Ecoreflections
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Journalist, author, campaigner, former editor of the Ecologist. Writes on the intersection of environment, food and health (& these days technology).
London, UK
Joined April 2010
This shameful spin just solidifies my view that Keir Starmer’s self image is neurotically & dangerously tied up with being a guy who can ‘make tough decisions’. So much so that he actually seeks them out & even seeks to construct them to shore up his fragile sense of self.
What a childish thing to say. The revenue raised from the APR fiasco is enough to run the NHS for 15 hrs. But it won’t stay in this country because he’s given the same amount to foreign farmers. I wish he’d say these things in a meeting with us, we’d rip him to shreds.
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@herdyshepherd1 I think not just treasury. There has been an accelerating deprioritisation of environment, farming and rural development issues - it’s an infection that spreads from “green crap” Starmer all through the government hierarchy. We are all incapacitated by it.
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RT @ABiggerConvo: Another really excellent piece on the upcoming #AsilomarConference. “We must ask anew what experiments should be done—no…
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RT @GMWatch: Details of all the @Bayer-sponsored #FreedomToHarm (legal immunity for pesticide makers) bills coming up in state legislatures…
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Westminster is trying hard to control the narrative, but Scotland 🏴Wales 🏴& Northern Ireland 🇬🇧rejected the Genetic Technology Act & do have options for better regulation of genetically modified GMO/PBOs. With secondary legislation due very soon, time to turn words into action
Devolved nations have clearly rejected the deregulatory #GMO free-for-all of Westminster's Genetic Technology Act. #Scotland, #Wales & #NorthernIreland have options/opportunities to forge a more cautious & thorough regulatory path. Will they grasp these?
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RT @ProfTimLang: My 'Just in Case' rept on UK civil food resilience is out. Critical look. Govt Resilience Framework has sound principles b…
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RT @AlexHeffron20: After reading this article I am persuaded that Labour did have a plan for the farmed countryside, and it was to disrupt…
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RT @SusFoodTrust: 💬 Yesterday, @ProfTimLang published his report, ‘Just in Case: 7 steps to narrow the UK civil food resilience gap' for th…
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@QUBFoodProf @foodgov My kitchen is like a fridge most of the year anyway. I store outside of the fridge too!
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RT @GMWatch: #MustRead critique by @sanewman1 and Tina Stevens of The Spirit of Asilomar conference on the future of #biotech that's happen…
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All over the world regulators have hook, line & sinker swallowed the myth that gene editing creates fewer mutations than natural breeding and made this the basis of deregulation. Peer reviewed science says that’s wrong.
Remarkable submission to NZ government on deregulating gene editing by @Jack_Heinemann et al. Important table showing e.g. SDN1 gene editing applications create mutations at greater frequency than chemical- & radiation-induced mutagenesis (& nature).
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RT @ABiggerConvo: Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to the food sector. Now, new research suggests that consumers remain deeply scepti…
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Redistribution was at the heart of the ‘contraction and convergence’ approach to climate change. But the broad concept is directly relevent to a forward looking approach to economics, public benefit, environment and all other challenges we face.
#HouseofLords - Financial Times identifies redistribution rather than chasing of growth as alternative approach for LABOUR government. But seems government doesn't understand even possibility. You can't have infinite growth on finite planet #PostGrowth
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@JoannaBlythman Anointed “policy-setters” by a government fixated on infinite growth on a finite planet above any other consideration.
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