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Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at COP30 | Amazon Watch The peaceful protest was a powerful statement from Indigenous and traditional communities about the impacts of Brazil’s grain export corridors on rivers, fisheries, territories, and local livelihoods.

BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights

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Major River Mobilization With More Than 5,000 Leaders from the Amazon Arrives at COP30 | Amazon Watch “The presence of Indigenous Peoples at COP30 is very important, but the struggle doesn’t end here."

“The government wants to drill for oil in the Amazon & build a railway. We will all face problems if this continues. I told Lula not to exploit oil in the Amazon & that we don’t want the Ferrogrão. If necessary, I’ll scold [him]. He must show respect,” Raoni stated. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law

For the new environment laws to work, they have to apply to forestry, and they can’t be pushed aside every time the mining and fossil fuel industries get in the Minister’s ear.

The govt has to scrap the ministerial discretion clause and demonstrate real intent by protecting native forests

The VFA has launched a citizen's database on PLANNED BURNS: to lift the lid on destructive fire management conducted by FFMV. 🔥

See something? Report. Help us collect evidence on the blatant mismanagement of fire in our forests.

www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/citizen_reports_planned_burns

Photo of large log piles and heavy loads vehicles. Caption: Aerial image of log piles in the image above at Drax's Burns Lakes wood pellet plant log yard. Photo by Desiree Wallace / Stand.earth, June 2025

Investigation by @stand.earth confirms Drax is still turning ancient trees from oldgrowth forests in BC into wood pellets to burn itself and to sell to others.Yet last week, the govt. signed a new subsidy contract with Drax for 2027-31. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass
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EPN's Biomass Action Network has released a new briefing at COP30 "Decarbonisation or dispossession? The extent of industrial scale biomass energy in Latin America and its impacts on the region"🔗 environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/deca... #bioeconomy #COP30 #LatinAmerica #biomass #bigbadbiomass

Decarbonisation or Dispossession? Industrial-Scale Biomass in Latin America and Its Impacts - Global Forest Coalition As COP30 convenes in Brazil, governments and corporations are spotlighting biomass as a key part of the “green transition,” promoting it under national decarbonisation and bioeconomy agendas. The Bele...

New short report by @gfc-forest.bsky.social and @environmentalpaper.bsky.social exposes the impacts of large-scale #biomass energy, mostly for use in industry, on communities and ecosystems: globalforestcoalition.org/decarbonisat...

Ban “conversion therapies” across the EU! The EU is reviewing the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban “conversion therapy” across Europe. The next few months will decide whether leaders take real action or turn away. Add your voice and...

The EU is reviewing the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban “conversion therapy” across Europe. The next few months are critical – let’s make sure they act. I’ve signed to keep up the pressure. Join me 👉 a.allout.org/s/PEZER/
#LGBTQI

DA2025/0416 - 41 Hernani Station Road HERNANI NSW 2453 Covered Feedlot (999 head of cattle)

True, let's save the celebrations for the real deal
Also a cattle mining proposal to overturn on the Blicks this month.
A 999 head feedlot at Hernani seeks DA approval, but it comes with risks to water. The devil's in the detail.
Subs close 4pm 24-11-2025.
www.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Building-and...

Biomass Action Network Sounds Alarm on Bioeconomy False Solutions in Belem 4X Pledge at Leaders Summit Ahead of COP30, Issues Open Letter to Parties

👉 Read more: environmentalpaper.org/2025/11/biom...

SIGN THE PETITION: #STOPTHECHOP AT BAKUN Defend the last remaining forests of Ulu Balui A massive commercial bamboo project is threatening to wipe out native forests in the Belaga region of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. On the banks of the Baku...

Please sign and share this important petition by the Borneo Project in support of indigenous communities who're trying to stop their forest in the Belaga region of Sarawak being destroyed for a giant bamboo project: borneoproject.org/stopthechopb...

What might lie ahead for tropical forests (analysis) Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, it seemed worth attempting a thought experiment: to trace today’s trajectories a little further forward and imagine where…

Read the first analysis "What might lie ahead for tropical forests":

Beyond deforestation: redesigning how we protect and value tropical forests (analysis) Heading into COP30, where tropical forests are set to be a central theme, it seemed worth looking today’s trajectories a little further forward and imagine where they might lead. Part 1 looked at…

Following his earlier essay, Mongabay founder and CEO @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social turns from diagnosis to design—asking what concrete interventions could still avert collapse.

This piece explores how governance, finance, and stewardship might evolve in a second act for tropical forests.

World’s forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said on Wednesday.

World’s #forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests

Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the #climate #crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said

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Today in the Newcastle Herald, DEA member Dr John Van Der Kallen explains why Australia urgently needs stronger environmental laws ⚖️🌳

Putting Australia Last. 20 years worth of gas exported in past 5 years, while Australians threatened with shortages. New Australia Institute analysis shows that over the past five years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years.

New Australia Institute analysis shows that over the past five years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years.

For more info ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/putting...

Australia's the second-largest LNG exporter in the world, but Australians have to pay through the nose for their own gas!

And on top of that, we're giving half of our exported gas away for free!

📺Stephen Long, Senior Fellow & Contributing Editor
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol

YouTube video by AFTINET October 2025 AFTINET Webinar: ISDS - Fossil fuel companies' secret weapon against climate action

AFTINET held a webinar recently on how ISDS acts as a barrier to climate action, discussing it in the context of the result of the first Palmer decision. You can watching a recording of the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=76O3...

Geopolitics and Gina Rinehart’s critical minerals tilt The multibillion-dollar critical minerals deal between the US and Australia aims to circumvent China’s supply chain monopoly, but who will gain from this mining boom?

What is driving the investment “stampede” – led by Gina Rinehart – into rare earths and critical minerals? The short answer is geopolitics. satpa.pe/KU2XYpX

Rethink Logging: Plantation Forests Crucial for Koalas A new study has shown areas of state forest in Northern New South Wales, currently zoned as hardwood eucalypt plantation and slated for logging in

Rethink Logging: Plantation Forests Crucial for Koalas
www.miragenews.com/rethink-logg...
The authors of the study argued all high-value koala habitat - regardless of zoning - must be protected...
#SaveTuckersNob

It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.

"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia

Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

PETITION: Strong environment laws now! The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.

I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...

The aim of the International Day of Action on #BigBadBiomass is to amplify the destructive impacts of biomass energy on people and planet, like this article "Burning More Forests Won't Cool the Planet" by BAN Coordinator Peg Putt, featured in Hobart news today. environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...

Community and Scientists Work Together to Identify Koalas Within the Plantations Inside the Proposed Great Koala National Park in New South Wales, Australia
www.mdpi.com/3042-4526/2/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says

NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
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Monster on the Horizon (4 minutes) Over 100 concerned groups are opposing a new biomass energy project in California. The project proposes to burn trees for electricity - by converting them into wood…

Pls watch: vimeo.com/1028788938 - Drax, in partnership with Golden State Natural Resources wants to build two huge pellet plants in California. This video looks at the devastating impacts such plants would have. #AxeDrax #BigBadBiomass

Puun polttaminen energiaksi saa ympäri maailman tukia yli 250 miljardia € vuodessa.

Suomessa puupohjaisten polttoaineiden verottomuus ja muut bioenergian tuet maksavat veronmaksajille vuosittain noin 450 miljoonaa €.

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New report released on the International Day of Action on Big Biomass shows how #BigBadBiomass Burns Billions of public money, hurts the climate and nature, while masquerading as renewable energy. environmentalpaper.org/2025/10/burn... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org