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Chevron to begin hydrocarbon drilling in 2026 (www.ekathimerini.com)
 

US energy giant Chevron is set to launch its first exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons south of Crete in 2026, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Monday.

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Scientists 'must experiment with storytelling' (theecologist.org)
 

Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.

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Over 300 Gaza children killed by Israel in 10 days (www.newarab.com)
 

UNICEF revealed an average of around 100 children have been killed or maimed over the past 10 days as Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire.

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Israel’s Genocide Has Reportedly Killed More Journalists Than WWI and WWII Combined (truthout.org)
 

At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.

The paper: News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World

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Czech MEP Appointed to Climate Role While Paid £10k a Month as Car Consultant (www.desmog.com)
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Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink (www.carbonbrief.org)
 

Retreating glaciers created 2,500km of “new” coastline and 35 “new” islands in the Arctic between 2000 and 2020, according to a new study.

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Here's why border fences are bad for wildlife (phys.org)
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International border barriers everywhere are harming wildlife by bisecting their habitats, disrupting their hunting and collecting patterns and preventing them from commingling. In some cases, the borders are causing so much harm that they could cause certain species to go extinct.

The literature review, which analyzed 42 studies on wildlife and borders by scientists across the globe, was part of a special issue on addressing land degradation.

The review: International border fences and walls negatively affect wildlife

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A classification of drugs based on their environmental impact (www.unil.ch)
 

Scientists at UNIL and Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. The aim of this research is to provide medical staff with a tool for considering the environmental risks associated with certain common drugs when prescribing them. The proposed list is subject to change when new data become available, their rarity being a limiting factor for classification.

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How nothing could destroy the universe (www.newscientist.com)
 

By the 17th century, it wasn’t just God who could create a vacuum. Physicists Evangelista Torricelli and Blaise Pascal had also managed it using a mercury barometer. But had they really created nothing?

Archived link of the article

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Is it Game Over for the 1.5 Degree Climate Limit? (youtu.be)
 

Wherever you look, you'll hear headlines claiming we've passed 1.5 degrees of global warming. And while 2024 saw record breaking climate change, this might n...

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Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut again, testing fragile truce with Hezbollah (www.aljazeera.com)
 

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least three people and wounded seven others.

Giant, mysterious organisms discovered are impossible to categorize in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

Great you pointed that bioRxiv does preprints, and not peer reviewed articles.

Personally, I found this theory interesting and thought of sharing it. Let's see where the scientific consensus will lean towards on this matter.

“After the water”: fighting the mud and invisible wounds. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That's a very interesting site. Thanks for sharing!

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A third of US bird species are in decline, report warns (news.mongabay.com)
 

A recent report assessing the health of U.S. bird populations presents a grim outlook: Birds in the U.S. are declining, and a third of the species — 229 to be precise — are in need of urgent conservation actions.

Finland's president says he has heard no serious US talk about NATO withdrawal in c/[email protected]
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report in c/[email protected]
EU plans to strengthen police powers to tackle foreign threats in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I have the impression that this could be the press release of this EU draft/document:

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises

Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Le Pen has also been given a €100,000 (£82,635) fine.

Only? I thought that the European parliament estimated the embezzled funds amounted to about €7m.

Or according to this article:

saw the embezzlement of €2.9m worth of European funds.

Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what can we influence?

Everything and I think it's a process. We influence what we can in all scales, large, small, etc. The more we do this, the more we evolve and the better we get at it. And there is room for all sort of approaches. I mean, we get better at it regardless of a specific approach. Something like that.

Burning wood is not ‘renewable energy,’ so why do policymakers pretend it is? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

This is a podcast. At 4:20 it addresses what you say.

Badass Fruiterrarist Land in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Amazon Restore is a great name! By looking around in their website it seemed to me like an interesting project.

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find out who they are, or at least how they organise, and how they get money for this effort. If you have better luck on these topics, please share the links.

Burning wood is not ‘renewable energy,’ so why do policymakers pretend it is? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It's not really an article, it's more of an introductory text for the podcast. I think if you listen to it you will understand the perspective. It covers what you mention early on.

Giorgia Meloni rejects ‘childish’ choice between Trump and Europe in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This article a typical example of how mainstream media normalises contemporary fascist leaders.

Why Does Geothermal's Messaging Sound Like Fossil Fuel & Nuclear's? - CleanTechnica in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This is a very weird article, so I thought of taking a look at the author. Michael Barnard has been writing in the past for Forbes magazine, is the co-founder of a couple of start-ups, and is the Chief Strategist of The Future Is Electric or TFIE Strategy Inc. It looks like:

TFIE’s mission is to ensure that as much of the trillions spent on climate solutions in the coming decades is spent intelligently, wisely and quickly.

Michael Barnard spends his time projecting scenarios for decarbonization 40-80 years into the future, and assisting executives, boards and investors to pick wisely today.

[source: https://tfie.io/]

I have the impression that he is simply not invested to geothermal. If anyone has got more info, please share.

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