Adem Ay

@barkbat.bsky.social

Independent Journalist based in London, UK.

A mother gave birth to a baby with damaged lungs. The doctor accused her of smoking. She'd never touched a cigarette - but she lived 6km from a manganese smelter. She fought it and shut it down. Now the new owner wants to reopen it and bulldoze farmland for two coal mines.

Mdu Tshabalala (3rd from left) and other Vaal residents protest outside Glubay Coal’s offices in Johannesburg, July 2024. (Julia Evans/Daily Maverick)

"Toxic Metals, Sulphur & Coal Dust" by Adem Ay (@barkbat.bsky.social): Residents of South Africa’s Vaal Triangle have spent decades fighting some of the world’s worst industrial pollution. Now they're mobilizing against new coal mines that could make things even worse. tinyurl.com/3b6ycuxt

Toxic Metals, Sulphur & Coal Dust: The Battle To Clean Up The Worst Air in South Africa

When Mel Mandy gave birth to her first child twenty-five years ago, the doctor told her off for smoking while pregnant. Her boy had been born with

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WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FOOD. The day the UK govt was supposed to release a report warning of catastrophic food collapse, it also published data showing England had just had its second-worst harvest on record. So they cancelled the report's launch, calling it "too negative".

An ostrich with its head in the sand

The #AMOC bomb is ticking. In #London temperatures could plunge to -20° The AMOC is the cycle of ocean currents taking heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic, it gives the UK its temperate climate, but both this critical current and the UK Govt. are stalling! znetwork.org/znetarticle/... 1/2

Britain’s Leaders Are Hiding From AMOC Disaster

The plan was to stand outside the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes Day with a large inflatable bomb. The protesters would then leaflet MPs as they

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“You want to have some bright people work through scenarios of how [AMOC collapse] could interact & cascade across society... we’re only just starting to, with minimal trust foundation kind of financial support, no public money... which is a bit odd.” - Prof. Tim Lenton @gsiexeter.bsky.social

Britain’s Leaders Are Hiding From AMOC Disaster

The plan was to stand outside the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes Day with a large inflatable bomb. The protesters would then leaflet MPs as they

znetwork.org