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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
"As the industry seeks to move from exploration to extraction, the scrutiny this and other tools allow will be all the more important." acdatacollective.org/work/deep-se...
Deep Sea Mining: A New Frontier for Corporate Opacity and Undue Influence – ACDC
acdatacollective.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"As the industry seeks to move from exploration to extraction, the scrutiny this and other tools allow will be all the more important." acdatacollective.org/work/deep-se...
"Red and roe deer spent significantly less time in lynx treatments compared to controls, especially at dawn and dusk. In spring at dusk, we observed similar decreases in visitation duration in wolf treatments."
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 AM
"Red and roe deer spent significantly less time in lynx treatments compared to controls, especially at dawn and dusk. In spring at dusk, we observed similar decreases in visitation duration in wolf treatments."
"A key finding is the exponential growth of illegal gold mining, now one of the most pervasive criminal markets in the Amazon. More than 4,000 illegal mining sites were identified across the region in 2023." globalinitiative.net/analysis/env...
Environmental crimes in the Amazon
The Amazon Basin is facing a surge in environmental crimes that threaten both ecosystems and communities. This report provides an in-depth analysis of the criminal economies driving deforestation and ...
globalinitiative.net
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"A key finding is the exponential growth of illegal gold mining, now one of the most pervasive criminal markets in the Amazon. More than 4,000 illegal mining sites were identified across the region in 2023." globalinitiative.net/analysis/env...
"Progress now requires commitment to streamlined permitting, management of grid bottlenecks, electrification, and investment in energy storage, the lack of which point to ineffective policies to-date." energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
EU fossil fuel imports and CO2 emissions in 2025: Dependence continues as U.S. becomes largest supplier – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
energyandcleanair.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
"Progress now requires commitment to streamlined permitting, management of grid bottlenecks, electrification, and investment in energy storage, the lack of which point to ineffective policies to-date." energyandcleanair.org/publication/...
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Regenerative reflection, rethinking, realignment.
Imbolc - a beautiful time to reflect on regenerative meaning
#NatureWriting #Imbolc #regenerative #RegenNotes
fairsnape.substack.com/p/regenerati...
Imbolc - a beautiful time to reflect on regenerative meaning
#NatureWriting #Imbolc #regenerative #RegenNotes
fairsnape.substack.com/p/regenerati...
Regenerative reflection, rethinking, realignment.
Imbolc - a beautiful time to reflect on regenerative meaning
fairsnape.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Regenerative reflection, rethinking, realignment.
Imbolc - a beautiful time to reflect on regenerative meaning
#NatureWriting #Imbolc #regenerative #RegenNotes
fairsnape.substack.com/p/regenerati...
Imbolc - a beautiful time to reflect on regenerative meaning
#NatureWriting #Imbolc #regenerative #RegenNotes
fairsnape.substack.com/p/regenerati...
"the role of small-scale farmers in national food consumption has been substantially underestimated, particularly in high-income nations, where small farms account for about a third of consumption." www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Small farms contribute a third of the food consumed in high-income nations - Nature Food
The contribution of farmers to domestic food production is a poor proxy for their role in national food consumption. This study reveals that the importance of small farms in meeting the food needs of ...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
"the role of small-scale farmers in national food consumption has been substantially underestimated, particularly in high-income nations, where small farms account for about a third of consumption." www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"The description of 9,000 amphibian species is nothing
short of remarkable considering the ongoing taxonomy
funding crisis"
short of remarkable considering the ongoing taxonomy
funding crisis"
🧪🌎🔬🧬🐸 9000 species of #Amphibians have been described: summary of trends, challenges & opportunities 🐸 www.iucn-amphibians.org/wp-content/u...
www.iucn-amphibians.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
"The description of 9,000 amphibian species is nothing
short of remarkable considering the ongoing taxonomy
funding crisis"
short of remarkable considering the ongoing taxonomy
funding crisis"
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Welcoming back the wetlands, in Kigali, Rwanda: www.biographic.com/the-rwandan-... 🌍 #conservation
The Rwandan City Where Wetlands Are Winning
To save its citizens from floods, Kigali is betting big on wetland restoration.
www.biographic.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Welcoming back the wetlands, in Kigali, Rwanda: www.biographic.com/the-rwandan-... 🌍 #conservation
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New research found >11M dead trees along the coast from SC to ME. Researchers are trying to understand the processes hastening tree deaths, what it means for wildlife/plants, and the consequences if the huge stores of carbon landscapes hold are released into the atmosphere: wapo.st/3LZJVLU (gift). 🌎
‘Ghost forests’ are even more widespread than we thought
These haunting landscapes, with their unmistakable gray, barren tree trunks rising like sentinels, offer one of the most startling and recognizable signals of a changing climate.
wapo.st
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
New research found >11M dead trees along the coast from SC to ME. Researchers are trying to understand the processes hastening tree deaths, what it means for wildlife/plants, and the consequences if the huge stores of carbon landscapes hold are released into the atmosphere: wapo.st/3LZJVLU (gift). 🌎
"This is an incredible victory for the people in Bonaire. Not only has the court established that people from Bonaire are being discriminated against because of the climate crisis but also the Dutch government needs to do much more to protect them." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules
Judgment in The Hague orders Netherlands to do more to protect Caribbean people in its territory from impacts of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
"This is an incredible victory for the people in Bonaire. Not only has the court established that people from Bonaire are being discriminated against because of the climate crisis but also the Dutch government needs to do much more to protect them." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We can see there is pressure on the EU and other countries to weaken regulatory controls to satisfy economic pressures from the US. This makes it doubly important for countries to remain clear about the fundamental role of human rights in public policy" euobserver.com/199926/un-ch...
UN chemical expert: ‘There’s pressure on EU from US to weaken regulatory controls’
Chemical pollution remains one of the world’s most under-recognised crises. Dr Marcos A. Orellana, UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights since 2020, talks to EUobserver about the wide gap b...
euobserver.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"We can see there is pressure on the EU and other countries to weaken regulatory controls to satisfy economic pressures from the US. This makes it doubly important for countries to remain clear about the fundamental role of human rights in public policy" euobserver.com/199926/un-ch...
"these mobilizations frequently occur within high-priority conservation areas and directly challenge environmental threats to biodiversity targets. Importantly, mobilizations facing repressive outcomes are often concentrated in regions of high biodiversity" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Social movements are transformative agents for biodiversity conservation | PNAS
Civil society has long been a catalyst for social change by reshaping structures,
influencing values, and challenging power dynamics; however, its ...
www.pnas.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
"these mobilizations frequently occur within high-priority conservation areas and directly challenge environmental threats to biodiversity targets. Importantly, mobilizations facing repressive outcomes are often concentrated in regions of high biodiversity" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"This is the first Extinct in the Wild invertebrate species to have been re-established through coordinated, interdisciplinary ex situ and in situ conservation actions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Re-establishment of Partula tohiveana tree snails in French Polynesia after 40 years of extinction in the wild | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Re-establishment of Partula tohiveana tree snails in French Polynesia after 40 years of extinction in the wild
www.cambridge.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM
"This is the first Extinct in the Wild invertebrate species to have been re-established through coordinated, interdisciplinary ex situ and in situ conservation actions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
"people can recalibrate their understanding and increase their commitment to more impactful individual-level climate behaviors, such as avoiding long flights or eating less meat." academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Climate action literacy interventions increase commitments to more effective mitigation behaviors
Abstract. Reducing lifestyle carbon emissions is a critical component of decarbonizing society. However, people hold substantial misperceptions about the r
academic.oup.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:06 AM
"people can recalibrate their understanding and increase their commitment to more impactful individual-level climate behaviors, such as avoiding long flights or eating less meat." academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
"Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (72% versus 13%). By a 2 to 1 margin, more Americans think global warming is mostly human-caused (58%) than
[not] (29%)." climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
[not] (29%)." climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2025
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1
climatecommunication.yale.edu
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (72% versus 13%). By a 2 to 1 margin, more Americans think global warming is mostly human-caused (58%) than
[not] (29%)." climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
[not] (29%)." climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...
"Given the evidence at hand, it beggars belief that world leaders continue to shout from the mountaintops of Davos that we need yet more growth. One is left to wonder whether they...stand to benefit personally, or if they have simply run out of imagination." time.com/7358059/econ...
Economic Growth at Any Cost Fails Us All
We saw this paradigm at Davos last week, as leaders talked up growth. But that fails the planet and the world’s poorest.
time.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"Given the evidence at hand, it beggars belief that world leaders continue to shout from the mountaintops of Davos that we need yet more growth. One is left to wonder whether they...stand to benefit personally, or if they have simply run out of imagination." time.com/7358059/econ...
"we describe the increasing dominance of non-native fishes (NNF) in degraded or novel habitats. In highly urbanized Hong Kong and Singapore, their richness has grown to exceed the number of native species." royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Welcome to the Homogenocene? Trajectories of change in global freshwater fish biodiversity during the Anthropocene: evidence from tropical East Asia
Abstract. Interactions between climate change and anthropogenic stressors such as poor water quality and habitat degradation have had deleterious consequen
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 AM
"we describe the increasing dominance of non-native fishes (NNF) in degraded or novel habitats. In highly urbanized Hong Kong and Singapore, their richness has grown to exceed the number of native species." royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
"Ultimately, restricting fishing mortality is paramount to bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss, which is in turn vital to the long-term sustainability of both species and livelihoods." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Global shark and ray populations have declined sharply, driven by expanding fisheries and inequitable gaps in catch, trade and distribution data. This Review assesses global status, highlights drivers...
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM
"Ultimately, restricting fishing mortality is paramount to bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss, which is in turn vital to the long-term sustainability of both species and livelihoods." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
"When these tools are surrendered to foreign capital and multinational corporations, we begin to operate under an illusory or symbolic form of sovereignty, rather than real democratic sovereignty." canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
What Mark Carney gets wrong about the end of the ‘rules-based order’
To re-establish power, defend sovereignty, and strengthen democratic values, Canada and its allies must do more than challenge the American state. We must also confront the influence of US corporate p...
canadiandimension.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"When these tools are surrendered to foreign capital and multinational corporations, we begin to operate under an illusory or symbolic form of sovereignty, rather than real democratic sovereignty." canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...