Zach Boren
@zdboren.bsky.social
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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this is such a perfect example of conservatism
we’re raising prices on this thing that should be free but “they” will be paying more than “you” so show some gratitude you worms
we’re raising prices on this thing that should be free but “they” will be paying more than “you” so show some gratitude you worms
The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an "America-first" initiative, the Interior Department announced.
Trump admin hikes national parks prices by up to $170 for international tourists
The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
this is such a perfect example of conservatism
we’re raising prices on this thing that should be free but “they” will be paying more than “you” so show some gratitude you worms
we’re raising prices on this thing that should be free but “they” will be paying more than “you” so show some gratitude you worms
sounds like most people in the EU parliament understand this is a bad idea but they are - to use a potentially prohibited phrase - too chicken to stop it
www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass
A fringe amendment to protect meaty vocabulary has become a test of Europe’s loyalty to tradition and its waning appetite for food innovation.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
sounds like most people in the EU parliament understand this is a bad idea but they are - to use a potentially prohibited phrase - too chicken to stop it
www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
america's biggest meat producer has agreed to stop calling its products 'net zero' or 'climate smart' — great work by @ewgofficial.bsky.social who brought the lawsuit
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
Tyson Foods agrees to stop making ‘net-zero’ and ‘climate-smart beef’ claims
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Working Group has re
www.ewg.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
america's biggest meat producer has agreed to stop calling its products 'net zero' or 'climate smart' — great work by @ewgofficial.bsky.social who brought the lawsuit
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
www.ewg.org/news-insight...
if you've seen billy bob thornton's monologue about how crap renewables are and how essential oil & gas is, you'd know why the american petroleum institute is running a multimillion $ ad campaign off the back of it
Big Oil loves Landman's anti-clean-energy message so much that it's hijacked it to spread its own propaganda
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda
I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
if you've seen billy bob thornton's monologue about how crap renewables are and how essential oil & gas is, you'd know why the american petroleum institute is running a multimillion $ ad campaign off the back of it
imagine suing the BBC for harming your reputation and then 1 day later this comes out
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
imagine suing the BBC for harming your reputation and then 1 day later this comes out
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
COP30’s agriculture showcase sponsored by agribiz interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying
Sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at COP30 will include pesticides giant Bayer, alleged by campaigners to be driving “massive deforestation” on the continent, and a branch of Brazil’s l...
unearthed.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
i know the BBC is fully in crisis mode right now but this reads to me more like telegraph wish fulfillment
but with tice, coutinho and x.com smelling blood, they might be able to will it into existence
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
but with tice, coutinho and x.com smelling blood, they might be able to will it into existence
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
i know the BBC is fully in crisis mode right now but this reads to me more like telegraph wish fulfillment
but with tice, coutinho and x.com smelling blood, they might be able to will it into existence
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
but with tice, coutinho and x.com smelling blood, they might be able to will it into existence
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
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China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
China is “reshaping the world’s energy outlook, geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of #climatechange”, says @economist.com
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
- "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than US makes from exporting fossil fuels'
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www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Farming lobby groups from 12 countries — led by the NFU and Beef + Lamb New Zealand — are heading to COP30 to push the UN to rewrite how methane is measured
(aka that GWP* business)
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4521064...
(aka that GWP* business)
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4521064...
Farming organisations demand UN fix inaccurate emissions accounting that overstates agriculture's climate impact
Farmers, processors and agricultural organisations from 11 nations have united to call for an overhaul of how emissions are calculated to ensure the industry is not misrepresented
www.farmersguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Farming lobby groups from 12 countries — led by the NFU and Beef + Lamb New Zealand — are heading to COP30 to push the UN to rewrite how methane is measured
(aka that GWP* business)
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4521064...
(aka that GWP* business)
www.farmersguardian.com/news/4521064...
this is a good and important campaign but it makes me think of the 'bean ballet' ad from mad men
www.youtube.com/shorts/3cR0N...
www.youtube.com/shorts/3cR0N...
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
this is a good and important campaign but it makes me think of the 'bean ballet' ad from mad men
www.youtube.com/shorts/3cR0N...
www.youtube.com/shorts/3cR0N...
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Dick Cheney got George W. Bush to break his promise to regulate carbon emissions, and began turning climate into a strictly partisan issue. He was always loyal to fossil fuels and that’s a huge part of his legacy.
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Dick Cheney got George W. Bush to break his promise to regulate carbon emissions, and began turning climate into a strictly partisan issue. He was always loyal to fossil fuels and that’s a huge part of his legacy.
however welcome this intervention is, wtf is his hair doing www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson tells Tories to stop ‘bashing green agenda’ or risk losing next election
Former PM says he has not seen party ‘soaring in the polls as a result of saying what rubbish net zero is’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
however welcome this intervention is, wtf is his hair doing www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
this whistleblower memo should be front of mind when developing the UK's food strategy
a key point 👇 food companies are ditching 'buy british' promise in favour of cheap, low-welfare meat
a key point 👇 food companies are ditching 'buy british' promise in favour of cheap, low-welfare meat
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
this whistleblower memo should be front of mind when developing the UK's food strategy
a key point 👇 food companies are ditching 'buy british' promise in favour of cheap, low-welfare meat
a key point 👇 food companies are ditching 'buy british' promise in favour of cheap, low-welfare meat
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It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s too bad only farmers are people and not librarians or artists or healthcare workers or researchers.
'Amazon hides its water consumption' was one hypothetical headline the memo warned of
always amusing when someone writes down the thing they don't want to happen
nice work from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social @source-material.org
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
always amusing when someone writes down the thing they don't want to happen
nice work from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social @source-material.org
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
Leak reveals Amazon plan to keep water use of data centres secret
Amazon strategised about ways to keep the public in the dark over the true extent of its data centres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
www.source-material.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'Amazon hides its water consumption' was one hypothetical headline the memo warned of
always amusing when someone writes down the thing they don't want to happen
nice work from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social @source-material.org
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
always amusing when someone writes down the thing they don't want to happen
nice work from @lukewbarratt.bsky.social @rosafurneaux.bsky.social @source-material.org
www.source-material.org/amazon-leak-...
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We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2
last year i chronicled how a beef industry exec and an industry-funded think tank turned the EU against lab-grown meat
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/07/30/c...
turns out it's the exact same guys who persuaded the EU parliament to ban phrases like 'veggie burger' and 'plant-based sausage'
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/07/30/c...
turns out it's the exact same guys who persuaded the EU parliament to ban phrases like 'veggie burger' and 'plant-based sausage'
How a livestock industry lobbying campaign is turning Europe against lab-grown meat
unearthed.greenpeace.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
last year i chronicled how a beef industry exec and an industry-funded think tank turned the EU against lab-grown meat
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/07/30/c...
turns out it's the exact same guys who persuaded the EU parliament to ban phrases like 'veggie burger' and 'plant-based sausage'
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/07/30/c...
turns out it's the exact same guys who persuaded the EU parliament to ban phrases like 'veggie burger' and 'plant-based sausage'
wild that the chocolate and the rubber industries are begging the EU to implement its long-delayed deforestation standards
www.ft.com/content/7593...
www.ft.com/content/7593...
Companies slam new delay to EU deforestation law
Food and commodities groups say Brussels risks undermining its own green agenda
www.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
wild that the chocolate and the rubber industries are begging the EU to implement its long-delayed deforestation standards
www.ft.com/content/7593...
www.ft.com/content/7593...
MAGA vs MAHA, or how the soda sector undermined one of the better things about RFK's health plan
great work by @fieldnotes.co
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
great work by @fieldnotes.co
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
MAGA vs MAHA, or how the soda sector undermined one of the better things about RFK's health plan
great work by @fieldnotes.co
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
great work by @fieldnotes.co
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions.
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Singapore Proposes to Delay Key Vote on Shipping Carbon Charge
A plan to make the shipping industry pay for its carbon emissions was hanging in the balance on Friday after the US piled pressure on nations to scrap an initiative that’s been years in the making.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions.
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building."
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
lol imagine being told you're not allowed to say 'farmed with care'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards
The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
lol imagine being told you're not allowed to say 'farmed with care'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...