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Millions of Brazilians unknowingly eat toxic, endangered shark: How Mongabay broke the story https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025/12/millions-of-brazilians-unknowingly-eat-toxic-endangered-shark-how-mongabay-br…

Brazilian government serves shark to infants, prisoners and more: How Mongabay broke the story
Mongabay senior editor Philip Jacobson joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a two-part investigation published this year in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center about how state governments in Brazil have been procuring shark meat — which is high in mercury and arsenic — served to potentially millions of schoolchildren and thousands of public institutions. With Mongabay’s […]

I've just been reading up on the municipality of Vega, in #Norway:
"Vega Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, welfare and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads and utilities."
Population of Vega? 1,208
Why can't mainland

Vega Municipality - Wikipedia

Carillon le retour - je suis sur le cul.
#grenoble

Résultats des élections municipales 2026 à Grenoble 38000 au premier tour
Retrouvez les résultats du premier tour des élections municipales 2026 à Grenoble : les listes des candidats et les élus de chaque commune.

Donald Trump has a strange effect on others.
I’m not the first to note that it seems like half his cabinet and strongest allies were virulently against him before they fell in line behind him.
These kinds of flips have been known to happen in politics before,
but never anything approaching the scale of the Trump phenomenon.
And it doesn’t just happen with officials serving under him and prominent allies in his administration.
The effect extends to people in …

Monkeypaw wishes
People with illicit wishes think Trump will deliver what they want.

The knowledge to save coffee already exists, now it’s in one e-library
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/the-knowledge-to-save-coffee-already-exists-now-its-in-one-e-library/

#MemesOfTheAncient #Shitpost #Shitposting

Noisy traffic is making Galšpagos’ yellow warblers angry https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/noisy-traffic-is-making-galapagos-yellow-warblers-angry/

Noisy traffic is making Galápagos’ yellow warblers angry
A recent study found that birds that live closer to roads display more aggression than birds of the same species that live farther away from noisy vehicles, Mongabay’s Spoorthy Raman reported. Researchers looked at the behavioral differences of male Galápagos yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia aureola) on two islands of the Galápagos, an Ecuadorian archipelago in […]

Eight arrested as Europe cracks down on lucrative eel smuggling syndicates https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/eight-arrested-as-europe-cracks-down-on-lucrative-eel-smuggling-syndicates/

Eight arrested as Europe cracks down on lucrative eel smuggling syndicates
Authorities in France and Spain have arrested six French nationals and two Spaniards who were allegedly part of a transnational syndicate that were trafficking critically endangered European eels. The suspects are accused of smuggling more than 7 million eels worth 600,000 euros ($693,000) over two years. The joint investigation began a year ago. In March […]

Floods linked to climate change hit nearly 1 million in Southern Africa https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/floods-linked-to-climate-change-hit-nearly-1-million-in-southern-africa/

Floods linked to climate change hit nearly 1 million in Southern Africa
Devastating floods that swept across Southern Africa since December 2025, killing at least 280 people and affecting almost a million, were likely intensified by the impacts of climate change, scientists say. The region’s rainy season hit hard in Mozambique, Eswatini, Madagascar, South Africa and Zimbabwe, displacing 150,000 people and destroying 105,000 hectares (nearly 260,000 acres) […]

South Africa considers site near African penguin colony for third nuclear power plant https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/south-africa-considers-site-near-african-penguin-colony-for-third-nuclear-pow…

South Africa considers site near African penguin colony for third nuclear power plant
South African state electricity company Eskom is reevaluating two sites to host the country’s third nuclear power plant, having previously dismissed both for an earlier facility. The two potential sites are Thyspunt, on the Eastern Cape coast, and Bantamsklip, near Dyer Island in the Western Cape, home to a significant, but declining colony of critically […]