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Rishika Pardikar

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Environment and climate reporter covering science, law & policy | Drilled, Article-14, AGU's Eos, African Arguments, Frontline 📍Bengaluru, India

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 New report on how ExxonMobil and Shell filed *four* separate investor-state claims #ISDS against the Dutch government. These are highly secretive, private tribunals where no residents who suffered through earthquakes for years have ever been called to give testimony.

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Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field

Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning co...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 54m

This story from @rishpardikar.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social on how Modi's oil & coal cronies are pulling all the strings in India is *wild* not least for the story of the oil baron's son who is going around the world poaching endangered species 🤯 drilled.media/news/modi-ad...

75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight

How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks for reading!

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 4h

This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 4h

She was a regular at billionaire clubs like World Economic Forum. Played nice throughout. And made sure there were no consequences when she did finally speak out because she was gone by then. And this is just one line of critique.

We need critical remembrances; not hagiographies that whitewash

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 6h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6h

within* a petrochemical refinery

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 Two stories unfolded in India recently. They show how Modi govt shields billionaire coal & oil tycoons from scrutiny. One case concerns a private zoo, located with a petrochemical refinery, accused of wildlife trafficking. The other is about SLAPP suits by Adani Group
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75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight

How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 9h

Based on a talk given by Sammy Wambua, a Kenyan scientist working on conservation genomics who I met at the Student Conference on Conservation Science-Bengaluru and interviewed at length later.

Published in The Hindu newspaper www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...

‘Global South scientists can tip red tape by thinking, working together’

Navigating bureaucratic hurdles and funding shortages in scientific research in the Global South, with insights from Dr. Sammy Wambua.

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 13h

Bureaucratic delays and chronic underfunding are hallmarks of doing science in Global South countries. And we hear about such challenges often. New report documenting how scientists in countries like Kenya and India navigate such challenges. Lots of tips here and a vision for a collaborative future

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Forrest Fleischman @forrestf.bsky.social · 4d

A team I am a part of is hiring an India-based part time research assistant to help us with textual analysis of government forestry documents related to forest restoration and pastoral livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh. Information and application instructions here: forms.gle/4D6aVqtDU7FY...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....

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Global CO2 emissions plateau
Global CO2 emissions from the power sector fell marginally by 12 MtCO2 (-0.2%) to 6,963 MtCO2 in the first half of 2025. The decline was possible because solar and wind power exceeded demand growth and led to a slight fall in fossil fuel use. Without solar and wind growth, emissions would have risen by an estimated 236 MtCO2 (+3.9%) globally, which is equivalent to almost all emissions (251 MtCO2) from Africa in H1-2025.

At the country level, there was significant variation. Among the four economies that account for the majority of global emissions (64%), emissions fell in China (-46 MtCO2, -1.7%) and India (-24 MtCO2, -3.6%), as clean electricity outpaced growth in demand in those countries.

In contrast, emissions rose in the EU (+13 MtCO2, +4.8%), where strong growth in solar was outweighed by shortfalls in wind, hydro and bioenergy, leading to higher gas and coal generation. Emissions also rose in the US (+33 MtCO2, +4.3%), as clean electricity growth was smaller than demand growth, leading to an increase in coal generation, which was exacerbated by gas-to-coal switching.

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

You say there's a link between surface air temperature and fatal landslides, I'm assuming this means links to extreme rainfall? Have you noticed any terrain patterns like heavy developmental activities in these regions? In India, I know that development in the Himalaya has not been planned well

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

It was :) As was the conversation with him after the presentation. We spoke for a good half an hour because so many things he said resonated with the challenges I have heard here in India

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

Practical tips*

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 1d

New report on navigating challenges of doing science in Global South countries. We often hear about obstacles like bureaucracy and funding constraints. Some practical here on how to navigate

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.

Philip Mirowski - Why Is There a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?

YouTube video by New Economic Thinking

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30 minutes in. This is an excellent talk. Thank you for sharing

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 4d

I have often observed people say they would like more diversity, more Global South voices, more African voices. But it only goes so far. Once sharp voices with hard critique emerge, people would rather ignore them quietly

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 4d

Critique of Jane Goodall's legacy from a prominent Kenyan voice on conservation

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 4d

Wonder how many Jane Goodalls there were in tribal and farming communities in tropical Global South countries around the world who had also observed that some non-human primates lived very social lives similar to their own families. The number of stories that go untold... a pity

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 4d

You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.

Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera @aje.io.web.brid.gy · 7d

LIVE: A least 61 killed as Global Sumud Flotilla nears Gaza

At least 61 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as a flotilla of more than 50 ships carrying aid approach.

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6d

I'm curious about the kind of engagement the post will get. And I found @hmcjeon.bsky.social here

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6d

Got it 👍

I am reminiscing old Twitter now. It used to be fun

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