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Senior Editor,
@landclimate.bsky.social
. Co-host of the Land & Climate Podcast. www.bertiehb.com
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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
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Land and Climate Review
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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 days 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
30 days 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
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Land and Climate Review
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 1 month 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
about 2 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
2 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
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Land and Climate Review
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 months ago
holy hell....this paragraph CC
@wimcarton.bsky.social
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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@oliviarudgard.bsky.social
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Environmental Justice Foundation
2 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
2 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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Land and Climate Review
2 months ago
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
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Guardian Environment
3 months ago
The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
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The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/nature-extinction-crisis-mirrored-in-our-bodies-huge-health-implications-aoe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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YouGov
3 months ago
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...
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Damian Carrington
3 months ago
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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Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown
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Susanbeth5781
3 months ago
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Damian Carrington
3 months ago
‘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/...
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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 in sole interview before Cop30
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/change-course-now-humanity-has-missed-15c-climate-target-says-un-head
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
"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
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Alasdair MacEwen
3 months ago
This is an excellent interview on the “future” city experiments in the Gulf; especially on how Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is working out.
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Greenpeace UK
3 months ago
🚨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.
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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.
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
@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.”
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
@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
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
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.”
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma
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Land and Climate Review
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"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.
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma/
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
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”
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
“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"
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma/
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Land and Climate Review
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"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.
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Land and Climate Review
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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/
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Drax biomass led to disabling health conditions, say unions and workers - Land and Climate Review
The UK's largest power plant is facing worker lawsuits after the national health and safety regulator dropped criminal charges over biomass dust in 2023, a Land and Climate Investigation can reveal.
https://www.landclimate.org/asthma/
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
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...
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Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/24/drax-faces-lawsuits-over-claims-workers-developed-asthma-from-wood-dust
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Edward Robinson
3 months ago
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!
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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
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Land and Climate Review
5 months ago
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...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
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:
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La loi Duplomb: a gift for the French agro-industrial complex? - Land and Climate Review
How a proposed farming law sparked one of the largest political mobilisations in modern French history.
https://www.landclimate.org/la-loi-duplomb-a-gift-for-the-french-agro-industrial-complex/
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Jessica Green
4 months ago
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
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What if climate politics is about power, not carbon? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to Jessica F. Green about her new book 'Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them'.
https://www.landclimate.org/what-if-climate-politics-is-about-power-not-carbon/
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
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 👇
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
“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.
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
“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/...
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
"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
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Land and Climate Review
4 months ago
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/
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Is the race for minerals unnecessary? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair interviews Thea Riofrancos, author of the new book "Extraction: The Frontiers of New Green Capitalism," about the harmful consequences of critical mineral mining.
https://www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
“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/...
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
"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/...
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Land and Climate Review
3 months ago
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/...
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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 👇🔊
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The Guardian
5 months ago
Drax investigated by UK watchdog over biomass sourcing
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Drax investigated by UK watchdog over biomass sourcing
Move by FCA relates to historical statements on wood pellets for power station from January 2022 to March 2024 * Business live – latest updates The power generator Drax has revealed it is under investigation by the City watchdog over “historical statements” made about the sourcing of wood pellets for its biomass power station. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed the investigation on Thursday, which will cover a period of more than two years between January 2022 to March 2024, and examine whether the company complied with disclosure and transparency rules, including in three annual reports. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/28/drax-investigated-by-uk-watchdog-over-historical-statements-on-biomass-sourcing?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Tyee
5 months ago
“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.
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Rethinking Canada’s ‘Productivity Problem’ | The Tyee
Prime Minister Mark Carney says weak productivity limits government spending. Jasmine Ramze Rezaee says that’s not the whole story. A Tyee Q&A.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/08/14/Rethinking-Canada-Productivity-Problem/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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