Ido Liven
@idoliven.bsky.social
Writer. Migrant. Dad for future. I have a weakness for wild berries. And climate justice. Views my own etc.
🌐 www.IdoLiven.com
🌐 www.IdoLiven.com
I'd like to believe that it's now common knowledge that the US attack on Venezuela is all about oil.
@globalwitness.org's Mike Davis makes the case for why this should prompt leaders around the world to ditch fossil fuels as fast as possible.
@globalwitness.org's Mike Davis makes the case for why this should prompt leaders around the world to ditch fossil fuels as fast as possible.
Venezuela crisis underlines urgency of ditching oil & gas
Trump’s actions show why rapid fossil fuel phaseout is critical for global peace and security
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I'd like to believe that it's now common knowledge that the US attack on Venezuela is all about oil.
@globalwitness.org's Mike Davis makes the case for why this should prompt leaders around the world to ditch fossil fuels as fast as possible.
@globalwitness.org's Mike Davis makes the case for why this should prompt leaders around the world to ditch fossil fuels as fast as possible.
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What we lost and what we gained in 2025
2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the open ocean.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the open ocean.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
The conservation ledger: What we lost and what we gained in 2025
Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the slow reassignment of hope to footnotes. Discovery, too, is rarely a moment. ...
news.mongabay.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What we lost and what we gained in 2025
2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the open ocean.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
2025 was a year shaped by both loss and persistence, marked by species formally declared extinct, hundreds of organisms newly described, and uneven conservation outcomes across forests, reefs, and the open ocean.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/the-...
The Polish government is yet to submit its 2040 climate and energy plan. And set a coal phaseout date.
Poland is the last EU member state lagging on both. notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/02/s...
Poland is the last EU member state lagging on both. notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/02/s...
Share of renewables in Poland's energy mix stagnant in 2025, with coal still dominant
notesfrompoland.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The Polish government is yet to submit its 2040 climate and energy plan. And set a coal phaseout date.
Poland is the last EU member state lagging on both. notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/02/s...
Poland is the last EU member state lagging on both. notesfrompoland.com/2026/01/02/s...
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re-upping this piece on Trump's history of claiming oil from other countries, for obvious reasons www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say
Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interests
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
re-upping this piece on Trump's history of claiming oil from other countries, for obvious reasons www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
😍
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
😍
When combusted or transported, fossil fuels are a planetary threat. The interests of the few who benefit from them and the rest of humanity are diametrically opposed.
Outlook 2026: The geopolitical weaponisation of LNG
Global gas markets are being reshaped by politics as much as by gas prices and fundamentals. From Washington to Doha, Brussels and Beijing, LNG has become a strategic weapon as much as a commodity
pemedianetwork.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When combusted or transported, fossil fuels are a planetary threat. The interests of the few who benefit from them and the rest of humanity are diametrically opposed.
A majority of Americans sees climate change as a threat. That the dogmatically anti-climate Trump admin represents a minority view in public opinion is another example of how the climate crisis intersects with the demise of democracy.
I wrote about it here: idoliven.medium.com/the-silent-c...
I wrote about it here: idoliven.medium.com/the-silent-c...
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A majority of Americans sees climate change as a threat. That the dogmatically anti-climate Trump admin represents a minority view in public opinion is another example of how the climate crisis intersects with the demise of democracy.
I wrote about it here: idoliven.medium.com/the-silent-c...
I wrote about it here: idoliven.medium.com/the-silent-c...
How far right ideologies have been using culture to make their way into the mainstream, turbocharged by generative AI and social media.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Important story by @ashifakassam.bsky.social.
It is freightening.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Important story by @ashifakassam.bsky.social.
It is freightening.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
How far right ideologies have been using culture to make their way into the mainstream, turbocharged by generative AI and social media.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Important story by @ashifakassam.bsky.social.
It is freightening.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Important story by @ashifakassam.bsky.social.
It is freightening.
Before any Russian soldier gets anywhere near the border, these landmines will kill those fleeing war and seeking refuge in Europe.
This is #FortressEurope.
This is #FortressEurope.
Joining a broader regional shift that has seen almost all European countries bordering Russia, with the exception of Norway, announce plans to quit the global treaty banning such weapons, Poland wants to use anti-personnel mines to beef up its borders with Belarus and Russia reut.rs/4afZUiC
Exclusive: Poland to start producing anti-personnel mines to lay along eastern border
Poland has decided to start producing anti‑personnel mines for the first time since the Cold War and plans to deploy them along its eastern border and may export them to Ukraine, the deputy defence mi...
reut.rs
December 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Before any Russian soldier gets anywhere near the border, these landmines will kill those fleeing war and seeking refuge in Europe.
This is #FortressEurope.
This is #FortressEurope.
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
"After the [Iran-Iraq] war, my father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate" - @nikahang.bsky.social time.com/7321571/iran...
time.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"After the [Iran-Iraq] war, my father and his scientist colleagues warned that dams and water-intensive farming were unsustainable in a warming climate" - @nikahang.bsky.social time.com/7321571/iran...
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On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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As Europe races to secure the raw materials needed for its green transition and defence build-up, the small Czech town of Cinovec has become a symbol of the tension between Brussels’ industrial ambition and the environment.
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
The Czech mining town saying ‘no thanks’ to Europe’s critical raw materials push
As Brussels races to secure raw materials and cut its reliance on China, it's facing resistance from a Czech region that's thought to hold signific...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As Europe races to secure the raw materials needed for its green transition and defence build-up, the small Czech town of Cinovec has become a symbol of the tension between Brussels’ industrial ambition and the environment.
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article...
Hardly 10 days in between.
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hardly 10 days in between.
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Weekend #longread: The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario | Harry Benham and Guy Prince carbontracker.org/the-quiet-re...
The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario
Political pressure may be forcing the IEA to revive an old forecast of endless fossil fuel growth, but oil and gas investment reality tells a clearer story of an industry embracing decline.
The...
carbontracker.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Weekend #longread: The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario | Harry Benham and Guy Prince carbontracker.org/the-quiet-re...
"we've moved in extreme moments to confront wars, Covid-19. ... Why don’t we show that ability when the problem has been detected ... already sending us its most malevolent ambassadors in the form of fires, heat waves, ever-more-intense typhoons"- @marinasilva.bsky.social sumauma.com/en/marina-si...
Marina on COP30: ‘We know what needs to be done, yet we don't do it.’ - SUMAÚMA
Brazil’s environment minister says the roadmap to halt deforestation and dependency on fossil fuels made a good start in Belém, but it should have been on the table 30 years ago: ‘There is no more tim...
sumauma.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"we've moved in extreme moments to confront wars, Covid-19. ... Why don’t we show that ability when the problem has been detected ... already sending us its most malevolent ambassadors in the form of fires, heat waves, ever-more-intense typhoons"- @marinasilva.bsky.social sumauma.com/en/marina-si...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
Unhappy endlings
What tales of the last days of extinct and dying species can bring to our own story
thenaturebeat.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.
Finally managed to visit this monument, dedicated to the last aurochs, hunted outside Warsaw nearly 400 years ago.
Since we're well into the 6th mass extinction, there must be some memorialization for other bygone species, right?
Since we're well into the 6th mass extinction, there must be some memorialization for other bygone species, right?
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On #LostSpecies Day, there are 10,855 species now categorized as 'critically endangered' or 'extinct in the wild' on the IUCN Red List. Don't let them go the way of the aurochs.
This is from a month ago - and things are admittedly very dynamic - but @dahliasc.bsky.social's laser-sharp insights into Israeli society are spot on.
PODCAST: Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war, and explains why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
Listen now 🎙️
www.972mag.com/podcast-reck...
Reckoning or reverting? Israeli society after the ceasefire
Dahlia Scheindlin explores the lessons Israelis are drawing from two years of war and why international pressure is the only path to a political settlement.
www.972mag.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is from a month ago - and things are admittedly very dynamic - but @dahliasc.bsky.social's laser-sharp insights into Israeli society are spot on.
Warsaw's #FirstSnow. I guess winter's here.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Warsaw's #FirstSnow. I guess winter's here.
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‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves
Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown
The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...