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NBC News headline that reads “EPA reverses long-standing climate change finding, stripping its own ability to regulate emissions.”

Climate change is a threat to all of us – in Maryland and worldwide.

This reversal in environmental regulations will put us all in danger and we must continue to uphold regulations previously made by the EPA in order to protect our planet.

Vaughan To Be Wild | Songlines Trailblazing Finnish violinist, conductor and composer Pekka Kuusisto talks to musician Merlyn Driver about folk song, family, ‘The Lark Ascending’ and his surprise appearance on Countryfile

Fascinating, witty and moving interview with violinist Pekka Kuusisto

#songlines #violin #fiddle #finnishmusic #classical #folk #jazz #finland
www.songlines.co.uk/features/vau...

Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life - Inside Climate News A doubling of fish biomass along Asia’s longest river shows hope for large-scale conservation efforts and a lifeline for the endangered finless porpoise.

“I am always impressed by the resilience of nature when given space and time to recover.” Good news for a critical river: a fishing ban is working.

🤞🏻...and so many others

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

#Andrew arrested

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"The tourism carbon footprint expanded at a rate (3.5% p.a.) twice that of the global economy (1.5% p.a.) highlighting its status as a sector that is challenging to decarbonize. If the same growth rate is maintained into future years, tourism emissions are expected to double every 20 years."

😏 not usually much of a #hockey fan, but those last 6 minutes were pretty exciting #torille

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Ukraine makes fastest battlefield gain in 2.5 years Ukraine recaptured 201 square kilometres of territory from Russia in five days last week – its biggest gain in 2.5 years – according to AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War. Ex...

#Ukraine makes fastest battlefield gain in 2.5 years

#starlink
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YouTube video by Charli xcx Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)

50-year age gap has to be a record for a "pop" duet

#Charlixcx & #JohnCale from #WutheringHeights

#gothic #pop
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Finland moves to tighten Kela's home care allowance for newcomers The law proposal still needs approval by the legislature.

Finland needs more and better integrated immigrants.

Is there any example anywhere where discriminating against migrants in the social welfare system has positively contributed to that effect?

How do solar and wind production figure compared with coal?

Arguably the greatest number 1 about a Bollywood singer, based on a De La Soul song which was based on a Bob Dorough song which was commissioned by a NYC ad exec, and remixed by a guy from Reigate who was raised in a religion started by a dentist who claimed to channel angels through his typewriter

Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after violent storm

😩

Finland Drained Its Peatlands. He’s Helping Bring Them Back Tero Mustonen has led a successful effort to restore roughly 80 areas of ecologically critical peatlands across his native Finland. In an interview, he talks about the importance of bringing Indigenou...

”When our rewilding program started, many big corporations offered us huge amounts of money if we certified carbon credits. We consulted with communities. But our answer was that we don’t sell nature.”

That was a smart choice in hindsight.

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The Piton de la Fournaise volcano erupts on the French overseas island of La Reunion.

The Piton de la Fournaise is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and its violent bursts of activity often prompt stunning lava flows. It has erupted around 20 times in the past 10 years
📷 Richard Bouhet

A wide-angle winter view of the Rummu quarry in Estonia. In the foreground, a massive, weathered concrete archway from the old Murru prison stands over a cleared ice-skating path. People are scattered across the ice in the background. To the left is a snow-covered ash hill, and to the right is a derelict multi-story brick building under a dramatic, cloudy blue sky.

A landscape view from the ice at Rummu. A cleared skating track curves toward a large, craggy light-colored ash hill partially covered in snow. To the left, a brick wall with faded graffiti and several concrete pillars mark the ruins of the submerged prison. Ice skaters are visible in the distance near the base of the hill under a bright but cloudy sky.

A first-person perspective looking down a long, cleared ice-skating track on a frozen quarry. The ice is scuffed with skate marks, stretching toward the horizon where several skaters are moving away. The path is bordered by deep, untouched snow, leading toward a dark forest of bare winter trees under a soft, overcast sky.

A wide, panoramic view of the vast, snow-covered frozen quarry at Rummu. In the distance, a small group of skaters traverses the ice. The iconic "ash mountain" rises in the background against a wide sky filled with fluffy white and grey clouds. The scene captures the immense, quiet scale of the Estonian winter landscape.

A lovely day for a spot of ice skating at the old prison and quarry in #Rummu. The prepared track is short and was, at times, rather busy. The long loop on the quarry was a bit rough for hockey skates.

Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia

Wow, didn't know about these islands either
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View from Europe: The Increasingly Convincing Case for Canada Joining the EU - Policy Magazine Among the possibilities is the expansion of the European Union as a liberal counterweight to autocratic hegemony, most interestingly to include what Prime

This could be a win-win!

The Increasingly Convincing Case for #Canada Joining the #EU

(TIL Canada has a 1.2 km border with the EU on tiny Hans Island in #Greenland

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The Data Driven Artist This page reveals what your music streams are really worth to an independent artist and which choices actually make a difference. A quick, data-driven look at how to support artists better.

🎵 Your streaming choice matters! Some services pay artists 5-7x more per stream. Support independent artists! lackluster.org/support

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.

A UK #climate #security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried

@uk.theconversation.com #mi5 #intelligence
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Washoe Tribe buys 10,000 acres in one of California’s largest ever land returns Tribe, which was forcibly removed from its lands near Lake Tahoe, used $5.5m grant and private donations for purchase

"The sale of the property is another milestone for the Land Back movement in California, which has seen tens of thousands of acres returned to tribes that occupied the land for millennia before European colonization."...

People are retiring later in Finland – and the change has been faster than expected The average retirement age last year was 63.2, according to the Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK).

People are retiring later in #Finland – and the change has been faster than expected

#pension #retirement #eu
yle.fi/a/74-20210157

Remembering Danish #Percussion shaman Marilyn Mazur, who collaborated with Wayne Shorter, Dhafer Youssef, and Jan Garbarek - and was the only woman ever to play in #MilesDavis' band

#jazz
@allaboutjazz.bsky.social
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All time favorite --> Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
#nowspinning
#vinyllove
#vinylsky

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

”CO2 emissions fell year-on-year in almost all major sectors in 2025, including transport (3%), power (1.5%) and building materials (7%).”

Transport CO2 reductions usually co-incide with economic depressions in wealthy countries.

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid

RFK Jr. Mandates All Americans Drink Mysterious Glowing Liquid https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-mandates-all-americans-drink-mysterious-glowing-liquid/

Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."

Solar & storage up

Emissions down

China's solar power *output* — the actual TWh delivered — up 43% year-on-year!

Energy *storage* growth now also exceeds demand growth.

And yes, China's overall CO₂ emissions are flat/down last year.

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...