Huge support for badger petition
I was delighted to read that over 100,000 people have signed a petition against the badger cull, which means the issue could now be debated in Parliament. The e-petition was launched last week by the...
View ArticleMPs launch enquiry into bees and pesticides
There was good news for the Bee Cause campaign this week. A powerful group of MPs is to investigate the impact of pesticides on bees. The move follows mounting evidence about the harmful effect of...
View ArticleFirms urge Tories to back 2030 carbon target
More than 50 businesses, including household names such as Asda, Sky and PepsiCo, have called on the Government to put in place a 2030 target on decarbonising the power sector. They argue that such a...
View ArticleMPs create a buzz and back our bees
Pic: FreeDigitalPhotos.net A quick update on the Bee Cause campaign. A total of 125 MPs showed their support for halting bee decline by posing with a giant cuddly bee and sign saying ’Britain needs...
View ArticleFish fighters march on Parliament
Celebrity chef and food writer Fearnley-Whittingstall will be leading a march on Parliament at noon on Monday, 25 February, to persuade ministers to put in place a wider network of marine conservation...
View ArticleCampaigners take fish fight to Westminster
Pic by PA TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall led a march to Westminster on Monday to urge the Government to do more to protect UK seas. He was accompanied by hundreds of supporters, many in...
View ArticleBan bee-harming pesticides, MPs urge
Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, must end Defra’s “extraordinary complacency” and suspend the use of pesticides linked to serious harm in bees, according to a...
View ArticleMarchers urge ban on killer pesticides
Campaigners marched on Parliament yesterday, urging the British Government to support a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that are responsible for declining bee numbers. The ‘March of the Beekeepers’ in...
View ArticleLondon rally calls for end to badger cull
About 2,000 people held a rally in London yesterday as licences to cull badgers came into force in two areas. Up to 5,094 badgers can now be culled in west Somerset and west Gloucestershire. Groups of...
View ArticleSchools celebrate Biology Week with assemblies about wasting food
Schools around the UK celebrated Biology Week 2013 yesterday with assemblies about food waste, starting with an animated video produced for the event. UK households throw away 20% of the food they...
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