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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 9d

Last week, @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of “Extraction,” joined the podcast to discuss the environmental and human-rights consequences of extraction - and why we may have overestimated the quantities of critical minerals we actually need.

Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/

Is the race for minerals unnecessary? - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair interviews Thea Riofrancos, author of the new book "Extraction: The Frontiers of New Green Capitalism," about the harmful consequences of critical mineral mining.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 9d

"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.”

In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.

@islandpress.bsky.social

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 12d

“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.”

@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.

www.landclimate.org/...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 16d

“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.”

Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 23d

Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions.

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 26d

So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing
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What if climate politics is about power, not carbon? - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair speaks to Jessica F. Green about her new book 'Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them'.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Sep 5

Land and Climate Review assistant editor @corcorancamille.bsky.social covers the loi Duplomb – a controversial new French farming law that seeks to roll back environmental and public health regulations.

Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:

La loi Duplomb: a gift for the French agro-industrial complex? - Land and Climate Review

How a proposed farming law sparked one of the largest political mobilisations in modern French history.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.

Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...

"There's a long list of diseases and illnesses which can be attributed to wildfire smoke."

- Mark Parrington, senior scientist, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Aug 8

As attacks on the National Climate Assessments continue, read analysis from Obama's former Science Advisor John Holdren @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social :

“Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.."

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Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation.org · Aug 6

Plastic pollutes our air, seas, and bodies. We need solutions that address their full life-cycle.

Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.”

@landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️

Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Aug 6

“The single-use plastics we use in our daily lives could completely annihilate net-zero."

As negotiations begin in Geneva, it is essential that the UN #PlasticsTreaty includes an article on production reduction, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn @ejfoundation.org

www.landclimate.org/the-global-p...

The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction - Land and Climate Review

After three years of negotiations, delegates must not compromise on their principles at the UN's final session to decide international legally binding rules on plastic pollution, says Punyathorn Jeung...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Aug 6

“The single-use plastics we use in our daily lives could completely annihilate net-zero."

As negotiations begin in Geneva, it is essential that the UN #PlasticsTreaty includes an article on production reduction, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn @ejfoundation.org

www.landclimate.org/the-global-p...

The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction - Land and Climate Review

After three years of negotiations, delegates must not compromise on their principles at the UN's final session to decide international legally binding rules on plastic pollution, says Punyathorn Jeung...

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Aug 1

As UN negotiators head to Geneva for the final round of talks, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks to Punyathorn "Arm" Jeungsmarn, from ‪@ejfoundation.org‬ about the Global Plastic Treaty and the fossil fuel lobbyists trying to block it.

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Guy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social · Jul 23

🎙️Here’s a podcast episode I did w/ @landclimate.bsky.social on President Petro's bold pledge to end the granting of new hydrocarbon contracts in 🇨🇴. We looked at the motivations behind the pledge, the fierce opposition to it and whether it might last beyond 2026.

www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...

Colombia versus oil and gas: what’s the truth behind the transition? - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair speaks with third-year doctoral student Guy Edwards about the impact of President Gustavo Petro’s pledge on Colombia’s energy transition.

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 21

“Fossil pipelines are now augmented by digital pipelines.”

Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 21

AI, NFTs and crypto have “drafted an extractive environment of burning up energy, characterised by fossil fuel conflicts and pipeline wars," say Hito Steyerl, Gago Gagoahidze and @milostrakilovic.bsky.social in an excerpt from their new book.

@versobooks.bsky.social

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Crypto and AI exploit conflict zones and fossil fuels - with destructive consequences - Land and Climate Review

Cryptocurrencies and AI rely on political stability, refugee camp workers and electricity blackouts, says Hito Steyerl, in an excerpt from her new book.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 21

AI, NFTs and crypto have “drafted an extractive environment of burning up energy, characterised by fossil fuel conflicts and pipeline wars," say Hito Steyerl, Gago Gagoahidze and @milostrakilovic.bsky.social in an excerpt from their new book.

@versobooks.bsky.social

www.landclimate.org/...

Crypto and AI exploit conflict zones and fossil fuels - with destructive consequences - Land and Climate Review

Cryptocurrencies and AI rely on political stability, refugee camp workers and electricity blackouts, says Hito Steyerl, in an excerpt from her new book.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 18

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social‬ interviewed @simonclimate.bsky.social‬ from ‪@tyndallcentre.bsky.social‬ about the International Maritime Organisation's new penalties for shipping emissions.

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www.landclimate.org/...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social‬ about what this means for climate research.

www.landclimate.org/...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social‬ about what this means for climate research.

www.landclimate.org/...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 26

This week, the plans to build new biomass pellet plants have been cancelled and descaled after receiving backlash from locals and activists opposed to the project.

www.courthousenews.c...

California nonprofit revises plan for controversial wood pellet project

The organization formed by rural California counties said it wants to pursue a reduced-scale project that would turn excess biomass into wood chips for domestic use.

www.courthousenews.com

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 26

Last year, @corcorancamille.bsky.social‬ and ‪@bertiehb.bsky.social‬ revealed that Drax Group had signed an agreement with a public agency in California over contentious plans to commercialise wildfire mitigation.

www.landclimate.org/...

What are Drax's plans on the West Coast? - Land and Climate Review

A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Intercept has found that Drax broke regulations while constructing a new pellet mill in Washington State.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 20

“There's silencing of information or research that supports the energy transition.”

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social‬ about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels.

www.landclimate.org/...

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Tianjie @tianjie.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks @bertiehb.bsky.social for a great conversation about my book and China's environmental politics. @landclimate.bsky.social is one more great green podcast on my listen list! www.landclimate.org/how-did-chin...

How did China become a green powerhouse? - Land and Climate Review

Bertie speaks with Ma Tianjie, author of "In Search of Green China," discussing China’s environmental transformation and how protestors have influenced policymaking.

www.landclimate.org

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 4

“A warming world is seen as an inconvenience to be endured rather than what it truly is: a planetary experiment the impacts are now only beginning to be felt."

Read an excerpt from @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social‬’s “Arctic Passages,” published by @islandpress.bsky.social‬:

www.landclimate.org/...

Remembering dreams of a green peace - Land and Climate Review

The Bering Strait region has always been a hotbed of geopolitical tension - but its future is now more uncertain than ever, says Kieran Mulvaney.

www.landclimate.org

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Edward Robinson @ejcrobinson.bsky.social · Jun 9

How did we lose the farmers? @felixschulz.bsky.social has some answers on our latest podcast 👇👇

Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 6

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @alimacewen.bsky.social‬ speaks with Felix Schulz about his new research, which examines the divergence in core values between the global north and south.

Click below to listen:

www.landclimate.org/...

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · Jun 6

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @alimacewen.bsky.social‬ speaks with Felix Schulz about his new research, which examines the divergence in core values between the global north and south.

Click below to listen:

www.landclimate.org/...

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