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There's never been such a strong chance of ending the obscenity of fishing in a way that not only strips the ocean of fish, it also rips out habitat the next generation of sea creatures needs to grow in - a death spiral for marine wildlife šš¾
#DYK 90% of the UK's marine protected areas still allow bottom trawling? Bulldozing the seafloor in areas that should be safe havens.
š£Ā But we FINALLY have a chance to change that.
šĀ Tell the Govt today: Itās time to REALLY protect our marine havens.
only.one/act/uk-mpa-consultaā¦
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Peruvian rainforest defender shot dead in suspected targeted killing
Another Tree defender shot dead so loggers can blitz the forest
Do they think they can survive in a world without Trees
news.mongabay.com/short-artiā¦
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Scientists who use ecoacoustics to measure habitats and species say a profound and horrifying quiet is falling across habitats everywhere as economic activities of the capitalist era annihilate biodiversity and leave a ādeathly silenceā. Dismantle this Extinction Economy now.
ALT Picture of blue whale from Nat Geo article
Well this is frightening.
As we overheat the oceans, Blue whales are under stress and are falling silent.
They are a warning of what is to come.
What on Earth are we doing?
nationalgeographic.com/animaā¦
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As prey became scarce, blue whale vocalizations dropped by nearly 40% alongside a collapse in krill and anchovy populations
"itās like trying to sing while you're starving,ā Ryan adds. āThey were spending all their time just trying to find food"
nationalgeographic.com/animaā¦
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Your kids can live & play without a plastic turf field.
Urge your city & school board to invest in professional management of real grass rather than on an artificial turf field that breaks down into billions of invisible particles.
#Plastic never truly disappears. It just multipliesāinto billions of invisible particles.
Theyāre in our oceans, soil & our bodies.
For #PlasticFreeJuly, ask yourself: What plastic can I live without?
šĀ dtsc.ca.gov/scp/candidate-chā¦
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The Future of Fifth partnership will improve quality of life in NYC. So excited to be part of this team! #IQoL
New Yorkās 5th Avenue is getting a makeover, co-designed by Dutch @Arcadis_NA via @nlinny
This is the first significant redesign in the avenue's 200-year history and it is set to be completed by summer 2025!
nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/ā¦
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No happy 4th of July for Alaska ancient trees many over 800 to thousands year old Trees
Trump is bringing huge logging machines like this to tear them all down as fast as possible
at a time when ancient Trees are our last defence against runaway global warming
This is insane
They are some of the most ancient Trees on the planet
That have stood for centuries
Many over 800 years old
But now heartless Trump will destroy millions of them
And America does nothing to stop it
the destruction of Tongass forest in Alaska
ak.audubon.org/news/tongass-ā¦
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āFootage of industrial fishing vessels ripping up seagrass cut from Attenborough film Ocean.. deemed too harsh for the publicā
Make sure to see Ocean because itās amazing. But most because the industrial fishing lobby doesnāt want you to.
thetimes.com/article/1adc8b5ā¦
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Public lands are a living expression of American liberty. They are what ensures that a child from a trailer park has the same right to stand beneath a redwood as the child of a millionaire. They are the antidote to aristocracy.
And that, perhaps, is why they are under threat.
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We havenāt seen atmospheric CO2 levels consistently this high in 14 MILLION years.
Weāre in so so SO much trouble, & pretty much every politician & journalist has just decided to ignore it.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy
(graph by Dr Thomas Ronge)
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Utah Senator Mike Lee has introduced an amended version of his public-land sell-off plan, still pushing to sell over 1 million acres of public land. The fight isnāt overāhereās what you can do to stop it.
Read more and take action -Ā fieldandstream.com/stories/cā¦ šØ
#PublicLands #NotForSale #FieldandStream
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Public lands belong to all of us!
Call the Senate at (202) 224-3121 and tell Mike Lee to take a hike.
Not one acre. Not now. Not ever.
#PublicLandsInPublicHands
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āWhat if we put strip malls and endless cul-de-sacs here?ā
"Selling a small amount of federal land would raise revenue and spur development, so why are some Republicans trying to protect the governmentās hoard?ā
- @WSJ Editorial Board
wsj.com/opinion/federal-landā¦
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š«š·š Paris is on a metro-building spree! By the end of the 2020s, 200 km (95% underground) will be completedāand they're not stopping there!
A new extension of Line 18 has just been announced, bringing it to 67+ km:
ā”ļø 17 km (100% underground)
ā”ļø 9 stations
š° ā¬2.93B (ā¬172M/km)
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Paris 2019 v. Today: I donāt think people realize how immense @annehidalgoās legacy will be.
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Drax is not just a Bond villain - itās a real life villain here in Britain - simultaneously consuming vast amounts of public money (Ā£11 billion and counting) and millions of ancient trees from Canada. Worse still, Drax claims the trees arrive in Britain entirely carbon free, and burning them makes āgreenā - who are they kidding? Perhaps the biggest greenwash Britain has ever suffered. TimeĀ toĀ endĀ it.
theguardian.com/commentisfreā¦
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Wherever there is water on Public Lands in the west, they will destroy it. They will sell it, slap condos or a resort on it, a store, a parking lot, a weed shopā¦
Not an acre should be privatized. It will be lost forever.
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I donāt think eastern US people understand how much of the west is like this. Water is rare. There is barely enough to support cattle, and definitely not enough to support āaffordable housingā.
The value is in the open space and native ecosystems. Not in the āpotentialā.
