Land and Climate Review
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Investigations, features and opinion on land-use and the climate crisis.
Listen to The Land & Climate Podcast every other Friday: www.landclimate.org/podcast
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"The devastation Ukraine has suffered under Russian invasion has been observed worldwide, but an accompanying threat has gone unnoticed: the rise of secretive legal challenges from foreign corporations..."
Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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Please, listen to our very own Dr Poberezhskaya discussing #Russia and #climatechange.
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, Alasdair MacEwen is joined by Associate Professor Marianna Poberezhskaya to discuss Russia’s complicated relationship with climate change.
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Please, listen to our very own Dr Poberezhskaya discussing #Russia and #climatechange.
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, Alasdair MacEwen is joined by Associate Professor Marianna Poberezhskaya to discuss Russia’s complicated relationship with climate change.
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, Alasdair MacEwen is joined by Associate Professor Marianna Poberezhskaya to discuss Russia’s complicated relationship with climate change.
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/...
"There is a deep asymmetry in the aggressor destroying infrastructure and taking lives while the defender faces multibillion claims for sanctioning suspicious investors,” said Svitlana Romanko, Founder of RazomWeStand 🇺🇦
www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"There is a deep asymmetry in the aggressor destroying infrastructure and taking lives while the defender faces multibillion claims for sanctioning suspicious investors,” said Svitlana Romanko, Founder of RazomWeStand 🇺🇦
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Camille Corcoran also previously reported on ISDS claims brought against the Netherlands by Shell and Exxon, which have further developed in recent weeks.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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How Exxon is using international law to sue the Dutch government - Land and Climate Review
Exxon owes the people of Groningen millions in compensation for damage caused by gas extraction. Thanks to a legal instrument, it could be the residents of the province that end up compensating the fossil fuel giant.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Camille Corcoran also previously reported on ISDS claims brought against the Netherlands by Shell and Exxon, which have further developed in recent weeks.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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The financial stakes of ISDS claims can be devastating. Corcoran previously reported on a 2019 ISDS case where Pakistan was ordered to pay Australian mining company Tethyan Copper more than US$5.8 billion.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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"Shocking and sad": how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South - Land and Climate Review
Camille Corcoran talks to experts about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The financial stakes of ISDS claims can be devastating. Corcoran previously reported on a 2019 ISDS case where Pakistan was ordered to pay Australian mining company Tethyan Copper more than US$5.8 billion.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Three ISDS claims against Ukraine have ties to Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman. He is using a Luxembourg subsidiary of ABH Holdings to sue Ukraine for US$1 billion, after the country nationalised Sense Bank.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Three ISDS claims against Ukraine have ties to Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman. He is using a Luxembourg subsidiary of ABH Holdings to sue Ukraine for US$1 billion, after the country nationalised Sense Bank.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Corcoran previously interviewed Dr Patricia Ranald, convener of AFTINET, who noted “With national court systems you have independent judges, you have a system of precedents. ISDS doesn’t have any of that.”
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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"Shocking and sad": how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South - Land and Climate Review
Camille Corcoran talks to experts about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Corcoran previously interviewed Dr Patricia Ranald, convener of AFTINET, who noted “With national court systems you have independent judges, you have a system of precedents. ISDS doesn’t have any of that.”
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Since being invaded in 2022, Ukraine has faced 8 ISDS claims, which “are a mechanism built into many bilateral and multilateral treaties that enables governments to be sued by foreign investors if their investment in that country is threatened".
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Since being invaded in 2022, Ukraine has faced 8 ISDS claims, which “are a mechanism built into many bilateral and multilateral treaties that enables governments to be sued by foreign investors if their investment in that country is threatened".
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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"The devastation Ukraine has suffered under Russian invasion has been observed worldwide, but an accompanying threat has gone unnoticed: the rise of secretive legal challenges from foreign corporations..."
Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"The devastation Ukraine has suffered under Russian invasion has been observed worldwide, but an accompanying threat has gone unnoticed: the rise of secretive legal challenges from foreign corporations..."
Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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Camille Corcoran in a new LCR investigation: www.landclimate.org/...
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“What Trump is after is an expansion of American territory that would make him a historic president.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social is joined by @cryopolitics.com to examine Greenland’s complex history and her views on the reasons behind US threats of annexation.
www.landclimate.org/us-greenland/
@alimacewen.bsky.social is joined by @cryopolitics.com to examine Greenland’s complex history and her views on the reasons behind US threats of annexation.
www.landclimate.org/us-greenland/
What does the US really see in Greenland? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair is joined by returning guest and co-author of “Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic,” Mia Bennett, to discuss the Greenland crisis.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“What Trump is after is an expansion of American territory that would make him a historic president.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social is joined by @cryopolitics.com to examine Greenland’s complex history and her views on the reasons behind US threats of annexation.
www.landclimate.org/us-greenland/
@alimacewen.bsky.social is joined by @cryopolitics.com to examine Greenland’s complex history and her views on the reasons behind US threats of annexation.
www.landclimate.org/us-greenland/
“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/...
Read an excerpt from Mark Z. Jacobson's new book, “Still No Miracles Needed”
Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
“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/...
Read an excerpt from Mark Z. Jacobson's new book, “Still No Miracles Needed”
Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
"There is a deep asymmetry in the aggressor destroying infrastructure and taking lives while the defender faces multibillion claims for sanctioning suspicious investors,” said Svitlana Romanko, Founder of RazomWeStand 🇺🇦
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"There is a deep asymmetry in the aggressor destroying infrastructure and taking lives while the defender faces multibillion claims for sanctioning suspicious investors,” said Svitlana Romanko, Founder of RazomWeStand 🇺🇦
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Camille Corcoran also previously reported on ISDS claims brought against the Netherlands by Shell and Exxon, which have further developed in recent weeks.
www.landclimate.org/...
🧵6/7
www.landclimate.org/...
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How Exxon is using international law to sue the Dutch government - Land and Climate Review
Exxon owes the people of Groningen millions in compensation for damage caused by gas extraction. Thanks to a legal instrument, it could be the residents of the province that end up compensating the fossil fuel giant.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Camille Corcoran also previously reported on ISDS claims brought against the Netherlands by Shell and Exxon, which have further developed in recent weeks.
www.landclimate.org/...
🧵6/7
www.landclimate.org/...
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The financial stakes of ISDS claims can be devastating. Corcoran previously reported on a 2019 ISDS case where Pakistan was ordered to pay Australian mining company Tethyan Copper more than US$5.8 billion.
www.landclimate.org/...
🧵5/7
www.landclimate.org/...
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"Shocking and sad": how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South - Land and Climate Review
Camille Corcoran talks to experts about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The financial stakes of ISDS claims can be devastating. Corcoran previously reported on a 2019 ISDS case where Pakistan was ordered to pay Australian mining company Tethyan Copper more than US$5.8 billion.
www.landclimate.org/...
🧵5/7
www.landclimate.org/...
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Three ISDS claims against Ukraine have ties to Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman. He is using a Luxembourg subsidiary of ABH Holdings to sue Ukraine for US$1 billion, after the country nationalised Sense Bank.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Three ISDS claims against Ukraine have ties to Russian-Israeli billionaire Mikhail Fridman. He is using a Luxembourg subsidiary of ABH Holdings to sue Ukraine for US$1 billion, after the country nationalised Sense Bank.
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Corcoran previously interviewed Dr Patricia Ranald, convener of AFTINET, who noted “With national court systems you have independent judges, you have a system of precedents. ISDS doesn’t have any of that.”
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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"Shocking and sad": how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South - Land and Climate Review
Camille Corcoran talks to experts about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Corcoran previously interviewed Dr Patricia Ranald, convener of AFTINET, who noted “With national court systems you have independent judges, you have a system of precedents. ISDS doesn’t have any of that.”
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Since being invaded in 2022, Ukraine has faced 8 ISDS claims, which “are a mechanism built into many bilateral and multilateral treaties that enables governments to be sued by foreign investors if their investment in that country is threatened".
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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“A misuse of treaties”: Russian oligarchs are using investor-state disputes to sue Ukraine - Land and Climate Review
At least eight ISDS cases have been brought against the Ukrainian government since 2022, a Land and Climate investigation has found.
www.landclimate.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Since being invaded in 2022, Ukraine has faced 8 ISDS claims, which “are a mechanism built into many bilateral and multilateral treaties that enables governments to be sued by foreign investors if their investment in that country is threatened".
www.landclimate.org/...
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www.landclimate.org/...
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Are 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
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
Are we closer to reaching clean energy than we might think? - Land and Climate Review
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
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Are 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
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
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Carbon 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
Edited excerpts from "Still No Miracles Needed"
www.landclimate.org/ccs-no-mirac... @landclimate.bsky.social
Carbon capture does not reduce emissions: these three case studies prove it - Land and Climate Review
Carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil fuel industries, argues Professor Mark Z. Jacobson.
www.landclimate.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Carbon 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
Edited excerpts from "Still No Miracles Needed"
www.landclimate.org/ccs-no-mirac... @landclimate.bsky.social
“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/...
@bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Mark Z. Jacobson about his new book, “Still No Miracles Needed,” published by Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
January 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“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/...
@bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Mark Z. Jacobson about his new book, “Still No Miracles Needed,” published by Cambridge University Press
www.landclimate.org/...
“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:
Drax has violated its permit regulations over 6,000 times in Louisiana, a new investigation by Land and Climate Review has found:
Drax's US environmental violations now total over 18,000 incidents - Land and Climate Review
A new investigation by Land and Climate Review and The Sunday Times has uncovered an additional 6,000 breaches by the UK power company in Louisiana.
www.landclimate.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
“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:
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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"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.
We can’t breathe because of a Drax pellet plant subsidised by UK tax
The company is paid up to £1bn a year producing green energy for Britain. But one of its factories has been accused of choking people in America
buff.ly
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
For a deeper dive, read our Drax investigations below:
www.landclimate.org/drax-mills/
www.landclimate.org/drax-west-co...
www.landclimate.org/asthma/
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www.landclimate.org/drax-mills/
www.landclimate.org/drax-west-co...
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Land and Climate Review
Land and Climate Review is your home for the latest research on the interactions between land, economy and climate change.
www.landclimate.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
For a deeper dive, read our Drax investigations below:
www.landclimate.org/drax-mills/
www.landclimate.org/drax-west-co...
www.landclimate.org/asthma/
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www.landclimate.org/drax-mills/
www.landclimate.org/drax-west-co...
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Despite accumulating more than $6.1 million in fines since 2019, critics say Drax’s compliance measures still need tightening. “It likely was a slap on the wrist for the company, the cost of doing business,” Jen Duggan, Executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project, told Corcoran.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Despite accumulating more than $6.1 million in fines since 2019, critics say Drax’s compliance measures still need tightening. “It likely was a slap on the wrist for the company, the cost of doing business,” Jen Duggan, Executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project, told Corcoran.
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In 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/...
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Read below:
www.landclimate.org/...
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Drax fined again over pollution: "I'm afraid to go outside," say residents - Land and Climate Review
This month, the British power company has been issued another fine in Mississippi, with additional penalties expected in Louisiana. In collaboration with The Intercept, Land and Climate Review talk to experts and locals about Drax's operations in the US Southeast.
www.landclimate.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In 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/...
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Read below:
www.landclimate.org/...
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