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Monty Larkin

@montylarkin.bsky.social
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42yrs working for nature and landscape inc elms; now retired. Founder of former Sussex Pony Grazing & Conservation Trust. Postings mainly about countryside, environmental, climate, politics, etc. Author and countryside writer. Now living in Pembrokeshire.

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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 14h
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Boycott krill pills. Tell Norway to do the same.
Antarctic krill is trawled for omega-3 pills, pet food and salmon feed. Drop krill products and email Norway's ministers to oppose higher catch limits before it's too late.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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What is Zionism and why do some critics describe it as racist?
Green party debate over the motion ‘Zionism is racism’ comes amid renewed arguments over the meaning and history of a contested term
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Worst ever outbreak of bluetongue hits British farms
Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Shame on them! UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds
Study says UK-based banks provided $8.3bn in coal financing in four years, with Barclays and HSBC leading rise
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Wildlife arrives on time at rewilded chalk grasslands built along HS2 route
The trains may be running late, but the Western Slopes project is already attracting birds and insects on lands around the high-speed railway
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Privatisation broke our water system. @labourslewis.bsky.social has a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it. Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: ​https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&​
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Alarm at UN over sanctions threatened by US on international criminal court
Group calls for proper enforcement of ICC rulings as Trump administration widens attacks on court
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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New GEF initiative will support UNCCD to strengthen drylands and drought resilience
The Global Environment Facility announced today the development of a new Drylands and Drought Management Integrated Program to help countries proactively manage drought, strengthen resilience in dryla...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘The physical toll is visceral’: How Indonesia’s fire haze affects millions - visual guide
Intensified by this year’s super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
What is stopping more freight moving from road to rail?
The government wants a 40% increase by 2040 but businesses are calling for more investment.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Trump declares victory in Greenland – but the damage is already done
A panic-induced move before the US midterms or a significant transatlantic development?
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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bbc.co.uk
Govia Thameslink Railway nationalisation: What does it mean?
Thameslink, Southern, Great Northern and Gatwick Express services will be nationalised on Sunday.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Why peatlands are unsuited to windfarm developments
Douglas Lloyd’s explanation of why peatlands need to be protected in his objection to the proposed Lluest y Gwynt wind farm and grid connection. I have a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Earth Science and ...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Oklahoma reintroduced 300 bison to tallgrass prairie in 1993: Decades later, the herd has restored the native grassland ecosystem
A third of the United States was once covered with prairies, today just a fraction remains but with the help of bison the vibrant ecosystem is returning.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
nation.cymru/culture/mich...
nation.cymru
Michael Sheen partners with National Library of Wales for new video
Amelia Jones Michael Sheen has teamed up with the National Library of Wales to tell the story of Wales in a new video. The Welsh actor features in the film shared by the National Library on social med...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Putin’s submarines have the UK surrounded. This is what could stop them
Russia operates one of the largest submarine fleets in the world – and it has grown steadily more active in the seas around us
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Conservation ‘gateway drug’: farmers embrace ancient craft of hedge laying
Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood risk
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
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I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms
US embassy says Downing Street’s plan to give BBC, ITV and other established media more online visibility carries risk of ‘censorship’
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Scientists question impact of badger vaccination on bovine TB in Wales
Mark Mansfield Scientists have called for an overhaul of the way badgers are vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis in Wales, warning that major gaps in evidence make it difficult to establish whether...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
BBC News - Trump signs order to remove endangered species protection for grey wolves www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump signs order to remove endangered species status for grey wolves
The US president says the move will help ranchers, but conservationists say it could derail efforts to recover populations.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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yahoo.com
Italy has started exporting a delicacy prized abroad, reviled at home
Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien predator blamed for decim...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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bbc.co.uk
Dedicated officer to combat homes pumping sewage into waterways
Misconnections happen when incorrectly installed plumbing allows waste water to be diverted to surface drains.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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bbc.co.uk
UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size
The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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We asked the BBC boss your questions.
YouTube video by 38 Degrees
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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RSPB issues green light to winter bird feeding
The RSPB has advised people across the UK that they can feed seeds and nuts to birds between 1 November and 30 April.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hundreds gather to urge Scottish government to pause datacentre boom www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Hundreds gather to urge Scottish government to pause datacentre boom
Opposition mounts as at least 20 projects proposed, including one in Fife billed as second largest in world
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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The Netherlands dredged 30 million cubic metres of sand, clay and silt from the bottom of a shallow lake and shaped it into 5 low islands; by 2020, a gull-billed tern chick had hatched there, after on...
A Dutch lake cleanup became an unexpected refuge, bringing back a bird species that hadn't successfully bred in the country for over six decades.
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Neil Ward @profneilward.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Some food for thought
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Pitiful’: experts condemn initial US aid contribution for Nepal flood victims
Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’
Defence minister says he believes US backing could tip regional balance in favour of forced resettlement
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Richard Bates @discript.com · 01/09/2026
If you’ve ever wished that the UK, where it rains so much for half the year, managed its water resources better so we didn’t have hosepipe bans every summer, please add your signature to this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
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Petition: Fund new reservoirs to increase future water supplies
England faces growing pressure on its water supplies due to factors like population growth, climate change and rising demand. The Government estimates 5 billion litres more water per day will be neede...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UK must end all trade with Israel, says co-founder of BDS movement
Exclusive: sanctions against ministers and settler groups are ‘smoke and mirrors cop-out’ says Omar Barghouti
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Dear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian Wolmar
There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow, says transport writer and podcaster Christian Wolmar
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?
Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
24 billion tonnes of groundwater are being lost every year across Asia’s high mountains; why the water crisis is far bigger than melting glaciers timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/24-b... Download the TOI app now: timesofindia.sng.link/Cqhd4/3t15/q...
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24 billion tonnes of groundwater are being lost every year across Asia’s high mountains; why the water crisis is far bigger than melting glaciers
Groundwater reserves beneath High Mountain Asia (HMA) often called the 'Asian water tower' are depleting at an alarming rate, according to a new satellite-based study. The region provides water that s...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In the 1920s, over 100 World War I wooden steamships were moved to Maryland’s Mallows Bay for salvage; a century later, the wrecks shelter fish, beavers and birds - The Times of India
Discover the intriguing legacy of the wooden steamships abandoned after World War I in Mallows Bay, Maryland, which now serve as unique habitats for fish, birds, and other wildlife in a thriving aquat...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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interestingengineering.com
China scores jackpot with record 98.2% pure natural hydrogen discovery
Scientists have discovered record-breaking natural hydrogen leaks in the Sichuan Basin, with purity levels reaching up to 98.24%.
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.newscientist.com/article/2585...
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Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves | New Scientist
The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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In 1911, Norwegian whalers released 10 reindeer on South Georgia for food and hunting; a century later nearly 7,000 were removed after the herds damaged native vegetation - The Times of India
The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...
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Monty Larkin @montylarkin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – report
Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain’s food is imported
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