Ingrid Walker

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

The US you expect. Sad to see the UK here. And politicians wonder why fewer people trust them! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

On the rupture and the looming end of the petro-dollar's dominance in global trade 👇

Significant geopolitical shifts arise from eroding trust in US financial systems and the transition away from oil.

#renewablefuture
#climaterisks

What is the petrodollar and why is it under pressure? US designs on Venezuela and Greenland have raised questions about the future of the petrodollar system, as other countries explore other currencies and green energy becomes cheaper than oil.

US designs on Venezuela and Greenland have raised questions about the future of the petrodollar system, as other countries explore other currencies and green energy becomes cheaper than oil, writes @ingridwss.bsky.social.

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Striking the Balance: Protest Rights and Public Order Striking the Balance: Protest Rights and Public Order

Read the full JUSTICE report, Striking the Balance: Protest Rights and Public Order, here: justice.org.uk/reports/stri... (8/9)

📢New report: The right to protest faces its most serious assault in decades, as sweeping new laws hand police ever greater powers to suppress dissent.

JUSTICE calls for Crime and Policing Bill to be paused to prevent further erosion of democracy. (1/9)

Cop30: deep division on core issues, but progress on climate and adaptation finance Despite the absence of plans to end deforestation and fossil fuels, Cop30 saw some progress on finance for climate adaptation and a just transition.

Green Central Banking’s @moriahcosta.bsky.social and @ingridwss.bsky.social round up developments from #Cop30 including:

📈 Adaptation finance to triple by 2035
💵 Loss and damage fund launches
🌳 $6.6bn in funding for Brazil’s Tropical Forest Forever Facility

‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, say world’s leading experts The world's leading genocide scholars association has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria has now been met to establish that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, say world’s leading experts

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Great to see & hopefully soon to be followed by a resolution @ 2025 International Association of Genocide Scholars' conference, definitively declaring a genocide is ongoing.

Legal clarity is urgently needed to remove the plausible deniability Starmer is hiding behind @genocidescholars.bsky.social

Israel’s war on Gaza: Why do legal experts say it’s genocide? Experts, including UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, are unanimous: the most serious of international crimes is happening in Gaza

They have also written up an accompanying overview from various #intLaw & #genocide studies experts, asking them when the #Gaza genocide began & how they reached their conclusion that it is genocide. #Israel www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

YouTube video by Middle East Eye Israel is committing genocide, say top scholars | Expert Witness

Middle East Eye has assembled statements from experts across #intLaw & #genocide studies, all in agreement that what is happening in #Gaza is genocide. I am one of those experts, along with @vukusiciva.bsky.social, @dirkmoses.bsky.social, ‪@nimersultany.bsky.social & others youtu.be/LhT5DsSE8l4?...

@genocidescholars.bsky.social @drmelob.bsky.social

Will AIGS vote on a resolution to declare genocide in Palestine during this year's conference?

An AIGS resolution would provide urgently needed legal clarity while waiting for the final ICJ ruling.

Will AIGS vote on a resolution to declare genocide in Palestine during this year's conference? @drmelob.bsky.social

an AIGS resolution would provide urgently needed legal clarity while waiting for the final ICJ ruling.

Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? [Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…

Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?

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Ft. IAGS president @drmelob.bsky.social !

@kayeyt.bsky.social should have!

If you’re not confirmed by the Senate then you have no business meddling in the lives of MILLIONS of Americans

We are suing DOGE for violating the constitution & illegally seizing power

I’ll discuss tonight @ 8PM ET on @insidewithpsaki.msnbc.com 👇
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

"The AU said in a statement that reparations for Africa could entail land restitution in countries where land was taken from indigenous populations...In 2023, the AU joined forces with the Caribbean community CARICOM to demand reparations."

Pan-Africanist geopolitics is back, baby

Renewables are growing fast in China... and so is coal! 👇
I look forward to reading "More and more and more" by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, where he discusses a strong historic trend, globally, for energy accumulation rather than genuine transition

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

In the fight to end fossil fuels sensitizing grassroots about its effects is key. We must fight for a just energy transition by shaping a future that is sustainable and renewable.
#EndFossilFuels
#ClimateActionNow

Meta is renewing its threats against employees, telling them today that they will hunt for leakers and tolerate zero leaks.

Want to know how that is going? Three Meta employees who I’ve never spoken to before just cold messaged/emailed me offering me to be sources.

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

@powershiftafrica.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @dontgasafrica.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social @amisdelaterre.org @milieudefensie.bsky.social

Join tomorrow at 8pm (EAT) / 6pm (CET) / 5pm (UK)

for a live X-Space discussing EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) & its disastrous impacts on East African livelihoods

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear directly from Project Affected Persons

@stopeacop.bsky.social @studenteacop.bsky.social

Trump-Education-EO

BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

How Canadian cities could be leaders in the fight against waste We don’t recycle enough! Cities, as the main sources of consumption and waste production, are strategically positioned to reverse this trend.

Cities can be leaders in fighting waste by using urban planning and procurement policies and practices to support a circular economy

The Los Angeles Fires Accelerated the Looming Natural Gas Crisis All American cities are at risk.

New by me in @heatmap.news: The LA fires have accelerated the looming financial crisis facing gas utilities from 2035/2040 to today.

Preventing that disastrous cost spiral, though, can help make burned areas safer, easier to rebuild, and more insurable! (1/12)

💡🔌

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