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Lora Verheecke
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Policy Officer in Counter-Balance
Researching lobbying in the EU and doing lobby tours at DarkSideEUTours
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franceculture.fr
Trentenaires ou quadragénaires, souvent sans facteurs de risque apparents : le cancer les touche désormais plus tôt.
En 20 ans, les diagnostics se multiplient chez les jeunes adultes.
Deux chercheuses de l’Institut Curie analysent ce déplacement silencieux.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/tjf
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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esantiago.bsky.social
Esta es, sin exagerar, una de las noticias del siglo. Y es buena. China está en su pico de emisiones. Vamos lentos, pero un futuro prospero y climáticamente seguro pasa por subirse a esta ola, y no por perderla dando bola a argumentos negacionistas -retardistas

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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mediapart.fr
L’annulation, sous pression du ministre de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, d’un colloque du Collège de France consacré à la Palestine, constitue un opprobre démocratique et scientifique.

Par Joseph Confavreux
Annulation d’un colloque sur la Palestine au Collège de France : la chaîne du scandale
L’annulation, sous pression du ministre de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, d’un colloque du Collège de France consacré à la Palestine, constitue un opprobre démocratique et scientifique.
l.mediapart.fr
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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offinvestigation.bsky.social
« Ils considèrent leurs utilisateurs comme de simples ressources ! » Pour comprendre comment les géants du web s’assoient sur notre consentement numérique et pillent nos données pour entraîner leur IA, c’est par ici ⤵️
Les géants du web braquent nos données pour gaver leur IA
En pillant nos données pour entraîner leurs intelligences artificielles, les géants du web s’assoient sur notre consentement numérique.
www.off-investigation.fr
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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sciencecqfd.bsky.social
#Rapport 02/10. #Géoingénierie climatique : appel à la prudence et à un encadrement rigoureux via @academiesciences.bsky.social #ScienceCQFD
www.academie-sciences.fr/sortie-du-ra...
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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somoamsterdam.bsky.social
As #COP30 begins, we’ll hear a lot about carbon markets, hailed as a “key climate solution”.

The Brazilian govt., together with the EU & China, has launched the Open Coalition on Carbon Markets, which risks worsening global inequalities and the climate crisis.

🚫Why carbon offsets don’t work

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November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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orientxxi.bsky.social
Le retrait de l'aide internationale montre à quel point celle-ci a maintenu l' #Irak, à travers tout un écosystème d’ONG, dans une dépendance alarmante. À la veille des élections législatives du 11 novembre, cette situation de crise interroge aussi la responsabilité des dirigeants politiques irakien
Irak. La fin de l’aide internationale alimente le désenchantement
Le retrait des financements étrangers montre à quel point ceux-ci ont maintenu l’Irak, à travers tout un écosystème d’ONG, dans une dépendance alarmante. À (…)
orientxxi.info
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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fgraas.bsky.social
#Brésil: suite au massacre pratiqué par la police à #Rio, on apprend que des FN FAL provenant de Belgique ont été saisis par la police.

Un fait qui illustre la vigilance qui doit guider les exportations d'armes: un fusil peut tuer des décennies après sa production.

g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-ja...
Veja os modelos de fuzis apreendidos em operação contra o CV no RJ
Especialista ouvido pelo g1 identificou parte dos 93 fuzis encontrados com facção no RJ e alerta para "armas fantasmas". "Sintoma de que as armas estão sendo montadas no Brasil".
g1.globo.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen

@euractiv.com @maximilian-henning.bsky.social

www.euractiv.com/news/stop-ov...
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen | Euractiv
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
www.euractiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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adamramsay.bsky.social
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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lise-witteman.bsky.social
💥 www.ftm.eu/articles/rey...
Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering
The charge comes after months of investigation.
www.ftm.eu
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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fossilfreeeu.bsky.social
A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷

👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year

👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists

✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

#COP30
More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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mickacorreia.bsky.social
C'est un chiffre qui traduit l'énorme hypocrisie de nos dirigeants, et ce à la veille de la COP30.

Alors que la surchauffe planétaire s'intensifie, l'ONU alerte que les nouveaux plans climat des États nous mènent vers un monde à +2,5 °C. Soit un enfer sur Terre.
www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...
Les nouveaux engagements climat des États mettent en péril l’accord de Paris
Selon un rapport de l’ONU publié le 4 novembre, les plans climat des pays nous mènent vers une planète plus chaude de 2,3 à 2,5 °C d’ici à la fin du siècle. Une trajectoire très en deçà du chemin à p…
www.mediapart.fr
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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theintercept.com
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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writesbright.bsky.social
The sheer scale of Labour's deals with Trump-donating Big Tech firms has been seriously under-reported.

Not only are they being allowed to build climate-wrecking data centres, they've also been given permission to embed their tech within Whitehall, the NHS, and defence 👇👇

📝 @rtakver.bsky.social
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
When U.S. President Donald Trump landed for what he called the “exquisite honour” of an unprecedented second state visit to the UK this September, he brought along a retinue of his favourite Silicon V...
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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arnaultraphael.bsky.social
🚨 L’audience devant le conseil d’Etat arrive bientôt et on a reçu la défense de l’intérieur sauce Retailleau/Nunez… et c’est lunaire.

Il est nous est reproché entre autres de vouloir « vaincre le fascisme » et d’avoir été solidaires du peuple palestinien & kurde.
Visuel explicatif des motifs de dissolution de la jeune garde avancés par le gouvernement
November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
Seriously nuts: the US threatened African and small Pacific and Caribbean island diplomats with cancelled visas and refused entry if they didn't vote against a shipping carbon price.

"Bullying" doesn't do this justice. They're gangsters and criminals.

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November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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politis.fr
En mars 2024, Vincent Bolloré avait juré devant la commission d’enquête sur la concentration dans les médias qu’il n’intervenait jamais dans les contenus du groupe Canal+. Le livre de Philippe de Villiers qu’il a lui-même publié prouve le contraire.

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Vincent Bolloré a menti sous serment
En mars 2024, le millardaire breton d'extrême droite avait juré ses grands dieux devant la commission d'enquête sur la concentration dans les médias qu'il n'intervenait jamais dans les contenus. Le…
www.politis.fr
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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vsquare.bsky.social
⚡️Across Central Europe, politicians used paid social media ads to attack journalists, activists, NGOs. From Hungary to Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.
Sponsored Hate: How Politicians Paid for Meta Ads to Attack Journalists - VSquare.org
Across the Visegrád countries, politicians have increasingly used paid social media ads to attack journalists, human rights activists, and civil society organizations.
vsquare.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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vsquare.bsky.social
⚡️🔎 In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions. However, Orbán's spies did it so blatantly that they were exposed.

The EU Commission has now launched an internal investigation.
Inside the Fall of Viktor Orbán’s Secret Brussels Spy Network - VSquare.org
In the 2010s, Hungarian intelligence began spying in Brussels against the EU and tried to recruit Hungarians working in EU institutions for this purpose. However, Hungarian intelligence carried it out so blatantly and clumsily that they were exposed, and their network collapsed.
vsquare.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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jfcorty.bsky.social
www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
Au Soudan, l’implication des Emirats arabes unis et le « désintérêt coupable » des Occidentaux
Allié des Forces de soutien rapide du général « Hemetti », Abou Dhabi apporte une aide logistique essentielle aux paramilitaires qui ont mené l’assaut sanglant sur El-Fasher.
www.lemonde.fr
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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counter-balance.bsky.social
🎧 New season of #EUWatchdogRadio is out!

This episode dives into the EU’s green hydrogen plans in Morocco 🇲🇦 and what they really mean for energy sovereignty, local communities & gender justice.

🎙️ With @loraverheecke.bsky.social & Hikma Bachegour
@menafem.bsky.social

Listen here 👇
Green Hydrogen or Green Colonialism?
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October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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oilchange.bsky.social
NEW 🚨Since the Paris Agreement, 4 Global North countries - the US, Canada, Australia & Norway - blocked global progress on oil and gas phaseout.

While the rest of the world reduced oil & gas production by 2%, these 4 countries increased production by nearly 40%. oilchange.org/publications...
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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oilchange.bsky.social
Since signing the Paris Agreement, Australia’s gas & oil production surged 77% - the biggest relative increase among the top 15 producers - driven by a doubling of gas.

Meanwhile, it’s bidding to host next year's UN climate talks. Make it make sense. oilchange.org/publications...
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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anttonrouget.bsky.social
«Entre ces deux-là, c’est un grand ballet de renvois d’ascenseur.

En 2004, Sarkozy, ministre des finances, aide Arnaud Lagardère à démêler son héritage.

En retour, il met à son service Le JDD : "Si ça peut rééquilibrer le traitement de l’affaire libyenne, c’est bien".»

(Le Monde, juillet 2020)
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM