
Monica Piccinini
@MAPICC2021
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Freelance journalist focused on environmental, health, and human rights issues.
England, United Kingdom
Joined November 2021
EXPOSED: the NGOs that are complicit in the Amazon-wrecking BR-319 highway project in Brazil. Environmental NGOs and philanthropic organisations should oppose projects that endanger biodiversity-rich areas. Please read and share!.
thecanary.co
In a two-year investigation, Canary writer Monica Piccinini exposes how a Western NGO is complicit in the BR-319 project in Brazil's Amazon
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RT @Race2Extinct: We’re not just in a climate-denial fantasy—we’re in an everything-denial fantasy. Biodiversity loss, microplastics, toxic….
theatlantic.com
On climate, the U.S. and the rest of the planet are now in “completely separate worlds.”
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"The 8 Billionaires vs. The Planet: Time to Grab Pitchforks?” . “There are eight richest billionaires [who] own the same amount of wealth as the poorest four billion people… That should make everybody angry, pick up their pitchforks and demand change.” @NickGBreeze @ClimateGENN.
"The 8 Billionaires vs. The Planet: Time to Grab Pitchforks?” My interview with Professor Mark Maslin. @ClimateGENN #climate #COP30.
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RT @ClimateGENN: Nick Breeze interview w Monica Piccinini: "The Amazon directly influences global climate stability. If it collapses the co….
genn.cc
In this Climategenn episode we are taking a closer look at conflicts of interest in Brazil, threatening the Amazon rainforest, an essential global ecosystem. As well as the indigenous communities...
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As expected, Brazil’s president Lula only partially vetoed the “devastation bill” creating new environmental licensing rules. Out of nearly 400 provisions, a mere 63 were blocked, an act of cowardice & a disgrace to the country!. #cop30
uol.com.br
O presidente Lula (PT) vetou parcialmente o projeto que cria novas regras para o licenciamento ambiental, aprovado pelo Congresso em julho.O que aconteceuO governo já havia se posicionado contra o...
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RT @zarahsultana: We warned this was happening. Israel’s genocide in Gaza has been enabled by UK-made arms, intelligence support and the u….
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RT @Channel4News: ME, or Myalgic encephalomyelitis, is linked to your genetics, an early study by Decode ME has suggested. They’ve found e….
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‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest.
theguardian.com
Since the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line
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RT @MAPICC2021: Top story this week featured in @the_ecologist: Highway to hell. The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progr….
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RT @TheCanaryUK: The largest flotilla to ever sail to Gaza has just been announced. The Global Sumud Flotilla coalition has announced plans….
thecanary.co
The Global Sumud Flotilla coalition has announced plans for the largest coordinated civilian maritime mission ever undertaken to Gaza.
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I've called on the UK government to give all unpaid carers the legal right to a break.
carers.org
Millions of unpaid carers need a legal right to a break. Sign our petition today and help carers get the support they deserve.
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Evidence of the consequences of the prolonged fire season on air quality and public health from 2024 São Paulo (Brazil) data.
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Evidence of the consequences of the prolonged fire season on air quality and public health from 2024 São Paulo (Brazil) data
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BP's deepwater oil & gas find offshore Brazil 'largest in 25 years'. Looks like the climate commitments we’ll hear at COP30 are more about headlines than real action.
offshore-energy.biz
The U.K.-headquartered oil and gas giant BP has made an oil and gas discovery at a prospect in Brazil's Santos Basin.
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RT @Docs4Divestment: Immensely important read:. The BR-319 project in Brazil would slice Amazon up; violate indigenous rights, increase re….
theecologist.org
The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics.
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RT @sunsetfoglight: "The BR-319 is an 885km stretch of road [in Brazil] cutting through one of the last untouched areas of the Amazon rainf….
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