Jane Bevis

Is England prepared for future flood risk? Tomorrow at 9.30am is our last session of our inquiry into flood resilence in England. We're questioning the @EnvAgency and Emma Hardy, Minister for Water and Flooding at @DefraGovUK.

Please re-Tweet if you can imagine the weight of #grief carried by so many due to #dementia. #Alzheimers #mentalhealth #art

@treemissions Actually, the polluters are the idiots who don't dispose of packaging responsibly We need to cherish and respect our oceans. But glass and aluminium packaging have enormous environmental footprints so are not the answer

🚨 Plastic Pollution Alert! 🚨 Did you know that just 20 companies are responsible for producing over half of the world's single-use plastic waste? 😱 That's right, a small group of petrochemical giants are the main culprits behind our plastic crisis! 🌍♻️ Here are the top 10 plastic polluters according to the latest data: 1️⃣ ExxonMobil @exxonmobil 2️⃣ Dow @dowchem 3️⃣ Sinopec @sinopec 4️⃣ BP @bp_plc 5️⃣ Shell @Shell 6️⃣ Chevron @Chevron 7️⃣ TotalEnergies @TotalEnergies 8️⃣ BASF @BASF 9️⃣ SABIC @SABIC 🔟 ENI @eni These companies need to take responsibility for the environmental damage they're causing and transition to a circular economy based on recycled materials. 💪🌿 We can all do our part to reduce plastic waste by choosing reusable products, supporting brands with sustainable packaging, and advocating for stronger regulations. 🙌🌊 #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticPollution #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction

Video of seagrass devastation cut from David Attenborough's documentary 'Ocean!' 🌊 The clip of bottom-trawling fishing boats ripping up seagrass was deemed ‘too harsh’ for the public. The public wants to know the truth! Not a sanitised version ✊ thetimes.com/uk/environment…

Together, we elected a Labour Govt with a promise to deliver a New Deal for Working People. A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning. #newdeal

Yesterday #wind generated 24.4% of GB electricity, more than gas 20.8%, nuclear 18.0%, solar 13.4%, biomass 12.1%, imports 11.2%, hydro 0.0%, *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

We utterly condemn the vandalism of the Windrush Untold Stories Exhibition. Our CCTV team are working with police to identify those involved, and a criminal investigation has been launched. Got information? Call 101 and quote CAD 4126/03JUL25

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Swallows at the Pool’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (1934)

Londoners are already seeing the benefits of City Hall’s extensive investment in walking and cycling with: 🚲 1.33 million cycle journeys daily 🚲 More than 400km of cycleways 🚲 800+ school streets enabling more children to walk, wheel and cycle to school.

In a week that marked 10 years of the Paris Agreement, 20 years of C40 Cities, and over 45,000 people attending more than 700 events, we saw what determined, collective action looks like. Read our wrap-up of London Climate Action Week 2025. ➡️ c40.org/news/london-cl…

July from Eliot Hodgkin's 'The Months', 1950. A globe artichoke takes centre stage, surrounded by heady white nicotiana flowers, a variegated carnation, cornflower, begonia and forget-me-not. There are luscious summer berries but also the sinister touch of deadly nightshade.

Register now for our annual conference - Community Energy Now! Powering Up London on Friday 11th July If you attended #LCAW2025 events + would like more come along to St Mary Aldermary (Bow Ln) next Friday from 10:30am! Speakers to be announced shortly! buytickets.at/communityenerg…

One to look out for tonight for #MothMonday! The Privet Hawk-moth (Sphinx ligustri) is the UK's largest resident Hawk-moth with a wingspan of up to 12cm - see when one visited our IT Officer Darren for scale! #MothsMatter #MoonMeadow 📷: Bob Eade, John Murray

Wow! Solar 27.9% of GB generation this morning! 🌞

Banner making workshop by UK suffragettes, members of the Women's Social and Political Union, c.1910. Women politicised their printmaking and textile skills for the cause. #WomensArt

On Friday #wind produced 46.7% of British electricity, more than nuclear 17.2%, gas 14.5%, solar 10.1%, imports 6.0%, biomass 5.4%, hydro 0.0%, *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds - shocking finding, story by my colleague ⁦@hannahdev⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Join your neighbours in recycling your food waste. ●Fill your kitchen caddy with food waste. ●Empty your caddy into your communal food waste bin. ●Rinse the caddy. Thank you for helping recycle our food waste in Southwark.

At London Policing Board I set out the @MetPoliceUK recorded reductions in knife crime, burglary, theft & robbery. Thank you to Met officers, staff & volunteers for their hard work. I’ll continue to do all I can to support the Met & keep Londoners safe.

British electricity mix at 3pm on 26th Jun 2025 🔥Gas 7.1% Biomass 5.1% 🍃Wind 40.1% Solar 30.3% Hydro 0.2% ⚛️Nuclear 15.0% ➡️Imports 2.1% Other 0.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 32GW 🌍Carbon intensity 67 gCO2e/kWh vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030