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Daniel @danielrembrandt.bsky.social · Sep 20

Forests are important. Here’s why 🧵1/n

Forests
- make shade & cool the surface
- capture CO2
- purify the air
- make clouds & rain
- prevent drought
- prevent flooding
- prevent erosion
- and a lot more

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

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@raystonian @stonia2.bsky.social · 3h

This was the young journalist pulled by the BBC Israel lobby. His colleague was killed. He wants us to join and vote

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1h

Do low quality selfish self centred idiots like Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz, Victor Orban and Geert Wilders go into politics because right wing billionaires with huge sums of money convince their tiny masculine brains devoid of any intelligence that they somehow deserve to lead nations?

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Christopher Richards @chrisrichards97.bsky.social · 1h

#freepalestine
#ceasefirenow

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 3d

Nobel Prize for Climate Tech. Should actually be a category going forward. But this'll do for today (gift link) - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chemistry Nobel Given for Molecules That Aid Carbon Capture

Scientists from Japan, the UK and Jordan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating molecular constructions with potential to help combat climate change.

www.bloomberg.com

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Max Koch @maxkoch.bsky.social · 1d

Joint paper with A Paulsson, R Raphael & M Islar on the provision of autonomy in #degrowth/#postgrowth circumstances, looking at democracy, work and education. Will talk about education part tomorrow at the @scientistrebellion.bsky.social summit in Berlin
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Autonomy within limits: Post-growth and social imaginaries of work, education and democracy - Alexander Paulsson, Max Koch, Mine Islar, Riya Raphael, 2025

Autonomy is central to thinking about democracy and human needs, but the question of how autonomy relates to growth is ambivalent. Is growth necessary to achiev...

journals.sagepub.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Isha @ishaav.bsky.social · 3h

Give Halverson a medal:
tinyurl.com/3kyyszcr

The Grab (2022) ⭐ 7.3 | Documentary

1h 42m

tinyurl.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 4h

There should be 5 Nobel prizes focused on the avoidance of the end of civilisation:
- climate tech
- climate infrastructure
- climate communication
- political journalism of climate blackmail by fossil fuel companies
- political journalism of climate bribery by fossil fuel companies

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 1d

The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 3d

Dear EU,

Please don't cave in to these monsters.

"Unlike traditional trade negotiations, the US is not offering concessions in return. “It’s a one-way street,” said one EU official."

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

www.ft.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21h

Environmental Storytelling is becoming increasingly important to inform the general public about what is going wrong with our environment (and how to fix it) in a way that resonates.
Join us at @au-cece.bsky.social on Tuesday (10/14)!

Register for free here: cece.american.edu/cece-colloqu...

The Importance and Potential of Environmental Storytelling - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)

Join us for the CECE Colloquium Series, happening the second Tuesday of each month at 2pm. The series will serve as an opportunity to connect across schools and departments and discover productive poi...

cece.american.edu

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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Miriam @miri100.bsky.social · 2d

Hope everybody here gets up in the morning and calls at least 10 senators and 10 House members to let them know how you feel about the shutdown. Let them know that you want your healthcare and others healthcare protected Medicare Medicaid ACA kept in place I try to make at least 10 calls it matters!

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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 2d

I once debated a right-wing media figure on a television programme who described my attempt to provide some historical background as 'Marxist rhetoric.' Defenders of this system and its crimes always regard context with a mix of fear and loathing and here's an example of why.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

Interesting to consider this in the context of arguments that we will not need to replace 100% of fossil fuel energy systems because renewables are much more efficient.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 3d

🌍 New app features! The #C3S Climate Pulse app just got even better, with smoother navigation, fullscreen views, advanced chart editing, customisable downloads and new map projections. Watch our How To video and explore the app 👉 pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

#CopernicusClimate

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

I spoke to Wawa last year about climate justice and de-fossilizing our politics.

'Everything Is Political': 'Black Girl Environmentalist' Wawa Gatheru On Social Media and Climate Justice

Kenyan-American activist Wawa Gatheru is a rising star of the climate justice movement. The Rhodes Scholar and Forbes 30/30 recipient spoke to me about taking the fight to both Big Tech and Big Oil

the-climate-laundry.ghost.io

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 3d

Vote for us! We are up for BEST SCIENCE PODCAST at the Signal Listener's Choice awards, please vote for THE WORLD, THE UNIVERSE AND US here: vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 2d

We probably need to go back to ~350 ppm CO₂ equivalent for temperatures to stop rising.

We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).

That's without aerosols cooling things down.

There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 3d

On this October day, it is a timely moment for this deep reflection from American artist Andrew Burt about the ongoing situation.

Please watch and share:

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 4d

#MAGA GROUPS LEAVING the #CULT:

1: "real" Christians

2: not buying Charlie Kirk's murder theory

3: conspiracy theorist

4: "great awakening" people

Some overlaps and clear distinctions difficult...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv45...

MAGA GROUPS LEAVING #maga #christian #charliekirk #thepurplerevolution #revolution @$GHGGIRL

YouTube video by Cult College

www.youtube.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg issues a statement about Donald Trump’s temper tantrums:

gretathunberg

I heard Donald Trump once again has expressed his very flattering opinions on my character, and I appreciate his concerns for my mental health.
To Trump: I would kindly receive any recommendations you might have to deal with these so called "anger
management problems" since
- judging by your impressive track record - you seem to be suffering from them too.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

KPMG fined £710,937.50 for dud audit of N Brown Group.

Failed to perform proper accounting checks.

Fines are just another cost of doing Nelsonian audits, passed to other customers

Audits by big firms are worthless, but highly profitable. Partners collect millions, exploit state guaranteed market.

Sanctions against KPMG LLP and Anthony Sykes

www.frc.org.uk

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 4d

I just updated this NASA CERES graph. The regional level of Absorbed Solar Radiation increased by 4.2 W/m² in 20 years!!

That's more than the global greenhouse gas forcing increase since 1750!

The 2 W/m² Net Flux increase indicates that there is a lot more regional warming in the pipeline.

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