Ana Rocha
@affrocha.bsky.social
Following what follows from Brussels (mostly on agri, climate change, land use and other countryside issues).
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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🚨 BREAKING: Spain and Portugal have lost power in a massive blackout, according to the Spanish grid operator.
Blackouts were reported from Madrid to Lisbon, with large parts of the Iberian Peninsula without power as of late morning today.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/3KG150VIM9u
Blackouts were reported from Madrid to Lisbon, with large parts of the Iberian Peninsula without power as of late morning today.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/3KG150VIM9u
April 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Spain and Portugal have lost power in a massive blackout, according to the Spanish grid operator.
Blackouts were reported from Madrid to Lisbon, with large parts of the Iberian Peninsula without power as of late morning today.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/3KG150VIM9u
Blackouts were reported from Madrid to Lisbon, with large parts of the Iberian Peninsula without power as of late morning today.
Read the developing story: ow.ly/3KG150VIM9u
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The EU has released its latest GHG emission inventory, with data up to 2023.
The good news, GHG emissions continue a downward trend, currently 37% below 1990 levels.
The bad news, a significant downward revision of land-use removals (LULUCF).
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The good news, GHG emissions continue a downward trend, currently 37% below 1990 levels.
The bad news, a significant downward revision of land-use removals (LULUCF).
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April 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The EU has released its latest GHG emission inventory, with data up to 2023.
The good news, GHG emissions continue a downward trend, currently 37% below 1990 levels.
The bad news, a significant downward revision of land-use removals (LULUCF).
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The good news, GHG emissions continue a downward trend, currently 37% below 1990 levels.
The bad news, a significant downward revision of land-use removals (LULUCF).
1/
April 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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📌 What are tariffs?
📌 How do tariffs work?
📌 What are trade wars?
Find the answers here ➡️ europa.eu/!Wjbjpy
📌 How do tariffs work?
📌 What are trade wars?
Find the answers here ➡️ europa.eu/!Wjbjpy
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📌 What are tariffs?
📌 How do tariffs work?
📌 What are trade wars?
Find the answers here ➡️ europa.eu/!Wjbjpy
📌 How do tariffs work?
📌 What are trade wars?
Find the answers here ➡️ europa.eu/!Wjbjpy
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Trump administration admits man was deported to El Salvador mega prison due to 'error'
Trump lawyers admits man was mistakenly deported to Salvadoran prison
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had legal protection from being deported to his home country of El Salvador, from which his lawyers say he fled aged 16.
www.euronews.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trump administration admits man was deported to El Salvador mega prison due to 'error'
Mairead McGuinness, former EU Commissioner says that the green deal objectives remain the same in this new geopolitical reality, but the path is different. It is not slower but less ideological, and that is a good thing. 👌
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Mairead McGuinness, former EU Commissioner says that the green deal objectives remain the same in this new geopolitical reality, but the path is different. It is not slower but less ideological, and that is a good thing. 👌
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
Inspirational talk with Mike Massimo, former NASA astronaut, sharing the overwhelming feeling of looking at our planet for space, its beauty, its fragility, and recognising the importance to protect our hom and keep the workd view!
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Inspirational talk with Mike Massimo, former NASA astronaut, sharing the overwhelming feeling of looking at our planet for space, its beauty, its fragility, and recognising the importance to protect our hom and keep the workd view!
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
#ForumForAg 2025 forumforag.com
#ForumforAg 2025 starting with Janez Potocnik usual opening on the planet boundaries, but this time also addressing security and new ideas for financing EU's priorities and needs. #Food security #Climate change #water stress forumforag.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#ForumforAg 2025 starting with Janez Potocnik usual opening on the planet boundaries, but this time also addressing security and new ideas for financing EU's priorities and needs. #Food security #Climate change #water stress forumforag.com
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Just wasted 10mins because I couldn’t believe this was real. Of course it was real. It’s @realdonaldtrump
Actual Bloomberg alert just sent:
*TRUMP: GLOBALISTS ARE BEHIND STOCK SELL OFF
*TRUMP: GLOBALISTS ARE BEHIND STOCK SELL OFF
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just wasted 10mins because I couldn’t believe this was real. Of course it was real. It’s @realdonaldtrump
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“That’s why Tate got the following he got. So maybe I’m part of a similar phenomenon..." Nigel Farage, July 2024.
March 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“That’s why Tate got the following he got. So maybe I’m part of a similar phenomenon..." Nigel Farage, July 2024.
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Another big event in the bag!
We are pleased to announce that our latest event "Biocontrol: how to remove regulatory obstacles to a greener agriculture" in the European Parliament registered an excellent participation.
#Biocontrol #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #EUPolicy #ELO
We are pleased to announce that our latest event "Biocontrol: how to remove regulatory obstacles to a greener agriculture" in the European Parliament registered an excellent participation.
#Biocontrol #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #EUPolicy #ELO
March 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Another big event in the bag!
We are pleased to announce that our latest event "Biocontrol: how to remove regulatory obstacles to a greener agriculture" in the European Parliament registered an excellent participation.
#Biocontrol #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #EUPolicy #ELO
We are pleased to announce that our latest event "Biocontrol: how to remove regulatory obstacles to a greener agriculture" in the European Parliament registered an excellent participation.
#Biocontrol #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation #EUPolicy #ELO
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"Europe must prepare to be abandoned or extorted." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The lesson from Trump’s Ukrainian weapons freeze
And the grim choice facing Volodymyr Zelensky
www.economist.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Europe must prepare to be abandoned or extorted." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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"Lithuania, when we were occupied in 1945, we had sustainable peace. There was no front line. Nobody was
shooting. But there was no Lithuania." @glandsbergis.bsky.social
shooting. But there was no Lithuania." @glandsbergis.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Lithuania, when we were occupied in 1945, we had sustainable peace. There was no front line. Nobody was
shooting. But there was no Lithuania." @glandsbergis.bsky.social
shooting. But there was no Lithuania." @glandsbergis.bsky.social
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US
Israel has cut off humanitarian supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting a change in the ceasefire agreement to allow…
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
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No problem! One of my favorite things to say on this topic is, we were practicing compassion and empathy before we were even homo sapiens.
This h. erectus skull is toothless, with reabsorbed sockets. That takes YEARS, and it meant someone was chewing their food FOR them. Now THAT is CARE.
This h. erectus skull is toothless, with reabsorbed sockets. That takes YEARS, and it meant someone was chewing their food FOR them. Now THAT is CARE.
March 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No problem! One of my favorite things to say on this topic is, we were practicing compassion and empathy before we were even homo sapiens.
This h. erectus skull is toothless, with reabsorbed sockets. That takes YEARS, and it meant someone was chewing their food FOR them. Now THAT is CARE.
This h. erectus skull is toothless, with reabsorbed sockets. That takes YEARS, and it meant someone was chewing their food FOR them. Now THAT is CARE.
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@drewharwell.com: “The reporter who asked #Zelensky if he owned a #suit, Brian Glenn, is from the pro-#Trump network #RealAmerica’sVoice and Rep. #MarjorieTaylorGreene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare #OvalOffice interviewer spots after the White House blocked the Associated Press”
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
@drewharwell.com: “The reporter who asked #Zelensky if he owned a #suit, Brian Glenn, is from the pro-#Trump network #RealAmerica’sVoice and Rep. #MarjorieTaylorGreene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare #OvalOffice interviewer spots after the White House blocked the Associated Press”
Unfortunately, unsurprising...
Facebook's parent company Meta will end its third-party fact-checking program and move to a so-called community notes model, company chief Mark Zuckerberg announced today.
Zuck goes full Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program
Meta will replace it with so-called community notes like on the X platform.
trib.al
January 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Unfortunately, unsurprising...
@politico.eu panel with Faustine ( @eeb.org ), Peter M (CEJA), Ricard R (DGAGRI) and Jurgen T (ELO): different views on #CAP evolution vs revolution, after its second year implementation.
December 3, 2024 at 2:28 PM
@politico.eu panel with Faustine ( @eeb.org ), Peter M (CEJA), Ricard R (DGAGRI) and Jurgen T (ELO): different views on #CAP evolution vs revolution, after its second year implementation.
Good discussion with MEPs Dorfmann (EPP), Nardella (S&D), @thomaswaitz.bsky.social (Greens), Wiezik (Renew) on the difficulties of continuing the consensus from the Strategic Dialogue on Ag when facing budget pressures.
December 3, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Good discussion with MEPs Dorfmann (EPP), Nardella (S&D), @thomaswaitz.bsky.social (Greens), Wiezik (Renew) on the difficulties of continuing the consensus from the Strategic Dialogue on Ag when facing budget pressures.
VdL, @handle.invalid, managed to adapt the protection status of the wolf through the Bern Convention, giving her more flexibility. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU proposal to adapt protection status of the wolf adopted by Bern Convention, paving the way to more flexibility in managing wolf populations
Today, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted in favour of the EU proposal to adapt the protection status of the wolf from ‘strictly protected' to ‘protected'.
ec.europa.eu
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 AM
VdL, @handle.invalid, managed to adapt the protection status of the wolf through the Bern Convention, giving her more flexibility. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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We need grouse moor licensing in England now.
It's time for new legislation to make it happen.
It's time for new legislation to make it happen.
It is a Time for Change in places like the Dark Peak. Grouse moor licensing can be a win-win solution to what so many are calling for - sustainable land management and more nature in our uplands.
👉 Watch our new film to find out why: youtu.be/risNQF5E9r0
👉 Watch our new film to find out why: youtu.be/risNQF5E9r0
Time for change: grouse shooting - the case for licensing | RSPB
YouTube video by RSPB
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 10:11 AM
We need grouse moor licensing in England now.
It's time for new legislation to make it happen.
It's time for new legislation to make it happen.
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French National Assembly rejects by a big majority the #Mercosur trade agreement "as it stands" (though I'm not sure they have seen the text)
November 26, 2024 at 10:01 PM
French National Assembly rejects by a big majority the #Mercosur trade agreement "as it stands" (though I'm not sure they have seen the text)
#CAP has stronger env components, with EU Member States making good steps, but often not strategic enough, says Gijs Schilthuis from DG AGRI. First data from MS on CAP Strategic Plans expected by 15th February 2025.
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
#CAP has stronger env components, with EU Member States making good steps, but often not strategic enough, says Gijs Schilthuis from DG AGRI. First data from MS on CAP Strategic Plans expected by 15th February 2025.
MEP @DarioNardella points out the importance of sustainable farming to deal with #climatechange, supporting farmers that do the job while being innovative, knowledge-based, and have strong tools to deal with uncertainties and crisis.
November 19, 2024 at 11:51 AM
MEP @DarioNardella points out the importance of sustainable farming to deal with #climatechange, supporting farmers that do the job while being innovative, knowledge-based, and have strong tools to deal with uncertainties and crisis.