Ido Liven
@idoliven.bsky.social
Writer. Migrant. Dad for future. I have a weakness for wild berries. And climate justice. Views my own etc.
🌐 www.IdoLiven.com
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Before any Russian soldier gets anywhere near the border, these landmines will kill those fleeing war and seeking refuge in Europe.
This is #FortressEurope.
This is #FortressEurope.
Joining a broader regional shift that has seen almost all European countries bordering Russia, with the exception of Norway, announce plans to quit the global treaty banning such weapons, Poland wants to use anti-personnel mines to beef up its borders with Belarus and Russia reut.rs/4afZUiC
Exclusive: Poland to start producing anti-personnel mines to lay along eastern border
Poland has decided to start producing anti‑personnel mines for the first time since the Cold War and plans to deploy them along its eastern border and may export them to Ukraine, the deputy defence mi...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Before any Russian soldier gets anywhere near the border, these landmines will kill those fleeing war and seeking refuge in Europe.
This is #FortressEurope.
This is #FortressEurope.
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
"After the [Iran-Iraq] war, my father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate" - @nikahang.bsky.social time.com/7321571/iran...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"After the [Iran-Iraq] war, my father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate" - @nikahang.bsky.social time.com/7321571/iran...
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On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world.
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Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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As Europe races to secure the raw materials needed for its green transition and defence build-up, the small Czech town of Cinovec has become a symbol of the tension between Brussels’ industrial ambition and the environment.
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
The Czech mining town saying ‘no thanks’ to Europe’s critical raw materials push
As Brussels races to secure raw materials and cut its reliance on China, it's facing resistance from a Czech region that's thought to hold signific...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As Europe races to secure the raw materials needed for its green transition and defence build-up, the small Czech town of Cinovec has become a symbol of the tension between Brussels’ industrial ambition and the environment.
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
Hardly 10 days in between.
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hardly 10 days in between.
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Weekend #longread: The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario | Harry Benham and Guy Prince carbontracker.org/the-quiet-re...
The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario
Political pressure may be forcing the IEA to revive an old forecast of endless fossil fuel growth, but oil and gas investment reality tells a clearer story of an industry embracing decline.
The...
carbontracker.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Weekend #longread: The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario | Harry Benham and Guy Prince carbontracker.org/the-quiet-re...
"we've moved in extreme moments to confront wars, Covid-19. ... Why don’t we show that ability when the problem has been detected ... already sending us its most malevolent ambassadors in the form of fires, heat waves, ever-more-intense typhoons"- @marinasilva.bsky.social sumauma.com/en/marina-si...
Marina on COP30: ‘We know what needs to be done, yet we don't do it.’ - SUMAÚMA
Brazil’s environment minister says the roadmap to halt deforestation and dependency on fossil fuels made a good start in Belém, but it should have been on the table 30 years ago: ‘There is no more tim...
sumauma.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"we've moved in extreme moments to confront wars, Covid-19. ... Why don’t we show that ability when the problem has been detected ... already sending us its most malevolent ambassadors in the form of fires, heat waves, ever-more-intense typhoons"- @marinasilva.bsky.social sumauma.com/en/marina-si...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
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Unhappy endlings
What tales of the last days of extinct and dying species can bring to our own story
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November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.
Finally managed to visit this monument, dedicated to the last aurochs, hunted outside Warsaw nearly 400 years ago.
Since we're well into the 6th mass extinction, there must be some memorialization for other bygone species, right?
Since we're well into the 6th mass extinction, there must be some memorialization for other bygone species, right?
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.
This is from a month ago - and things are admittedly very dynamic - but @dahliasc.bsky.social's laser-sharp insights into Israeli society are spot on.
PODCAST: Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war and why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
www.972mag.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is from a month ago - and things are admittedly very dynamic - but @dahliasc.bsky.social's laser-sharp insights into Israeli society are spot on.
Warsaw's #FirstSnow. I guess winter's here.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Warsaw's #FirstSnow. I guess winter's here.
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‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves
Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Looks like the fossil fuel industry doesn't even need to bother flooding climate summits with their lobbyists.
The EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions, Von der Leyen says ahead of G20
The EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions, Von der Leyen says ahead of G20
Her comments to reporters in South Africa may impact global climate talks wrapping up in Brazil
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looks like the fossil fuel industry doesn't even need to bother flooding climate summits with their lobbyists.
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Now its already 80 nations calling for a roadmap to transition away from #fossil fuels at #COP30 reports Argus Media www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Cop: 80 nations back roadmap on shift from fossil fuels | Latest Market News
Around 80 countries are asking the UN Cop 30 climate summit's Brazilian presidency to put a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels on the negotiating table, after an initial draft text released ...
www.argusmedia.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Now its already 80 nations calling for a roadmap to transition away from #fossil fuels at #COP30 reports Argus Media www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Yes, the intersections between conflict and climate should be more widely acknowledged. But there's no way to make violence green. Wars - just like fossil fuels - are destructive by definition.
Wars are now unfolding in the shadow of climate breakdown.
Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
Wars are now unfolding in the shadow of climate breakdown.
tcnv.link
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yes, the intersections between conflict and climate should be more widely acknowledged. But there's no way to make violence green. Wars - just like fossil fuels - are destructive by definition.
While delegates at #COP30 discuss roadmap toward a fossil fuel phase-out:
Drill baby drill: Moscow just triggered a new wave of Mediterranean gas exploration
Drill baby drill: Moscow just triggered a new wave of Mediterranean gas exploration
European officials have long talked up the region’s potential. Until now, few have shown the resolve to unlock it
dlvr.it
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
While delegates at #COP30 discuss roadmap toward a fossil fuel phase-out:
Turns out that healing wars' ravages on both nature and human souls can go hand in hand. Look to Ukraine: theconversation.com/ukraines-mas...
Ukraine’s massive nature project is helping veterans and land recover
A massive rewilding project in Ukraine is proving helpful for the wellbeing of veterans as well as helping large natural areas recover.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Turns out that healing wars' ravages on both nature and human souls can go hand in hand. Look to Ukraine: theconversation.com/ukraines-mas...
OK, the Iranian regime has no-one to blame for this water crisis but itself. But what could international solidarity with Iranian civilians - i.e. those least responsible for this mess but most affected by it - look like?
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
OK, the Iranian regime has no-one to blame for this water crisis but itself. But what could international solidarity with Iranian civilians - i.e. those least responsible for this mess but most affected by it - look like?
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Overshooting the 1.5°C degree temperature target, even temporarily, means greater risks of severe climate impacts, some of which may be irreversible. Irreversible and, in some cases, fatal, impacts are only part of what's so concerning. A 🧵 based on new UCS blog:
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Overshooting the 1.5°C degree temperature target, even temporarily, means greater risks of severe climate impacts, some of which may be irreversible. Irreversible and, in some cases, fatal, impacts are only part of what's so concerning. A 🧵 based on new UCS blog:
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President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed plans by the government to create Poland’s first national park in 24 years.
Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, argues that the park would “block the economic development of the region” and threaten Poland’s security.
Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, argues that the park would “block the economic development of the region” and threaten Poland’s security.
President vetoes government plan to create Poland's first new national park in 24 years
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed plans by the government to create Poland’s first national park in 24 years.
Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, argues that the park would “block the economic development of the region” and threaten Poland’s security.
Nawrocki, who is aligned with the right-wing opposition, argues that the park would “block the economic development of the region” and threaten Poland’s security.
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The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!
Today, Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflicts, is meant to spotlight one long lasting yet little acknowledged of scars left by wars.
Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed.
#EnvConflictDay 👇
Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed.
#EnvConflictDay 👇
The Israeli enviro movement is silent no more on war crimes in Gaza.
Over 500 have already signed this public statement calling to immediately end the war, free all captives and let unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza: environment2025.wixsite.com/endwar
Proud to have been part of this initiative
Over 500 have already signed this public statement calling to immediately end the war, free all captives and let unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza: environment2025.wixsite.com/endwar
Proud to have been part of this initiative
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today, Int'l Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflicts, is meant to spotlight one long lasting yet little acknowledged of scars left by wars.
Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed.
#EnvConflictDay 👇
Also, a good chance to recall the enviro movement must not look away when atrocities are committed.
#EnvConflictDay 👇