"It is for us to remember that our fate as humans flows with the rivers. A wounded, polluted river means a wounded, polluted present and future. What can we do now so that the Indus and other rivers flow freely and unpolluted?" roundglasssustain.com/wild-vault/i...
Sher Dariya: The Mighty Indus River | Roundglass | Sustain
A sacred life force for the people of Ladakh, the Indus is now wounded by a dam, pollution, climate change, and threats to its wildlife
roundglasssustain.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"It is for us to remember that our fate as humans flows with the rivers. A wounded, polluted river means a wounded, polluted present and future. What can we do now so that the Indus and other rivers flow freely and unpolluted?" roundglasssustain.com/wild-vault/i...
"Of course, global leaders and officials will take the easier, cowardly road if they can get away with it. As we cross the 1.5C threshold into uncharted climatic territory, we must make them fight wholeheartedly for fossil fuel phaseout." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director ...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Of course, global leaders and officials will take the easier, cowardly road if they can get away with it. As we cross the 1.5C threshold into uncharted climatic territory, we must make them fight wholeheartedly for fossil fuel phaseout." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"The UPF industry is emblematic of a food system that is increasingly controlled by transnational corporations that prioritise corporate profit ahead of public health." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is damaging public health,
fuelling chronic diseases worldwide, and deepening health inequalities. Addressing
this challenge requires a unified ...
www.thelancet.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"The UPF industry is emblematic of a food system that is increasingly controlled by transnational corporations that prioritise corporate profit ahead of public health." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical #pesticides.
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
EU Commission proposes unlimited pesticide approvals: Science abandoned, industry interests above health and environment
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical pesticides. This comes under the guise of “simplification”, intende...
www.pan-europe.info
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A draft Omnibus regulation on Food and Feed reveals that the European Commission’s DG SANTE is attempting to deregulate all chemical #pesticides.
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
Read more here: www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
"Collaborations among conservationists and artists can invite a process of mutual unlearning of disciplinary assumptions, methods, and hierarchies. This opens space for more reflexive and plural ways of knowing..." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Collaborations among conservationists and artists can invite a process of mutual unlearning of disciplinary assumptions, methods, and hierarchies. This opens space for more reflexive and plural ways of knowing..." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Green funds only slightly differ from others, new study finds.
Researchers have analysed nearly 7,000 European funds to see how green portfolios differ from conventional ones.
They found that the differences are surprisingly small, for all but one sector.
Researchers have analysed nearly 7,000 European funds to see how green portfolios differ from conventional ones.
They found that the differences are surprisingly small, for all but one sector.
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Green funds only slightly differ from others, new study finds.
Researchers have analysed nearly 7,000 European funds to see how green portfolios differ from conventional ones.
They found that the differences are surprisingly small, for all but one sector.
Researchers have analysed nearly 7,000 European funds to see how green portfolios differ from conventional ones.
They found that the differences are surprisingly small, for all but one sector.
"To realize the potential of private sector investment in nature protection and conservation, governments must put in place policy measures—such as tax breaks, de-risking guarantees, and regulatory requirements—that induce the private sector to invest." ssir.org/articles/ent...
Business Won’t Save Nature (Until Governments Change the Rules of the Game) (SSIR)
If private finance is to shoulder the burden for nature conservation, government has to create the necessary incentive structure.
ssir.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"To realize the potential of private sector investment in nature protection and conservation, governments must put in place policy measures—such as tax breaks, de-risking guarantees, and regulatory requirements—that induce the private sector to invest." ssir.org/articles/ent...
"In the meantime, drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions will help limit the weakening of the MOC and preserve the delicate balance of our planet’s climate system and the ecosystems it supports." antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
antarctic.org.au
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"In the meantime, drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions will help limit the weakening of the MOC and preserve the delicate balance of our planet’s climate system and the ecosystems it supports." antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
"If indigenous and local community governance remains peripheral, the climate architecture will keep replicating the same extractive logic under a green banner” theedgemalaysia.com/node/779613
Climate: Key issues at COP30
The United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties 30 (COP30) is currently underway in Belém, Brazil until Nov 21. A few key issues, such as climate finance, protection of indigenous peoples’ rights an...
theedgemalaysia.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"If indigenous and local community governance remains peripheral, the climate architecture will keep replicating the same extractive logic under a green banner” theedgemalaysia.com/node/779613
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🚨 NEW: The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court 🚨
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’ - Global Justice Now
THE UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed. Answering a question in Parliament from Labour MP Martin Rhodes […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨 NEW: The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court 🚨
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - one of the wealthiest individuals in the world - has brought a case against the UK under #ISDS
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-bein...
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Mark Carney seems to think he needs permission from Exxon to impose a carbon price or GHG emissions cap (spoiler: he doesn't), but doesn't need permission from First Nations to build a new tar sands pipeline (not a spoiler: he does).
Looks like it's time to get the band back together: Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes tar sands pipeline to B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mark Carney seems to think he needs permission from Exxon to impose a carbon price or GHG emissions cap (spoiler: he doesn't), but doesn't need permission from First Nations to build a new tar sands pipeline (not a spoiler: he does).
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.
Nestle accused of risking baby heath in Africa, Asia and Latin America
NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
NGO says Swiss food giant is 'putting the health of babies at risk for profit' by adding sugar to babyfood.
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Beef and dairy can never be "net zero".
But that doesn't stop the industry aggressively pushing its greenwash, including through its 72 delegates (lobbyists) at the Belém climate COP: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But that doesn't stop the industry aggressively pushing its greenwash, including through its 72 delegates (lobbyists) at the Belém climate COP: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Another one bites the dust. Two weeks after JBS settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG to stop making "net zero" claims, Tyson has just settled in D.C. about its own "net zero" claims. There is no such thing as low-emissions or carbon-neutral cattle.
aldf.org/article/tyso...
aldf.org/article/tyso...
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
aldf.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Beef and dairy can never be "net zero".
But that doesn't stop the industry aggressively pushing its greenwash, including through its 72 delegates (lobbyists) at the Belém climate COP: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
But that doesn't stop the industry aggressively pushing its greenwash, including through its 72 delegates (lobbyists) at the Belém climate COP: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Our environmental crisis is deeply connected to the conflicts which lead to people to our borders. We can’t isolate one section of people and label them as a problem that can be easily addressed. If one part of the body hurts, it hurts the entire body.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Our environmental crisis is deeply connected to the conflicts which lead to people to our borders. We can’t isolate one section of people and label them as a problem that can be easily addressed. If one part of the body hurts, it hurts the entire body.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
"Climate and biodiversity policies must consider and take an active role in shaping the reform of the global financial architecture to enable a transformative shift in forest governance towards biodiversity restoration and climate resilience." landgap.org/2025/report
The Land Gap report
We calculated how much land is included in pledges: nearly 1 billion hectares. That's about two thirds of the world's arable land.
landgap.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"Climate and biodiversity policies must consider and take an active role in shaping the reform of the global financial architecture to enable a transformative shift in forest governance towards biodiversity restoration and climate resilience." landgap.org/2025/report
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Shameful and outrageous
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shameful and outrageous
"Sea ice could affect marine transport; extreme weather could severely affect our capabilities to maintain any agriculture and fisheries, which are central to our economy and food systems. We cannot afford to wait for definitive, long-term research before acting." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Sea ice could affect marine transport; extreme weather could severely affect our capabilities to maintain any agriculture and fisheries, which are central to our economy and food systems. We cannot afford to wait for definitive, long-term research before acting." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"If we accept that farming salmon is bad for them and the environments in which they’re raised — and that we should protect dwindling wild populations — then we’ll have to accept eating a lot less salmon." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
What we’ve done to the salmon
The particular cruelty behind farming America’s favorite fish.
www.vox.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"If we accept that farming salmon is bad for them and the environments in which they’re raised — and that we should protect dwindling wild populations — then we’ll have to accept eating a lot less salmon." www.vox.com/future-perfe...
“The fossil fuel era is inevitably coming to an end and states must stop criminalizing environmental human rights defenders fighting to protect their communities.” www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Fossil fuel infrastructure puts rights of 2 billion people at risk
520 million children live within 5km of fossil fuel infrastructure.
www.amnesty.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“The fossil fuel era is inevitably coming to an end and states must stop criminalizing environmental human rights defenders fighting to protect their communities.” www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
"Over the past decade, weather-related disasters have caused some 250 million internal displacements – equivalent to over 67,000 displacements per day. This represents a 10 per cent increase compared to the ten-year average
through the end of 2023." www.unhcr.org/media/no-esc...
through the end of 2023." www.unhcr.org/media/no-esc...
No Escape II – The way forward | UNHCR
www.unhcr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Over the past decade, weather-related disasters have caused some 250 million internal displacements – equivalent to over 67,000 displacements per day. This represents a 10 per cent increase compared to the ten-year average
through the end of 2023." www.unhcr.org/media/no-esc...
through the end of 2023." www.unhcr.org/media/no-esc...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …