Steve Bergin 🌎
@stevebergin.bsky.social
Rainforest Conservation, Cacao Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Nature is not your Carbon Sink. Projects in Amazon and Indonesia
IG: @conservationcacao
IG: @conservationcacao
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Steve Bergin 🌎
@stevebergin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Cacao comes originally from the Amazon Basin. It grows under shade trees. Out on agricultural frontiers in the Tropics, where rainforest is being lost, cacao in agroforestry can be a barrier to deforestation. The alternatives, cattle, Oil Palm, mean farmers cutting down all their trees.
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Are you covering #COP30 and looking for more global sources?
Check out the Global South Climate Database. This publicly available, searchable database features 1000+ climate scientists and experts from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/global-south...
Check out the Global South Climate Database. This publicly available, searchable database features 1000+ climate scientists and experts from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/global-south...
Global South Climate Database
The Global South Climate Database is a publicly available, searchable database of scientists and experts in the fields of climate science, climate policy and energy. The goal of the project, set up…
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Are you covering #COP30 and looking for more global sources?
Check out the Global South Climate Database. This publicly available, searchable database features 1000+ climate scientists and experts from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/global-south...
Check out the Global South Climate Database. This publicly available, searchable database features 1000+ climate scientists and experts from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/global-south...
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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🤔What do you think #COP30 should achieve?
From integrating climate action as an economic strategy to making it the "COP of implementation," read our experts' answers🔗 go.wri.org/experts-on-c...
From integrating climate action as an economic strategy to making it the "COP of implementation," read our experts' answers🔗 go.wri.org/experts-on-c...
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🤔What do you think #COP30 should achieve?
From integrating climate action as an economic strategy to making it the "COP of implementation," read our experts' answers🔗 go.wri.org/experts-on-c...
From integrating climate action as an economic strategy to making it the "COP of implementation," read our experts' answers🔗 go.wri.org/experts-on-c...
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Arizona has paused development of hundreds of thousands of homes on the far Phoenix fringes due to insufficient groundwater supplies, @highcountrynews.org finds: www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...
The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix - High Country News
A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.
www.hcn.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Arizona has paused development of hundreds of thousands of homes on the far Phoenix fringes due to insufficient groundwater supplies, @highcountrynews.org finds: www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...
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After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders docked in Belem to attend the COP30 climate summit.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders docked in Belem to attend the COP30 climate summit.
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He's hiding behind his Democratic colleagues who pushed for this weak ass bullshit. And he let them. Encouraged them, most likely. He needs to resign tomorrow.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, just emerged from the closed-door meeting and said: “I’m voting no.”
Asked to explain his position, Schumer tersely said the American people “need healthcare.”
The NYT
Asked to explain his position, Schumer tersely said the American people “need healthcare.”
The NYT
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
He's hiding behind his Democratic colleagues who pushed for this weak ass bullshit. And he let them. Encouraged them, most likely. He needs to resign tomorrow.
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From the Andes to the Amazon, Indigenous leaders bring their demands to #COP30 - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
From the Andes to the Amazon, indigenous leaders arrive for COP30 climate summit
After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders landed in Belem a day ahead of the start of the United Nations' COP30 climate summit.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
From the Andes to the Amazon, Indigenous leaders bring their demands to #COP30 - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
State legislators maneuver to preserve history of U.S. Capitol riot
While GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration have downplayed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, there are state efforts underway to ensure it's recorded for history.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
!! JUST FILED: States maneuver to preserve history of US Capitol Insurrection
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
One state is considering legislation to require all K-12 school children learn the history and aftermath of Jan 6
www.cbsnews.com/news/state-l...
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Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Every disaffected Dem & swing focus group we do begins with people asking what's real. They hear, at times, this is authoritarian takeover threatening lives & livelihoods. But perceive most "leaders" not acting as if this were so.
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon reut.rs/4op85gE
Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon
Fung-wong intensified on Sunday into a super typhoon ahead of its expected arrival later in the day, threatening to unleash torrential rains, destructive winds, and storm surges.
reut.rs
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Philippines evacuates 100,000 people as Fung-wong intensifies into super typhoon reut.rs/4op85gE
Tumpak Sewu, Java
November 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Tumpak Sewu, Java
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Rodríguez, 30, is among the more than 600,000 Venezuelans who have, as of Friday, lost temporary protected status, or TPS — a designation that shielded them from deportation and allowed many to work and live in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Rodríguez, 30, is among the more than 600,000 Venezuelans who have, as of Friday, lost temporary protected status, or TPS — a designation that shielded them from deportation and allowed many to work and live in the United States. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
What we should actually be dealing with. Another more massive typhoon surging...
Philippines warns of deadly storm surges as massive Typhoon Fung-wong nears super typhoon strength reut.rs/4qPzlGI
Philippines warns of deadly storm surges as massive Typhoon Fung-wong nears super typhoon strength
The Philippines' weather bureau warned of life-threatening storm surges of up to five metres and destructive winds as Typhoon Fung-wong churns toward the country's eastern coast, where it is forecast to intensify into a super typhoon before making landfall on Sunday night.
reut.rs
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What we should actually be dealing with. Another more massive typhoon surging...
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Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
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The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
Vietnam sees 35 rainfall records broken in October - VnExpress International
Vietnam's northern and central regions saw a total of 35 rain records broken in October alone as two storms, Matmo and Fengshen, caused unprecedented downpours.
e.vnexpress.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Vietnamese Bach Ma Mountain Peak station recorded one-day rainfall of 1,739 mm - close to the global one-day record and perhaps a new record for the northern hemisphere. It is part of a deluge Viet Nam has seen in October, shattering 35 precip records. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/en...
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As Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc in Southeast Asia, scientists say rising temperatures are to blame reut.rs/497Ysya
As Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc in Southeast Asia, scientists say rising temperatures are to blame
As the year's deadliest typhoon sweeps into Vietnam after wreaking havoc in the Philippines earlier this week, scientists warn such extreme events can only become more frequent as global temperatures rise.
reut.rs
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
As Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc in Southeast Asia, scientists say rising temperatures are to blame reut.rs/497Ysya
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Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam early Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188
u.afp.com/SeFi
u.afp.com/SeFi
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam early Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188
u.afp.com/SeFi
u.afp.com/SeFi
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress after 40 years
Pelosi's departure marks the end of an era in Washington.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress
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100% correct. The Dem ads about Trump weren't just "orange man bad." They were: I'm focused on lowering costs while my GOP opponent is serving Trump, who is raising costs with tariffs, canceling infrastructure, etc.
The bizarre media narrative that Dems must choose between anti-Trump and affordability politics reflects a broad reluctance to accept that Trump is really unpopular. The way forward is a fusion of the two. They are often one and the same. 8/
(h/t @jamellebouie.net)
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
(h/t @jamellebouie.net)
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
100% correct. The Dem ads about Trump weren't just "orange man bad." They were: I'm focused on lowering costs while my GOP opponent is serving Trump, who is raising costs with tariffs, canceling infrastructure, etc.
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Follow the @reuters.com team on the ground in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem for the latest from this year's #COP30 climate summit!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Follow the @reuters.com team on the ground in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem for the latest from this year's #COP30 climate summit!
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...