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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...

Decolonizing Environmentalism

We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a timely and impactful research project. Congratulations, @danielaldrich.bsky.social and co-authors.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 1d

COP30 fails to land deal on fossil fuel transition but triples finance for climate adaptation
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/22/c...

What happened at COP30? No fossil fuels deal reached

The UN Climate Change summit held in Belem ended with countries failing to deliver fossil fuel transition and deforestation roadmaps

www.climatechangenews.com

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 2d

Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.

The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune

This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.

fortune.com

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Liza Gross @lizagross.bsky.social · 2d

California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR
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California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule - Inside Climate News

California regulators voted on Thursday to update a 15-year-old rule controlling emissions of methane from municipal landfills, the second-largest source of the climate super pollutant in the state. ...

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d

Scheduling a G20 meeting to start even before Cop30 would have concluded is telling.

"A US boycott and sharp words -South Africa’s G20 summit opens under cloud." www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...

South Africa hosts G20 as tensions with U.S. flare amid boycott

The U.S. boycotts South Africa's G20 summit, sparking a diplomatic spat and throwing the global gathering into turmoil.

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🐸 @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 2d

From an October 2nd opinion piece comparing fascism in the USA and Hungary:

“But what they [MAGA and other Trumpian imitators] fail to notice are the long-term consequences of corruption, poverty, diminished living standards — and, crucially, a soured public.”
#USDemocracy

The Orbán-MAGA playbook will fail to deliver

Very few following in Hungary’s footsteps are willing to recognize the long-term outcomes of a deteriorating economy, crumbling basic services and a soured public.

www.politico.eu

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d

Grateful to @biologicaldiversity.org for this ☝🏽 ungated report issued in public interest.

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d

"The Trump EPA approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram, a “forever chemical,” for golf courses, lawns & food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, & oats. The administration plans to approve 3 more PFAS pesticides in the coming year." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks

The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 3d

"..former colonial powers claim that colonialism wasn't prohibited under international law...and, therefore, no legal obligation to provide reparations exists. They also often defend their role in causing climate change by arguing that they were unaware of the harm" www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

True climate justice demands a reckoning with colonialism

By acknowledging how empire deepened climate vulnerability, the African Court can do what the ICJ refused to.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 4d

This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4d

1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package

But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬

Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia

www.bca.com.au

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 4d

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists #Climate

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

“At COP28, Vanuatu and Tuvalu lead the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to address climate crisis”

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d

Hope everyone at COP30, including local staff, are safe.

Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 4d

Have just been sent this video from inside the pavilion area. Standing outside now as fire engines scream past to respond.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 4d

So much for "Canada is back!".
🇨🇦 now seen as a global pariah state when it comes to climate action.
Canada Receives Fossil of the Day Award at COP30 Climate Summit www.theenergymix.com/canada-recei...

Canada Receives Fossil of the Day Award at COP30 Climate Summit

Canada received Tuesday’s Fossil of the Day award at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. The award, bestowed by Climate Action Network International, recognizes the country deemed to have done ...

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Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Michelle Everson, Kent Johnson , and 1 more Nandita Sharma, Michelle Everson, Kent Johnson, Prakash Kashwan

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 4d

Have just been sent this video from inside the pavilion area. Standing outside now as fire engines scream past to respond.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5d

#Wind-powered #Denmark plans to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away

Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney, Gernot Wagner, Prakash Kashwan

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 5d

I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it!
heatmap.news/energy/calif...

What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?

California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.

heatmap.news

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6d

Food sovereignty on menu as farmers from across #Canada gather in #NewBrunswick

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...

Food sovereignty on menu as farmers from across Canada gather in New Brunswick

Farmers from across Canada are gathering in New Brunswick this week for the annual National Farmers Union convention.

www.ctvnews.ca

Reposted by Esther Turnhout, Dominik Wiedenhofer, John Hogan , and 2 more Esther Turnhout, Dominik Wiedenhofer, John Hogan, Stefan C. Aykut, Prakash Kashwan

Sylvain Maechler @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social · 6d

Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?

Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7

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Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d

Brilliant!

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d

☝🏽Word

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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 6d

New York - Support For Increasing Taxes On The Top 5% Of Income Earners:

Support: 60%
Oppose: 32%

Siena / Nov 12, 2025

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

80 ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels

#COP30
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cop30 live: Ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels

Representatives from Germany, the UK, the Marshall Islands and a number of other countries came together to issue a call for a fossil fuel roadmap

www.theguardian.com

Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d

Private profit motives ensure thst insurance companies don't respond to risk reduction efforts by communities. www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...

Communities are reducing wildfire risk. Will their insurance bills go down?

Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring tha...

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 9d

Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...

Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor

The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits

www.canadianaffairs.news

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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 9d

Carney is putting fossil fuels ahead of climate action
pressprogress.ca/fossil-fuel-...

As More and More Studies Expose Fossil-fuel Health Harms, Mark Carney Doubles Down

First Nations and frontline workers lead the charge against Canada's aggressive LNG expansion

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VonDeckard @vondeckard.bsky.social · 9d

"More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...