US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds #Climate

Whether they are charged with keeping our news impartial, our water clean or our elections fair, Britain’s regulators are dozing, writes Alan Rusbridger

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.

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-...

On dodgy disclosure

On whether we've already lost the fight (a bit!! But not entirely!!)

"this is like a bookstore ripping the covers off the books it puts on display and changing their titles" www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

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-...

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

People in North Yorkshire town found to have ‘alarming’ levels of toxic Pfas chemicals in blood

‼️ 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...

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...

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/

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...

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

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

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/

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...

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

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-...

No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption

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/...

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

Donald Trump's agents of chaos The age of Trump has twisted the American psyche beyond recognition By Lee Siegel

“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/...

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...

“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:

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...

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

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

“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/...

"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.

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/... 4/6

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/... 1/6

“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/...

"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

“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/...

“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/...

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/...

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/...

"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/...

Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds

holy hell....this paragraph CC @wimcarton.bsky.social @laurielaybourn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @oliviarudgard.bsky.social

🔥 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...

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...