Worrying harassment of veteran climate activist @harjeet11.bsky.social in India. Climate advocacy is not a crime www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...

I'd like to believe that it's now common knowledge that the US attack on Venezuela is all about oil. @globalwitness.org's Mike Davis makes the case for why this should prompt leaders around the world to ditch fossil fuels as fast as possible.

What we lost and what we gained in 2025 2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the open ocean. news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...

The Polish government is yet to submit its 2040 climate and energy plan. And set a coal phaseout date. Poland is the last EU member state lagging on both. notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/02/s...

re-upping this piece on Trump's history of claiming oil from other countries, for obvious reasons www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

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When combusted or transported, fossil fuels are a planetary threat. The interests of the few who benefit from them and the rest of humanity are diametrically opposed.

A majority of Americans sees climate change as a threat. That the dogmatically anti-climate Trump admin represents a minority view in public opinion is another example of how the climate crisis intersects with the demise of democracy. I wrote about it here: idoliven.medium.com/the-silent-c...

How far right ideologies have been using culture to make their way into the mainstream, turbocharged by generative AI and social media. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... Important story by @ashifakassam.bsky.social. It is freightening.

Before any Russian soldier gets anywhere near the border, these landmines will kill those fleeing war and seeking refuge in Europe. This is #FortressEurope.

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

"After the [Iran-Iraq] war, my father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate" - @nikahang.bsky.social time.com/7321571/iran...

On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world. substack.com/home/post/p-...

As Europe races to secure the raw materials needed for its green transition and defence build-up, the small Czech town of Cinovec has become a symbol of the tension between Brussels’ industrial ambition and the environment. www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...

Hardly 10 days in between.

Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Weekend #longread: The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario | Harry Benham and Guy Prince carbontracker.org/the-quiet-re...

"we've moved in extreme moments to confront wars, Covid-19. ... Why don’t we show that ability when the problem has been detected ... already sending us its most malevolent ambassadors in the form of fires, heat waves, ever-more-intense typhoons"- @marinasilva.bsky.social sumauma.com/en/marina-si...

Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity. Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social. blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...

To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...

On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.

This is from a month ago - and things are admittedly very dynamic - but @dahliasc.bsky.social's laser-sharp insights into Israeli society are spot on.

Warsaw's #FirstSnow. I guess winter's here.

‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’ Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

Looks like the fossil fuel industry doesn't even need to bother flooding climate summits with their lobbyists.

Now its already 80 nations calling for a roadmap to transition away from #fossil fuels at #COP30 reports Argus Media www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Yes, the intersections between conflict and climate should be more widely acknowledged. But there's no way to make violence green. Wars - just like fossil fuels - are destructive by definition.

While delegates at #COP30 discuss roadmap toward a fossil fuel phase-out:

Turns out that healing wars' ravages on both nature and human souls can go hand in hand. Look to Ukraine: theconversation.com/ukraines-mas...

OK, the Iranian regime has no-one to blame for this water crisis but itself. But what could international solidarity with Iranian civilians - i.e. those least responsible for this mess but most affected by it - look like?

Overshooting the 1.5°C degree temperature target, even temporarily, means greater risks of severe climate impacts, some of which may be irreversible. Irreversible and, in some cases, fatal, impacts are only part of what's so concerning. A 🧵 based on new UCS blog:

President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed plans by the government to create Poland’s first national park in 24 years. Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, argues that the park would “block the economic development of the region” and threaten Poland’s security.

The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!

Today, Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflicts, is meant to spotlight one long lasting yet little acknowledged of scars left by wars. Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed. #EnvConflictDay 👇

Essential climate justice reminder in this @wid.world report. The world's richest 1%, because of their lavish lifestyle, are responsible for far more emissions than the rest of humanity. But this gap becomes immensely bigger once accounting for jet-setters' investments.

Such a brilliant @racheldonald.bsky.social conversation with Nina Djukanovic on critical raw materials -- from the energy transition to political violence to #degrwoth: www.planetcritical.com/material-dep...

Yeah, the energy transition in central and eastern Europe is well underway, but it's not nearly as fast or coherent as it should've been. The same govovernments are actively procrastinating coal exits and aggressively push for fossil gas expansion. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres before Cop30 Story by me and Wajã Xipai. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The most succinct description of the road ahead for Gaza I've come across:

Looks like the deadly Valencia floods is what happens when the climate crisis meets inept political leaders -- and people won't take either.

Weekend #longread: The Coming Ecological Cold War | @nilsgilman.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

Just back from a quick visit to Nysa, in southern Poland, a little over a year after climate-fueled floods inundated communities throughout central Europe. On September 15, 2024, when this gauge registered record 692cm, streets filled up with water and many had to evacuate.

Just back from a quick visit to Nysa, in southern Poland, a little over a year after climate-fueled floods inundated communities throughout central Europe. On September 15, 2024, when this gauge registered record 692cm, streets filled up with water and many had to evacuate.

"Today, people find it easier to imagine that we can build intelligence on silicon than we can do democracy at scale ... Of course we can do democracy at scale. We’re a naturally social, altruistic, democratic species and we all have an anti-dominance intuition" - Dr Luke Kemp

A lot has been written about the dreadful environmental cost of the war on Gaza. This call to action from a veteran Palestinian environmentalist is vital: theecologist.org/2025/sep/02/...

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame. tinyurl.se/crR

This really is a historic day. It's a long overdue end to the carnage, but by no means is it a peace agreement. 'The day after' begins now. And to have any chance of starting a better, new chapter, the process ahead has to center around transitional justice, reconstruction and accountability. >>

Weekend #longread: How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law | @brookejarvis.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...