If you are still looking for that reading at the intersection of environment, health, extraction and disposession (with a dash of the digital)...

A highly controversial new law in Turkey allows mining in olive groves, requiring tree transplantation. My new open-access article in @politicalgeography.bsky.social explores the making of "movable nature"— salvage work that moves nature out of the way of infrastructure and extraction projects.

Some food for thought: if you're reviewing a book & it has good, useful maps, say so in the review! And name the mapmaker if you can. Often, folks writing books don't know where to go for good maps. Making mention of them in your review helps everyone. #skystorians #midievalsky #historians

'Many of the living worlds in the ice and snow are not visible to the human eye. “You don’t expect a living organism on the ice,” Bamert says. But there is a rich ice-loving biotic community and surprising biodiversity that thrives in this frozen landscape.'

Saw my first humming hawk moth today, amazing! Had been missing hummingbirds since moving to UK and was wowed by this moth!! butterfly-conservation.org/moths/hummin...

JOB: Assistant Professor of Environmental History with a Focus on Water in Human History, Texas State University (USA) jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53043 #envhist

I am so furious at all the scenario modelers and CDR promoters who promised that machines could afford us "climate restoration." These people should be shunned. Techno-optimism is as dangerous to our children as outright climate denial. Denial isn't driving EU and UK policy! But CDR BS totally is.

If you want to know the details, read to open source @nature.com publication, led by @gidden.bsky.social online. /end www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️

In my quest to hold every possible academic title I’m very happy to now be Reader in Environmental Geography at QMUL!!

It’s really real! Exciting to see The Price of Gold in print. Pre-order yours today! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Erasmus redux? Happy news if it happens.

It’s back to school time - what are you reading? For the next 2 days, On the Swamp and other titles are 50% off at the publisher’s new website. Use discount code 01NEWSITE50. uncpress.org/978146967832... #Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #OnTheSwamp @uncpress.bsky.social

'The study...found that the main driver of increased red tape was university efficiency reforms. It threw doubt on the idea that increasing automation results in real efficiency, and suggested that Australian universities...had recently shifted towards stronger central executive management.' 1/2

"Canada’s oil and gas sector is no longer the job creator or economic engine it once was, with the industry creating 43% fewer jobs per thousand barrels of production in 2023 than it did in 2012, the Pembina Institute concludes in a new analysis."

Oh, and here's a fun resource for y'all.

'The government’s proposed levy on international student fees could prove to be the difference between surplus and deficit for more than a dozen universities, according to a new analysis.' On the other hand, it might play well with angry voters who support Reform UK, some minister must think. 1/2

This is an important book. I was especially happy when my son claimed my copy (with my notes) and so I’ll need two so I can reread it

New piece with Tia Dafnos in @breachmedia.ca: The emergency RCMP unit called "CIRG" that invaded Wet'suwet'en territory is now a permanent force called CRU. Through access to information records, we learned they have a special role to play in policing resistance to Bills 14 and 15.

I was on BBC’s AntiSocial at the end of last week discussing the growth of asylum hotels in Britain, the history of dispersal, and the importance of community-based housing for asylum seekers (at the 40min mark) @geogdurham.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Such an important piece

“On Tuesday, the government announced a “nationally significant” water shortage in England, which means the whole country is at risk of running out if the dry weather continues” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Minecraft's Territory: Alberta's oil sands, settler knowledge infrastructures, and digital geographies. Now open access! This article examines how data collected in response to environmental health concerns was turned into a game of extractivism. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

if you watch the tech industry long enough you learn the promised benefits never materialize but the unforeseen harms continue to be perpetuated long after the companies move on to the next big thing yet governments are too worried about scaring away investment to do anything

Great article for those working on digital twins in the environment sector too given the # of countries using them (or promising to) to govern rivers, etc. These 'twins,' however, are not copies; notably, they also aren't models and instead demand attention for what they accomplish, and how.

"If these practices continue to expand, and trying to buy things or earn money begins to feel increasingly like making a series of bets in the dark, then more and more people will start to suspect the corollary: that the house always wins." on.ft.com/4od2MRM

💡 New tool alert! EDGI has created guides on how to FOIA in *all 50 states*. FOIA (the Freedom of Information Act) helps ensure the government operates in the interest of the people. Learn more about community-led FOIA & the state-by-state guides in our new blog: envirodatagov.org/community-le...

@wsmith-geo.bsky.social The commercialization/politicization of “Societies”… defector.com/why-did-nati...

Farmers are losing their livelihoods due to lack of water, Indigenous communities are raising alarms, but this municipality in northern Alberta is full steam ahead on hosting the largest AI data centre on Earth. www.theenergymix.com/alberta-muni... #ableg #cdnpoli #water #drought #AIdatacenters

Fantastic that London TV covered our London Lea Catchment Plan launch. It's great that the media are still shining a spotlight on the work we do with our volunteers and partners to help improve our local rivers. Please read full story here: london-tv.co.uk/thames21-and...

New book review -- @dannymcnally.bsky.social on "Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land" by @noamleshem.bsky.social antipodeonline.org/2025/07/31/e... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

BC LNG project divides Indigenous nations, risks financial and environmental harm. Summary here of an important new report from Yellowhead Institute @miskoaki.bsky.social. Does a great job of laying out financial risk... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/28/n...

In case you need a new worry: Kansas Geological Survey map of SW Kansas shows how irrigation from groundwater since 1996 has sucked water out of the Ogallala aquifer until the water level in places like Garden City is now >100' lower than it was at the start. www.kgs.ku.edu/HighPlains/H...

Bill and Ted’s Ontological Adventure

AI folks have now discovered “thinking”

Germany's Central Bank warned officials had previously “completely underestimated” the risks rising temperatures pose to the financial system. www.ft.com/content/c00c...

Now it’s the robots killing the planet. Aren’t there movies about this?

There are no positive ecological or watershed benefits from inter-basin transfers - something industry and government willingly ignore. "Indigenous leaders denounce Alberta’s water management plans" share.google/yHavqV3wtGzL...

But you know . . . Jobs! #canpoli #oilandgas

As oil sands extraction moves to autonomous, self-driving trucks, there’s fewer jobs even as mining increases its relentless pace energynow.ca/2023/10/impe...

I was excited to find out that my book is available for pre-order! One for anyone interested in energy, climate, and the history of Britain. Thanks to MUP for making it pretty and affordable 🫶 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/

New episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast. We talk with old friend Imre Szeman about his new book Futures of the Sun and why energy transition is too often the story of failed states. tinyurl.com/5n6bp8b6 @cymene.bsky.social @imreszeman.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social

Hulk Hogan, guy who helped Peter Thiel destroy Gawker, dead at 71.

“Four premature newborn babies had died at hospital in recent weeks from malnutrition. Their mothers were too weak to produce milk & the hospital did not have enough formula to give them” says British surgeon who had been volunteering at Gaza hospital. www.ft.com/content/acb6...

The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change livestream has begun. The Court begins by concluding that the questions put to it are legal in nature and that it has jurisdiction to provide an Advisory Opinion. (1/n)

Prime Minister Carney set off alarm bells across British Columbia when he told a journalist that a new bitumen pipeline to BC’s north coast is “highly, highly likely.” "Few projects in Canadian history have generated such intense blowback." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/21/o...