John H Knox
@johnhknox.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Wake Forest University. From 2012 to 2018, I was the first UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.
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It's going to be an ongoing propaganda victory for Australia that these articles keep getting pumped out with zero context or even a slight mention of the fact that Australia disproportionately contributes to why they're being forced to relocate
Like Israel's 'humanitarian aid drops'....
Like Israel's 'humanitarian aid drops'....
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's going to be an ongoing propaganda victory for Australia that these articles keep getting pumped out with zero context or even a slight mention of the fact that Australia disproportionately contributes to why they're being forced to relocate
Like Israel's 'humanitarian aid drops'....
Like Israel's 'humanitarian aid drops'....
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When you investigate **any** of the links or evidence put forward by permitting-bros and abundance-bros trying to claim the environmental movement is single worst opponent to clean energy on the planet, you very unsurprisingly end up reading stuff that just doesn't support their claims.
June 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you investigate **any** of the links or evidence put forward by permitting-bros and abundance-bros trying to claim the environmental movement is single worst opponent to clean energy on the planet, you very unsurprisingly end up reading stuff that just doesn't support their claims.
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NGOs in Indonesia have documented widespread environmental and social violations across 33 industrial tree plantations since 2023, including deforestation, peatland destruction, fires, and land conflicts with Indigenous communities.
Deforestation and fires persist in Indonesia’s pulpwood and biomass plantations
JAKARTA — Industrial plantations of trees to make paper and wood pellets are causing widespread and persistent environmental and social violations in Indonesia, despite claims to the contrary by the…
news.mongabay.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NGOs in Indonesia have documented widespread environmental and social violations across 33 industrial tree plantations since 2023, including deforestation, peatland destruction, fires, and land conflicts with Indigenous communities.
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So a respected journalist warned the nation that the Trump administration is a threat to free speech and, true to form, its state media outlet warns that there will now surely be retribution by the administration against that same journalist and his network for his act of free speech.
Fox News' Harris Faulkner reacts to Scott Pelley's commencement speech by saying the White House could soon strip CBS of "funding" for supposedly being antisemitic.
"The administration has an answer for this. And Scott Pelley, I don't know, maybe it won’t be 60 Minutes anymore."
"The administration has an answer for this. And Scott Pelley, I don't know, maybe it won’t be 60 Minutes anymore."
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So a respected journalist warned the nation that the Trump administration is a threat to free speech and, true to form, its state media outlet warns that there will now surely be retribution by the administration against that same journalist and his network for his act of free speech.
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Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back
May 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back
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Bangladesh is making a list of sacred forests, aged trees and other socially important flora in a bid to strengthen forest conservation.
Conservationists say they believe that the new measures will help protect the biodiversity and ecology that had been overlooked in the past.
Conservationists say they believe that the new measures will help protect the biodiversity and ecology that had been overlooked in the past.
Bangladesh protects sacred forests to strengthen biodiversity conservation
With an aim to protect biodiversity that’s become fragmented and is scattered across the country, Bangladesh is listing all the old, sacred and socially important trees and forests. The Forest…
news.mongabay.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Bangladesh is making a list of sacred forests, aged trees and other socially important flora in a bid to strengthen forest conservation.
Conservationists say they believe that the new measures will help protect the biodiversity and ecology that had been overlooked in the past.
Conservationists say they believe that the new measures will help protect the biodiversity and ecology that had been overlooked in the past.
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How To Save The Amazon by Dom Phillips "is a book both brilliant and broken, one that is ultimately as inspiring and devastating as the Amazon itself." - @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
How to Save the Amazon by Dom Phillips review – tracing the late journalist’s footprints
A team of writers complete the vital book that Guardian reporter Dom Phillips was working on at the time of his murder
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
How To Save The Amazon by Dom Phillips "is a book both brilliant and broken, one that is ultimately as inspiring and devastating as the Amazon itself." - @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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📣 NEW DATA ALERT | We are glad to be releasing 2025 human rights scores for 195 countries in June. #Journalists and #CSO civil society orgs are welcome to see the data early, under embargo.
Quick form here for early access: humanrightsmeasurement.org/data-launch-...
Quick form here for early access: humanrightsmeasurement.org/data-launch-...
2025 Data Launch Registration Form | Human Rights Measurement Initiative
Data Launch Registration Form for the Rights Tracker 2024 for interested journalists and Civil Society Organizations!
humanrightsmeasurement.org
May 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
📣 NEW DATA ALERT | We are glad to be releasing 2025 human rights scores for 195 countries in June. #Journalists and #CSO civil society orgs are welcome to see the data early, under embargo.
Quick form here for early access: humanrightsmeasurement.org/data-launch-...
Quick form here for early access: humanrightsmeasurement.org/data-launch-...
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Here it is, in a clear graphic from the NYTimes. The GOP budget destruction bill will add $3.3 TRILLION to the national debt.
And how? Entirely by tax cuts to the rich, paid for by cutting health, food for the poor, climate science, and Medicaid.
And how? Entirely by tax cuts to the rich, paid for by cutting health, food for the poor, climate science, and Medicaid.
May 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here it is, in a clear graphic from the NYTimes. The GOP budget destruction bill will add $3.3 TRILLION to the national debt.
And how? Entirely by tax cuts to the rich, paid for by cutting health, food for the poor, climate science, and Medicaid.
And how? Entirely by tax cuts to the rich, paid for by cutting health, food for the poor, climate science, and Medicaid.
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“This will be a key milestone in reinforcing legal protection for both people and the planet”
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Council of Europe must recognise the right to a healthy environment, UN experts urge
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Ministers at the Council of Europe to demonstrate leadership by starting negotiations on an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights...
www.ohchr.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“This will be a key milestone in reinforcing legal protection for both people and the planet”
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN experts urge @coe.int Member States to negotiate an additional protocol to the European Convention to protect the right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment.
No more delays for a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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No more delays for a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@srenvironment.bsky.social @srtoxics.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
UN experts urge @coe.int Member States to negotiate an additional protocol to the European Convention to protect the right to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment.
No more delays for a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@srenvironment.bsky.social @srtoxics.bsky.social
No more delays for a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@srenvironment.bsky.social @srtoxics.bsky.social
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The new Silent Spring:
75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says
Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.
wapo.st
May 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The new Silent Spring:
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In between the stories of horrific human rights abuses and trade war insanity I remember that they have also destroyed all our research and data infrastructure and effectively ended any environmental, health, or labor regulation.
May 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In between the stories of horrific human rights abuses and trade war insanity I remember that they have also destroyed all our research and data infrastructure and effectively ended any environmental, health, or labor regulation.
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By me: Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its war on the planet
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wave of Earth Day protests as Americans mobilize against Trump
Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
By me: Hundreds of marches, pickets and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as environmental and climate groups step up resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and its war on the planet
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Seven years after four officials were charged with negligence that resulted in a toxic cyanide spill at Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina, the case has still not gone to trial.
New for @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/stil...
New for @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/stil...
Still no trial over Argentina cyanide mine spill, 7 years after officials were charged
This is the first of a three-part series on underreported issues involving Canadian mining companies and Indigenous peoples or local communities. Read part two here. Seven years after an environmental...
news.mongabay.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seven years after four officials were charged with negligence that resulted in a toxic cyanide spill at Canadian miner Barrick Gold’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina, the case has still not gone to trial.
New for @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/stil...
New for @mongabay.bsky.social: news.mongabay.com/2025/04/stil...
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I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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If it wasn’t already abundantly apparent, there are no magic words that change how people feel about climate change.
Climate Terminology Does Not Matter
Across tens of thousands of participants in two large-scale experiments, we found that labeling climate change in different ways had no effect on their stated willingness to act.
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Across tens of thousands of participants in two large-scale experiments, we found that labeling climate change in different ways had no effect on their stated willingness to act.
jayvanbavellab.substack.com/p/climate-te...
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Climate Terminology Does Not Matter
Our new paper finds that swapping out one climate term for another does not meaningfully change people’s stated commitment to fight climate change
jayvanbavellab.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If it wasn’t already abundantly apparent, there are no magic words that change how people feel about climate change.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution.
Read:
Read:
After outcry, Brazil Supreme Court nixes proposal for mining on Indigenous lands
Brazil's Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution.
news.mongabay.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution.
Read:
Read:
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US jury orders Chevron to pay $744M damages to Louisiana for direct destruction of wetlands & breached State laws requiring companies to clean up
12 years in litigation (+ prior to filing) this is why real, substantial and up front security bonds are critical
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
12 years in litigation (+ prior to filing) this is why real, substantial and up front security bonds are critical
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands
Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regions
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
US jury orders Chevron to pay $744M damages to Louisiana for direct destruction of wetlands & breached State laws requiring companies to clean up
12 years in litigation (+ prior to filing) this is why real, substantial and up front security bonds are critical
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
12 years in litigation (+ prior to filing) this is why real, substantial and up front security bonds are critical
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is cool. The Guardian recreated a searchable climate future risk tool (wildfire, extreme heat, drought, hurricane, and coastal flood) for the US that was developed by FEMA but deleted by the Trump administration’s ‘climate’ purge.
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Your weekend read:
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking | Steven Donziger
Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Your weekend read:
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
I’m also one of the signatories. Mr Khalil’s case is egregious - but the principles explained in this brief apply just as much to the many other people being punished by the Trump Administration for exercising their right to freedom of expression
March 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I’m also one of the signatories. Mr Khalil’s case is egregious - but the principles explained in this brief apply just as much to the many other people being punished by the Trump Administration for exercising their right to freedom of expression