Bertie Harrison-Broninski
Senior Editor, @landclimate.bsky.social. Co-host of the Land & Climate Podcast.
www.bertiehb.com
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“Carbon capture is a ‘miracle’ technology that causes more harm than good, serving primarily as a means for the fossil fuel industry to reinvent itself.” Read an excerpt from Mark Z. Jacobson's new book, “Still No Miracles Needed” Cambridge University Press www.landclimate.org/...
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiPlease spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“Drax breached environmental laws more than 3 times a day on average,” writes Camille Corcoran Drax has violated its permit regulations over 6,000 times in Louisiana, a new investigation by Land and Climate Review has found:
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiAre we closer to reaching clean energy than we might think? Bertie is joined by Dr. Mark Jacobson, author of "Still No Miracles Needed," where the two discuss how existing technology can solve the climate crisis. www.landclimate.org/are-we-close... @mzjacobson.bsky.social
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiCarbon capture does not reduce emissions - three case studies to prove it. Instead, carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil-fuel industries Edited excerpts from "Still No Miracles Needed" www.landclimate.org/ccs-no-mirac... @landclimate.bsky.social
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“We have 97% of the technologies we need to solve the climate, air pollution, energy and security problems the world faces.” @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Mark Z. Jacobson about his new book, “Still No Miracles Needed,” published by Cambridge University Press www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"Drax has taken the best of what they had left: their peace, #cleanair, and health." Read how #Drax's subsidies in the UK enable its #biomass burning in Gloster, Mississippi, at the expense of the community's health.
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiIn 2024, Corcoran and @bertiehb.bsky.social interviewed residents in Gloster, the community closest to Drax's Mississippi pellet mill. Residents described various respiratory and cardiovascular issues, although Drax denies any causal link to its facility. Read below: www.landclimate.org/... 4/6
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiDrax has been caught with an additional 6,000 environmental breaches at its Louisiana pellet mills, bringing the biomass company’s total US violations to 18,092. Read the new investigation and access the database of the unveiled violations in the link below: www.landclimate.org/... 1/6
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“The Arctic has been subjected to nuclear testing and used as an experimental ground for technologies of war.” @alimacewen.bsky.social speaks to Mia Bennett, Arctic expert & co-author of “Unfrozen: The Fight for The Future for The Arctic,” published by @yalepress.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"Fires impacted every Indigenous territory in the Pantanal: the Guató tribe lost 90% of their land. This is the frontline of a crisis that the world refuses to see." Wetlands blazed in 2025, but new political pledges were made as well. Read analysis from @stevetrent.bsky.social @ejfoundation.org
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“There is history in the collective memory - introduced 200 years ago - which is blurred & unreflective.” @bertiehb.bsky speaks with Annette Kehnel, author of “The Green Ages,” who argues that modern sustainability ideas are Victorian – & that the future is medieval. www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“It should be no surprise that such successes take time – they are worth waiting for.” Read an edited excerpt from @bertiehb.bsky.social’s interview with Matthew Hole on fusion, debunking claims that private companies will beat the public sector to a working fusion reactor www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiThis week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology. www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiThe article follows an open letter to world leaders from leading polar scientists & organisations, stating "the evidence is unequivocal: the cryosphere is destabilising at an alarming pace." @bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people" @leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninskiholy hell....this paragraph CC @wimcarton.bsky.social @laurielaybourn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @oliviarudgard.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiThis week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiOur latest Westminster voting intention (26-27 Oct) has Labour on their lowest figure ever recorded by YouGov, with the Greens on their highest Reform UK: 27% (+1 from 19-20 Oct) Labour: 17% (-3) Conservatives: 17% (=) Greens: 16% (+1) Lib Dems: 15% (=) SNP: 3% (-1) yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C #climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres #COP30 Interview by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social Watts and Wajã Xipai www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.” Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiThis is an excellent interview on the “future” city experiments in the Gulf; especially on how Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is working out.
- “These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.” This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. www.landclimate.org/...
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- Really enjoyed recording this podcast with @drgokcegunel.bsky.social Masdar City and NEOM are bizarre developments, where the climate sector's most utopian and most greedy tendencies violently clash. Whatever your take, these petrostate megaprojects are more than mere curiosities.
- “These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.” This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. www.landclimate.org/...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski@pollybillington.bsky.social: “Drax clearly have questions to answer.” @barrygardiner.bsky.social: "This investigation raises serious questions for Drax, which must be answered." Drax said “health, safety and wellbeing" is their "top priority, and we continually review and update our processes.”
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski@andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social said that if measures were not “taken appropriately to protect staff, and they have suffered as a result, then the full legal consequences must flow from that both in civil and criminal terms.” www.landclimate.org/asthma
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiLabour MPs expressed concern at the findings. @jontrickett.bsky.social said “Our labour movement has long proclaimed that an injury to one is an injury to all. The Labour Government must keep all relevant legislation under review to protect workers and, where necessary, punish irresponsible bosses.”
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"Once they put their head above the parapet, their head gets blown off and they’re blacklisted." Unions claimed staff are scared to report illness in case they lose work. @unitetheunion.bsky.social are now keeping a register of workers on site, to prepare for further lawsuits.
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiThe UK Health and Safety Regulator dropped a criminal prosecution case in 2023, saying there is no evidence of continuing harm. @thompsons.law industrial disease specialist Mark Allen said “there can be long delays before symptoms develop, and we may not yet know the full extent of those affected”
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski“We would just sit around reading books and magazines…the workshop became known as the leper colony.” Other workers told us how they were confined to isolated rooms at Drax for over 18 months, after becoming too sick to continue normal work. “We have felt humiliated, ignored and manipulated"
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-Broninski"I was in my 40s, but my lung age was 60, then 65, then 68.” One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiYou can read the longer article on our site at the link below. @bertiehb.bsky.social and @jaysimhanspal.bsky.social gathered interviews with workers, unions, and lawyers, as well as internal Drax documents to tell a story that spans two decades. www.landclimate.org/asthma/
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiExclusive: our investigation into the link between occupational asthma and biomass power has been published today by @theguardian.com We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Bertie Harrison-BroninskiProud of our team at @landclimate.bsky.social for bringing these cases to light. These people have been failed and deserve better. I hope they get justice asap!
- Proud to be publishing this story with @jaysimhanspal.bsky.social in The Guardian today. These harms have gone largely unreported for a decade, despite Drax receiving billions from UK billpayers in green subsidies. Read the longer article on our site at www.landclimate.org/asthma
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