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Week in review! Subscribe for a short weekly round up.

This week we have published two research articles, one review article, and two book reviews.

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February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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📑Our paper with B. Turnheim on the discursive work in phase-out is finally out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social ! We explore the construction of directionality in a post-socialist case, and discuss how sustainability transitions can be exclusionary and unjust
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From miners to markets: discursive struggle in Romania’s coal phase-out
We examine the rapid and transnationally influenced coal phase-out in Romania’s Jiu Valley during the 1990s, with a focus on how macro-political agendas reshaped public discourse around coal and co...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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New article!

Ways of seeing on a dying planet: photography and the design of ecocide by Hannah Meszaros Martin.

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This article weaves together a transnational visual history of the use of herbicides in war. I trace the photographic analysis of herbicidal warfare as it was employed as a tactic of colonial repression, used against anti-colonial struggles, in counterinsurgency campaigns in the Cold War and, eventually, to Colombia in the War on Drugs. I argue that this mode of analysis was key to the design of ecocide. The goal of tracing these histories in relation to ecocide is to open up transitional justice processes and legal forums to include the natural world as a subject that has also experienced the violence of war. In doing so, I argue for the cultivation of an ‘earthly memory’ that can bear witness to the destruction of war and ecocide, thus articulating the deep connections between political and environmental violence.
February 4, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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New guest post!

Why “Drill, Baby, Drill” Will Still Be Republicans’ Energy Policy Despite the Rapidly Falling Cost of Renewables by Daniel Braaten.

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Why “Drill, Baby, Drill” Will Still Be Republicans’ Energy Policy Despite the Rapidly Falling Cost of Renewables by Daniel Braaten.
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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New article!

How are environmental non-governmental organizations setting the agenda on artificial intelligence governance? by Sean Low.

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Big AI firms advocate for permissive regulations in artificial intelligence (AI) upscaling, while disguising energy and climate costs. As a counterpoint, I map emerging agenda-setting efforts on AI governance from environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) regarding energy and climate issues, through thematic and network analyses of recent reports supplemented by personnel interviews. First-movers include hybrid organizations combining digital and environmental interests and international ENGO branches driven by technology-oriented personnel. Nevertheless, there is a piecemeal but collectively coherent playbook regarding AI risk and governance. Reports deploy ‘justice’ as a bridge between digital, energy, and climate movements. Key contexts include the erosion of safeguards to power concentration in Big AI, expanding extractivism, and constraints on civic activism.
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Very pleased to see this article finally out: Far-right fossil fuel ignorance: the nostalgia of national-industrial modernity (1/4) doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Far-right fossil fuel ignorance: the nostalgia of national-industrial modernity
Far-right climate change obstruction has been widely noticed in the scholarly literature, and both material and ideational factors have been recognised as playing a part in climate policy backlash....
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January 30, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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This week we have published three research articles.

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January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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New article!

Muddy waters: the electoral impact of river pollution from Galamsey in Ghana by Victor Agboga.

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This study investigates the political consequences of environmental degradation, specifically river pollution from illegal gold mining (‘Galamsey’), on electoral behaviour in Ghana’s 2024 general elections. Utilising constituency-level data, the research combines propensity score matching with difference-in-differences estimation to assess the political impact. Findings reveal a consistent and statistically significant decline in voter turnout in polluted constituencies, suggesting environmental harm fostered political disengagement. However, effects on party vote share were mixed; while support for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) decreased in some affected regions, others saw increases or no significant change, highlighting regional variations. These results imply that environmental grievances did not uniformly translate into partisan backlash but rather into voter withdrawal. The study contributes to environmental politics by quantifying ecological degradation’s effect on political participation, demonstrating the mediation of voting patterns by local political economies, and emphasising ecological issues beyond traditional ethnic and elite political frameworks in African politics.
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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New article!

Cultivating hope: caring for a precarious emotion in the Ultima Generazione movement by Giacomo Lampredi.

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In this article I explore how the Ultima Generazione (UG) movement in Italy cultivates different forms of hope in times of climate crisis and ecological breakdown. Based on ethnographic research, I argue that hope is not a stable emotion or a fixed starting point, but a fragile, shifting process requiring ongoing care. I identify two key practices: building a supportive, nonviolent grassroots community, and performing high-risk civil disobedience, such as road blockades or ‘coloring’ monuments and artworks. These practices generate multiple, sometimes conflicting hopes – some rooted in immediate communal survival, others directed toward long-term climate transformation. Rather than a unified feeling or motivational force, hope emerges as an uncertain sensibility shaped by collective action. ‘Cultivating hope’ thus entails a repertoire of practices that nurture, shape, and enact the ways in which hope is felt and sustained.
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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New article!

“Why didn’t the sirens wail on the roofs?”: political framing competition in the German parliament following the 2021 floods by Reja Wyss & Mihail Chiru.

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doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2609431
While a burgeoning literature has investigated the effects of extreme weather events on citizens’ climate attitudes and voting behaviour, politicians’ reactions to such events mostly remain a black box. Our mixed-methods analysis of plenary debates following the 2021 floods in Germany focuses on the framing competition in the Bundestag and its relationship to legislators’ ideology and constituency linkages. While climate change as a cause of the floods is barely discussed, far-right legislators attempt to capitalise on them by blaming governmental and institutional failures in dealing with the tragedy. Climate change adaptation is present in the discourse of most mainstream parties, but advocating for climate change mitigation is a strategy only adopted by the Greens. Our analyses also indicate that legislators react differently depending on their districts’ exposure to floods.
January 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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New article!

Selective intersectionality: far-right populist Re-casting of social discontent in Europe’s green transition by Mahir Yazar, Eeva Kesküla & Annela Anger-Kraavi.

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doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2026.2612815
European regions long reliant on fossil-intensive energy are undergoing change driven by the European Green Deal, yet the green transition remains uneven across regions. In Estonia’s Ida-Virumaa, one of Europe’s most carbon-intensive regions, the green transition intersects with ethnic diversity, economic precarity, and far-right populism, generating uncertainty in communities whose deep regional ties are rooted in the oil-shale industry and shaped by both the Soviet past and a contested green future. We show that locals hold multiple, overlapping identities, which the green transition can unsettle, fuelling social discontent and perceptions of injustice around green transition policies and measures. The paper further demonstrates how the Estonian far right strategically deploys selective intersectionality by reframing local demands for fairness through identity-selective narratives, such as gender, labour heritage, and land, to broaden political influence while excluding marginalized groups. The findings highlight the need for place-sensitive policies that tackle regional inequalities and strengthen the legitimacy of green transitions.
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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This week we have published five research articles, two book reviews, and one guest post.

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January 23, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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New article!

What’s capitalism – generational differentiation in the climate movement by Daphne Fietz.

doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2609418
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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New article!

What makes Guatemalan citizens green? by Moises Arce, Ludovico Feoli, Tofigh Maboudi, Todd A. Eisenstadt & Felipe Girón.

doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2605805
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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New article!

What makes Guatemalan citizens green? by Moises Arce, Ludovico Feoli, Tofigh Maboudi, Todd A. Eisenstadt & Felipe Girón.

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January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?

📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.

Key finding include 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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New guest post!

In this interview, Antje Scharenberg and Chris Armstrong discuss the research and findings of their recent article in Environmental Politics: “Another ocean is possible”: thinking ocean justice beyond mastery.

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January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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3,000 people have read our @environmentalpol.bsky.social article in its 1st month online

The global criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest - a repertoire of repression

With @crossdale.bsky.social, C Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social & T Franco Brotto
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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New article!

Youth climate activism in shrinking spaces: how Uganda’s activists navigate red lines by Jan Sändig, Laura Krehbiel & Jana Hönke.

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January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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New article!

Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.

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Status threat, defined as the perception that one’s group status, influence, and position in the hierarchy are threatened, has been shown to impact public attitudes across a variety of issue areas. However, the role that status threat plays in forming attitudes on the renewable energy transition is unknown. Using an original survey experiment in the United States, we examine how status threat shapes attitudes toward the renewable energy transition. Our results suggest that status threat, particularly economic status threat, decreases support for renewable energy policies. Since attitudes toward the transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to one dominated by renewable energy remain mixed, our findings suggest that status threat may be directly hindering the renewable energy transition, which is central to efforts to combat climate change.
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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New article!

Mapping organized interests across arenas in Australian climate policy by Christian Downie @christiandownie.bsky.social & Darren Halpin.

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While inaction on climate policy is often attributed to the constellation of organized interests mobilized, we still do not possess systematic maps of who mobilizes, and on what side of the debate, and in what policy arena. Using a multi-arena approach, covering the executive, legislature and media, we present data on the aggregate population of organizations mobilizing on climate change in Australia – one of the top 20 greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Our results indicate that there is a core set of organized interests that dominate climate policy in Australia. Surprisingly, we find that the media is the only arena that has a strong fossil fuel bias with carbon intensive industries most active. These findings suggest some critical corrections to the standing wisdom around the unity of business actors, and the conclusions drawn from looking at only one arena or one set of actors.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Week in review! Subscribe for a short weekly round up.

This week we have published one research article.

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January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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New article!

Mapping organized interests across arenas in Australian climate policy by Christian Downie @christiandownie.bsky.social & Darren Halpin.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
While inaction on climate policy is often attributed to the constellation of organized interests mobilized, we still do not possess systematic maps of who mobilizes, and on what side of the debate, and in what policy arena. Using a multi-arena approach, covering the executive, legislature and media, we present data on the aggregate population of organizations mobilizing on climate change in Australia – one of the top 20 greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Our results indicate that there is a core set of organized interests that dominate climate policy in Australia. Surprisingly, we find that the media is the only arena that has a strong fossil fuel bias with carbon intensive industries most active. These findings suggest some critical corrections to the standing wisdom around the unity of business actors, and the conclusions drawn from looking at only one arena or one set of actors.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
environmentalpol.bsky.social
New article!

Clinging to power: status threat and attitudes toward the renewable energy transition by Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Cassandra Epping, Nick Florian & Colin Kuehl @profkuehl.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Status threat, defined as the perception that one’s group status, influence, and position in the hierarchy are threatened, has been shown to impact public attitudes across a variety of issue areas. However, the role that status threat plays in forming attitudes on the renewable energy transition is unknown. Using an original survey experiment in the United States, we examine how status threat shapes attitudes toward the renewable energy transition. Our results suggest that status threat, particularly economic status threat, decreases support for renewable energy policies. Since attitudes toward the transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to one dominated by renewable energy remain mixed, our findings suggest that status threat may be directly hindering the renewable energy transition, which is central to efforts to combat climate change.
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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New article!

Europeans’ climate consciousness: Increased yet more politicised by John Kenny @_johnkenny & Stephen D. Fisher.

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As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in the sense of being more closely linked to either party-family vote choice or left–right identity. We consider change from Wave 8 (2016–17) to Wave 10 (2020–22) of the European Social Survey (ESS). Climate consciousness increased overall, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Politicisation of climate change increased mostly in Western Europe, where climate consciousness increased more on the left, and for left-wing party voters, than on the right. The Populist-Right party family, as a group, was distinctive in the relative stability of climate consciousness among their voters. Our results show increased politicisation of climate change attitudes within Western European countries, but also convergence between polities of the East and West at higher levels of climate consciousness.
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM