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lisazed.bsky.social
Australia is not much better!
Barest minimum on action while continuing to approve 30+ more #FossilPollution projects!
And that's supposed to be our so-called progressive party, who abandoned most of it's progressive policies, having bought into #neoliberal #TrickleUp for 3 decades!
#auspol
jansplanet.bsky.social Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · Nov 18
'We' deserve this.

"Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs to be saved."

#MoralCourage #Commitment #Justice #Cimate #Values
FOSSIL OF THE DAY AWARD - CANADA - Climate Action Network
18 November 2025 Today, with a heavy heart, we award the Fossil of the Day to Canada – more than a decade since it last received this dishonour. Canada receives the award because the new government of...
climatenetwork.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'... surging tourism [... could reach 450,000 by 2034] and expanding research bases are polluting the southern continent, accelerating snow melting and threatening fragile ecosystems already at risk from climate change.'
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

#ClimateEmergency #FossilPollution
Surging tourism is polluting Antarctica, scientists warn
Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited.
www.euronews.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'... sea creatures eat them thinking they are eggs.'

#FossilPollution #plastic #NatureEmergency
Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans
Millions of the tiny plastic pellets are being washed up on the coast of Kerala in India in the latest in a series of global spills, as plastic treaty talks continue in Geneva
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#FossilPollution #EnvironmentalCrimes #NatureEmergency #CapitalismKills
Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds
Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Ingesting less than three sugar cubes worth of plastic is enough to kill a puffin, a new study has found.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #plastic #birds #puffins #NatureEmergency
Three sugar cubes worth of plastic enough to kill a puffin, study finds
Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses'

#FossilPollution #CruiseShips #cruises
Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds
Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common viruses
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains'
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

'A new study shows that microplastics have crossed the blood-brain barrier - and that their numbers are rising.'

#FossilPollution #PublicHealth
In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains
A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their numbers are rising.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Ferries emit "more sulphur pollution than cars" in several EU capitals'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #AirPollution #sulphur
Ferries emit ‘more sulphur pollution than cars’ in several EU capitals
Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn among port cities more choked by sulphur oxides from ferries, analysis shows
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2026 at 12:13 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #FossilPollution #Ogoni #PublicHealth #Shell
Nigerian communities to take Shell to high court over oil pollution
Residents of Bille and Ogale in Niger delta are suing Shell and subsidiary, but company denies liability
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'International talks on curbing plastic pollution fail to reach agreement'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #NatureEmergency #ClimateEmergency #microplastics #PublicHealth #necropolitics
International talks on curbing plastic pollution fail to reach agreement
Chair of talks in Busan says progress has been made but ‘a few critical issues’ are unresolved
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:06 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'How dementia could be linked to air pollution in early life'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Scottish researchers find childhood pollution a likely factor, but association with mid-life air quality less clear'

#FossilPollution #PublicHealth
How dementia could be linked to air pollution in early life
Scottish researchers find childhood pollution a likely factor, but association with mid-life air quality less clear
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution'

#FossilPollution #DrinkingWater
Environmental groups demand EPA to start monitoring microplastics in water
Legal petition filed by 170 groups pushes environmental agency to tackle pressing health threat of pollution
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:19 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
It never stops: 'Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Fossil fuel and chemical industry representatives outnumber those of the EU or host South Korea'

#FossilPollution #ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #corruption #greenwashing
Plastics lobbyists make up biggest group at vital UN treaty talks
Fossil fuel and chemical industry representatives outnumber those of the EU or host country South Korea
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:05 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #PublicHealth #children
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:23 AM
lisazed.bsky.social
This is the sort of shit they want to fast track in AU w/o environmental protections!
On the dryest continent they'll steal water & pay little for it, but drive up water costs for everyone else!
They'll also put pressure on energy sector forcing use of tons more #FossilPollution for much longer!
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Pollution is "silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years", say researchers'

#FossilPollution #AirPollution #PublicHealth
Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds
Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

'... JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution'

#ClimateEmergency #coal #FossilPollution #PublicHealth #Trump #necropolitics
Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Plastic nurdles have been found in 84% of important nature sites surveyed in the UK.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Nurdles are tiny pellets that the plastics industry uses to make larger products.'

#NatureEmergency #FossilIndustry #FossilPollution #plastics #nurdles
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs it surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'"We feel we’re fighting a losing battle": the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #plastic #shipping
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
UK: '"Environmental catastrophe" fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

#NatureEmergency #FossilPollution #plastic
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘"could cause more deaths than jobs created"'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

'Lawyers challenge €4bn ... development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated'

#FossilIndustry #plastic #FossilPollution #PublicHealth #necropolitics
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Breathing fumes from gas cooking in New Zealand created over 1,000 hospital admissions, 208 early deaths and over 3,000 new cases of childhood asthma each year, the study found'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #GasCooking #GasStoves #PublicHealth
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds
Experts suggest replacing gas hobs with electric ones, saying it is a win–win for health and the climate
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
Plastic surgery... humans merging with their anorganic trail...

'The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'The particles are in our blood, brains and guts ...'

#FossilPollution #microplastics
The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds
The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#FossilPollution #AirPollution #PublicHealth #ClimateEmergency
Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows
New interactive map tracking PM2.5 air pollution reveals 900m people in path of ‘super-emitting’ industrial facilities
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts "more substantial than we realize"'

#FossilPollution #AirPollution #microplastics #PublicHealth
Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds
Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM