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21 Nov 2024
"Social land reforms, i.e. recognition, restitution, redistribution, and restoration of land, that are in many places incomplete and have been neglected, are core parts of responses to climate change."-Integrating Human Rights into Climate Action
This morning at #COP29, new texts dropped. Read our key takeaways & proposals on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange in this thread 🧵👇
But first, check out our briefing note with key demands for this year’s climate talks climaterights.org/wp-content…
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20 Nov 2024
“If you look at Jenny Creek & the Klamath main stem in the Iron Gate reservoir footprint, you see tens of thousands of willows coming up. A whole riparian forest is being reborn even right now.” - Michael Belchik, Yurok Fisheries Dept Sr Policy Analyst therevelator.org/salmon-klam…
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19 Nov 2024
Instead, stop the >$5 Trillion/yr Fossil Fuel Subsidies & use that $ for transition, mitigation, customary resource titling & Human Rights enforcement.
19 Nov 2024
🪧 Why are people protesting at #COP29?
Here's what @collinrees of @PriceofOil told us.
"We're asking for trillions of dollars per year," he says, calling for high-quality public finance, not loans that could further burden developing nations.
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19 Nov 2024
?But "Agent Orange" said rents were high due to the undocumented?
19 Nov 2024
Don't expect housing costs to go down anytime soon.
Wall Street firms that have been buying up hundreds of thousands of homes are celebrating Trump's victory, anticipating far less regulatory scrutiny under a Republican administration.
Be warned.
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19 Nov 2024
Jon Stewart urges Democrats to ditch the rule-following and take a page from the Republican playbook: start exploiting loopholes
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18 Nov 2024
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18 Nov 2024
“Out of all the milestones that we’ve had, this one to me is the most significant. It feels like catharsis. It feels like the right path.” - Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey, @AP
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18 Nov 2024
“Out of all the milestones that we’ve had, this one to me is the most significant. It feels like catharsis. It feels like the right path.” - Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey, @AP
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18 Nov 2024
Why was this ad not aired more?
18 Nov 2024
According to @ShaneGoldmacher, Future Forward said, the following Harris ad had ranked in the “100th percentile” — meaning it was the most effective — yet it had virtually never been aired.
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14 Nov 2024
Ahhh & the tiny fishes working the micro currents & communities......
10 Nov 2024
“People come and go
I listened to their humming
Whisper it to the fish and pebbles
I want to scream at them
I am the veins of the lands
I let the forest breathe
And you”
A forest river in West Kalimantan-
📹 Rudy S
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14 Nov 2024
Stopping fossil fuel subsidies are the easiest next step.
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#StopFossilFuelSubsidies is the lowest hanging fruit
3 Mar 2024
Fossil fuels were given over $7 TRILLION in subsidies last year: buff.ly/3P85KHU That's $19.2 billion per day,
$799 million per hour,
$13.3 million every minute.
The first step in addressing the problem is to stop funding it. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy
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3 Mar 2024
58 countries, including China & members of the EU, have banned paraquat because of its extreme toxicity, including its connection to Parkinson’s disease. Tell EPA to follow the science & address this public health crisis by texting PARAQUAT to 43428 ejus.tc/49T5946
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27 Feb 2024
Tax cheating by millionaires and billionaires costs us more than $150 billion a year. That’s a staggering amount — enough to fund universal child care and then some. The IRS is doing its job by cracking down on wealthy tax cheats.
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25 Feb 2024
Rays riding the waves
[📹 jessroseowens]
[📍 Okaloosa Island, Florida]
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26 Feb 2024
Luca Martinez is an 18-year-old nature videographer. Possibly the best of his repertoire, the incredible underworld of the Everglades, Florida
[📹 lucamartinez.fl]
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26 Feb 2024
Also used by the Chinese along with geese for 40 centuries...also eaten & later supplying feather insulation.
25 Feb 2024
Japanese farmers rediscover ancient rice-growing technique that boosts production without the need for chemicals. Using ducks instead
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25 Feb 2024
VICTORY! A federal district court recently ruled that a large portion of Electron Dam must be removed from the Puyallup River in Washington because the dam harms fish protected under the Endangered Species Act. ejus.tc/3uId2un
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25 Feb 2024
Good evening from Norway..our ice flakes
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24 Feb 2024
Lightning and volcanic lightning on the Acatenango Volcano in Guatemala
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25 Feb 2024
Maine's Land Use Planning Commission rejected a mining proposal for the Katahdin region. This is a major win for the Wabanaki Tribes and the people of Maine who stood up to say this is no place for a mine. ejus.tc/3OL0bOO
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