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Public Order Act 2023 (Interference with Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 New government regulations would designate UK life sciences facilities as key national infrastructure, extending police powers to act against protest activity at such facilities. The government argues...

Lords Library briefing for my fatal motion seeking to prevent serious legislative overreach of declaring #AnimalTesting facilities "critical national infrastructure". Putting severe, and unclear, restrictions on protest

lordslibrary.parliament.uk/public-order...

Why private finance alone can’t restore nature | NEB Digest The challenges and controversies around funding solutions to the nature crisis with private capital, and proposals for alternatives.

www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...

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Great news for the retrofit world #WarmHomesForAll

Half full or half empty? What did 2025 mean for the farming transition As 2026 begins, there’s no denying the deep frustration surrounding farming policy. Questions swirl around exactly what the farming minister’s priorities are, when schemes will be opened for applications and whether the Landscape Recovery scheme will get more than the £500 million that was announced in December.

Only 2 Landscape Recovery projects have moved into delivery phase. And with SFI closed and Higher Tier invite-only, farmers are left waiting.

In this blog, @lydiacollas.bsky.social outlines why 2026 must be the year government turns farm livelihoods around by expanding ELM uptake.

We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero Articles on net zero used to always explain the scientific background. But not anymore.

Cool piece of research. Articulates well what I had noticed but couldn’t quite put into words. Ppl seem to be forgetting the point of why we need net zero theconversation.com/we-analysed-...

Giant offshore windfarm supported by 7 out of 10 Brits

Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action?

Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it.

But they think the majority of people DON’T support it.

That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵

Oh no. I use Deepl loads. Is it just the "AI Powered edits" which doesn't work? Is Deepl "Translate text" ok still? Or is that knackered as well?

What does Chile's 2023 Lithium Strategy mean for workers in the industry? Can it help deliver a Just Transition? Find out in this short case study brief. Available here: business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/do...

Underreported Earth: “Tree Tales” EARTHDAY.ORG and The Pulitzer Center present Underreported Earth: "Tree Tales" — three episodes of investigative journalism from the world’s most threatened ...

Recommended watch: In a new video series from Earthday.org and the Pulitzer Centre, three investigative journalists discussed their reporting on deforestation in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Good news for a change. #democracy #Sheffield

New blog out summarising main findings from the report on Just transition in Chile business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r...

Am finally getting round to setting up a BlueSky account. Currently engaged in mass following event as have used SkyBridge to find people I used follow over on Twitter. [click, click, click]