Lottie Limb
@lottielimb.bsky.social
Freelance journalist specialising in environmental stories. Words in BBC Travel, Euronews Green, The Sunday Times Magazine & more.
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What do you do with a captive orca when the public turns against performing whales? It's a question vexing the French government as it searches for a solution for Wikie and Keijo, two orcas stuck in a shuttered marine park.
My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
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My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
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Free Willy lifeline is just a fantasy for France’s last two captive orcas | The Observer
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December 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What do you do with a captive orca when the public turns against performing whales? It's a question vexing the French government as it searches for a solution for Wikie and Keijo, two orcas stuck in a shuttered marine park.
My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
My report for @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
A luminous essay on care, where the media often fails to follow it: "The work of building kitchens and clinics in the mud, of replanting firebreaks in scorched soil, of lifting a neighbour’s mattress into the sun..."
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Care Lessons for the Climate Endgame
During the climate endgame, our survival hinges on rebuilding the systems of interdependence that make life in the ruins possible.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A luminous essay on care, where the media often fails to follow it: "The work of building kitchens and clinics in the mud, of replanting firebreaks in scorched soil, of lifting a neighbour’s mattress into the sun..."
www.break-down.org/care-lessons...
www.break-down.org/care-lessons...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A firestorm has ripped through the BBC, but no one can quite put their finger on why. An analysis of yesterday's curious hearing into an undoubted PR coup by those who wish the BBC ill www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
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~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
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Fun/inspiring @motherjones.com interview with journalism hero @elizkolbert.bsky.social
How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fun/inspiring @motherjones.com interview with journalism hero @elizkolbert.bsky.social
How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Strait of Messina is the last place in Europe where trains still travel by sea. But a new mega-bridge could spell the end of this unique crossing.
I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊
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I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊
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The last European train that travels by sea
Italy's sleeper from Milan to Sicily ends with a rare rail-ferry crossing that's threatened by a new mega bridge.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Strait of Messina is the last place in Europe where trains still travel by sea. But a new mega-bridge could spell the end of this unique crossing.
I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
I loved taking the night train all the way from Milan to Syracuse, and wrote about it here for BBC Travel 🚂 🌊
www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
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A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury
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One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"The idea of mass deportations as a realistic political agenda would have felt as far-fetched two decades ago as the idea of your non-white friends being strapped into a plane does now. This, in itself, should serve as a warning."
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What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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September 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"The idea of mass deportations as a realistic political agenda would have felt as far-fetched two decades ago as the idea of your non-white friends being strapped into a plane does now. This, in itself, should serve as a warning."
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The Basque Country has a unique public-private ecosystem. It was fascinating to visit Bilbao last month (during a heatwave) and see what solutions it's generating for climate adaptation and mitigation.
@tecnalia.bsky.social
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Inside the Spanish region leading the way on climate adaptation
From storm-proofing grids to electrifying its port, Bilbao has some cutting-edge answers to climate change.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Basque Country has a unique public-private ecosystem. It was fascinating to visit Bilbao last month (during a heatwave) and see what solutions it's generating for climate adaptation and mitigation.
@tecnalia.bsky.social
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@tecnalia.bsky.social
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Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them
August 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them
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🧡 BREAKING: Historic win 🧡
The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵
The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵
July 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🧡 BREAKING: Historic win 🧡
The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵
The High Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled for the first time that authorities failing to properly address water pollution from industrial livestock are violating people's fundamental rights – and should be held accountable 🧵
“If we continue to follow the wishes of the fossil fuel industry and delay serious mitigation further, more and more people will lose their lives, for the financial benefit of only a tiny, rich, loud, influential minority.” - @frediotto.bsky.social
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Climate change tripled deaths during Europe heatwave, scientists find
A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“If we continue to follow the wishes of the fossil fuel industry and delay serious mitigation further, more and more people will lose their lives, for the financial benefit of only a tiny, rich, loud, influential minority.” - @frediotto.bsky.social
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza:
"The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."
"The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."
Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats: “My Moral Obligation”
As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initia...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Greta Thunberg on why it’s essential for climate activists to speak out on Gaza:
"The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."
"The reason I am a climate activist is not because I want to protect trees. I'm a climate activist because I care about human, planetary well-being and those are extremely interlinked."
A very long infringement: 12 years after starting legal action against Italy over a polluting steel plant, the EU has yet to take it to court.
Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇
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Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇
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Inside Taranto’s 12-year wait for EU action on steel plant pollution
The European Commission has been accused of misconduct over its handling of toxic pollution from Ilva, once Europe's largest steel plant.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A very long infringement: 12 years after starting legal action against Italy over a polluting steel plant, the EU has yet to take it to court.
Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Taranto residents feel "abandoned in the shadows of institutional indifference". Today, they complained to the Ombudsman 👇
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
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May 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thankfully, the village was evacuated already, but one person is missing and everyone else’s homes are destroyed.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
Make no mistake: this is a climate disaster.
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Remember the six Portuguese young people who brought a massive climate lawsuit against 32 European countries at the European Court of Human Rights? They're now building a claim directly against their own government, together with NGO Último Recurso.
‘Heroic’ youth back with new climate lawsuit after European rejection
A new lawsuit is being built to challenge the Portuguese government’s climate targets and plans by young veterans of climate litigation.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Remember the six Portuguese young people who brought a massive climate lawsuit against 32 European countries at the European Court of Human Rights? They're now building a claim directly against their own government, together with NGO Último Recurso.
More than 40% of the world's electricity is generated from clean energy, with solar lighting the way.
Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich.
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Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich.
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World reaches 40% clean electricity. What’s the story in Europe?
Heatwaves, AI and data centres are driving electricity demand to new heights. But clean power is up to the challenge, a new global review finds.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
More than 40% of the world's electricity is generated from clean energy, with solar lighting the way.
Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich.
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Europe is well ahead with 71% clean electricity. "There is a solar story in every country now" says @ember-energy.org's Dr Beatrice Petrovich.
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Israeli soldiers shot at clearly marked Red Crescent and UN vehicles. They killed the aid workers inside them "one by one". And buried them beside their ambulances in the sand.
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Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
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March 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israeli soldiers shot at clearly marked Red Crescent and UN vehicles. They killed the aid workers inside them "one by one". And buried them beside their ambulances in the sand.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
A new investigation joins the dots between fracking in the Permian Basin, petrochemical giants and everyday plastics.
@cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇
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@cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇
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New investigation links Texas fracking to European plastics
More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.
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March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new investigation joins the dots between fracking in the Permian Basin, petrochemical giants and everyday plastics.
@cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
@cielorg.bsky.social & @stand.earth researchers explain why plastic pollution is a supply driven issue 👇
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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My reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the Loss and Damage Fund 🧵
"The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing...
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"The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing...
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March 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the Loss and Damage Fund 🧵
"The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing...
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"The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage not only exemplifies a longstanding pattern of obstruction by the U.S. government in securing...
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Back on the beaver beat - featuring a perfectly placed dam near Prague, and the UK's new rules on wild releases.
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From Czechia to the UK, here’s how beavers are winning people over
Beavers are working wonders across Europe. Is the UK finally realising their potential?
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March 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Back on the beaver beat - featuring a perfectly placed dam near Prague, and the UK's new rules on wild releases.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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