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More #foreverchemical lawsuits. Is anyone tallying them all up? Australia sues US conglomerate 3M for $1.4 billion over ‘forever chemicals’ contamination | CNN Business share.google/qiQ0Bx1FQJHE...

Just a reminder: the Tony Blair Institute agrees that the UK needs cheap, not clean energy.... Forgetting renewables are cost-competitive The TBI regularly advises UNFCCC COP Presidents and is on their delegations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've had to change all my "quickmarks." I used to have shortcuts related to writing - sentence fragments, paragraph structure, etc. Now it's almost exclusively: citation needed, evidence missing, explain the connections, etc. I guess it's mostly because of superficial AI slop.

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

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The Santa Marta process on transitioning away from fossil fuels #TAFF has me thinking about land mines. Bear with.

In a year, we could have: - 57 national roadmaps to transition from fossil fuels - 57 inventories of fossil fuel subsidies - first steps to fossil fuel-free trade clubs And a group of countries ready to do more @enb.iisd.org summary is up enb.iisd.org/transition-a...

In an effort to become a "coalition of the doers," #TAFF delegates applauded a series of actions before a 2027 conference in Tuvalu: • national transition roadmaps • addressing fiscal, subsidy, and debt traps • building fossil fuel free trade systems Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a...

Will the environmental impact assessment look into the PFAS (probably) in the fire fighting foams?

This is awkward. Most PFAS used in pans and clothes are already banned under the Stockholm Convention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Yeah, because these huge corporations couldn't do anything on their own

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

Who goes to UN climate meetings? NGOs from the Global North, apparently. This is the HQ country for 1782 NGOs (i.e., those that have attended 5+ COPs)

So, there will be two leaders summits? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The study looked at total exposure of 31 pesticides, through various routes share.google/nByF5kZnmK9B...

BREAKING: Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are now both considered Endangered, according to the IUCN. As the climate warms, melting sea ice and shifting prey are pushing these species to the brink — hitting young animals the hardest. https://nyti.ms/4sUmzaC

NASA sent people to the moon to do thick description with other methods. While social science is often still stuck in boring debates about what is "good" research.

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10 years of illegally dumping plastic www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

'Hormuz fertiliser block will upend world's food production' "the strait also carries the fertiliser components that underpin roughly half the world's food supply." This could coincide with rapid climate change, and an upcoming El Niño, 1/2

Syngenta is stopping paraquat production in the US & the UK. That doesn't mean it won't continue to produce the toxic pesticide in other countries (where costs are lower). apnews.com/article/air-...

Time for Track II diplomacy? Japan is hosting "informal" talks on plastics. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03... Perhaps much like Peter Dauvergne and I argued in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Lobbyist talking points and strategies on the US "forever chemical" rollback. Still questioning the science, even as 3M and others settle liability cases. www.notus.org/climate-envi...

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🔎 0.4% increase to domestic inflation ➡️on average from a 10% increase in global oil cost. news.sky.com/story/oil-p...

The Silent Spring of our age. and a much needed antidote for these times

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Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters? Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]

This is an interesting look at the PFAS court cases. It compares PFAS to asbestos, but notes differences in how liability (& blame) can be traced. Climate litigation people - is climate a better parallel? widespread exposure, few producer companies, but many users? fenchurchlaw.com/pfas-out-of-...

Sizewell C power to cost almost double today’s prices Nuclear plant is an ‘appalling waste of electricity consumers and taxpayers’ money’, experts claim www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20...

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The forever chemicals court cases continue to pile up www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Tonight I've discovered one of the most dreaded sentences in the English language: My neighbours bought a karaoke machine.

⚡⚖️ Continuation (and end) of historic #climatelitigation hearing at Paris Judicial Court this afternoon in historic case against TotalEnergies. 👀 🧵 Follow in thread below for blow-by-blow reporting in English. 🧵 🇫🇷 See also here in French via @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/notr...

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The government knew PFAS was toxic and "likely" persistent. The chemical manufacturers knew more. But these are fire fighting foams, so it could be easy to get the tradeoffs wrong with incomplete info www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The experts on these chemicals talked about ski waxes when they agreed to globally ban a group of forever chemicals. They agreed the waxes weren't "essential" uses. grist.org/accountabili...

Hey #academicsky is anyone teaching a first-year undergrad 'intro to critical thinking / method-ish' type of module? Any great (or awful) resources I should be aware of? Any tips & tricks?

Has anyone seen a round up of all the declarations & initiatives launched at COP30? (ahem, @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org )?

This is very near where I'm from. It's a tiny town that's been through a lot: mines closing and killing the town, then reopening after it had found other ways forward. Everyone will know someone hurt or killed. So shocking it even makes the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Most plastics, chemicals, artificial fertilisers, pesticides & synthetic fabrics are made from fossil fuels & they emit pollution throughout their life cycle, from extraction to processing to use & disposal. Fossil fuels give birth to so many major pollution sources.

An American called Canada "America light," and "Canada's hat." Not so diplomatic

Every year, I ask students to do a logframe for a project they'd like to see. This year's entries: - ending period poverty - improving access to nutritious food - protecting women in clubs - supporting mental health It's a great list, but also worrying in a way.

Production Is ending... in the US. This might be about production costs rather than the environment or health. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've gotta admit - this was a tough meeting. There was procedural delay after procedural delay. We talked about state sovereignty more than science. Diplomatic norms, practices, and niceties seemed fragile. I just haven't seen this before, not like this.