Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 08/10/20268/ This is what corporate capture looks like. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to read our content and share it, because sunlight is a great disinfectant! corporateeurope.org/en/newsletter 033
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 08/10/20261/ Today the EU Commission’s Critical Chemicals Alliance is meeting via its General Assembly. This is really bad news for action on chemicals & climate crises. Find out more in our July 2026 report with @eeb.org Captured! corporateeurope.org/en/2026/07/c... 1128
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialEnvironmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No extra funding for nature, carbon tax U-turn – the Government is clearly walking away from its climate, nature & energy security commitments in Budget 2027. Great to see coverage of our reaction to Budget 2027 14222
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialWolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 19hAnother Mexican gray wolf, Flor, has crossed back into New Mexico from Mexico. He’s the fourth wolf known to use this corridor in recent years. His movement underscores the need to halt further border wall construction in areas of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Read more: bit.ly/4yEhtlTwesternwatersheds.orgAnother Mexican Gray Wolf Crosses U.S.-Mexico Border, Underscoring Need for Action Against Border Infrastructure - Western Watersheds ProjectFor Immediate Release October 8, 2026 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org Michelle Lute, Wildlife for All, (505) 552-2501, michelle@... 8375108
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialIreland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thanks to Blessington & District Credit Union for their continued support of conservation work at Blessington Wood and Bevans' Wood in Co Wicklow Supporting seed collection, propagation + planting over 8000 native trees, invasive species control, bat boxes, deer fencing , educational signage & more 061
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I approve this message 👇 1803179713363
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Absolutely 👇 This....... 1004184165456
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCaroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Minister says a dedicated Nature Restoration Fund is on the way after Budget finds little spare cash for the sector www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...irishtimes.com‘Irish Government is clearly not listening’: Nature groups criticise lack of budget funding for restorationBudget allocates just €6m extra to NPWS despite experts saying €700m needed annually for nature restoration 195
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm delighted to say that, after many years anguishing over the desperate state of Killarney NP, I'm seeing a partial ecological recovery, like this wild baby arbutus tree. Such positive signs can only mean one thing: the NPWS must finally be taking a more proactive approach to invasive sika deer. 326539
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comComebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists sayA landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse 618861
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialJonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026More fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election My take www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFlávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaignersInquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls 12205105
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSgtPepper @mzsgtpepper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Makes me so sad. The orange felon is also trying to sell off parts of Yosemite. I really hope we can win the midterms. This madness needs to end. 722617
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil. 1178138995415
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialIFOAM Organics Europe @organicseurope.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🌱 “No ban without alternatives” – yet the pesticide industry resists measures to speed up biocontrol approvals. Organic shows another way: prevention first, supported by natural substances where needed. EU policy must reduce dependence on synthetic pesticides. More from @corporateeurope.org 👇 036
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 08/10/2026Great to see FT picking up our report on how pesticide industry lobby have been watering down EU pesticide rules www.ft.com/content/3c86...ft.comChemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rulesEuropean Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards 11913
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 23hThe new kid on the block! 🐘 Last week, our Ithumba Keepers and the dependent orphans gathered to welcome Comet – a newborn, and the 95th known calf born to an orphan elephant we rescued, raised and rewilded. Read the full story: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates... 1550698
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Seriously 👇 801221285787
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not that anyone needs a reminder but this man has the nuclear codes. Far too many people will just shrug this off or find some way to justify it. But Trump is unwell, incoherent, and a danger to us all. 50268832552
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialPádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yesterday was a bad day for nature as virtually no new funding was announced. The guessing and uncertainty as how Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is to be funded goes on. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...irishtimes.com‘Government clearly not listening’: Nature groups criticise lack of budget fundingBudget allocates just €6m extra to NPWS despite experts saying €700m needed annually for nature restoration 112933
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Documents obtained by Freedom of Information requests show that parts of the 'simplification drive' have ended up closely reflecting the demands of fertiliser & chemical companies to roll back environmental & health safeguards Insects in EU have declined 75% in 3 decades www.ft.com/content/3c86...ft.comChemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rulesEuropean Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards 11139100
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialAriel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The 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. 151
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We're suing the EU under the Aarhus Convention for its failure to disclose vital environmental and efficiency data around the bloc's data centre build out Investigators spent a year trying to access the information, now we're challenging the non-disclosure www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...lighthousereports.comWhy we made a legal filing to the Aarhus Convention Compliance CommitteeOfficials are holding key environmental impact figures for all AI data centres across Europe. They won’t let the public see them. 15320
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026Take action now, and write to MEPs in the Agri and Envi committees! 🔗 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/07/a... And read the full report. Share it. Tag your MEP. The pesticide industry is counting on this passing quietly. Let's make sure it doesn't. 🔗 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f...corporateeurope.orgAction: Tell MEPs to stop the dismantling of EU pesticide laws | Corporate Europe ObservatoryTake action now, and tell MEPs that harmful pesticides should not stay on the market indefinitely, that independent scientific research should not be ignored, and that pesticide approvals should be im... 188
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialJuliette Leroux @jujusg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026News from the Pestibus - it was co-written by the pesticide industry, as @corporateeurope.org just demonstrate in a new report 👇 074
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialZach Boren @zdboren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026important new report from @corporateeurope.org / @nina-holland.bsky.social detailing industry fingerprints all over the pesticide law going through the EU 155
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialPesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026📚 A new investigation report by @corporateeurope.org exposes how the #pesticide industry and its allies are trying to weaken pesticide regulations and lower the level of protection for people and the environment. www.pan-europe.info/blog/new-rep...pan-europe.infoNew report: Food & Feed Omnibus, written by the pesticide lobby?A new investigation report by Corporate Observatory Europe exposes how the pesticide industry and its allies are trying to weaken pesticide regulations and lower the level of protection for people and... 21115
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2026🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇corporateeurope.orgFood & Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby | Corporate Europe ObservatoryThe pesticide lobby’s dirty fingers are all over the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. Omnibus X is paving the way for the dismantling of EU pesticide regulations by allowing harmful pesticides to remain in u... 14039
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialWolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026As federal officials continue to consider changes to wolf protections, here’s a reminder of what the numbers actually show: 6445155
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialDonna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Beautiful, colourful #waxcap #fungi in bog woodland. 0785
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.social4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I like it 👇 664111962011
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialterrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026 20920193
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A very long day but an amazing evening listening to residents as we head into the final day of campaigning. Rent controls, water nationalisation and tackling the climate crisis. Come campaign with us tomorrow! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP 54906190
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Spotted alone by our SWT/KWS Canine Unit during a training exercise, the tiny calf was tracked for hours in the hope he would find his family. But no other elephants appeared. A year on, shy little Daba has blossomed into a confident, calm and increasingly mischievous young elephant. 12660103
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFinland orders halt to work on two Google data centresThe order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance. 06017
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026incredible this will get little to no coverage 553101592359
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Golden pheasant: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu... 994063515
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The gambling addiction and dead dog factory that is greyhound racing is the lifeblood of rural Ireland no doubt 514830
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption? 699235958531
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Wild dogs are incredibly inquisitive by nature – and with our SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching rangers taking a break on patrol, it's hard to tell who is watching whom. Behind this quiet encounter is years of boots-on-the-ground conservation, helping this endangered species return to Tsavo. 531158
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Is there a 'war on the countryside'? Yes - but it's the one being waged by the landowners who unleash 50 million pheasants each year... Step forward 'Lord' Christian Brighty to explain, in this devastating (and hilarious) video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFi8...youtube.comThe Real Threat to Britain’s CountrysideYouTube video by Christian Brighty 815561
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Agreed....... 699112394061
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialSheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Bungalu has mastered the art of holding his milk bottle with his trunk! Kaikai, meanwhile, hasn't quite got the hang of it yet – although we're not entirely convinced she's trying very hard. Why do the heavy lifting yourself when your Keepers are perfectly happy to do it for you? 345961
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialOonagh Duggan @naturenymph.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Funding for national parks and wildlife service has a paltry increase of €6 million and horse and greyhound fund is up by €3 m. says all you want to know 03211
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sheep densities across Europe. Native to southwest Asia, these domesticates are possibly the most effective means of killing off forests and other natural ecosystems ever devised. 1317449
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Zeteo put our full conversation about end times fascism online here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS-6...youtube.comNaomi Klein Warns Trump’s 'End Times Fascism' Is Already HereYouTube video by Zeteo 4407109
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialEuropean Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 06/10/2026Hazardous substances still exceed safe limits in mussels and oysters from Europe's seas. Where trends can be detected, concentrations are falling more often than rising. 🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/... #ZeroPollution 033
Reposted by @jimmyobyrne.bsky.socialCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 06/10/2026🇪🇺💥 😱 So also check this space tomorrow as Corporate Europe Observatory will be launching a damning and revealing research report on the ongoing deregulation of the existing European safety pesticide rules. With the title ‘Food and Feed Omnibus, co-written by the pesticide lobby’. 142
