Mark Robins
@byhedge.bsky.social
Semi-retired ecologist/nature restoration advocate.
Not retired from working to restore nature.
Enjoying loads of good projects in West Cork.
Not retired from working to restore nature.
Enjoying loads of good projects in West Cork.
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Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
Do our European leaders ever stop to think about the deep humiliation of constantly allowing the US to dictate our policies here in Europe?
Or they are incapable of shame?
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The BBC’s kowtowing to the right, it’s love-in with Farage, its comfy-chair approach to Boris Johnson, always had only one eventual result. I wonder if the Laura K’s, the Nick Robinsons etc will ever acknowledge this.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The BBC’s kowtowing to the right, it’s love-in with Farage, its comfy-chair approach to Boris Johnson, always had only one eventual result. I wonder if the Laura K’s, the Nick Robinsons etc will ever acknowledge this.
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The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
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Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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Exactly! ⬇️
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Exactly! ⬇️
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
novaramedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
So it goes, appeasement, capture, decline.
Principles count and have lost in the BBC.
Its ‘news’ service has been right of the very right-of-centre establishment for years.
Principles count and have lost in the BBC.
Its ‘news’ service has been right of the very right-of-centre establishment for years.
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So it goes, appeasement, capture, decline.
Principles count and have lost in the BBC.
Its ‘news’ service has been right of the very right-of-centre establishment for years.
Principles count and have lost in the BBC.
Its ‘news’ service has been right of the very right-of-centre establishment for years.
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For the last 33 years, all climate policy, has been about one thing, and that is preserving the lifestyles of the richest people in the world. Not just billionaires, but those on very high salaries who control every organization in the world.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says
‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
For the last 33 years, all climate policy, has been about one thing, and that is preserving the lifestyles of the richest people in the world. Not just billionaires, but those on very high salaries who control every organization in the world.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Starting at Cop26 in 2021, 159 countries signed the global methane pledge, requiring a cut of 30% by 2030
Yet collectively, emissions from 6 of the biggest signatories – US, Australia, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Iraq – are now 8.5% *above* 2020 level
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet collectively, emissions from 6 of the biggest signatories – US, Australia, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Iraq – are now 8.5% *above* 2020 level
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Starting at Cop26 in 2021, 159 countries signed the global methane pledge, requiring a cut of 30% by 2030
Yet collectively, emissions from 6 of the biggest signatories – US, Australia, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Iraq – are now 8.5% *above* 2020 level
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet collectively, emissions from 6 of the biggest signatories – US, Australia, Kuwait, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan & Iraq – are now 8.5% *above* 2020 level
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Likewise the new head of BBC News. The outgoing one did terrible damage to its credibility and it is hilariously ironic that she is leaving because of alleged left-wing bias
More than any time since the 1980s, perhaps ever, the BBC needs a journalistic warrior to lead it. Someone who can see the shape of a fight coming and work out how to win it and have the will to do so. Davie was never that guy. It can't be a hack from the queue. Maybe it should be a refugee from CBS
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Likewise the new head of BBC News. The outgoing one did terrible damage to its credibility and it is hilariously ironic that she is leaving because of alleged left-wing bias
Nooooo! ⬇️
Bird flu hits migrating cranes hard in Germany as the virus flares up #Germany
Bird flu hits migrating cranes hard in Germany as the virus flares up - World News
In a spot outside Berlin that's usually a paradise for birdwatchers, volunteers have recovered nearly 2,000 dead cranes in recent days as bird flu has hit the migrating birds hard.
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Nooooo! ⬇️
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Today I attended a moving Remembrance Sunday event at Manor Gardens in Islington North.
I read “Anthem For Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen.
In memory of all those who have been killed in war, we must strive for a world of peace that treats all human life with equal worth.
I read “Anthem For Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen.
In memory of all those who have been killed in war, we must strive for a world of peace that treats all human life with equal worth.
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today I attended a moving Remembrance Sunday event at Manor Gardens in Islington North.
I read “Anthem For Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen.
In memory of all those who have been killed in war, we must strive for a world of peace that treats all human life with equal worth.
I read “Anthem For Doomed Youth” by Wilfred Owen.
In memory of all those who have been killed in war, we must strive for a world of peace that treats all human life with equal worth.
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Bjørn Lomborg’s think tank has downplayed the climate crisis and promoted fossil fuel development.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Climate Denier Bjørn Lomborg’s Think Tank - Truthdig
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.truthdig.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bjørn Lomborg’s think tank has downplayed the climate crisis and promoted fossil fuel development.
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Meanwhile, venture capital is flowing into the arms industry because the it is a profitable sector with massive political and financial backing by the EU. We need to be downscaling this kind of anti-social, ecologically destructive investment, not facilitating it. 3/4
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meanwhile, venture capital is flowing into the arms industry because the it is a profitable sector with massive political and financial backing by the EU. We need to be downscaling this kind of anti-social, ecologically destructive investment, not facilitating it. 3/4
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“To be without the forest is like a flower without water.
Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Venezuelan ‘daughter of the forest’ tells Taoiseach all lives depend on their protection
Meeting on fringes of Cop30 illustrated links between climate change and migration
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November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“To be without the forest is like a flower without water.
Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
share.google/33Td0j8yTtiX...
Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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On the methane claim from that one qualitative paper, the broader evidence disagrees. Much less methane from wild ruminants, not to mention lots of benefits of wild animals travelling large distances vs. domesticated cattle.
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'Cows just replaced the methane from wild bison'
Not even close.
At their peak, wild ruminants incl. bison emitted ~15 Tg CH₄/yr
Today’s 4+ billion farmed ruminants emit over 100 Tg CH₄/yr
That’s nearly 7x more methane.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Not even close.
At their peak, wild ruminants incl. bison emitted ~15 Tg CH₄/yr
Today’s 4+ billion farmed ruminants emit over 100 Tg CH₄/yr
That’s nearly 7x more methane.
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Global Methane Budget 2000–2020
Abstract. Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH4) budget is important for assessing realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. CH4 is the second most important human-influenced gree...
essd.copernicus.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
On the methane claim from that one qualitative paper, the broader evidence disagrees. Much less methane from wild ruminants, not to mention lots of benefits of wild animals travelling large distances vs. domesticated cattle.
bsky.app/profile/nich...
bsky.app/profile/nich...
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Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
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Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on the SNP reveal how deeply embedded support for nuclear weapons has become in UK politics, a leading security academic has said
Expert highlights 'weird' catch to Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on SNP
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on the SNP reveal how deeply embedded support for nuclear weapons has become in UK politics, a leading security academic has said
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"For 1000s of years, Iranians understood the balance: Never draw more from an aquifer than nature could replenish.
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"For 1000s of years, Iranians understood the balance: Never draw more from an aquifer than nature could replenish.
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
That wisdom, once central to survival, has been buried under decades of short-term thinking & political negligence."
[Ireland's agri-ruled politics is water negligence too. #nitrates]
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Exxon to ‘pace’ low-carbon spending blaming weak demand and bad policies
CEO Darren Woods says rules reminiscent of ‘centrally planned economies’ have failed to support green products
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Erm - what are the dodgy tech-oligarchs up to in Ireland?
We should be told!
We should be told!
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Erm - what are the dodgy tech-oligarchs up to in Ireland?
We should be told!
We should be told!
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...