Petition: End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals
We think the UK Government must ban all cages for laying hens as soon as possible.
We think it should also ban the use of all cage and crates for all farmed animals including:
• farrowing crates for sows
• individual calf pens
• cages for other birds, including partridges, pheasants and quail
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/706302
[#]farming #AnimalAgriculture
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How Loch Long became a magnet for Scotland's plastic waste
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8256l20l0o
[#]plastic #PlasticWaste #environment #pollution
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Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?
Of all the possible climate futures, there's a scenario where the United Kingdom and north-west Europe buck the trend of global warming and instead face plunging temperatures and freezing winters.
It's not the most likely outcome, but a number of scientists fear that the chance of it happening is growing, and that the consequences would be so great that it deserves proper consideration.
They are concerned that the ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic could weaken - or even collapse - in response to climate change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo
[#]climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #AMOC #GulfStream
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Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/petition/1
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No targets for aviation or farming in UK climate plan
The UK has restated ambitious plans to reduce its emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases by 81% by 2035, but has not explained how it will achieve the goal.
In a new action plan submitted to the United Nations, the government also signed up to global goals to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030.
However, it has not set targets for sectors like farming, aviation, or energy to address those sectors' contributions to climate change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv4g7000m4o
[#]climate #ClimateChange #aviation #farming #emissions
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Will electric planes and sustainable fuel make Heathrow's third runway green?
The expansion of Heathrow has long been opposed by green groups and Rachel Reeves' announcement will be extremely controversial, not least because of its environmental impact.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjdz92v84do
[#]environment #flying #aviation #growth
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How would #ProportionalRepresentation work in the UK?
"Under #PR, when you do end up with a single-party majority, it’s because a majority of people, or close to a majority, voted for that party, rather than the FPTP system unfairly delivering a majority without the numbers to back it up."
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-would-proportional-representation-work-in-the-uk/
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Smile Charity Film Awards: Vote for Soil Association's Stop Killing Our Rivers:
https://smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/stop-killing-our-rivers
[#]rivers #pollution #environment
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Planet-warming gas levels rose more than ever in 2024
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) are now more than 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels.
Last year, fossil fuel emissions were at record highs, while the natural world struggled to absorb as much CO2 due to factors including wildfires and drought, so more accumulated in the atmosphere.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30dn5dn53jo
[#]climate #ClimateChange #CO2 #wildfires #drought #FossilFuels #emissions
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What The Label DOESN'T Tell You About YOUR FOOD
Shockingly, there is no legal requirement to show how animals were raised. Almost all meat bought in supermarkets in the UK is factory farmed with the animals kept in appalling conditions.
Without compulsory method of production labelling, the packaging of factory farmed meat and dairy products will continue to mislead shoppers, undermining consumer choice and preventing higher-welfare farmers from differentiating their products.
Act now for honest labelling: https://www.ciwf.org.uk/honest-labelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BhSGEBfeGw
[#]animals #FactoryFarming #mabelling #FoodLabelling #AnimalAgriculture
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Walleys Quarry stench prompts more than 700 complaints in a day
The regulator of a landfill site where noxious gases give off a foul stench has said it has received more than 760 complaints in one day.
Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, was served a closure notice in November after the Environment Agency (EA) said there was a risk of "significant long-term pollution".
Some residents have linked pollution there to instances of ill health in the area, leading to years of protests, legal rows and EA scrutiny.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5y7yeq0zzo
[#]pollution #StopTheStink #health
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Five years on, the true cost of #Brexit
https://www.tomorrowspapers.co.uk/independent-front-page-2025-01-05/
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2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit
The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.
The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global data providers, said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold, as well as the world's hottest on record.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7575x8yq5o
[#]climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #1C5
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When Justin Trudeau resigned, he said he regretted leaving the First Past the Post voting system in place.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.
Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/warn-starmer-dont-have-the-same-regret-as-trudeau
[#]FPTP #PR #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter
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The leather industry is lying to you by #greenwashing
How the #leather industry lobbied against environmental regulation – while faking #sustainability
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/greenwashing-leather-industry-sustainability-disinformation-lobbying/
[#]vegan #GoVegan #environment
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URGENT: The UK government is asking for our views on how to regulate new #oil and #gas #drilling in the #NorthSea.
Sign before 8 Jan 👇
https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-the-uk-no-new-oil-and-gas
[#]climate #ClimateChange #NoNewOilAndGas
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Finally MSM writing about how 'Natural' #gas, in this case in it's #LNG form, is actually much dirtier than governments and industry like to admit because they ignore all the #methane leaks.
'Green' ferry emits more #CO2 than old #diesel ship
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy87e72yg3o
[#]climate #ClimateChange #emissions
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The best & most comprehensive article I have read yet about the impending #collapse due to #overshoot, and what we can, but why we won't, do anything about it.
Thank you Jack of all trades @jackofalltrades
Overshoot: Cognitive Obsolescence
And the Population Conundrum
https://medium.com/@alysion42/overshoot-cognitive-obsolescence-and-the-population-conundrum-1fd29de848ee
[#]Collapse2040 #climate #environment #population
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Incinerators: New plans to limit burning rubbish for energy
Ministers say fresh rules announced today will limit the development of new waste incinerators, which burn rubbish to make electricity and emit gases that are harmful for the environment.
Just under half of all the UK's household rubbish is now burned, and a recent BBC investigation showed that incinerating bin bags, which can release large amounts of carbon dioxide, was as bad for the climate as burning coal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgrl72e975o
[#]Climate #ClimateChange #pollution #incinerators #incineration #waste
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A year of extreme weather that challenged billions
[#]Climate change has brought record-breaking heat this year, and with it #ExtremeWeather, from #hurricanes to month-long #droughts.
This year is expected to be the hottest on record, and new research shows that people around the world experienced an additional 41 days of dangerous heat due to #ClimateChange.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8dg3ke40o
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