Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nitrate ‘news not good’ for Southland Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety has been exposed in a council-commissioned report. The Environment Southland report...

‼️Southland Nitrate Emergency

Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety by the dairy industry has been exposed in a council-commissioned report.
#TooManyCows
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Just a reminder that Nixon held a steady 25% approval at the very worst of Watergate. And that was without social media.

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

“[People in the plastics industry] are very happy for us to look at ourselves and at each other, and not look at them,” says @bethgardiner.bsky.social, author of "Plastic Inc: Big Oil, Big Money and the Plan to Trash our Future."

Severe weather States of Emergency in 2026 already match last year Eight severe weather-related states of emergency have already been declared this year, matching the total for all of 2025.

A terrifying acceleration.

The number of times a State of Emergency has been declared in 2026, has ALREADY matched the 2025 number.

How long before we’re in a permanent State of Emergency and unable to recover?

Preparing for climate change, AND cutting emissions have to be election issues.

EV sales by country 2025

#NewZealand manages to be ahead of...Albania

2023 we were doing so well. Sigh.

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

“The climate crisis is an inequality crisis,” said the director of Oxfam Int'l. “The very richest individuals in the world are funding and profiting from climate destruction, leaving the global majority to bear the fatal consequences of their unchecked power.”
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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Point of no return:Hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points. Most people unaware

World is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped

Map showing paths of four eclipses over Aotearoa New Zealand on 22 July 2028, 10 March 2035, 13 July 2037 and 26 December 2038.

I was reminded of this today so just re-upping for your long-term holiday planning.

A reminder for $2.7b you could put solar and batteries into every home in Aotearoa with enough money left over to put solar and batteries into every factory in South Auckland. Now that is called an investment.

Democracy Briefing: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics Politicians are under fire overseas.

#NZ has no #lobbying regs. None. No register, code, cooling-off period for ministers walking into lobbying firms or #corporate boardrooms. We rank 42/48 OECD countries on lobbying #transparency, yet Justice Min #PaulGoldsmith said lobbying reform is not a priority open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...?

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For the first time in Australia renewables surpassed fossil fuels and met more than 51% of the country’s energy demand in the last quarter of 2025. In comparison, coal-fired generation fell to an all-time quarterly low, generating 4.6% less! Here’s to celebrating what renewable energy can offer! 🌞

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

They’re targeting independent journalist because it’s easier for them since they’re not protected by big institutions

A Major Agreement to Protect the Amazon Is Falling Apart After 20 Years Amid changing political headwinds, the moratorium on soy-driven deforestation is in danger. What now?

One of the world’s most effective zero-deforestation policies is hanging by a thread.

Big Ag lobbyists and soy giants are walking away from the Amazon Soy Moratorium to protect profits.

Without it, deforestation-linked soy risks ending up on plates worldwide.

Swim4TheOcean One man attempting to swim 1,000 miles of treacherous coastline. To ignite New Zealanders around the race for a healthy ocean.

🩵 Current obsession is checking the swim4theocean @LiveOcean site to see Jono Ridler’s progress. Swimming the east coast North Is - Aotearoa New Zealand to get people thinking & talking about bottom trawl fisheries. Epic human 👊🏻🩵 🏊‍♂️ liveocean.org/swim4theocea...

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency ‘coronapistes’ or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

Soy giants drop Amazon no-deforestation pledge as subsidies come under threat The world’s largest buyers of Brazilian soy have announced a plan to exit from a landmark antideforestation agreement, the Amazon Soy Moratorium. The voluntary agreement between soy agribusinesses and...

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Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Graph with monthly world temperature anomalies compared to the 1951-1980 average, since 1850, plus a 10 year centered average. This has gone from -0.3 around 1900 to +1.0 now.

Monthly global climate data update from Berkeley Earth for the month of December 2025.
Third hottest month of December since 1850.
#climate
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Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

What Consumed reveals about Unilever and why the company must break its sachet habit - Greenpeace International Brands like Unilever are now locked into disposability. Despite sustainability promises, the company continues to rely on sachets for volume and margins, even as the pollution becomes impossible to ig...

What Saabira Chaudhuri's book 'Consumed' reveals about Unilever and why it must break its sachet habit.

Unilever helped turn the single-use sachet into a dominant packaging format, and that decision continues to fuel plastic pollution on a global scale, via @greenpeace.org

#GlobalPlasticsTreaty

Auckland cycleway win thanks to Bicycle Network data Auckland Transport has decided to retain the Coronation Road cycleway as part of the permanent road network thanks to transport data provided by Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys ...

Excellent: Evidence creates evidence based policy for Auckland Transport to make a trial cycleway permanent in Central Auckland

Nice work and hope to see more Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys (AIRS) to provide the data and evidence needed to make informed decisions

AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost

The AI boom emitted as much CO2 in 2025 as New York City.

AI-related water use now exceeds all global bottled-water demands.

Billionaires reap the profit and corporations benefit but our society is left to pay cost.

Let’s say NO to new AI datacenters, block gen AI and push for AI-free apps.