Svein Tveitdal
@tveitdal
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Grandfather. Director Klima 2020, former Assistant Executive Director UNEP, Chairman Worldview International Foundation
Arendal, Norway
Joined September 2009
RT @tveitdal: via @NYTimes. Some pets have wide-ranging effects on the planet. Here’s how to lessen them.
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Some pets have wide-ranging effects on the planet. Here’s how to lessen them.
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RT @tveitdal: Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse….
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Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.
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Erin strengthens into the first Atlantic hurricane of the year
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Erin will lash parts of the northern Caribbean while intensifying into a Category 4 hurricane by Monday.
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RT @tveitdal: Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet. htt….
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Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.
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Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet.
grist.org
Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.
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Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.
grist.org
Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.
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The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate. via @NYTimes.
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The Secret Service said the boats the agency uses for security are usually motorized and need deeper waters to operate.
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RT @tveitdal: The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was sof….
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The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."
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via @NYTimes. Some pets have wide-ranging effects on the planet. Here’s how to lessen them.
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Some pets have wide-ranging effects on the planet. Here’s how to lessen them.
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RT @tveitdal: PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract Public relations giant Edelman is helping COP30….
climatechangenews.com
As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep...
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The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."
grist.org
The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."
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RT @tveitdal: New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the….
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New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry.
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RT @tveitdal: New Zealand ends Ardern-era ban on oil and gas exploration New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday passe….
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New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation to reopen the country for offshore oil and gas exploration, lifting a ban imposed by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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Amid logistics crunch, UN committee pressures Brazil for urgent COP30 solutions Anger is mounting about sky-high hotel prices and a lack of rooms in Belém, sparking calls for the summit to be moved from the Amazon to a bigger Brazilian city.
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Anger is mounting about sky-high hotel prices and a lack of rooms in Belém, sparking calls for the summit to be moved from the Amazon to a bigger Brazilian city Anger is mounting about sky-high hotel...
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PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract Public relations giant Edelman is helping COP30 host-nation Brazil hone its media strategy for this year’s UN climate conference – even though it also works for Shell, one of the world’s biggest fossil.
climatechangenews.com
As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep...
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RT @tveitdal: EPA moves to end climate regulation under Clean Air Act .The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesd….
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The agency proposal would rescind the landmark “endangerment finding,” which states that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health.
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New Zealand ends Ardern-era ban on oil and gas exploration New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation to reopen the country for offshore oil and gas exploration, lifting a ban imposed by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The law will allow.
reuters.com
New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation to reopen the country for offshore oil and gas exploration, lifting a ban imposed by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry. via @NYTimes.
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New tallies of the administration’s tax breaks and other incentives add up to tens of billions of dollars of benefits to the fossil fuel industry.
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