Baz.weeber.ecowatchnz
@ecowatchnz.bsky.social
Marine & environmental researcher and advocate. Based in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Just a reminder at how poorly served farmers are by agribusiness lobby groups, like Fed Farmers, which vociferously oppose action on climate change, leaving ordinary farmers to deal with the climate disruption. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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The Govt replacement law has come back worse from the Select Committee. Its not good for our threatened species and habitats and its not great for communities. There are more than five reasons why these Bills will fail to protect the environment for current and future generations.
Greenpeace Aotearoa@greenpeace.org.nz · 2w agoThe Luxon Government has torn up the Resource Management Act (RMA) — the law that has protected Aotearoa's rivers, forests, coastlines and wildlife for more than 30 years. 1/7
Thanks to @henrycooke.bsky.social & @graemeedgeler.bsky.social for highlighting this-no NZ govt should be able to unilaterally change voting. Removing registration rights established since 1948 impacts 230,000+ people & undermines the legitimacy of election results www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
A Summary of the Climate Change Commission‘s report. My #cartoon today #NZpol #ClimateChange #ClimateTargets
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
You know what would be good? Journos asking when this funding was approved.
Scientists at the UN Bottom Fisheries Workshop highlighted the urgent need to end bottom trawling on seamounts and underlined that current measures have failed to prevent ongoing damage to vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems.
State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026 | @zekehausfather.com Read here ➡️ buff.ly/NDJddQS
2026 is on track to be the warmest (~35% chance) or second warmest (~63%) year on record, while 2027 is very likely (92% chance) to be the warmest on record on the back of a growing super El Niño event. For more, check out my new Carbon Brief State of the Climate Q2 update: www.carbonbrief.org/...
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Wildfires brought to you by the fossil fuel industry, a fact that seems to be missing from most media stories about the climate crisis. There is no debate about this in the climate science community. Journalists should inform people about the facts. www.un.org/en/climatech....
Myth Busters | United Nations
Climate change is a hot topic – with myths and falsehoods circulating widely. Find some essential facts here. Share them, use them and talk about them to help counter mis- and disinformation and build...
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Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 3w agoAmazing graphic from @zekehausfather.com showing how human-caused warming is driving increasingly widespread wildfires like the one currently impacted air quality in the eastern U.S. That's a shot of the famous Art Museum from my window this morning. Normally the view is crisp.
Minister for Transport Chris Bishop and the Roads of National Significance. My #cartoon today in the Sunday Star Times. #Roading #NZpol #Health&Safety
For #MolluscMonday, a grim one. The new IUCN Red List assessed every mollusc known to live only at hydrothermal vents. Of 201 species, 125 are now threatened with extinction, and the driver is deep-sea mining that has not meaningfully started yet. #marinelife iucn.org/press-releas...
From desert frog to deep-sea molluscs, remarkable species at risk – IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 9 July 2026 (IUCN) – Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has revealed. In Aust...
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A drawing today about the recent passing of actor and gentle man Sam Neill (and his duck Charlie Pickering), and I guess about the landscape he loved.
Not to be all “we told you so”… …but we did, in fact, tell everyone so. Repeatedly. And with receipts. 🤷🏻♀️😎 👉 www.greaterauckland.org.nz?s=Rons Now that reality is sinking in at last, can we please get back to planning and building right-sized, rational, resilient and multi-modal transport networks?
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henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: Chris Bishop has unveiled the Govt's major backdown on the Roads of National Significance, with just six with guaranteed construction dates. Here's 2023 promises v now:
Deep-sea coral and sponge hotspots on the Corner Rise #seamounts, in an area beyond national jurisdiction, meet international criteria for Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems. #HighSeas #MPAs @planulara.bsky.social https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2026.1752067/full
3/3 the broad concession provisions, and then there are all the changes to Te Tiriti settlements without negotiation and agreement. This Bill should be withdrawn. Submission close 2 July - bills.parliament.nz/v/6/bd7d0f89...
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Other issues: the gutting of the powers of Conservation Boards and the NZ Conservation Authority and the centralisation of power with the Minister; the failure to protect World Heritage Areas; the broad visitor amenity provisions which ignores zoning within protected areas including national parks;
It is good to see the Government listening but the sale clauses are but one of many flaws in the Conservation Amendmt Bill. Other issues include: the introduction of requirement for "economic opportunities... to the greatest extent practicable" on conservation areas; www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Controversial clause in Conservation Amendment Bill that allows sale of conservation land to be removed
*This story has been updated to clarify what the money raised from land sales would've been used for.
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Nice infographic. NZ’s general advice for sick animals is: www.doc.govt.nz/nature/nativ... “If you find three or more sick or dead animals, this could indicate a disease, poisoning or pollution”, call MPI: 0800 80 99 66 – IMO, while I understand the reasoning for "3 or more" it’s a bit awkward.
![What to do
When you find [a sick] animal:
– take a photo or make a note of the location
– don't touch the animal
– keep yourself, other people, and pets safe
– don't try to feed, or treat the animal.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:thnzuria5x6askhzk2dkeiaj/bafkreiepyw5gbq2akcb2yfq3kd457qb7dnivfix6fu3anltjnaxjutgz6y)
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀@mackayim.bsky.social · last mo.From the Australian Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries & Foreatry over on LinkedIn. Sticking with the Avoid, Record, Report triad.✔️ Simple and clear.✔️ Limited text✔️ Selected and well-used colours✔️ An App might help but theyre not cheap and, ya know, we have submarines to fund.
The 'Conservation Land is Under Attack’ map is an interactive map revealing the overlap between deposits of minerals the Govt has identified as ‘critical’ to its mining agenda, and the public conservation land at risk under the Conservation Amendment Bill. maps.greenpeace.org/maps/aotearo...
Wow. When you zoom in you get a real feeling for what is now at risk. New map highlights mining threat associated with controversial Conservation Amendment Bill www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
New map links mining threat to Conservation Amendment Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace has produced an interactive map showing the mining threat associated with the proposed Conservation Amendment Bill.
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Poll: two-thirds of voters oppose public conservation land sales
Poll: two-thirds of voters oppose public conservation land sales
The majority of New Zealand voters oppose selling public conservation land, a new poll has found, and politicians who support it could lose votes.
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🦠 Bird flu: Suspected bird flu in Western Australia; if confirmed, would be first detection in Australia – strain not yet identified, e.g. H5N1 – keep a safe distance from sick birds – if confirmed may have big impact on wildlife RNZ via ABC News: www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/6...
Suspected detection of H5 strain of bird flu in WA, which would mark first detection in Australia
The first suspected case of a deadly strain of bird flu that has killed millions of birds and mammals worldwide has been found in Western Australia, the federal government has confirmed.
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What an absolutely beautiful sendoff for Jools Topp today - just finished watching the livestream. Two and a half hours of weeping, laughing, singing. As Lynda said at the end, urging people to vote: "let's make New Zealand a better place, a fairer place" #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/...
Live: Final farewell for Dame Jools Topp
Tami Neilson, Helen Clark and Anika Moa are among the famous faces joining Dame Lynda, other whānau and fans for one last send-off for Dame Jools.
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Simeon Brown described Labour’s capped bus fares as fanciful. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Transport #CostOfLiving
