Jan Lee
@janleewriter.bsky.social
Author of Fairhaven - A Novel of Climate Optimism and Defying Futility - The Fairhaven Stories. Editor in Chief of The Apostrophe. Book reviewer and contributing writer for Earth.org.
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For #COP30, my co-author Steve Willis and I will be publishing one chapter per day of our new novel set in the Fairhaven universe: The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism. Read it here! fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com
A story to dream about. Text by Nolo Segundo. Art by Carl Scharwath. open.substack.com/pub/hkwcmaga...
The Last Hour of a Billionaire
At one of his seven mansions [appraised at $77.5 million], the one closest to the hospital best known in the world for treating his particular ailment, he lay on the custom made invalid’s bed [$36,500...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A story to dream about. Text by Nolo Segundo. Art by Carl Scharwath. open.substack.com/pub/hkwcmaga...
Today's piece in The Apostrophe is an amazing concrete poem that you have to see to truly appreciate. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/babel
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today's piece in The Apostrophe is an amazing concrete poem that you have to see to truly appreciate. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/babel
Reposted by Jan Lee
95% of Europeans Exposed to Unsafe Levels of Air Pollution As Report Links it to 279,000 Premature Deaths in 2023
95% of Europeans Face Unsafe Air Pollution Levels: Report
Reducing air pollution to WHO guideline levels could have prevented 182,000 deaths attributable to PM2.5 exposure in the EU in 2023.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
95% of Europeans Exposed to Unsafe Levels of Air Pollution As Report Links it to 279,000 Premature Deaths in 2023
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Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Dan Robinson (@bookmandan.bsky.social)
Retired. Interested in just about everything. Avid reader.
bookmandan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Buy a book.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever.
Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.
Today's piece in The Apostrophe is a story with a back story. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/black-sun
Black Sun
When I told them I was going away for a while, Mum couldn’t understand why her only son would leave just before his birthday.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today's piece in The Apostrophe is a story with a back story. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/black-sun
For all of us who are too hard on ourselves: take a moment to read this beautiful poem by Vanessa Ho K. S. (art by Julianne Ng). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-reminder...
a reminder (from me, to me)
you need not seek love, for it already surrounds you. it is hidden within those trinkets you find cleaning your house on a spring day, pins and charms given by those who may seem insignificant; but ca...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For all of us who are too hard on ourselves: take a moment to read this beautiful poem by Vanessa Ho K. S. (art by Julianne Ng). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-reminder...
Today a bank's AI chatbot - clearly, they'd invested $$$ for it - instructed me to fill in a "smartform". This was PDF form based on a version Adobe stopped supporting in 2011. It was so "smart" that to get it to work, I had to allow Microsoft Edge to run in "Internet Explorer mode".
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today a bank's AI chatbot - clearly, they'd invested $$$ for it - instructed me to fill in a "smartform". This was PDF form based on a version Adobe stopped supporting in 2011. It was so "smart" that to get it to work, I had to allow Microsoft Edge to run in "Internet Explorer mode".
This wild perversion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement is exactly what @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks about in her book "Existential Politics". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This wild perversion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement is exactly what @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks about in her book "Existential Politics". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Issue 11 of The Apostrophe starts today! The Bride by Julian Lyden (art by Dave Walker). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/the-bride
The Bride
An entirely true and salutary tale, as related by the author’s grandma
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December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Issue 11 of The Apostrophe starts today! The Bride by Julian Lyden (art by Dave Walker). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/the-bride
Açaí was the world's superfood for a hot minute, but Brazil's always been at the heart of this $1 billion industry. (I tried açaí for the 1st time last week!) But the seed makes up 80% of the berry - and huge waste. Now, a startup is making the waste into biochar. earth.org/acai-the-ama...
Açaí, the Amazon’s Favorite Berry, Finds Future in Biochar
A group of Brazilian start-ups is seeking a way to create new opportunities for açaí producers by converting agricultural waste to biochar.
earth.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Açaí was the world's superfood for a hot minute, but Brazil's always been at the heart of this $1 billion industry. (I tried açaí for the 1st time last week!) But the seed makes up 80% of the berry - and huge waste. Now, a startup is making the waste into biochar. earth.org/acai-the-ama...
Chapter 6 of my new novel is online now. Some of the characters go to a conference. It isnt what they hoped for. (Is it ever?) fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
The Desert Songbird Chapter 6
Conference
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November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Chapter 6 of my new novel is online now. Some of the characters go to a conference. It isnt what they hoped for. (Is it ever?) fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
Okay, the Gender Action Plan is adopted ... so the problems of gender and climate are all going to be fixed now, right? earth.org/closing-the-...
COP30 Agrees on Gender Action Plan: Now What? | Earth.Org
Amid a failure to take concrete steps away from fossil fuels, the adoption of the Gender Action Plan at COP30 has gone almost unnoticed.
earth.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Okay, the Gender Action Plan is adopted ... so the problems of gender and climate are all going to be fixed now, right? earth.org/closing-the-...
Why are we still stuck on coal? There is a way out. earth.org/one-third-of...
One-Third of Coal Could Be Phased Out By 2030: Reports
Two new reports released at COP30 outline practical actions that could accelerate on-the-ground delivery of the transition away from coal.
earth.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why are we still stuck on coal? There is a way out. earth.org/one-third-of...
Chapter 5 of The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism. Mahtab is trying another career. fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
The Desert Songbird Chapter 5
Mosques
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November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Chapter 5 of The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism. Mahtab is trying another career. fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
A poignant scene in Lisboa
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A poignant scene in Lisboa
Chapter 4 - basically, the worst date you've ever been on. Read the #COP30 sneak preview of "The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism" here: fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
The Desert Songbird Chapter 4
Date
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Chapter 4 - basically, the worst date you've ever been on. Read the #COP30 sneak preview of "The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism" here: fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
Chapter 3 or my new novel, The Desert Songbird, is online in a sneak preview - yes, it takes place on a golf course (hence "Links"). fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
The Desert Songbird Chapter 3
Links
fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Chapter 3 or my new novel, The Desert Songbird, is online in a sneak preview - yes, it takes place on a golf course (hence "Links"). fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...
We don't usually think of soil as being a source of carbon emissions but when it degrades, it is. There's a huge amount of carbon locked in soil. earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
Soil Is Bigger Carbon Sink Than Previously Thought: Report
The world’s soils store 45% more carbon than previously estimated, making them a powerful, largely untapped carbon sink.
earth.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We don't usually think of soil as being a source of carbon emissions but when it degrades, it is. There's a huge amount of carbon locked in soil. earth.org/soil-is-bigg...
There were rather a lot of protests at #COP30. Good thing or bad thing? My take is that it is the consequence of free speech... earth.org/peoples-cop-...
COP30 Marked By Civil Society Protests and Direct Action Events
Belém, which is hosting this year's COP30, saw both small- and large-scale protests and direct action events throughout the two-week summit.
earth.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There were rather a lot of protests at #COP30. Good thing or bad thing? My take is that it is the consequence of free speech... earth.org/peoples-cop-...
At #COP30, I really enjoyed meeting @repromero.bsky.social who is a politician from New Mexico. Absolutely a breath of fresh air - seems to be the rare elected official who is in it because wants to be a public servant. Read my piece about US state action here: earth.org/american-sta...
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
At #COP30, I really enjoyed meeting @repromero.bsky.social who is a politician from New Mexico. Absolutely a breath of fresh air - seems to be the rare elected official who is in it because wants to be a public servant. Read my piece about US state action here: earth.org/american-sta...
Reposted by Jan Lee
Increasing Fossil Fuel Exploration Threatens Biodiversity Hotspots, Say Activists at COP30
Fossil Fuel Exploration Threatens Biodiversity Hotspots, Say Activists at COP30
Despite government commitments to protect biodiversity hotspots, oil and gas exploration are on the rise in the Amazon and in SE Asia.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Increasing Fossil Fuel Exploration Threatens Biodiversity Hotspots, Say Activists at COP30
At the press conference by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He tends to pronounce "fossil fuels" as "fossil fools". I'm wondering whether this is on purpose.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
At the press conference by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He tends to pronounce "fossil fuels" as "fossil fools". I'm wondering whether this is on purpose.
People talk about how "business" is blocking climate progress. Well ... #notallbusiness. Take a wild guess *which* businesses are doing most of the blocking - while everyone else is pretty much on board. earth.org/business-coa...
COP30: Business Coalition Calls for Fossil Fuel Phase-Out
A coalition of more than 100 businesses and subnational governments has called on the COP30 Presidency to phase out fossil fuels.
earth.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
People talk about how "business" is blocking climate progress. Well ... #notallbusiness. Take a wild guess *which* businesses are doing most of the blocking - while everyone else is pretty much on board. earth.org/business-coa...
Have you ever thought about how things like sea level rise actually get measured in practical terms? The thing about the ocean is ... it's really big. earth.org/data-is-key-...
Data Is Key to ‘Implementation COP’, Say Ocean Experts in Belém
To achieve "implementation", substantial investments are required in technology, data collection and management, and capacity-building.
earth.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Have you ever thought about how things like sea level rise actually get measured in practical terms? The thing about the ocean is ... it's really big. earth.org/data-is-key-...
Just when you thought you knew all the types of greenwashing ... earth.org/companies-us...
Companies Use ‘Just Transition’ Language to Promote Fossil Fuels
A new report found that corporations are inappropriately using the "Just Transition" concept, sometimes even to promote fossil fuels.
earth.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Just when you thought you knew all the types of greenwashing ... earth.org/companies-us...