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First Climate Tipping Point Reached
First Climate Tipping Point Reached – A Catastrophe for Coral Reefs Earth and Leaf Editorial This is the inevitable news that the first climate tipping point reached. It has come sooner than I perhaps hoped. We now have to change our…
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The Argyll Street Ash
A Dazzling Victory – Argyle Street Ash in Glasgow wins tree of the year competition Earth and Leaf Editorial This is the story of the Argyll Street Ash. It is interesting to note that noone is complaining about subsidence or damage…
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? Earth and Leaf Editorial This is the story of Japan’s first osmotic power plant. It is, it appears, a net supplier of electricity…
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The Appalling Effects of Bottom Trawling
The Appalling Effects of Bottom Trawling Bycatch Up to 75% of the total catch, known as by-catch is discarded, dumped back at sea, dead for the most part. This might even include sharks, certainly the smaller ones such as young Tope…
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Ban Driven Grouse Shooting
Ban Driven Grouse Shooting Ban Driven Grouse Shooting Ban Driven Grouse Shooting – End the Gaslighting Earth and Leaf Editorial This is the story of the Focus Keyword Links to Other Relevant Stories 1 2 3 Extract The Focus Key Word…
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Would you eat a Cockroach
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Randy Borman
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Scotland feeds people, England feeds birds
Farmer Focus 'Scotland feeds people, England feeds birds' is a provocative heading from the Farmers Weekly, but interesting all the same. Why? It is the view of a large proportion of farmers (not all) that the UK government is anti-farming. It…
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Worlds Hottest Year
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Regenerative Agriculture and Soils – Best Practice
Regenerative Agriculture Imagine a pastoral scene.. Cows grazing on lush green grass, a vigorous vegetable garden, and sugar maple trees dominating a distant hill. Now imagine a feedlot with thousands of cows trampling in the dirt, the smell of…
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The UK Needs More Grazing Livestock
"Is it really the case that the UK needs more grazing livestock not less? The answer is emphatically no. However the species variety needs to change, numbers must fall and the way they are managed must be modified dramatically. I fully…
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The Amazons biggest trees are dying
The Amazons biggest trees are dying. Really? Forest coroners investigate. As tropical forests are degraded and decline at increasing rates the world over, the fate of these forests’ largest trees remains unknown. Big trees store a huge amount of carbon, so…
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Remembering Gerald Durrell at 100
I will be remembering Gerald Durrell at 100 which is what he would have been yesterday. I devoured Gerald Durrell's books as a child. I read the lot, several times over. I fell in love with nature and our environment long…
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Upland farmers face huge cut in profit
Upland farmers face huge cut in profit. This is exactly what Earth and Leaf is about - fixing this problem. Of course, the headline Upland farmers face huge cut in profit" implies upland farming is profitable which is an interesting assumption. …
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Improve carcase weight and meat quality
“Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality. It is really all about stress and fear. The practice is inherently cruel. Transporting the animals long distances to modern “efficient” abattoirs is another factor. If we can, through sustainability and regenerative farming…
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Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says
“If the Arctic Tundra is really emitting more carbon than it absorbs then we are in some peril. We simply have to dramatically reduce CO2 and methane production and do this very quickly. Even if you are a global warming sceptic…
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Why grouse moors deliver more nature – opinion from the hunters
Tim Bonner on "Why grouse moors, not the RSPB, deliver more nature". This is a persuasively written piece of rank propaganda and is factually and massively incorrect. We have put this in the library in the hope that our members and…
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Brazil has written to the EU to ask it hold off on implementing deforestation law
“Brazil has asked the European Union to hold back on implementing its deforestation law. The EU must get on with implementing the deforestation law, but in return we need to have talks about supporting Brazil to rehabilitate the rainforest and look…
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Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – 1 billion trees. At last. A government taking the crisis seriously. Planting 1 billion trees is still not enough. With dietary changes, every country in the world must do this and more. But we are over…
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How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather?
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather} {extract below} How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather? It is a crucial question: is the climate crisis to blame for…
