Voltaire el Pajaro Azul
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Transition is inevitable. Justice is not. If you want peace, work for justice.
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The Cerrado, a vast tropical savannah roughly the size of Western Europe, is home to 5% of the world’s plant and animal species
Our new report shows how financial corporations linked to agribusiness are fueling a crisis that is destroying the Cerrado in Brazil
foe.org/resources/ce...
Our new report shows how financial corporations linked to agribusiness are fueling a crisis that is destroying the Cerrado in Brazil
foe.org/resources/ce...
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Cerrado, a vast tropical savannah roughly the size of Western Europe, is home to 5% of the world’s plant and animal species
Our new report shows how financial corporations linked to agribusiness are fueling a crisis that is destroying the Cerrado in Brazil
foe.org/resources/ce...
Our new report shows how financial corporations linked to agribusiness are fueling a crisis that is destroying the Cerrado in Brazil
foe.org/resources/ce...
“We cannot have climate adaptation, climate mitigation or climate justice without recognition and demarcation of Indigenous Peoples territories.”
COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough.
COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it’s not enough.
“We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“We cannot have climate adaptation, climate mitigation or climate justice without recognition and demarcation of Indigenous Peoples territories.”
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Brazil is the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, with agriculture responsible for roughly 74% of domestic emissions
Yet Brazil’s agribusiness groups are working aggressively to cast its farming sector as climate-friendly at #COP30
It's not.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Yet Brazil’s agribusiness groups are working aggressively to cast its farming sector as climate-friendly at #COP30
It's not.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Brazil is the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, with agriculture responsible for roughly 74% of domestic emissions
Yet Brazil’s agribusiness groups are working aggressively to cast its farming sector as climate-friendly at #COP30
It's not.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Yet Brazil’s agribusiness groups are working aggressively to cast its farming sector as climate-friendly at #COP30
It's not.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
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We took to the waters, where rivers meet in Belém, Brazil for the #PeoplesSummit
By the thousands, we're gathering alongside members of feminist, peasant, Indigenous and environmental movements from across Brazil, Latin America and the world to demand an end to environmental racism and inequality
By the thousands, we're gathering alongside members of feminist, peasant, Indigenous and environmental movements from across Brazil, Latin America and the world to demand an end to environmental racism and inequality
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We took to the waters, where rivers meet in Belém, Brazil for the #PeoplesSummit
By the thousands, we're gathering alongside members of feminist, peasant, Indigenous and environmental movements from across Brazil, Latin America and the world to demand an end to environmental racism and inequality
By the thousands, we're gathering alongside members of feminist, peasant, Indigenous and environmental movements from across Brazil, Latin America and the world to demand an end to environmental racism and inequality
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This week hundreds of people have joined an Indigenous-led protest at #COP30 in Brazil
"We can't eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
"We can't eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
www.aljazeera.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This week hundreds of people have joined an Indigenous-led protest at #COP30 in Brazil
"We can't eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
"We can't eat money. We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Indigenous people at #COP30 want change and power, not just visibility.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At the FFD4 summit, a term you hear tossed around with abandon is “the finance gap” – that is, the shortage of money needed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
So here is a modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires
forestsandfinance.org/news/a-modes...
So here is a modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires
forestsandfinance.org/news/a-modes...
A Modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires (and the corporations they own) - Forests & Finance
“All around the world, the rich pay less taxes than the poor,” said Dareje Alemayahu, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, speaking at the Fourth International Conference on F...
forestsandfinance.org
July 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
At the FFD4 summit, a term you hear tossed around with abandon is “the finance gap” – that is, the shortage of money needed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
So here is a modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires
forestsandfinance.org/news/a-modes...
So here is a modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires
forestsandfinance.org/news/a-modes...
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The Senate GOP passed the largest wealth transfer in US history yesterday.
It includes a $975 billion income tax break for the 1%, the largest cut to food stamps in history, and a 60% increase in the number of uninsured Americans.
This is a dramatic escalation in class warfare.
It includes a $975 billion income tax break for the 1%, the largest cut to food stamps in history, and a 60% increase in the number of uninsured Americans.
This is a dramatic escalation in class warfare.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Senate GOP passed the largest wealth transfer in US history yesterday.
It includes a $975 billion income tax break for the 1%, the largest cut to food stamps in history, and a 60% increase in the number of uninsured Americans.
This is a dramatic escalation in class warfare.
It includes a $975 billion income tax break for the 1%, the largest cut to food stamps in history, and a 60% increase in the number of uninsured Americans.
This is a dramatic escalation in class warfare.
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Mining, oil & gas and industrial agribusiness drive 90% of forest & biodiversity destruction.
If the incentives don’t change, the outcomes won’t change either. We're at the UN Conference on Financing for Development this week fighting for our forests.
foe.org/blog/financi...
If the incentives don’t change, the outcomes won’t change either. We're at the UN Conference on Financing for Development this week fighting for our forests.
foe.org/blog/financi...
Leaving No One Behind?: the Heated Landscape of Financing for Development
Mining, oil and gas and industrial agribusiness driving 90 percent of forest and biodiversity destruction.
foe.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Mining, oil & gas and industrial agribusiness drive 90% of forest & biodiversity destruction.
If the incentives don’t change, the outcomes won’t change either. We're at the UN Conference on Financing for Development this week fighting for our forests.
foe.org/blog/financi...
If the incentives don’t change, the outcomes won’t change either. We're at the UN Conference on Financing for Development this week fighting for our forests.
foe.org/blog/financi...
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New blog by Jeff Conant of @foeus.bsky.social, part of the Forests & Finance Coalition:
At the UN’s FF4D summit in Seville, he lays bare how the global financial system fuels climate collapse, deforestation, and inequality—wrapped in empty promises.
For more: forestsandfinance.org/news/leaving...
At the UN’s FF4D summit in Seville, he lays bare how the global financial system fuels climate collapse, deforestation, and inequality—wrapped in empty promises.
For more: forestsandfinance.org/news/leaving...
Leaving No One Behind?: the Fraught Landscape of Financing for Development - Forests & Finance
In the blistering Spanish sun on the first day of the Fourth International United Nations Conference on Financing for Development (FF4D), its 110 degrees fahrenheit (43 celsius), making this global fo...
forestsandfinance.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New blog by Jeff Conant of @foeus.bsky.social, part of the Forests & Finance Coalition:
At the UN’s FF4D summit in Seville, he lays bare how the global financial system fuels climate collapse, deforestation, and inequality—wrapped in empty promises.
For more: forestsandfinance.org/news/leaving...
At the UN’s FF4D summit in Seville, he lays bare how the global financial system fuels climate collapse, deforestation, and inequality—wrapped in empty promises.
For more: forestsandfinance.org/news/leaving...
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June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
June 14 is Trump’s birthday and his military parade in DC — but the biggest story of that day will be the actions we take everywhere else. Join our nationwide day of defiance to show that organized people power is stronger than Trump’s authoritarian aspirations: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Turns out Elon Musk’s villainous efforts working for Donald Trump have cost him 25% of his total wealth.
That's one thing to celebrate from the first 100 days.
That's one thing to celebrate from the first 100 days.
Elon Musk Lost Boatload of Money in Trump’s First 100 Days
Here’s one thing to celebrate from Trump’s first 100 days in office.
newrepublic.com
May 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Turns out Elon Musk’s villainous efforts working for Donald Trump have cost him 25% of his total wealth.
That's one thing to celebrate from the first 100 days.
That's one thing to celebrate from the first 100 days.
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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Nature & biodiversity decrease at a slower rate on Indigenous lands — yet these areas are facing threats from harmful development.
Sign our statement to call on the banks that fund these projects & ensure they uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples: banksandbiodiversity.org/sign-on-posi...
Sign our statement to call on the banks that fund these projects & ensure they uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples: banksandbiodiversity.org/sign-on-posi...
April 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Nature & biodiversity decrease at a slower rate on Indigenous lands — yet these areas are facing threats from harmful development.
Sign our statement to call on the banks that fund these projects & ensure they uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples: banksandbiodiversity.org/sign-on-posi...
Sign our statement to call on the banks that fund these projects & ensure they uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples: banksandbiodiversity.org/sign-on-posi...
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Watch Boston’s Mayor Wu stand up to the Trumpskis with a rousing beautiful speech!
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Watch Boston’s Mayor Wu stand up to the Trumpskis with a rousing beautiful speech!
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."
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Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump posted: ‘All federal funding will STOP for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!’
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This is authoritarianism in real time.
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is authoritarianism in real time.