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New study: 🧠 People support environmental protection after GDP and environmental pressures rise ⚖️ But those who pollute least—the poor—are most likely to prefer protecting the environment over growth 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… 🧵 @danbrockington @ForrestFleisch1

Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20,000+ children in 858 days.

Shout out to @danstan_mukono @KiwangoWilly and Judith Krauss for the great collaborations while working on the chapters.

Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions. This week @TheLancet published a landmark three-part series on the science, policy and politics of #UPF. thelancet.com/series-do/ultr…

I still can’t believe the media called this “targeting Hamas.”

Today the COP30 climate conference in Brazil witnessed large-scale protests organized by Indigenous peoples both inside and outside the conference venue. The protesters voiced their opposition to international climate policies that marginalize their rights and lands. They argue that their representation in these conferences is often merely symbolic, with little real influence over environmental and climate decision-making, despite being the traditional guardians of the rainforest and among the most affected by climate change. The Indigenous population in Brazil is estimated at around 900,000 people, spread across more than 300 ethnic and linguistic groups, most of whom live in the Amazon region. This region accounts for over half of Brazil's rainforest and is one of the most important ecosystems in the world. These communities play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and protecting forests from deforestation, which is often driven by mining projects, commercial agriculture, and logging companies. The protesters demand that Indigenous peoples be granted genuine legal and political rights in environmental decision-making, emphasizing that their lands are not commodities to be sold or financial instruments like carbon credits. They strongly criticize so-called carbon markets and environmental governance funds, which are often used as a cover by multinational corporations to continue exploiting natural resources under the guise of environmental protection, without respecting local communities and their rights. At the same time, several African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Angola, Kenya, and South Africa, have seen widespread protests against carbon markets. These markets grant enormous privileges to multinational corporations to take control of local lands and increase demand for natural resources such as cobalt used in electric car batteries, a sector that often relies on child labor and resource exploitation in conflict zones. The protesters also criticize greenwashing, the practice by which companies use tools such as carbon offsets, green investments, and environmental and social governance funds to market themselves as sustainable and ethical, while continuing to exploit cheap labor and pollute the environment without accountability. Protests in Brazil and Africa represent a single face of green capitalism, a system that reproduces the logic of old colonialism: the Global South bears the greatest burden of climate change and the responsibility to protect the planet, while the wealthy Global North continues to pollute and profit.

Os cuento esto: Esto es la parte del río Turia por Xirivella (Valencia), donde pone ahora "consell dimissió", ponía Mazón dimissió y los operarios del ayuntamiento lo borraron. Lo han vuelto a pintar, pero ahora, con la dimissió de todo el consell. Siempre seremos mejores. Moltes gràcies. Mazón a presó, consell dimissió.

Reposting this position - still looking for strong candidates and open until Oct. 31. And please note that we have specific instructions and are looking for people with specific skillsets - don't waste your time (or ours) if you don't fit the job requirements.

📢 GRAN MANIFESTACIÓ UNITÀRIA 4 d'octubre · 12h · Jardinets de Gràcia

Amazing free resource created by the @ICMM_com: a global dataset of mining and processing sites that can be integrated with Google Maps! Download here: icmm.com/en-gb/research…

"Your AirBnB was my home" Seen in Barcelona

they called it a famine in Ireland too

📌 Viatjar en Rodalies perjudica la salut mental: "Hi ha persones que han hagut de canviar de domicili, feina, o estudis" #Echobox=1753366036" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rac1.cat/societat/20250…

@lapersanc Ànims! A l’interior del País Valencià fem honor al nom de socarrats... Hi ha certa analogia entre els botiflers i el canvi climàtic, no?

Què hem de fer d'això?

Se publica en REC el monográfico "Espacio y economía heterodoxa: un diálogo interdisciplinar sobre las geografías del capitalismo" Textos chulísimos para corroborar que no hemos asistido al fin de la historia. Seguimos pensando los espacios del capitalismo upo.es/revistas/index…

Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality. 🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY written with @gatonievas [1/9] 🔗 wid.world/news-article/u…

This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment, and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

🗣️ @UnioLlauradora denuncia nova entrada de 6.000 tones d'arròs importat a través del port de València per a l'empresa Herba Ricemill que està situada a Algemesí. Critiquem que no s'especifique l'origen de l'arròs en paquets que compren els consumidors 👇 bit.ly/4kwzOdc

@jasonhickel @JuanBordera

So post-materialism holds rhetorically, not materially. Growth drives both harm and expressed concern—without preventing damage. Meanwhile, the poor live with the consequences—and consistently call for protection. ⚖️ This is environmental justice.

New study: 🧠 People support environmental protection after GDP and environmental pressures rise ⚖️ But those who pollute least—the poor—are most likely to prefer protecting the environment over growth 📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… 🧵 @danbrockington @ForrestFleisch1