NEW: > 300 lobbyists representing industrial agriculture have attended this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation 1/
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"People that are most affected [by] the climate crisis are the people that did nothing to [contribute] this crisis. So, how can we act in terms to protect their lives and ensure that the rich polluters will pay for that?"

Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...

The annual United Nations climate summit is taking place in Belém, Brazil. Democracy Now! is at #COP30, where financing a just transition away from fossil fuels remains a key issue.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/asad_rehman

Nesta semana decisiva da COP30 – a última –, vamos acompanhar os passos das negociações finais. A pressão social continua intensa em Belém. Siga conosco nesta luta e fique por dentro dos movimentos mais importantes desse debate, que é sobre a vida sumauma.com/liveblog/ao-...

We spoke to Indigenous protesters at The Great People’s March as thousands gathered to demand urgent climate action outside #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

At COP30, Brazilian trade unionist Leandro Lanfredi highlights the importance of an energy embargo against Israel in the struggle for a free Palestine.

There can be no climate justice without justice for the Palestinian people.

By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table

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The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state.

my latest for @thenation.com

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Dan Lambert and his crew raise money every year in their Toy appeal for children in direct provision. They're behind target this year and need your help!

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I'm delighted to host this seminar with brilliant colleagues from geography, law, & sociology. It's for academics, activists & people working in environment/climate & human rights sector. Registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-mi...