Just the most astonishing, zeitgeisty piece on animal ‘tyrants’ by @chrisbaraniuk.com for our BBC Earth team: “In some cases, circumstances can lead to the removal of aggressive leaders. And some animal societies that work together appear able to evade despotism.” www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Someone, sometime will base a movie around this pivotal pre-election meeting between Trump and Big Oil execs in May 2024. It felt a pretty big deal at the time, but now we know just how big a deal it was. Informs so much about the past few days www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

What do you do with a captive orca when the public turns against performing whales? It's a question vexing the French government as it searches for a solution for Wikie and Keijo, two orcas stuck in a shuttered marine park. My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

A luminous essay on care, where the media often fails to follow it: "The work of building kitchens and clinics in the mud, of replanting firebreaks in scorched soil, of lifting a neighbour’s mattress into the sun..." www.break-down.org/care-lessons...

A little article on the good stuff for @leftlion.bsky.social 🌱 leftlion.co.uk/features/202...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now" ~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at: youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...

Fun/inspiring @motherjones.com interview with journalism hero @elizkolbert.bsky.social How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Strait of Messina is the last place in Europe where trains still travel by sea. But a new mega-bridge could spell the end of this unique crossing. I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊 www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury

One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The idea of mass deportations as a realistic political agenda would have felt as far-fetched two decades ago as the idea of your non-white friends being strapped into a plane does now. This, in itself, should serve as a warning." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Basque Country has a unique public-private ecosystem. It was fascinating to visit Bilbao last month (during a heatwave) and see what solutions it's generating for climate adaptation and mitigation. @tecnalia.bsky.social www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them

A tale of Wade on Wade 🐺 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...

🧡 BREAKING: Historic win 🧡 The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵

“If we continue to follow the wishes of the fossil fuel industry and delay serious mitigation further, more and more people will lose their lives, for the financial benefit of only a tiny, rich, loud, influential minority.” - @frediotto.bsky.social www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza: "The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."

A very long infringement: 12 years after starting legal action against Italy over a polluting steel plant, the EU has yet to take it to court. Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed. Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.

Remember the six Portuguese young people who brought a massive climate lawsuit against 32 European countries at the European Court of Human Rights? They're now building a claim directly against their own government, together with NGO Último Recurso.

More than 40% of the world's electricity is generated from clean energy, with solar lighting the way. Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich. www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

Israeli soldiers shot at clearly marked Red Crescent and UN vehicles. They killed the aid workers inside them "one by one". And buried them beside their ambulances in the sand. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

A new investigation joins the dots between fracking in the Permian Basin, petrochemical giants and everyday plastics. @cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

My reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the Loss and Damage Fund 🧵 "The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing... 1/4

Back on the beaver beat - featuring a perfectly placed dam near Prague, and the UK's new rules on wild releases. www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Last article of the year - I wrote about some books I loved in 2024 :) www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

Have you ever paid a voluntary contribution towards sustainable aviation fuel on top of the cost of your flight ticket? If you have, I’d love to ask you a couple of questions for an article I am writing.

As a long time IFLA! fan, it's great to have some words in here - recommending Rachael Allen's stunning poetry collection, God Complex itsfreezinginla.com/articles/cli...

A bright-ish first Bluesky post 👋🏻 The promise of the Paris Agreement is well alive, @luisaneubauer.bsky.social tells us. "These halls are a testament to that because people do show up even in the darkest times." www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...