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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Greens… of course

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Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇 @gpetrick.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hey let's put a panel together!! I'm working on wine & climate change. Can be food related or something else. Also DM me if you want to be part of the Food & Environment SIG.

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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“The climate alarm is blaring, from every direction…These spiralling disasters are now the lived reality for billions in a world getting rapidly hotter, as humanity moves too slowly from fossil fuels to clean energy and to protect forests.”

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Almost 4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites near Bordeaux as wildfires rage in France and Spain

Return of winds and extreme heat threaten firefighters’ attempts to bring blazes under control

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Help environmental history prosper by supporting young scholars! Donations small and large are very welcome. #EnvHist #fundraiser

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"This is the worst wildfire in our region's history," Madrid's regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso said after telling reporters the fires had merged. "It's the perfect storm of very high temperatures and ceaseless winds that aren't letting up." #ClimateEmergency

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Wildfires force more than 300,000 people in France and Spain to flee

More than 300,000 people fled wildfires raging across France and Spain on Saturday as worsening blazes forced fresh evacuations, killed at least three people and prompted authorities to warn of a "dif...

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

‘Bordeaux…is considering a total evacuation of the city of 270,000 people, with fires just 30 miles away. ‘France has already launched its largest peacetime evacuation.’ www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c6ffeee...

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Bordeaux faces evacuation over ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires

France launches largest peacetime exodus as blaze threatens city of 270,000 people

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We are excited to announce the release of a special issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, titled “Imagining Environmental Futures.” Read the issue for free at springs-rcc.org. #envhum #envhist #publications #RCCSprings #specialissue #future

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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The journal French Historical Studies is especially interested in early-career researchers contributing to the upcoming #EnvHist issue. Deadline: 31 August. Read the full call here:

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The call for ESEH 2027 is out! Submit your proposal by 15 October. We offer standard formats like panel sessions, individual papers, book presentations, and posters, but also repeat our creative Different World Sessions! Read more here: eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #EnvHist #EnvHum

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Teresa Bücker @teresabuecker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

»Dass wir jetzt aber schon an dem Punkt angekommen sind, an dem eine ZDF-Intendanz autoritär in Sendungen eingreift, antifaschistisches Liedgut verbietet und eine Begründung verweigert, das erschüttert uns; und das nennt man nicht Demokratie“, so die Musiker. www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/ig...

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Igor Levit und Danger Dan: ZDF-Geschäftsleitung untersagt Auftritt der Musiker

Eigentlich sollten der Pianist Igor Levit und der Rapper Danger Dan in der Satiresendung »Die Anstalt« ihren neuen Song spielen. Nun schreitet die ZDF-Intendanz ein. Die Musiker sprechen von einem »au...

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/06/2026

🇨🇺 Cuba's housing crisis leaves families in Havana boxing gym for years A sports facility in Havana is not only the place where young boxers go to train but also home to nine Cuban families who have been lodged there since the partial collapse of their building.

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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Just like getting a cancer diagnosis, most people have to feel the effects of climate change to understand it. Whether it’s heat or storms, the important thing is to focus on systemic solutions and agree on the causes. That means redesigning homes, policy, and rejecting things that worsen it.

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Macron makes the excuse that France is experiencing a “completely unprecedented moment.” Sure, but not unpredicted. Scientists said this would happen, and it has. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/c...

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Europe’s Trains, Nuclear Plants and Factories Can’t Take the Heat Either

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

👏 Congratulations to our own Lucy Riall for winning an @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant with her project MIGRANT COLONIALISM 👇 Read more on the project's genesis and objectives 👇

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Western companies are pouring money into Brazil’s rare-earth industry, hoping to loosen China’s grip on the minerals used in electric vehicles, wind turbines and advanced weapons. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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The Fight to Break China’s Rare-Earth Dominance Moves to a New Front in Brazil

Brazil holds the world’s second-largest reserves and wants to become a processor of critical minerals, but it refuses to choose sides between Washington and Beijing.

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Achim Klüppelberg @achimklueppelberg.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We can have a debate about whether the political system in Socialist #Cuba needs reforms. But reading about an US Secretary of "Defence" going to #Guantanamo, on freaking Cuba, and threatening the state with war and the still held captives there with execution, clarifies who the threat really is.

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Josef Mühlbauer @josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Wir haben die 2.000er Marke überschritten binnen weniger Tage! Unterschreibt jetzt! Für Rüstungskontrolle, Verhandlungen, Gespräche, Diplomatie und Abrüstung! www.change.org/p/abr%C3%BCs...

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Achim Klüppelberg @achimklueppelberg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It was an absolute pleasure to contribuge to the seminar with a brief 10-min intervention about the weaponisation of energy #infrastructure and the scarcity of #water for #nuclearenergy in a #Chernobyl context. 40 years after the catastrophe began, we still need to implement what we have learned.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Belfast last night is the future for the U.K. some people want. The political voices condemning it so far seem to be mild and weak. We need a wall of outrage from people of influence to make it crystal clear that this is not who we are and will not be tolerated.

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Extremely finely (laser) etched aluminum surfaces exposed to solar radiation could provide a wicking mechanism for extracting fresh water from brines or seawater, leaving behind salt crystals from which Li, etc, might be separated more efficiently than by trad methods. www.bgr.com/2188365/sola...

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New Solar Breakthrough Could Be A Game Changer For Fresh Water And Lithium - BGR

Scientists in New York have created a special material that uses the sun to wick and evaporate seawater while separating out the salts and minerals.

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Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

„The solar farm has been quietly changing the desert around it, as the panels create the right conditions for the soil below to encourage plant growth.“ Read More: www.bgr.com/2183252/how-...

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Solar Panel Farms In Tibet Are Having An Unexpected Effect On Local Residents - BGR

Solar panels in Tibet are creating more grazing land for local herders, giving an economic boost to locals and free lawn care to the utilities.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 05/06/2026

I feel like feeding your students’ work into ChatGPT to generate evaluative comments is, among other things, a massive intellectual property violation.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New Nuclear Is Too Late and Too Costly for the Climate Crisis. bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/nucl...

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Stories - The Bennett Institute

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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 01/06/2026

The country is set to become the third in Southeast Asia to purchase the powerful Indo-Russian missile system, after the Philippines and Indonesia.

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India Has Signed BrahMos Missile Deal With Vietnam, Indian Minister Says

The country is set to become the third in Southeast Asia to purchase the powerful Indo-Russian missile system, after the Philippines and Indonesia.

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BASIC thinking @basicthinking.de · 30/05/2026

2,2 Milliarden Menschen haben keinen Zugang zu sicherem Trinkwasser. Bisherige Entsalzungsanlagen verbrauchen viel Energie und hinterlassen giftige Sole. Forscher haben nun ein solarthermisches System entwickelt, das Meerwasser ohne Chemie entsalzt, sich selbst reinigt und sogar Lithium gewinnt.

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Neues Solarsystem entsalzt Meerwasser und gewinnt dabei Lithium

Laser-geätzte Solarpanels entsalzen Meerwasser ohne Chemie - und liefern nebenbei Lithium für Batterien. So funktioniert das System.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My latest for Bloomberg: "We are about to see the Great Clean Energy Acceleration 2.0 – a discontinuity in energy markets as profound as the oil shocks of the 1970s, and one that could bring forward the peak in fossil fuel use and emissions to this side of 2030." about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

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Liebreich: The Great Clean Energy Acceleration 2.0 | BloombergNEF

In September 2022, six months after Russia invaded Ukraine and with oil and gas prices around the world soaring, I wrote a piece entitled After Ukraine - the Great Clean Energy Acceleration, predictin...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Tomorrow in Munich! Read more here: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

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Katholikentag @katholikentag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Würzburg, wir sagen DANKE! Danke, für diesen unfassbar gelungen Katholikentag. Schaut euch unseren Aftermovie an und blickt auf diese wunderbaren Tage zurück: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW22...

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Jim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Iva Lučić’s and my introduction to our Timber Colonialism special issue with the Journal of Historical Geography went online today: “Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade” #envhist authors.elsevier.com/a/1n8X2_6yx5...

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 20/05/2026

The closure of the Strait of #Hormuz is not a temporary disruption - it's the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock that could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months, -- @fao.org's Chief Economist @maximotorero.bsky.social warns. www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We’re looking for a research assistant to join the INFLUX project on emerging pests and pathogens. Work with comparative datasets, large-scale data collection and analysis, and project coordination in sustainability research. Apply by 29 May 2026: buff.ly/IW0dzqL

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Julia Engelschalt @juliaengelschalt.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Wenn sich Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaft zusammentun, wird's brisant: #JensSteffek und ich freuen uns sehr auf den Vortrag von @danieletoro.bsky.social über transnationale diplomatische Vernetzung im italienischen Faschismus als Strategie zur Zersetzung zentraleuropäischer Demokratien!

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

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Frank @frank-l.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Merz sagte auf dem Katholikentag, er will den Menschen Zukunftsängste nehmen. Wie will er das machen ? - Sozialabbau - höhere Steuern / Kosten Mittelstand - Streichung von Feiertagen - Streichung von Leistungen im Gesundheitswesen Super, jetzt hab ich keine Angst mehr vor der Zukunft.

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