iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 22h

With @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @natuurpunt.bsky.social @natagora.bsky.social in front of the EU institutions. Wake up governments. What competitiveness are they talking about? Fires, droughts, heatwaves, storms are bad for the economy (even if you don't care about nature and people...)

060

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Big demo in Brussels for #ClimateAction After this terrible summer what more do we need to stop listening to the fossil fuel and big ag propaganda? Time to act.

1123

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is a huge step forward in solving an environmental problem we should have solved decades ago. But the fight to get rid of lead poisoning is not over as this ban does not cover bullets which poison scavengers like vultures, and people consuming big game.

1112

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

WE WON. Lead in gunshot will finally be banned across the EU! Just now, the European Parliament approved in plenary the Commission's proposal to restrict lead in gunshot. This decision ends years of debate on one of Europe's most persistent forms of lead pollution.

2385113

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The assault on EU regulations is not about "simplification". It's about a handful of polluting legacy industries and laggard companies trying to kill the emerging clean alternatives. From pesticides, diesel cars, gas boilers to PFAS coolers, it's not env vs economy but rent seekers vs innovators.

161

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not that we had any doubts, but here are the smoking guns. Farmers will be poisoned under the banner of "defending farmers". And those pulling the strings are very visible.

21211

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so tragic. In 2022, Italian environment minister Cingolani was arguing that we shouldn't go too fast on EVs because the Chinese will continue to buy combustion engine vehicles www.quattroruote.it/news/industr... In 2026, China has 50%+ BEV sales - the EU lags at 20%-27%

810026

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Dr. Raphael Weyland @raphaelweyland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The @consilium.europa.eu (through #COREPER) just agreed on the mandate for the Regulation on Speeding-Up Environmental Assessments (aka #RSEA). It's no simplification, but complexification + deregulation. It does neither deliver on the recent AT call for better regulation! #HandsOffNature @eeb.org

222

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Renewables Grid Initiative @renewablesgrid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📘 Our 2025 Annual Report is out! From bird protection in the field to COP30 and the European Grids Package: how RGI turned the energy transition's toughest questions into workable answers. Read the full report 👇 buff.ly/syO4xQD

063

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Thomas Krumenacker @thomaskrumenacker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Italien plant die längste Hängebrücke der Erde. Naturschützer warnen: „Die Straße von Messina ist Europas drittwichtigster Vogelzugweg“, sagt @arielbrunner.bsky.social. „Eine Vogelfalle in Form einer Brücke ist ökologischer Frevel, den Europa nicht zulassen darf.“ www.riffreporter.de/de/umwelt/me...

riffreporter.de

Gigantische Brücke nach Sizilien bedroht europäischen Vogelzug

Die italienische Regierung plant eine 3,7 Kilometer lange Brücke über die Straße von Messina. Naturschützer warnen vor massenhaftem Vogeltod an einem der wichtigsten Zugkorridore Europas.

11511

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social family works with local communities and concerned citizens all across our #Flyways We won't be intimidated.

131

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Soglitelle wetland used to be an illegal hunting estate for organised crime bosses. Now it's a nature reserve open to the public, bringing nature to disadvantaged communities. An amazing story of defending both nature and the rule of law, that clearly upsets some bad actors.

140

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Solidarity to our Italian Partner LIPU and their brave volunteers in the Naples region who have been victim of an intimidatory arson attack. They have been working against the illegal shooting of migratory birds for 20 years, and have no intention to stop.

1148

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One Partnership. One extraordinary week in Kenya. 🌍🐦 There aren’t enough characters on Bluesky to capture everything that happened in Nairobi... So join us as we look back at the people, moments and milestones that made it an unforgettable week for conservation. www.birdlife.org/news/2026/09...

0145

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There is nothing anti farmers here. But conflict of interest is a real issue. People vote for parties standing for certain positions, including anti environment ones. But this research shows MEPs putting own interests ahead of what their party stands for.

000

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So now the obvious has been scientifically proven. MEPs with personal farm interests vote 3 times for often against environmental reforms than those without, once you control for party affiliation. So much of what is wrong in our society is basically down to various forms of corruption.

2126

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

After Hungary had to run don it's nuclear plant due to dry river, now jellyfish are shutting down EDF's nuclear plant in Gravelines. Despite spending hundreds of thousands in preventive measures. The #climate breakdown has a certain sense of humor.

0105

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The current political concensus is that "nature conservation has gone too far". Sadly, the reality is the very opposite. Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe | Nature Ecology & Evolution share.google/KnsJvVsTNy6E...

share.google

02819

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension.

921680

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Have just experienced 38C in Berlin. In Brussels we've had basically a month of no rain and multiple exceptional heat waves. Just unbelievable that our society is still in denial.

13417

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Birds on the € notes!? You can make it happen! 🐦✨ Vote now for your favourite design! www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot... The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro banknotes and is asking the public for feedback. And one of the themes is birds and rivers...😈

216383

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Pro birds campaigning? What pro birds campaigning? 😇

020

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Seems 🐦‍⬛🐦🦉 watchers were much more successful than recreational anglers🎣in advocating for design of future 💶 banknotes. Your work @arielbrunner.bsky.social? No 🐟🦈🦀, but U might want to support biodiv motives 👉 lnkd.in/eF4SrCmT @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @nabu.de @kostyabiodiv.bsky.social

273

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Meanwhile the farm lobby has successfully lobbied for: More fossil fuel based fertiliser More methane emissions More diesel subsidies Easier destruction of wetlands Harder transition to resources saving &healthier plant based diets. "Food security" is weaponised to destroy our actual food security.

14834

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Societal death spiral, French edition. The new law that allows destroying wetlands and facilitates water grabbing pushes the more extremist farm lobby to promote water theft. Meanwhile, the Loire runs dry, and the country burns as far north as Bretagne.

275

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s #pesticides law - High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife By @zdboren.bsky.social @grilledmedia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

theguardian.com

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law

Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

04127

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Creepily, @politico.eu quotes EC spokesperson replying that they are not in the business of "telling people what to it". Making people sick by making healthy food unaffordable is apparently OK. We don't tell people what to eat. We force feed them through their wallets.

130

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Another day, another damning report. @fao.org state of food security argues that EU CAP subsidies have been making healthy food choices harder. Healthy food prices been growing faster than unhealthy food due to skewed subsidies. #agriculture @agri.europarl.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu

154

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A target to reduce N use. Which can be done by supporting shift to more plant based diets, cutting food waste, incentivising crop rotation with legumes, better management of manure, etc. Some ideas got killed before making it into the Farm2Fork strategy. The rest got killed later.

0110

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We are misusing and wasting nitrogen in Europe on a grand scale, which is why so much of it ends up in our water instead of our food. You can also greatly reduce the need through use of N-fixing legumes in crop rotation. Finally, more healthier plant based diets would require a lot less nitrogen.

171

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

During the green deal, the farm lobby killed the attempt to reduce farmers dependence on nitrogen fertiliser. Now the EU just spent 540 milion €, in one go, on extra fertiliser subsidies. This is money taken from taxpayers and handed to Russian and Gulf regimes.

422473

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thank you for this great investigation. It solidly documents what everyone in Brussels knows- the Green deal has been killed by the farm lobby. So that they can keep dragging us to ecological hell.

051

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Zach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

New investigation from @grilledmedia.bsky.social & @theguardian.com Documents from inside Europe's most powerful farming org show how it lobbied "in the same way as the tobacco industry" (their own words!) to block policies for public health & the environment www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

theguardian.com

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law

Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

29669

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Solar power provided a quarter of the European Union’s electricity for the first time in June 2026 Solar generated a record 52TWh of electricity during the month, accounting for 25% of EU power generation. www.energylivenews.com/2026/07/14/s...

energylivenews.com

Solar becomes EU’s largest power source for first time in June - Energy Live News

Record solar generation supplied 25% of EU electricity in June, overtaking nuclear, gas and wind

672736874

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The EU livestock strategy is an example of magical thinking replacing science based reasoning. Yes, we should recycle manure, support extensive grazing of biodiversity grasslands, make better use of waste, etc. None of it will avoid need to reduce meat&dairy consumption Numbers just don't add up.

020

Reposted by Ariel Brunner

Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The EU depends on imported #fertiliser, as shown again by the war in Iran. But manure—suggested by some as solution—cannot replace mineral fertiliser because the #livestock sector itself is a net consumer of it. Scaling up #manure “production” would increase fertiliser use: doi.org/10.1111/1746... +

Figure 2: Balance of nitrogen (N) flows from mineral fertiliser into animal production and from manure out of it (EU27, 2017/18). An illustrated bar chart shows that 5.1 million tonnes of N from mineral fertiliser are used to produce animal feed, but only 2.5 million tonnes of N from manure are provided to the rest of agriculture -- meaning animal production is a net consumer of 2.6 million tonnes of N from mineral fertiliser.

52011

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

EC assessment of the #Nitrates directive finds what is obvious- the law is good and needed, the problem is Member States not enforcing it. Well done @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

152

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mental experiment: what would be the political reaction in Europe if 10000 Europeans were killed within a week by a terrorist oragnisation? How can the climate and ecosystems crisis still be treated as a non-issue, a niche concern, or nice to have?

13211

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

According to a mortality monitoring service supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization, EU countries reported 10,650 excess deaths between June 22 and June 28. And this is likely an underestimate. That's the peak of the last heat wave

160

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nice one- Aalborg water utility in DK suing the government for failure to enforce the #nitrates directive on farmers. It correctly argues that Aalborg citizens should not foot the bill for new expensive treatment plant to clean water that legally should not have been contaminated in the first place.

23613