deforestation

Little Lyntus from the air, an ancient woodland in Staffordshire wrecked by HS2

HS2 is an expensive folly causing mass destruction of woodland and habitat

NEW AND COMMENT: Today, in The Times, the report is that Great Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has decided that costs in the building of HS2 are out of control. The project is a folly. It should never have started. Costs have ballooned. The grand schemes of building track beyond Birmingham to Manchester …

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Tesco

Tesco accused of greenwashing as it sells Brazilian meat it had banned

Tesco, the large supermarket chain in the UK, promised to ban Brazilian meat because it was causing deforestation. In doing so they positioned themselves as a leader in supporting the environment by reforming supply chains to break free from businesses in South America which are complicit in the destruction of the Amazon Forest primarily by …

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Logo of the Wagner group

Mercenary private armies are bad for animal welfare and they are marching to global power

It is likely that you have not missed the story about the Wagner group and its former leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who it is believed has died in his private jet when it fell to the ground in flames missing a wing, probably destroyed by one of Putin’s agents who planted a bomb in the landing …

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Self-discipline is missing in 21st century Britain

12 million in the UK to go on a weight-loss drug to side-step the need for self-discipline

An effective weight-loss drug sidesteps the need for self-discipline to eat less and therefore promotes more self-indulgence. I see Wegovy as being a step in the wrong direction as it will also discourage daily walking as a form or exercise and to improve mental health. Michael Broad NEWS AND VIEWS – UK: The lack of …

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Chimp confronts mechanical digger in deforestation Armageddon

Video of orangutan confronting huge mechanical digger in deforestation Armageddon

Notice the man below the fallen tree trunk has a blow gun and he wants to dart the orangutan who is a pain in the arse nuisance in the destruction of yet more forest. The world is being denuded and has been for centuries which terminally destroys the habitat of the primate we see in …

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Amazon deforestation in Brazil for soya production

Tesco product linked to Amazon rainforest destruction

Tesco is a large UK supermarket chain with a declared commitment to curb deforestation. The environmental group Mighty Earth has managed to link Tesco’s Simply Chicken Tenders to Amazonian rainforest deforestation. They charted the supply chain of soya, which was grown on cleared forest, from a farm in Brazil. The rainforest had been burnt to …

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