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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 5h

good point well made (with broccoli microphones 🥦) @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social

TABLE @tabledebates.bsky.social · Jul 28

🥦 Is eating more plants in the future actually a choice? 🥦

@paulbehrens.bsky.social breaks down how the plant-based future will arrive in this #FoodTakes video with @rebelwrit.bsky.social

Watch the full video here: buff.ly/SJ1L1EY

@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 10h

truly the dumbest timeline

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 10h

five years after failing to get terms like 'plant-based burger' and 'veggie sausage' banned in europe, looks like the livestock lobby going to get its way

www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

www.euractiv.com

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 1d

v interesting that the boss of the world's biggest meat company JBS thinks ozempic could be fuelling the recent protein craze

www.ft.com/content/5fad...

Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 1d

oh man the global plastics treaty is busted

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil

Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

www.theguardian.com

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 27d

Grimly crisp illustration of the mechanism whereby toxic and unrepresentative social media shapes mainstream coverage.

Prominent journalist logs onto X, sees claim, assumes truth, repeats in national broadcast from trusted mainstream news org.

Happens all day every day, just especially stark here.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27d

Justin Webb just referred on Today to "platforms like Bluesky, where you can see the celebration of the killing" of Charlie Kirk.

What I'm seeing on here is overwhelming condemnation; despair at the violence of US politics; alarm at where this might go; & calls for equal horror at other shootings.

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Sep 5

it's my understanding that these findings are causing some consternation at the reform conference

Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Sep 5

farage is opening pandora's box by promising to get fracking.

i've identified 34 reform target seats that would be impacted, and exclusive polling shows it's a divisive issue amongst 'reform-curious' voters

— my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...

Reform target seats would be among those first to be fracked, analysis shows

unearthed.greenpeace.org

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Sep 5

Going for 'no' here

The Economist @economist.com · Sep 5

Will the absence of robotaxis in Europe mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?

Robotaxis will be the Sputnik Moment for a declining Europe

A slow-motion car crash on Europe’s roads

econ.st

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Sep 5

also in today's guardian.

big thanks to @richasyal.bsky.social, @robynvinter.bsky.social, and @tessakhan.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows

Exclusive: Policy lacks support in areas where drilling could start – many of which have Reform MPs or are target seats

www.theguardian.com

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Sep 5

farage is opening pandora's box by promising to get fracking.

i've identified 34 reform target seats that would be impacted, and exclusive polling shows it's a divisive issue amongst 'reform-curious' voters

— my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/09/05/r...

Reform target seats would be among those first to be fracked, analysis shows

unearthed.greenpeace.org

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Sep 4

the UK is on a dark path

www.spectator.co.uk/article/robe...

Robert Jenrick: ‘Asylum seekers should be detained in camps’

On a table in Robert Jenrick’s parliamentary office lies the first part of Ronald Hutton’s biography of Oliver Cromwell, a conventional MP who became radicalised by events and usurped a monarch. The s...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Jul 27

quite funny that douglas carswell deleted this on the other site

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · Jun 27

The American Chemistry Council is supporting a new effort to weaponize AI to combat science it doesn't like, according to materials obtained by EPI. Story by @dharna.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Inside a plan to use AI to amplify doubts about the dangers of pollutants

Risk analyst Tony Cox’s work has been backed by the chemical lobby, and some health experts are alarmed

www.theguardian.com

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Chartered Institute of Housing @cihhousing.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢Good news: The 200-year-old Vagrancy Act is finally to be repealed, meaning rough sleeping will no longer be treated as a crime in England & Wales.
CIH have long called for an approach that tackles the root causes of homelessness—not punishes people for it. This is a welcome & long overdue change🧵⬇️

Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years

The Government has confirmed it will repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence.

www.gov.uk

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Jun 10

it's just over 5 years since i discovered the environment agency's secret report into the toxic chemicals in sludge being spread on farmland

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/02/04/s...

Secret report details toxic chemicals in sewage used as fertiliser at English farms

The Environment Agency found sewage sludge destined for English fields was contaminated with microplastics, weedkiller, and “persistent organic pollutants”

unearthed.greenpeace.org

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Jun 10

great coverage by the beeb, including a leading story on BBC Breakfast

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Warning over 'dirty secret' of toxic chemicals on farmers fields

Campaigners say that farmers' fields are being contaminated by chemicals and microplastics in sewage sludge.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · Jun 10

water comanies are freaking out that they're about to have millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge with 'nowhere to go'

my latest for @unearthednews.bsky.social

with @ellieodonnell.bsky.social

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/06/09/s...

‘No Plan B’: Water companies fear pollution crackdown will stop them spreading sewage sludge on farmland

unearthed.greenpeace.org

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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · Jun 2

This is incredibly unfair: high-income nations with large dairy sectors are looking to adopt a "no additional warming" target, avoiding the methane cuts needed to meet international targets and pledges.

We have written an open letter to the NZ PM and I spoke to the FT👇🧵

www.ft.com/content/2ea6...

Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions

‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers

www.ft.com

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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · May 29

Three years after our investigation into Total's huge carbon offsetting project in the Congo, the oil giant is abandoning it - @reporterre.net reports.

It's reportedly stopped funding the project & pulled staff out the country. It planted 12.5% of the intended trees.

reporterre.net/TotalEnergie...

TotalEnergies abandonne en catimini un projet de compensation carbone au Congo

Après l'avoir lancé en grande pompe, TotalEnergies abandonne en silence un projet de plantation de forêt pour compenser ses émissions en République du Congo. 12 % des arbres promis y ont été plantés, ...

reporterre.net

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · May 28

what a stat

new data centre = the emissions of an airport

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Data centre blitz threatens Labour’s net zero hopes

Northumberland project to generate as much carbon dioxide as Birmingham Airport

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · May 22

top notch supply chain investigating by @hazelhealy.bsky.social & @desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2025/05/22/r...

Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch

www.desmog.com

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · May 15

“It is a phenomenal opportunity here that our industry has to take advantage of. We have to get this right”

— Ann Bluntzer Pullin, exec director of the Hamm Institute for American Energy

www.hartenergy.com/exclusives/2...

2025 Hamm Summit Goal: Make US NatGas ‘Hero’ for Powergen

Stepping up power for data centers “is a phenomenal opportunity here that our industry has to take advantage of. We have to get this right,” the Hamm Institute for American Energy’s executive director...

www.hartenergy.com

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Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · May 15

buried in this @economist.com story:

shale gas giant harold hamm (a big player in trumpworld) held a summit with oil execs to make sure the ai boom is powered by fossil fuels

cc @ketanjoshi.co @dougparr.bsky.social

www.economist.com/business/202...

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Richa Syal @richasyal.bsky.social · May 14

What’s the point of banning greenwashing if big brands can just carry on?

Our latest investigation has found major brands have continued to promote green claims, months or even years after they were ruled “misleading” by the UK ad watchdog:
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/05/14/m...

Revealed: Companies repeat misleading green claims despite UK ad bans

Major brands, including car manufacturers, an airline, and a bottled water company have apparently continued to promote environmental claims after they were ruled “misleading” in a crackdown on greenw...

unearthed.greenpeace.org

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