Joe Sandler Clarke
@jsandlerclarke.bsky.social
Journalist. Focus on climate change and human rights.
https://projects.unearthed.greenpeace.org/big-oil-iraq/
https://projects.unearthed.greenpeace.org/big-oil-iraq/
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NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
COP30’s agriculture showcase sponsored by agribiz interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying
Sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at COP30 will include pesticides giant Bayer, alleged by campaigners to be driving “massive deforestation” on the continent, and a branch of Brazil’s l...
unearthed.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
NEW: The "Agrizone" at COP30 is supposed to be a showcase for sustainable agriculture 🌳
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
But its sponsors are powerful agribusiness interests linked to deforestation and anti-conservation lobbying who have paid for visibility and "image gain"
Read more 👇:
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🔴 NEW 🔴
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
If asylum seekers were allowed to work legally when they arrive in the UK, the power of these gangs would be greatly diminished.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If asylum seekers were allowed to work legally when they arrive in the UK, the power of these gangs would be greatly diminished.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Global emissions may fall 10% by 2035 — but scientists say a 60% drop is needed to keep 1.5°C alive.
UN calls for faster emissions cuts for 2035 as first global estimate disappoints
UNFCCC "calculations" suggest a 10% drop in global emissions, but delays by many countries in submitting NDCs cloud official review of climate pledges
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Global emissions may fall 10% by 2035 — but scientists say a 60% drop is needed to keep 1.5°C alive.
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But seriously: I'm prepping for a panel on Abundance and climate and going down the rabbit hole of documenting everything so I can cite it, and I'm finding things are SO much worse than I even thought.
Did you know that the Charles Koch Foundation was a sponser of Abundance 2024?
No, really.
Did you know that the Charles Koch Foundation was a sponser of Abundance 2024?
No, really.
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
But seriously: I'm prepping for a panel on Abundance and climate and going down the rabbit hole of documenting everything so I can cite it, and I'm finding things are SO much worse than I even thought.
Did you know that the Charles Koch Foundation was a sponser of Abundance 2024?
No, really.
Did you know that the Charles Koch Foundation was a sponser of Abundance 2024?
No, really.
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Amazon's big server might be down but that doesn't mean I can't post my charts showing how fundamentally bonkers their energy consumption and associated emissions are :)
Fun fact: 2 years ago they stopped sharing their total electrical energy consumption, cool!!!
ketanjoshi.co/data-sharing/
Fun fact: 2 years ago they stopped sharing their total electrical energy consumption, cool!!!
ketanjoshi.co/data-sharing/
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Amazon's big server might be down but that doesn't mean I can't post my charts showing how fundamentally bonkers their energy consumption and associated emissions are :)
Fun fact: 2 years ago they stopped sharing their total electrical energy consumption, cool!!!
ketanjoshi.co/data-sharing/
Fun fact: 2 years ago they stopped sharing their total electrical energy consumption, cool!!!
ketanjoshi.co/data-sharing/
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NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
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The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’
Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.
The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it
Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.
The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it
September 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’
Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.
The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it
Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.
The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it
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🚨Last weekend, Reform UK held their party conference in Birmingham, and as expected, it was a magnet to a range of conspiracy theories and wild, fringe ideas. 🧲
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...
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Inside Reform's conference: conspiracy theories galore – HOPE not hate
Walking around Reform UK’s conference on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September, one thing was clear: the party is utterly unfit to govern. Most peculiar...
hopenothate.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨Last weekend, Reform UK held their party conference in Birmingham, and as expected, it was a magnet to a range of conspiracy theories and wild, fringe ideas. 🧲
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/10/i...
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Reform says it wants to drill in the North Sea so the UK is not dependent on foreign oil.
Is that why its climate panel is sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. think tank funded by ExxonMobil? 🤔
www.desmog.com/heartland-in...
Is that why its climate panel is sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. think tank funded by ExxonMobil? 🤔
www.desmog.com/heartland-in...
September 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reform says it wants to drill in the North Sea so the UK is not dependent on foreign oil.
Is that why its climate panel is sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. think tank funded by ExxonMobil? 🤔
www.desmog.com/heartland-in...
Is that why its climate panel is sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. think tank funded by ExxonMobil? 🤔
www.desmog.com/heartland-in...
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NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
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💥NEW: We can reveal that Lee Twamley, photographed at the front of Britain First’s “March for Remigration” in Manchester this month, has served prison time for trying to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...
EXPOSED: Britain First’s “March for Remigration” led by convicted people smuggler
HOPE not hate can reveal that Lee Twamley, photographed at the front of Britain First’s “March for Remigration” in Manchester this month, has served prison time for trying to smuggle Vietnamese migran...
hopenothate.org.uk
August 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💥NEW: We can reveal that Lee Twamley, photographed at the front of Britain First’s “March for Remigration” in Manchester this month, has served prison time for trying to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK.
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/19/e...
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“Unhinged plastic production is the petrochemical industry’s plan B. They know the world is moving away from fossil fuels” says Panama's Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gomez “They have infiltrated these negotiations, trying to safeguard their profit"
#plasticstreaty
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/11/d...
#plasticstreaty
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/11/d...
Deadlock in UN plastics talks raises fears of watered-down deal
Panama's climate envoy said his country would reject a weak deal on plastics at the UN talks held in Geneva
www.climatechangenews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“Unhinged plastic production is the petrochemical industry’s plan B. They know the world is moving away from fossil fuels” says Panama's Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gomez “They have infiltrated these negotiations, trying to safeguard their profit"
#plasticstreaty
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/11/d...
#plasticstreaty
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/11/d...
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Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them
August 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them
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🔴 NEW 🔴
How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution
A flagship media workshop partnered with an industry group backed by Shell and ExxonMobil.
📝 Raluca Besliu and Aleksandra Pogorzelska
How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution
A flagship media workshop partnered with an industry group backed by Shell and ExxonMobil.
📝 Raluca Besliu and Aleksandra Pogorzelska
How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution
EU grant money was used to fund a media workshop on plastic pollution that was run in partnership with a fossil fuel lobby group, DeSmog can reveal. The event, held in May, came at a crucial time – ju...
www.desmog.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution
A flagship media workshop partnered with an industry group backed by Shell and ExxonMobil.
📝 Raluca Besliu and Aleksandra Pogorzelska
How Big Oil Hijacked EU-Funded Journalism Training on Plastic Pollution
A flagship media workshop partnered with an industry group backed by Shell and ExxonMobil.
📝 Raluca Besliu and Aleksandra Pogorzelska
There are so many questions Spurs would like to ask Levy.
It's a shame none of them were asked here.
youtube.com/watch?v=MVEg...
It's a shame none of them were asked here.
youtube.com/watch?v=MVEg...
Daniel Levy: Ange, Thomas Frank & The Future of Tottenham | The Overlap Exclusive
YouTube video by The Overlap
youtube.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
There are so many questions Spurs would like to ask Levy.
It's a shame none of them were asked here.
youtube.com/watch?v=MVEg...
It's a shame none of them were asked here.
youtube.com/watch?v=MVEg...
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Nice article; poor headline.
It is both too late to save some things and time enough to save others. The Earth System has numerous feedbacks, both positive and negative. Tipping point thresholds are diverse - we've crossed some already but many can be avoided.
theconversation.com/only-3-years...
It is both too late to save some things and time enough to save others. The Earth System has numerous feedbacks, both positive and negative. Tipping point thresholds are diverse - we've crossed some already but many can be avoided.
theconversation.com/only-3-years...
Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Planet Earth is living on borrowed time, a new global report reveals. The world must stop burning fossil fuels now and take urgent steps to reduce global warming.
theconversation.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Nice article; poor headline.
It is both too late to save some things and time enough to save others. The Earth System has numerous feedbacks, both positive and negative. Tipping point thresholds are diverse - we've crossed some already but many can be avoided.
theconversation.com/only-3-years...
It is both too late to save some things and time enough to save others. The Earth System has numerous feedbacks, both positive and negative. Tipping point thresholds are diverse - we've crossed some already but many can be avoided.
theconversation.com/only-3-years...
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Poland: renewables overtake coal for the first time.
A decade ago coal was 83% of power; in June it fell below 44%.
https://f.mtr.cool/dwqfciqmse
A decade ago coal was 83% of power; in June it fell below 44%.
https://f.mtr.cool/dwqfciqmse
July 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Poland: renewables overtake coal for the first time.
A decade ago coal was 83% of power; in June it fell below 44%.
https://f.mtr.cool/dwqfciqmse
A decade ago coal was 83% of power; in June it fell below 44%.
https://f.mtr.cool/dwqfciqmse
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Hurricane forecasting has doubled in accuracy during the past 15 years thanks mostly to NOAA researchers at the Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.
Guess which scientific lab the new Trump budget is going to zero out entirely.
And not just this lab but *all* NOAA labs.
Guess which scientific lab the new Trump budget is going to zero out entirely.
And not just this lab but *all* NOAA labs.
July 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hurricane forecasting has doubled in accuracy during the past 15 years thanks mostly to NOAA researchers at the Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.
Guess which scientific lab the new Trump budget is going to zero out entirely.
And not just this lab but *all* NOAA labs.
Guess which scientific lab the new Trump budget is going to zero out entirely.
And not just this lab but *all* NOAA labs.
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This is just going to be the first of many, many stories you are going to read about big tech companies faking "AI for climate" claims. The sheer volume of AI-climate-washing going on right now is huge, and it's very likely most of the claims are fabricated or exaggerated
archive.is/8sYNv
archive.is/8sYNv
July 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is just going to be the first of many, many stories you are going to read about big tech companies faking "AI for climate" claims. The sheer volume of AI-climate-washing going on right now is huge, and it's very likely most of the claims are fabricated or exaggerated
archive.is/8sYNv
archive.is/8sYNv
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Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre
“appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight"
@selc.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight"
@selc.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
April 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Incredible satellite image of the 33 (!!!!) operational fossil fuel combustion engines at the site of Elon Musk's XAI data centre
“appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight"
@selc.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“appalling that xAI would operate more than 30 methane gas turbines without any permits or any public oversight"
@selc.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Climate reasons to be fearful:
1. Labour wastes £££ on (oil&gas fave) carbon capture
2. Tories drop net zero
3. Rise of Reform UK (climate deniers)
4. Media outlets bought by fossil fuel investors (Spectator & Telegraph)
5. Trumpland influence on UK
Read more 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...
1. Labour wastes £££ on (oil&gas fave) carbon capture
2. Tories drop net zero
3. Rise of Reform UK (climate deniers)
4. Media outlets bought by fossil fuel investors (Spectator & Telegraph)
5. Trumpland influence on UK
Read more 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...
Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour
The July 2024 general election saw a major shift in the UK’s approach to tackling climate change. The incoming Labour government made ambitious pledges to cut emissions and switch to green energy, wit...
www.desmog.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Climate reasons to be fearful:
1. Labour wastes £££ on (oil&gas fave) carbon capture
2. Tories drop net zero
3. Rise of Reform UK (climate deniers)
4. Media outlets bought by fossil fuel investors (Spectator & Telegraph)
5. Trumpland influence on UK
Read more 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...
1. Labour wastes £££ on (oil&gas fave) carbon capture
2. Tories drop net zero
3. Rise of Reform UK (climate deniers)
4. Media outlets bought by fossil fuel investors (Spectator & Telegraph)
5. Trumpland influence on UK
Read more 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...
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#SaharanDust transport across the Atlantic over the past 10 days as latest plume reaches the Caribbean on 5 July shown in PM10 surface concentration anomalies from #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol alerts aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu?view=3d&lat=... #airquality @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#SaharanDust transport across the Atlantic over the past 10 days as latest plume reaches the Caribbean on 5 July shown in PM10 surface concentration anomalies from #CopernicusAtmosphere aerosol alerts aerosol-alerts.atmosphere.copernicus.eu?view=3d&lat=... #airquality @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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🧊 Ice sheets are melting faster
A 31-year satellite study shows sharp rises in meltwater from Greenland and East Antarctica, regions once too cold are now hotspots.
This could speed up sea-level rise and threaten ice shelf stability.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
A 31-year satellite study shows sharp rises in meltwater from Greenland and East Antarctica, regions once too cold are now hotspots.
This could speed up sea-level rise and threaten ice shelf stability.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
Rapid increases in satellite-observed ice sheet surface meltwater production - Nature Climate Change
Surface melt is an important component of ice sheet dynamics, but for many remote regions the melt rates are mainly known from models. Here the authors present satellite observations of melt rates for...
www.nature.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🧊 Ice sheets are melting faster
A 31-year satellite study shows sharp rises in meltwater from Greenland and East Antarctica, regions once too cold are now hotspots.
This could speed up sea-level rise and threaten ice shelf stability.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
A 31-year satellite study shows sharp rises in meltwater from Greenland and East Antarctica, regions once too cold are now hotspots.
This could speed up sea-level rise and threaten ice shelf stability.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪