Suzanne York
@suzanneyork.bsky.social
Supporter of women's empowerment, alternative economies and rights of Nature, as well as a few other things to make the world a better place. Occasional wildlife photographer. Director, Transition Earth.
“It’s having such an environmentally impactful effect, everything is accumulating here to a potentially disastrous result for the Mekong,” said Regan Kwan, research analyst with the Stimson Center. #rareearthminerals #mekong
Global demand for rare earths is wreaking havoc on one of Asia’s mightiest river systems | CNN
Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“It’s having such an environmentally impactful effect, everything is accumulating here to a potentially disastrous result for the Mekong,” said Regan Kwan, research analyst with the Stimson Center. #rareearthminerals #mekong
“California continues to be a hotspot for wildlife trafficking, particularly for live animals,” said Danielle Kessler, U.S. director for the nonprofit International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)...“Our understanding is that it is largely for the pet trade.”
It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California
In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“California continues to be a hotspot for wildlife trafficking, particularly for live animals,” said Danielle Kessler, U.S. director for the nonprofit International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)...“Our understanding is that it is largely for the pet trade.”
Good luck, we're going to need it - "Public health impacts must be a central consideration when siting datacenters and choosing energy sources”
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
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November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good luck, we're going to need it - "Public health impacts must be a central consideration when siting datacenters and choosing energy sources”
Jordan’s olive farmers are facing one of the worst harvests in decades.
Jordan’s olive harvest collapses as climate change devastates farmers
Farmers in Jerash warn that livelihoods, traditions and rural economies are at risk unless urgent investment in water-saving technology is made
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jordan’s olive farmers are facing one of the worst harvests in decades.
“Over a very short period of time, we are combusting all of this ancient carbon into the atmosphere. It becomes a feedback loop with tremendously negative consequences for the ecosystem.”
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
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November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Over a very short period of time, we are combusting all of this ancient carbon into the atmosphere. It becomes a feedback loop with tremendously negative consequences for the ecosystem.”
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"Even if all other emissions from fossil fuels halted tomorrow, CO₂ emissions from the global food system alone could eventually push us past 2 degrees Celsius in warming, half a degree higher than the always-aspirational 1.5-degrees-Celsius goal set forth in the 2016 Paris Agreement."
Climate Realism Is a Delusion
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Even if all other emissions from fossil fuels halted tomorrow, CO₂ emissions from the global food system alone could eventually push us past 2 degrees Celsius in warming, half a degree higher than the always-aspirational 1.5-degrees-Celsius goal set forth in the 2016 Paris Agreement."
"The effects of climate change will only fuel more clashes between herders and farmers. This makes it all the more urgent to find structural, sustainable solutions based on human rights." ~Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Chad: Authorities failing to address deadly clashes between herders and farmers amid climate crisis
Amnesty International's new report documents seven episodes of herder-farmer violence between 2022 and 2024 in Chad that left 98 people dead
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November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The effects of climate change will only fuel more clashes between herders and farmers. This makes it all the more urgent to find structural, sustainable solutions based on human rights." ~Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International
Doctors who joined the protest on Tuesday said the situation in the city was so bad that they did not recommend anyone visit.“Living in Delhi at this time of the year will take away years from your life, that is a fact, it’s not contested,” said Dr Tilotama.
Anger grows as Delhi’s residents take to streets over toxic air
As a toxic haze continues to shroud the Indian capital, protesters say lack of government action has pushed the city into a state of physical and emotional exhaustion. Stuti Mishra reports on the grou...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Doctors who joined the protest on Tuesday said the situation in the city was so bad that they did not recommend anyone visit.“Living in Delhi at this time of the year will take away years from your life, that is a fact, it’s not contested,” said Dr Tilotama.
“The world is witnessing the deliberate destruction of childhood – and the evidence is undeniable” ~Narmina Strishenets, Save the Children UK
Explosive weapons caused record child deaths last year: Save the Children
Deaths and injuries are highest since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, UK charity says.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The world is witnessing the deliberate destruction of childhood – and the evidence is undeniable” ~Narmina Strishenets, Save the Children UK
"Given this scale, we really must get the world to understand the urgency of mitigation. We have to reduce the amount of CO2 we are pumping into the atmosphere, because no amount of adaptation is going to be possible with the scale of disasters we are now witnessing."
Lives lost to extreme weather events in India increased nearly 50% in 4 years
India saw a 48% rise in deaths from extreme weather in 2025, with 4,064 fatalities. Madhya Pradesh had the highest death toll, while Maharashtra faced severe crop damage. The monsoon season was partic...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Given this scale, we really must get the world to understand the urgency of mitigation. We have to reduce the amount of CO2 we are pumping into the atmosphere, because no amount of adaptation is going to be possible with the scale of disasters we are now witnessing."
“This plan hacks apart the Endangered Species Act and creates a blueprint for the extinction for some of America’s most beloved wildlife” ~ Stephanie Kurose, Center for Biological Diversity.
Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act
Experts fear plan, one of many attempts Trump’s made to dismantle wildlife protection, will speed up extinction crisis
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November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“This plan hacks apart the Endangered Species Act and creates a blueprint for the extinction for some of America’s most beloved wildlife” ~ Stephanie Kurose, Center for Biological Diversity.
“WHO staffing cuts are a regrettable but inevitable outcome of US withdrawal and lower-than-hoped-for contributions by other countries. The loss of expertise will leave the world less healthy and less safe."
Huge staff cuts at WHO will leave world ‘less healthy and safe’, experts warn
Health organisation is to lose almost a quarter of its workforce in 2026, reducing its ability to help countries facing disease outbreaks
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November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“WHO staffing cuts are a regrettable but inevitable outcome of US withdrawal and lower-than-hoped-for contributions by other countries. The loss of expertise will leave the world less healthy and less safe."
What an upside down world we have - 'Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push'
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What an upside down world we have - 'Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push'
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'For centuries this small, resourceful community has weathered epidemics, natural disasters and geopolitical upheavals while preserving a rich cultural heritage. But the uncertainty brought by the changing climate may be the death of it.'
This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future
Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their f...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
'For centuries this small, resourceful community has weathered epidemics, natural disasters and geopolitical upheavals while preserving a rich cultural heritage. But the uncertainty brought by the changing climate may be the death of it.'
“There is an ominous feeling that individual and collective rights are not real. [Mining] will also lead to reduced viability of the renewable resources in the ocean, and one less place for the fish to spawn and to grow, and for people to get food and revenue from the fisheries.”
Plans to dispose of mining waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean worries Sámi fishers, herders
The Norwegian government has granted permission for the construction and operation of the Nussir copper mine in Hammerfest, a municipality on the northwestern coast of the island of Kvaløya, in Norway...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“There is an ominous feeling that individual and collective rights are not real. [Mining] will also lead to reduced viability of the renewable resources in the ocean, and one less place for the fish to spawn and to grow, and for people to get food and revenue from the fisheries.”
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale - "These are the largest, least-known animals left on the planet.”
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a ginkgo-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
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November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale - "These are the largest, least-known animals left on the planet.”
Can't humans leave any wild creatures alone? “These animals undergo extreme stress when they are handled, confined or exposed to noisy crowds. They are not physiologically suited for this type of treatment,”
Sloth selfies are feeding a booming wildlife trafficking trade
It’s not easy to find a sloth in the middle of the forest. They spend most of their time in the tree canopy and are masters of camouflage, thanks to their slow movements and the algae attached to thei...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Can't humans leave any wild creatures alone? “These animals undergo extreme stress when they are handled, confined or exposed to noisy crowds. They are not physiologically suited for this type of treatment,”
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 17, 2025 ~ Blaming invisible friends.
"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."
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"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."
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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
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November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 17, 2025 ~ Blaming invisible friends.
"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."
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“Across the world, people are living the daily reality that the climate crisis is also a public health crisis,” said Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief.
Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues
Disease outbreaks from South America to Europe have been worsened by rising global temperatures, experts say
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Across the world, people are living the daily reality that the climate crisis is also a public health crisis,” said Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief.
“H5N1 has already had devastating impacts on ecosystems across the world, from seabird colonies in the UK to sea lions in South America. We will soon find out what it will mean for the Antarctic.”
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“H5N1 has already had devastating impacts on ecosystems across the world, from seabird colonies in the UK to sea lions in South America. We will soon find out what it will mean for the Antarctic.”
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We have breached..
We have reached 1.4 degrees celsius #globalheating according to NASA data (smooth black trend line). Breaching 1.5 is now inevitable. From now on the fight is to keep overshoot as small and short as possible.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We have breached..
I'm not at all surprised to hear this, and it's emblematic of our crisis. - One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is reported to be a fossil fuel lobbyist. "Another Cop, same playbook. This is corporate capture, not climate governance”
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm not at all surprised to hear this, and it's emblematic of our crisis. - One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is reported to be a fossil fuel lobbyist. "Another Cop, same playbook. This is corporate capture, not climate governance”
"All those trees that were so beautiful, burned. It looked like a bomb had dropped."
‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown
Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s story
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"All those trees that were so beautiful, burned. It looked like a bomb had dropped."
“Our review of the research shows that melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, and shifting weather patterns have complex consequences that extend far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic – affecting food security, disease burden, and health infrastructure”
Polar warming is becoming a global health emergency
Polar warming is shaping the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we grow, and the stability of our minds and bodies.
www.earth.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Our review of the research shows that melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, and shifting weather patterns have complex consequences that extend far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic – affecting food security, disease burden, and health infrastructure”
“How long are we going to stand by and keep turning the thermostat up so that these sort of events get even worse?”
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“How long are we going to stand by and keep turning the thermostat up so that these sort of events get even worse?”