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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 14h

Heart wrenching human stories from the fisheries of South Korea. The profits of fossil fuel companies and the corruption it has bred particularly in the US killing livelihoods and decent humans - just one little scene in a global tragedy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

South Korea's fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?

An increase in deadly incidents has been partly caused by climate change, an inquiry found.

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 2d

FT editorial (gift link) on the US killing action on maritime emissions. More broadly we can clearly expect the US to back fossil fuel interests anywhere, any time for the rest of this presidency. Bleak. on.ft.com/4ngBAQs

Trump’s victory for fossil fuels in shipping

US pressure has derailed a landmark deal to curb maritime carbon emissions

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 6d

Awful news, but why would anyone be surprised? US with assistance from Saudi Arabia has effectively killed the deal to decabonise shipping. & what a joke for the US to claim their concern in consumer prices after applying tariff taxes at massive scale to US consumers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats

President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty depressing end to the week, as the Trump administration gets the diplomatic thumbscrews out and forces a delay to previously agreed plans for the IMO to at least try and do something about the shipping industry's greenhouse gas emissions.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4520604...

'Missed opportunity': Countries vote to delay approval of landmark global shipping CO2 levy

Slim majority of countries vote to push back decision on climate scheme by a year, after intense lobbying from the Trump administration

www.businessgreen.com

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 7d

Shipping climate levies deal in London likely to go through... on.ft.com/479Zx5P

Trump campaign to block global shipping emissions deal falters

US set to be faced down by industry powers, including China, EU, India and UK

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 11d

So in our wisdom we have given the main contract for NHS data management to a company run by this malevolent fruitcake www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 11d

Musk meeting Yaxley-Lennon / Tommy Robinson court case legal costs is another sign of undue political interference in the UK. That continues to bode ill for the future.

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 12d

"Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America. It shapes the collective horizon more insistently than at any time since 1945" Especially environmental loss & the impact on wellbeing. Andreas Reckwitz www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | The West Is Lost

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 13d

On benefit sharing & community ownership in renewable development www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/bene...

Benefit sharing in wind and solar projects must become the norm. The Just Transition Work Programme is a unique opportunity - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 14d

6 EDs (out of 25) don't sign up to continued World Bank engagement in climate finance www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 14d

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Climate change: AMOC likely to withstand future warming

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – a major transporter of heat to the north Atlantic and northwestern Europe – is unlikely to collapse this century.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 15d

Let nothing be called natural in an age of bloody confusion, ordered disorder, planned caprice, and dehumanised humanity, lest all things be held unalterable!

- Brecht

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 18d

Offsets: worst problems were with issuing credits for projects already in the pipeline; impermanent projects, e.g. planting trees that later burn; projects with leakage, such as protecting part of a forest but pushing loggers elsewhere; & double-counted projects. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 19d

Losing glaciers in the Alps. My mother grew up in Vienna before the war and her parents loved the mountains. We have a little album of black and white family photos showing the wonder of this landscape in the early 30s. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19d

Poll.
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.

That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 22d

Rogue state committing extra-judicial executions in international waters. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 22d

Michael Jacobs on the fight in No10 about whether Starmer attends Lula's 'leaders summit' that will preceded Cop30 & why it's so important that he does go www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs

The battle inside No 10 about whether the PM should attend an absolutely crucial climate summit in Brazil is ludicrous. He must assert himself – and go, says economist Michael Jacobs

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 26d

Neil Postman crops up so much in analysis of cultural and democratic crisis these days & it's merited. "Amusing ourselves to death" is painfully prophetic. This is a good piece. jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 26d

Latest New Statesman pod on links between the Tony Blair Institute and Oracle/Ellison is worth a listen. How it put their funding on steroids and the implications for UK and global politics. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The New Statesman: politics and culture

Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Helping you make sense of politics, culture and world affairs – every weekday. Anoosh Chakelian, Andrew Marr and the New Statesman team bring you sharp reportin...

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 27d

A compelling piece on the 'battle between power elites for control of the future'. Giuliano da Empoli. Gift link. on.ft.com/4nI2kdT

How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power

Digital moguls and strongman leaders are more than disrupters of the old liberal order. Together they seek to sweep it away, writes Giuliano da Empoli

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28d

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · 29d

China's NDC and expert reactions - basically 'could be better, could be worse'. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

China’s plans to cut emissions too weak to stave off global catastrophe, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · Sep 22

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Papay ranger - Jonathan Ford @papayranger.bsky.social · Sep 14

Two steps forward and two steps back. Wryneck on Papay yesterday, a lifer for me. Old world woodpecker island birds. Thanks to @papaybirder.bsky.social for the finding skills.

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Andy Norton @andynortondev.bsky.social · Sep 20

Some good news. High seas treaty comes into force as the 60th country ratifies. Well done Morocco and time for the UK to get a move on! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

www.nytimes.com

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