After 23 years working for the Lake District National Park (LDNP) as a ranger, Pete Barron now works for the John Muir Trust. John Muir Trust is an organisation dedicated to the protection and enhancement of wild land through land ownership and partnerships, environmental education largely through the enormously successful John Muir Award and policy…
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Press release – Treesponsibility
Hunger Strike outside Natural England’s Leeds Office Following the devastating flooding in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd during Storm Ciara, Dongria Kondh, co-ordinator of Treesponsibility, will be going on hunger strike outside Natural England’s Leeds office, at Lateral, 8 City Walk, Leeds LS11 9AT, from 8.00 a.m. on Thursday 20 th February. The hunger strike is…
Wicken Fen
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I was at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday afternoon just as the weather turned nice. And a friend was there yesterday at dusk. At the moment, at dusk, it is a great place to see Hen Harriers as they come in to roost. A group of us had fantastic views on Sunday of several ringtails…
Farrington’s rapeseed oil leads the world – press release
Farrington’s Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil Becomes World’s First Food Product Certified as Carbon and Plastic Neutral* Farrington’s Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil has made history by becoming the world’s first food product to be certified as both carbon and plastic neutral. The entire Farrington’s Mellow Yellow range of oils, salad dressings and…
RSPB reaction to HS2
Emma Marsh, RSPB Director England, said: The construction of this railway will destroy wildlife and HS2Ltd does not have a viable plan for how it is going to mitigate or compensate for these losses. Giving HS2 the go-ahead, without a plan that benefits nature, in the current ecological emergency, is the wrong decision. We must…
Announcement from Plantlife
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On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am delighted to welcome Ian Dunn as Plantlife’s new Chief Executive starting on 17 February. Having trained originally as an environmental scientist, Ian is passionate about nature conservation. He is a board member of UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and the Scottish Association for Marine Science, and is a…
Press release from Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire Moors
Government urged to deliver moorland burning ban following Yorkshire floodsEnvironment campaigners are warning that Yorkshire’s moors are no longer acting as effective flood barriers for the region following decades of burning for grouse shooting. It comes as Yorkshire counts the cost of the third major floods to have hit the region in seven months, with…
Licensed killing of birds
When Wild Justice challenged the general licences issued by Natural England last year all hell broke loose. A year later we are seeing new licences being issued by public bodies in Scotland and Wales, and are awaiting the new DEFRA licensing regime for England. There’s a lot going on on this subject and, as one…
Press release from Leigh Day
Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of County Council’s approval of coal mine Campaign Group, Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole, have been granted permission for a judicial review of Cumbria County Council’s decision to allow the first deep coal mine in 30 years in the UK to be built. Keep Cumbrian Coal…
Wild Justice challenges Welsh general licences
Wild Justice revealed yesterday evening that it had written to Natural Resource Wales challenging the legality of their general licences. Wild Justice is waiting for a response from DEFRA, requested by the end of this week, on its plans for new general licences this year when the current ones run out at the end of…