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Good book to read if the goal is sustainability and not just renewable energy and electric vehicles

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Once a part of forests considered sacred by the local tribal community. Now a coal mine operated by Adani. Hasdev forests in Chattisgarh. Central India

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The trial of an oil company SLAPP suit to literally destroy Greenpeace begins today in N. Dakota. Make no mistake this is the iron fist of petrofascism trying to crush our movements to defend water, climate & Native rights. We must all fight back. Action Link in post below. #ClimateSky

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Our new open access paper draws on 35 years of data from Himachal Pradesh, India, to understand how forest restoration programs have changed over time and why, as well as what makes them effective nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Excellent piece breaking down just how important the study on LNG imports from the former administration's US energy department will be on export debates:

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It is very likely that India could import LNG from the US to appease Trump. Report about a Biden administration study that showed how such US LNG exports could displace renewables in importing countries + other issues drilled.media/news/DOE-LNG...

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Trump admin wants to improve its trade balance* with various countries by forcing them to buy US exports - agreeing to do so is one way that countries are appeasing Trump. It also wants to support/boost US hydrocarbon (fossil fuel) industries. So it's unsurprising they want FF export deals 1/

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Selling polar bear furs would be an international crime if it weren’t for World Wildlife Fund. All the Arctic countries except Canada brought a joint proposal to CITES to list polar bears on Appendix I. Native nations backed it too. WWF lobbied to kill it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Would love to talk to any and all academics about this for a story. DMs are open, Signal's in my bio ✌️

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Western oil majors are pulling back from renewables spend, but Indian state-owned oil company wants to increase it 100-fold in the next five years. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Adani-related energy news from India is always fascinating. "The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Countries are now expected to submit the third round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) i.e. country action plans under the Paris Agreement. Good time to understand target-setting like what '1.5°C-aligned NDC' means drilled.media/news/1.5-ali...

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China is meeting its renewable energy targets, but not its emissions targets -->>>>>

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When I started work on this story, I initially anticipated writing something short, sharp and pointed about how Australian conservatives have embraced nuclear energy. The more I learned about the nuclear influencers wooing the federal Coalition, the weirder things got. /1

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"There is no pareto optimal coal transition; there will inevitably be millions of losers... the ideal goal is to foster a parallel developmentalism which can at least partially compensate some losers..." New review paper on coal in India wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Emphasising the necessity of multilateral cooperation to tackle climate change

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European dominance in IPCC modelling scenarios bias the variable renewables integration narrative. 🧪#ClimateSky “European narratives may, however, contrast with narratives from developing economies, such as India, where mitigation strategies are interwoven with socioeconomic development.”

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The outlines from the IPCC AR7 Scoping Meeting are now public. For WGIII, the draft outline (WG-III: 15th/Doc. 2) & background (WG-III: 15th/INF. 1), with Ch2 & Ch3 below (my areas). Comments? These are draft documents, potentially modified, then agreed by the IPCC: www.ipcc.ch/meeting-doc/...

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For @rollingstone.com, the great @rishpardikar.bsky.social and I tag-teamed a story on the Biden DOE's long-awaited LNG study, what it means for Trump's plan to further expand US exports, and why tf the US gov gets to say whether a terminal is built in Mexico. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Ferns from Great Nicobar island

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How much ambition should we expect from Global South countries for this round of NDCs given COP29 failure to ensure adequate climate finance commitments

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Does anyone have full statements made by countries/ groups at the recent ICJ climate hearing? #JournoRequest

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Finally found a moment to update my data on this. 2024 will certainly end up showing Norway's highest investment in new oil and gas supply ever. And this dataset shows even our own gov't can't predict how huge these numbers are going to be www.ssb.no/en/statbank/...

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Quite amazing how the climate beat is allowed to forget what journalism is about. Why bother with holding your government and companies accountable when you can just write about all the supposedly great renewable energy development and electric vehicles. Praising your country is NOT journalism

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China climate reporting really needs to be move beyond renewable energy prowess and coal emissions. What about communities resisting large hydropower projects or those living in mountains mined out for coal? Is any heed paid to desert ecology when massive solar farms are built?

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The Indian govt has an ambitious plan to link the country's rivers to provide water for crop irrigation. Yesterday, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for one of the biggest projects (linking rivers Ken & Betwa) under this plan. An older report of mine on perils www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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A week old goat babies

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Surprise, surprise. It seems all the countries with weakening carbon sinks (Sweden, Finland, Czechia, France, ...) want to change the EU LULUCF regulation. This was expected, as on current trends it looks unlikely the target is achievable. www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/brusse... 1/

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From the new US dept of energy #LNG study. This is why CCS draws so much criticism. It is used most directly not to drawdown emissions but to allow room for more/ continued emissions www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...

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