Annie Leymarie
@annieleymarie.bsky.social
Nature / Climate / More-than-humans / Degrowth / Social justice / Food, Farming and Land Use / Energy / Retrofits / Transport
London
London
Re "the very sinister development of nuclear renaissance”.
"Over the years I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times, and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to....
And now it is happening all over again..."
"Over the years I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times, and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to....
And now it is happening all over again..."
After a career as an environment writer, here’s what I have learned
After a career as an environment writer, here’s what I have learned
Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Re "the very sinister development of nuclear renaissance”.
"Over the years I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times, and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to....
And now it is happening all over again..."
"Over the years I have regularly been fed wildly optimistic figures of construction costs and times, and of the resultant electricity supply. At worst we have been consistently lied to....
And now it is happening all over again..."
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That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH.
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
Merchants of Myth: new report exposes plastic recycling as costly failure - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA reveals plastic recycling has largely failed after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
www.greenpeace.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH.
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
Read the full report here:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...
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Earlier this week, Norway stopped all deep sea mining in Arctic waters until at least 2029. A huge win for ocean protection.
Now Norway must join the 40+ countries calling for a global moratorium and protect our oceans for good.
#StopDeepSeaMining
Now Norway must join the 40+ countries calling for a global moratorium and protect our oceans for good.
#StopDeepSeaMining
Deep-sea mining: Norway halts controversial practice until 2029
Norway’s newly elected government has delayed issuing deep-sea mining licenses in the Arctic.
www.euronews.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Earlier this week, Norway stopped all deep sea mining in Arctic waters until at least 2029. A huge win for ocean protection.
Now Norway must join the 40+ countries calling for a global moratorium and protect our oceans for good.
#StopDeepSeaMining
Now Norway must join the 40+ countries calling for a global moratorium and protect our oceans for good.
#StopDeepSeaMining
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When you made a manifesto pledge to reduce energy bills, but also made a series of foolhardy promises to build new nuclear power plants
‘Troubled Hinkley Point C #nuclear will add £1bn annually to UK energy bills as soon as it’s switched on, official figures show. The money will be taken from consumers and handed to the French owner #EDF.'
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December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When you made a manifesto pledge to reduce energy bills, but also made a series of foolhardy promises to build new nuclear power plants
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Is there any purpose to cryptocurrency other than to facilitate criminal activity?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Is there any purpose to cryptocurrency other than to facilitate criminal activity?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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The EPA website showing this insightful 800,000 year methane concentration graph has been taken offline...
Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.
Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The EPA website showing this insightful 800,000 year methane concentration graph has been taken offline...
Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.
Reality doesn't change by pretending it isn't real.
"It is not clear whether the Pensthorpe beaver, whose sex and age is unknown, was illegally released into the reserve by activists using a practice known as beaver bombing. It is possible it wandered of its own accord..."
💚💚💚to the beaver bombers, or just the beaver!
💚💚💚to the beaver bombers, or just the beaver!
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensun at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"It is not clear whether the Pensthorpe beaver, whose sex and age is unknown, was illegally released into the reserve by activists using a practice known as beaver bombing. It is possible it wandered of its own accord..."
💚💚💚to the beaver bombers, or just the beaver!
💚💚💚to the beaver bombers, or just the beaver!
Daddy's new peace prize:
by @dennisgoris.bsky.social
by @dennisgoris.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Daddy's new peace prize:
by @dennisgoris.bsky.social
by @dennisgoris.bsky.social
"Based on >100 peer-reviewed studies, this analysis finds that dietary change plant-based with rewilding provides far greater environmental benefits than any grazing-based approach.
(...) this makes plant-based + rewilding one of the most powerful solutions to the climate and ecological crises."
(...) this makes plant-based + rewilding one of the most powerful solutions to the climate and ecological crises."
🌎 Livestock dominates global land, yet yields little food.
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Based on >100 peer-reviewed studies, this analysis finds that dietary change plant-based with rewilding provides far greater environmental benefits than any grazing-based approach.
(...) this makes plant-based + rewilding one of the most powerful solutions to the climate and ecological crises."
(...) this makes plant-based + rewilding one of the most powerful solutions to the climate and ecological crises."
But "some residents keep pigs, goats and chickens"
...which will also have environmental impacts, especially if regularly killed for food.
My ideal intentional community would likely stick to plant-based diets, with perhaps a few communal free range pets like herbivore donkeys & slug-eating ducks
...which will also have environmental impacts, especially if regularly killed for food.
My ideal intentional community would likely stick to plant-based diets, with perhaps a few communal free range pets like herbivore donkeys & slug-eating ducks
‘We miss having a dog but it’s the price you pay’: the village that banned pets to save wildlife
‘We miss having a dog but it’s the price you pay’: the village that banned pets to save wildlife
Australian eco community is a sanctuary for native animals and a showcase of sustainable living
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
But "some residents keep pigs, goats and chickens"
...which will also have environmental impacts, especially if regularly killed for food.
My ideal intentional community would likely stick to plant-based diets, with perhaps a few communal free range pets like herbivore donkeys & slug-eating ducks
...which will also have environmental impacts, especially if regularly killed for food.
My ideal intentional community would likely stick to plant-based diets, with perhaps a few communal free range pets like herbivore donkeys & slug-eating ducks
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🌱 How far can plants really shift their future range under #climatechange? Using #SDMs for 1318 European species, this study shows that most #plants can’t track shifting climates.
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🌱 How far can plants really shift their future range under #climatechange? Using #SDMs for 1318 European species, this study shows that most #plants can’t track shifting climates.
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
⚠️ Authors suggest caution in assuming #dispersal capability in SDMs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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End of the night
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
End of the night
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🌎 Livestock dominates global land, yet yields little food.
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🌎 Livestock dominates global land, yet yields little food.
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
🐄 Regenerative grazing can't scale without a major cut to beef & dairy.
⚠️Regenerative grazing: short-lived soil gains, long-lived CH4.
🌳Removing livestock revives ecosystems.
FULL REPORT:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
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The new Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5, 2002–2022) shows that at the global scale 1) by far, most area burned are grasslands; 2) area burned is declining; & 3) fuel consumption is increasing: ie, fires are increasing in forests & encroached grasslands.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The new Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5, 2002–2022) shows that at the global scale 1) by far, most area burned are grasslands; 2) area burned is declining; & 3) fuel consumption is increasing: ie, fires are increasing in forests & encroached grasslands.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐
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Animal #farming occupies more land than all of North & South America combined, while providing only 12% of global calories. Over 100 studies show that removing #livestock consistently increases plant & animal diversity, while #grazing reduces native species richness… (1/2) iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Animal #farming occupies more land than all of North & South America combined, while providing only 12% of global calories. Over 100 studies show that removing #livestock consistently increases plant & animal diversity, while #grazing reduces native species richness… (1/2) iffs.earth/living-repor...
In French: a great series of comics about biodiversity.
Includes, among much else, stories about ecosystem engineer species like beavers and wolves, within a chapter on species conservation.
👇
Includes, among much else, stories about ecosystem engineer species like beavers and wolves, within a chapter on species conservation.
👇
Espèces ingénieur, espèces charismatiques, espèces porte-drapeau, espèces parapluie... vous êtes prêts?!?
Chapitre 9!
La conservation des espèces.
www.lheritagedudodo.com
Chapitre 9!
La conservation des espèces.
www.lheritagedudodo.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In French: a great series of comics about biodiversity.
Includes, among much else, stories about ecosystem engineer species like beavers and wolves, within a chapter on species conservation.
👇
Includes, among much else, stories about ecosystem engineer species like beavers and wolves, within a chapter on species conservation.
👇
Philosophy, Politics and Economics student Arwa Hanin Elrayess made history last week as the first Palestinian, first Arab woman and first Algerian to be elected president of the Oxford Union, one of the world's most influential student debating societies.
Oxford Union's new president says pro-Palestine voices face 'disproportionate scrutiny' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/oxford-union-president-says-pro-palestine-voices-face-disproportionate-scrutiny
Oxford Union's new president says pro-Palestine voices face 'disproportionate scrutiny'
Palestinian-Algerian student Arwa Hanin Elrayess claims that whilst campaigning her identity was 'weaponised' against her
www.middleeasteye.net
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Philosophy, Politics and Economics student Arwa Hanin Elrayess made history last week as the first Palestinian, first Arab woman and first Algerian to be elected president of the Oxford Union, one of the world's most influential student debating societies.
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I somehow missed this! 😯
Check out this excellent episode of the @climatepod.bsky.social and then go out and get a copy of @lukekemp.bsky.social’s MUST READ book, Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.
Check out this excellent episode of the @climatepod.bsky.social and then go out and get a copy of @lukekemp.bsky.social’s MUST READ book, Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.
New Episode!
@lukekemp.bsky.social on how collapse happens and the unique threats we face today.
Listen with the links below
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#climatechange #climatecrisis
@lukekemp.bsky.social on how collapse happens and the unique threats we face today.
Listen with the links below
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#climatechange #climatecrisis
How Collapse Happens (w/ Luke Kemp)
Podcast Episode · The Climate Pod · 10/08/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I somehow missed this! 😯
Check out this excellent episode of the @climatepod.bsky.social and then go out and get a copy of @lukekemp.bsky.social’s MUST READ book, Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.
Check out this excellent episode of the @climatepod.bsky.social and then go out and get a copy of @lukekemp.bsky.social’s MUST READ book, Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.
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Reposted by Annie Leymarie
Two tropical cyclones and a typhoon caused heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and landslides in South and Southeast Asia last week. More than 1,250 people have died in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand alone, with many still missing. By @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social
At least 1,250 people dead: What caused the devastating Asia floods?
Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Two tropical cyclones and a typhoon caused heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and landslides in South and Southeast Asia last week. More than 1,250 people have died in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand alone, with many still missing. By @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social
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20 yrs ago today, Dec 6, 2005 – James Hansen gives speech about imminent climate tipping points, at American Geophysical Union meeting
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December 6, 2005 - James Hansen speech about imminent tipping points, at AGU - All Our Yesterdays
Twenty years ago, on this day, “On 6 December 2005, in a presentation to the American Geophysical Union (AGU), James Hansen stated that, “we are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyon...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
20 yrs ago today, Dec 6, 2005 – James Hansen gives speech about imminent climate tipping points, at American Geophysical Union meeting
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/05/d...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/05/d...
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On 9. January 2026 20:00 CET, we will do a quick online #EarthBuilding Workshop. You want to have a jar with a lid and some (2 hands) local earth you want to test ready. This will be fun but this is not just play 😉. Use the form to sign up. Limited spots. Free.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Building with Earth 09.January 20:00 CET
1 hour earth building workshop with Michael Burchert, various clay soil tests. (zoom, free)
docs.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On 9. January 2026 20:00 CET, we will do a quick online #EarthBuilding Workshop. You want to have a jar with a lid and some (2 hands) local earth you want to test ready. This will be fun but this is not just play 😉. Use the form to sign up. Limited spots. Free.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...