Josh Morsell
@joshmorsell.bsky.social
Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.
Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US
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Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US
U.N. climate negotiations begin Monday with leaders urging urgency and cooperation to curb global warming.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Climate talks start with call for faster action and more togetherness, but without the US
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Closed-door talks were characterised by “fraught deliberations” where “once-routine” issues became “deeply controversial and time-consuming."
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Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history - Carbon Brief
Governments have, once again, failed to agree on a timeline for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh assessment cycle (AR7)
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November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Closed-door talks were characterised by “fraught deliberations” where “once-routine” issues became “deeply controversial and time-consuming."
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Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today’s local fieldwork was colder but older! I think we may have found some 300 yr old beech and sweet gum! Will be going back to this site in the future, some nice oak and Nyssa as well.
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Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for. Every species, every hill, every system, that patch of grass out by the road.
Bats play crucial roles in biodiverse ecosystems the world over, yet they’re often overlooked in conservation planning.
New research from Vietnam indicates the existing network of protected areas fails to adequately safeguard the small flying mammals, risking continued population declines.
New research from Vietnam indicates the existing network of protected areas fails to adequately safeguard the small flying mammals, risking continued population declines.
Vietnam’s protected areas fall short of safeguarding most bats, study finds
Furry, feisty, and often on the wing, bats are tricky to observe, let alone to protect. Some species hibernate deep in caves or tree cavities for months at a time; many migrate long distances in…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Every inch of the Earth is worth fighting for. Every species, every hill, every system, that patch of grass out by the road.
fyi-Dome environments & underground cities have been proposed for dealing with climate change. Saudi Arabia, committed to fossil fuel, is already building such a city as a blueprint 4 more, calling this city green...all electricity to come from renewable sources, etc.
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The $500 Billion Underground City NEOM Is Digging
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November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
fyi-Dome environments & underground cities have been proposed for dealing with climate change. Saudi Arabia, committed to fossil fuel, is already building such a city as a blueprint 4 more, calling this city green...all electricity to come from renewable sources, etc.
youtu.be/sKU4j5CuUYs?...
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The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
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#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
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The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
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#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
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#Ocean #Heat #Climate #Nature
Governors step up.
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New Mexico's governor in Brazil for climate change conference
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November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Governors step up.
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Big news: we just launched the Threatened Public Lands Tracker. It’s the most detailed interactive tool we’ve ever built showing exactly where our public lands are under threat, who’s behind it, and what’s being done.
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#nationalparks #publiclands
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#nationalparks #publiclands
Threatened Public Lands Map | More Than Just Parks
Interactive map tracking current threats to America's public lands. Explore environmental challenges, report new threats, and take action to protect these precious landscapes.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Big news: we just launched the Threatened Public Lands Tracker. It’s the most detailed interactive tool we’ve ever built showing exactly where our public lands are under threat, who’s behind it, and what’s being done.
morethanjustparks.com/threatened-p...
#nationalparks #publiclands
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#nationalparks #publiclands
Um, have you all seen this by Mamdani? More from Mr Cardamom, please!
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom
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November 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Um, have you all seen this by Mamdani? More from Mr Cardamom, please!
California Governor Newsom heads to COP30. Newsom’s attendance underscores his continued efforts to make California a leading stand-in for U.S. engagement on climate change.
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Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil
The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
California Governor Newsom heads to COP30. Newsom’s attendance underscores his continued efforts to make California a leading stand-in for U.S. engagement on climate change.
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As it's Judi Bari's birthday, I'll share this clip from a 2021 discussion about her historic lawsuit which won a $4.4 million jury verdict that law enforcement violated Judi's and Darryl Cherney's rights in connection to the car bomb that nearly killed Judi in 1990. www.facebook.com/albion.natio...
15 reactions · 3 comments | Josh Morsell, legal assistant, investigative journalist: part 5 Judi Bari & the FBI . . . discussion with the legal team. October 10, 2021 Willits Museum. | Beth Bosk
Josh Morsell, legal assistant, investigative journalist: part 5 Judi Bari & the FBI . . . discussion with the legal team. October 10, 2021 Willits Museum.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As it's Judi Bari's birthday, I'll share this clip from a 2021 discussion about her historic lawsuit which won a $4.4 million jury verdict that law enforcement violated Judi's and Darryl Cherney's rights in connection to the car bomb that nearly killed Judi in 1990. www.facebook.com/albion.natio...
Today, Judi Bari would have been 76 years old.
#OtD 7 Nov 1949 revolutionary carpenter, @IWW and environmental activist martyr Judi Bari was born. She helped build links between eco-activists and logging workers, and was attacked and bombed but never gave up her activities until her premature death stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1074...
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today, Judi Bari would have been 76 years old.
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Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
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#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
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#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
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It was a very good election for the climate.
In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action.
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#Politics #Climate #Policy #Bills #Energy
In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action.
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#Politics #Climate #Policy #Bills #Energy
It was a very good election for the climate
In the first election of President Trump's second term, voters make it abundantly clear that they still care about climate action.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We need a fundamental paradigm shift.
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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We need a fundamental paradigm shift.
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No-Shows--
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Leaders of world’s biggest polluters are no-shows as heads of state gather for UN climate summit
World leaders descending on the United Nations annual climate summit in Brazil on Thursday will not need to see much more than the view from their airplane window to sense the unfathomable stakes.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
No-Shows--
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"Without naming the US leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil warned on Thursday of 'extremist forces that fabricate fake news and are condemning future generations to life on a planet altered forever by global warming.'"
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COP30: Starmer warns 'consensus is gone' on fighting climate change
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Without naming the US leader, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil warned on Thursday of 'extremist forces that fabricate fake news and are condemning future generations to life on a planet altered forever by global warming.'"
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UK opts out of Brazil's Tropical Forests Forever Fund.
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UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
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November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
UK opts out of Brazil's Tropical Forests Forever Fund.
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"This, according to Brazil, would make it one of the biggest multilateral investment funds for nature."
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COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? - Carbon Brief
Billed as the “Amazon COP”, COP30 will see the debut of Brazil’s flagship fund to “reward” tropical countries for keeping their forests intact
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November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"This, according to Brazil, would make it one of the biggest multilateral investment funds for nature."
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LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?