Nick Coslett

@volcaholic1 Absolutely tragic. And could have been avoided if only warnings given a century ago were heeded archive.nytimes.com/dotearth.blogs…

Meanwhile Trump and reform downplay the threatening catastrophe.

Normally at Kew Gardens people scramble for a seat in the Sun. Now they are wrangling over seats in the shade. More to come as the Climate heats. It will change our lives in many ways large and small. ⁦@DavidShukman⁩ ⁦@michaelholder⁩

🌱 This Sunday — Rare Plant Fair at Quenington (11–4) Specialist nurseries, unusual plants, plus garden tools & accessories. No dogs (except assistance dogs). Details: rareplantfair.co.uk

A patch of nettles can support over 40 insect species. They’re a vital source of food for the caterpillars of peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies - so please let a few nettles grow! More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/wildf…

@SusieTa32510601 @ElaineCox11 Completely agree — we’re undermining our own targets. Poor sapling survival in hotter, drier summers makes it even more critical that we retain mature trees and existing woodland, not remove them. 1/3

In the south east and east of England there has been poor sapling and whip survival rates because of increasingly hot and dry summers ..yet developers continue to fell #mature trees and woodlands.. the UK continues to see legally binding targets of tree cover getting further away. inews.co.uk/news/governmen…?

@JaneEFindlay @SusieTa32510601 @ElaineCox11 💯 % correct, the glory may be in planting & capital works but the pudding is in long term intelligent management and that will cost about 10% of the initial investment. Schemes are 50% design & 50% maintenance.

@SusieTa32510601 @ElaineCox11 Planting alone isn’t the answer without long-term management & maintenance, young trees won’t survive. It takes decades for a tree to deliver its full ecosystem benefits. If we’re serious about a healthy, resilient planet, protecting what we already have must come first. 2/3

@EmmaforWycombe Bullshit .... Start handling out prison sentences and actually collecting fines not just issuing them to be paid at a time when convenient!! Your a fucking joke!!

@EmmaforWycombe Until you can honour me with 5 minutes of your time to explain why you still allow water companies to go unprosecuted, pollute all our waterways and destroy our countryside whilst getting richer I have to call this out again as more 💩💩

😍Feargal Sharkey's absolutely right. Public ownership of water is a no-brainer, And 82% of the public agrees. vist.ly/4ww54

Little tree and underground urban magic.

Cathy Newman, "Trump smashed up the old world order, the UK and EU are wondering what to do about it" "Keir Starmer offered closer ties with the EU, why not go the whole hog and rejoin the EU, with the majority of the country in favour?" Sir Michael Morpurgo, "It was the greatest mistake this country has made since the war, I have no doubt about that at all" "I mean to turn our back on our neighbours in that way, not just in terms of trade but in terms of culture and everything" "It was a ridiculous decision" "Somehow we have to understand when we make a mistake, we admit it and make a change"

@ThreshedThought @iancbeavis There are now many hybrid elms which have been bred to be disease resistant. The English elms regenerate from their roots and when big enough the beetle infects them so most English elms are vulnerable, it's only geography and isolation that allows them to persist.

Great to hear from The Commons Team on all the great work they are doing. I couldn’t believe my eyes when they showed me an English Elm - I thought they were all dead! 🙏Thanks for all your hard work.

It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain. Please #retweet! Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce queen #bees for next year! So important to #share! 1/9

@EmmaforWycombe It's no way near enough make Directors criminally responsibilities/ liable

Spills are down, but it's not enough. We are cleaning up our waterways by banning bonuses for polluting water bosses, introducing ‘MOT‑style’ checks on pipes and establishing a single, tougher regulator so customers are protected and problems are prevented, not excused.

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@EmmaforWycombe What about the rivers then Emma?

New enforcement powers mean waste criminals will join 'clean up squads'. If you dump rubbish on our streets, you will clean up and pay up. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

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