Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 14hThousands of chicks killed. Decades of suffering. It’s time we showed Gannets the compassion they deserve and ban the Guga hunt for good. 43220
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialOceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🐙 This #WorldOctopusDay help protect these astonishing animals from bottom trawling! Scottish Govt has a consultation open on whether to ban bottom trawling in its inshore protected areas 🌊 we’ll soon be sharing info on how to add your voice. Sign up to stay updated ✊ act.oceana.org/page/144742/... 24826
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialThe Vegan's Voice | Michael Corthell @thevegansvoice.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The milk aisle and meat counter share victims. Different packaging, connected exploitation. #animalrights #dairy #meat 01912
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 41654428
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialDana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s 2026. We really need to learn to live with other species on the planet. To even contemplate culling a shark that is only sexually mature at 120 y and is migratory is absurd and absolutely bonkerstheguardian.comTo cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest sharkAs trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species 1518067
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialMongabay @mongabay.com · 05/10/2026A thunderstorm stranded exhausted migratory birds in Malta, leading hunters to kill hundreds of protected and threatened species. Conservationists report illegal shooting continued even after hunting quotas were reached. “Protected-species legislation only works if it is effectively enforced.”mongabay.ccHunters reportedly kill hundreds of migratory birds stranded by thunderstorm in MaltaA multi-day thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea struck Malta, stranding hundreds of passing migratory birds on Sept. 14, 2026. Hunters in the country then shot hundreds of those birds, including… 53029
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is how we should see these magnificant animals, not hauled up on a boat or in fillets on a slab. We should no more catch or kill this rare and stunning megafauna than we should trap or kill tigers or whales. Here are some more of Rupert’s photos from yesterday, with his kind permission. 16863165
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialBiofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 03818
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 581073345
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialClaire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Blue on silver and brown Worth not cutting back all seed heads in your green space in Autumn as insects just love resting, roosting or even mating on them! #belesstidy4life 0225
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2882549924
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On the train back from London after the best evening ever! Still pinching myself… and beaming from ear to ear about my beautiful medal. Thank you SO much @btobirds.bsky.social for this most unexpected and wonderful award. And thank you again for all the amazing things you do… 3015717
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialAndy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Starmer promised Britain we would stay out of Trump's reckless war. Instead Trump's bombers are taking off from British soil using information gathered from British based listening stations. Burnham has let this continue. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhat we know about RAF Fairford incident and counter-terror probeFive men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase. 25923
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires 4223485658
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialJames Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Oh FFS. Increases in a few species is not a positive from climate change It is a signal that communities & ecosystems are under threat from rapid change Please, BBC, don’t do this simplistic reporting, feeding complacency about climate breakdown www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHummingbird hawk moths and ivy bees: The insects growing in number as temperatures riseHummingbird hawk moths - often mistaken for small birds - are being spotted in the West Midlands. 111139
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialDonald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very surprising to see this claim from the UK Govt on data centres and carbon targets when they (1) very clearly have not accounted for growing data centre emissions in their carbon budgets and (2) by their own admission don't know how much water data centres are using. 03511
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." share.google/r69snPliLy5N...share.googleIndustry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulationIndustry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation 313294
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialAlom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So, this has made my day, in fact, my week so far: 0244
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fox sits in gold and brambles as the crisp air draws near. He breathes out, accepting the shift in the year. Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat, the trees speak of change and hope of release. No need to hold tightly, just trust and know. #AutumnEquinox teaches the spirit to let go. #Autumn🍂 17420
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The two most revealing questions one can ask about American politics and foreign policy today are: 1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South? 2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian? 312844
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialChris Rowan @allochthonous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026…especially if you’ve already been noticing the IPCC leaning heavily on carbon dioxide removal in their future scenarios despite the unpromising trajectory of current efforts. 041
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialSheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Every day at Kaluku, battle commences over the fresh water hose – and Mwinzi was always one of the fiercest contenders. Then small Korbessa made 'hose wars' her own, winning through sheer persistence – and these days, with the boys in Ithumba, she guards it from Kaluku's newcomers. 430058
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialReluctant beef cow @cowbwz4793.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Never to see mom again. Is he a male calf who will be killed with days, or sent to a veal farm & slaughtered before he's lived 26 weeks? Is she a female calf, to be raised as a dairy cow? A constant cycle of pregnancy & calving for 5 years, worn out at that point & slaughtered. Do you care? 🐮 043
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialFran @francervi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There is no challenge. No questioning. Just a blanket airing of views from a man with vested interests and frankly bigoted views. Dreadful stuff from BBC. And where the hell is Nandy? 2814
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/09/2026"This is yet another example of the corrosive revolving door between politics and big business lobbying that has no place in public life." @sianberry.bsky.social responds to Labour Peer Tom Watson being hired by US spy-tech giant Palantir. 7278140
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that? 451474525
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialAnnie Crawley @anniecrawley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Inspired by @shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social Remarkably Bright Creatures, I created a presentation for @snoislelibraries.bsky.social that will be showcased at the Lynnwood Library tonight about real cephalopods all around the world. Come meet GPOs and everything ocean tonight at 6:00 PM, it’s FREE! 0173
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 16/09/2026Folks don't hate the NFL enough, tbh 11563821912
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialFighting Dirty @fightingdirty.bsky.social · 16/09/2026NEW: Papers have now been filed for this case. But we still need support for the crowdfunding. Please do share and please donate. Without financial support we won't be able to keep taking these cases. www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...crowdjustice.comUK Government scraps chemical safety laws - so we're going to courtGeorge Monbiot, Georgia Elliott-Smith and Steve Hyndside are Fighting Dirty, using the law to stop harmful pollution in its tracks. Find out more and follow our work at https://fightingdirty.org/ 411967
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Do BBC news work for Reform?" via Harry Eccles 742029806
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621091245
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialStuart Dillon @smdillon1975.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Did Sarah Cooper Lesadd not know what party she was a member of, Reform is all about division and talking the country down 032
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What kind of mindset sees such wonders - the return of our bluefin tuna - and thinks "let's catch them for 'sport'" or "let's kill them and sell their flesh". It's not only monstrous philistinism, but also idiot economics. Many would pay well to witness this wonder. Extractivism is our enemy. 25671145
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point. 502204638
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"Dear Diary, £72 million in 48 hours! It sounds a lot, but it's peanuts compared to what they'll make when I keep my promise to slash capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund" 12589200
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Must just be a coincidence that two of Reform's main donors have been convicted of money laundering related offences (Delo and George Cottrell). 22531204
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1354044792
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just a few of at least 100 Common Carder bumblebees (Bombus pascuorum) I saw this afternoon in our garden, including some still collecting pollen. This species is one of the last to remain active, before their mated queens go into hibernation when the temperatures drop… 46811
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The idea that "regenerative" grazing is a climate solution has really taken hold in some quarters. But the science is clear: It doesn't work. Methane and land-use emissions just overwhelm any soil carbon benefits. Here's a great piece by @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/eig...drawdown.orgEight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendlyAn influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits. 918783
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Last year, Watershed's @leanahosea.bsky.social reported that the cost of cleaning up illegal waste sites now exceeds money brought in from landfill tax. A properly resourced, robust enforcement agency could be spending money to save money on the clean up: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAt least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggestsExclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax 15929
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The cruel slaughter of Gannet chicks has no place in modern Scotland and it needs to be outlawed permanently. Let's make this the biggest petition in Scottish history! petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...petitions.parliament.scotPetition: Stop the Guga HuntCalling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir. 0125
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialRainsEnd🇨🇦 @rainsend.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's the second time that gets us. You knew his narcissism, his crimes, his lies, his destruction and put him back in. It's mind-blowing. The trust is gone forever. 2424
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's hard to believe 9/11 was 25 years ago, but as someone who lived in NYC at the time, I remember exactly where I was and what I did like it was yesterday. I definitely would have remembered if I went down to Ground Zero and was digging people out of the rubble. 1713914
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Tomorrow, MSPs discuss the petition to ban the Guga hunt. Let's make sure they know this needless violence to Gannet chicks has no place in Scotland. A licence refusal is not enough - that's why we're asking them to change the law and ensure the Guga hunt can never return again. 11714
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026NEW: Reported pheasant numbers increase in England to over 26 million, according to official data I've obtained under FOI But these stats fall far short of what the shooting industry acknowledges to be the true figures, as so many estates fail to comply with regs whoownsengland.org/2026/09/08/r...whoownsengland.orgReported pheasant numbers increase in England as government explores regulatory optionsThis post is by Guy Shrubsole. Photo: AndyHi8 on Flickr, Creative Commons Licence (CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0) The latest official figures show an ongoing increase in the reported number of pheasants being br… 29938
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialNadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026These sanctions are a welcome first step but we must go much further: implementing wider economic sanctions, a complete arms embargo, and ending military support. [3/3] 210514
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Golf’s purpose seems to be to spoil a good walk – & now it turns out golf clubs are stealing our water, too. As the climate crisis accelerates, the last thing we need is this wasteful, water-guzzling, land-hungry extravagance. Ace work by @emmahoward.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOne in 12 golf clubs in England broke water extraction rules in past five yearsMore than 140 clubs breached licences, with a third caught taking water illegally, analysis shows – but no fines issued 612123
Reposted by @yellowhammer.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success. 451038253
