Krista Shennum
@kristashennum.bsky.social
Researcher + advocate, mostly thinking about the human dimensions of the climate crisis, transition minerals, energy transition, and plastics. Currently @climaterights. she/her.
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Krista Shennum
@kristashennum.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Nickel Unearthed: The Human and Climate Costs of Indonesia's Nickel Industry
The Human and Climate Costs of Indonesia's Nickel Industry
cri.org
New to this space! Sharing some of my favorite things I've worked on recently in the human rights and enviro/climate space:
1) Report with CRI documenting human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining and processing in Indonesia (with links to EV co's)
cri.org/reports/nick...
1) Report with CRI documenting human rights, environmental, and climate impacts of nickel mining and processing in Indonesia (with links to EV co's)
cri.org/reports/nick...
Reposted by Krista Shennum
Introducing: Nonprofit Human Rights Journalism in the Philippines
The task of @rightsreportPH is simple: We cover the news, events, and issues that concern the Philippines through a human rights lens.
carlosconde.substack.com/p/introducin...
The task of @rightsreportPH is simple: We cover the news, events, and issues that concern the Philippines through a human rights lens.
carlosconde.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing: Nonprofit Human Rights Journalism in the Philippines
The task of Rights Report Philippines is simple: We cover the news, events, and issues that concern the Philippines through a human rights lens.
carlosconde.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Introducing: Nonprofit Human Rights Journalism in the Philippines
The task of @rightsreportPH is simple: We cover the news, events, and issues that concern the Philippines through a human rights lens.
carlosconde.substack.com/p/introducin...
The task of @rightsreportPH is simple: We cover the news, events, and issues that concern the Philippines through a human rights lens.
carlosconde.substack.com/p/introducin...
The Trump administration is pressuring governments worldwide to block a a critical UN General Assembly resolution on climate change and states’ legal obligations to protect the climate system and the rights of future generations.
United Nations: States Should Support Vanuatu Climate Resolution
United Nations member states should reject pressure from the United States to oppose a critical U.N. General Assembly resolution on climate change and states' legal obligations to protect the climate ...
cri.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The Trump administration is pressuring governments worldwide to block a a critical UN General Assembly resolution on climate change and states’ legal obligations to protect the climate system and the rights of future generations.
150 countries (including including China, India and EU members) have agreed: "Unsustainable economic activity and a focus on growth as measured by the gross domestic product, has been a driver of the decline of biodiversity ... and stands in the way of transformative change."
Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn
China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.
www.politico.eu
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
150 countries (including including China, India and EU members) have agreed: "Unsustainable economic activity and a focus on growth as measured by the gross domestic product, has been a driver of the decline of biodiversity ... and stands in the way of transformative change."
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Decisions to lay off climate and enviro journalists do not simply downsize a business. They weaken public understanding of how climate change impacts lives, how cause and effect connect, and how power can be held to account. Essential reading by my @climaterights.bsky.social colleague Felix Horne.
Why cutting climate journalism is a risk we can’t afford
A recent wave of lay-offs will reduce public understanding of how climate change impacts lives and weaken the media's ability to hold power to account, enabling climate misinformation to spread
www.climatechangenews.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Decisions to lay off climate and enviro journalists do not simply downsize a business. They weaken public understanding of how climate change impacts lives, how cause and effect connect, and how power can be held to account. Essential reading by my @climaterights.bsky.social colleague Felix Horne.
New study by The Lancet Planetary Health finds that #plastics could slash 83 million years of healthy population life between 2016 and 2040. This includes GHGs from oil and gas extraction, PM released during production and transport, and toxics emitted during manufacturing, recycling or disposal.
Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040
Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new...
www.dw.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
New study by The Lancet Planetary Health finds that #plastics could slash 83 million years of healthy population life between 2016 and 2040. This includes GHGs from oil and gas extraction, PM released during production and transport, and toxics emitted during manufacturing, recycling or disposal.
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Reposted by Krista Shennum
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Krista Shennum
To power data centers, Georgia regulators approved an expansion of natural gas power plants that could add up to 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution each year despite climate concerns.
Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution - Inside Climate News
The expansion could add millions of tons of carbon pollution annually while polluting the air near vulnerable communities and ecosystems.
insideclimatenews.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
To power data centers, Georgia regulators approved an expansion of natural gas power plants that could add up to 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution each year despite climate concerns.
Reposted by Krista Shennum
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the government is scrapping a national EV mandate, continuing a rollback of climate measures after dropping plans for an oil and gas emissions cap and clean electricity rules.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
In another climate retreat, Canada scraps EV sales mandate
OTTAWA, February 5 (Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday said it was scrapping a national electric vehicle mandate, marking another retreat from climate measures under the Liberal government of Prime Minist...
www.reuters.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the government is scrapping a national EV mandate, continuing a rollback of climate measures after dropping plans for an oil and gas emissions cap and clean electricity rules.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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A major new bill in California would allow the state attorney general to sue oil and gas companies to pay for rising insurance costs from climate-fueled disasters: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
California bill would make fossil fuel companies help pay for rising insurance costs
A bill by state Sen. Scott Wiener would require oil and gas companies to pay for climate-related fires that cause insurance losses. It is opposed by the petroleum industry.
www.latimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A major new bill in California would allow the state attorney general to sue oil and gas companies to pay for rising insurance costs from climate-fueled disasters: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Ahead of tomorrow's minerals summit in the #US, CRI Researcher @kristashennum.bsky.social highlights impacts in #Indonesia & the #Philippines to warn that current approaches on #mineral cooperation dangerously ignore the human cost: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-trump-... #mining
The Trump Administration Is Hosting a Minerals Summit: People Thousands of Miles Away Are at Grave Risk
By Krista Shennum
climaterightsinternational.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's minerals summit in the #US, CRI Researcher @kristashennum.bsky.social highlights impacts in #Indonesia & the #Philippines to warn that current approaches on #mineral cooperation dangerously ignore the human cost: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/the-trump-... #mining
The State Department is hosting its inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial tomorrow. Govts attending the meeting, particularly those from mineral producing countries, should advocate for strong safeguards that ensure that cooperation on minerals doesn’t come at the expense of human rights.
The Trump Administration Is Hosting a Minerals Summit: People Thousands of Miles Away Are at Grave Risk
By Krista Shennum
climaterightsinternational.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The State Department is hosting its inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial tomorrow. Govts attending the meeting, particularly those from mineral producing countries, should advocate for strong safeguards that ensure that cooperation on minerals doesn’t come at the expense of human rights.
Reposted by Krista Shennum
EU regulations are driving yet another good outcome for cleaner and more just auto supply chains!
Toyota just announced that new vehicles will be 30% recycled material from 2030.
They made this move to “get ahead of anticipated regulations by the European Union.”
asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
Toyota just announced that new vehicles will be 30% recycled material from 2030.
They made this move to “get ahead of anticipated regulations by the European Union.”
asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
Toyota aims to use 30% recycled material in 2030, eyeing EU regulations
Japanese automaker incorporates waste plastic from old cars into new models
asia.nikkei.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
EU regulations are driving yet another good outcome for cleaner and more just auto supply chains!
Toyota just announced that new vehicles will be 30% recycled material from 2030.
They made this move to “get ahead of anticipated regulations by the European Union.”
asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
Toyota just announced that new vehicles will be 30% recycled material from 2030.
They made this move to “get ahead of anticipated regulations by the European Union.”
asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
Reposted by Krista Shennum
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos
As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.
eos.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
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The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
Reposted by Krista Shennum
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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WATCH: With Indonesia President Prabowo in London today for talks with UK leaders, we're calling on the UK government to help stop what's set to be one of the world’s worst deforestation projects. -->
President Prabowo: Protect Papua's Forests
YouTube video by Mighty Earth
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
WATCH: With Indonesia President Prabowo in London today for talks with UK leaders, we're calling on the UK government to help stop what's set to be one of the world’s worst deforestation projects. -->
Reposted by Krista Shennum
The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks.
Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools
Senate Bill 1137 establishes a 3,200-foot minimum distance between new oil wells and homes, schools, hospitals, parks and other places where people live, work and gather.
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The Trump administration is suing California over a law that creates a 3,200-foot buffer zone between new oil and gas wells and homes, schools, hospitals and parks.
Journalists in regions more vulnerable to climate change, including in Asia and Africa, face more physical risks than their counterparts in Europe and the Americas.
Asia's climate journalists among those most physically threatened for their work
Journalists in regions more vulnerable to climate change, particularly in Asia, were found to face more physical risks than their colleagues in Europe and the Americas, based on new research led by th...
www.eco-business.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Journalists in regions more vulnerable to climate change, including in Asia and Africa, face more physical risks than their counterparts in Europe and the Americas.
Deforestation in Indonesia is increasing due to widespread logging, mining, and plantation projects, including 'food and energy estate projects.' This mass-deforestation harms the global climate and threatens the rights local communities.
After years of progress, Indonesia risks ‘tragedy’ of a deforestation spike
After years of uneven progress, deforestation in Indonesia is poised to accelerate, owing to widespread logging, expanding plantations and mining. In December, Indonesia’s forestry minister, Raja Juli...
news.mongabay.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Deforestation in Indonesia is increasing due to widespread logging, mining, and plantation projects, including 'food and energy estate projects.' This mass-deforestation harms the global climate and threatens the rights local communities.
Reposted by Krista Shennum
NEW: I obtained internal emails from the Department of Energy's climate working group. They show the group plotting to produce a second misleading climate report, DOE officials avoiding public disclosure laws, DOE peer reviewers stating they weren't qualified: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
DOE sees bigger role for climate contrarians, records show
A small team of researchers who dispute mainstream climate science may play an outsize role in the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
NEW: I obtained internal emails from the Department of Energy's climate working group. They show the group plotting to produce a second misleading climate report, DOE officials avoiding public disclosure laws, DOE peer reviewers stating they weren't qualified: www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
The new changes by the EPA to stop considering lives when setting air pollution rules are a handout to polluting companies and will cost people across the U.S. with their health and their lives. Time to rename the EPA to Every Pollutant Allowed?!
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The new changes by the EPA to stop considering lives when setting air pollution rules are a handout to polluting companies and will cost people across the U.S. with their health and their lives. Time to rename the EPA to Every Pollutant Allowed?!