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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · 6d

Whoops - Canadian government's Vince Gasparro, the parliamentary secretary for combating crime, may have been ag caint as a thóin 💩
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Canadian government asked to clarify whether Kneecap barred from country

Opposition party says minister ‘either lied or has no clue how it works’ when he said band were ‘ineligible’ to enter

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Arielle Tannenbaum @arielletannenbaum.bsky.social · 13d

Folks! We're hiring a Social Media and Digital Content Creator @climatecentral.org — a great role for someone early in their career, with a passion for climate comms and experience creating visual/video content across platforms.

Please spread the word! www.climatecentral.org/open-positio...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · 12d

That’s what I thought too, would have potentially been a more decisive victory. Instead it was a form of capitulation without acknowledgement as such.

Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · 12d

Justice: #gaza www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s... @kneecapceol.bsky.social

Terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out

Chief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that charge brought against musician is unlawful and ‘null’

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Sep 4

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

Keep Banned Pesticides Out of our Food

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of small, local farmers. We ne...

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 31

The Irish Times view on the killing of journalists: an assault on truth and justice

Netanyahu’s government is intent on limiting scrutiny of the horror being inflicted on innocent civilian

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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · Aug 19

Clean Arctic Alliance Response to China’s New Containership Route Through Arctic
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Clean Arctic Alliance Response to China’s New Containership Route Through Arctic

“The Arctic is already under severe stress - its waters are warming and acidifying faster than the global average due to global climate change. As a result, sending container ships across the Arctic r...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Aug 14

Support Global Sumud Flotilla as it heads to Gaza chuffed.org/project/1388... #AllEyesOnHandala @marchtogaza.bsky.social

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global

As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Aug 6

Rescuers have found @alecluhn.bsky.social in good health! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Journalist missing in Norwegian wilderness found in good health

Alec Luhn set out on trek in Folgefonna national park last week and was reported missing on Monday

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · Aug 5

I consider myself a techno‑optimist, in that I believe in the potential of clean, low‑carbon innovations to replace polluting systems in a way that cures climate change, makes the world fairer and restores nature.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 4

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning

Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Aug 5

@alecluhn.bsky.social missing in Norway

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Jul 3

On 10 July, it will be 40 years since the French secret service bombed the Rainbow Warrior, killing photographer Fernando Pereira

The powerful still seek to repress protest and silence critics

They have more weapons than bullets and bombs – defunding NGOs and tying them up in spurious legal fights

Court attacks and defunding NGOs: a growing pattern of silencing protest in Europe

This week, Greenpeace had its first hearing in a Dutch court to use the EU’s new protections against these types of spurious lawsuits to shut down free speech – the first time this EU law will be put ...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Jul 8

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w... @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social

Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory

On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, ...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Jul 2

Breaking News: For Sale - One Whaling Ship. Harpoons Not Included.
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Breaking News: For Sale - One Whaling Ship. Harpoons Not Included.

Good morning!

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · Jun 26

Comment: Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/h...

How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence

Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference Climate COPs needs stronger safeguards to limit int...

www.climatechangenews.com

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Jun 26

🧵 How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence:
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/26/h... #cop30 @‪climatechangenews.com‬ @jenimiller.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social ‪@mairamartini.bsky.social‬

How UN climate negotiations can end fossil fuel-industry influence

Climate COPs remain alarmingly exposed to lobbyists, unlike most global health and anti-corruption bodies that have safeguards to limit interference Climate COPs needs stronger safeguards to limit int...

www.climatechangenews.com

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Jun 25

Why pay for expensive fossil fuels
“Europe Just Flipped the Switch”: World’s Biggest Sand Battery Goes Live and Instantly Slashes CO2 Emissions by 70%

Finland has launched the world's first industrial-scale sand battery

www.sustainability-times.com/energy/europ...

“Europe Just Flipped the Switch”: World’s Biggest Sand Battery Goes Live and Instantly Slashes CO2 Emissions by 70% - Sustainability Times

IN A NUTSHELL 🔋 Finland launches the world’s first industrial-scale sand battery to store surplus renewable energy as heat. 🌍 The project aims to reduce CO2-equivalent emissions by nearly 70%, support...

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RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · Jun 19

"The UN is leading an international effort called the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change. Brazil will call for countries to strengthen measures to fight climate lies...Germany, the UK, France, Chile, Morocco & others already signed up to the initiative."

Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Jun 19

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says www.theguardian.com/environment/... @dpcarrington.bsky.social

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

www.theguardian.com

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Jun 19

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says www.theguardian.com/environment/... @dpcarrington.bsky.social

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

www.theguardian.com

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · Jun 19

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Ban fossil fuel ads to save climate, says UN chief @antonioguterres

We need to take urgent #ClimateAction in all sectors to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!

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via @UNFCCC @BBCNews @MattMcGrathBBC @MarkPoynting

Climate change: Ban fossil fuel advertising says UN chief

The UN leader's call comes as new data highlights the worrying pace of global warming.

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Coda Story @codastory.bsky.social · Jun 19

Sudan’s civil war has displaced over 12 million and created one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time, yet it remains largely ignored amid global power plays and arms deals. What’s fueling this forgotten conflict, and who pays the price? Read more: buff.ly/sr8bKJi

Sudan’s forgotten war - Coda Story

While Donald Trump lectures South Africa about ‘genocide’ and brokers peace in the DRC in exchange for minerals, he remains silent about the humanitarian catastrophe in Khartoum

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WWF EU @wwf.eu · Jun 19

BREAKING! @europarl.europa.eu's Conference of Presidents decides on working group on NGO funding

⚖️Threatens democracy & essential role of civil society
📣 Jeopardises inclusive, pluralistic nature of EU
📜 Legitimises politically motivated push to restrict civic space

www.wwf.eu?18440916/EP-...

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Dave Walsh @davewalshocean.bsky.social · Jun 9

“Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding “ www.theguardian.com/environment/... @lisabachelor.bsky.social

‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

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ICCT Europe 🇪🇺 @iccteu.bsky.social · Jun 2

Between 2015 and 2021, #BlackCarbon emissions in the #Arctic have nearly doubled. A significant share came from ships traveling to and from EU ports, our new study reveals.

🔎 Full report: theicct.org/publication/...

Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · May 28

Shipping between EU ports in the Arctic is driving the rapid loss of sea ice, report warns
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0... @euronews.com @theicct.org

How shipping in the EU is driving the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice

Black carbon emissions from ships in the Arctic nearly doubled in six years.

www.euronews.com

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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · Jun 3

Great article on #BreakFossilInfluence: 30 major health orgs will NO longer hire PR/ad agencies that work w/fossil fuel firms. "For 50y+ they have run multi-billion $ campaigns to misinform, lobby & confuse about climate crisis" healthpolicy-watch.news/health-organ... @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social

Health Organizations Drop Ad Agencies Working With Fossil Fuel Industry - Health Policy Watch

Over 30 health organizations representing 12 million doctors, nurses, and public health professionals globally have pledged to no longer work with advertising

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