New article w. Arne Müller & Erland Segerstedt on recent SWE 🇸🇪 gov decisions that open up for prospecting & #mining in seven newly established #nature reserves in northern #Sweden & #Sápmi following appeals from #mining companies. Two more cases pending. Reach out for english: shorturl.at/SASdT

Important investigation linking up the clear-cutting of #forests with recent #landslides & #flooding experienced in northern Sweden 🇸🇪 which has caused serious damage to crucial #train and road infrastructure. The felling has been permitted even when risks were identified. shorturl.at/00sz4
#climate

Snart är det val i Norge - som nyss annonserat en enorm ny oljefyndighet. Den kommer va med att accelerera jordens väg ut ur ”livets korridor”- temperaturspannet som säkert kan hålla civilisation. Utanför Stortinget sitter nu klimatministerns kusin och vägrar äta.
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”Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided ’at all costs’. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.”

"The global north has long dictated the terms of international forest policy, supporting stricter environmental standards on tropical nations while sidestepping accountability at home."

shorturl.at/GmKM9 @jenskene.bsky.social

For those who might need this today - here's a clip of Crinan Wood's dawn chorus in early May last year. The woods is a small fragment of Atlantic rainforest and is to me a constant reminder of how magical the world can be. @wtscotsocial.bsky.social

The victims are believed to have been killed on 23 March, two of them in the early hours [...]. The remaining 13 were in a convoy of ambulances and civil defence vehicles dispatched to retrieve the bodies of their two colleagues. tinyurl.com/bde7jzuj

This is such an important documentary (sadly no english subtitles yet) - reporters link threats & violence directed at witnesses to swedish-company Lundin Oils, whose previous chairman & CEO stands accused of grave violations of international law while operating in Sudan. shorturl.at/ZKhJh

The European Commission has launched what it claims to be an “inclusive and collaborative” dialogue on the future of the EU steel industry, despite limiting civil society participation to trade unions and a single think tank ⬇️

“We are going to be writing every day in support and defence of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,“ Bezos said, adding that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others”

So much for journalistic independence @postopinions.bsky.social

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Ifjol var Sveriges overshoot day 21 april. I år är det 10 april. Det går åt fel håll. Om alla levde som vi i Sverige skulle det behövas fyra jordklot.

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"When New Scientist asked explicitly if human-caused climate change played any role in the record high temperatures, the NOAA press representative abruptly ended the call, saying, “I’m not seeing any more on-topic questions from the media""

”Planeten sätter gränser som vi måste förhålla oss till. Det behöver inte vara dåligt, tvärtom kan det vara befriande”, säger forskaren Åsa Callmer.
Läs @nadiajebril.bsky.social

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Wrote a wee piece about @amnesty.org report illustrating how Sámi peoples #Indigenous #humanrights are threatened in relation to "green transition" projects in the Nordics 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴. Is Sápmi becoming a "green sacrifice zone"? Reach out for english version, report is on Amnesty website! shorturl.at/NR8id

"In one generation, Sweden has become polyglot and cosmopolitan – but denial has met the wave of white supremacism sweeping the country. [...] For everyone in Sweden to feel safe and harmonious, the dehumanisation of immigrants as a group must also stop."
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