The AI summit in India's been all about Bill Gates' keynote cancellation (Epstein?), Altman & Amodei's awkward photoshoot, & the robo 🐕 fiasco But if you'd like to learn about water use by data centre giants in India, here's a great 4-parter from Rohini Krishnamurthy 4 @earthjournalism.bsky.social🧵

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🗞️💧 Last year, we launched #BlueVeinsBalkanTruths, a cross-border collaboration with six Western Balkans media outlets investigating what’s driving widespread aquatic ecosystem damage across the region. Read the stories and learn more: https://loom.ly/uWXEyWU#BlueVeinsBalkanTruths

For anyone who might be interested, Rohini Krishnamurthy wrote a 4-part series on water use by data centre giants in India (Uttar Pradesh & Karnataka) for @earthjournalism.bsky.social 🧵

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📣 Journalists in the #WesternBalkans: don't miss our biodiversity story grants! We’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 19: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE#WesternBalkans

📣Are you a journalist in Indonesia interested in covering climate change & the private sector? We’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector’s impact on climate change, its potential to support mitigation & adaptation and its role in financing innovative solutions: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0

One week left to apply for the CCNow Academy! 12 sessions. 40 journalists from around the world. Science, solutions, justice, disinformation, health, migration and more. Join a global community of peers. Free. Interactive. Live. NOT a webinar series! Apply here by February 16:

A new analysis dives into how humans made the wildfires raging in South America worse.

📣If you’re a content creator looking to better understand renewable energy issues—or a communicator eager to boost your digital storytelling skills—join our bootcamp to learn how to create engaging, evidence-based content for social platforms. Apply by February 14: https://loom.ly/pRuPnww

Today, the UK announced that it will invest up to 1 billion pounds in community clean energy projects. Last year, we reported how a similar scheme played out in Hong Kong, a wealthy former British colony that has struggled to adopt renewable energy, with the support of @earthjournalism.bsky.social:

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📣 Environmental journalists in the #WesternBalkans: Got an underreported story idea on biodiversity? We’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 19: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE#WesternBalkans

📣🤳🗞️Calling social media content creators and communicators across India! Join our upcoming bootcamp to collaborate, exchange insights and learn how to create engaging, evidence-based renewable energy content for social media platforms. Apply by February 14: https://loom.ly/pRuPnww

🗞️🌳Are you a media organization in Liberia, Ghana, Cameroon, Vietnam, or Indonesia? We're offering media grants of 10,000 GBP each for projects that increase coverage of—and strengthen journalists’ capacity to report on—forest governance policies, challenges and solutions: https://loom.ly/YOsE7qY

Thank you @earthjournalism.bsky.social for including our documentary, Rewilding The Skies, in the crowd-sourced best environmental stories of 2025! Rewilding a species is an extremely sensitive process. We got to explore that in our latest doc: earthjournalism.net/what-we-do/p...

🦍💻Missed our workshop on covering Great Apes and One Health in Africa? Check out these tips from editors at @mongabay.com @infonile.bsky.social and @theguardian.com: https://loom.ly/ARiCtzc

🔦 @amithabalachandra.bsky.social reflects on EJN & @hellothibi.bsky.social's Environmental Data Journalism Academy in 2024. Read her data-driven story for @thewire.in: https://loom.ly/jSFORQU

Journalists in Indonesia: we’re offering €1,800 for reports on the private sector & climate change! We’re interested in solutions-journalism stories & investigations linking business activity, deforestation & the December 2025 disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra & North Sumatra: https://loom.ly/S1OD9g0

This #InternationalDayofCleanEnergy, watch the recording of our #AMA on how to cover renewable energy, net zero and the just transition more effectively. Hear from @ember-energy.org's Dave Jones and seasoned environmental journalists: https://loom.ly/DtGA6Ms

📣 Media outlets in Nepal: Do you have an innovative media programming idea on green growth and natural resource management in the region? EJN is offering up to €4,500 each plus mentorship to support new media programming. Apply by February 15: https://loom.ly/AKdpsfc #SeedGrants

The #CoralTriangle is home to 76% of the world’s coral species and supports 120+ million people—but it faces growing environmental threats. We supported seven local journalists to investigate these challenges and the community- and policy-driven solutions tackling them: https://loom.ly/dsFwE3c

📣 Environmental journalists from #Albania, #BosniaandHerzegovina, #Croatia, #NorthMacedonia, #Montenegro, #Serbia or #Kosovo: we’re offering reporting grants of €1,200 each to support stories on biodiversity issues—and solutions—in the region. Apply by February 28: https://loom.ly/J5rYsXE#Albania

🌳Journalists in Indonesia & Vietnam: join our workshop in Medan, Sumatra, this May, to deepen your understanding of forest governance, strengthen solutions-focused reporting on forest loss and help audiences hold governments and harmful actors accountable. Apply by Feb 6: https://loom.ly/wrVTiO8

Last year our renewable energy fellows Tanvi Naik & Yash Sadhak Shrivastava coverered Shelkwadi—a 100% solar-powered village in Maharashtra, India. Watch their documentary for #DowntoEarth to see how community action drove the transition & the challenges of going fully solar: https://loom.ly/xDGGn0Y

🌍🗞️ Check out our tipsheet offering practical steps journalists can take to stay safe. From pre-reporting to post-publication, you’ll find guidance on navigating hazardous, hostile or unpredictable environments plus what newsrooms can do to better protect their journalists: https://loom.ly/QvtrwMw

📣 New #SeedGrants for media outlets in Nepal! Do you have an innovative media programming idea on green growth and natural resource management in the region? EJN is offering up to €4,500 each plus mentorship to support new media programming. Apply by February 15: https://loom.ly/AKdpsfc

📣#JobAlert: We’re looking for a US-based Program Officer with strong project management skills to lead a diverse portfolio of environmental journalism projects. This role is full-time and fully remote: https://loom.ly/g_w_Y5E#JobAlert@internewshq.bsky.social

📣We’re hiring! Applicants based in Liberia, Cameroon or Ghana: could you be the Africa Coordinator for our new Forest Governance Media Initiative to support more sustainable forest governance across Africa? Apply: https://loom.ly/lWwdGIc @internewshq.bsky.social

Internews is looking for an experienced Project Director to lead a new 3-year project that will leverage the power of media and civil society to contribute towards more sustainable and fair forest governance in Asia and Africa 🌳⚖️ Apply TODAY ➡️ bit.ly/3YwXdlC

Applications are open for the Impact Creators Fellowship! 🌍 For MENA digital storytellers 💰 Micro-grants up to $3,000 🎓 Mentorship & training 🌐 Networking & global visibility Deadline: Jan 25, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/4qfVEnU #ImpactCreators #MediaEthics #MENA #فرصة_زمالة #DigitalStorytelling

📣Journalists in the Philippines: There’s still time to apply for our fellowship investigating extreme weather and preparedness in the region! The fellowship includes an investigative reporting workshop, story grants of P118,000, and one-on-one mentorship. Apply by Jan 16: https://loom.ly/FerlqEU

📣 Journalists, filmmakers and global storytellers: Do you have a story from or about the Global South that brings underreported issues or voices to light? The 2026 @oneworldmedia.bsky.social Awards are now open for entries until Feb 9: https://loom.ly/CBQwf94

AI data centers in Viet Nam could strain the national grid and compromise its climate goals. For now, data sovereignty bottlenecks are delaying those risks. Read Thi Hao Linh Vuong and Mạc Quỳnh's report for #TIASÁNG and #MekongEye, as part of #DarkSideOfTheBoom: https://loom.ly/iLF476w

🔥📸Last year, EJN and the #GlobalHeatHealthInformationNetwork organized an Extreme Heat Photo Contest, inviting people worldwide to capture how extreme heat is shaping their lives—and how they’re responding. Read our photo essay to learn more: https://loom.ly/_d361cI

🌳There’s still time to apply for our forest governance story grants! We're offering £1,500 for stories on issues such as illegal logging, mining, agribusiness-driven deforestation, community forestry plus international forest and trade policies. Apply by January 11: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM

Since 2018, residents, schools & NGOs in Hong Kong have installed rooftop solar under a Feed-in Tariff incentive. Yet, the city’s solar output still lags behind most developed regions, clocking in at a quarter of Singapore's levels. This story was supported by @earthjournalism.bsky.social.

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📣We’re hiring! Applicants based in Liberia, Cameroon or Ghana: could you be the Africa Coordinator for our new Forest Governance Media Initiative to support more sustainable forest governance across Africa? Apply: https://loom.ly/lWwdGIc @internewshq.bsky.social

🌳Journalists: We’re offering grants of £1,500 for stories on forest governance—from illegal logging, mining and agribusiness expansion to community forest rights, transparency gaps and the policies shaping forest loss and protection. Apply by January 6: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM

📣Communicators in India: We’re offering fellowships to support in-depth reporting on climate finance and carbon trading, greenwashing, ESG and BRSR frameworks, renewable energy, clean mobility, rare earths and locally led private-sector climate solutions. Apply by January 8: https://loom.ly/K-m7An8

📣#JobAlert: @internewshq.bsky.social is hiring a #ProjectDirector to lead our new Forest Governance Media Initiative to support more sustainable forest governance in Cameroon, Liberia, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. Apply by Jan 10: https://loom.ly/XKaIBPA

📣New Fellowship: We’re supporting investigations into extreme weather in the Philippines—going beyond disaster coverage to examine preparedness, public spending, infrastructure and resilience. Our fellowship includes a workshop, story grant of P118,000 and mentorship. Apply: https://loom.ly/FerlqEU

Mumbai’s rapid data center growth deepens energy pressure, fuels coal dependence and exposes widening inequality. Read Sushmita's report for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more: https://loom.ly/cuSIyzM 📸Credit: Gloria Mendoza/Better Images of AI/CC by 4.0.

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new data centers—particularly from Amazon—Mahul must keep its major coal plants. Read this @theguardian.com report for #DarkSideOfTheBoom to learn more: https://loom.ly/BjYAM1M#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images.

A #DarkSideOfTheBoom report for @bloomberg.com reveals that Amazon ran 924 data centres across 50+ countries in 2023. Learn about the environmental impact in places like Mumbai: https://loom.ly/Q1DAjqI#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Bloomberg/Getty Images.

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Four years after approving Bitcoin mining projects, Laos is beginning to rethink the industry. Read Vo Kieu Bao Uyen's report for #MekongEye on the widespread power shortages and transnational cryptocurrency scams now linked to this energy-hungry boom: https://loom.ly/Zc4wprM#MekongEye#DarkSideOfTheBoom

📣Journalists in #Ghana, #Mexico and the #Philippines: join our three-day virtual media workshops in February and March to strengthen your understanding of the 30x30 marine conservation target—and initiatives being implemented to reach it. Learn more and apply by 12 January: https://loom.ly/wxHkPqk

In another report from #DarkSideOfTheBoom, journalist Rezza Aji Pratama investigates how rapid data center expansion in Batam—an island city in Indonesia—is putting pressure on an already fragile water supply. Read his report for #Katadata to learn more: https://loom.ly/eKiZc2Q