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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 2h

World breaks renewable records - adding 582 GW of capacity in 2024 - but must nove faster to hit the agreed 2030 tripling goal.
From @irena-official.bsky.social:
www.irena.org/News/pressre...

TRIPLING RENEWABLE POWER BY 2030
infographic showing that speed of deployment needs to double to 1122 GW/year in 2025-2030, requiring an even higher growth rate than last year.

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 4h

This is the quiet, but slowly getting louder horror story taking place across the northern hemisphere

Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15h

Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...

Graph showing diminishing uptake of CO2 by global forests, from around 9Gt/year in the beginning of this century to around 2 Gt/year now

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15h

Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 4h

Aanrijding met auto?
#waarisdechauffeur

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 4h

New far-right party in this month's Dutch elections JA21 does well in the polls after endless talk show invitations.
Turns out they misled the government agency assessing the budget effects of party platforms. The party e.g. tells voters 'end aviation tax', but told PBL they're going to keep it.

Arjan Noorlander @arjannoorlander.bsky.social · 12h

Ja21 paste onvermeld verkiezingsbeloftes aan voor doorrekeningen

nos.nl/l/2586491

JA21 paste verkiezingsbeloftes aan voor CPB, maar liet dat onvermeld

Zo heeft de partij een versnelde verhoging van de AOW-leeftijd laten doorrekenen bij het CPB. In 2060 zou de pensioenleeftijd 1,5 jaar hoger liggen. Dit staat echter niet in het partijprogramma.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 17h

A mile a day sends the Russians away.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 21h

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian assault units advanced up to 1.6 km in certain areas over the past day, clearing and securing 3.4 sq km of territory in Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 5h

Ja ja 21.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 5h

As climate change causes stronger storms and melts the permafrost, the Trump regime took away the funding to protect this low-income Alaska Native community against the effects.

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 11h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 12h

Midnight procession of holiday planes from the Mediterranean into Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Not great for the people who live there. Screenshot: 23:42.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 12h

This maybe?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Muc...

Too Much and Never Enough - Wikipedia

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 12h

Council of Europe commissioner for human rights urges UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood to review protest laws after Palestine Action placard mass arrests.

Michael O’Flaherty says the current legal framework allows UK authorities to impose “excessive limits on freedom of assembly and expression”.

Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests

Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 13h

When I see announcements like this, I have to ask - how many of the people out there who are so vehemently anti-migrant would actually pass English at an A-Level standard?

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Passports
Fast Track
My hote of
Passports ePassports
UK Border

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 TRUMP CONFIRMS HE WAS AN ACTIVE PARTNER IN THE GENOCIDE:

'Bibi Netanyahu would call me so many times asking for weapons I never even heard of, but we got them here didn’t we? You used them very well.’

Absolutely shameless that this is a world leader.🤬🤬🤬

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 13h

NATO SG mocking Russia while having no answer to simple drones over strategic targets in NATO countries.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy reut.rs/3IIy0AA

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 14h

Why do they admire it?

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

Strong European support for Moldova is needed after the pro-EU parties won the election there.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova, cites Ukraine as warning.

Kremlin issues veiled threats towards Moldova, cites Ukraine as warning

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov issued a new round of veiled threats towards Moldova on Oct. 12, warning Chisinau not to suffer from the same fate as Ukraine just weeks after an election that saw M...

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 14h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

Europe has to ramp up its military aid again. Ukraine is starting to regain territory and that progress needs to be accelerated.
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15h

Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 17h

Ukrainian sanctions. Russia’s seaborne fuel exports plunged 17% in September after a wave of drone strikes hit key refineries. Attacks disrupted operations at major sites including Rosneft’s Samara group and Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery, forcing Moscow to cut fuel exports across its ports.

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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 17h

A mile a day sends the Russians away.

NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 21h

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian assault units advanced up to 1.6 km in certain areas over the past day, clearing and securing 3.4 sq km of territory in Pokrovsk district, Donetsk region.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 19h

Fuel shortages in Russia hit Irkutsk region amid refinery attacks.

Several cities across Russia’s Irkutsk region have run out of gasoline, with authorities publicly linking the crisis to recent attacks on oil refineries.

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