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...

This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health

Our latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct) Labour: 17% (-3) Conservatives: 17% (=) Greens: 16% (+1) Lib Dems: 15% (=) SNP: 3% (-1) yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals - The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating @lancetcountdown.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C #climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres #COP30 Interview by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social Watts and Wajã Xipai www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.” Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

This is an excellent interview on the “future” city experiments in the Gulf; especially on how Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is working out.

🚨GOOD NEWS: TotalEnergies has been found GUILTY of Greenwashing. The French energy giant has now been forced to take down misleading "carbon neutral" messaging from their website. A WIN for holding polluters to account.

Really enjoyed recording this podcast with @drgokcegunel.bsky.social Masdar City and NEOM are bizarre developments, where the climate sector's most utopian and most greedy tendencies violently clash. Whatever your take, these petrostate megaprojects are more than mere curiosities.

@pollybillington.bsky.social: “Drax clearly have questions to answer.” @barrygardiner.bsky.social: "This investigation raises serious questions for Drax, which must be answered." Drax said “health, safety and wellbeing" is their "top priority, and we continually review and update our processes.”

@andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social said that if measures were not “taken appropriately to protect staff, and they have suffered as a result, then the full legal consequences must flow from that both in civil and criminal terms.” www.landclimate.org/asthma

Labour MPs expressed concern at the findings. @jontrickett.bsky.social said “Our labour movement has long proclaimed that an injury to one is an injury to all. The Labour Government must keep all relevant legislation under review to protect workers and, where necessary, punish irresponsible bosses.”

"Once they put their head above the parapet, their head gets blown off and they’re blacklisted." Unions claimed staff are scared to report illness in case they lose work. @unitetheunion.bsky.social are now keeping a register of workers on site, to prepare for further lawsuits.

The UK Health and Safety Regulator dropped a criminal prosecution case in 2023, saying there is no evidence of continuing harm. @thompsons.law industrial disease specialist Mark Allen said “there can be long delays before symptoms develop, and we may not yet know the full extent of those affected”

“We would just sit around reading books and magazines…the workshop became known as the leper colony.” Other workers told us how they were confined to isolated rooms at Drax for over 18 months, after becoming too sick to continue normal work. “We have felt humiliated, ignored and manipulated"

"I was in my 40s, but my lung age was 60, then 65, then 68.” One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.

You can read the longer article on our site at the link below. @bertiehb.bsky.social and @jaysimhanspal.bsky.social gathered interviews with workers, unions, and lawyers, as well as internal Drax documents to tell a story that spans two decades. www.landclimate.org/asthma/

Exclusive: our investigation into the link between occupational asthma and biomass power has been published today by @theguardian.com We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Proud of our team at @landclimate.bsky.social for bringing these cases to light. These people have been failed and deserve better. I hope they get justice asap!

Proud to be publishing this story with @jaysimhanspal.bsky.social in The Guardian today. These harms have gone largely unreported for a decade, despite Drax receiving billions from UK billpayers in green subsidies. Read the longer article on our site at www.landclimate.org/asthma

This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to @mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution. Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...

Land and Climate Review assistant editor @corcorancamille.bsky.social covers the loi Duplomb – a controversial new French farming law that seeks to roll back environmental and public health regulations. Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:

So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions. Listen 👇 www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.” Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women. www.landclimate.org/...

“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.” @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books. www.landclimate.org/...

"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.” In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit. @islandpress.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

Last week, @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of “Extraction,” joined the podcast to discuss the environmental and human-rights consequences of extraction - and why we may have overestimated the quantities of critical minerals we actually need. Listen below: www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/

“Land tenure is climate resilience infrastructure,” say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble @tmgthinktank.bsky.social But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights." Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates: www.landclimate.org/...

"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless." In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe. www.landclimate.org/...

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @wimcarton.bsky.social co-author of “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” written with Andreas Malm and published by @versobooks.bsky.social Listen to the episode: www.landclimate.org/...

It was great to talk to @mparrington.bsky.social about the increasingly scary fire situation each summer. Listen for a quick debrief on the record-breaking wildfire season across Europe, and the rise of 'Zombie' fires in Arctic peatlands 👇🔊

Drax investigated by UK watchdog over biomass sourcing

“This idea that we need to work harder and grow the GDP, or that we need to invest more in research and development, is really questionable to me.” The Tyee’s @isaacphannay.bsky.social interviews Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, director of policy and community action at Community Food Centres Canada.