The global sand crisis: it’s being used up faster than it can be replaced

CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Gökçe Günel riceanthro.bsky.social to talk about her new book, “Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations,” published by Duke University Press landclimate.org/floa...

I don't get why a bunch of people on BlueSky instantly concluded this assassination attempt was fake? I mean, like, I guess it could be, wouldn't be the strangest thing to have happened ever. But probably not, surely? What would even be the point of that? Just - why the weird conspiracy brain stuff?

The US stock market no longer bears any relationship to job growth or the real economy...

Really enjoyed @drgokcegunel.bsky.social's latest book, covering a broad range of issues in energy [geo]politics and theory via a Turkish company's history retrofitting bulk carrier ships into power plants for Iraq, Lebanon and Ghana. Read an excerpt below and stay tuned for an upcoming podcast!

NEW from @desmog.com - Nigel Farage has personally accepted at least £675k from foreign governments, companies & donors since becoming an MP. But this isn’t just about one politician. It’s about gaping holes in the UK’s rules on foreign money & political influence. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“UK trade unions have been excluded from policymaking around climate. This has completely eroded trust – which needs to be rebuilt.” @bertiehb.bsky.social and @priestleycentre.bsky.social's Prof. Vera Trappmann discuss the labour movement’s involvement in climate policy. landclimate.org/trad...

New @stand.earth: Microsoft's 3 new gas data centres will - Increase Microsoft's emissions 160% - Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, NZ etc... - Have higher emissions than pwr sector of 15 lowest-emitting countries combined stand.earth/press-releas...

Civil society groups warn new Charity Commission powers could ‘suppress’ advocacy

Cliftonville (Kent) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 38.8% (+26.7) ➡️ RFM: 33.1% (-7.0) 🌳 CON: 15.2% (-4.5) 🌹 LAB: 10.4% (-11.6) 🙋 Ind: 1.3% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.2% (-1.9) No Ind (-3.0) as previous. Green GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025.

America's oil execs have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, the WSJ reports This cash windfall won’t go primarily toward yachts and private jets, but toward political campaigns and lobbying orgs dedicated to blocking climate policy and fueling authoritarianism

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

#AIHallucinations “Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

Our discussion about the possibility of global food system collapse, and what needs to happen to avert it. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

US voters worried about high food prices in 2024. This admin has: 1) taxed food & fertilizer imports 2) deported farmworkers 3) canceled food/climate investments 4) started a war that spiked energy/fertilizer prices 5) increased crop-based biofuel mandates 6) released dietary guidance centering meat

🧵 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies often cited in UK media stories on oil and gas But how independent is it? Its staff includes director of major sanctioned Russian gas firm and researcher accused of pushing Kremlin talking points New on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Growing pains: how will the fertiliser crisis affect food supply? I joined Alasdair MacEwen to discuss the fertilizer crisis on the Land and Climate Review podcast. landclimate.org/growing-pains/ @landclimate.bsky.social

"The lesson of 2022, when Putin weaponised gas exports against Europe, was not fully absorbed. The Hormuz crisis repeats it with different actors and geography, but identical structural logic..." Read our new feature from @stevetrent.bsky.social @ejfoundation.org: landclimate.org/the-fires-of...

“The closure of the Strait of Hormuz does not only affect oil and gas - this is also a fertiliser crisis.” Alasdair MacEwen and Noah Gordon discuss international threats to food security fuelled by the Iran war on our latest podcast 🔊 Listen here: landclimate.org/grow...

Am not an energy analyst but why does seem every interview with a U.K. minister this week included a pointed question about why not drilling more in North Sea and almost none about renewables/net zero as an energy security imperative? It’s bizarre, frankly

Fossil fuel companies finally accept the climate crisis – just not their role in it, writes Noah Walker-Crawford - The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted strategy #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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/...