"Staying silent on fossil fuels” isn’t sufficient" It's so Alice in Wonderland: a conference on the global climate crisis that is not allowed to mention the cause of that crisis. Credit to Colombia, and Brazil, but we need to work around petrostates & lobbyists. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

COP-tastrophe: How the COP of Implementation, Truth, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples Failed on All Counts drilled.media/news/COP30-w...

Interesting to see the disparity in recycling rates, and how low some are given Europe's reputation for recycling (come on Ireland!) www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

The most amazing thing about Danny Kruger isn't that he holds these views. It's that he voluntarily expressed them to a journalist. Mr Dunning was not available for comment. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Minerals are the backbone of the shift away from fossil fuels – leaving their governance out of just transition planning will undermine efforts to accelerate renewable energies by 2030" www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/21/c...

📣 At #COP30, one thing is clear: The framework that guides the climate talks is falling short! Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres goes straight to the point while explaining why #FossilFuels aren’t COP30 text: Consensus kills ambition‼️ We couldn't agree more! A 🧵

We’ve released Shifting Tides, a new briefing paper unpacking what sits behind TMC’s sudden pivot to the U.S. It’s a move being sold as progress but our analysis shows it introduces a tangle of political, legal, and reputational risks that can’t be ignored. Full report in our Linktree. Read it now!

About time ...

Check out my recent panel on the Science, Policy, and Cultural Implications of Deep Sea Mining www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn-o...

Leaving aside the oddity of building an AI algorithm whose main purpose seems to be to heap praise on you, it's odd how macho, martial posturing is part of the whole broligarchy vibe.

Good article on the poisoning of Kabwe - especially for the focus on how young activists are taking on the fight. But it is odd that nowhere in the article is there the mention of the legal case against Anglo American over the lead poisoning legacy. news.mongabay.com/2025/11/as-z...

BREAKING: Protestors are outside the Ministry of Justice, silently holding signs which say they oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban. There are also six prisoners for Palestine nearing their fourth week on hunger strike for demands which include bail and to lift the ban.

“There is ample evidence Anglo knew exactly what harm was being caused and ignored the impact on Zambian people. This was an act of colonial racism and environmental harm on a massive scale.” ACTSA statement on the 3-4 November Kabwe class-action appeal hearing ⬇️

Much to agree with in this analysis of The Metals Company: "I've thought TMC is overvalued for some time, but to me, it's reached an extreme due to excess exuberance regarding the Trump administration's investments in peer companies" seekingalpha.com/article/4829...

Much to like in a human security perspective:"threats to human security may be classified into economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, and political security. This approach would encourage the government to focus its strengths on its greatest enemy: the risk of climate disaster"

"The authoritarians hadn’t built The Machine; they had simply learned to drive it better than its creators. The tech companies hadn’t set out to undermine democracy; they had simply built a system that prioritised engagement over everything else, including truth" www.plagueisland.com/p/chapter-1-...

UK investors have claimed £19 billion in fossil fuel-related cases – almost twice as much as the international climate finance paid by the British Government

Thanks for this - think it makes useful arguments in terms of responding to an over-optimism built in to project investment models...

Much in this article to ponder, but generally it is such a good thing that after many years of pushing (the impacts of) energy transition minerals are being integrated into the climate negotiations, and in the Just Transition Work Programme, as it should be www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/14/c...

“These projects don’t fail because of regulation or protest; they fail because the math never adds up once you include the real costs of ocean operations.” I couldnt disagree less! www.oceanprotectioncoalition.org/dsmfeasibility

Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite. (Note also the line about pronouncing his name.) www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Top camper van makers: Clean up your tropical wood supply chain -- no more deforestation on wheels! action.eko.org/a/no-more-de...

A Cambridge piece calls out the #ISA: the #DeepSea watchdog acts more like a deep-sea yes-man. Weak accountability, murky decisions and a habit of overlooking its own environmental duties… not ideal for managing humanity’s #CommonHeritage. 🌊👀 Maybe before mining the seabed, let's find a backbone.

Really? Labour have prioritised not 'looking soft' to the right wing press so much that they have forgotten how to look human.

📢 New report from FFI, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @11.be reveals that between 2016-2024, EU banks provided €64 billion in loans and underwriting services to #criticalminerals mining companies linked to land grabs, pollution and human rights violations. Find out more👉https://bit.ly/43W9hQo

"Cameron Walkup, of Earthjustice Action, said the administration was ignoring economics, violating the law and opening the door for agencies to rubber-stamp projects with insufficient protections for communities from pollution" www.reuters.com/business/ene...

"Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial. Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the world’s most popular shows, has repeatedly claimed that the Earth is cooling" So many of us still just hope the facts will win www.monbiot.com/2025/11/15/s...

It's so depressing to see this continual race to the bottom on who can be the most callous in punching down - it will only shift the Overton Window further to the right, emboldening more racism in the UK

📣 In a significant ruling, UK courts have found BHP legally responsible for the catastrophic collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais. This ruling comes the week after the 10th anniversary of Brazil’s worst environmental crime. Read more: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/uk-c...

This looks like reality on the ground in Serbia catching up with Rio Tinto ... minersdigest.com/news/rio-tin...

World Leaders: Bring Back the Fotilla Boats action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

📷10 Years of Brazil's Worst Environmental Crime Explore our virtual exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda which shine a light on the devastation caused by the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil and expose the lack of justice for this crime: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...

"Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. That money alone ... is almost 10 times the annual amount required to end extreme poverty worldwide" Wealth & power are concentrating so much in the hands of so few www.monbiot.com/2025/11/11/b...

What a surprise that the organisation pushing a dodgy crypto bill in the Cook Islands, Drumcliffe, "has links to deep-sea mining exploration in the Cook Islands" All the speculative businesses together... www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/12/f...

Some astute comments from a previous Director of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on plans to push forward deep-sea mining kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b...

Interesting how everything has become about who can give miners and processors the most subsidy, and very little about the impact of the processing, let alone mining (although good for the article for acknowledging that) - www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

"Hearing, respecting and standing with Indigenous communities today is central to healing both the world and humanity. Our collective future depends on this change" www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

This shows how political critical minerals lists can be, given the addition of copper. Yes, it is clearly critical, but the definition of criticality requires concerns over supply chains to the US and that isn't an issue for the US. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

UK terror law banning Palestine Action used too widely, review finds Report says definition of terrorism is too broad and 'creates overreach in its application' www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2025... We’ve always been right about this: wedonotcomply.org

“We call on Indonesia to formally recognise Indigenous Peoples and be open to engaging them as vital partners in shaping an inclusive, sustainable and rights-based national development” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Re energy transition minerals: "Africa avoid the “resource curse” and ensure that its critical-mineral wealth generates local jobs and industries. This imperative must be reflected in discussions within the Just Transition Work Programme at #COP30" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

"Over 80% of isolated Indigenous peoples in Brazil are surrounded by critical mineral projects" We need more sensible rules (& no go zones) for new extraction, as well as a better consideration of what extraction is for ... reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/10/crit...

"Moving the discharge plume deeper in the water column will move it into a region with lower overall absolute abundances of animals. But the communities that reside there will suffer similar impacts" Good to see this ends with a response to TMC's messaging. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Breaking: As the US moves to license deep sea mining, new research finds that extracting critical metals from the seabed generates waste that endangers tiny marine organisms that form the basis of a vast food web, threatening fisheries people depend on. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Our research suggests that mining plumes don’t just create cloudy water — they change the quality of what’s available to eat, especially for animals that can’t easily swim away,” www.mining.com/study-warns-...

"I invite the global community to ... reaffirm the principle of the common heritage of humankind. Let us acknowledge the choices before us: will we allow short-term interests to dictate, or will we rise to the challenge of stewardship?" Fair question! news.mongabay.com/2025/10/on-f...

Re #COP30 "unless there is huge pressure from the Global North, [nothing will change]. We saw that in the case of Palestine – when demonstrations happened in Italy, in London, in New York, then there is some kind of political shift" Sadly true! www.eco-business.com/podcasts/mon...

"Sheffield Hallam University ordered a professor to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China" - supply chain transparency is essential! www.theguardian.com/education/20...