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A decision on a second runway is due by 27 Feb, so take action today! Write to Heidi Alexander and ask her to: 1- Say NO to the Gatwick Airport expansion 2- Refuse to scrap important public transport requirements if she is minded to approve expansion actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...

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Hampton Heath Friends aim to survey our bats this spring and summer, so next week, we'll be taking on board the best possible bat guidance and info. 🦇 With Hanworth Air Park Biodiversity Project and @batconservation.bsky.social 🦇 Why not join us there? 🦇 2pm, Saturday 22nd Feb. 🦇 See you there? 🦇

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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

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Down in SW London, this week's Hampton Heath Friends newsletter focuses on raptors and how their presence indicates a healthy ecosystem. Read it here: mailchi.mp/913264db09a0... New subscribers welcome!

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“A network is only as strong as its weakest link”, is the best way to explain the importance of intersections in cycle planning. Dutch engineers have spent years establishing best practices for safe intersection design as part of a coherent cycle network.

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Draining the world's peatlands for farming and mining is releasing so much CO2 that if it was a country, it would be the 4th biggest polluter in the world after China, the US, + India. And the associated losses in biodiversity are vast. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Unless directors are jailed, stripped of "fit + proper person" status AND fully fined for deliberately diverting OUR money from WINEP away from statutory duties, into other business costs to boost dividends, they'll just keep doing it. It's fraud. BIG scale fraud. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Thanks to @livingstreets.bsky.social and @willnorman.co.uk for an excellent Q+A session in Richmond this evening on active travel in SW London. Great to see good people in good positions doing good things - and making themselves accessible, and being totally open about the challenges and successes.

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As a never-smoker being treated for Stage IV adenocarcinoma... The fewer people that have to go through what I did last year, the better. Growth (such as Heathrow) at the expense of lives is not acceptable. Air pollution already causes 1,100 cases a year in UK www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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100 fewer people were killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads with 20mph/30mph speed limits in the year since 20mph became the default in built-up areas. It’s the reason we campaigned for the change. Help us continue campaigning for safer streets. livingstreets.org.uk/appeal

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Really glad Ed Miliband agrees that airport expansion can only take place within environmental limits. We know airport expansion is completely incompatible with reaching our climate targets, and therefore I look forward to hearing him confirm that govt won't back any expansion.

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"... but climate change doesn't really affect us much here in Europe..." Europe's mean surface temperature in 2024 wasn't "just" the global mean of over 1.5°C above pre-industrial era... it was almost DOUBLE the global average at 2.92°C. The alarm is ringing! climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

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It's an obvious statement, but not all growth is GOOD growth. East Anglian farms breach environment regulations 700 times in seven years - and now they want permission to expand their cruel, polluting industrial animal production. We CANNOT continue like this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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PLEASE NEVER leave dog/cat fur lying on the ground in parks and gardens. New research shows insecticides in nests lined with fur reduce wild bird brood sizes due to flea/tick treatments. It took almost 2hrs to clear fur from Hampton Heath, today. 1/2

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I was just on Twitter to try and download my data before my account there finally closed. I thought I'd ask Grok if it thought Musk was a "fit and proper owner" for Twitter. Under Grok's own criteria, it doesn't. x.com/i/grok/share...

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@uklabour.bsky.social Seriously. Review the impacts vs the lack of benefits of R3. R3 will always be unpopular, a grotesque waste of political capital. Prioritising R3 + roads over rail in the north, crumbling schools + hospitals is a certain political disaster. neweconomics.org/uploads/file...

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We can easily spare a tenth of England for nature without affecting food production! 20% of our land produces just 3% of our food. Vast swathes of our uplands are owned by about 150 wealthy landowners who use it for shooting grouse, and set fire to our biggest carbon sink, our peat bogs...

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This week's Hampton Heath Friends newsletter: - Important information for pet owners, about the devastating impact pet fur can have on nesting birds - Results from the Big Garden Birdwatch - All the details of actions on site, this Saturday morning. Read it here: mailchi.mp/c8df8cf41b75...

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2 killer facts that expose the lunacy of Heathrow expansion: ❌ 5 years of the extra flights will cancel out all the gains from reaching green electricity by 2030— @neweconomics.bsky.social ❌ Growing enough crops to make all aviation sustainable would need half of our farmland—Royal Society.

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The Edinburgh court has ruled the Rosebank oilfield decision unlawful, stating the "go-ahead for Rosebank & Jackdaw permits does not consider carbon emissions." Perhaps the same should apply to the proposed Heathrow expansion… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stunning that there is virtually NO coverage of the climate state of the Arctic Ocean in the media (happy to be corrected if I'm wrong). This image is from today, and you can see that this winter may well see the lowest sea ice extent on record. 😢 nsidc.org/sea-ice-today

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The expansion of #Heathrow isn't only about climate breakdown, it's about fairness too A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest

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On the Lower Thames Crossing, this blog by Chris Todd of @transportaction.bsky.social shows that its supposed economic benefits have been highly exaggerated. It's yet another zombie road scheme, & hugely damaging for climate & nature. #ReevesSpeech greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/10/03/i...

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A "potential" 0.43% increase in GDP by 2050 - in return for torching the UK's climate leadership and adding vast amounts of carbon to the atmosphere - is simply not worth it. No third runway. Grow the green economy, not airports. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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#HeathrowExpansion won’t deliver growth. Business demand is falling & more tourists leave than arrive. But it will trash climate commitments, drive more extreme weather, noise & air pollution & only benefit frequent flying super-emitters - the 15% who take 75% of flights. Labour should be better

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Evergreen.

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Rachel Reeves has confirmed the Government supports Heathrow expansion. Analysis from @neweconomics.bsky.social shows airport expansion is unlikely to result in 'economic growth' and it would blow away the UK's climate commitments. Who exactly does this benefit?

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A third runway at #Heathrow in the midst of a climate emergency is a vile act of vandalism. Rachel Reeves is happy to burn the planet for a tiny (probably elusive) increment of GDP. How does this benefit us? Article coming later today.

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This is something we have long feared - and why we clear up the dog fur, which is regularly left lying at Hampton Heath. If it kills songbirds, what does it do to invertebrates or soil ecology? Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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PLEASE DON'T leave pet fur lying on the ground in parks, or put it out for bird nesting material. Songbirds being killed by pesticides found in pet fur flea treatments www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Are you taking part in @rspb.bsky.social's #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend? Spend just 1 hour spotting birds in your garden or local green space to help track how they’re doing. It’s fun, easy, and helps our feathered friends 🐦‍⬛ Get started here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

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This week's Hampton Heath Friends newsletter focuses on garden birds: How to feed them without risking their health, and joining the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. You'll also find out what we're doing this Saturday morning (25th Jan) and how to join us. mailchi.mp/77a59b03e3b1...

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Success – an important win for nature! 🐝 Today, the UK Government made the only sensible choice - listening to the science and upholding the ban on neonicotinoids. This pesticide doesn’t belong in our countryside. Farmers now need support to adopt nature-friendly alternatives.

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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳

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If legal challenges to UK infrastructure projects are blocked in the "push for growth", expect lots more physical activism. Projects like Heathrow R3 will not go ahead without a VERY big fight. Take away legal process, and you force people into direct action. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Driven grouse shooting - what it is and why it should be banned - a Wild Justice blog wildjustice.org.uk/general/driv... Please read the blog and sign the petition - many thanks!

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The Government are planning to approve expansions in a desperate attempt to boost 'economic growth'. Four UK airport expansions including Heathrow would cancel out the carbon savings of Labour's clean energy plans in just five years. The Government must rethink.

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