Amid a boom in electricity demand, I took a close look at hydropower--an old standby that has struggled to grow:
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#energysky
Thank you - and right back at you. I just started Is a River Alive? and I'm loving it. Would love to chat with you about it. What's the best way to get in touch?
This is a really important @katiesurma.bsky.social piece on the strategic state silencing of land & water defenders in Ecuador—including colleagues of mine—as Noboa’s gov. moves to intensify mining & drilling (Trump playbook).
Please share widely.
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Thank you for sharing the story, Robert.
As Ecuador courts a U.S. critical mineral deal, the right-wing government is weakening environmental protections and labeling environmental defenders “terrorists.”
The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts
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New Zealand lawmakers have introduced legislation recognizing whales as legal persons. The move, inspired by an Indigenous declaration, would affirm whales’ rights to a healthy environment and to migrate.
Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for featuring He Whakaputanga Moana (The Whale Protection and Legal Personhood Declaration) and our alliance with Hinemoana Halo and @nyulaw.bsky.social’s MOTH Program to advance the implementation of the declaration. bit.ly/4ry4AWH
A new report reveals the “nature gap” in the U.S.: Environmental degradation and climate risks disproportionately affect communities of color and low-income areas, worsening health disparities and economic inequality.
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A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.
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I went to Big Bend this weekend to enjoy some nature but then the ole wall reared its head and I reported a story. Please read if you care about our remaining wild places! @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1702202...
How to stand up to a dictator by Maria Ressa. And there are loads of great books on dictatorships in Latin America. Two of my favorites aren’t memoirs but historical fiction. In the time of butterflies by Julia Alvarez, and The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli
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NEW from @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I for @insideclimatenews.org
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain
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In eastern Angola, a highland wetland system feeds rivers, wildlife and millions of people across Africa. Long protected by local communities, it has now gained international recognition as Angola’s first Ramsar site.
“As Indigenous peoples, we draw our identity from place. We are that river; that river is us.”
Here’s how that led to a new treaty recognizing whales' rights.
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One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News
Angola’s “source of life” is now a Ramsar wetland of international importance.
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Wildfires are getting worse. Republicans are pushing legislation that would weaken environmental protections and open vast swaths of land to logging. Scientists say policies should focus on making infrastructure and landscapes fire-resilient.
On a new episode of Your Call’s One Planet, the spotlight is on the Rights of Nature movement, featuring @katiesurma.bsky.social from @insideclimatenews.org:
https://f.mtr.cool/otwahliusc
Wildfires are getting worse. Republicans are pushing legislation that would weaken environmental protections and open vast swaths of land to logging. Scientists say policies should focus on making infrastructure and landscapes fire-resilient.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0302202...
ICYMI from the weekend:
@dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I on a surge in pollutant emissions from oil and gas facilities in Texas in the big freeze
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You are amazing!!! Congratulations!
Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence
Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.
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"Carney’s critique ignores Canada’s own role in sustaining the structures he criticized. Chief among them are economic treaties that grant formidable rights to Canada’s influential mining sector and other multinational corporations."
Canada’s Mining Firms Are Big Beneficiaries of the Global Order Its Prime Minister Just Criticized
As Mark Carney urges value-based leadership, critics point to trade rules championed by Canada that undermine those ideals.
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The China-Canada trade deal is bad for U.S. automakers, but the damage was already done by the Trump administration pushing away a longtime economic partner. My latest:
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Thank you for highlighting this story, Royce.
Thank you for highlighting this story, Ian.
