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An EPA proposal would make it harder for tribes to protect their water - High Country News The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights.

The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can their enforce treaty rights, shares Grist.

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State of Finance for Nature 2026 UNEP's State of Finance for Nature 2026: Nature in the Red: Powering the Trillion Dollar Nature Transition Economy tracks global finance flows to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and reveals that we are f...

For every dollar invested in protecting nature, US$30 are spent destroying it.

In 2023, US$7.3 trillion flowed into nature-negative activities—from fossil fuel subsidies to investments in high-impact sectors like utilities and energy.

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Calls for more detail on coal mine water releases into reef catchment There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.

Central Queensland conservation group wants to see more transparency on coal mine water releases www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Brazilian development bank picks funds for climate programme The seven equity and credit funds selected by BNDES are expected to mobilise more than $3bn in private investments for energy transition and reforestation.

The Brazilian development bank has selected private funds for a multi-billion-dollar climate programme. But too often these initiatives prioritise profits over real environmental protection, a pattern we keep seeing in “green” finance.

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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.

Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.

Radiative Heating of an Ice‐Free Arctic Ocean The complete disappearance of Arctic sea ice would contribute an additional solar radiative heating of 0.71 W/m2 to the planet This is equivalent to the radiative forcing from one trillion tons of ...

Arctic ice may completely disappear in 2 decades or less
Complete disappearance of Arctic sea ice would contribute additional solar radiative heating of 0.71 W/m2 to the planet
- equivalent to radiative forcing from 1 trillion tons of CO2 emissions

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Food Systems at the Heart of the Ecological Emergency How food systems shape the ecological crisis-quickfire talks on soil, policy, psychology, history, and change.

This should be a great evening. Oxford, Thursday.
See you there.
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Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice...

Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate

But this must not become a green light for risky geoengineering fixes! They don’t tackle the root cause. Cut emissions fast, don’t gamble with the planet!

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Is panpsychism pseudophilosophy? A response to Walter Veit

Is panpsychism a philosophical dead-end or a legitimate response to the hard problem of consciousness? I respond to Walter Veit's critique and defend panpsychism as a serious metaphysical option, not ornamental fluff. #philsky @walterveit.bsky.social

Australia’s record heatwave as seen from space🌡️ Thermal data acquired by the @copernicus_eu Sentinel‑3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer highlight the severity of the ongoing heatwave across Australia, with extreme land surface temperatures (LST) detected over large regions. For example, in Willcania and Broken Hill, recorded land surface temperatures ranged between 58 and 60 °C, whereas Adelaide appeared cooler, with temperatures of 45–48 °C, likely due to its proximity to the sea. Land surface temperature represents the physical temperature of the Earth’s surface — essentially, the temperature you would measure if you touched the ground. This differs from air temperature, typically reported in weather forecasts, which is measured a few metres above the surface and is usually cooler. Sentinel‑3’s SLSTR instrument retrieves these surface temperatures by measuring thermal infrared radiation emitted by the surface, allowing scientists to monitor heat extremes, drought stress, and conditions conducive to bushfires with high spatial and temporal accuracy. Observations like these provide crucial insights into how rapidly heatwaves intensify and how they affect ecosystems, fire risk, and communities on the ground. Credits: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2025), processed by @europeanspaceagency

Australia’s record heatwave

Thermal data acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel‑3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer ... recorded land surface temperatures ranged between 58 and 60 °C

sources: European Space Agency, ESA Earth, Copernic

link: www.instagram.com/p/DUDFoF4CIgG

🚨 NEW STUDY: As Australia prepares for another heatwave, our latest study found the early January heatwave which hit SE Australia was made 5x more likely due to climate change. What was once a relatively rare 1-in-25-year event is now expected about every 5 years. 🧵 1/6

Warmer climate threatens the occurrence of giant trees in the Amazon basin Giant trees in the Amazon serve as critical carbon sinks and underpin diverse forest ecosystems. Yet, these emergent giants are increasingly vulnerabl…

A new study warns that climate change could wipe out large areas where the Amazon’s biggest trees can survive. If emissions stay high, up to 45% of their habitat could be lost by 2080.

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Make America Go Away...from the Deep Ocean - Gaian Way While the world works to protect the deep sea, the Trump Administration is trying to unilaterally mine it....

"it’s time we Make America Go Away from the Deep Ocean. Yes, the MAGADO movement"

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YouTube video by GoldenGangräneVerzückung Werner Herzog - Lessons of Darkness (1992) - 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮

Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Werner Herzog

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It’s time we revived Rousseau’s radical spirit in schooling | Aeon Essays Rousseau’s child-centred ideals are now commonplace but his truly radical vision of educational freedom still eludes us

On the #InternationalDayofEducation, we’re resharing this Essay drawing on the radical vision of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to ask what we really mean by learning. Is education merely a system for transmitting knowledge and preparing people for work or could it be something more expansive and humane?

Rights of Nature: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature.

"Rights of Nature: A Reading List

What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature."

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YouTube video by rumatazero Where The Green Ants Dream (1984) Dir. Werner Herzog | HD

Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Werner Herzog

"A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred"

The absurdity of the non-ideological university - Lawyers, Guns & Money Evan Mandery’s long piece about UATX, Bari Weiss’s right-wing grift masquerading as some sort of new “non-ideological” university, is fascinating on several levels. Mandery is a professor at the John ...

Campos on Mandery on the "University" of Austin

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More Than Words A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by...

Writing is a process, an experience, a practice and the fact that we've moved away from that framing over the last couple of decades, making everyone amenable to the text extruding homework machine doesn't mean we can't reclaim our own humanity. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

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In our exclusive flock bonus content, Sue Donaldson reveals fascinating research on how emotions shape animal politics.

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Compartilhando esse vídeo lindo neste domingo: o flagrante de uma mamãe #preguiça com seu #filhotinho. O registro foi feito no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, uma das mais belas e bem preservadas áreas verdes da capital fluminense. Mais sobre essa história aqui ➡️ buff.ly/0lrcd0m

House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law “This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic.

In a widely anticipated move, House Republicans released a draft bill that would roll back several provisions in the nation’s premier chemical safety law with the stated goal of bolstering manufacturing and innovation.

US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to approve billions of dollars in funding for federal science agencies, rejecting deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump in space and other areas.

Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.

Frontiers | Aspects of the blood meal of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) during the crepuscular period in Atlantic Forest remnants of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Identifying their food sources provides insights into mosquito foraging behaviors and directly impacts the epidemiology of mosquito-borne pathogens such as d...

Even in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are choosing people over wildlife. By analysing what mosquitoes had fed on, researchers found a strong preference for human blood, helping explain how disease risks can follow us into natural environments.

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Happy #WorldLogicDay !

Here is "On interpreting truth tables and relevant truth table logic" by Richard Sylvan

Enjoy!

Happy World #Logic Day! Proclaimed by @unesco.org in 2019, what better reason to listen to our 2024 episode with Patrick Girard from @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic in the Wild." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/logic-....

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Locked out of nature Why England’s countryside remains off-limits - and the movement fighting to open it up for everyone.

Vast stretches of our landscape is off bounds, held by a handful of private owners

Mussel atrophy All over the world, freshwater mussels are declining with worrying effects for ecosystems.

A major ecological shift has been quietly taking place