co/2sVSDx7KB6

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

This is terrifying! We are pushing our environment to the edge. The consequences of this madness will be felt for generations

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

https://t.co/g6fJYAKBvx
Global wild vertebrate populations have fallen by 69% since 1970 according to latest report. We have lived through the annihilation of life on our planet and yet most of us have hardly noticed. We need fundamental change before the remainder is lost.

[Paul De Zylva @pauldezylva]

#Bees + other pollinating insects are in serious decline.

Latest assessment shows more than a third of hoverfly species face extinction due to #pesticides, insensitive farming, habitat loss.

Putting #hoverflies out of business will harm crop production.

https://t.co/XbNcKDIXWT

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

Thank you!

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

@BritishCycling @Shell_UKLtd so much stupid

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

@Pat_Venditti @GreenpeaceUK A job well done - congrats Pat.

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

Great even-handed thread on why "equivalence" is important in trade and why we are in such a pickle right now. I know it sounds boring and techie, but really, it's not!

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Solar farms cover less than 0.1% of the UK's land area

See if you can spot them

(Our dataviz whizz @tomoprater added them to this non-geographically specific map infographic)

https://t.co/hyoP2pwdZe

[John Twelvetrees #FBPE #RejoinEU #Bluesky @JohnTwelvetrees]

Please retweet if you agree with Stephen Fry.

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

If I am wrong and @horton_official is right then this is a hill to die on.

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

The Environmental Land Management scheme, and especially its Local Nature and Landscape Recovery pillars, are the best hope we have of reversing the collapse of nature in this country. I cannot believe the government is seriously considering canning 5 years of hard work on this.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Seems like a good morning to quote UN Secretary General @antonioguterres: “New fossil fuel investment is moral & economic madness”. “Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But truly dangerous radicals are countries increasing production of fossil fuels”

[Monica Piccinini @yourvoiz_org]

@Kftyrell @PesticideCollab In Brazil, during Bolsonaro’s gov, agribusiness companies met 278 times with government officials of MAPA to discuss the relaxation of rules for pesticides, the authorization for testing new substances directly in field trials (instead of labs)!

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

@DrSimEvans @ChiefExecCCC @theCCCuk @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @trussliz @KwasiKwarteng This
https://t.co/VYFTFe7SYx

[Hugo Tagholm @HugoSAS]

UK defies climate warnings with new oil and gas licences. The government is also defying energy security, marine conservation and economic logic by pursuing this folly. Factory 🏭 ❌🌎🌊 #ClimateEmergency #OceanEmergency ⁦@tessakhan⁩ https://t.co/EDbsgkBKqC

[Keith Tyrell @Kftyrell]

@HugoSAS @tessakhan This
https://t.co/oICQJRIsMz

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW
UK climate "progress snapshot"
→Gov lacks "credible" plans to meet goals
→Efficiency cash "falling short"
→Insulation "far below" needs
→EV chargers "falling behind"
→"No clear plan" on public transport costs
→"No coherent strategy" on farms/land
https://t.co/BGP3Mt66hY