Dr. Melissa Sterry discusses the consequences of increased development in the WUI and emphasizes the significance of wildfires in today’s context, which she refers to as a 'fire age'! Read more ⏬

Architectural Futures in the New Fire Age - Icarus Complex

Designing for resilience at the advent of a new Fire Age.

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Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2d ago

Urban firestorms like the one that devastated Spokane Saturday have been growing more common because of increased development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change. In this post, I document 9 such fires since 2016 in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/urba...

The Recycling Myth!

Grist@grist.org · 2d ago

Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.

‘The question is not whether climate change caused the heatwave, but how much hotter and more dangerous heatwaves have become because greenhouse gases, primarily from burning fossil fuels, have accumulated in the atmosphere.’ By @theconversation.com

‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question

Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.

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Climate reality, of course, it will.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Prolonged drought could cause shortage of some foods, farmers' union head says

NFU president Tom Bradshaw calls on the government to take action to prevent extreme weather affecting the UK's food supply.

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Conservationists secured a major victory with a court ruling that curtails bottom trawling in the North Sea's Dogger Bank. However, experts warn that the protected marine nursery still faces severe pressure from offshore wind farm developments and oil extraction. Christina Egerstrom reports.

Wind farms join bottom trawlers and oil rigs in a protected North Sea sandbank

In the North Sea, the vast, shallow sandbank known as Dogger Bank was once among the most productive marine nurseries in Europe. The area stretches across U.K., Dutch, German and Danish waters, and…

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Our latest investigation started with a simple question: Are Louisiana's air monitors actually monitoring the state's biggest polluters? After analyzing state and EPA data, we found major gaps in what gets measured — and uncovered how industry fought efforts to improve the system.

Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air — and industry helped keep it that way

The state’s air monitors are often miles from its biggest polluters and residents have little way of knowing what they’re breathing. That’s no accident.

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Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

With El Niño expected to intensify Amazon forest fires through 2027, newly launched satellites promise faster, more precise data for emergency crews. Yet without stronger local infrastructure, rural biomes remain vulnerable to out-of-control blazes. Story by @benjaminrswift.bsky.social.

New fire satellites offer hope for Amazon and other biomes, but local barriers remain

Record wildfires devastated South America in 2024, raging out of control in biomes where fire is a natural part of the ecosystem, but also entering rainforests that had never burned before. Driven by…

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ARTICLE | Youth Witnessing 'Memory confers standing. A teenager who wades a restored salmon run, or who watched a mangrove nursery root in mud that was bare a year before, arrives at the public hearing, the ballot box, or the negotiating table with authority.' Words by Sophia Hoag Full article ⤵️

Youth Witnessing  - Icarus Complex

On a cold October morning in 2010, I huddled with my fellow fourth-graders at the rocky banks of the Elwha River. Rain fell on our cheeks as we peered

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NEWS DIGEST | Canada's Wildfires Wildfire smoke from Canada swept across North America this week — pushing air quality to dangerous levels for over 100 million people. Sources: @theguardian.com @reuters.com @insideclimatenews.org Read more ⤵️

'Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead.' Originally published by @drilledmedia.bsky.social and re-published by @thexylom.com www.thexylom.com/post/tanzani... #CrudeOil #Africa #IndigenousLand

Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead

Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.

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ARTICLE | When the Money Disappears Offshore Latest piece on IC is about ‘Voices for Transparency’, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s new photography exhibition, and it is an instructive one. @tbij.bsky.social 👏 #PhotoStory #UK #HumanRights

When the Money Disappears Offshore - Icarus Complex

On the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s Voices for Transparency exhibition

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China’s solar industry is losing money. The country is doubling down anyway.

China’s solar industry is losing money. The country is doubling down anyway.

Brutal price wars among manufacturers have caused solar panel prices to plummet, making renewable energy cheaper than ever.

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Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves. “It is unheard of in our culture to exhume a dead body,” said 45-year-old Ike Emoilit, a Maasai. “But they refused to listen to our pleas.”

Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead

Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.

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These are not just fires. These are not just heatwaves. These are not just smoky skies. These are climate disasters that Big Oil knew decades ago would become more deadly and destructive if we kept burning fossil fuels. Instead of warning the public, Big Oil lied. There must be accountability NOW.

🌱 At #LCAW2026, Pedro Brancante explains why the shift away from fossil fuels is not just a technological transformation, but an economic one that requires reducing demand while recognizing the realities facing producing countries. Learn more: www.wri.org/iran-war

A judge rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling and ordered officials to release funds for a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program.

Federal Judge Orders EPA to Administer Environmental Justice Grants - Inside Climate News

The judge rejected the Trump administration’s interpretation of a recent court ruling and ordered officials to release funds for a $2.8 billion federal program.

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Recommended read: Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi asked: “The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians”

The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians | Arwa Mahdawi

The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisis, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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France is on fire. Spain is on fire. Norway is on fire. Sicily is on fire. Ontario is on fire. Scotland is on fire. Bolivia is on fire. Algeria is on fire. England is on fire. Greta wasn't wrong when she said our house was on fire. We are in a climate emergency. - Greenpeace UK

The influence of public activism and holding those in power accountable for their actions is commedable in Iowa! A great example of impactful journalism by @circleofblue.bsky.social Read more ⏬ #Agriculture #Pollution #Cancer

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For decades, Iowa's farm pollution crisis stayed buried. Our 2-year Toxic Terrain investigation helped change that — connecting nitrate contamination to the state's 2nd-highest, fastest-rising cancer rate, and reshaping the 2026 governor's race. #ToxicTerrain #Iowa #WaterQuality #Cancer #Nitrates…

My @thexylom.com colleagues are not doing enough ecosystems reporting, but not for a lack of trying. I'd say WIRE, Macaranga (from Malaysia), @dialogueearth.bsky.social @mongabay.com @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social @biographic.bsky.social are among the best in the business: wireonline.org

Wildlife Investigative Reporters and Editors | WIRE

WIRE is an independent nonprofit journalism project. Rigorous investigative reporting and compelling narratives by highly accomplished journalists are hallmarks of WIRE stories. The overarching goal: ...

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Nearly 75% of migrants in Dhaka report suffering from extreme heat, as Bangladesh’s heat index has surged 4.5°C since 1980. For the country’s 60 million informal workers, heat stress is no longer just a public health crisis, it is an existential threat to daily livelihoods. Jahidul Islam reports.

Extreme heat is eroding health, productivity and incomes of Dhaka’s informal workers

DHAKA — On June 28, as the afternoon sun beat down on Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s sprawling Tejgaon neighborhood, Samiha Begum gathered her two school-aged children and headed for the shade of…

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ARTICLE | Geothermal Island Thirty years on, the abandoned borehole still leaks. The stream is gone. Nothing grows. Flores is Indonesia's clean energy future, built on Indigenous land. Words by Garry Lotulung #Geothermal #Indonesia #Indigenious

Geothermal Island - Icarus Complex

In Indonesia, the island of Flores and its volcanoes are drawing geothermal projects. Built on Indigenous land, these large-scale plants are being

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FILM | 'Children of the soil' In Baringo County, Kenya, a girl trades her family's herd for a plot of land. A film by Giordano Margaglio, exec produced by IC team members, Afsaneh Rafii & Madeleine Bazil. Watch the film on our website ⤵️ 📽️ #Film #Resilience #Adaptation #ClimateCrisis

Wakulima Wadogo - Icarus Complex

A film by Giordano Margaglio

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INTERVIEW | The Messy Detail IC team member Madelinine Bazil sat with photographic artist Rhiannon Adams @rhiannonadam.bsky.social to discuss her chapter-based self-reflexive project, Rhi-Entry, and a body of work reflecting on the complex racial dynamics of post-Apartheid South Africa Read more ⬇️

The Messy Detail - Icarus Complex

Interview with Rhiannon Adam

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Even camels can’t deal with extreme heat. 🐪

Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar

Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.

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It is 2036. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. 🧘

Carl Meyer@meyer.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is 2006. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. It is 2016. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. It is 2026. The government wants to cut emissions with carbon capture. thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbo...

Billionaire Gautam Adani is accused of building a global energy empire through bribes, bypassing sanctions, violating tribal rights, and targeting journalists. By @thexylom.com, co-published with @icaruscomplexmag.bsky.social mekongindependent.com/2026/04/this...

Checkout @the-breakdown.bsky.social‘s latest issue #Airborne A talented group of contributors exploring the broad connections between global issues, the need for strategic planning, and the disruptions caused by digital infrastructures! Support their work - LINK ⏬ www.break-down.org/issues/

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'A new report from LevelTen Energy shows that advance purchase prices are down for solar but up for wind.' Words by Matthew Zeitlin for @heatmap.news #RenewablePower #LevelTenEnergy

Trump Made the Renewable Power Market Weird

A new report from LevelTen Energy shows that advance purchase prices are down for solar but up for wind.

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