Howard Partridge 🍐
@HowardPeartree
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It was fun while it lasted, but we can't look after nice things / planets. RT or ❤️ ≠ recommendation. If views or opinions slip out, they're very much my own.
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Joined December 2011
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns. Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet.
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Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse. An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation by Dr. Luke Kemp @CSERCambridge argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished.
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An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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RT @createstreets: Right by Cambridge train station, one of UK’s few success stories. But is this repetitive & untextured, lumpen & loveles….
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RT @BrentToderian: “Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this wee….
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A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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Incredible thread on online shopping flown directly from China to the UK, avoiding import duty and taxes.
EXCLUSIVE. 👗Billions of pounds of imports. ↗️Rising by more than 50% a year. 🛬Planes stuffed with cheap clothes. 🇨🇳And a loophole saving Chinese companies from £billions of UK taxes. Behind the scenes of one of the biggest stories in the modern economy: e-commerce.👇.
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RT @williamnhutton: The Purposeful Company (which I co-chair) has been making the case for British utilities to incorporate as public benef….
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RT @4Day_Week: Just to clear up any confusion:. Our latest pilot programme in the PRIVATE sector was 100% successful. A council in the PUB….
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RT @Proton_Pass: Microsoft now requires Edge and a Microsoft account to access its password manager. This isn’t just a UI update, it’s a s….
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RT @dgbailey: About time! A case study in regulatory capture…
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Move follows intense criticism of utilities over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debts
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RT @4Day_Week: Happier staff, better services & £400,000 saved for taxpayers every year. Who’s next? 😁
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RT @Heidi_Labour: Excited to launch the @activetraveleng Junior Inspectors scheme with @Chris_Boardman & @JoshDeanMP. Kids will be able to….
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RT @autocar: A Volkswagen ID 3 tested in Germany was found to lose just eight miles of range after 107,000 miles ht….
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RT @autocar: Stellantis has ditched hydrogen due to a lack of demand, no infrastructure and high costs. More details: .
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RT @autocar: Lotus' creative chief has told Autocar its design operations "must remain" in the UK, where it has access to expertise and whe….
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RT @samuelhall0: Whatever your views about renewables, this is a reckless intervention by Reform. Government reneging on legally-binding co….
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RT @johnfielding001: Aerial view: Norfolk Vanguard & Norfolk Boreas Onshore Cable Route known as the Vattenfall trench. @NationalGridUK bri….
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RT @4Day_Week: Less commuting leads to cleaner air. We can all breathe easier with a 4-day week.
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RT @thatginamiller: In today's @guardian - my story and why I'm standing to be the next Chancellor of Cambridge University. 'Gina Miller o….
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She is the activist who fought against Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. Now she’s vying to be the university’s first female chancellor – all while going through chemotherapy. She talks about the attack...
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RT @AndyatAuto: @BBCNews there’s enough BS being said without you adding “due to living in the countryside-says she has a lower electrici….
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Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.
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When you use spreadsheets in place of proper databases. BBC News - "UK set up secret Afghan relocation scheme after data breach." .
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The existence of the scheme could not be reported until now because of a court injunction.
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