Look, I get that increased biodiversity is great and all, and insect life is the basis of the whole food web, and we all need to make farmers shift over to organic methods...but... on the otherhand... It has been years since I was last bitten by a horse fly, and I just now was reminded those wee bastards hurts.

Yeah, I know, small price to pay for a functioning ecosystem, but still, owie!

#Biodiversity #EnvironmentalEmergency
#EcologicalCrisis

I gotta say, ever since some of the local farmers have switched to organic farming models around here, the amount of bug strikes on the car windshield and headlamps has gone waaaaaay up. Honestly, anyone claiming the cause of lack of bugs is more aerodynamic cars or wider roads is full of shit. It is about the pesticides, there is no way to deny it.

#ClimateCrisis #EcologicalCrisis
#EnvironmentalEmergency

Lead contamination in game-meat shot in the UK still far above the legal limit for non-game meats. #News #EnvironmentalEmergency #ClimateCrisis #BanLeadshot

https://wildjustice.org.uk/lead-ammunition/lead-levels-in-supermarket-game-meat-latest-results/

#Lead #LeadPoisoning

Deep sea mining is a new threat to our oceans. This new industry wants to bring massive industrial equipment to our ocean floor and start mining areas spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. This would cause havoc for marine ecosystems and wildlife like whales and dolphins – as well as communities reliant on the oceans for their livelihoods.

Sign the petition to stop it
https://act.gp/42jZukF

#Greenpeace #EnvironmentalEmergency

Heads up, people. If you live off the coast of SW Scotland you might not want to eat fresh fish the next few days. I just had a bath.

😂

#EnvironmentalEmergency #SeaPollution #Pollution #Scotland

Turns out the best way to create wildlife habitats and carbon sinks is not to integrate it with farming but just to pay to #rewild whole farms.
#ClimateAction
#EnvironmentalEmergency

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/paying-farmers-to-create-woodland-and-wetland-is-the-most-cost-effective-way-to-hit-uk-environment