Sam Edwards
@samshepedwards.bsky.social
Freelance writer and reporter. Seen in The Guardian, Reuters, and Politico
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⭐ We are thrilled to announce “The RePlaybook: A Field Guide to the Climate and Information Crisis”, a first-of-its-kind toolkit by 30+ experts, journalists & NGOs to decode disinfo, challenge tech & counter division in climate comms.⬇️Must-have! Download: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
⭐ We are thrilled to announce “The RePlaybook: A Field Guide to the Climate and Information Crisis”, a first-of-its-kind toolkit by 30+ experts, journalists & NGOs to decode disinfo, challenge tech & counter division in climate comms.⬇️Must-have! Download: tacticaltech.org/replaybook/
A wild story of organised crime, pigeon influencers and the Chinese elite.
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The pigeon heist: How racing birds became the target of organized crime
Pigeon races in Chinese cities became opulent symbols of China’s economic boom, with purses over $100 million — exceeding most of the world’s major sports.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A wild story of organised crime, pigeon influencers and the Chinese elite.
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my latest:
Albert Varela claimed his corporate ayahuasca empire would free people's minds and offer them an escape from a world in crisis.
But as Inner Mastery grew, its followers discovered a darker reality.
for @theguardian.com Long Read
Albert Varela claimed his corporate ayahuasca empire would free people's minds and offer them an escape from a world in crisis.
But as Inner Mastery grew, its followers discovered a darker reality.
for @theguardian.com Long Read
‘People pay to be told lies’: the rise and fall of the world’s first ayahuasca multinational
The long read: Alberto Varela claimed he wanted to use sacred plant medicine to free people’s minds. But as the organisation grew, his followers discovered a darker reality
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July 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
my latest:
Albert Varela claimed his corporate ayahuasca empire would free people's minds and offer them an escape from a world in crisis.
But as Inner Mastery grew, its followers discovered a darker reality.
for @theguardian.com Long Read
Albert Varela claimed his corporate ayahuasca empire would free people's minds and offer them an escape from a world in crisis.
But as Inner Mastery grew, its followers discovered a darker reality.
for @theguardian.com Long Read
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🚨 A major @euronews.com investigation reveals:
"High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion-euro gamble on #CCS."
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
#ClimateAction #EUgreen
🚨 A major @euronews.com investigation reveals:
"High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion-euro gamble on #CCS."
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
#ClimateAction #EUgreen
Europe’s carbon capture and storage strategy off to a rocky start
High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.
www.euronews.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🚨 A major @euronews.com investigation reveals:
"High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion-euro gamble on #CCS."
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
#ClimateAction #EUgreen
🚨 A major @euronews.com investigation reveals:
"High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion-euro gamble on #CCS."
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
#ClimateAction #EUgreen
Investigation: Three major EU-backed CCS infrastructure projects face high costs, local opposition and technical issues, calling into question the feasibility of the bloc's strategy to decarbonise heavy industry
w/ support from @journalismfund.bsky.social
w/ support from @journalismfund.bsky.social
Europe’s carbon capture and storage strategy off to a rocky start
High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.
www.euronews.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Investigation: Three major EU-backed CCS infrastructure projects face high costs, local opposition and technical issues, calling into question the feasibility of the bloc's strategy to decarbonise heavy industry
w/ support from @journalismfund.bsky.social
w/ support from @journalismfund.bsky.social
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CCS-Projects are currently launched all over the EU. Some have failed, others have run into problems. We took a look at three of the major CCS-infrastructure projects (Northern Lights, Callisto, Pycasso) and the lobby behind them.
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Norway: These are the problems of the CCS flagship project Northern Lights
The Norwegian CCS flagship project
table.media
May 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
CCS-Projects are currently launched all over the EU. Some have failed, others have run into problems. We took a look at three of the major CCS-infrastructure projects (Northern Lights, Callisto, Pycasso) and the lobby behind them.
@journalismfund.bsky.social
table.media/en/climate/f...
@journalismfund.bsky.social
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Norway's Northern Lights, a landmark carbon capture and storage project, faces major issues with costs and too few ships
Part of our cross-border investigation series on Europe's CCS gamble
Part of our cross-border investigation series on Europe's CCS gamble
Hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against climate change, Norway’s Northern Lights project aims to ship and bury CO2 emissions under the North Sea. But with high costs, too few ships, and many unanswered questions, even insiders wonder: can it deliver on its promises?
Crossroads for carbon capture? Landmark European climate project risks falling short
Northern Lights, a first-of-its kind Norwegian initiative to bury CO2 emissions under the North Sea, is set to start operations this summer. Oil and gas majors and polluters in Denmark and the Netherl...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Norway's Northern Lights, a landmark carbon capture and storage project, faces major issues with costs and too few ships
Part of our cross-border investigation series on Europe's CCS gamble
Part of our cross-border investigation series on Europe's CCS gamble
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"Carbon capture and storage: industry’s €500 billion climate hold-up"
New cross-border investigation by @humanite.fr + EU partners, exposing how intense pressure by oil&gas lobbyists secured political and financial support to this false solution.
🇫🇷 www.humanite.fr/environnemen...
New cross-border investigation by @humanite.fr + EU partners, exposing how intense pressure by oil&gas lobbyists secured political and financial support to this false solution.
🇫🇷 www.humanite.fr/environnemen...
April 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"Carbon capture and storage: industry’s €500 billion climate hold-up"
New cross-border investigation by @humanite.fr + EU partners, exposing how intense pressure by oil&gas lobbyists secured political and financial support to this false solution.
🇫🇷 www.humanite.fr/environnemen...
New cross-border investigation by @humanite.fr + EU partners, exposing how intense pressure by oil&gas lobbyists secured political and financial support to this false solution.
🇫🇷 www.humanite.fr/environnemen...
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This is a great piece from Darren Loucaides, Alessio Perrone and Sam Edwards in Rolling Stone.
Well worth a read if you want to understand “issue stacking” as a phenomenon, and how/why we got here.
Well worth a read if you want to understand “issue stacking” as a phenomenon, and how/why we got here.
ISD's @jkingy.bsky.social talks to Rolling Stone about how conspiracy influencers/ideologies have infiltrated mainstream life and, since COVID-19, have turned their attention to climate action, dismissing it as a so-called 'woke' concern. Read her commentary here. www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-n...
Conspiracy influencers enter mainstream politics in Europe following pivot from climate topics
ISD's Jennie King features in Rolling Stone speaking on the effects of conspiracy influencers and narratives on the previously broad consensus on climate action.
www.isdglobal.org
July 11, 2024 at 5:19 PM
This is a great piece from Darren Loucaides, Alessio Perrone and Sam Edwards in Rolling Stone.
Well worth a read if you want to understand “issue stacking” as a phenomenon, and how/why we got here.
Well worth a read if you want to understand “issue stacking” as a phenomenon, and how/why we got here.