Frank Huisingh
@frankhuisingh.bsky.social
Started Fossil Free Football, where we kick polluting sponsors out of football. Here for the takes and the jokes.
“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
Klimaatverandering in de praktijk.👇 We kunnen er nog iets aan doen: stoppen met fossiele brandstoffen en met de emissie van broeikasgassen door de veehouderij. Zo niet dan krijgen we meer van dit. Kies maar. Sluizen Rotterdam dicht vanwege lage waterstand door aanhoudende droogte - nos.nl/l/2625599
Sluizen Rotterdam dicht vanwege lage waterstand door aanhoudende droogte
In de regio Delfland mag ook geen oppervlaktewater meer worden onttrokken door gemeenten, bedrijven, sportverenigingen en inwoners.
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Een feitelijk watertekort waardoor de binnenvaart dadelijk niet meer mogelijk is en onze drinkwatervoorziening onder druk komt te staan en bosbranden in Limburg. Maar laten we vooral de energietransitie vertragen en laten we eens onderzoeken of we over 45 jaar een kerncentrale kunnen realiseren.
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
theguardian.com
Veel Nederlanders kiezen voor vakantie in eigen brand
Veel Nederlanders kiezen voor vakantie in eigen brand
Nederlanders kiezen steeds vaker voor een vakantie in eigen brand. Dat blijkt uit een groot onderzoek van MAX Vakantieman.
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My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
We have had more European crisis meetings about Moroccans who spent a day in Ceuta than about the tens of thousands of Europeans who lost their loved ones and homes to heatwaves and wildfires. Where is the extra climate action @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu?
Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
Beef is the top single cause of deforestation globally, by far. Next come oilseeds, especially soy and palm, but the vast majority of those is fed to livestock - chicken, pigs, dairy cows. We can't have our planet and eat it! We urgently need to shift diets away from animal-based foods.
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2d agoThe largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
There can be no let-up now. Infantino must stand down or be removed: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames
Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader
theguardian.com
‘It’s too fast, too big’ Yup - the penny is dropping Across the entire geological record, our world has NEVER heated up as rapidly as it has in the last hundred years or so www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
theguardian.com
This is what makes Trump’s attacks on EVs so stupid. To salvage a failing industry that happens to include his big crooked donors, he’s sabotaging America’s auto industry in international competition. Everything else aside, EVs are just better vehicles. www.eenews.net/articles/dri...
Drivers flock to EVs amid rising gas prices from Iran war
Global sales of electric cars are expected to grow 10 percent this year, hitting 29 percent of total car sales.
eenews.net
As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
theguardian.com
I feel so sorry for all the, often young, people who lost their lives around Ceuta. The Moroccan political elite failed them and they passed away in search of a better life. #ceuta
Klimaatbranden rond Madrid. Stilte. Geweldpleging tegen Syrisch gezin. Stilte. Bizarre intimidatieacties in Engelen. Stilte, reactietje na druk. Chaos aan de Spaanse-Marokkaanse grens? Reactie premier, pardon Min Defensie, reactie Min BuZa, retweet premier. ‘Zorgelijk, onacceptabel, kan niet’.
Dit weet Yesilgoz donders goed, vanaf de enclaves kunnen de Marokkanen niet zomaar doorreizen naar rest EU, en toch weer stoer tetteren op de socials , de aanstelster
De Gelderlander@gelderlander.nl · 5d agoHittegolf in Nederland. Stilte. Kabinet op vakantie? Bosbranden in Frankrijk en Spanje. Stilte. Kabinet op vakantie? Geen extra klimaatbeleid. Tientallen doden bij een grensovergang. Lawaai. En niet om de doden te betreuren overigens. Kabinet was helemaal niet op vakantie.
Kabinet eist snelle Spaanse actie in Ceuta, geen maatregelen in Nederland
Minister Berendsen reageert op de situatie in de Spaanse exclave Ceuta waar bijna 50.000 migranten uit Marokko naartoe zijn gekomen.
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Arsonist offers help to extinguish blaze? > Oil giant TotalEnergies "expresses solidarity with all the firefighters of France" > and says it "will cover the cost of ground and air fuel needed by fire and rescue services" #climatecrisis HT @benwinkley.bsky.social totalenergies.com/newsroom/tot...
TotalEnergies exprime sa Solidarité avec Tous les Pompiers de France | Newsroom TotalEnergies
Paris, le 31 juillet 2026 – En cet été 2026, les Pompiers de France, professionnels et volontaires, font preuve d’un engagement remarquable dans le combat qu’ils mènent face aux feux de forêt de grand...
totalenergies.com
I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?
The influencer teaching millions to fear solar
Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?
heated.world
Eindelijk! VK verklaart samen met Spanje en Frankrijk dat klimaatopwarming een noodtoestand is: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life.
Chris Julien@chrisjulien.eurosky.social · last wk.Ondertussen in Schotland. Is het al tijd voor een noodtoestand, of zien we het nog ff aan?
Here’s our go at an FAQ document on Gianni Infantino’s latest wheeze: 💰 Who’s going to invest in this & why? 🤑 Who’s Joshua Kushner? 👑 Why does Infantino want this? ⚽️ What’s all this cash for? 🇪🇺 Who can stop this…& will they? Unlike FIFA, this one’s free… www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
FIFA’s $4.2bn World Cup stake sale: Who will invest? Who is the money for? Who could stop this? (Gift Article)
World football's governing body could sell a percentage of a new subsidiary that "consolidates FIFA's commercial and event operations"
nytimes.com
Athletes are among society's most influential. Yet, despite caring deeply about the climate crisis, many feel unable to speak out. In a pioneering new programme, Oxford University is helping athletes step into climate leadership. 👇 Share the application 👉 leadership.climate.ox.ac.uk/join-us/
Why athletes could be the next generation of climate leaders — Cool Down
The Oxford Climate Leadership Research Centre is recruiting a cohort of influential athletes who want to use their platform to inspire climate action.
cooldownclimate.org
Goed voorbeeld van de toenemende economische gevolgen van voortgaande klimaatverandering. Als we klimaatverandering niet weten te beperken, gaat het onze economie nog veel meer schade toebrengen.👇 Franse branden verwoesten ook toeristeneconomie, ondernemers houden hart vast - nos.nl/l/2624859
Franse branden verwoesten ook toeristeneconomie, ondernemers houden hart vast
De economie in het Franse departement Gironde krijgt harde klappen. "Zonder steun van de overheid is het afgelopen", verzucht een ondernemer tegen de NOS.
nos.nl
🚨 The World Cup is officially for sale. 🏆💰 Fifa President Gianni Infantino is trying to sell a 20% stake in Fifa competitions to private investors. Here's how FIFA corruption, a strange orange man and petrostates all intersect. 🧵 1/9
Fifa World Cup plans: First lot of private cash could be received by end of October
Fifa could bank first lot of private World Cup cash by end of October as European football's governing body Uefa will hold a meeting of all 55 member associations on Thursday afternoon to discuss its ...
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Additionally, the UK and French governments have also issued a similar statement on climate change: "[We] call on all countries to intensify their efforts to tackle its causes while boosting resilience to its effects" www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/presse-et...
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Senior European lawmakers have announced they will call FIFA to appear at the European Parliament "at the soonest possible date" In their statement @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social and Nela Riehl say "the World Cup is not anyone's to sell". Another very significant political intervention.
- Sources say Infantino has been working on this plan for over a year, going back to Club World Cup - None of inner circle knew - suspicion that it was developed with financial interests connected to Trump www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Rogue agent Infantino and the unfinished World Cup plan that enraged his allies
Not even Infantino’s inner circle or closest advisors at Fifa knew his privatisation project, writes Miguel Delaney - but will anger from even his key strongholds derail him?
independent.co.uk
