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Adam Welz

@adamwelz.bsky.social
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www.adamwelz.com Founder SOUTH PENINSULA NATURE ALLIANCE Author THE END OF EDEN: WILD NATURE IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE BREAKDOWN (a NYTimes Bk Review Editors' Choice, New Yorker Bk of the Yr, etc.) Writer-conservationist-photographer Cape Town, S Africa

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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 7h
For the first time in 150 yrs, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington. More than 250 were successfully translocated back to the region, thanks to the efforts of the iwi (nations of Aotearoa), community members, and the Capital Kiwi Project. They join the podcast this week:
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Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century
For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back ...
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 2h
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Freshwater fish face growing extinction threat
Many of Australia's unique freshwater fish species are edging closer to extinction, with new research warning that the nation's Wet Tropics is facing an escalating conservation crisis.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 2h
Singapore plans to merge several islands into a new “western island” for industrial development. Conservationists warn the mega-project could bury up to 60% of the country’s remaining coral reefs, which serve as ecologically vital “mother” reefs. Robin Hicks reports for #Mongabay.
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Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs
SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…
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Taylor Mitchell Brown @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social · 10h
New research finds the Suriname toad’s strange star-shaped fingertips are a kind of tactile eyeball that allow them to ‘see’ their prey. The toes detect subtle vibrations in the water and translate them into details about size and speed. #ToadToesTuesday 🧪🧪 New at @science.org
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These frogs ‘see’ prey with their star-shaped toes
Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20h
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20h
Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, really solid work on how to be anti-enshittification www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/
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Breaking Free
In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 17h
Trump administration wants U.S. drivers to spend more on fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 18h
“Why,” she asks, “do we have an online culture that has made self-exposure so normalised, and the drive to monetise one’s own image so normalised, that the step to actually selling pornography is not that big for many people?” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Online sex workers literally have to bare it all’: why Patricia Nilsson is exposing the world’s biggest porn bosses
As a business journalist, Nilsson began rigorously reporting on the power players of the adult industry, who prefer to remain in the shadows. Along the way, she uncovered how porn has shaped the inter...
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 27/09/2026
Zimbabwe + lithium + China = an emerging environmental justice story: therevelator.org/zimbabwe-regime-li…
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How Zimbabwe’s Regime Is Fueling a Dirty Lithium Boom • The Revelator
Oppressive tactics seek to suppress information and suppress dissent, while communities face poisoned air and water.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
A sacred site that predates Stonehenge has been damaged by Trump's border wall ➡️ bit.ly/47f01bl
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 24/09/2026
Wildfires in West Kalimantan are threatening critical Bornean orangutan habitat, including Gunung Palung National Park. With thousands of hotspots detected, field crews are working around the clock to fight blazes that are rapidly shrinking the forest orangutans rely on. Hans Nicholas Jong reports.
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As fires spread in Indonesia, Bornean orangutans run out of forest to flee
JAKARTA — As fires continue to engulf large swaths of forest in Indonesian Borneo, orangutans have increasingly fewer places to flee, with fires either surrounding them or eliminating the forest on…
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Nikolaj Bichel @nikolaj-bi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Regulating pig factories in Denmark is "racism" towards the "minority" of pig factory owners now, apparently, according to the pig factory industry. You almost have to admire the imagination.
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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have reported about this. It really is a crazy story drilled.media/news/modi-ad...
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75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight
How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.
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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In memory of Refaat Alareer on what would have been his 47th birthday. My last email exchanged with Refaat on 12 Oct 2023, less than 2 months before he was martyred in a targeted Israeli strike. I had hoped to work with him on a project on free speech and academic freedom in Palestine & beyond.
email from Refaat expressing concern for ny safety and an eagerness to work together
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ever heard of #Frankenflora? Yeah, I didn't think so, but it's actually a thing, a weird but real problem that the #conservation world is largely in denial of More here: adamwelz.ghost.io/too-little-s...
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Too Little Space, Native Aliens and Frankenflora
I live in Cape Town, in the heart of the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, one of the most naturally diverse areas of the planet. The Cape Town Metro area contains about 3,400 indigenous plant sp...
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So fun. More please!
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why isn't the South African government using home-grown sea drones to patrol our Marine Protected Areas, where illegal fishing is rampant? (A question, perhaps, for @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social to look into) @whysharksmatter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vVu...
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South Africa's homegrown sea drone is winning contracts in the Middle East - Eddie Noble
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 22/09/2026
As the PM calls for climate “bravery” at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a “carbon bomb” reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-coal-pr…
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Biggest coal project lines up for approval as Albanese calls for "bravery" in climate action
As the PM calls for climate "bravery" at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a "carbon bomb."
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tracking Whimbrels across the globe. Amazing insights that can help to target conservation action. BLOG wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/22/w... PAPER onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Conservation
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...
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As bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country News
Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should...
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is legit funny futurism.com/future-socie...
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Man Rolls Up to Police Station With Pickup Truck Full of Torn Up Flock Cameras
An Albuquerque man filmed himself returning Flock cameras to the Sheriff's department after they cancelled their contract.
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Beware of #climatecomplacency, writes David Wallace-Wells [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
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Opinion | The Climate May Have Some Surprises in Store
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good article abt how sea level rise is killing off medicinal plants in the #Sundarban mangrove forests of #Bangladesh #climate www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
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The vanishing pharmacy of the Sundarbans
As rising seas push salt into the world's largest mangrove, traditional medicinal plants are being lost.
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The algorithm ... rewards volume — the biggest haul, the fastest turnaround, the fullest cart. Brands ship free product to influencers, influencers generate demand, demand generates the next shipment. There is no exit." therevelator.org/trend-driven...
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The Calendar Says We’re Doing Better With the Environment. My Bedroom Says Differently. • The Revelator
Trend-driven consumerism is an environmental threat. We need to fight the system that drives us to buy.
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Once in a blue sky I check out the Goodreads page for my book & it's very gratifying to see readers from all over appreciating the hard work that went into it www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
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The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Brea…
A revelatory exploration of climate change from the per…
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What #HurricanePolo is doing has my jaw dropping. My explanation www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Explosive Hurricane Polo Could Remain Category 5 For Days
Hurricane Polo continues to stun meteorologists as it meanders off the coast of Mexico. Where does it go next and will the U.S. be affected?
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the first time in *years* we had a Great White Shark in False Bay today! Two decades back they were abundant here @whysharksmatter.bsky.social www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Great white shark spotted in False Bay after eight-year absence
Bold as brass, a lone great white shark made a big splash off the coast of Cape Town on Wednesday, September 23, becoming the first of its species to be sighted and filmed in False Bay in nearly eight...
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“AI is learning how to enter our relationships. It doesn’t just want your attention, it wants your attachment.” I'm not madly fond of the British royals, but this is a good line www.huffpost.com/entry/prince...
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Prince Harry Warns This Technology Can Be More Dangerous Than Social Media For Young People
“The technology is more persuasive, more intimate, and more powerful,” the Duke of Sussex said.
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some parts of the globe are not just heating up, but heating up faster than they were just a few decades ago. A new analysis reveals where warming has gained pace.
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This Map Shows Where Warming Has Accelerated
Some parts of the globe are not just heating up, but heating up faster than they were just a few decades ago. A new analysis reveals where warming has gained pace.
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stupid question: At what point do these explosions start harming the salmon these farmers are trying to protect?
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn - report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I almost died back in 1997 when doctors failed to diagnose my #malaria because it's so rare in Cape Town (I had contracted an unusual form in #Madagascar) so I have sympathy for these folks www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQYo...
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Several people die from rare “airport malaria” cases around Frankfurt Airport | DW News
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 22/09/2026
Nearly a year after extreme storms devastated Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans still lack a recovery plan. Now, gold mine expansions, fresh habitat clearing, and severe fire risks threaten the species' survival. Hans Nicholas Jong reports for #Mongabay.
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Tapanuli orangutans face mining, landslides, and fire threats — with no recovery plan
JAKARTA — Nearly a year after what scientists describe as one of the most severe ecological shocks ever documented for the world’s rarest great ape species, there is still no coordinated recovery…
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Much Plastic Does it Take to Kill a Seabird? | I love it when headlines read like Google prompts that would be read aloud at someone’s trial.
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How Much Plastic Does it Take to Kill a Seabird? | bioGraphic
For the first time, researchers uncover how eating plastic trash may impact seabirds at the population level.
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interesting that the CA El Niño emergency declaration (which needed to happen months ago) is announced the same day Newsom/Bonta basically destroy what’s left of Hollywood. Also would love to know how much HBO’s impending release of the epic Gibney Musk doc came into play behind the scenes.
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John Fody @j-fodi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A conservation success story 🌍 www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
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Former Greek prison island of Gyaros becomes biodiversity haven
In the heart of the Cyclades archipelago, this island, long used as a place of exile, has been transformed into a sanctuary for wildlife, especially Mediterranean monk seals. The marine area is now of...
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Emerald Ash Borer Network @emeraldashborer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time, with a confirmed detection in Windsor, Ontario. Read the full story here: www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9... #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁
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The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada for the first time – in Windsor
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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A brilliantly-reported and vitally important investigation from us today. Jaw-dropping, heart-breaking findings. So proud of the team, but especially @jamesodonnell.bsky.social and @eileenguo.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/21/1...
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The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
Surveillance towers, increasingly powered by AI, promised faster responses to crossings. Our investigation of deaths near the towers found they are failing to deliver.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026
Thoughts and prayers for Norway's government, who have been formally rebuffed by the EU in their lobbying for more oil drilling in the arctic
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’ - Amid heatwaves & popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial? #climatecrisis By @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Adam Welz @adamwelz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There Is No Away: Season 532, Episode 34562 #fracking #water #climate www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/c...
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Toxic Fracking Waste Bubbling Up in Ohio Is Becoming a Political Issue (Gift Article)
The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a “thorough investigation” of the dangers.
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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Flew over BC's spectacular Coast Mountains again on my way back home to Whitehorse today... gorgeous as usual but my, those glaciers are getting smaller every year! #climatechange
aerial view of icefields, mountains,  and valley glaciers
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