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Political theory - decolonial, intergenerational, multispecies, environmental, & planetary relations & responsibilities. Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago | Aotearoa

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Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet…

Surging demand for construction sand threatens Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake.

Research shows Mekong sand mining has deepened channels and halved wet-season flows into Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the river’s “heartbeat,” underscoring urgent calls for coordinated basin governance.

27.12.2025 00:10 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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A microbial matt leading down to the partially frozen lake Yellowstone.

14.12.2025 01:31 👍 253 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 0
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This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.

From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.

#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends

10.12.2025 18:40 👍 4309 🔁 407 💬 95 📌 17
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More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis

“I’ve been amazed by the groundswell of grassroots, bipartisan opposition to this....everyone is affected by this, the opposition has been across the political spectrum. A lot of people don’t see the benefits coming from AI and feel they will be paying for it"

08.12.2025 19:45 👍 337 🔁 134 💬 9 📌 4

PSA: Everyone, hold tight for a while. I imagine OIAs are being filed presently by the groups who may challenge the puberty blockers' decision.
That will take up to 3 months, given delaying tactics, so don't expect to see anything publicly for a while.
Hold on to your cash for any future fundraiser.

20.11.2025 22:10 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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A New Study Indicates Forest Regeneration Provides Climate Benefits, but Won’t Offset Fossil Fuels Effective climate policy must treat forest regeneration and emissions reductions as complementary strategies, not alternatives, according to a new paper.

Scientists at @climate.columbia.edu say regenerated ecosystems, designed to regrow foliage and absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, create fewer climate benefits than previously thought.

17.11.2025 18:41 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

📢 WE'RE GOING TO RE-POST our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and better for everyone. Thank You! 👍♥️✊

15.11.2025 10:10 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions

10.11.2025 05:13 👍 39 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 1

It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.

11.11.2025 05:37 👍 405 🔁 123 💬 12 📌 17

Is that good

11.11.2025 07:36 👍 1987 🔁 215 💬 62 📌 6

A climate protestor was charged in WA with public nuisance for playing the violin too loudly outside the Woodside office.

11.11.2025 04:59 👍 49 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 0
the neutral users saw twice as much right-wing content as left-wing content

the neutral users saw twice as much right-wing content as left-wing content

This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content

If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project

STOP ALREADY

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

06.11.2025 08:47 👍 211 🔁 101 💬 7 📌 10
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Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists Gates recently called for a ‘strategic pivot’ in climate strategy. That appears to have hit a nerve.

“Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists" | Article by Ryan M. Katz-Rosene for @us.theconversation.com:

theconversation.com/why-bill-gat...

06.11.2025 22:36 👍 77 🔁 32 💬 10 📌 4
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

06.11.2025 04:58 👍 23449 🔁 8103 💬 661 📌 1533

Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:

31.10.2025 22:50 👍 937 🔁 346 💬 32 📌 10
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📣 Today we have updated our summary of net zero targets across 40+ of the world's largest emitters. What do we see?

🛑 Ten years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the design of most net zero targets remains inadequate.

🔗 climateactiontracker.org/global/cat-n...

28.10.2025 10:30 👍 21 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 1
Michael Mann discussed Hurricane Melissa +Bill Gates climate comments with Chris Jansing on MSNBC
Michael Mann discussed Hurricane Melissa +Bill Gates climate comments with Chris Jansing on MSNBC YouTube video by Michael Mann

I discussed how climate change supercharged Hurricane #Melissa + Bill Gates latest climate comments with Chris Jansing on @msnbc.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ5O...

28.10.2025 18:55 👍 189 🔁 74 💬 5 📌 10
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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Hits Jamaica as Risk of Climate Change-Fueled Tropical Storms Rises - Inside Climate News Environmental advocates call for fossil fuel companies to pay for damages as climate change fuels more destructive hurricanes.

A Category 5 hurricane slams into Jamaica as climate change fuels stronger storms, and as environmental advocates call for fossil fuel companies to pay for damages.

28.10.2025 23:32 👍 37 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1
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Why Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever The monster hurricane pummelling Jamaica is powered by abnormal sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean, which were made at least 500 times more likely by global warming

"The warm waters that fueled its intensification were 500 to 700 times more likely as a result of climate change."

Hurricane Melissa is being supercharged by abnormally warm ocean temperatures.

This is not normal. This is what a climate crisis looks like.

28.10.2025 20:40 👍 32 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

28.10.2025 18:53 👍 540 🔁 247 💬 19 📌 13
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To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

28.10.2025 20:46 👍 644 🔁 145 💬 31 📌 14
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Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil to Asia, evading Western sanctions. Reuters found the ships were connected by one thing: a small insurance company in New Zealand, run by a British family.

Holy fuck, this is terrible.
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Reuters - A small insurance company in New Zealand helped Iran and Russia move billions of dollars of sanctioned oil.
@specialreports
investigates Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing: reut.rs/48Q4seU

28.10.2025 20:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!

This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."

26.10.2025 13:24 👍 186 🔁 72 💬 4 📌 4
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S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

Learned a ton fr this mindblowing episode❗

@amywestervelt.bsky.social in a rich, wide-ranging conversation w the phenomenally knowledgeable @profsecchi.bsky.social & @kat-lauber.bsky.social unpacking the history of multi-layered climate obstruction strategies & operations of the animal ag industry

25.10.2025 23:32 👍 74 🔁 35 💬 5 📌 7

For a pilot study in 2022, scientists fitted 5 Australian magpies with tiny trackers that could only be removed with a magnet or scissors. Within 10 minutes, a female had successfully removed the tracker from a younger bird, and 3 days later, all of them had been removed.

25.10.2025 09:57 👍 386 🔁 51 💬 10 📌 9
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How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru

📢 "Plaid Cymru’s message of hope beat Reform’s hate. Where Reform shouted division, we talked about belonging. Where they peddled blame, we talked about community ... The populist right can be beaten when people are offered hope and a vision of a fairer future." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

25.10.2025 13:16 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Now THIS is a mission the National Guard can be proud of. 🙌

Via @voteinorout.bsky.social

25.10.2025 15:36 👍 2770 🔁 960 💬 84 📌 55
Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes - UBCevents How have Indigenous narratives helped Indigenous peoples cope with and confront climate change? What does it mean to see and story climate change not so much as a problem, but […]

Rick Harp @mediaindigena.bsky.social tonight at the BFF symposium at UBC-Vancouver:

"Indigenous language revitalization is climate change solution."

A glorious possibility. And we have also to deal with oligarch nihilism for our planet and for all of the Peoples. Begin by disbelieving them.

25.10.2025 05:05 👍 25 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

Join us for reading Carson and also seeing how her comments in the 1960s are… spot on for today 👀

25.10.2025 22:12 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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The Right Path Forward on Climate Change Whether we have a climate crisis is no longer a matter of worthy debate. Precisely how we solve it is.

Since Bill Gates is back in the news dismissing the urgency of climate action, here's my evergreen commentary in @newsweek.com on why his approach and framing is so misguided: www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...

24.10.2025 22:02 👍 218 🔁 82 💬 15 📌 4