Lyndal Rowlands
@lyndalrowlands.bsky.social
Journalist. Al Jazeera. Drilled. Previous: ABC (Australia). IPS UN correspondent. www.lyndalrowlands.com
The Michigan senate primary come after wildfire smoke last month so this Carbon Bros and @drilledmedia.bsky.social interview with Abdul el-Sayed from last year is worth a listen, to hear how a candidate with a public health background understands the climate crisis youtu.be/bSoDnOPA9H8?...
Abdul El-Sayed on Climate Complexities and Benevolent Masculinity
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Guess who LOVES PROFIT-BOOSTING WAR & couldn't care less about deadly heatwaves, drought, fires, floods & landslides❓ "BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell & TotalEnergies will collectively earn $45 billion in net income during April-June 2026, up from $23 billion in the previous quarter"
Big Oil fuelling global heatwaves while ‘making a killing’: Oxfam calls for windfall tax to fund adaptation
Oxfam warns that soaring profits at BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies are fuelling deadly global heatwaves, with emissions linked to a quarter of such events since 2000. It urges a...
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Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 5d agoFri 31 Jul While Spain, France, Italy, Greece, UK, US & Canada BURN & Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, China, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, & Nigeria FLOOD Woodside Energy reaps $6 Billion fr last quarter thanks to war & fossil fuel-enabling govts like @albomp.bsky.social's
“The first minister of Scotland has asked for military aid from the UK government as more than 500 firefighters continue to tackle a fire that has raged in the Cairngorms national park for the past 10 days and forced the evacuation of homes in the remote region.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Swinney requests UK military aid as 500 firefighters tackle Cairngorms wildfire
Scottish first minister hopes aerial support will help quench 10-day fire that has forced evacuation of Highlands village
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Today was my last day at Al Jazeera. I’ll miss my colleagues and will never forget what we’ve been through together but I have some climate change journalism projects I’ve been working on and it’s time to make more time for them. More soon.
Major climate impacts on crops in North America and Europe. Major shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and now, potentially, the Red Sea. Transit through the Panama Canal threatened by drought. It's time we started getting serious about #FoodSecurity.
As a historian of smallpox vaccination who collects vaccination ephemera, this is quite literally something I sometimes have nightmares about
Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w agoHistorian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "New York will block the construction of any new large data centers for up to a year so the state can create rules to protect the environment and energy grid from the power-hungry facilities that fuel artificial intelligence technology." apnews.com/article/new-...
New York to impose the country's first statewide moratorium on data centers
New York will block new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid. Gov.
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ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN DEGREES??????
Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 3w agoIncredible heat in #Montana🥵 All-time records so far today. 114 Miles City, MT. 109 Salt Lake City! 🥵 So far NWS Billings 5 climate sites have hit all-time records…Billings, Livingston, Miles City, Baker and Sheridan, WY. Map below shows highs so far. The day is not done yet!
The critical thing to understand about this air conditioning debate is that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for destroying the planet.
Iran was treated abysmally in this World Cup. I wonder how the U.S. will feel when a future host does this to one of our teams. Because that will happen. That’s the precedent that was set.
Shameful treatment of Iran at World Cup sets terrible precedent | Opinion
By allowing shameful treatment of Iran national soccer team, FIFA set awful precedent. Now future hosts could do the same to any team, USMNT included.
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I managed to get Mariska Hargitay's epic dash to MSG onto her IMDB page!
Pope Leo preparing for release of a new encyclical on artificial intelligence:
“Built for a climate that no longer exists” is a good phrase www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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The responses to this video, from what I presume are US Americans, are strange. Who knows when this video was taken but what they are doing is incredibly dangerous and many Ukrainians have died. It is not a video game.
TW@twesq.bsky.social · 3mo agoAbsolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana map that fairly represents Black voters, gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. This devastating attack from the Court majority destroys protections for voters of color across the country.
I think it's really underappreciated that a large chunk of people across the world are everyday being served images of the world's worst atrocities, essentially live as they happen, in ways previously only experienced by people on the frontline, who have historically had years of trauma as a result.
One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on
One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on
Though solar was initially incorrectly blamed for crisis, renewables have helped insulate Spain from gas price rises caused by war in Middle East
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“Darth Vader Looking To Become Even More Hated In The Galaxy, Takes Up Cycling”
"No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus Christi could be the first..." "While city pools and splash pads consume almost 2 million gallons of water over the course of a summer, a single Exxon plastics plant consumes 13 million gallons per day." hmmm
Corpus Christi plans to declare a 'water emergency.' What does that mean?
City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September, but they aren’t sure exactly how.
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Vanuatu’s climate change minister @rregenvanu.bsky.social wrote for Al Jazeera about what’s happening with talks to reduce emissions from shipping at the International Maritime Organization, happening this week and next in London www.aljazeera.com/author/ralph...
Ralph Regenvanu | Al Jazeera
Ralph Regenvanu
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Important coverage by @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social. The other thing that stands out: three out of the six women are organising against fossil fuels. The award has underlined the importance of actions aligned to a key principle: primum non nocere. Do no harm.
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 4mo agoSix women win 2026 Goldman prize, world’s top environmental award https://aje.news/d1zgl2
"Air pollution acts as a silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years.” My latest piece for @theguardian.com on research on 396,000 people in the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds
Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers
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Conditions whose onset sped up with air pollution include: Parkinson's, Dementia, thyroid conditions, diabetes, asthma, schizophrenia, high blood pressure, dystonia + bone fractures (related to links between air pollution + osteoporosis). share.google/t61ru2BTF1Il... 2/3
Air pollution making people in UK get long-term illnesses earlier, study finds
Pollution is ‘silent accelerator that robs individuals of their healthiest years’, say researchers
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I run a public library, and our numbers are all going up: more people through the door, more items checked out, more computer use, and a ton of new item requests. Same thing happened during the 2008 recession.
Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis makes me wonder: what is the strangest recession indicator that you are sure of? The most obscure thing that you're *sure* is a recession indicator, something which you don't hear basically anyone else mention?
