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Rachel Santarsiero

@rsanta.bsky.social
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she/her | Editorial Fellow @motherjones.com | previously @nsarchive.bsky.social | views own | Words in @desmog.com @thebulletin.org and @climatechangenews.com Still interested in all my FOIAs.

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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 11h
There were about 16,000 heat-related deaths in Germany last summer, about double the mortality during the first Covid wave in early 2020. Extreme heat needs to be treated as an ongoing public health emergency.
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 13h
“This isn’t going to make us back down. Maybe it’s a little intimidating, but we’re not giving up. It’s just a matter of time before the fossil fuel industry is held accountable.” -Vermont State Senator Anne Watson @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 29/09/2026
"Exxon and Suncor can point to no language in the Clean Air Act that preempts Boulder’s claims. Why? Because there is none." Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy and former EPA general counsel Avi Garbow on why Big Oil's arguments to escape accountability "have no credibility whatsoever."
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Big Oil can’t hide behind the Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act was designed to shield Americans from harmful pollution. It was not designed to shield fossil fuel companies from legal accountability or to eviscerate states’ authority to protec…
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spoke to lawmakers and advocates in Minnesota, Washington State, Connecticut, and Vermont, and their message to polluters is clear: they're not backing down.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 13h
“This isn’t going to make us back down. Maybe it’s a little intimidating, but we’re not giving up. It’s just a matter of time before the fossil fuel industry is held accountable.” -Vermont State Senator Anne Watson @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spoke to lawmakers and advocates in Minnesota, Washington State, Connecticut, and Vermont, and their message to polluters is clear: they're not backing down.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Judges keep striking down climate laws. These states are fighting back.
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Judges keep striking down climate laws. Some states are fighting back.
Inside the high-stakes legal battle over climate superfund legislation.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
In today's speech, Netanyahu appeared particularly eager to defend settlers in the West Bank, whose state-supported violence against Palestinians and international observers is extremely well-documented by reporters, activists, and international human rights groups.
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Netanyahu's UN speech was a full-on defense of Israel's settlements
“Peaceful settlers, honorable people” are being smeared, Israel's prime minister said.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/09/2026
“We have to run outside candidates who have no allegiance or history to the Democratic Party to win.“
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“They really did screw Bernie”: Here's what 2016 can teach Democrats today
Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine on the DNC, super PACs, and the Democratic Socialist wave.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do we really need another post-mortem on the 2016 election? Well, Tad Devine isn’t writing your typical autopsy report in “How the Democrats Screwed Bernie.” My latest for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“They really did screw Bernie”: Here's what 2016 can teach Democrats today
Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine on the DNC, super PACs, and the Democratic Socialist wave.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 25/09/2026
🩸 NEW 🩸 As gas and food prices skyrocket as the climate crisis continues, a new report reveals how the oil and gas industry publicly backed federal methane rules but covertly pushed to “eviscerate” them. Read Desmog's latest. buff.ly/EO1za0F
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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to 'Effectively Gut' Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess…
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
at @motherjones.com @climatedesk.org event, @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social says since being sworn into office ~10 months ago, nyc has faced a flash flood emergency one out of every three days, on average. and that's the climate crisis folks
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Morning, folks! We're here at this year's Climate Desk Live as our very own @garrisonhayes.bsky.social will sit down with @mayor.nyc.gov! The event is at full capacity, but if you want to follow along check out the livestream below: 🔗 YouTube: bit.ly/ClimateDeskLivestream-2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
To truly understand the scope and origins of the disaster that the Roberts court has unleashed by destroying the Voting Rights Act, you have to return to one of the darkest periods of our history.
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Close associates of Anthony Constantino have been accused or found guilty of kidnapping and stealing money from a youth baseball league. He's also called AOC a "fake bitch" in Spanish and rapped about Mamdani's "boy Osama." He may soon be heading to Congress. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The bizarre backstory of the Trump-endorsed sticker mogul who could be headed to Congress
“We can’t recall ever meeting a more unsuitable candidate,” one paper said of Anthony Constantino.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 21/09/2026
I just got a "still interested letter." For a #FOIA request that's in litigation.
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Cartoon Eye Twitch
Alt: Cartoon Eye Twitch
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Pentagon continues to lie about the number of troops and contractors that have died as a result of the Iran War. This story deserves all the attention it gets and more - and kudos to @nickturse.bsky.social for consistently reporting on this issue for months.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New @fieldnotes.co investigation: the oil & gas industry is working hand-in-glove with the Trump admin to gut federal methane regulations. Corporations want to keep the veneer of regulations—and “not much more” than that. fieldnotes.co/investigatio...
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‘And Not Much More’: Inside the Oil & Gas Industry’s Campaign Against…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The EPA has fundamentally overhauled its policies toward environmental and human health in pursuit of the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” and MAHA agendas. Read my latest for @motherjones.com
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“If the test finds any trace of abortion pills, conservatives will use it to legitimize their new legal front in the war on reproductive rights. The cruelty really is the point here, not science or health.” @jessicavalenti.bsky.social @motherjones.com
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Point Source News @pointsourcenews.org · 16/09/2026
Welcome to Point Source. We’re a new outlet that aims to unearth stories about the fossil fuel industry’s power and influence. pointsourcenews.org
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Point Source News
Tracing fossil fuel disinformation.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In other words, the Trump administration doesn't give a damn about your health. It only wants to know whether you've had an abortion so it can figure out how to criminalize you, or something. I mean, Jesus H. Christ. You can't make this stuff up. It's cartoon villain material.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
At the same time as the agency is rolling back its power plant standards, it’s launching a new study that would test the country’s water supply for abortion medication, contraception, and hormones used in gender-affirming care, along with over 1,000 other medications and chemicals.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Israel isn’t allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · 15/09/2026
Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency is no longer concerned with protecting the environment or health. It is, however, quite interested in tracking how many of y'all are getting abortions. Strange times we live in. via @motherjones.com
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
Deeply. Unserious.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe they are putting chemicals in the water and turning the frogs gay…much to consider
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EPA rolls back limits on power plant pollution and (internally screams) starts monitoring drinking water for abortion pills instead: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
America is really beautiful and interesting. For example right now we have two different candidates for national office who are just straight up shooting surveillance cameras www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Meet the candidates putting bullets in Flock cameras
Some political hopefuls aren't just opposed to surveillance cameras—they're shooting at them.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The EPA has fundamentally overhauled its policies toward environmental and human health in pursuit of the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” and MAHA agendas. Read my latest for @motherjones.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/09/2026
The EPA would rather monitor water for abortion pills than pollution.
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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.
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Attracta Mooney @attractamooney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SCOOP: At least two multilateral development banks, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, are in discussions about scrapping climate finance targets, people familiar with talks said. It follows a similar move by the World Bank during the summer as.ft.com/r/5799b285-6...
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US pressure on development banks to scrap climate finance goals
Multilateral lenders expected to follow the World Bank in ditching lending targets
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just a reminder that Anthropic's head of "Faith and Philosophy" asked a room full of transatlantic far-right politicians for ethics feedback this summer: www.desmog.com/2026/06/25/a... @desmog.com
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Anthropic Crowdsourced Ethics Feedback at a Far-Right London Confab
Company’s “faith and philosophy partnerships” lead sought “moral voices” for future AI models at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Finally making my way through the UNEP report and surprise! It pisses me off. I'm so fucking sick of people telling us all these ideas that are terrible for humanity are "inevitable." Overshoot, AI, CCS/CDR...we could just as easily decide that energy transition and socialism are "inevitable"
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just a reminder that Anthropic's head of "Faith and Philosophy" asked a room full of transatlantic far-right politicians for ethics feedback this summer: www.desmog.com/2026/06/25/a... @desmog.com
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Anthropic Crowdsourced Ethics Feedback at a Far-Right London Confab
Company’s “faith and philosophy partnerships” lead sought “moral voices” for future AI models at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference.
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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Confidential docs reveal: Exxon “developed and championed” RMAA, a bill that would redefine recycling for its own benefit. It’s gone to great lengths to hide that fact. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ex...
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Exxon’s ‘Advanced’ Deception Revealed
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 11/09/2026
“The system has expanded to new uses, new targets, new opportunities to vilify, to punish, to create division,” said CVT's Yumna Rizvi to @hurwitz.bsky.social at @motherjones.com on how natl security strategies took on new meanings and new uses after 9/11. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The religion of national security
After 9/11 national security meant everything. Today it means nothing at all.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“After what happened, I was afraid of everything on the ground. Any piece of metal, any strange object—I did not know what could kill me and what could not.” My latest for @motherjones.com with @hurwitz.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
The threat of explosive hazards in Gaza is “ever present,” almost a year after a ceasefire agreement was signed.
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Aid workers told Reuters it would “likely take between 20 to 30 years” to clear Gaza of unexploded bombs.
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Shortly after the 2025 ceasefire, the aid group Humanity & Inclusion told Reuters it would “likely take between 20 to 30 years” to clear Gaza of unexploded bombs. But international demining teams still don’t have authorization to enter Gaza and remove the explosives.
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“After what happened, I was afraid of everything on the ground. Any piece of metal, any strange object—I did not know what could kill me and what could not.” My latest for @motherjones.com with @hurwitz.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In Gaza, Palestinians Face “Ever Present” Threat of Undetonated Explosives. Demining Groups Don’t Have Permission to Remove Them. Read my collab with the great @hurwitz.bsky.social: @motherjones.com
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In Gaza, Palestinians Face “Ever Present” Threat of Undetonated Explosives. Demining Groups Don’t Have Permission to Remove Them. Read my collab with the great @hurwitz.bsky.social: @motherjones.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2026
Clearing unexploded bombs from Gaza will take decades—once the work is allowed to begin. Israel isn’t allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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The impossible struggle to demine Gaza
Israel isn't allowing mine clearance groups to remove the explosives that litter the strip.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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