Cate Bonacini

do you want something to do today? you can call your house reps about this! because its bad!

Yes to this! When I got my last booster, I explicitly said that I would be back for the updated vaccine as soon as it was available. My doctor’s office appreciated hearing this.

Norwegian cousins battle over oil, climate policy As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting together -- a trauma that united them.

More about this fellow, his fight, and the family divides over the future of oil and gas: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

This fellow has been on hunger strike over Norwegian oil and gas for 28 days. He’s asking for signatures on a petition encouraging the prime minister to meet him.

I added my name — and you should too.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/kj...

You've read the headlines, now hear the hot takes from our team on the ground at #PlasticsTreaty negotiations. What went wrong, what’s at stake, and why the fight for an ambitious treaty is far from over.
👉 bit.ly/4fWv67q

US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports - Inside Climate News The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countries’ human rights records. Now they’re out, and they’re starkly different than in the prior eight years.

Weekend read: US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports. With @katiesurma.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1408202...

Plastics Treaty talks are over. After 11 grueling days of delays, distractions, and gaslighting, we are leaving Geneva without a treaty. But countries stood firm against fossil-fueled interests — hope for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty lives on.
🎥 @dlevialvares.bsky.social + @davzoul.bsky.social

Geneva Plastics Treaty Talks End in Abject Failure - Center for International Environmental Law Plastics treaty talks collapse at the end of the resumed fifth session of the negotiations (INC-5.2).

The #PlasticsTreaty talks have ended without a treaty. To call this process a failure is an understatement. The world doesn't need more plastic. People know it, doctors know it, markets know it. We must now restart — not repeat.
👉 Read our statement: bit.ly/4fIWhCC

Guilty! And I'm glad they were so helpful.

#PlasticsTreaty talks fail in the early hours of the morning, after a tense all-night session behind closed doors.

Member States and observers have already left to catch flights and the hall feels empty this morning.

No text, but we’re still here at 1:30. Strange things are afoot at the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.

We are entering the final stretch. An insult of a text was mostly rejected by countries yesterday (except by petro states and the chemical industry, which tells you all you need to know about it). Let’s see if we can unlock this today … stay tuned
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @duycks.bsky.social

In the final hours of #PlasticsTreaty talks, the Chair has dropped a text. "This isn’t a treaty to end plastic pollution — it’s a gift to polluters." It's completely unacceptable. So, what’s next? @melissabluesky.bsky.social‬ explains.

🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it.

The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.

In case you're just tuning in to the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, GRULAC and the PSIDS did not come to play.

The chair's text needs to be rejected. It does not reflect the demands from the majority of the world and will not meet what is required to end plastic pollution.

Two more days and the heat is on in Gva #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.. Ministers have arrived, rumors abound, and we are looking for the narrow path to success
@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @breakfreefromplastic.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics on.ft.com/3Ut4pNF | opinion

Solidarity with my fellow @newsguild.org siblings.

@propublicaguild.org is an invaluable partner in the fight to hold so many accountable, and I want to see the phenomenal workers across the team be treated with fairness and equity. ✊

Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to "Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant" Tens of thousands of ChatGPT conversations were mistakenly shared by users who used a feature that OpenAI has swiftly removed.

"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant … How can we get the lowest possible price in negotiations with these indigenous people?"

Day 5 of #PlasticsTreaty talks: Hundreds of observers rallied outside the UN in Geneva with a clear message for negotiators: Fix the process, keep your promise, deliver the plastics treaty the world needs.

🎥 On the ground updates from @rachelrad.bsky.social‬

Chair of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations: "August 14th is not a deadline for our work, it's a deadline for when we must deliver."

But the negotiation looks like this, what will result? 🤔

Want an update about how things are going on the #PlasticsTreaty in Geneva?

📢 Don’t miss our expert panel LIVE from Geneva:

🟢 David Azoulay ( @ciel.org)
🟢 Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez (Panama’s climate envoy)
🟢 Erin Simon ( @climatewwf.bsky.social)

💬 Register here: buff.ly/7oNtcZD

There are 234 petrochemical industry lobbyists in these plastics treaty negotiations. Polluters should not be allowed to write the rules. We've already had 70 years of self-regulation by the petrochem industry; we're here working on a treaty because that has had disastrous consequences for us all.

⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded #PlasticsTreaty talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator.
#KickPollutersOut #INC5-2
👉 Read more: bit.ly/41wUn1L

Plastics are poisoning us. The science is clear.
📍 We’re in Geneva with a message for negotiators:
💪🏽 Now is the time for courage — to stop obstruction and deliver a #PlasticsTreaty that saves lives.
🌍 The world is watching.
#INC52

#BehindTheScenes at Day 0⃣ of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2!

With over 3,500 delegates & observers gathering in #GENeva, key moments taking place today include:
🔹 Regional Consultations
🔹 Conversation with Observers
🔹 Multistakeholder Forum
🔹 Pre-events

▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but scientists in The Lancet argue it is expensive when including damage to health

One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hope for global plastics treaty in Geneva to tackle pollution Officials from 170 countries are gathering to finalise measures to curb waste, after Sir David Attenborough’s Ocean documentary brought the issue into focus

More than 170 countries are meeting in Geneva tomorrow

Their task: thrash out a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution

What would it mean for the average person if the final deal is ambitious? Here's what experts think 👇

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...