Bianca Shead
@beeanchor.bsky.social
Heading up global marcoms for The Nature Conservancy. Mostly here for nature, science, poetry and Pokémon.
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There are republicans who are uneasy about certain cabinet nominees but don’t want to say anything in public. If you live in a red state, they might respond to pressure from constituents (eg, “Vought would shut down meals on wheels programs that rural communities rely on”)
They made the point that a federal funding freeze is NOT a partisan issue. It affects everyone, regardless of political leanings. And GOP lawmakers know that Project 2025 is deeply unpopular. Put pressure on them to distance themselves from it and its creator.
indivisible.org/resource/tel...
indivisible.org/resource/tel...
Tell Your Senator: Vote NO on Vought and Stop the Next Funding Freeze
indivisible.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There are republicans who are uneasy about certain cabinet nominees but don’t want to say anything in public. If you live in a red state, they might respond to pressure from constituents (eg, “Vought would shut down meals on wheels programs that rural communities rely on”)
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@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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Electric cars make up one in four sold in November
Electric cars make up one in four sold in November
Sales of electric vehicles grow for the eleventh straight month as manufacturers offer steep discounts.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Electric cars make up one in four sold in November
Zoe Williams articulating exactly what I'm feeling; especially the fact that it's we MCWOFCA who usually have to clear up the aftermath. #greggwallace
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be a middle-class woman of a certain age was very heaven."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be a middle-class woman of a certain age was very heaven."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a middle-class woman of a certain age, all I can say is: ‘Thank you, Gregg Wallace’ | Zoe Williams
In trying to write his accusers off based on their age, sex and class, the TV presenter has made his disdain for people like me plain to see, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Zoe Williams articulating exactly what I'm feeling; especially the fact that it's we MCWOFCA who usually have to clear up the aftermath. #greggwallace
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be a middle-class woman of a certain age was very heaven."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be a middle-class woman of a certain age was very heaven."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We must end plastic pollution. At #INC5 we have reached the moment of truth for a #PlasticsTreaty.
People are demanding this deal.
Including Myles Kariuki from 🇰🇪 who wrote to me and INC Chair Luis Vayas to say 'please help us'.
We cannot let Myles or others down: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
People are demanding this deal.
Including Myles Kariuki from 🇰🇪 who wrote to me and INC Chair Luis Vayas to say 'please help us'.
We cannot let Myles or others down: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
A thousand days of negotiation, a thousand plastic pollution-free years
Opening address of UNEP Executive Director, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, Republic of Korea, to develop an international legally binding instrum...
www.unep.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We must end plastic pollution. At #INC5 we have reached the moment of truth for a #PlasticsTreaty.
People are demanding this deal.
Including Myles Kariuki from 🇰🇪 who wrote to me and INC Chair Luis Vayas to say 'please help us'.
We cannot let Myles or others down: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
People are demanding this deal.
Including Myles Kariuki from 🇰🇪 who wrote to me and INC Chair Luis Vayas to say 'please help us'.
We cannot let Myles or others down: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.
A new installation lets you hear extinct and endangered animal sounds, thanks to Björk
The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.
A very cute little cluster. No idea what they are but they warm my heart. South west of London, UK #fungifriends
November 25, 2024 at 11:58 AM
A very cute little cluster. No idea what they are but they warm my heart. South west of London, UK #fungifriends
The Nature Conservancy's official statement on the COP29 outcomes
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
Media Statement: ‘Fragile consensus at COP29 raises as many questions as it answers’
Breaking deadlock on climate finance deserves relief, not celebration, signposting bumps on the road from Baku to Belém
www.nature.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:49 AM
The Nature Conservancy's official statement on the COP29 outcomes
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
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Panama's lead negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey is *furious* with latest #COP29 texts
"The $250bn offered by [rich] countries is a spit on the face of vulnerable nations. They offer crumbs while we bear the dead. Outrageous, evil and remorseless."
Liveblog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The $250bn offered by [rich] countries is a spit on the face of vulnerable nations. They offer crumbs while we bear the dead. Outrageous, evil and remorseless."
Liveblog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop 29 live: call for $1.3tn in climate finance by 2035 in new draft text
Text ‘decides’ on $250bn for developing countries by 2035 and calls for nations to make additional contributions
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Panama's lead negotiator Juan Carlos Monterrey is *furious* with latest #COP29 texts
"The $250bn offered by [rich] countries is a spit on the face of vulnerable nations. They offer crumbs while we bear the dead. Outrageous, evil and remorseless."
Liveblog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The $250bn offered by [rich] countries is a spit on the face of vulnerable nations. They offer crumbs while we bear the dead. Outrageous, evil and remorseless."
Liveblog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Around two-thirds of Denmark's electricity generation comes from solar and wind.
It's mostly wind, but solar has grown quickly in the last three years.
When I was born, coal made up almost 90% of the mix. This is now less than 10%.
It's mostly wind, but solar has grown quickly in the last three years.
When I was born, coal made up almost 90% of the mix. This is now less than 10%.
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Around two-thirds of Denmark's electricity generation comes from solar and wind.
It's mostly wind, but solar has grown quickly in the last three years.
When I was born, coal made up almost 90% of the mix. This is now less than 10%.
It's mostly wind, but solar has grown quickly in the last three years.
When I was born, coal made up almost 90% of the mix. This is now less than 10%.
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As Bluesky picks up, you’ll be seeing more and more of these posts.
When you do, don’t engage: rather, send them to @climatebrad.hillheat.com so he can add them to his moderation list, then report and block.
When you do, don’t engage: rather, send them to @climatebrad.hillheat.com so he can add them to his moderation list, then report and block.
November 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
As Bluesky picks up, you’ll be seeing more and more of these posts.
When you do, don’t engage: rather, send them to @climatebrad.hillheat.com so he can add them to his moderation list, then report and block.
When you do, don’t engage: rather, send them to @climatebrad.hillheat.com so he can add them to his moderation list, then report and block.
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There are many ways in which the potential marriage of the goals tackling climate change and restoring biodiversity is a good thing. But also real dangers of an abusive relationship if biodiversity is subordinated to an overpowering drive for carbon sequestration and biofuels.
The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other
In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
There are many ways in which the potential marriage of the goals tackling climate change and restoring biodiversity is a good thing. But also real dangers of an abusive relationship if biodiversity is subordinated to an overpowering drive for carbon sequestration and biofuels.
TNC's view on COP29 at the halfway point
“National governments - and the voters who elect them - tend to control the speed of travel; the COP simply sets the compass…” @tomjennings.bsky.social
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
“National governments - and the voters who elect them - tend to control the speed of travel; the COP simply sets the compass…” @tomjennings.bsky.social
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
Media Statement: “COPs aren’t the problem – we need country-level ambition to accelerate the agenda”
As UN Climate Conference COP29 reaches its midway point in Baku, Azerbaijan, Clare Shakya – The Nature Conservancy’s Global Managing Director for Climate – summarises the state of play
www.nature.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 PM
TNC's view on COP29 at the halfway point
“National governments - and the voters who elect them - tend to control the speed of travel; the COP simply sets the compass…” @tomjennings.bsky.social
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
“National governments - and the voters who elect them - tend to control the speed of travel; the COP simply sets the compass…” @tomjennings.bsky.social
www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
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Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Check this guy out - the largest single coral ever discovered! 🤩
On Wednesday, a team of researchers in the Solomon Islands revealed that they found the world’s largest individual coral colony. It’s the size of two basketball courts.
Just look at this chonky boy!
Just look at this chonky boy!
November 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Check this guy out - the largest single coral ever discovered! 🤩
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COP29 is kicking off and the biggest issue on the agenda is climate finance.
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance? - Carbon Brief
As nations assemble at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one issue is expected to dominate the...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2024 at 9:03 AM
COP29 is kicking off and the biggest issue on the agenda is climate finance.
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
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Another job opportunity in Europe!
3+3 year position equivalent of Assistant professor at the Department of Animal Behaviour at Bielefeld University, Germany.
Experience with genetic and genomic approaches an advantage.
🌍🧪 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #WomeninSTEM #EcoECRcareer #ScienceJobs
3+3 year position equivalent of Assistant professor at the Department of Animal Behaviour at Bielefeld University, Germany.
Experience with genetic and genomic approaches an advantage.
🌍🧪 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #WomeninSTEM #EcoECRcareer #ScienceJobs
November 11, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Another job opportunity in Europe!
3+3 year position equivalent of Assistant professor at the Department of Animal Behaviour at Bielefeld University, Germany.
Experience with genetic and genomic approaches an advantage.
🌍🧪 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #WomeninSTEM #EcoECRcareer #ScienceJobs
3+3 year position equivalent of Assistant professor at the Department of Animal Behaviour at Bielefeld University, Germany.
Experience with genetic and genomic approaches an advantage.
🌍🧪 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #WomeninSTEM #EcoECRcareer #ScienceJobs