“This is not the time to comment on the legality of the recent actions” - this is PRECISELY the time to comment on the illegality of attacking & abducting another country’s leader Upholding international law means actually defending it, esp when it’s not “easy” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

What changed for deep sea mining in 2025? Everything - except the fundamental point that this risky industry still hasn’t started anywhere in the oceans, and Trump’s interest is galvanising more opposition than ever before grist.org/global-indig...

Hope comes alive when we take action - and even in 2025, we can win Take some inspiration from these victories for the oceans, forests and against Big Oil this year from @greenpeace.org www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

The concept of 'critical minerals' has always served the military - but Trump's stockpiling doubles down on military priorities, rather than an industrial strategy to deliver public benefits, stabilise the climate and provides the foundation for climate co-operation www.ft.com/content/42ab...

Norway’s decision to halt any deep sea mining licences and withhold public funds for such activities marks a major advance for ocean protection, environmental integrity, cultural identity and human rights, say UN experts @srenvironment.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Deep sea mining nodule extraction in the Cook Islands is more likely to lose money than turn a profit, says independent new report act.gp/4aAcgCb #stopdeepseamining #protecttheocean

Even test-scale deep sea mining significantly damages life on the seafloor - reducing the diversity of species by a third and the number of animals by even more That's not ok We need to stop this new threat before it starts at industrial scale - and we can www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welcome to dystopia Under Trump, the US is diverting minerals that could build climate technologies to “AI-driven autonomous warfare platforms” (was there ever a more hideous phrase) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Wherever this industry tries to start, it fails. We can protect the oceans from extraction," said @louisacasson.bsky.social of @greenpeace.org.

Deep sea miners thought it would be easy to start mining the Arctic seafloor… 🤨 But thanks to campaigning, Norway has just halted all deep sea mining development! Wherever this industry tries to start, it fails. We can protect the oceans from extraction 💪 www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Nice one @carbonbrief.org chasing for clarity on who exactly are the governments opposed to a transition away from fossil fuels? While 90 countries were happy to publicly call for a roadmap, the laggards prefer to stay in the shadows - not a good look www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...

The deep ocean's had a glow up scitechdaily.com/researchers-...

Thanks to @cliveefford.bsky.social for raising concerns over deep sea mining in UK's new Critical Minerals Strategy Good to see @chrismcdonaldmp.bsky.social confirm that the UK Government "are extremely concerned about the ecological impact" of deep sea mining www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=...

"Even in a moment of chaos, one thing stood out: people from every corner of the world, different nations, creeds and affiliations, looked out for one another” #COP30 Mohamed Adow @powershiftafrica.bsky.social always finds the best words for every COP situation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out - this is what climate leadership looks like www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"They know how to manipulate us" UN human rights chief warns of tech bros' unaccountable power - and that unregulated AI "can be a huge source of distraction, which then takes away the political energy that we need in order to actually fight autocratic tendencies" www.france24.com/en/live-news...

More progress! South Korea has announced it will not build any new coal plants and will shut down 40 existing plants by 2040 to address the climate crisis. That’s massive. #COP30 #ClimateChange www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/2...

#COP30 continues to shine a light on the issues unavoidable to properly tackling climate change - from misinformation to now critical minerals African, European & Pacific nations backing language for a just transition that doesn't deepen the problems of extraction www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The world will build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than have been rolled out over the last 40 This seals the end of the fossil fuel era - no one government can derail this transition www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That this company is a new entrant to the deep sea mining space sums up the entire industry Grand claims, fail to live up to their own hype www.wuwm.com/term/arts-cu...

If the Paris agreement was pointless, would Trump have bothered pulling the US out of it, twice? well said @pilitaclark.bsky.social Although efforts to cut emissions have been inadequate, they have not been meaningless - and yearly COPs keep our focus on this www.ft.com/content/4b88...

10 years since the Paris Agreement: here's the good, the bad and the ugly of what's changed A highlight being 'coal is in a weird place' www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Deep sea mining would disrupt the food web, threatening fisheries and climate-critical processes new study finds Let's just not let it start www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Right now global superpowers like the US are vying for control of deep sea minerals throughout the Pacific...Any govt or corporate looking to exploit us in this way is no true partner of ours" Pacific kayaktivists take action in Cook Islands: don't mine the Moana www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

"No one should mortgage the ocean floor to pay for short-term bills" - strong statement from Antigua & Barbuda's prime minister as he announces support for a moratorium on deep sea mining!

The sun came out for us to take part in @hopenothate.org.uk’s weekend of action - it always feels better to do something rather than doom scroll! 💪

Support for mining the seabed at an all-time low among the public, as new Norwegian government debates whether to abandon unpopular, risky deep sea mining in the Arctic klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time! Thank god for @ember-energy.org relentlessly bringing the good news of booming solar & wind successes 🙌

We can still achieve big things in hard times The creation of the Global Ocean Treaty has weathered election cycles—and will now become international law We can use it to put vast areas of the ocean off-limits to destruction, to start healing our life support system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.

If China’s carbon use peaks this year or very soon, it would be a moment of considerably greater significance than Trump’s decision to withdraw from UN climate negotiations A good read by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice co-owns a second home purchased for £4 million in 2013, Byline Times can reveal – despite attacking Angela Rayner for supposedly owning a “property mountain” bylinetimes.com/2025/09/05/r...

"No place is safe under this administration. They’re not just trying to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico — they’re going to the farthest reaches of the American empire to extract" How deep sea miners are trying to override American Samoan opposition by going to Trump grist.org/indigenous/a...

Rather than annexing Greenland, trying to mine the deep sea or slapping on tariffs, the US could meet its critical minerals needs by using mining waste more smartly, study finds www.ft.com/content/29cd...

My favourite story from the summer holidays: How a livestream from the ocean floor became the latest social media hit - resisting Argentina's far-right government attacks on science through the joy of “Which deep sea creature are you?" www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Native Hawaiians & environmental groups win court battle to protect ocean sanctuary from commercial fishing, resisting Trump 💪 As Indigenous rights fall victim to Trump's executive orders, it's vital to legally challenge White House attempts to destroy protected ecosystems pmn.co.nz/read/environ...

History shows multilateral courage can prevail. We protected the ozone layer. We banned nuclear testing. Let us add the deep seabed to that honour roll - and stop deep sea mining before it causes any harm to the oceans insideclimatenews.org/news/2907202...

World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities International Court of Justice’s decision obligates States to regulate businesses on the harm caused by their emissions *regardless of where the harm takes place* #ClimateJustice www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state

33/ 🗣️By affirming that the Paris Agreement imposes real mitigation obligations on States, the Court reclaims its role as a cornerstone of climate accountability—pushing back against years of attempts by high-emitting States and corporations to render it toothless.

Trump wants to spur a deep sea mining rush. International regulators want to put a brake on that

The first two days of the ISA Assembly we heard bold statements against deep-sea mining. It threatens our ocean and the people who depend on it—and we don’t need it! We need a moratorium before it’s too late. #DefendTheDeep #ISA30

10/ 🔥Judge Iwasawa Yuji quotes straight from the IPCC: "Warming of 1.5°C is not considered 'safe' for most nations, communities, ecosystems and sectors, and poses significant risks to natural and human systems." - this is a very strong basis for the Court's legal conclusions!

Seabed regulator will scrutinise deep sea mining companies trying to do a deal with Trump The international community is taking action to show that rogue actors will face consequences www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨 BREAKING: We showed up to @themetalsco.bsky.social’s HQ in Vancouver to paint a massive mural with a message they can’t ignore: The ocean is not for sale. Let's #StopDeepSeaMining before it starts. Add your name: act.gp/4l4QokS

Deep sea mining negotiators meet today under Trump's shadow Nations must not be bullied - they can stand strong and united against a single company's incredibly controversial & rogue move to bypass international law to try to mine the global oceans timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...

After losing the argument in the court of public opinion, fossil fuel corporations are increasingly weaponising courtrooms in an attempt to silence their critics. But they’re not getting away with it - it’s time to resist www.theguardian.com/environment/...