LSE are advertising a tenure track position on IPE with a specialism in global environmental politics - rare to see these positions come up, particularly those in GEP link to application form below

1/6 🚨 NEW REPORT by @amnesty.org & partners, Nigeria: Lifting the Lid, exposes how Shell knew its pipelines were unsafe & allowed environmental damage to continue. Then it sold up to avoid $10.9bn in costs to decommission and clean up assets.

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others

theguardian.com

this story has revealed a lot about the mindset of figures like Infantino the idea that FIFA can - and should - operate as if it is a transnational corporation with shareholders, is clearly so normalized that it must have seemed inconceivable to senior mgmt that this proposal would be opposed

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d ago

Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”

one of the fun things about secondhand books is seeing what parts the previous reader found noteworthy

EU countries are arguing about how best to weaken its carbon market in line with polluting industry wishes. History lesson: The #ETS' permeability to industry influence filled it with loopholes & meant it rewarded polluters with vast windfall profits for years: corporateeurope.org/en/climate-a... 👇

The @theguardian.com view on Europe’s #wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality - At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritised #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial

Editorial: At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritised

theguardian.com

picked up this record as a bit of a joke, but listened to it this morning and it’s an absolute belter

new paper by Jason Hickel and Dylan Sullivan on the myth that poorer countries are 'catching-up' with richer countries through capitalist development

The myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023

The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...

tandfonline.com

🎉 Our paper is out in Nature Portfolio npj Climate Action! 👉 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s44... 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: The choice of justice framing in climate models fundamentally determines both the global ambition for decarbonization and who bears its burden.

will be interested to read Jäger's book based on this piece - his argument that we are living in a period of 'hyperpolitics' is persuasive, but I wonder whether this periodization glosses over contemporary climate / environmental movements that are not as fleeting as he might claim

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left

great reporting on the litigation brought by Big Food companies against public health policies in battleground jurisdictions while the majority of these legal challenges fail, they should be understood as part of a political economy of delay www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Big Food vs. The People

We expose Big Food’s 239 lawsuits against life-saving policies

lighthousereports.com

A new poll from @dataforprogress.org and CCI finds that while natural gas greenwashing efforts have been noticeably effective, voters strongly support accountability for natural gas suppliers once they learn about the industry’s history of deception.

Natural Gas Accountability Receives Strong National Support

Voters across party lines support accountability for natural gas companies that intentionally mislead the public about the harms of natural gas.

dataforprogress.org

A major new investigation out today with new revelations about the oil and gas industry's long-running deception over natural gas. We lay out in new details and documents how big oil and gas manufactured the myth of "clean" natural gas.

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

this image is even funnier with Infantino's hand just in frame what a farce haha

Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.

ofc fifa made an incredibly tacky inflatable trophy for trump

Looking forward to England arranging a couple of friendlies between now and the end of the month so Declan Rice can get a few more minutes in his legs.

This. 👇

Newcastle is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy (T&R permanent), if anyone has any questions about the city or University feel free to get in touch! Closing date is 7th August

just got this email from some AI edtech startup, and, in a world of pointless applications, creating an avatar to do interviews because you can’t be bothered is objectively one the stupidest ideas i can think of

High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife Incredible investigation by @zdboren.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law

Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

theguardian.com

The climate crisis wasn't unforeseeable. Governments were warned. #TheyKnew. They delayed. Our 🆕 report documents the historical record & strengthens the case for #ClimateAccountabilityNow! Read our opinion piece: www.ciel.org/what-states-... [originally published in @climatechangenews.com]

Major emitting countries knew of climate risks decades earlier than claimed - Center for International Environmental Law

Governments have known since at least the 1960s that fossil fuel use was warming the planet. They kept quiet to avoid responsibility.

ciel.org

how in God's name has Argentina been allowed to get away with this the entire knockout stage

Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions

Advance notice of the British Academy reports published to be tomorrow (Wednesday) and their findings. It does not make happy reading if you value UK higher education and research.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w ago

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Yesterday the Telegraph reported on my comments about air conditioning. The comment section is quite something. I have apparently become a hero of the anti net zero crowd by saying something what I think is sensible about air con. Allow me to point out three ironies in this 🧵

found out there’s a sprinter at the Tour de France called Max Kanter GC may be done, but still a lot to play for in the nominative determinism stakes

We have a brand new podcast series out today looking at the global struggle for critical minerals. You can listen to episode 1 feat. @quinnslobodian.com and @isabelestevez.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0Xk1... More episodes out weekly –– big things to come!

The BREAK—DOWN@the-breakdown.bsky.social · 4w ago

The next global power struggle is for critical minerals. Resources like cobalt, copper, and lithium are reshaping geopolitics and the struggle to dominate critical minerals is a defining challenge of this political moment.