A disturbing new investigation by the nonprofit Mercy For Animals into Pilgrim’s Pride — a major supplier of conventional and organic chicken to Costco and other brands — uncovered alleged unsanitary living conditions, along with severe neglect and disturbing cases of outright abuse at the farms.

Brazil sets a new global standard in animal welfare: the first nation to pass a federal law banning both the production and sale of foie gras (ruffling feathers in France!). An outcome made possible by my tenacious colleagues at Sinergia Animal in Brazil… www.sinergiaanimalbrasil.org/blog

The Trump administration's twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk. www.vox.com/climate/4960...

It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing endangered species need most to survive

The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.

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@globalwitness.org reports lobbying to dilute the EU’s deforestation laws by groups with ties to LVMH. Read more here 👇

Global Witness@globalwitness.org · 3mo ago

As the EU is yet to enforce deforestation rules, a LVMH subsidiary is pushing to exempt leather from the scope... even though its hides risk coming from cattle linked to forest destruction. https://gwitness.org/4eKZyTg

The European State of the climate report warns that Europe is warming faster than any other continent… record heatwaves, ocean temperatures, wildfires are amongst the events which are already reshaping our world. Weekend reading 😓

Copernicus ECMWF@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣Out now! We are pleased to release the European State of the Climate 2025 report, published jointly by #CopernicusClimate @ecmwf.int & @wmo-global.bsky.social. Explore climate conditions, key events of 2025 in Europe, long-term climate indicators, climate policy and action for biodiversity, more! ⬇️

Love this headline 🐝 @earth.com Bees may choose flowers the same way people choose restaurants: www.earth.com/news/bees-ma...

Bees may choose flowers the same way people choose restaurants

Bees follow other bees to flowers, which gives early blooming plants an advantage in attracting pollinators.

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The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...

The Latest Tactic for Silencing Ecuador’s Environmental Defenders: Shuttering Their Bank Accounts - Inside Climate News

As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Such “debanking” cuts them off from financial support and p...

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🚨 NEW 🚨 How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories  www.desmog.com/2026/03/08/h... 📝 @damancini.bsky.social With @desmog.com in collaboration with @theguardian.com

How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories

The only ice factory in Bubaque is out of service. Local fishermen, like Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, some 70 kilometres a...

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Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals in South Pacific brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

REVEALED: Scientists’ discovery of ancient deep sea corals brings new hope for protection against threat of industrial fishing - Greenpeace Aotearoa

New scientific research from Greenpeace has uncovered ancient and fragile corals at a Lord Howe Rise seamount in the South Pacific, an area of huge ecological significance in the high seas that has ne...

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A new study takes a look at how (mainly livestock) farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture. insideclimatenews.org/news/2502202...

Grasslands and Wetlands Are Being Gobbled Up By Agriculture, Mostly Livestock - Inside Climate News

A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.

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Don't Let the EU-Mercosur Agreement Be a Loss for Animal Welfare www.commondreams.org/opinion/eu-s...

Don't Let the EU-Mercosur Agreement Be a Loss for Animal Welfare | Common Dreams

​The EU talks a good game, but rhetoric alone is not enough. The ratification delay is a golden opportunity for reflection and to strengthen standards.

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Down time listening if you can : @rutgerbregman.com gives the 2025 Reith Lectures on the urgent need for a “Moral Revolution" bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Do you ever feel like your dog is eavesdropping on you? A new study found that some dogs can learn words simply by overhearing conversations, even when the pets are not directly addressed. https://wapo.st/3L6RiAR

A simple way an individual can make a positive impact on the planet & their health in 2026: a gentle nudge and solid reasoning by @kennytorrella.bsky.social 🙏

Kenny Torrella@kennytorrella.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A little end of year analysis from me on the state of all things plant-based, and why eating a more plant-based diet is still one of the most impactful things people can do for society: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Read this 👇 great piece on the nonsense of food names being discussed by EU legislators … I can not imagine a meat eater ever being tricked into buying a veggie burger. Surely we have more important things to consider….

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists. You laugh and then you weep. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The french government has chosen to delete important advice given by the scientific community from a paper on food strategy being published today « At the request of the (French) Ministry of Agriculture, the government is removing the phrase “limit ultra-processed products” from its food strategy».

Cellule investigation de Radio France@investigationrf.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Le gouvernement efface la limitation des "produits ultra-transformés" de la stratégie alimentaire nationale 🔎 @mdups.bsky.social

A wonderful listen, Antony Penrose about being the son of Lee Miller - stories of Picasso in the kitchen, PTSD and cauliflower cooked to look like pink boobs bbc.com/audio/play/w...

A Xiapai journalist on COP30 “What happened on Tuesday was not an invasion. It was a cry for help from those who are invaded every day.”https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/indigenous-xipaya-journalist-attending-cop30-belem-brazil?CMP=share_btn_url

‘The haste feels contagious … I fear it’: a Xipai journalist on attending Cop30

An Indigenous journalist’s experience of entering the belly of Cop where time does not flourish, it is consumed

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Amazon Forest at Risk : “Brazil is the world's largest producer of soya beans, a staple crop grown for its protein and an important animal feed…. “ now a long-standing ban “which prohibits the sale of soya grown on land cleared after 2008” - is under threat.” bbc.com/news/article...

Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat

Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.

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A total of 1600 fossil fuel lobbyists are attending the COP30 according to the “Kick Big Polluters Out” coalition - that’s one in every 25 delegates.

Earth.Org@earthorg.bsky.social · 9mo ago

COP30: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber Every Country Delegation Except Brazil

COP30 Week 1: Recap

COP30 Week 1: Recap | Earth.Org

The 30th United Nations climate change conference kicked off on Monday in Belém, Brazil. Here is a recap of what happened on COP30 Week 1.

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Brazil to Demarcate Indigenous Territories Following Munduruku Protest at COP30

Brazil to Demarcate Indigenous Territories After COP30 Protests

Munduruku Indigenous people held a peaceful demonstration at COP30, demanding the demarcation of their territories.

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Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals

Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites

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🔴 NEW | U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil 📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...

Revealed: U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework

Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions.  Expert...

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If you live in an English town your sewage will likely be treated twice before being discharged into a river. If you live in a small village it may only be treated once. Neither is enough to destroy all the meds + pathogens in sewage. In Switzerland, they treat water 3x to destroy meds + pathogens🧵

Earthwatch Europe@earthwatcheurope.bsky.social · 9mo ago

⚠️💧 A new study by the University of Exeter found that when common non-antibiotic drugs like painkillers mix with antibiotics in our waterways, they help bacteria become antibiotic-resistant. This aligns with findings from our Autumn #GreatUKWaterBlitz. 🔗 https://earthwatch.pulse.ly/cpuuoj9fg5

The Missing Target: Global Climate Goals at Risk Without Urgent Action on Industrial Animal Farming. Findings published today in huge new scientific study www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

How the November 13 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties

How the November 13 Paris attacks increased police powers and eroded civil liberties

In the wake of the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks, the French government declared a nationwide state of emergency that gave the authorities sweeping powers to fight terrorism – at the expense of some civil liberties. Ten years later, some of these exceptional legal powers have now passed into everyday law and even greater surveillance measures have been introduced.

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Shein en France : qui peut l'arrêter ? C'est la une de Libération ce mardi.

Capitale de la création, Paris ne sera jamais la vitrine de l’ultra fast-fashion ! Je le redis, Shein n’a pas sa place à Paris !

In case it wasn’t obvious 😘 « Why does the Amazon matter? » on #theclimatequestion podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/t...

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Science Podcast · Every two weeks · Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.

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