Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible

Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.

Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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Trase: Indonesian palm oil exports and deforestation Deforestation associated with the palm oil sector in Indonesia increased slightly in 2022 after falling for nearly a decade, according to the latest Trase data.

Palm oil bio fuels are not Green
In 2023, Indonesia produced 47 million tonnes of crude palm oil and in the past two decades, the country has also lost 3 million hectares of natural forest areas, thanks to the spread of oil palm plantations.

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Graham Linehan won’t shut up | The Observer

The legendary Graham Linehan just won't be silenced—and the world is cheering him on for it!

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The Year of A Hundred Birds, Week Thirty-Something Good things and ooh look what’s that

I wrote about birds. AGAIN.
Linnets and godwits and coal tits oh my. Also, the joys of distraction. open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

Never forget
On the fundamental issues that determine whether life on this planet will continue the left and right are united
They all agree on the urgency for more and more economic growth
Agree that ever rising population growth is not a problem and should be encouraged

Hardly surprising from a country that is concreting over and building its new mega capital city in one of the oldest jungles in the world
The Borneo Jungle

News spotlight: Deforestation linked to dramatic decline in Amazon rainfall The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.

New research confirms a found that roughly 75% drop in rainfall in Amazon rain forest that can be directly linked to deforestation

And the shysters continue to burn millions of acres of forest every year
They want to turn it into a desert and its working
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10 years ago, there was only a single 'leathceann' (windswept) birch tree in the foreground.

Now, there's a full-on exploding diverse native rainforest, none of which was planted. All it took was fencing out sheep.

Let's rewild the world 🌏

Premier League ditches rainbow laces and armbands in move away from Stonewall charity The Premier League will establish its own LGBTQ+ programme

I'm thrilled to hear that the Premier League has finally decided to sever ties with the highly controversial trans-pressure group Stonewall and is ditching their problematic rainbow laces and armbands!

#ComeOutofStonewall #Stonewall
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The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth Sudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed.

A long but very good read on the situation in Sudan that looks at long-standing as well as recent divisions.

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The Mediterranean is choking on smoke.
Thick plumes from massive #wildfires in Ribaute Aude, #France, are stretching across #Spain, the Balearic Islands, and far into the sea. A stunning yet troubling view of transboundary air pollution driven by heatwaves, dry winds, and a #ChangingClimate🔥🌍 06 Aug

So Much Depends Upon Antarctica The magnificence of the continent that’s changing our world.

“Krill is the engineer of the Antarctic ecosystem,” Without krill, the food web would collapse.
And huge factory ships from China and Norway are scooping up vast amounts of Krill that will starve Antarctica marine life

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Race to the Bottom: Impact of Deep-Sea Fishing Severely Underestimated Scientists recalculated historical catch data to find that bottom trawlers that scrape the seafloor with huge nets may be killing far more fish – and destroying more habitats – than previously thought...

They concluded that deep-sea trawling – an especially lethal fishing technique that deploys industrial-scale gear at depths greater than 400m (1,300ft) – caught and killed nearly 80% more fish than experts had previously estimated.

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Did Pride protect a predator?

'“If you look at PiS’s [Pride in n Surrey's] social media activity in 2019 and 2020, so much is focused on enticing children to take part,” one local lesbian says. “Stephen Ireland clearly set up PiS to get access to children.”'
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@irishrainforest.bsky.social Dereliction is awful but 7 years ago my neighbour bought their house and never moved in and never rented it out. The whole urban back garden is now a forest and is home to hundreds of small birds. I’m constantly fighting it back but I love the noise the birds make.

Need to understand the Green Party's voting system better?

Exiles have put together advice pages to help!

Confused by the STV (Single Transferable Vote) system?

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Dealing with the Party disciplinary process?

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Will Zack Polanski’s Political Naivety Destroy the Greens? The Green Party's leadership election is upon us, with Zack Polanski appearing to be well ahead of the joint ticket of Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns.

Can the Greens survive Zack Polanski?

Internal purges, rural alienation, the rise of a new Corbynist party could leave the Greens weakened. Here's why this leadership contest matters more than you think.

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#GreenParty #LeadershipElection #ClimatePolitics #Polanski

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Why give this uber-misogynist male the time of day?
After all:
'When a porn-obsessed writer can be lauded as a feminist prophet for describing the “barest essentials” of “femaleness” as “an open mouth, an expectant asshole, blank, blank eyes” we should wonder how on earth we got to this point.'

#MenChallengingSexism2025 speaker update!

MACS co-founder Chris (@chrisgreen1954.bsky.social) will speak about his involvement in anti-sexist work in the last 50 years & how to engage men.

11+12 Oct. in #Brighton

Tickets 👉 macs2025.eventbrite.co.uk

#MACS2025 #AntiSexism #Campaigning

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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Fringe venue ‘breaking law’ by letting biological men use women’s toilets Edinburgh theatregoers accuse trans supporters of holding ‘luxury beliefs’ as signs ‘could flout’ landmark ruling

'This is plainly unlawful. You can’t have a sign like that. You can either have a mixed-sex space or a single-sex space. It’s not possible to have both at the same time. It’s either one or the other.' @forwomenscotland.bsky.social

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State-Sanctioned Child Marriage: A Look into the Legalization of Early Marriages in Iran While many countries around the world have taken steps in recent decades to outlaw child marriage by raising the minimum

'The persistence of such laws highlights not only institutionalized #misogyny, but also the regime’s systematic violence against girls and women — all under the guise of religious or cultural justification.' #Iran

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Mass Deportations from Iran: Afghan Women Caught in the Grip of Violence and Inhumanity - New Politics Afghan refugees,a population of 4-5 million who have lived,worked &raised families in Iran for decades,are being deported en masse. In recent weeks, in the aftermath of military confrontations with Is...

'Feminists warn: deportation is not just a geographic relocation. It is a return to a system of institutionalized misogyny, where Women are stripped of their most basic rights. It is a violent act that targets the body, life & freedom of #AfghanWomen.' #Afghanistan #Iran

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Oh look Bluesky has finally arrived at the cheerleader for political violence status it has been chasing for so long. This is absolutely disgusting incitement of violence & it ought to have no place in public life. Shame on the account quoted below and its fans & shame on Bluesky for promoting it.

The web of life is dying
Even in non pesticide pristine areas the insects are disappearing and along with them the birds and lizards that depend on insects as a food source
Even a small rise in temps can be fatal for insect life

Sandie Peggie and the dangers of gender groupthink A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

A slow-burning environmental disaster: “As prey became scarce, blue whale vocalisations dropped by nearly 40% alongside a collapse in krill and anchovy populations.
‘It’s like trying to sing while you're starving,’ Ryan adds. ‘They were spending all their time just trying to find food.’”

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions

Probably the most widely ignored set of atrocities this century.

Sentencing date fixed for man convicted of murdering Good Samaritan Chris Marriott The sentencing of a man found guilty of murdering Good Samaritan Chris Marriott and injuring four others when he drove his car into a crowd on a Sheffield street will now take place in November 2025 -...

The sentencing of a man found guilty of murdering Good Samaritan Chris Marriott and injuring four others when he drove his car into a crowd on a Sheffield street will now take place in November 2025 - four months after verdicts were returned
#Sheffield
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