Sara Sneath
@sarasneath.bsky.social
Reporting on climate justice for the Guardian US. Past: Journalist-in-residence at University of Miami’s Climate Accountability Lab. Big fan of bike rides | she/her | https://sneathfreelance.com
NEW: For more than a decade, Red Bull waged a global campaign that used flawed science to downplay the risks of mixing energy drinks and alcohol. Our new @theexamination.org investigation, with an all-star team of media partners across the world, is out
Is it safe to drink Red Bull and vodka? Dubious research tied to the company has shaped energy drink policy.
The company paid scientists whose studies largely found that mixing energy drinks and alcohol isn’t harmful, contrary to most research.
theexamination.org
As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...
desmog.com
I love the electric planes, but it should not come at the expense of needed EV charging. 🔌💡
Florida wants to use cash meant for electric car chargers on flying cars instead
‘Money is being hijacked from what would have benefited a large population to go to the oligarch, ultra-wealthy'
miamiherald.com
That underground injection sites are observably leaking this much fracking wastewater - visible radioactive liquids laced with heavy metals - raises pretty significant questions about how reliable underground CO2 sequestration could be. CO2 is invisible and odorless. How would we even catch leaks?
In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground (Gift Article)
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
nytimes.com
#Florida Haitian community -- 150,000 strong -- braces for job losses and deportations as TPS ends. Major hit to health care facilities expected because that's where many work. www.tampabay28.com/news/state/f...
Florida’s Haitian community braces for job losses and deportations as TPS ends
Roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants are set to lose federal work authorization and deportation protections at 11:59 p.m. Monday, including an estimated 150,000-158,000 living in Florida.
tampabay28.com
"The secrecy was agreed to by nearly everyone involved, from utility executives to the governor’s office to a local elected official who knew about the talks with Meta and sold 300 acres of his own property for the project."
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
nytimes.com
I wrote an entire book about the dangers of extreme heat in less time than OSHA has taken to review heat standards for workers.
OSHA Proposed Heat Protections for Workers. Two Years Later, They’re Still Not Final. - Inside Climate News
In Florida, where the state has banned adoption of local laws intended to protect outdoor workers, the lack of federal rules leaves individuals particularly vulnerable.
insideclimatenews.org
"On average, participants went from having moderate asthma symptoms to having mild symptoms. Emergency room visits & hospitalizations for asthma fell by 70%. Missed days of work or school because of asthma dropped by about 80%. At the same time, indoor levels of nitrogen dioxide decreased by 70%" ⚕️
Replacing gas stoves with electric stoves greatly reduces asthma symptoms
People with poorly controlled asthma may be able to breathe easier by making a change in the kitchen.
theconversation.com
“It was mindless, gutter politics. It felt to Duncan that after three decades of fighting to clear his name in the courts, he was now being forced to do it again in public.” My profile of the extraordinary Calvin Duncan, his historic run for office & the Maga effort to eradicate his victory
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand
Calvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’
theguardian.com
“I’d go further and say that, concerning the climate crisis, and professional cycling’s addiction to sponsorship from oil companies, airlines and car manufacturers, there is a rule of silence, as deeply rooted in cycling culture as the old omertá about doping.”
Pro cyclist opens up about fossil fuel sponsorship amid sweltering Tour
Cycling, with its shady, drug-suffused past, has a long history of awkward silences and unfathomable omissions. As the world warms and blistering temperatures affect the Tour de France, an eerily fami...
cyclingweekly.com
Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏
Center for Climate Integrity@climateintegrity.org · 2w agoNEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
NEW: Fieldnotes' @joshvoorhees.bsky.social reveals how Trump megadonor & fracking magnate Harold Hamm spent years downplaying the risks of war w/ Iran in a new investigation w/ @us.theguardian.com. Hamm now stands to profit from the energy crisis the war has triggered. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
Trump’s ‘Original Oil Guy’ Spent Years Dismissing the Risks of a War…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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A US court case against Israeli private investigator Amit Forlit could reveal who hired hackers to target climate critics of Exxon in 2016. The indictment alleges that a lobbying firm representing Exxon, likely DCI Group, hired Forlit to hack climate activists. 👀
US trial could reveal who paid hackers to target Exxon climate critics: ‘on the edge of our seats’
Oil giant has denied involvement, but climate activists are closely watching court case against Israeli private investigator for answers
theguardian.com
Also, Tom Pidcock slid out today on chalk they had to put on the road to prevent it from melting 🫠
Sara Sneath@sarasneath.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen one of the world's most celebrated cyclists says it's too hot to ride, it might be time to change the race schedule to take into account climate change
When one of the world's most celebrated cyclists says it's too hot to ride, it might be time to change the race schedule to take into account climate change
Michael Brown@mjibrown.bsky.social · 3w agoClimate change and professional cycling. #TDF www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Keystone pipeline operator agrees to pay $26.9m penalty over Kansas oil spill
Keystone pipeline operator agrees to pay $26.9m penalty over Kansas oil spill
Proposed legal settlement over 2022 oil spill would resolve allegations that South Bow violated clean water laws
theguardian.com
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has been honored by having a newly discovered species of marine mollusk named after him by Spanish researcher Jesus Ortea. 🌊
Cape Verde’s Vozinha honoured by newly discovered species name after World Cup performances (Gift Article)
A new species of marine mollusk discovered in the Caribbean has been named after the 40-year-old goalkeeper.
nytimes.com
Gave my first academic presentation yesterday at the political ecology conference POLLEN. Find someone who looks at you the way I look at my FOIAs
For more 💣 findings read Ellen Ormesher's piece for @desmog.com Legal analysis commissioned by @commsdeclare.bsky.social from @edolawyers.bsky.social finds partnership may breach the Queensland Museum Act, which requires “leadership and excellence” in communicating the state’s natural heritage
Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
desmog.com
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 8mo agoQueensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
AC saves lives, but it also increases risk of catastrophe if there's a blackout during a heatwave. One recent study projected that a three day blackout in Phoenix during a heatwave would send half the population of the city to hospital emergency rooms. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · last mo.Head of the US’s largest utility has warned that the nation could face blackouts as soon as 2027 due to the strain AI has put on the grid. www.ft.com/content/14d2...
Leaders around the world are banking on tech advances to solve climate change. One leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and then burying it underground forever. It sounds practical. Here’s why there's no conceivable way it can work: (THREAD)
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana has reached a 'final agreement' with Exxon in coastal lawsuits www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @alexlubben.bsky.social #lalege
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana has reached a 'final agreement' with Exxon in coastal lawsuits
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana and ExxonMobil have reached a final settlement in the coastal lawsuits, in which parishes alleged the company polluted the coastline and contributed to land loss. The t...
theadvocate.com
Good news! I'm joining the Guardian US climate team next month. I'm excited to have a home among such badass journalists and at the only major news publication that doesn't take fossil fuel advertising. Send me tips.
Exxon can sue Cuba over property confiscated in 1960, Supreme Court rules
Exxon can sue Cuba over property confiscated in 1960, Supreme Court rules | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Exxon Mobil to sue state-owned oil companies in Cuba over the confiscation of property that occurred after Fidel Castro’s regime seized power nearly seven decades ...
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François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊
Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana
It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.
cbsnews.com
I made my first zine! It’s all about how to investigate fossil fuel ties at U.S. universities.
