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Climate Tracker
1 day ago
With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
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With SNAP in crisis, America's epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/snap-in-crisis-food-waste-problem-has-become-a-lifeline/
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Amazon Watch
2 days ago
The rainforest is at a dangerous tipping point. Indigenous Peoples are protecting life in the Amazon. It’s time for the world to stand with them. Add your name to support the call at
#COP30
to declare Indigenous lands free from all extraction.
#DefendTheAmazon
#TakeAction
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Carl Quintanilla
2 days ago
What a line from
@nytimes.com
coverage of
#COP30
: With the US absent — and not there to get countries “to abandon their plans to phase out fossil fuels, the thinking goes, the talks could go rather smoothly this year.” 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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Here’s What to Know About the COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/what-is-cop30-belem.html
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Karen Holistic Soul Healing
1 day ago
8 participating today (with DieLinke joining) in 1.5• vigil, Germany, Berlin, Bundestag, 2025-11-07
#FridaysForFuture
#ParisAgreement
#ClimateChange
#pollution
#RadioActiveWaste
#twiff
every single person protesting counts! Thanks to Omas4Future
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EKOenergy ecolabel
1 day ago
Some of us were at the weekly
#FridaysForFuture
demonstration in front of the Parliament this week again. But we forgot to take a photo until after the event... By joining the weekly protests, we show our support for - Climate action - Nature protection - International solidarity - and more!
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Just Kevin
3 days ago
Climate needs to be a major focus of every election going forward at every level! The Georgia Public Service Commission elections were especially terrific to see as
#COP30
begins in Brazil.
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Acyn
4 days ago
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
4 days ago
The record
#renewables
capacity addition in 2024 is proof of the
#RenewableEnergy
boom & economic opportunity. But what does it take to keep on building the momentum to reach
#3xRenewables
goal 2030? Find out from @IRENA report:
www.irena.org/Publications...
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Dr Charlie Gardner
4 days ago
Utterly scandalous that climate activists are prevented from mentioning climate change in their defence Even worse when one group is and another isn't, yet they're accused of the same offence Our legal system is being turned into a joke
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Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/05/just-stop-oil-protesters-convicted-after-being-denied-right-to-state-climate-facts
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Beyond Fossil Fuels
3 days ago
What energy sources are being used to fuel data centres’ insatiable appetite for electricity? Where does it come from? What is their environmental impact? 83% of people want to know in our new poll commissioned partners. Discover the results in full 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
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Friends of the Earth Europe
3 days ago
It’s time to shrink our material footprint ♻️ Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act! Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Climate Tracker
3 days ago
Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees
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Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees
University of California, San Diego, requires all students to learn about climate change, while other schools have added environmental sustainability requirements.
https://grist.org/solutions/climate-change-is-the-new-liberal-arts-colleges-build-environmental-lessons-into-degrees/
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Climate Tracker
3 days ago
Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’
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Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/05/intensive-livestock-farms-fail-to-declare-climate-impacts-in-emissions-scandal
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Inside BYD’s EV Revolution: 1MW Charging, V2G & Batteries That Outlive the Car
YouTube video by Everything Electric TECH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_TJCizrXU
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Nicolas Boullosa
4 days ago
🌿On an ordinary lot in Sebastopol, CA, Erik & Lauren Ohlsen turned their home into a living ecosystem (part edible forest, part Bronze Age lab.) 🌲🏡🍎🐸 Year-round food, a rain-fed pond, & a roundhouse of earth & stone. Video via *FC (
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Kees van der Leun
4 days ago
UN Emissions Gap Report 2025: new national emission reduction commitments (NDCs) shave another 0.3°C off the projected warming, now at 2.3-2.5°C and 2.8°C based on current policies. The upcoming withdrawal of the Trump regime will mean that 0.1°C is added again.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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Emissions Gap Report 2025
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leav...
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2025
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#HurricaneMelissa
#ClimateEmergency
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Did we just witness the LIMIT of hurricane power?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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Scott Santens
5 days ago
We need to tax wealth and distribute universal basic income.
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Inequality and the Basic Income Guarantee
This essay is part of a collection of 37 from the Wicked Problems Collaborative [http://www.wickedproblemscollaborative.com/] of which I’m part, titled “What Do We Do About Inequality?” The book is av...
https://www.scottsantens.com/inequality-and-the-basic-income-guarantee-universal-ubi/
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Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action
5 days ago
Wow!
#Heatpumps
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Kees van der Leun
7 days ago
Insurers retreating from climate damage, part X.
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Greenpeace International 🌍
6 days ago
A step in the right direction for climate accountability. Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that governments cannot ignore the full climate impact of new oil and gas projects. Norway must assess global emissions before expanding drilling.
#ClimateJustice
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Norway oil projects face stricter climate scrutiny after court ruling
The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/10/30/fossil-fuel-projects-face-stricter-scrutiny-after-europes-top-human-rights-court-ruling
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Climate Tracker
6 days ago
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
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Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/03/exxon-funded-thinktanks-to-spread-climate-denial-in-latin-america-documents-reveal
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
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ClimateActionNetwork
5 days ago
For India’s women workers, a
#JustTransition
means surviving heat, floods & hunger - with dignity. SEWA’s 3.2 million members show what women-led solutions can do. A
#BAM
would help direct funding and technical support.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/f...
#JustTransitionRising
#COP30
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For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity
SEWA's members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/for-indian-women-workers-a-just-transition-means-surviving-climate-impacts-with-dignity/
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Just Kevin
8 days ago
Hopefully, Democrats will retake power in Congress next year and resume providing aid to Ukraine in 2027 as Republicans have now aligned themselves with Putin rather than Europe.
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Climate Tracker
8 days ago
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
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Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/01/hot-summer-and-damp-autumn-cause-uk-boom-in-destructive-honey-fungus
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Grist
7 days ago
‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions. Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
grist.org/health/lance...
#Health
#PublicHealth
#Climate
#Medical
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‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions
Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.
https://grist.org/health/lancet-2025-countdown-health-climate-change-report/
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The worst month of climate news in my entire career
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EKOenergy ecolabel
8 days ago
Our weekly reminder for all decision-makers. Global warming is threatening everything we know, and we are at serious risk of crossing irreversible tipping points (including the collapse of the Gulf Stream). What can they do? - Support renewable energy - Promote solidarity - Make polluters pay
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EKOenergy ecolabel
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Light in the darkness!
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Candela P-12 - Why Cities Are Betting on Boats That Fly!
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Geospatial Reasoning: Demonstration application (October 2025)
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Yellow Dot Studios
10 days ago
-Fossil fuel pollution makes hurricanes stronger -Big Oil knew in 1954 -Solar panels were invented in 1881 -The sun sends us 18,000x more energy than we use -Solar could power the world with just 0.3% of land (less than the land footprint of fossil fuel) 📍Black River, St Elizabeth, Jamaica
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Clare Farrell
9 days ago
Come join me tomorrow Friday 31st 1-2pm for the launch of GOOD NEIGHBOURS LIVE!, it's EuroTrash meets a zoom call for the arts and culture movement, with guests from the grassroots, Britain's Got Tarot, and much more! I'm so looking forward to it :) Livestream Link:
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The Dark Matter of Oil
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Grist
11 days ago
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country. Three specimens were discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
grist.org/science/mosq...
#Iceland
#Mosquitoes
#Climate
#Reykjavík
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens were discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
https://grist.org/science/mosquitoes-found-in-iceland-for-first-time-as-climate-crisis-warms-country/
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Oxfam GB
11 days ago
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more:
bit.ly/3JrJAjC
#ClimatePlunder
#MakeRichPollutersPay
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Stop Rosebank
10 days ago
SHOCKING🚨: America’s richest 0.1% are fuelling the crisis at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest. The same billionaires who profit from pollution are the ones blocking action. It’s time to hold them accountable and fight for a liveable planet.
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Dr Tom Harris
10 days ago
Whilst headlines quite rightly cover the devastation from Hurricane Melissa, a storm made more deadly through climate change, spare a thought for Vietnam where 1.7 meters (yes 5’7”) of rain fell in 24 hours.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#climatechange
#hurricane
#Melissa
#Jamaca
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Record Vietnam rains kill four and flood 100,000 homes
Flooding triggered by record heavy rains in central Vietnam this week killed at least four people and inundated more than 100,000 homes, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-vietnam-homes.html
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When Artists Work With Scientists, It Might | Art & Science Collide
YouTube video by PBS SoCal
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European Greens
12 days ago
Over 50,000 people marched in Valencia this weekend, still angry about the 229 people who died during the floods last year. These deaths could have been avoided if the regional government had done their job. We call for justice & accountability.
#MazónDimissió
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Climate Central
11 days ago
Since becoming a Cat 5,
#Melissa
has continued strengthening up to 185mph as it slowly drifted toward landfall in Southwest Jamaica. The storm has been drawing on late-October Caribbean waters up to 2.2°F (1.2°C) above average—warmth made up to 900x more likely by human-caused climate change.
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Michael E. Mann
11 days ago
At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane
#Melissa
is now just 7 mph shy of what
@michaelfwehner.bsky.social
r.bsky.social
& Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Public Citizen
11 days ago
Thousands of federal workers have now gone over a month without pay. They are struggling to pay their bills or put food on the table. These are the consequences of the Republican shutdown.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
13 days ago
"No longer should we think about our political process as settling for the lesser of two evils. We can demand a greater good. And in doing so, we can make City Hall a place from which New Yorkers expect change, not failure."
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Beyond Fossil Fuels
13 days ago
🚨New polling across 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇨🇭, 🇩🇪 finds: 👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy. 👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution. Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres. More:
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
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Inside Climate News
12 days ago
Massachusetts is helping to transform cranberry bogs into habitats that broaden conservation and climate change resilience.
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Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise - Inside Climate News
Massachusetts is helping to transform cranberry bogs into habitats that broaden conservation and climate change resilience.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27102025/massachusetts-cranberry-bogs-wetlands/
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