Environment Matters

Previously had a dabble at 🦋 Time to revisit, will still check in here from time to time, you can find me over here : @enviromatters.bsky.social Toodle pip !

Shocking scenes on the Nowosady-Narewka road in Białowieża Forest. A huge area of woodland is being torn down to widen a road and build a bike track. It's the 21st century and Poland is still replacing parts of a world heritage site with tarmac and concrete. Growing beside the road wasn't old-growth forest. But it was well on it's way to becoming so again. Besides, the upgraded road will bring more habitat fragmentation, pollution, noise, spills and cars. How on earth did it get an environmental certificate? To co się dzieje na drodze Nowosady-Narewka w głowie się nie mieści. Wyrżnęli ogromny kawał lasu po to żeby rozszerzyć drogę. Trudno uwierzyć że w 21 wieku dalej betonujemy części naszego obiektu światowego dziedzictwa. Jak coś takiego mogło dostać decyzję środowiskową?

Those heading to Bluesky I believe there is now a captcha set up to ensure Elon's bot army does not follow over.... It's a tricky one 😉 bsky.app/profile/holte.…

The boomerang effect. As western societies continue to fuel #climatechange, they in effect hasten migration from the global south Case in point is Mexico -> USA phys.org/news/2024-11-w…

Main suppliers of China’s seaborne imported oil(kbd), Source: Kpler The Biden administration's bizarre sanctions to avoid higher oil prices have failed to cut off Tehran and Moscow's oil revenues. Rather, they have helped China's appetite for cheap crude. It was a policy that hurt allies' revenues and helped potential adversaries. #oott #china

It's my firm belief that there will never be an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty as long as Ilham Aliyev is in power. Almost every day, Aliyev himself reaffirms that belief.

@GregorMindset Belchatow ?

#smog #wisła

Hybrid attack 🥸

Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra is complicated by record-high oil production 🇺🇸🛢️ Most market watchers expect an oil supply surplus next year, and companies may be hesitant to expand drilling unless prices rebound strongly

Have you seen? ▶️ Muck Map reveals full extent of factory farming’s impact on rivers ▶️ Up to 33,450 tonnes of manure produced every day by chickens and pigs in factory farms ▶️ Join our call to give councils power to block more farms buff.ly/3YUNrdV @ciwf @friends_earth

Very good @SamuelMarcLowe look at what happened last time with Trump trade dealing and what we might expect this time around: ft.com/content/11e246…

And I will soon be leaving to pastures new. Engagement here is dreadful & the timeline is crap, even if you are a bit OCD & try to manage your timeline. X fatigue is real ...

As COP29 kicks off in an extractive state that silences journalism, RSF urges the international community to demand the immediate release of jailed journalists and safeguard press freedom in Azerbaijan. rsf.org/en/cop29-rsf-d…

Azerbaijan's state oil company is heavily involved in #COP29 preparations. Our report w/ @acdatacollectiv reveals there is a lack of guardrails to protect COP from fossil fuel influence. We must tackle climate corruption head-on to meet climate goals. anticorru.pt/36A

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How could the international community have sunk so low? Awarding COP 29 to Azerbaijan, a petro-dictatorship that tramples on every value the COP claims to defend, is an affront to common sense and human dignity. Let's remember who the host is: a country that orchestrated brutal ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, that indoctrinates its youth to hate Armenians, and that still holds Armenian prisoners of war in defiance of international conventions. Azerbaijan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, a practitioner of the famous "caviar diplomacy", where truth is exchanged for privilege. A country that is wiping out the Christian churches of the world's first Christian country, that has used jihadists as mercenaries and that practices toxic anti-French and anti-European propaganda as far afield as New Caledonia. War crimes, torture, unbridled propaganda... And this is where the planet chooses to discuss climate justice and peace? Such a decision is not only absurd, it is highly immoral. How many more masks will have to come off before we stop offering podiums to oppressors? #StopGreenwashGenocide #FreeArmenianHostages #COP29 #copofshame

Recommended read from @hakaimagazine documents ongoing efforts to sequester #carbon by emulating whale faeces discharge hakaimagazine.com/news/crafting-…

I’ve seen a Telegram group selling exotic animals. It’s disgusting and wrong that it’s so easy to pick up “your flavor” over the weekend. Money can buy you anything. You can pick up a Red Panda for $42k.