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Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve "Overpopulation"
Recently spotted emails from 2016 show Jeffrey Epstein suggesting that climate change could be the answer to "overpopulation."
futurism.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...
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Wild trees.
What does the word 'wild' mean in this context?
Trees that self-seeded, from a population that was never domesticated by man.
Trees that are themselves wildlife.
What does the word 'wild' mean in this context?
Trees that self-seeded, from a population that was never domesticated by man.
Trees that are themselves wildlife.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Wild trees.
What does the word 'wild' mean in this context?
Trees that self-seeded, from a population that was never domesticated by man.
Trees that are themselves wildlife.
What does the word 'wild' mean in this context?
Trees that self-seeded, from a population that was never domesticated by man.
Trees that are themselves wildlife.
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Our CEO, @kitstoner.bsky.social wrote a blog about the fact that nature and business are not at war. The negative rhetoric from government and other politicians continues to undermine and undervalue the vital role wildlife plays in our prosperity www.bats.org.uk/news/2022/10...
Nature and business are not at war - News - Bat Conservation Trust
We want a thriving sustainable economy which benefits from ecosystems services, where people have access to food, housing and nature on their doorsteps
www.bats.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Our CEO, @kitstoner.bsky.social wrote a blog about the fact that nature and business are not at war. The negative rhetoric from government and other politicians continues to undermine and undervalue the vital role wildlife plays in our prosperity www.bats.org.uk/news/2022/10...
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Long way to go on this, but good to start the feasibility works. I think it would be a wonderful bit of restoration; and in conjunction with other similar projects in Northern Europe might help extend and stabilise the range.
The Dalmatian pelican may be reintroduced to British wetland landscapes including sites across the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, and Essex marshes...
Dalmatian pelican could be reintroduced to British wetlands
The Dalmatian pelican, once hunted to extinction, could be reintroduced to wetlands in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Long way to go on this, but good to start the feasibility works. I think it would be a wonderful bit of restoration; and in conjunction with other similar projects in Northern Europe might help extend and stabilise the range.
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It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
If you're a victim of repeated flooding, you need to start looking at land use upstream.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
One of these sponges up vast amounts of water, releasing it slowly, the other does not. One reduces flooding, the other *increases* it.
Without addressing this core driver, it'll just keep on getting worse.
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It's completely beyond me how authorities can continue to ignore this fundamental issue, especially given that we KNOW that with climate breakdown floods will only keep getting worse.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
Pay farmers to rewild NOW.
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The world has entered an era of “global water bankruptcy” that is harming billions of people, a UN report has declared. The overuse and pollution of #water must be tackled urgently because no one knows when the whole system could collapse. .
Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The world has entered an era of “global water bankruptcy” that is harming billions of people, a UN report has declared. The overuse and pollution of #water must be tackled urgently because no one knows when the whole system could collapse. .
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Today is #WorldWetlandsDay - wetlands provide vital habitats for bat species in the UK with many being particularly reliant on clean waterbodies for their survival. Healthy wetlands are essential for people, #bats🦇 and other #wildlife.
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Today is #WorldWetlandsDay - wetlands provide vital habitats for bat species in the UK with many being particularly reliant on clean waterbodies for their survival. Healthy wetlands are essential for people, #bats🦇 and other #wildlife.
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🦇 Bats are still hibernating. They have little fat left to live off of now. They may leave the roost on warmer nights to find food and a drink of water.
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 AM
🦇 Bats are still hibernating. They have little fat left to live off of now. They may leave the roost on warmer nights to find food and a drink of water.
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Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
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You won't see this stat in the right-wing press.
"UK wind power has saved consumers more than £100B, by displacing gas and lowering rates"
#alwaysbewindy
#alwaysbewindy
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
You won't see this stat in the right-wing press.
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"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
The “polluter pays” principle is a cornerstone of environmental regulation. It raises billions of dollars each year and has been fundamental in pushing
www.counterpunch.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
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It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.
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It's not as if we weren't warned.
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's not as if we weren't warned.
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found.
Europe’s Alps on track to lose 97 percent of glaciers by century’s end, study finds
Stricter climate policies would save hundreds of glaciers in Europe’s Alps and tens of thousands worldwide, study finds.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found.
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Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
Poll: Majority of Brits support renewables, but think their neighbours disagree with them
Major poll reveals 70 per cent of Brits would back a new solar farm in their local area, but only 27 per cent think that other people would support such a development
www.businessgreen.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.
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I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I still stand by these, even as universities around the world, including my own, brainlessly capitulate to AI.
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Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Fires are still burning in the Arctic in the winter. The climate catastrophe is here.
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Spending political energy to massively increase pipeline production in Canada is not nation-building. It is planet burning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Credit and respect to Peter Ettedgui for coming forward with these memories of Nigel Farage. Peter risks a lot by putting himself in the spotlight, but Farage poses an unprecedented threat to British democracy.
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Credit and respect to Peter Ettedgui for coming forward with these memories of Nigel Farage. Peter risks a lot by putting himself in the spotlight, but Farage poses an unprecedented threat to British democracy.
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Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
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"Bill Gates' climate comments are a distraction" | My new commentary for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Bill Gates' climate comments are a distraction" | My new commentary for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Great to see that the National Estate for Nature Group - whose members own c.10% of England - have agreed to "publish estate management plans by April 2026", setting out how each of them are contributing to 30x30 & Environment Act targets.
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Leading the way: National Estate for Nature agrees shared objectives to accelerate nature recovery
The National Estate for Nature group has taken an important step forward in its mission to drive nature recovery across England’s major estates. Read this post to find out more.
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great to see that the National Estate for Nature Group - whose members own c.10% of England - have agreed to "publish estate management plans by April 2026", setting out how each of them are contributing to 30x30 & Environment Act targets.
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defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/18/l...