The government has announced there will be an inquiry into the death of Zane Gbangbola, after a decade of campaigning by his parents. My investigation into the fight to uncover the toxic legacy left by landfill experiments near Zane's home is now free to read. www.endsreport.com/article/1957...

Buried files, a failed experiment – a toxic legacy? The new testing shedding light on Surrey’s historic landfills

With exclusive access to testing results and new archival research, a new ENDS investigation can reveal elevated concentrations of toxic heavy metals at sites close to historic landfills in Surrey – a...

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ICYMI: My investigation, based on exclusive scientific testing results and months of work, reveals the toxic legacy of bizarre Government-backed landfill experiments in the 1950s and 60s. www.endsreport.com/article/1957...

Buried files, a failed experiment – a toxic legacy? The new testing shedding light on Surrey’s historic landfills

With exclusive access to testing results and new archival research, a new ENDS investigation can reveal elevated concentrations of toxic heavy metals at sites close to historic landfills in Surrey – a...

endsreport.com

This week’s ECO Chamber on historic landfills ⚡ is live. For this episode, we speak 🎙️ to investigative journalist @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social about the buried histories of landfills in England, and the story of a family fighting for justice. ⬇️

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 6mo ago

Wow?! BBC News homepage has just significantly downgraded the placing of its "Climate" section on its menu bar Climate is now ranked last, lower than Tech. Earlier this month "Climate" was ranked above World, UK, US&Canada, Business and Tech

The rise in climate pollution from the US is 2025 canceled out the reductions from China, India, Japan, and the EU combined.

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 4mo ago

Global energy-related CO2 emissions reached a new record high, but growth nearly ground to a halt (+0.5%) CO2 fell in China, India and the EU, while rising in the US 7/10

Breaking: China's official statistics report a 0.3% drop in CO2 emissions from energy&industry in 2025, the third time that annual emissions have fallen this century and the first fall predominantly driven by clean energy growth. 🧵

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Recommended read: Gas flaring has risen in the Niger Delta since oil and gas major Shell sold its assets in the Nigerian “oil hub”, a @climatechangenews.com investigation found. ✍️ @jsandlerclarke.bsky.social Vivian Chime @mcivillini.bsky.social

Gas flaring soars in Niger Delta post-Shell, afflicting communities

Since the multinational sold its assets in Nigeria’s oil hub, data analysis for Climate Home News shows flaring has risen, harming locals and the climate

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My new investigation shows that while Shell claims to have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions, but it has done this largely by selling polluting assets. At former Shell oil fields in Nigeria, flaring has gone up, causing problems for local people. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/05/g...

Gas flaring soars in Niger Delta post-Shell, afflicting communities

Since the multinational sold its assets in Nigeria’s oil hub, data analysis for Climate Home News shows flaring has risen, damaging local residents and the climate

climatechangenews.com

Did you know air pollution is the top preventable cause of premature death + ill-health in the world today: killing nearly 10 million people per year? And 2/3 of air pollution comes from burning fossil fuels? For more surprising & powerful facts on health and climate, follow @maibached.bsky.social

Opinion | Air Pollution Kills 10 Million People a Year. Why Do We Accept That as Normal? (Published 2022)

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This Bonaire v Netherlands climate ruling is *fascinating*. Also hugely recommend signing up for @isabellakaminski.bsky.social’s newsletter if you have even a passing interest in climate cases, it’s terrific! www.the-wave.net/r/ee9c1bff?m...

Climate doesn’t care about borders. Nor does climate litigation

When residents of the Caribbean island of Bonaire faced the Netherlands in court last October, they had few expectations for what they might achieve.  They had travelled from a place that is particul...

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When it rains, it now rains more. For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall. And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

If I was Xabi Alonso I would simply manage Tottenham Hotspur to an era of unfathomable domestic dominance and continental success, but that's just me I guess

My mum would have been 70 yesterday. She taught me how to cook and through that how to be fully present in the world. I wrote about that and my awkward child chef era here. Thank you for @padraigreidy.bsky.social for providing notes that elevated this piece. unpeeledjournal.com/cooking-with...

He Lost His Mother to Cancer. A Son’s Cooking Carries Her Legacy, and Her Heart.

A contributing essay for the Food+Grief Project, a special feature of Unpeeled Journal, where we publish writing, recipes, and resources exploring the connections between food and loss. This month, we...

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Astonishing both-sidesing in The Times

Venezuelan oil’s flaring intensity, or the ratio of greenhouse gas pollution per barrel of oil produced, is the worst in the world: www.worldbank.org/en/programs/...

Okay not *only* about oil, also about showing dominance and probably some sort of petty grievance in there too. But definitely ALSO helpful to some US oil majors (notably Exxon and Chevron)

Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.

Climate injustice: “…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”

Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature

Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.

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🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few." Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...

The British state is addicted to secrecy - we need to fight back

Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke

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8,000 illegal waste sites 13 million tons of rubbish No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains Burning of waste Little or no policing How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics' Our latest article, out now: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests

Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax

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It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position A lil thread 🧵

a man is talking about being entirely successful .

Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .

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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy. We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...

Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying

After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”

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End of fossil fuel era inches closer as #Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff - Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff

Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

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📉The voluntary carbon market crashed bc credits didn't do what they claimed. Offsets 2.0 is here, with hard, inventive work on the ground. 🌴A look at the race to control carbon, from under the banana and cacao trees. By Fabiano Masisonnave and me: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Brazil Is Pouring Money Into the Amazon. These Companies Want a Piece.

Startups are rushing in to monetize the COP30 host’s push to preserve the rainforest before it turns into a driver of climate change.

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There is a lot of talk about data centers taking up gas demand in the US. However, it will be LNG exports that take the big chunk. "Feed gas demand from Plaquemines LNG terminal alone could top 4 Bcf/d this winter, roughly equal to the low end of data center growth estimates through 2030."

Data Center Demand Everywhere, but Not a Drop for Natural Gas to Drink?

Discover the impact of data centers on natural gas demand, with analysts divided on its significance. Learn how East Daley adds 1.3 Bcf/d winter demand and see projections for LNG exports as the prima...

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The 2-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is still above 1.55°C. Everything will be fine.

NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳 But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain" Read more 👇:

COP30’s agriculture showcase sponsored by agribiz interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying

Sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at COP30 will include pesticides giant Bayer, alleged by campaigners to be driving “massive deforestation” on the continent, and a branch of Brazil’s l...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30 Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit 📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...

Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30

In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...

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