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Senior Editor,
@landclimate.bsky.social
. Co-host of the Land & Climate Podcast. www.bertiehb.com
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Read my latest investigation with
@thetimes.com
@landclimate.bsky.social
&
@ben-cooke.bsky.social
We found that UK climate aid funds have been spent on tech that boosts Chinese fossil fuel extraction, including in Xinjiang while Uyghurs were facing mass internment
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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UK funded carbon capture in Xinjiang during Uighur ‘genocide’
The Foreign Office used the aid budget to help the Chinese as the UN warned of Uighurs being held in ‘re-education’ camps in the oil-producing province
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/uk-funded-carbon-capture-in-xinjiang-during-uighur-genocide-pjlnr080s
10 days ago
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Climate Tracker
2 days ago
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
#Climate
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US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research
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Prospect Magazine
4 days ago
Whether they are charged with keeping our news impartial, our water clean or our elections fair, Britain’s regulators are dozing, writes
Alan Rusbridger
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GB News has become Reform TV and no one stopped it
Whether they are charged with keeping news impartial, our water clean or elections fair, Britain’s watchdogs seem to be sleeping
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/72784/gb-news-reform-tv-no-one-stopped-it
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
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Essex Police have suspended the use of live facial recognition technology over evidence of bias and inaccuracy. We need a pause on the rollout of such technology and a more open conversation about whether this is the direction we want to go in as a society.
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'Pause rollout of live facial recognition' MPs demand amid racial bias fears
Ministers face calls to pause the rollout of live facial recognition (LFR) after Essex Police suspended its use over possible racial bias
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pause-rollout-live-facial-recognition-36900403
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Ketan Joshi
4 days ago
Fabricating demand for gen AI 🤝🏻 fabricating demand for fossil fuels REALLY lovely to speak to
@alimacewen.bsky.social
at
@landclimate.bsky.social
about digital bloat and the power we have to stop it Sign up: one of the best climate podcasts out there!!.
landclimate.org/ketan-joshi-...
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Ketan Joshi
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On dodgy disclosure
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Ketan Joshi
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On whether we've already lost the fight (a bit!! But not entirely!!)
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Ketan Joshi
5 days ago
"this is like a bookstore ripping the covers off the books it puts on display and changing their titles"
www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...
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Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Let us know if you see more.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment
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Land and Climate Review
7 days ago
Companies "fabricated demand for something that nobody asked for,"
@ketanjoshi.co
tells
@alimacewen.bsky.social
in an interview debunking tech-sector climate promises. "In doing so, it's fabricating demand for fossil fuels as well." Listen to the podcast below:
landclimate.org/ketan-joshi-...
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Is Big Tech telling the truth about AI's climate impact? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair talks to writer and energy analyst Ketan Joshi about data centres' energy demand and carbon emissions.
https://landclimate.org/ketan-joshi-ai/
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Ketan Joshi
11 days ago
What happens when climate advocates offload the head and heart of our work onto morally offensive American tech corps? TY to
@newrepublic.com
for letting me write about why "does it work" is the wrong debate around GenAI, as it is for fossil fuels. It hurts us and our cause, and that matters most
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Does Generative AI “Work”? That’s a Misleading Question.
Generative AI works a lot like fossil fuels “work”—narrowly, intermittently, and with a lot of nasty side effects.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207636/generative-ai-claude-fossil-fuels
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Guardian Environment
7 days ago
People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood
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People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood
Exclusive: Testing in Bentham, home to UK’s highest recorded Pfas levels, finds one in four have blood levels in greatest risk category
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/20/bentham-north-yorkshire-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-blood?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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Prune60
10 days ago
‼️ Russia: “A bill banning media outlets from accusing officials without a court order has been introduced in the State Duma.” 👉 of Tatarstan
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/17/v...
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
The UK Foreign Office confirmed it holds documents about the grants but said it would not be "appropriate" for civil servants to locate them or answer questions. Parliamentarians, academics and Uyghur campaigners have criticised the lack of aid transparency. 6/7
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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UK funded carbon capture in Xinjiang during Uighur ‘genocide’
The Foreign Office used the aid budget to help the Chinese as the UN warned of Uighurs being held in ‘re-education’ camps in the oil-producing province
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/uk-funded-carbon-capture-in-xinjiang-during-uighur-genocide-pjlnr080s
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
Called 'enhanced oil recovery', UK climate aid funded development of this fossil-fuel extracting tech elsewhere in China and Indonesia in the late 2010s. Why? Because CCUS proved too expensive otherwise. 5/7
landclimate.org/xinjiang-ccus/
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UK accused of 'undermining human rights commitments' over Xinjiang carbon capture aid - Land and Climate Review
UK foreign aid helped to develop Chinese fossil fuel extraction in a region where the oil sector is associated with forced labour risks, a new investigation has found.
https://landclimate.org/xinjiang-ccus/
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
The UK grants were supposed to "“reduce global emissions". But carbon capture (CCUS) in Xinjiang has not been used for decarbonisation - instead, captured CO2 is used to squeeze more oil out of nearly-depleted oil wells. 4/7
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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UK funded carbon capture in Xinjiang during Uighur ‘genocide’
The Foreign Office used the aid budget to help the Chinese as the UN warned of Uighurs being held in ‘re-education’ camps in the oil-producing province
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/uk-funded-carbon-capture-in-xinjiang-during-uighur-genocide-pjlnr080s
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
Xinjiang is a fossil-fuel region, home to a third of China's onshore oil, and the US Gov noted risk of Uyghur forced labour in the oil sector in 2021. Forced-labour transfer schemes were headed by the same authority recieving UK support, at the same time. (China denies such practices occur.) 3/7
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UK accused of 'undermining human rights commitments' over Xinjiang carbon capture aid - Land and Climate Review
UK foreign aid helped to develop Chinese fossil fuel extraction in a region where the oil sector is associated with forced labour risks, a new investigation has found.
https://landclimate.org/xinjiang-ccus/
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
The story was broken by
@bertiehb.bsky.social
and
@ben-cooke.bsky.social
in
@thetimes.com
, and uncovered UK Foreign Office grants from 2016-2018 to support Xinjiang's regional government in developing carbon capture technologies. 2/7
add a skeleton here at some point
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Land and Climate Review
10 days ago
Today we published our latest investigation, into climate aid & carbon capture. UK funds that could have funded clean energy in poor countries instead developed Chinese oil extraction - including in Xinjiang while Uyghurs were facing human rights abuses. 1/7🧵👇
landclimate.org/xinjiang-ccus/
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UK accused of 'undermining human rights commitments' over Xinjiang carbon capture aid - Land and Climate Review
UK foreign aid helped to develop Chinese fossil fuel extraction in a region where the oil sector is associated with forced labour risks, a new investigation has found.
https://landclimate.org/xinjiang-ccus/
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Read my latest investigation with
@thetimes.com
@landclimate.bsky.social
&
@ben-cooke.bsky.social
We found that UK climate aid funds have been spent on tech that boosts Chinese fossil fuel extraction, including in Xinjiang while Uyghurs were facing mass internment
www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
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UK funded carbon capture in Xinjiang during Uighur ‘genocide’
The Foreign Office used the aid budget to help the Chinese as the UN warned of Uighurs being held in ‘re-education’ camps in the oil-producing province
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/uk-funded-carbon-capture-in-xinjiang-during-uighur-genocide-pjlnr080s
10 days ago
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The Guardian
14 days ago
UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
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UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot
The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/uk-energy-prices-soaring-war-iran-fossil-fuel-north-sea?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1773382375
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Land and Climate Review
about 1 month ago
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Dr. Sanam Mahoozi for a nuanced discussion around the influence of climate and environment on Iranian politics, media, and the recent civil unrest that led to brutal crackdowns and killings. Listen below:
landclimate.org/are-...
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba
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No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba
Whether you blame the US or the communist regime, there is no doubt that this is an island spiralling into tragedy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/13/no-water-or-electricity-and-children-begging-in-streets-filled-with-rubbish-but-this-is-why-i-wont-leave-cuba?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1771009693
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The Guardian
about 2 months ago
UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption
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UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption
Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists. Experts and businesspeople rated 182 countries based on their perception of corruption levels in the public sector to compile a league table that was bookended by Denmark at the top with the lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Land and Climate Review
about 2 months ago
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, Alasdair MacEwen is joined by Associate Professor Marianna Poberezhskaya to discuss Russia’s complicated relationship with climate change. Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
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Sanam Mahoozi
about 2 months ago
Covering Iran during one its darkest hours presents a serious challenge for journalists who are Iranian. Today, I wrote for The Conversation about my thoughts on the matter.
#DigitalBlackoutIran
@us.theconversation.com
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Inside the challenges faced by journalists covering Iran’s protests
Reporting on Iran’s anti-government protests comes with extraordinary risks and obstacles.
https://theconversation.com/inside-the-challenges-faced-by-journalists-covering-irans-protests-274130
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The New Statesman
about 2 months ago
Donald Trump's agents of chaos The age of Trump has twisted the American psyche beyond recognition By Lee Siegel
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Donald Trump's agents of chaos
America’s promise has been replaced with militant dread
https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2026/01/donald-trumps-agents-of-chaos?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1769682174-2
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Land and Climate Review
about 2 months ago
“Carbon capture is a ‘miracle’ technology that causes more harm than good, serving primarily as a means for the fossil fuel industry to reinvent itself.” Read an excerpt from Mark Z. Jacobson's new book, “Still No Miracles Needed” Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
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George Monbiot
about 2 months ago
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security
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Land and Climate Review
2 months ago
“Drax breached environmental laws more than 3 times a day on average,” writes
Camille Corcoran
Drax has violated its permit regulations over 6,000 times in Louisiana, a new investigation by Land and Climate Review has found:
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Drax's US environmental violations now total over 18,000 incidents - Land and Climate Review
A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Sunday Times has uncovered an additional 6,000 breaches by the UK power company in Louisiana.
https://www.landclimate.org/drax-6000breaches/
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Mark Z. Jacobson
2 months ago
Why new nuclear is obsolete and useless in New York or elsewhere, regardless of how much money is poured into it..
www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/20/a...
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A Nuclear Free New York
The first of a series of “Forums for a Nuclear-Free New York” was held last week following New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposition for an expansion
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/20/a-nuclear-free-new-york/
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Earth Agora
2 months ago
Are we closer to reaching clean energy than we might think? Bertie is joined by Dr. Mark Jacobson, author of "Still No Miracles Needed," where the two discuss how existing technology can solve the climate crisis.
www.landclimate.org/are-we-close...
@mzjacobson.bsky.social
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Are we closer to reaching clean energy than we might think? - Land and Climate Review
Bertie is joined by Dr. Mark Jacobson, author of "Still No Miracles Needed," where the two discuss how existing technology can solve the climate crisis.
https://www.landclimate.org/are-we-closer-to-clean-energy/
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Mark Z. Jacobson
about 2 months ago
Carbon capture does not reduce emissions - three case studies to prove it. Instead, carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil-fuel industries Edited excerpts from "Still No Miracles Needed"
www.landclimate.org/ccs-no-mirac...
@landclimate.bsky.social
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Carbon capture does not reduce emissions: these three case studies prove it - Land and Climate Review
Carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil fuel industries, argues Professor Mark Z. Jacobson.
https://www.landclimate.org/ccs-no-miracles-needed/
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Land and Climate Review
2 months ago
“We have 97% of the technologies we need to solve the climate, air pollution, energy and security problems the world faces.” @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Mark Z. Jacobson about his new book, “Still No Miracles Needed,” published by Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
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Dogwood Alliance
3 months ago
"Drax has taken the best of what they had left: their peace,
#cleanair
, and health." Read how
#Drax's
subsidies in the UK enable its
#biomass
burning in Gloster, Mississippi, at the expense of the community's health.
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We can’t breathe because of a Drax pellet plant subsidised by UK tax
The company is paid up to £1bn a year producing green energy for Britain. But one of its factories has been accused of choking people in America
https://buff.ly/nMLAetk
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Land and Climate Review
2 months ago
In 2024, Corcoran and @bertiehb.bsky.social interviewed residents in Gloster, the community closest to Drax's Mississippi pellet mill. Residents described various respiratory and cardiovascular issues, although Drax denies any causal link to its facility. Read below:
www.landclimate.org/...
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Drax fined again over pollution: "I'm afraid to go outside," say residents - Land and Climate Review
This month, the British power company has been issued another fine in Mississippi, with additional penalties expected in Louisiana. In collaboration with The Intercept, Land and Climate Review talk to experts and locals about Drax's operations in the US Southeast.
https://www.landclimate.org/gloster/
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Land and Climate Review
2 months ago
Drax has been caught with an additional 6,000 environmental breaches at its Louisiana pellet mills, bringing the biomass company’s total US violations to 18,092. Read the new investigation and access the database of the unveiled violations in the link below:
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
“The Arctic has been subjected to nuclear testing and used as an experimental ground for technologies of war.” @alimacewen.bsky.social speaks to Mia Bennett, Arctic expert & co-author of “Unfrozen: The Fight for The Future for The Arctic,” published by @yalepress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
"Fires impacted every Indigenous territory in the Pantanal: the Guató tribe lost 90% of their land. This is the frontline of a crisis that the world refuses to see." Wetlands blazed in 2025, but new political pledges were made as well. Read analysis from
@stevetrent.bsky.social
@ejfoundation.org
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The world's burning wetlands are ticking carbon bombs - but there are reasons to be hopeful - Land and Climate Review
Agriculture is draining and burning the world’s largest carbon sinks – it is vital for nature and humanity that governments act on this year’s promises to protect wetlands, says Steve Trent.
https://www.landclimate.org/wetland-burning/
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
“There is history in the collective memory - introduced 200 years ago - which is blurred & unreflective.” @bertiehb.bsky speaks with Annette Kehnel, author of “The Green Ages,” who argues that modern sustainability ideas are Victorian – & that the future is medieval.
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
“It should be no surprise that such successes take time – they are worth waiting for.” Read an edited excerpt from @bertiehb.bsky.social’s interview with Matthew Hole on fusion, debunking claims that private companies will beat the public sector to a working fusion reactor
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
The article follows an open letter to world leaders from leading polar scientists & organisations, stating "the evidence is unequivocal: the cryosphere is destabilising at an alarming pace." @bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people" @leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30:
www.landclimate.org/...
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/16/climate-crisis-or-a-warning-from-god-iranians-desperate-for-answers-as-water-dries-up?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1763303251
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Guardian Environment
4 months ago
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/16/nature-not-blocker-housing-growth-inquiry?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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Ketan Joshi
4 months ago
holy hell....this paragraph CC
@wimcarton.bsky.social
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Environmental Justice Foundation
4 months ago
🔥 Wildfires globally are threatening people and the planet In our new briefing, we provide a glimpse into the real human and ecological costs of wildfires across six regions: from the tropical landscape of the Pantanal to personal experiences in Los Angeles.
ejfoundation.org/reports/wher...
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Amy Westervelt
5 months ago
I know I've said this before, but from advertorials to false equivalence the media really needs to own up to its role in warping the climate issue.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-media-perception-gap/#
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