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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyone know why Natural England deleted their EDP consultation video? It’s still on Facebook but they deleted it on linkedin and Twitter. Did they delete it because they realised encouraging feedback was a bad idea since everyone hates it? Was the background music not jazzy enough?? I need answers!!

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s been a lot of hard work but my first dahlia blooms are amazing 🥰

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Out with the Old in with the Newt! Here’s a great article on how @andyburnham.bsky.social can save protected species. Will he listen and learn from Starmer’s mistakes? ⬇️ spacefornature.substack.com/p/out-with-t...

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Out with the Old, in with the Newt

How Burnham can do Better for Protected Species

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Is this the worst merch ever? The usual suspects have come out with an anti-newt, anti-nature clothing line and it’s as cringy as you can imagine. Here I give it the roasting it deserves ⬇️

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The BS13 bat walk & talk last night was packed!! It was standing room only & kids were sitting on the floor! I couldn’t believe how popular it was. There were people from all ages excited to learn more about bats!! 🦇 politicians take note 🖊️nature is more popular than you think!

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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨 Nature loss isn't just an environmental crisis: it's a national security issue. 🌿 On 3 September, MPs will debate UK intelligence experts' warning on the threat of ecosystem collapse. ✍️ Write to your MP and urge them to speak at the debate: zerohour.uk/nsa-debate

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Write to your MP about the National Security Assessment

The Gov's latest national security assessment makes one thing clear: nature is not separate from national security, it underpins it. Act now.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

#NaturesRights are an essential foundation for a healthy, secure future - from the debate on my bill today hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...

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Rob Ashwell @cyclistandstats.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Absolutely. I knew very little about them before my (very unfinished) PhD on conservation genetics of the lesser horseshoe. But so important and so incredible. Also crucial for tequila (well cactus pollination), if that helps persuade anyone still not persuaded by the stunning photos.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The centre for policy studies is infamously opaque with its funding but Onward who co-wrote the report this article is about is clear about their donors and it’s exactly who you think, Amazon, property investors, fossil fuel companies and more ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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Guess who bankrolls the Tory think tank advocating for coal?

Onward's funders include BP, Shell, weapons manufacturers, a vaping business and Len Blavatnik, a billionaire who made a fortune in post-Soviet Russia

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Especially since this is in London! Bats are not holding up development in central London for sure.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Agreed the Times have a history of this kind of inaccurate reporting

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thornbury.bsky.social @thornbury.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

George nails it again: Crucial to the government’s war on nature is the “cauldron principle”. If a species is to be blamed for “holding up development”, it must be one you might find in a witch’s cauldron. ... They are bats, newts, snails and spiders. www.monbiot.com/2025/10/22/t...

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The Cauldron Principle

The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We are lucky in Bristol to have some amazing local journalists who go above and beyond but that is getting rare in the large mainstream media since so many publications are funded by billionaires

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

100%! They are adorable and so important to our ecosystems ❤️

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Rob Ashwell @cyclistandstats.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

But bats are incredible and utterly lush. How can anyone not find the long eared bats some of the cutest species on the planet.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

And if you want to learn more about Labour’s new anti-nature regulations which could also leave home owners liable for developer damages you can read more here... open.substack.com/pub/danicapr...

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The New Nature Regulations are Worse Than we Thought

The Nature Restoration Fund? More Like The Bureaucracy Restoration Fund.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

All of us in the environment sector should be demanding this. Our press need to do better. Stop using bats and newts as click bait. It just makes you look cheap and desperate @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Surely they should feel deep shame they were this ignorant and clearly didn’t do any research? I hope they remedy this shocking display of incompetence by publishing an article on how nature experts are urging ministers to scrap new endangered-species-killing regulations.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It’s bad enough they publish a press release from Tufton street as if it’s news, but the report they refer to suggests removing Biodiversity Net Gain(BNG) for brownfield sites. BNG is for habitats, not protected species so it has 0 to do with bats or newts. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We need to talk about poor journalism and blatant misinformation. Tom Howard published this article in The Times today with the rage bait title ‘Scrap newt and bat rules to ease London housing crisis ministers told’ which is more than just bad journalism, it’s actually an embarrassing mistake🧵

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm getting so very tired of doing this every time these pundits do their whole 'I had a world class education, but maybe you shouldn't?' spiel: James Marriot studied English Literature at Oxford.

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Kevin Dale 🍃💚🍃 @explorerdale.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Current house building targets were always DOOMED TO FAIL 🧐The established market house-building model of the last 2 DECADES (overseen by successive Tory & Labour governments) has been PROVEN TO FAIL, over and over again. So WHY do we keep trying the same model and not have a complete re-think? 🤷‍♂️

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Are Dartmoor Ponies really going to die? I spent the past few days getting to the bottom of the pony cull issue. I’ve done a ridiculous amount of research and looked at all sides while reviewing current legislation changes. Here’s what I found⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/danicapr...

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We Need to Save the Ponies but it’s Not What You Think

The Real Truth About the ‘Pony Cull’, Natural England and the government’s plan to kill the wildlife you care about.

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Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Superb journalism, that puts the legacy media political class to shame (not least for spreading the false stories, ahem The Times & Robert Jenrick) and gets across details of what the real problems are.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#NaturesRights - a nice explanation of my Bill (2nd reading July 3) in @lrb.co.uk from @jayowens.bsky.social "Nature’s rights are self-evident and ecosystems are our partners in the project of being alive on earth, not our property" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

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Jay Owens | Rights for Gods

Britain’s waterways are filthy and flowing with sewage, as well as fertiliser and pesticide pollution, thousands of...

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Ms M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Very important piece about nature conservation & how new planning regs risk threatening species. I feel very strongly about this, as someone who bought a home BECAUSE of the net-gain for nature conditions attached. danicapriest.substack.com/p/we-need-to... @bengoldsborough.bsky.social

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We Need to Save the Ponies but it’s Not What You Think

The Real Truth About the ‘Pony Cull’, Natural England and the government’s plan to kill the wildlife you care about.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

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We Need to Save the Ponies but it’s Not What You Think

The Real Truth About the ‘Pony Cull’, Natural England and the government’s plan to kill the wildlife you care about.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I got my FOI back from the department of energy and net zero surrounding the procurement of the Fingleton Review after the ICO had to get involved. The delay must’ve been down to a fire at the virtual black square factory... Definitely not hiding anything… 🙄

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Exactly this. I became a campaigner to stop a designated site of nature conservation interest from destruction in my community in Knowle West Bristol. I was renting a tiny one bed flat with no green space but being called an elitist nimby by millionaire politicians with massive gardens.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is exactly what we have been warning about. But oh no, anyone who objects to the changes is a selfish, privileged nimby, a zealot, a blocker, an elitist. Let's trash the lives of England's poorest communities, and smear anyone who complains. Thanks Keir. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds

Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 04/06/2026

A year ago: We're building data centers everywhere to run you out of your job and double your power bill. It's so you can look at fake videos of talking dogs on your phone Now: Why are people so hostile about the data centers

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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on #climate & #nature risks The UK faces growing risks from climate & nature breakdown: extreme weather, economic disruption, national security. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

And that idea that gets silenced is nature protection, deregulation and corporate interests are the loud voice in our media not environmentalists

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

You are falsely basing your entire argument on the assumption that we are not already making compromises for nature and are unwilling to compromise. We are fighting for the literal bare minimum actually.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

That’s not accurate actually, our grassland ecosystem in the uk depends on some form of grazing so beef and dairy are keeping dung beetles and grassland wildlife alive.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We already know who won the local elections today… it’s nature! We are witnessing the death of ‘Build, baby build’ but will a massive loss tonight push Labour to finally ditch their anti-nature policies? Here are my thoughts ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/danicapr...

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Nature has Already Won the Local Elections

‘Build, Baby Build’ is dead. Will Labour learn from this?

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 06/05/2026

Glyphosate usage is back in the news, especially pre harvest spraying of wheat. The @thesoilassociation.bsky.social have concerns over human health as breads & cereals may be tainted. Others have environmental concerns as we previously reported...

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Devastating songbird decline: is an Essex council really responsible?

With the huge decline in songbirds, the dawn chorus is now led by seagulls and pigeons in Southend. Is glyphosate to blame?

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Another lovely morning volunteering at my local nature reserve, Manor Woods Valley, keeping the scrub growth from growing over the wildflower meadows and the orchard.

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Thanks Bristol 24/7 for coming to the ‘Fish Disco’ and writing this article. It was such a fun afternoon. The day of action for nature had thousands of people joining over 200 events all over the country. I hope politicians are paying attention! #VoteForNature www.bristol247.com/climate/news...

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Silent 'fish disco' marks day of action for nature, parks and green spaces

A silent disco with a twist took place on College Green

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended the Day of Action for nature Fish Disco today!! We ended up extending it for over an hour it was a huge success!! It was so nice to see everyone having fun. 🐟🕺🏻🪩#VoteForNature #DayOfAction

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Danica Priest @danicapriest.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Silent disco has been delivered so we are all ready for tomorrow’s Fish Disco! 🕺🏻 🪩🐟 I can’t wait to dance for nature protections with you all. If this is your first time hearing about this it’s not too late to join us! tinyurl.com/FishDiscoBri...

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